2010年11月15日星期一

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E-mail secondary as Facebook revamps messaging (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the new email service at an announcement in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Facebook is betting that one day soon, we'll all be acting like high school students — more texting and instant-messaging, at the expense of e-mail.

Government wants to update ADA for cyberspace (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PST

In this photo taken on Nov. 11, 2010, 43-year-old Peter Berg who lost his vision to diabetes in his 20s, works at his office in Chicago. Using software that reads content to him, he can surf websites for work, check Facebook and pay his bills online. But he hit a wall while trying to set up an account on a popular website that allows electronic money transfers. 'You needed to click on something, and it wasn't identifiable to the screen reader,' said Berg, who provides technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act. An effort to update the ADA begins Thursday Nov. 18, 2010 with a Justice Department hearing in Chicago. Twenty years after it was adopted, the government wants to move the law beyond wheelchair ramps and accessible elevators into cyberspace and personal technology. Proposals will include many more websites programmed to speak to blind users. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Emergency call centers could be equipped to communicate by text message. Websites might need to be programmed to speak to blind users. Movie theaters might have to install technology to allow the deaf to read captions on small screens mounted at their seats.

Retail sales rise is led by higher auto purchases (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2010 file photo, a 2011 Ford Fiesta is seen for sale, at Fremont Ford in Newark, Calif. Retail sales, helped by strong demand for autos, increased in October by the largest amount in seven months. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)AP - A surge in auto purchases helped lift retail sales in October by the largest amount in seven months. But excluding autos, retail sales rose more modestly.

FBI Lays Fraud Charges in Holocaust-Damages Investigation (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:50 AM PST

Time.com - The FBI presses conspiracy charges against 17 people who allegedly filed false claims and stole $42 million from a German-funded charity for Holocaust survivors

Bernanke's Monetary Policy: Why a Little Inflation Is Good (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:45 AM PST

Time.com - Inflation has become a dirty word, and the term inflation fighter has taken on superhero connotations, so it's easy to forget that inflation has its pros and cons

Ohio sheriff: Missing mom, 2 others may be dead (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:37 PM PST

This police booking photo provided by the Knox County Sheriff, shows 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman in Mount Vernon, Ohio. A 13-year-old girl who went missing with her mother, brother and a friend was found bound and gagged Sunday Nov. 14, 2010 in the basement of Hoffman's home, authorities said. Knox County Sheriff David Barber said Sarah Maynard's mother, Tina Herrmann, is still missing, along with her 10-year-old brother, Kody, and her mother's 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang. Barber said 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman was arrested on one count of kidnapping and that more charges are expected. (AP Photo/Knox County Sheriff)AP - Fearing the worst, investigators searched a lake for three missing people Monday after a teenage girl who disappeared along with them was found bound and gagged in the basement of a man's home nearby.

California woman charged with terrorist aid (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:35 PM PST

AP - A California woman has been charged with conspiring to provide money and people to a Somali terrorist group to help carry out killings in the African nation, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.

US: Gangs buy jets for trans-Atlantic coke flights (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:50 PM PST

This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko at the Republic of Liberia National Security Agency (RLNSA) headquarters on May 30, 2010, in Monrovia, Liberia. He was arrested on charges of conspiring to fly cocaine from South America to Africa. It is thought to be part of an emerging trend, as gangs buy or rent old jet aircraft, stuff them full of cocaine, and fly them across the Atlantic to feed Europe's growing coke habit, U.S. prosecutors say. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office)AP - U.S. prosecutors in a series of court cases say they are beginning to unravel the latest innovation in drug smuggling: South American gangs that are buying old jets and other planes, filling them with cocaine and flying them more than 3,000 miles across the ocean to Africa.

Scientists propose one-way trips to Mars (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST

FILE - In this file image provided by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a close-up of the red planet Mars is shown. Two scientists are proposing we send volunteers to Mars and leave them there. They say the mission would mark the beginning of long-term human colonization of Mars, with numerous follow-up trips. The colleagues contend one-way missions could happen a lot quicker and cheaper, and it is essential to begin colonizing another planet as a hedge against a catastrophe that makes Earth uninhabitable. (AP Photo/NASA, File)AP - It's usually cheaper to fly one way, even to Mars.

Toyota safety in spotlight after fatal Utah crash (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST

In this Nov. 5, 2010 photo released by the Utah Highway Patrol, a Toyota Camry is shown after it crashed as it exited Interstate 80 in Wendover, Utah. Police suspect problems with the Camry's accelerator or floor mat caused the crash that left two people dead and two others injured. (AP Photo/Utah Highway Patrol)AP - The deadly crash of a Toyota Camry in western Utah is being blamed on a sticky gas pedal, the same problem that led the world's largest automaker to recall the car for repairs early this year.

