2010年12月23日星期四

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Christmas Eve shoppers may lead to spending record (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:04 PM PST

In this Dec. 18, 2010 photo, shoppers inspect watches in the jewelry section of the J.C. Penny store at the Manhattan Mall in New York. Call it Black Friday, Part II. Stores are rolling out the deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as shopping stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps a 'back-to-normal' holiday season.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - It's Black Friday, The Sequel. Stores are rolling out deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps the best year since 2007, and possibly ever.

Curtain up! Theatergoers see `Spider-Man' return (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:22 PM PST

Reeve Carney, center, who plays Spider-man in the theatrical version 'Spider-man Turn off the Dark' is seen outside the Foxwoods Theatre in Times Square with Patrick Page, left, who plays The Green Goblin, Wednesday, Dec . 22, 2010, in New York. The curtain will go up again Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 on 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' after the producers of the accident-plagued Broadway musical agreed to new safety precautions to prevent another fall like the one that left a stuntman seriously injured. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)AP - Curtain up! Light the lights! Spider-Man returned to the stage Thursday, a day after two performances were canceled due to a scary fall that left a stuntman seriously injured.

Election board: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:56 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2010, file photo Rahm Emanuel, right, testifies before the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners during a hearing challenging his residency to run as Mayor in Chicago. The Board of Election commissioners will meet Thusday, Dec. 23, 2010, as they decide wheather Emanuel will be allowed to run for mayor. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, file)AP - Rahm Emanuel is a resident of Chicago and eligible to run for mayor, city elections officials ruled Thursday, removing the primary obstacle to the former White House chief of staff's bid to lead the nation's third-largest city.

Sorry, Kids. Fire Stations Are Ditching Fire Poles (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:20 PM PST

Time.com - As safety officials and architects design new facilities, liability issues are relegating the fire-hall icons to the dustbins of history

Have Cell Phones Killed the Landline Telephone? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:20 PM PST

Time.com - Need further proof that cell phones have finally over taken landlines in communication's version of survival of the fittest?

Woman found dead at home of August Busch IV (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

AP - Authorities were investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found earlier this week at the suburban St. Louis home of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV.

Californians face massive cleanups after storm (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:01 PM PST

In this cell phone photo, a pick-up truck is caught in a mud flow on Thursday Dec. 23, 2010 along a street after a major storm swept through Highland, Calif., about 65 miles east of Los Angeles. Two creeks overflowed, swamping as many as 20 homes in up to 3 feet (close to 1m) of mud. As many as 40 homes and around 100 residents were evacuated. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)AP - Many California residents who endured flooding, mudslides and evacuations during a weeklong onslaught of rain must now clean up or even rebuild — and could face the prospect of not being able to spend Christmas at home.

Going's good for most holiday travelers, for now (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:41 PM PST

Mark Anthony Sepulveda, 6-years-old, of Hialeah, Fla., tells Santa his wishes for Christmas at Miami International Airport in Miami, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Fair weather helped make the holiday sojourn a not-so-painful experience in much of the country Thursday, even with more people on the move than last year, but travelers' luck might be running out.

Parents, 2 children found dead in Mississippi home (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:25 PM PST

AP - A father, mother and their two young children were found dead Thursday in what police say was an apparent murder-suicide at a small Mississippi home decorated for Christmas.

Wilderness rules restored for public lands (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for federal wilderness protection, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday.

Fed board: Keep companies from oil spill evidence (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:11 PM PST

In this Dec. 21, 2010 photo, Jennifer Reddick, center, keeps an eye on children as they play outside of a community center at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Port Sulphur, La. Reddick was just getting by even before the BP PLC oil spill, living paycheck to paycheck as she tried to support six children on the $400 a week she made working part-time as a deck hand and shrimp net maker. After the spill scared away tourists and shut down fishing, she has no work and no money. 'I couldn't even afford Christmas this year for the kids,' she said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - A federal board allowed to monitor testing of a key piece of Gulf oil spill evidence — the blowout preventer — demanded Thursday that the analysis stop, saying representatives of the companies that made and maintained the 300-ton device have been getting preferential and sometimes hands-on access to it.

