2010年10月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 06:17 PM PDT

Omar Lopez, who is reported to be turned away from an Army recruiting office last week, poses for a photograph, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 in Austin, Texas. The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Conn. jury hears words of home invasion defendant (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo provided by the Connecticut State Police, Steven Hayes is shown. A judge has set court sessions over two weeks for presenting evidence to a jury that will decide life-or-death punishment for Hayes, who was convicted in three home invasion killings. New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue said at a hearing Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 he expects the jury could begin deliberations on punishment for Steven Hayes by Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police)AP - Lawyers for a Connecticut man trying to avoid the death penalty for a fatal home invasion cited the writings of his co-defendant who described how his "dark shadow was let loose" as he beat a doctor and the pleasure he got from terrorizing the man's wife and two daughters.

Nevada Senate race turns uglier with Hispanic ad (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010, file photo Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talk after their televised Nevada Senate debate in Las Vegas as moderator Mitch Fox is seen at center. The polls make the race a toss-up, spending on televised attack ads stand at a multi-million-dollar crescendo and not even Reid's own partisans argue with conviction that he won the only debate that Angle would accept. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP - A Republican campaign urging Latinos not to vote was yanked from the airwaves Tuesday amid an outcry from Democrats that it was a dirty trick against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his hotly contested race against Republican Sharron Angle.

Q&A: 'Our Patchwork Nation' Maps America's Demographics (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Dante Chinni and James Gimpel, authors of the book Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the "Real" America, break down the country's demographics

Delaware's At-Large Congressional Seat: John Carney vs. Glen Urquhart (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Delaware's At-Large Congressional Seat: John Carney vs. Glen Urquhart

No mandatory cadmium limits; Shrek glasses were OK (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - This July 13, 2010 file photo shows an undated photo made available by the by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission showing a selection of recalled jewelry, including butterfly and cupcake earrings, 'BFF' bracelets and necklaces, and a cupcake necklace by Tween Brands. Federal regulators have for the first time, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010, revealed how they intend to police the problem presented by the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry.Tuesday's long-awaited guidance from the Consumer Product Safety Commission suggests an acceptable level of cadmium, a known carcinogen that can damage kidneys and bones. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, File)AP - The 12 million "Shrek" glasses pulled by McDonald's last spring amid federal concerns about cadmium did not have unsafe levels of the toxic metal, judging by revised intake limits regulators unveiled Tuesday.

2 inmates shot as some 120 brawl at Calif. prison (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:48 PM PDT

AP - Two inmates were shot and a dozen others injured as guards used pepper spray and gunfire Tuesday to break up a brawl among about 120 inmates at a Southern California prison, authorities said.

Suspect in NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing out on bond (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2010 file photo, Michael Enright, right, confers with his attorney Jason Martin, during his arraignment in a New York City courtroom on charges of assaulting a New York City taxi driver. The college student charged with stabbing the taxi driver in an anti-Muslim attack has been freed Tuesday, Cot. 19, 2010 on $500,000 bail. A judge Tuesday approved the combination of cash and property that Enright's family put up to free him.(AP Photo/Steve Hirsch, Pool, File)AP - A college student charged with a hate-fueled attack on a Muslim taxi driver was freed on bail Tuesday, staying silent about a stabbing that helped heighten concerns about tolerance in the weeks before the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

No Scout leadership post in NC for Mormon parents (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT

AP - A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub Scout leaders, at least until officials there found out they are Mormons and told them they would have to step down because the church does not consider them real Christians.

Family skeptical of police account of NY shooting (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:52 PM PDT

This handout photo from Pace University on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, shows Danroy Henry, 20, a student and football player at Pace University's Pleasantville campus who was shot and killed by local police . (AP Photo/Pace University,Handout) NO SALESAP - Relatives of a Pace University football player who was shot and killed by police said Tuesday they are skeptical of official accounts of the shooting and have hired a civil rights lawyer.

AP IMPACT: Beef industry woes may mean poorer meat (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:57 PM PDT

A flock of birds fly over cattle at a feedlot southwest of Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Many ranchers say the market for domestic meat has withered to the point where they often receive only a single reasonable bid for their animals. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - In this Great Plains ranching town, cowboys still lasso steers as part of their daily routine and cattle producers like Bob Sears still take pride in the long tradition of raising American beef.

Fed-up flight attendant pleads guilty, avoids jail (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Steven Slater leaves a Queens courthouse in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. The former flight attendant whose meltdown landed him in court has pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief and will undergo counseling. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The fed-up flight attendant who waved goodbye to his career in a spectacular exit down an emergency chute made a soft landing in court Tuesday.

Nurse: 3 soldiers unafraid facing Fort Hood gunman (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - This April 9, 2010 file photo released by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, after his Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department, File)AP - Three young soldiers were fatally shot while protecting civilian nurses hiding under a desk during last year's deadly rampage at Fort Hood, witnesses testified Tuesday at a military hearing for the Army psychiatrist charged with the shootings.

Kan. families blame doctor for relatives' deaths (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT

AP - A woman whose mother died in 2006 of a drug overdose took the stand Tuesday and told a Kansas doctor and his wife at their sentencing that she had more hatred for them than anyone else.

AP Exclusive: Texas judge feels vindicated (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Judge Sharon Keller talks with a reporter at her office, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Keller was recently cleared of all disciplinary charges after she prevented lawyers from filing a last minute appeal for a death-row inmate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Texas' top criminal judge said Tuesday she feels vindicated that a special court dismissed a public reprimand of her for closing her court and preventing lawyers from filing a last-minute appeal hours before their client was executed.

Mom of US hiker jailed in Iran expects Nov. trial (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd are shown in Tehran. Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey of Pine City, Minn., said Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, the two men still jailed in Iran have a Nov. 6 trial date and their families hope that means a release soon after. Hickey said they learned of the trial date from their lawyer around the same time Shourd was released and the families have few other details. Hickey says the lawyer will argue any border crossing was accidental while the three were hiking in northern Iraq in July 2009. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - The mother of one of two American hikers still jailed in Iran said Tuesday that she's been told they will stand trial in November and that she's relieved they will get to formally deny the espionage charges against them.

Big VA study shows surgery checklist saves lives (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT

AP - Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools?

Dad of missing NC girl says kidnappers set fire (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:07 PM PDT

AP - The father of a disabled missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl told an emergency dispatcher he thought a fire set in his backyard may have been meant to distract him while kidnappers abducted his daughter.

NY police: 77-year-old is beaten for comics, dies (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:05 PM PDT

AP - An unassuming 77-year-old bachelor who had hoped to sell a valuable comic book collection and leave the money to his family was robbed by a Rochester businessman's thugs, was roughed up and hours later died of a heart attack, authorities said.

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