Court docs reveal disabled NC girl was dismembered (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST

FILE - This May 2010 file photo shows Zahra Clare Baker, 10, waiting to get a hearing aid at an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hickory, N.C. Police Chief Tom Adkins said Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 that investigators matched a bone found a couple of weeks ago with 10-year-old Zahra Baker's DNA. Zahra, who had bone cancer that forced her to use a prosthetic leg and hearing aids, was reported missing by her parents Oct. 9. They said she was last seen in her bed at their home in Hickory, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, is currently in jail, charged with trying to throw off investigators with a bogus ransom note. (AP Photo/Independent Tribune, James Nix, File)AP - A disabled North Carolina girl was dismembered and her remains were put at different sites, according to court papers filed Monday by lawyers representing her stepmother.

FBI: Man long declared dead arrested in kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the FBI in New Orleans shows Thomas Steven Sanders. The FBI says the Mississippi man who was once considered legally dead was arrested Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in the kidnapping of a slain Las Vegas girl whose body was found in the woods of central Louisiana. (AP Photo/FBI New Orleans, File)AP - A man legally declared dead 16 years ago who is now charged with kidnapping a Las Vegas girl could be linked to the discovery of a body in Arizona believed to be that of the girl's mother, authorities said Monday.

Body found in Arizona linked to girl in Louisiana (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:25 PM PST

AP - Arizona authorities said Monday they discovered the body of a woman believed to be the missing mother of a girl found dead in Louisiana.

Ohio man who killed girl, 3, won't be executed (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:43 PM PST

AP - The governor spared the life of a man facing execution Tuesday for killing a 3-year-old, in part because the convict had an undiagnosed medical condition that led to developmental disabilities and large breasts as a child.

Police suspect days of planning in Mich. stabbings (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:44 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office via The Detroit News, Tia Skinner is shown. Skinner, the 17-year-old daughter of two Michigan stabbing victims and two other teenagers were charged Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 with multiple murder counts in the small-town attack that killed the girl's father and seriously wounded her mother. (AP Photo/St. Clair County Sheriff's Office via The Detroit News)AP - A brutal knife attack that left a man dead and his wife seriously wounded may have been planned a week in advance, and the couple's demand that their adopted daughter break up with her boyfriend was the likely motive, police said Monday.

Jury ends day without verdict in NY terror case (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:03 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 - Deliberations at the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee hit a snag Monday when a juror told the judge she felt threatened by other jurors and asked him to be removed from the panel.

Caterpillar digs deep in $7.6B deal for Bucyrus (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:09 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Bucyrus International, a Bucyrus 495HR electric mining shovel loads a Cat 793C mining truck at a mine site. Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, said Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, it has agreed to buy Bucyrus International Inc. for $7.6 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Bucyrus International, PRNewsfoto) NO SALESAP - Caterpillar, the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, moved aggressively to capitalize on demand in emerging markets Monday with a $7.6 billion buyout of Bucyrus International.

City Hall unveils 3 finalists to be next NYC taxi (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:36 PM PST

In this rendering provided by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, a taxi cab design by Ford is seen. The competition to manufacture New York City's next taxicab has been narrowed to three finalists, and the winning design will be chosen from proposals by Ford Motor Co., Karsan USA and Nissan North America Inc. (AP Photo/NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission) NO SALESAP - The competition to manufacture New York City's next official taxicab has been narrowed to three automakers who each came up with similar tall, boxy designs that are more like minivans than traditional sedans.

Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 12:44 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 17, 2010 file photo shows former Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler as he sits in the Perry County Courthouse prior to a hearing in Marion, Ala. Fowler pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 to a lesser charge in the 1965 shooting death of a black man at a civil rights protest, a killing that inspired historic voting rights marches. Fowler, 77, entered the plea of misdemeanor second-degree manslaughter two weeks before he was scheduled to go to trial on a murder charge for the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)AP - A former state trooper took a plea deal Monday in the 1965 slaying of a black man that prompted the "Bloody Sunday" march at Selma and helped galvanize America's civil rights movement.

Baby photos from the ultimate edge — a black hole (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:35 PM PST

This composite image provided by NASA, created this month, taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, shows a galaxy where a recent supernova probably resulted in a black hole in the bright white dot near the bottom middle of the picture. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronomers may have lucked into the ultimate in cosmic baby pictures: a voracious black hole fresh from its violent birth.

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