For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:49 PM PST

In this Dec. 21, 2010 photo, Vickie Perrin, left, and Joannie Hughes carry Christmas gifts that they plan to distribute to 112 Plaquemines Parish families, many of whom were impacted by the BP PLC oil spill, in Jesuit Bend, La. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Even before the Gulf oil spill, Jennifer Reddick was just getting by, living paycheck to paycheck as she tried to support six children on the $400 a week she made working part time as a deckhand and shrimp net maker.

Toyota to pay $10 million in runaway Lexus crash (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to pay $10 million to the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus crash that led to recalls of millions of the automaker's vehicles, attorneys said Thursday.

New GOP wave pushes pro-business agenda in states (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo Republican Oklahoma Governor-elect Mary Fallin greets supporters at her victory party in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, where Republicans seized the governor’s office and increased their legislative majorities, incoming leaders such as Fallin have touted fostering a pro-business climate as their top priority. They want to lower workers' compensation costs for businesses and overhaul the civil justice system to lower liability insurance costs for doctors and businesses. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)AP - Having won big in the fall elections, Republicans preparing to take over statehouses around the country are proposing to cut corporate taxes, weaken union clout and rewrite laws on discrimination, whistle-blowers and injured workers to the benefit of employers.

Man trapped underwater at Fla. limerock mine (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:46 PM PST

AP - A blast team supervisor is trapped underwater and feared dead after the ground gave way at a central Florida limerock mine.

Sentence commuted in racially charged NY shooting (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:47 PM PST

FILE - In this March 19, 2008 file photo, Daniel Cicciaro, Sr., left, speaks to reporters as Joanne Cicciaro, center and others look on in Riverhead, N.Y., after sentencing for John White, who was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and a weapon charge in connection with the shooting death of their son Daniel Cicciaro Jr. White was sentenced to two to four years in prison. New York Gov. David Paterson commuted the sentence Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, of White, a decision in the final days of his administration that infuriated the lawyer who prosecuted the case. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)AP - New York Gov. David Paterson commuted the sentence Thursday of a black man imprisoned for the racially charged shooting death of a white teenager on Long Island, a decision in the final days of his administration that infuriated the lawyer who prosecuted the case.

Gays ousted from military now hoping to return (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:32 AM PST

FILE - This photo provided by Katherine Miller on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 shows her in uniform at the U.S. Military Academy. On Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the bill clearing way for repeal of the 17-year-old 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. Miller, 21, from Findlay, Ohio, wasn't discharged, but she said 'don't ask, don't tell' was the reason she left the academy despite impressive achievements there. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - Joseph Rocha reported being cruelly hazed by Navy colleagues. Katherine Miller resigned from West Point halfway through, weary of concealing her sexual orientation. David Hall was outed by a fellow Air Force cadet and booted from the career he loved.

War trauma treatment center assists Iraqi refugees (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:15 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2010, photo, Khalid, left, and Ekhlas Gorgees are interviewed in Sterling Heights, Mich. Ekhlas recounts the horrific traumas she and her family endured in Iraq. Such tales are told with increasing frequency at the home to a new center for victims of torture and war in Sterling Heights. The center opened in October by the nonprofit Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Ekhlas Gorgees kept her composure as she recounted the horrific traumas she and her family endured in Iraq.

Gunman's widow doesn't know what prompted shooting (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:52 AM PST

In this image taken from video released by WJHG-TV on Dec. 15, 2010, Ginger Littleton, right, sneaks up behind Clay Duke before hitting him with her purse, while he holds Bay City school board members hostage in Panama City, Fla. The purse that Littleton used in the incident has sold for more than $13,000 in an online auction. (AP Photo/WJHG-TV, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - The widow of the man who held a Florida school board at gunpoint and fired shots before killing himself says she still doesn't know why it happened.

Broadcaster Pat Robertson questions harsh pot laws (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 file picture, Rev. Pat Robertson talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast as part of inaugural ceremonies for Virginia Gov.-elect Bob Mcdonnell at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The religious broadcaster says harsh penalties for marijuana possession are costly for the nation and damaging to young people. But a spokesman says he is not calling for decriminalizing pot. The spokesman said Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. that Robertson made the comments on the Christian Broadcasting Network's '700 Club' in the context of faith-based approaches to treating offenders. (AP Photo/Clem Britt, File)AP - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his "700 Club" audience that harsh penalties for marijuana possession are costly for the nation and damaging to young people, but a spokesman said Thursday he was not calling for decriminalizing pot.

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