2010年12月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Police: Fla. gunman killed self at school meeting (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:02 PM PST

This photo provided by the Florida Dept. of Corrections shows Clay Duke. (AP Photo/Florida Dept of Corrections)AP - A gunman opened fire at a school board meeting Tuesday, sending the audience scrambling before he exchanged shots with a security guard and then killed himself, police said. No one besides the gunman was injured.

Slow candy sales mean goodbye Hawaii, aloha Fargo! (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:47 PM PST

Employees of the Just Born candy company - which makes Peeps, Mike and Ike’s and other popular candies - are enjoying chilly Fargo, N.D., instead of balmy Hawaii after corporate sales goals weren’t met. Two dozen workers, who are in town for meetings, received fleece jackets and bomber hats. Pictured (from left) in front of the Fargo Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, are: Dave Bayha, channel team manager, Josh Halpern, director of U.S. sales, and Jim Costas, channel team manager. (AP Photo/Ann Arbor Miller)AP - There is an old saying in the sales business: Always be closing. Here is a new one: Always be freezing, if you do not sell enough.

New showdown: House plans vote on military gay ban (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo Lt. Dan Choi, center, and others handcuff themselves to the White House fence in Washington to protest that President Obama keep his promise to repeal the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy for gays in the military. The Defense Department survey on the policy is due out Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2010, and is expected to set the stage for a showdown in the Senate between advocates of repealing it and a small but powerful group of foes in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - In a new showdown, the House this week will take up a bill that would overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.

Richard Holbrooke: Remembering a Great American Diplomat (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

Time.com - On Dec. 10, Richard Holbrooke, the great American diplomat, was rushed to hospital in Washington, D.C., with a tear in his aorta, and notwithstanding hours of surgery and constant care, died, age 69, on the evening of Dec. 13

2010's Top Twitter Trends: Surprisingly Sporty (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

Time.com - If it involved the World Cup, it was popular on Twitter in 2010

Tornado hits small Ore. town; no injuries reported (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:22 PM PST

A destroyed building is shown after a tornado touched down on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Aumsville, Ore. The tornado struck the small town on Tuesday, tearing roofs off buildings, hurling objects into vehicles and homes and uprooting trees. No injuries were reported. There were early reports that some people had been trapped in cars..(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Steven Worden was cutting a customer's hair just before noon on Tuesday when the roof of his barber shop blew off.

Mass. jury: Firm gave black kids free cigarettes (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:26 PM PST

AP - A jury has ruled the Lorillard Tobacco Co. tried to entice black children to become smokers by handing out free cigarettes and has awarded $71 million in compensatory damages to the estate and son of a woman who died of lung cancer.

Officials to NFL: Metrodome won't be fixed by Mon. (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:37 PM PST

A crew works inside the Metrodome Tuesday Dec, 14, 2010 in Minneapolis. Engineering crews are inspecting damage done to the Metrodome when its roof collapsed over the weekend. And the stadium's owners expect word before the end of Tuesday on whether it can be repaired for next Monday's Minnesota Vikings game. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles)AP - The Metrodome's torn roof won't be repaired in time for the Vikings' Monday night game with Chicago, stadium officials said Tuesday as the team prepared to use Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium as a backup.

Survey: Nearly 1 in 3 US Somalis live in Minnesota (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:35 PM PST

Hashi Shafi, executive director of the Somali Action Alliance talks about the challenges of taking an accurate census in the Somali community at his office in Minneapolis, Minn., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States live in Minnesota, although some activists claim there are more. The latest release is an aggregate of five years of survey data that demographers say gives the best look at small population groups and small geographical areas since the 2000 Census. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States now live in the Minnesota, which has the largest concentration in the country, according to government data released Tuesday.

Feds: Va. man makes DC subway bomb threat online (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:17 PM PST

AP - A Virginia man accused of threatening on Facebook to detonate pipe bombs on the D.C. subway system was ordered Tuesday to undergo a mental evaluation.

Police: Bellagio heist similar to earlier robbery (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:01 PM PST

In this surveillance video frame grab released Tuesday Dec.14,2010 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department showing a bandit wearing a motorcycle helmet during an armed robbery Thursday Dec. 9,2010 at the Las Vegas Suncoast Casino. Police believe it's the same man who who escaped on a motorcycle with about $1.5 million worth of casino chips from the posh Bellagio early Tuesday Dec.14, 2010.(AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)AP - An armed bandit escaped Tuesday on a motorcycle after stealing at least $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort and may have pulled a similar caper across town less than a week ago, police said.

