2010年12月17日星期五

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Bones found on island might be Amelia Earhart's (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST

This photo provided Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 by The International Group For Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) shows a possible chip of human bone in a plastic bag aboard the research vessel Nai-a in the Pacific Ocean. The bone fragment, one of three found by researchers on the island of Nikumaroro, in the South Pacific, could help prove that famed aviator Amelia Earhart died as a castaway after failing in her quest to circumnavigate the globe. Researchers said Friday that the University of Oklahoma hopes to extract DNA from the bones. (AP Photo/TIGHAR) NO SALESAP - The three bone fragments turned up on a deserted South Pacific island that lay along the course Amelia Earhart was following when she vanished. Nearby were several tantalizing artifacts: some old makeup, some glass bottles and shells that had been cut open.

$7.2B is recovered for Madoff's victims (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York. The trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff's burned investors has reached a settlement with the estate of a Florida philanthropist and businessman who made billions of dollars off the fraud. Court-appointed trustee Irving Picard planned an announcement Friday in Manhattan about the estate of Jeffry Picower, who drowned after suffering a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion on Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)AP - Many of Bernard Madoff's victims who thought they lost everything could get at least half their money back after the widow of a Florida philanthropist agreed Friday to return a staggering $7.2 billion that her husband reaped from the giant Ponzi scheme.

A Kardashian Christmas Begins with an Unforgettable Family Portrait (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But the fire inside this mansion is so delightful

Top 10 Apologies of 2010 (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months

Post office preparing for busiest day of the year (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST

AP - The post office is bracing for its busiest day of the year on Monday.

Iowa GOP lawmakers vow to try to oust 4 justices (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST

AP - Several Republican state lawmakers said Friday that they will try to impeach four Iowa Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous 2009 ruling that legalized gay marriage in the state.

Capsule docks with space station, 3 new tenants (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 03:38 PM PST

The Russian Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, blasts off from its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome December 16, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei RemezovAP - The International Space Station got three new tenants Friday, doubling in crew size with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz capsule.

Bears orphaned after fatal attack make debut (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST

A young grizzly bear rubs against a rock at ZooMontana in Billings, Mont. on Friday Dec. 17, 2010. The bears were given to the zoo after their mother led the animals on a summer rampage through a Montana campground that killed one person and injured two more. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - They will never escape their savage backstory, but three young bears whose mother led them on a rampage through a Montana campground embarked on a new career Friday: fuzzy zoo attractions.

Calif. gives business time to meet diesel rules (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 05:24 PM PST

Trucks make their way on eastbound I-580 Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, in Livermore, Calif. Businesses will have more time to comply with California's tough diesel emissions standards for trucks, buses and construction equipment under new, relaxed rules expected to be adopted by air quality officials. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Business owners will have more time to comply with California's tough diesel emissions standards for trucks, school buses and construction equipment under more relaxed rules that air quality officials adopted on Friday.

Purse in Fla. school board shooting up for auction (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:29 PM PST

AP - It was the purse seen round the world, and now it's for sale on eBay.

Alaska high court considers disputed Senate race (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 05:12 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller gestures in Juneau, Alaska. A judge has all but ended tea party-backed Republican Joe Miller's hopes of getting legal relief in state court in his longshot challenge of how the state counted write-in votes for rival Lisa Murkowski in their Senate race. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)AP - Legal wrangling over Alaska's contested U.S. Senate race reached the state Supreme Court Friday, with justices hearing Republican Joe Miller's appeal of a lower court ruling that amounted to a victory for rival Lisa Murkowski.

Judge hears federal worker's spousal benefits case (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Jennifer C. Pizer, senior counsel, Lambda Legal, left, speaks as Karen Golinski, center, and wife Amy Cunninghis listen during a news conference outside of a federal court building in San Francisco, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. A federal employee suing the Obama administration to obtain health benefits for her same-sex spouse is getting her day in court. Karen Golinski is a lawyer for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and her boss, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, has called the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's refusal to insure Golinski's wife illegal discrimination. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Lawyer Karen Golinski has spent the past 19 years working for a federal appeals court based in San Francisco.

Former Blackwater bought by investment group (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 07:38 AM PST

FILE - In this July 2008 file photo, Erik Prince, founder and CEO of then Blackwater Worldwide, now called Xe Services, speaks at the company's offices in Moyock, N.C. An investment group with ties to the founder of the company formerly known as Blackwater has bought the security firm, which was heavily criticized for its contractors' actions in Iraq. A statement Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 from USTC Holdings said the acquisition of the company now called Xe Services includes its training facility in North Carolina. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The statement says founder Erik Prince will no longer have an equity stake and no longer be involved in Xe's management or operations. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - An investment group with ties to the founder of the company formerly known as Blackwater announced Friday that it has bought the security firm, which was heavily criticized for its contractors' actions in Iraq.

NASA fuels shuttle Discovery in test for cracks (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST

This image provided by NASA TV shows the space shuttle Discovery on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Friday morning Dec. 17, 2010 as a tanking test begins. Teams will fill the spacecraft’s external fuel tank with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen just as they do during a launch attempt to verify repairs made to the tank. Technicians added 89 sensors to the outside of the tank recently including strain gauges to gather precise measurements of how much the tank moves during the fueling process. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery at the pad Friday, not for a flight but for tests to help understand mysterious cracks that appeared in the fuel tank during a launch attempt last month.

Obama family flying to Hawaii without president (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's Hawaii vacation is being delayed by unfinished business in Washington, but first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are going ahead with their trip this weekend.

Fancy ATM skips the folding cash, spits out gold (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:15 PM PST

FILE - In this photo made available by Ex Oriente Lux company, Thomas Geissler the CEO of Ex Oriente Lux, left, and an Emirati official remove the cover of an ATM-style kiosk which monitors the daily gold price and offers small bars up to 10 grams or coins with customized designs during an opening and demonstration ceremony at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in this May 12, 2010 file photo. The German company planned to install a similar machine Friday Dec. 17, 2010 at an upscale mall in Boca Raton, a South Florida paradise of palm trees, pink buildings and wealthy retirees. Geissler said the Abu Dhabi machine has been so popular it has to be restocked every two days. (AP Photo/ Ex Oriente Lux, File)AP - Shoppers who are looking for something sparkly to put under the Christmas tree can skip the jewelry and go straight to the source: an ATM that dispenses shiny 24-carat gold bars and coins.

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