2010年11月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Elizabeth Smart says she awoke to knife on neck (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PST

Elizabeth Smart, right, arrives at Federal Court with her sister, Mary Katherine Smart, left, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in 2002 resumed Monday. Smart's mother and her sister, who was sleeping in the same bed with Smart when she was taken at knifepoint in 2002, are expected to be the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)AP - Elizabeth Smart remembers not being able to make out the threat, only the feel of cold knife at her neck.

Conn. man condemned to die for fatal home invasion (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:21 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Steven Hayes. On Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in New Haven Superior Court, a jury voted unanimously to send Hayes to death row, after previously convicting him for killing the wife and two daughters of Dr. William Petit during a home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction, File)AP - A man was condemned to death Monday for a night of terror inside a suburban home where a woman was strangled and her two daughters were tied to their beds and left to die in a gasoline-fueled fire.

Nancy Grace settles lawsuit over woman's death (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PST

AP - The parents and estate of a young woman who shot herself after she faced harsh questioning from talk-show host Nancy Grace have dismissed a lawsuit against CNN and the host.

The Republican Revolution: Real This Time? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - If congressional Republicans are truly serious about shrinking the deficit, they won't cut taxes

Tanned, Tested, Ready: New Speaker John Boehner (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Yes, John Boehner plays a lot of golf. Yes, he has a deep tan. And yes, he hangs out with corporate lobbyists. But there's more to him than that. Meet the Washington insider who's leading the opposition

Protesters interrupt Netanyahu New Orleans speech (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves after speaking at the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in New Orleans, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Hecklers interrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a prominent American Jewish group on Monday, the same day his government said it would move ahead with hundreds of new housing units in disputed east Jerusalem.

Hearing set in Afghanistan 'thrill kill' case (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

FILE -- An undated file photo provided by the Winfield family shows, U.S. Army Spc. Adam Winfield. Winfield, who tried to blow the whistle on an alleged plot to kill Afghan civilians for sport has been put in solitary confinement in a windowless cell for 23 hours a day, his family said. (AP Photo/Courtesy Winfield family, HO)AP - The soldiers who reported to Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs paint a monstrous picture: He killed Afghan civilians for sport, they say, and encouraged others to do the same. He collected fingers of the dead, plotted against his own men and found it amusing to slaughter animals with his assault rifle.

Brawlers beat random stranger to death in Georgia (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:59 PM PST

Monique Revaida, far left, mother of Bobby Tillman, 18, in the portrait being held, stands with loved ones in front of the Douglas County Courthouse after a hearing regarding the four men charged in her son's death which occurred during an overnight brawl, Nov. 8 2010, in Douglasville, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - It began with a brawl outside a house party. A woman hit a man, and the man refused to strike back, saying he wouldn't hit a girl. Instead, he vowed to attack the next male who walked by, even if that person was a random stranger.

California officer shot, killed during foot chase (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:19 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Riverside Police Department showing Riverside, Calif., police officer Ryan Bonaminio who was shot and killed in a gun fight Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. Riverside police are hunting for a truck driver accused of killing Bonaminio. (AP Photo/Riverside Police Department)AP - Police scoured a Southern California park for clues Monday as they searched for a truck driver accused of gunning down an officer who chased him into a park after what should have been a routine traffic stop.

Closings start at Guantanamo detainee's NY trial (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:05 PM PST

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since 2006 accused of involvement in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, is depicted in this courtroom sketch of his arraignment, in New York, June 9, 2009. Standing next to Ghailani is Assistant U.S. Attorney David Raskin, the prosecutor for the case. REUTERS/Christine CornellAP - The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial is a cold-blooded killer and terrorist who slipped away the day before his cohorts carried out a plot to attack two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

Indictment: Somali gangs trafficked girls for sex (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:53 PM PST

AP - Twenty-nine people have been indicted in a sex trafficking ring in which Somali gangs in Minneapolis and St. Paul allegedly forced girls under age 14 into prostitution in Minnesota, Tennessee and Ohio, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

Court order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:49 PM PST

AP - A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday to block a new amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that would prohibit state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.

From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy auctions art (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:37 AM PST

This picture provided by Christie's shows a photograph of Brigette Bardot that appeared on the March 1958 cover of Playboy magazine. The gelatin silver print is one of 125 items of original art from the Playboy Enterprises archive up for sale at a Dec. 8 auction at Christie's in New York dubbed 'The Year of the Rabbit.' Nearly all the items in the sale have appeared in Playboy magazine, a cultural icon that helped liberate American sexual mores.(AP Photo/CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.)AP - Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe may be names that come to mind when one thinks of the art of Playboy, but how about Salvador Dali?

In a tough economy, old stigmas fall away (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PST

** ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, NOV. 8 ** In this photo taken Oct. 13, 2010 cashier Ciara Helton stocks the aisle at the Aldi grocery store in Chicago. Improved quality has helped drive the growth, but price also plays a big role. Supermarkets that stock almost all store-brands are thriving. One is Aldi, a chain of more than 1,000 stores in the Midwest and on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The Goodwill store in this middle-class New York suburb is buzzing on a recent weekend afternoon. A steady flow of shoppers comb through racks filled with second-hand clothes, shoes, blankets and dishes.

Storm brings mix of rain and snow to New England (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:48 PM PST

Maria Medina, of Albany, N.Y., waits for a bus during a snow storm in Albany, on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - A powerful coastal storm packing rain, snow and sleet surprised New Englanders with its ferocity as wind gusts built to speeds topping 60 mph, knocking down trees and utility poles, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark. At sea, swells topped out at more than 15 feet.

Closings wrap up in deadly NH home invasion trial (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:34 PM PST

Steven Spader enters court in Nashua, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Spader is facing life in prison without parole for his role in the attack of Jaimie Cates and muder of Kimberly Cates. (AP Photo/Don Himsel, Pool)AP - A teenager accused of murdering a woman and injuring her daughter with a machete during a home invasion knew details of the crime that only the killer could have known, a prosecutor said Monday during closing arguments.

Ex-spy pleads guilty to plotting from prison (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST

AP - One of the highest-ranking CIA officers ever convicted of espionage will likely spend eight additional years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a scheme to collect money from former Russian contacts while behind bars.

Murkowski on cusp of win; how will she legislate? (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:30 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo from Sept. 24, 2010, Alaska's Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski addresses a group of supporters at her new Juneau, Alaska campaign headquarters. Murkowski is on the cusp of vindication. A win as a write-in candidate would send her back to Washington, to the colleagues and party leaders who turned their backs following her humiliating primary loss to tea party favorite Joe Miller. The question some Alaskans have, though, is how would she legislate? (AP Photo/Chris Miller)AP - Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on the cusp of vindication after waging a high stakes — and long shot — write-in campaign to keep her job.

DeLay attorney: Charges due to bias by former DA (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:36 PM PST

Tom DeLay, pictured on october 26, the Republican leader known as AP - Attorneys for Tom DeLay suggested to jurors Monday that a money laundering case against the former U.S. House majority leader was the result of a prejudice against corporate donations held by the former prosecutor who originally brought the charges.

NYC Marathon: Guts from Chile, glory for Ethiopia (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST

World record holder Haile Gebrselassie, center, of Ethiopia, runs with the men's pack during the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in New York. Gebrselassie dropped out at mile 16 with a right knee injury. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Gebre Gebremariam saw his country's greatest marathoner pull up in pain on the Queensboro Bridge, at the 16th mile. He urged Haile Gebrselassie to keep going, but what the world-record holder felt in his right knee told him his career was over, and it was time for a new Ethiopian star.

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