2010年11月1日星期一

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Mail bombs 4 times larger than Christmas plot (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PDT

A cargo plane is loaded at the FedEx distribution center at the International Cargo Airport in Cologne, western Germany, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. After intercepting two mail bombs addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, investigators found out that packages that terrorists in Yemen attempted to smuggle onto an aircraft in a brazen al-Qaida terror plot, were moved through Cologne. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - Al-Qaida's top bombmaker raised his game, officials believe, by following his miss on a crowded U.S.-bound passenger jet last Christmas with four times more explosives packed into bombs hidden last week on flights from Yemen.

Appeals court hints at tossing part of Arizona law (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PDT

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, left, speaks at a news conference at a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building with attorney John Bouma, right, and Governor's office counsel Joe Kanefield, rear, in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arizona's request to enforce its controversial new immigration law. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Arizona's immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state's governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she's seeking her first full term.

Appeals court extends life of gay military policy (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:33 PM PDT

The U.S. flag is held by sailors before Game 5 of baseball's World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - A federal appeals court on Monday indefinitely extended its freeze on a judge's order halting enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, heightening pressure on the Obama administration to persuade the U.S. Senate to repeal the law before a new Congress is sworn in.

Pelosi, Among Others, Could Exit if Dems Lose House (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - If Democrats lose control of the House of Representatives next week, as most political observers expect, there is a good chance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will opt to spend time with her grandchildren rather than toil in the minority

Space Tourism: Will It Be Worth the Money? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - For decades it's seemed like a sci-fi fantasy. But thanks to major companies making the push into orbit and big investors backing the industry, it looks like space tourism could finally become a reality

NC police: Fake leg found belonged to missing girl (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:29 PM PDT

AP - A prosthetic leg found in western North Carolina belonged to a 10-year-old girl who has been missing for weeks, police said Monday.

NASA: Space shuttle Discovery 'go' for Wed. launch (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:57 AM PDT

This photo provided by NASA shows the space shuttle Discovery on launch pad 39a early in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA says space shuttle Discovery is finally leak-free and ready to blast off Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Bill Ingalls, NASA)AP - NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for its final flight.

APNewsBreak: Girl Scouts' uniforms to be US-made (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:42 PM PDT

AP - The Girl Scouts of the USA announced Monday its uniforms will continue to be made in America following a public uproar over reports it was considering bids from overseas manufacturers.

Police: Atlanta newlywed shot to death by husband (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:12 PM PDT

AP - Neighbors and co-workers of an Atlanta newlywed were stunned by her weekend slaying, and by the arrest of her new husband who was naked when police found him outside the couple's house.

Police: Teen shot dead after Halloween prank (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:44 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say a driver enraged after his Mercedes was splattered with eggs on Halloween fatally shot a 17-year-old in the neck and leg as he tried to run away.

Brain docs raise concussion alarm for kids' sports (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 16, 2010, Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett (15) reacts after being injured on a pass attempt in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Auburn, in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Coach Bobby Petrino said Mallett suffered a concussion in the first half. Athletes of all ages who are suspected of suffering a concussion should be evaluated by a specialist before they return to sports, a major doctors group said Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in the latest sign of concern over potential lasting damage from head injuries. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)AP - The risk of concussions from football and some other sports is so serious that a qualified athletic trainer should always be on the field — at adult and children's games, and even at practice, a major doctors group said Monday.

Megachurch pastor denies abuse allegations (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta. Long, the famed pastor of a Georgia megachurch said Sunday, Oct. 3 that he won't be pulled into a street fight over the allegations and vowed that his faith has been strengthened. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)AP - The megachurch pastor accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships categorically denied the allegations for the first time in a court filing Monday, saying he was only a mentor to the men who filed civil lawsuits against him.

Woman convicted in deadly Pa. collar bomb robbery (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:34 PM PDT

AP - A 61-year-old woman was convicted of participating in a bizarre plot in which a pizza delivery driver was forced to rob a bank wearing a metal bomb collar that later exploded, killing him.

AP Enterprise: Docs help make pot available in CA (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:53 AM PDT

Medical marijuana on display at a dispensary in Los Angeles, California. Californians will vote Tuesday on whether to make their famously laid-back US state the world's first to legalize all marijuana consumption, cultivation and trade.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AP - Fourteen years since Californians passed the first-in-the-nation medical marijuana law, pot is not just for the sick. Hundreds of medical marijuana doctors, operating without official scrutiny, have helped make it available to nearly anyone who wants it.

Prosecutors: DeLay illegally directed funds to GOP (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, Tom DeLay, right, answers questions from members of the media with his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, left, at the Travis County courthouse in Austin, Texas. Opening statements began Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in the trial of the former U.S. House Majority Leader, who is accused of helping to illegally finance Texas legislative races in 2002. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)AP - Tom DeLay took part in a scheme to illegally channel corporate money into Texas legislative races in order to strengthen his power and influence, prosecutors said Monday in opening statements of the former U.S. House majority leader's money laundering trial.

Producer in Del. disputes O'Donnell claim about ad (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:56 PM PDT

AP - A half-hour television ad for Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell was finally being aired on a Delaware public access channel after a day of delays.

Ex-Rep. Condit: No involvement in Levy killing (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PDT

Former Congressman Gary Condit, center, leaves the District of Columbia Superior Court building after testifying in the trial of Ingmar Guandique, the man charged with the murder of Chandra Levy, in Washington Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Former California Rep. Gary Condit told jurors Monday that he didn't murder Chandra Levy and insisted he cooperated fully with police when they investigated the Washington intern's disappearance nearly a decade ago.

Defense rests in Conn. home invasion case (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided by the Connecticut State Police shows Steven Hayes. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police, File)AP - Attorneys trying to persuade a jury to spare a Connecticut man the death penalty for a deadly home invasion rested their case Monday as a judge refused to dismiss the only remaining alternate juror over an embarrassing romantic note.

System meant to thwart undocumented workers 'deeply flawed' (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:12 PM PDT

In this Oct. 1, 2010 photo, shopper walks past an Abercrombie & Fitch store in Rochester, Mich. They cost clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch $1 million in fines, tripped up Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor, prompted mass layoffs across the country and have been at the center of countless other workplace immigration disputes. An obscure federal document called the I-9 form has emerged as a contentious element in the national immigration debate since the Obama administration vowed to go after employers who hire undocumented workers. Employers must fill out and sign the form, which requires them to acknowledge, under penalty of perjury, that they examined documents that allow an employee to work. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - They cost clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch $1 million in fines, tripped up Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor, prompted mass layoffs across the country and have been at the center of countless other workplace immigration disputes.

Convicted Palin hacker asks probation in Tennessee (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:56 PM PDT

In this July 2, 2010 publicity image released by TLC, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is shown by the family boat in Dillingham, Alaska, in a scene from the reality series 'Sarah Palin's Alaska,' which premieres on TLC on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/TLC, Gilles Mingasson)AP - A former Tennessee college student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail in 2008 is seeking probation but federal prosecutors contend he should go to prison for trying to "derail a national election."

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