2010年9月3日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:31 PM PDT

North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers Matthew Bunn, right, and Leonard Crumpler, left, stop cars from traveling onto the bridge leading to Atlantic Beach, N.C., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England.

Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:30 PM PDT

AP - More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state.

'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.

GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT

AP - Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor.

Prof in '03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Passengers head out of the terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami, early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.

Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT

VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.

Kara DioGuardi exits 'American Idol' as judge (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:29 PM PDT

AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - This July 14, 2010 file photo shows protester Greg Johnson, right, and counter protesters Ina Marshall and Tim Foster, left, arguing during a demonstration against a planned mosque and Islamic community center in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mosques around the country are facing resistance similar to the opposition against a proposed Islamic center near ground zero in New York, but the anger and fear is a little sharper. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, file)AP - Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:51 PM PDT

Vessels work at the site of the Deepwater Horizon accident off the shore of Louisiana in August 2010. British oil giant BP revealed Friday it has so far spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, as its crews worked to retrieve key evidence from the seabed.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.

Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in Springfield, Ill. Two weeks before Gov. Pat Quinn is set to award one of Illinois' most lucrative contracts ever — private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery — some are criticizing the process as secretive and complaining that it was structured to favor one bidder. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder.

LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:37 PM PDT

AP - The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.

Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.

Families calling for justice for soldiers, Marines (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 photo,Vicki Behenna poses for a photo while holding a photograph of her son, Michael Behenna, in Oklahoma City. Families of a group of soldiers and Marines convicted of killing Iraqi civilians during the war are hoping other Americans see the injustice in their sons' sentences.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn't forget their sons.

Ground beef outbreak puts focus on meat oversight (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT

In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo from the United States Department of Agriculture, Elisabeth Hagen, the new undersecretary of food safety speaks to Food Safety Inspection Service employees at the 2010 FSIS Diversity Training Conference in Arlington, Va. The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply. Hagen, has signaled interest in expanding federal oversight of meat beyond the most prevalent strain of E. coli. Meat plants already must test for that strain. Cargill recalled about 8,500 pounds of ground beef on Saturday Aug. 28, 2010 and regulators warned consumers to throw out frozen meat purchased at BJ's Wholesale Clubs in eight eastern states. (AP Photo/USDA, Bob Nichols)AP - The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT

Robert Arnold looks on as his wife Deanna holds a rooster on their farm, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Garrison, Iowa. The two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but were ignored. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

Nursing homes broaden offerings to turn a profit (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:46 AM PDT

In this Aug. 19, 2010 photo, Elmaze Joseph, left, works with therapist Jocelyne Denis doing foot exercises at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital in Miami. Across the U.S., facilities are widely expanding in-home care and assisted living, and looking to new ways to generate income beyond their traditional role of housing the elderly during the last years of their lives. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Seniors amble the nursing home's halls, while children from around the world visit for biofeedback treatments. One floor down from the hospice, middle-aged workers fill its pain management clinic. A rehabilitation center attracts people of all ages.

Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the onslaught of Earl.

Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

In this Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Dan Marelli, of Tallahassee, Fla., a biologist and scuba diver specializing in mollusks, holds Asian clams found in Lake George, in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Scientists consider the clams arrival a stroke of bad luck that could cause ecological and economic harm. They hope to smother the rapidly reproducing mollusks before they spread. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.

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