2010年12月18日星期六

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Senate votes to end ban on openly gay troops (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:28 PM PST

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., hugs 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' supporter Eric Alva, a former Marine, near the floor of the Senate on an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops and sent President Barack Obama legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as "don't ask, don't tell."

Gays celebrate repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST

Cassandra Melnikow, foreground left, and her sister Victoria Melnikow, right, sit in New York's Times Square as news of the Senate approving the repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' is displayed outside ABC Television's Times Square studios Saturday Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - Word that the world's largest military power will allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a civil rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the armed forces.

Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST

FILE - In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a sign for a Bank of America branch is shown in Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America says it will no longer process transactions for the website WikiLeaks, following similar actions by several other financial institutions. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - Bank of America Corp. has joined several other financial institutions in refusing to handle payments for WikiLeaks, the latest blow to the secret-releasing organization's efforts to continue operating under pressure from governments and the corporate world.

Series of storms threatens Calif. with flooding (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:22 PM PST

AP - A series of winter storms bearing down on California Saturday was threatening parts of the state with flooding, and officials were posting mudflow warnings in areas recently affected by wildfires ahead of this weekend's rains.

Police circle Colo. home where pregnant woman shot (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

AP - Police say authorities have surrounded a suburban Denver house where a man shot his pregnant wife, and some residents in the neighborhood have evacuated.

With love, teens face a deadly diagnosis (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:40 AM PST

In this Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 photo, Sabrina Parker's grandfather, Noland Parker, cleans her trachea tube at his home in Jacksonville, N.C. Sabrina passed away on Nov. 30, 2010 from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, which also killed her mother and grandmother. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - As she walked through the door, Sabrina Parker's big hazel eyes flared with surprise and she raised a hand to her mouth to stifle a gasp. She was a huge fan of the "Twilight" book and movie series, and her friends and family had transformed this greasy garage into a Sweet 16's dream.

Obama offers assurances to GOP on nuke treaty (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

FILE - President Barack Obama, left, and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START treaty at the Prague Castle in Prague in this, April 8, 2010 file photo. Obama is warning that failure to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia will undercut American leadership on scores of challenges it faces worldwide. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday Dec. 18, 2010 to plead with the Senate to approve the treaty, a dearly held foreign policy priority in the waning days of Congress' lame-duck session.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Pushing hard for a victory on a top national security imperative, President Barack Obama sought to assure Republican lawmakers Saturday that a new arms control treaty with Russia would not hamper U.S. missile defense.

Images of 2010 gobbled up by a nation of watchers (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST

FILE - This image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) early Saturday morning, May 29, 2010 shows drilling mud escaping from the broken pipe on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. If you needed any evidence that the U.S. has become a nation of watchers, look no further than 2010. From the spillcam to Snooki, from volcanic clouds to video ambushes of political candidates, the spectacle that was the past year made certain that the image — the weird, wonderful, horrifying, mesmerizing image — reigned supreme. (AP Photo/BP PLC, File)AP - There it was, gazed upon by millions in horror, anger and pure fascination: a grainy, sputtering image of the deep blue sea and its interloper — the bubbling brown goo that was spewing into the water from the depths of the planet.

FAA: 3 killed, 2 injured in Louisiana plane crash (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 02:14 PM PST

AP - The Federal Aviation Administration says a single-engine plane has crashed in south-central Louisiana and three people have been killed. Two other people aboard have been injured.

Ga. woman sues to overturn assisted suicide law (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:47 AM PST

In this 2007 photo provided by the Caldwell family, Susan Caldwell is pictured with her dog Onyx. Caldwell, whose grandfather, uncle, mother, and now herself is living with a fatal degenerative disease known as Huntington's disease, filed a lawsuit last week asking a federal judge to let a Georgia-based right-to-die group assign her an 'exit guide' who could hold her hand and guide her through her final hours if the pain of living becomes unbearable. (AP Photo/Caldwell family) NO SALESAP - Living with a fatal degenerative disease, Susan Caldwell relied heavily on the support of a Georgia-based right-to-die group. She had tried to kill herself in 2008 by strapping on a helium-filled hood, and just knowing the group — the Final Exit Network — was there for her gave her peace of mind.

Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:08 AM PST

In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, from left, Rabies, yogurt and E. Coli are represented in stuffed toys by Drew Oliver, owner of Giant Microbes, seen in his Stamford, Conn. offices. The onetime Harvard Lampoon editor turned a sense of humor into a growing business of stuffed toy germs. Once found mostly in pediatricians' offices and the labs of off-kilter university professors, his cuddly stuffed germs has spawned a Facebook fan club and subculture of eager collectors. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon.

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