2011年1月18日星期二

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Two students shot at Los Angeles-area high school (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:43 PM PST

Los Angeles Police officers watch as students leave Gardena High School in Gardena, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. A gun in a 10th-grader's backpack discharged Tuesday when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at the school, including one who remained in critical condition, police said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Reuters - Two 15-year-old students were wounded, one of them critically, by the same bullet at a Los Angeles area high school on Tuesday when a loaded gun went off in a classmate's backpack, authorities said.


Sargent Shriver, former vice presidential nominee, dies (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST

Sargent Shriver is escorted to his seat as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the funeral services for Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts, in this August 29, 2009 file photo. Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family and a former U.S. vice presidential nominee who served as the first Peace Corps director, died on Tuesday. He was 95. His family said in a statement that Shriver, known as Sarge, was surrounded by his five children and 19 grandchildren when he died in a Washington-area hospital.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files   (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS OBITUARY)Reuters - Sargent Shriver, who spent four decades in public service as a member of the Kennedy family, the first director of the Peace Corps and a key warrior in Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, died on Tuesday. He was 95.


Two charged over iPad hacking on AT&T network (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:01 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors have charged two men with stealing and distributing email addresses for about 120,000 users of Apple Inc's popular iPad.

Golden Globes 2011: Ricky Gervais Offends Hollywood One Joke at a Time (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

Time.com - There's a fine line between playful and mean-spirited. At last night's Golden Globe Awards, Ricky Gervais bulldozed over the nuance

Hero Pilot Pulls Out the Stops to Help Grandpa Reach Funeral: 2011's Most Heartwarming Travel Story? (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

Time.com - The most important trips aren't about getting somewhere. They're about getting to someone

Backpack bomb found on Spokane, Washington, parade route (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:57 PM PST

Reuters - The FBI is asking the public for help in the investigation of an unexploded backpack bomb left along the parade route of a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration in Spokane, Washington, the agency said on Tuesday.

Girl critical after Los Angeles school shooting (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:05 PM PST

This frame grab from video made available by ABC7.com, shows police and emergency personnel at Gardena High School in Gardena, Calif. According to officials, a number of students were wounded in a shooting at the high school. (AP Photo/ABC7.com) NO SALESAP - Doctors say a 15-year-old boy is in fair condition after being shot in the neck at a high school, and a female student suffered a skull fracture, bruising to the brain and a significant blood clot.


Bill Clinton urges Chicago crowd to back Emanuel (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:20 PM PST

Former President Bill Clinton appears at a rally for Chicago mayoral candidate and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Chicago. Emanuel is vying to succeed the retiring Mayor Richard Daley. The election is Feb. 22. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Former President Bill Clinton shined the spotlight on a former top aide Tuesday, telling a crowd of hundreds to back Rahm Emanuel's bid to be the next mayor of Chicago as the two reminisced about their time working together.


Snow, sleet, ice spread up East Coast, cars slide (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:13 PM PST

A guide to grave locations is encrusted with ice at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, after an ice storm hit the Washington area. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - An East Coast storm bringing sleet and freezing rain spread into northern New England on Tuesday, sending cars skidding off roads, knocking out power and making ski area managers cross their fingers that snow wouldn't turn to ice at higher elevations.


2 charged with stealing iPad users' information (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST

Daniel Spitler, 26, leaves the U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Spitler and another hacker stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including those of politicians and famous media personalities, federal prosecutors said in announcing criminal charges against the men. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP - Two men who authorities say were competing to impress their fellow hackers were arrested Tuesday on federal charges they stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including politicians and media personalities.


Shriver, 1 of last links to JFK White House, dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:17 PM PST

FILE - In this  Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, R. Sargent Shriver, left, 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.  Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose singular career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the 'War on Poverty' and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.  He was 95.  (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, FIle)AP - R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday. He was 95.


Atlanta public school system put on probation (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST

AP - An educational standards agency said Tuesday it has placed Atlanta Public Schools on probation and given the system nine months to make improvements or risk losing accreditation for its high schools. Losing that standing could diminish grant money and make it harder for graduates to get into college.

Camden police and firefighters turn in their gear (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:28 PM PST

Firefighters applaud Andy Delgado, back to camera, a five-year-veteran of the Camden Fire Department, as he tells them to keep their hopes up Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Camden, N.J., as they prepare to turn in their gear after being laid off. About 335 workers, representing one-sixth of the local government work force, lost their jobs, according to Mayor Dana Redd. It was worst in the public safety departments, where nearly half the police force and close to one-third of the city's firefighters were laid off.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - In a solemn display, laid-off firefighters and police officers lined up Tuesday to turn in their helmets and badges — symbols of deep budget cuts that were destined to further erode the quality of life in one of the nation's most impoverished and crime-ridden cities.


Texas landfill search finds clues in disappearance (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:18 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Halley Darlene Dunne. Authorities searching the past two weeks  in West Texas for Dunne, 13, have no evidence that she ran away and are treating the case as a criminal investigation, an investigator said Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety) NO SALESAP - Dogs searching a landfill have turned up evidence in the case of a 13-year-old West Texas girl reported missing nearly three weeks ago, a spokesman for the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.


Twice convicted ex-CIA spy gets 8 more years (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:03 PM PST

AP - One of the highest-ranking CIA officers ever convicted of espionage will spend eight more years in prison after pleading guilty to betraying his country a second time.

Witness: HIV-positive airman's wife condoned sex (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:47 PM PST

AP - A Wichita man has testified that an HIV-positive Air Force sergeant was encouraged to have sex with unwitting partners by his wife.

FBI says bomb found on parade route (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - The FBI offered a reward Tuesday for information about a potentially lethal bomb found in a backpack along the downtown route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

26 states join Obama health care lawsuit in Fla. (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:13 PM PST

US President Barack Obama's Republican foes including US House Speaker John Boehner, seen here on January 6, pushed ahead Tuesday with their drive to repeal his signature health care law and set up a debt showdown as lawmakers ended a fragile week-long truce.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - Six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama's health care overhaul on Tuesday, meaning more than half of the country is challenging the law.


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