2011年1月17日星期一

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Tucson shootings form backdrop to King Day celebration (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 12:18 PM PST

Bernice King (L-R) and Martin Luther King, III, children of the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. along with Christine King Farris, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), hold hands as they sing Reuters - Speakers at Martin Luther King Day celebrations warned on Monday of the dangers of harsh political rhetoric in the wake of a mass shooting in Arizona that killed six and left a congresswoman gravely wounded.

Giffords' husband: "She's a really, really tough woman" (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 12:20 PM PST

Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is seen in an undated handout photo provided by her Congressional office in Washington. REUTERS/Office of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords/Handout/FilesReuters - The astronaut husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said in his first television interview that his wife still faces months of recovery but is a "really, really tough woman."

Intern Daniel Hernandez: Modest Hero Helped Save Giffords (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

Time.com - One of the many heroes who emerged from the Tucson shooting was Daniel Hernandez, intern to Gabrielle Giffords. The young, gay Hispanic man has become a model of modesty and coolheadedness

Guilty and Sentenced, Tom DeLay's Texas Legacy Grows (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

Time.com - The former Washington power broker was stunned at his three-year sentence for money laundering. But even as he appeals, his political legacy is increasingly intractable

Protest march marks King day in South Carolina (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 12:33 PM PST

A Confederate flag flies on the grounds of the state capitol in Columbia, South Carolina January 21, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Carrying signs that read "Don't stop until the flag drops" and "It's not about heritage," 1,000 people marched to the grounds of the state capitol building on Monday to protest the Confederate battle flag on the Capitol grounds.

Study: Errors lead surgeons to contemplate suicide (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 01:18 PM PST

FILE - In this April 29, 2008 file photo, Dr. Robert Lehmberg is seen in Little Rock, Ark. A study shows surgeons are more likely than others to contemplate suicide, yet few seek help. Lehmberg, 63, said it took prodding from close friends to finally get him to seek treatment for depression and suicidal thoughts several years ago. He feared losing his license and being stigmatized, neither happened, and he said medication and psychotherapy have greatly helped. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - A study suggests medical errors, job burnout and depression lead surgeons to contemplate suicide at higher rates than the general public, and they're much less likely to seek help.

Husband: Giffords smiled and gave him neck rub (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 04:58 PM PST

FILE - In this March, 2010 file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords poses for a photo. Giffords' condition improved to serious on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, after procedures to remove a ventilator were successful. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says his wife's condition has improved so much that she has been able to smile and give him a neck rub as he has kept a near-constant vigil at her hospital bedside.

Philly police announce arrest in stranglings case (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 05:31 PM PST

Philadelphia Police Capt. James Clark, commander of the homicide unit, listens to a question during a news conference, Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in Philadelphia. Police announced that Antonio Rodriguez was a person of interest in a string of recent strangulation deaths and choking sexual assaults in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - A man recently released from prison and believed to have been wandering the streets and staying in abandoned homes was arrested Monday night after being linked by DNA to the sexual assaults and strangling deaths of three women in a gritty, high-crime section of the city, police said.

New app will give voice to Sept. 11 oral histories (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:49 AM PST

AP - Their voices tell their stories — witnesses and first responders recounting where they were and what they saw when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST

FILE - A Jan. 27, 2010 file photo shows Apple CEO Steve Jobs holding up the new iPad during a product announcement in San Francisco. Jobs sent a note Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 to employees saying he's taking a medical leave of absence so he can focus on his health. He says he will continue as CEO and be involved in major decisions but has asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all day-to-day operations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, the charismatic frontman for the company that overturned the smart phone industry and invented a new category of tablet computers, is taking a second medical leave of absence in two years.

King's peace legacy praised after Ariz. shootings (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST

Rev. Cal Murrell, otherwise known as 'The Happy Preacher' shouts out during a service at Ebenezer Baptist Church as people honor the 25th federal observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - The nation observed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Monday with thousands volunteering for service projects and more reflecting on his lessons of nonviolence and civility in the week following the shootings in Arizona.

Prosecutors: Guantanamo convict deserves life term (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 05:24 PM PST

A girl holds a poster showing Yemeni businessman Abdul-Salam al-Hela, who is being detained in Guantanamo, during a protest calling his release in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Writing on poster reads: 'Waiting so long, many promises, when will he be back?' top, and bottom, 'Sheikh Abdul-Salam al-Hela, Guantanamo Detainee.' (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - The first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a civilian court is an "evil" force who helped al-Qaida members bomb two U.S. embassies in 1998, boosting the profile of Osama bin Laden and enabling terrorists to carry out other acts of destruction, federal prosecutors in New York say.

Dangerous loners hard to catch before they act (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 03:08 AM PST

Handout photo from the Pima County Sheriff's Department shows accused Arizona shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner. Red flags that went unheeded before the Arizona shooting tragedy have exposed a gaping hole in the US mental health care system, experts and lawmakers say.(AFP/HO/Pima County Sheriff's Department/File)AP - The gunman accused of trying to assassinate Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others, Jared Lee Loughner, was not on any government watch list that might have warned someone not to sell him a gun or caused police to investigate his unstable behavior.

Young King inspired by time in Conn., work on farm (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

FILE - In this 1948 file photo, Martin Luther King, Jr., third from left, listens to a speaker during an assembly at Morehouse College in Atlanta. As a teenager in 1944, King worked on a tobacco farm in Connecticut. That experience influenced his decision to become a minister. (AP Photo, File)AP - Martin Luther King Jr. could hardly believe his eyes when he left the segregated South as a teenage college student to work on a tobacco farm in Connecticut.

Detroit police look for man suspected of raping 7 (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 12:37 PM PST

AP - Detectives are searching for a man who they believe sexually assaulted seven women since New Year's Day and tried to attack another, Detroit's police chief said Monday.

Maine gov. who blasted critics changes MLK plans (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

AP - Gov. Paul LePage changed his Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend plans and showed up at a breakfast honoring the slain civil rights leader Monday, days after he said critics of his decision to skip other events could "kiss my butt." He even joined some of the participants in an African dance.

R. Sargent Shriver in critical condition in Md. (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Sargent Shriver is escorted to his seat in the church by his son Anthony Kennedy Shriver before funeral services for U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston. A medical center spokeswoman on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 said Shriver has been hospitalized outside Washington. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, FIle)AP - Former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee R. Sargent Shriver was in critical condition Monday morning at a hospital in Maryland, a spokeswoman for the family said.

Dad: Arizona girl's corneas saved vision of 2 kids (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 03:43 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo provided by the Green family, Christina Green is shown. Green, 9, was killed at a political event with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Donated corneas from the young girl killed in the Arizona mass shooting have saved the eyesight of two children, her father told The Associated Press Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Green Family, File) NO SALESAP - Donated corneas from the young girl killed in the Arizona mass shooting have saved the eyesight of two children, the girl's father told The Associated Press on Monday.

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