2010年9月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:41 PM PDT

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT

In this Sept. 1, 2010 picture, construction continues at the World Trade Center site in New York. Two additional high rise towers and a transportation hub are planned for the pit under excavation, center. One World Trade Center is at left. Traffic moves north along Church St., lower right. September 11 will mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Ground zero - depending on whom you talk to, it's a scar on this city where horror still lingers, a bustling hive symbolizing the resilience of a nation, or simply, for those who live and work nearby, a place where life goes on. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - It is a place of sacrifice. A place of mourning. A place people pass by on their way to grab lunch. It's a place where tourists crane their necks to snatch a glimpse around barriers walling off an enormous construction site — which is also what it is.

Greenest state behind the waste-to-energy race (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:27 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 24, 2010, in Long Beach, Calif., South East Reserve Recovery Facility (SERRF) manager, Charlie Trip, right, checks the operation with trash crane operator Becky Davis. The plant can process some 13,000 tons per day of solid waste, with a gross electrical generating capacity of 36 megawatts. Twenty five years ago California was at the forefront of the trash-to-energy conversion technology and, now, we're not only behind Europe and Asia, but we're also behind the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Government officials from around the world used to come to this port city to catch a glimpse of the future: Two-story piles of trash would disappear into a furnace and eventually be transformed into electricity to power thousands of homes.

Backyard volunteers helping track firefly numbers (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:47 PM PDT

AP - The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.

Army studies concussions' effects on bomb techs (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:20 AM PDT

In this June 3, 2010 photo, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer performs a cognitive test which requires him to press a small light as it becomes illuminated while at the same time counting backwards from 100 by sevens, as occupational therapist Jenny Owens takes notes at the Fort Campbell Army base in Fort Campbell, Ky. Soldiers from the Army's 52nd Ordnance Group based at Fort Campbell have undergone hours of exhaustive cognitive testing in the military's first-of-its-kind study of mild traumatic brain injury. This focus on the soldiers who find and destroy the powerful and deadly weapons is part of a larger effort by the military this year to better track and treat mild brain injuries. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP - Motivated by the deaths of two friends in war-zone explosions, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer decided to become a bomb hunter.

Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater leaves a correctional facility in the Bronx after posting bail in New York. JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for Slater, who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand. Spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 that Slater is no longer employed by the airline. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday.

Racial violence changes student — and school (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:15 AM PDT

This Wednesday, June 23, 2010 photo shows Duong Nghe Ly in Philadelphia. A day of violence at South Philadelphia High School last year changed his life, and as he heads into his senior year, he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Duong Nghe Ly can't wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.

Endangered or not, wolf killings set to expand (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:05 AM PDT

This 2004 photograph provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows an adult male wolf from the Lazy Creek pack north of Whitefish, Mont. Government agencies are ramping up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, despite two recent court actions that restored the animal's endangered status in every state except Alaska and Minnesota. (AP Photo/Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks)AP - Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, despite two recent court actions that restored the animal's endangered status in every state except Alaska and Minnesota.

For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:41 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Huntington Library/Independent Television Service shows cartoonist Paul Conrad at his drawing board. Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, died Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 of natural causes at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (AP Photo/Huntington Library/Independent Television Service, File) NO SALESAP - For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.

Race complicates reservation crime fight (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:47 PM PDT

In this Sept. 3, 2010 photo, Swift Sanchez, a sergeant with the Suquamish Tribal Police, returns to her vehicle while on patrol on the Suquamish Reservation in Washington state. Across the country, police, prosecutors and judges have been wrestling with the vexing question for decades: Who qualifies as an Indian when it comes to meting out justice for crimes on reservations? (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head.

2 babies killed after semi hits vehicles in Ariz. (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 07:57 PM PDT

AP - Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix.

Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:17 PM PDT

Traffic backs up on the Bonner Bridge near Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 as people return to Hatteras Island following mandatory evacuations of the barrier island for Hurricane Earl. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.

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