2010年12月12日星期日

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Storm socks Midwest, cancels flights, closes roads (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST

Holes in the collapsed Metrodome roof can be seen in Minneapolis Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings' game against the New York Giants. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP - A powerful, gusty storm dumped mounds of snow across the upper Midwest on Sunday, closing major highways in several states, canceling more than 1,600 flights in Chicago and collapsing the roof of the Minnesota Vikings' stadium.

Dome disaster: Snow wrecks Vikings' home (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:35 PM PST

Snow falls into the field from a hole in the collapsed roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches (43 cms) on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings' game against the New York Giants. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP - The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.

Hundreds safe after winds ground Mo. showboat (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:58 PM PST

AP - More than 600 passengers and crew members of the Branson Belle showboat walked off the vessel Sunday morning after spending more than 15 hours aboard the boat, which ran aground in strong winds and choppy water.

Handyman admits to killing at least 8 Mass. women (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:22 AM PST

AP - He's killed more people than the Son of Sam, but there are no made-for-TV movies about Alfred Gaynor.

Hunting traditions sag as land, desire disappear (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST

Graphic shows the decline in the number of hunting licenses issued in the United States.AP - Classroom desks and office cubicles stand empty. Hunters in blaze orange stand out like drops of bright paint against brown fields. Pub parking lots are crowded with pickup trucks draped with deer carcasses.

'I'm not a witch' picked as top quote of year (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

FILE - This file image taken from video and released by the Strategic Perception Inc. on Oct. 5, 2010 shows Republican tea-party-backed Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell. O'Donnell's TV ad declaration 'I'm not a witch' during her U.S. Senate campaign topped this year's best quotes, according to Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School, who released his fifth annual list of the most notable quotations of the year. (AP Photo/Strategic Perception Inc.) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Christine O'Donnell's TV ad declaration "I'm not a witch" during her U.S. Senate campaign topped this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian.

Failure of 9/11 health bill could hurt NY clinics (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:47 AM PST

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, center, D-N.Y., is joined by Rep. Jerry Nadler, left, D-N.Y., and by 9/11 responders and survivors and union leaders during a news conference near ground zero, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 in New York. Maloney and Nadler, the authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, held the news conference to demand that Senate Republicans stop obstructing the passage of the Zadroga Act. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The network of health centers providing free medical tests and treatment to 58,000 people exposed to World Trade Center dust faces a less certain future if Congress doesn't pass legislation aimed at helping victims of 9/11's toxic legacy.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST

In this March 14, 2010 file photo, William Hamman watches data on a computer as he supervises doctors during a cardiology simulation at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Hamman, an airline captain who lives in Michigan, claimed to be a cardiologist and trained other doctors in teamwork. But he never got a medical degree. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)AP - He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from crashing.

Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

In this Nov. 13, 2010 photo, Jose and Rosalva Rodriguez listen to instructor Rosaura Fresquez during a class at a high school in Los Angeles for parents of juveniles convicted of gang crimes. The classes are being rolled out in Los Angeles County as part of a new state law that gives judges the option of sending parents for training when their kids are convicted of gang crimes for the first time. (AP Photo/Thomas Watkins)AP - It's a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They'd rather not be here, but a judge made them come.

Woman extradited to Ala. in child deaths case (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by Richard DeBlase, Natalie, left, and Chase DeBlase are shown. Uncovering how the two missing Alabama children died has police picking through wildly different tales from two suspects — the father and stepmother — as allegations of poison, rage and abuse swirl. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The woman accused of torturing two young children who were later killed and dumped in rural Mississippi and Alabama is expected to return to Alabama to face charges.

Pastor who threatened to burn Quran plans UK visit (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST

AP - Britain's interior minister said Sunday she will consider barring from the country a Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11.

Storms bring flood threat to Wash., Ore. rivers (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Dec.11, 2010 at 04:00 PM EST shows clouds shrouding the Northwest and rain and high elevation snow continue to fall in Washington and Oregon. This precipitation will continue through much of the rest of the weekend due to the approach of a long cold front off the West Coast. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Record rainfall in the Pacific Northwest triggered mudslides and threatened to cause severe flooding of some Western Washington rivers Sunday.

Jailed Ga. man released early in soldier's beating (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:25 PM PST

AP - A white man who was sentenced to six months in a Georgia jail for beating a black Army Reservist in front of her daughter and yelling racial slurs has been released early.

Beau held without bail in designer's NYC tub death (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:48 PM PST

AP - An Oscar-winning songwriter's son was having trouble accepting his breakup with his swimsuit designer girlfriend, prosecutors said Saturday as he was charged with trying to kill her at a swanky New York City hotel.

`Strippermobile' delivers Christmas donations (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:35 PM PST

AP - The "strippermobile" has made another run in Las Vegas, this time with properly dressed Santa's helpers riding for a good cause.

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