2010年10月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Pa. drilling firm basks in glow of Chilean rescue (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Brandon Fisher, second left, president of Center Rock Inc., the Pennsylvania company whose hammer-style drill heads created the hole that reached the 33 trapped miners, is surrounded by the press as he walks with colleague Richard Soppe, second right, at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Saturday the drilling rig punched through to the collapsed mine where the miners have been trapped since Aug. 5, shortening the time for the final rescue operation. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - Proud employees of a small drilling company too remote to have cable television found themselves Wednesday at the center of the world's biggest news story — but they still had to get the day's work done.

Millions worldwide watch Chilean mine drama unfold (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Rescued miner Daniel Herrera, 27, in white t-shirt, is embraced by a member of the Air Force as he arrives at an army airfield in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Herrera was the sixteenth of 33 miners to be rescued from the San Jose mine after more than 2 months trapped underground.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - They were inspired by the miners' fortitude and camaraderie. They were amazed by the engineering feat that saved the men's lives. And they were grateful for some good news for a change.

Closing arguments wrap up in Pa. hate crime case (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2010 file photo, Brandon J. Piekarsky, 18, of Shenandoah Heights, left, and Derrick M. Donchak, 20, of Shenandoah, return to the William J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Scranton, Pa. A teenager who witnessed the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez in Pennsylvania has told a court, Thursday Oct. 7, 2010, that the assailants concocted a story to cover up the assault. Prosecutors say Piekarsky and Donchak participated in the beating because of racial animosity toward Hispanics. The defendants say Ramirez's ethnicity was not a factor. (AP Photo/Republican-Herald, Nick Meyer, File)AP - Two young men were filled with alcohol and testosterone — and, as prosecutors charge, ethnic hatred — when they took part in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant two years ago.

Facebook Groups: Five Tips for Simple Social Networking (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - How to use the wildly popular, occasionally exasperating social site Facebook, with its new Groups feature, without driving yourself bonkers

Walmart Rolls Back Rollbacks: Food Prices at Two-Year High (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - A new report says the retail giant's food prices are at nearly two-year highs. Why Walmart is shifting its U.S. strategy

Dozens charged with largest Medicare scam ever (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:54 PM PDT

Varugan Amroyan is led in handcuffs from FBI headquarters in New York Wednesday, Oct, 13, 2010. Amroyan is one of 73 people across the country charged by federal prosecutors in a scheme to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.

Wounded soldiers recall Fort Hood rampage terror (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, defense attorney Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, right, speaks to Investigating Officer Col. James L. Pohl, center, while Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, left, listens during Hasan's Article 32 hearing inside the U.S. Magistrate court Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, 40, is charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in a Nov. 5 attack , which killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a processing center where soldiers were making final preparations to deploy. The Article 32 hearing, which will determine whether there is enough evidence to put the Army psychiatrist on trial, was adjourned for the day Tuesday when defense attorneys asked for a nearly month-long delay. Unidentified woman, center right, is a court reporter. (AP Photo/Pat Lopez)AP - A sergeant shot five times during last year's rampage at Fort Hood said Wednesday he recalled lying on the floor and locking eyes with Maj. Nidal Hasan after the Army psychiatrist cried out "Allahu Akbar" and unleashed a burst of gunfire into a crowd of soldiers preparing for deployment.

Police arrest man tied to false Texas conviction (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Police on Wednesday arrested a convicted child molester whose fingerprint was found at the scene of the 1990 sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl — a crime for which a deaf man was wrongly convicted.

Schools reformers mull meaning of Rhee's departure (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Michelle Rhee became a public face of education reform during her tenure as head of the District of Columbia's schools, but she found out that reform isn't always popular, especially when it involves school closings and teacher layoffs.

CA playground shooting suspect pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT

San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, Summer Stephan, right, argues for a $10, 000, 000 bail to Judge Marshall Y. Hockett, left, for Brendan Liam O'Rourke, center, behind glass, at O'Rourke's arraignment on charges stemming from an incident at the Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad, Calif. where O'Rourke allegedly opened fire with a hand gun, wounding two elementary school students Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, in Vista, Calif. O'Rourke is accompanied by his attorney Kathleen Cannon. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - An electronics technician accused of wounding two young girls after opening fire at a Southern California elementary school pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and assault.

Painting from New York home may be a Michelangelo (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

A lithograph of 'La Pieta,' believed to have been painted by Michelangelo in the 16th century, is seen here in the home of Martin Kober in Tonawanda, N.Y., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)AP - Could a painting of Mary holding the body of Jesus that hung for years in an upstate New York family's home really be a 16th century Michelangelo?

In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT

A print graphic showing life expectancies in the U.S. for hispanics, blacks and whites.AP - U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country.

Lawsuit: Mentally ill US citizen wrongly deported (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT

AP - A mentally disabled U.S. citizen who spoke no Spanish was deported to Mexico with little but a prison jumpsuit after immigration agents manipulated him into signing documents allowing his removal, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. His lawyers say the agents ignored records showing his Social Security number, while prison officials wouldn't tell concerned relatives what happened.

New scanner aims to make liquids on planes safer (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Stephen Surko, program manager of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, explains during a demonstration in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, the workings of a new machine developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory that can detect whether a passenger is carrying liquid explosives. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)AP - The latest airport security technology being developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory could open the door for airline passengers to bring their soft drinks and full-size shampoo bottles on board again.

Los Angeles considers more food truck regulation (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 06:26 AM PDT

AP - Diane Betzler would hesitate to eat at a food truck even if it was serving filet mignon for free and the placard in the window gave it an A-plus rating for cleanliness.

Consultants try to make rich candidates relatable (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2010 file photo, Connecticut Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, right, looks over to opponent Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal, during their debate in Hartford, Conn. Candidates have been slinging mud from afar for months, their insults filling TV ads and peppering speeches. Now, they're meeting up close — in many cases for the only time — and getting right in each other's faces. (AP Photo/Rich Messina, File)AP - Wearing a smart business suit and a friendly smile, political newcomer Linda McMahon easily sells herself as an entrepreneur who can relate to store owners in a Hispanic business district â€" thanks, in part, to the advice of paid professionals.

Prosecutor: Man had gun used in 4 Boston killings (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:24 AM PDT

Kimani Washington, left, stands with his lawyer Jonathan Salsberg, in Dorchester Court Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, in Boston. Washington was arraigned Wednesday on charges of weapons violations, drug trafficking, receiving a stolen car and being a career criminal. Washington was arrested in Manchester, N.H., on Oct. 1, three days after shootings in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood. Four people died. A fifth person remains hospitalized in critical condition. Not guilty pleas were automatically entered for Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Garfinkel, Pool)AP - The only person arrested in the shooting deaths of four people — including a 2-year-old boy — had one of the murder weapons and a victim's car, and other people are believed to have been involved, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

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