Philly Union League inducts 1st female president (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:16 PM PST

Joan Carter receives the gavel from her predecessor Jack Zook, left, as she takes the podium during a lunchtime ceremony at The Union League of Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Carter, a businesswoman who was among the first women admitted to the club in 1986, became their first woman president Tuesday. (AP Photo)AP - The Union League of Philadelphia, founded in 1862 to support the Union and President Abraham Lincoln's policies but known today as a hub for hobnobbing, power lunches and debutante balls, welcomed its first female president on Tuesday.

Animal rehab centers still working after BP spill (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:29 PM PST

In this Dec. 13, 2010 picture, Meghan Calhoun, left, and Sarah Gomez with the Audubon Nature Institute examine a Kemp's Ridley turtle that was impacted by the BP PLC oil spill in New Orleans. Of the thousands of animals rescued since oil began gushing from the Macondo well, dozens are still being cared for at centers along the Gulf Coast five months after the well was capped. (AP Photo/Pat Semansky)AP - A baby sea turtle escaped from the jaws of a shark, only to get stuck in oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico. A young dolphin apparently was attacked by his mother, then swam into oil.

Berkeley weighs calling alleged Wikileaker a hero (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:56 PM PST

AP - Some consider a soldier's alleged release of classified information to WikiLeaks an act of treason.

Mother killed, 5 hurt in gunbattle at Calif. mall (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:18 PM PST

A yellow tarp covers the body of a woman who was killed after being caught in the cross fire between two groups in a strip mall in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Five other people were hurt in the shooting that started when two men walked into a barber shop in the mall and opened fire on two customers. The customers returned fire and the gunfire strayedinto the parking lot where the victim was loading a child into a care seat.(AP Photo)AP - A mother loading her 2-year-old son into an SUV was killed Tuesday and five others were wounded in a gunbattle at a strip mall in south Sacramento, authorities said. Two men were inside Fly Cuts & Styles barber shop just before 1 p.m. when two other men came in and started shooting, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran.

Report: TV chef planned killing of wife for love (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, May 17, 2010 file photo Juan Carlos Cruz, 48, a former Food Network television chef, is shown at the Los Angeles Superior Court Airport branch in Los Angeles. The former 'Calorie Commando' TV chef Cruz has been sentenced to nine years in prison on a charge of soliciting two homeless men to murder his wife. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)AP - It was a story even too bizarre for Hollywood script writers.

Family wants to know how teen snuck onto plane (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:45 PM PST

AP - Family and friends of a North Carolina teen who stowed away in an airplane's wheel well said Tuesday they want to know why airport security didn't stop him from sneaking on and ultimately dying after he plunged several thousand feet.

Emanuel testifies in Chicago residency hearing (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:14 PM PST

Rahm Emanuel testifies before the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners during a hearing challenging his residency to keep him off February's mayoral ballot, in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Emanuel told elections officials on Tuesday that when he went to work as the White House chief of staff almost two years ago, he left his family's 'most valuable possessions' at his Chicago home, showing he always intended to move back. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Rahm Emanuel, who left a powerful job with President Barack Obama at the White House to move back to Chicago and run for mayor, endured hours of questioning Tuesday from everyone from attorneys to a woman named Queen Sister — all intent on keeping his name off the ballot.

Cliff Lee forgoes an extra $30 million (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:21 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 6, 2009, file photo shows Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee smiling from the dugout after pitching in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, in Philadelphia. The free-agent pitcher passed up an extra $50 million from the New York Yankees and reached a preliminary agreement on a $100 million, five-year contract with the Phillies on Monday night, Dec. 13, 2010, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - At some point, it seems, Cliff Lee figured it wasn't about the money anymore.

3 missing boys' dad moved to Mich. to face charges (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

John Skelton, right, laughs with his lawyer Merle Dech, while waiting for his hearing to start at the Lucas County Courthouse, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Toledo, Ohio. Skelton, the father of three boys missing since Thanksgiving, waived his right to an extradition hearing on Tuesday and was promptly processed and driven away to face charges across the state border in Michigan. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)AP - The father of three boys who have been missing since Thanksgiving waived his right to an extradition hearing in Ohio on Tuesday and was promptly driven back to Michigan to face charges.

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