2011年1月19日星期三

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Accused Arizona shooter Loughner indicted (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:56 PM PST

Reuters - A federal grand jury in Arizona indicted Jared Lee Loughner on Wednesday for attempting to assassinate Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords and attempted murder of two of her staff members.

Two more students arrested in Los Angeles school shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - Police investigating the apparently accidental shooting of two students at a Los Angeles high school said on Wednesday they had arrested a pair of teenagers for helping the 17-year-old boy accused of bringing a gun to class.

Giffords' family search for rehabilitation facility (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 09:33 AM PST

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is pictured with her husband NASA Astronaut Mark Kelly in this November 2007 photograph from their wedding made available by the office of Rep. Giffords for Reuters on January 12, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office/HandoutReuters - Family and friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have searched the country for the ideal convalescent facility as the congresswoman nears her transition from recovery to rehabilitation 11 days after being shot through the head.


Texas Governor Rick Perry: Potential Presidential Candidate? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST

Time.com - As he assumes an unprecedented third term, the Texas governor has an increasingly national profile. Does he have eyes on the White House?

Obamacare In Better Health as Opposition Eases (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST

Time.com - After the tragic week in Arizona, President Obama returned to work Monday morning and was greeted with some good news

Israeli-Palestinian dispute lands Seattle agency in court (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - An escalating war of words between supporters of Israel and Palestinians landed the transit agency for Seattle in federal court on Wednesday, accused of censorship.

NASA pulls injured shuttle astronaut off flight (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 1, 2008 picture shows astronaut Steve Bowen at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA is replacing a member of space shuttle Discovery's crew who crashed his bicycle over the weekend. On Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, NASA removed Timothy Kopra from the crew and added veteran spaceman Stephen Bowen. Bowen flew on the most recent shuttle flight, last May. Bowen will assume Kopra's spacewalking duties during the 11-day flight. That flight has been on hold since November because of fuel tank cracks. (AP Photo/Margaret Bowles, File)AP - An astronaut who crashed his bicycle last weekend won't be taking part in space shuttle Discovery's final voyage next month.


Backpack bomb found at MLK event rattles Spokane (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:34 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a backpack found along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade Monday, Jan. 17, 2010 in Spokane, Wash.  The bag contained a sophisticated explosive that had a remote detonator and the ability to cause many casualties, an official familiar with the case said. The FBI said it has no suspects in the case and has asked the public for help in identifying anyone who might have been seen in the downtown area where the bomb was found. (AP Photo/FBI)AP - Investigators pursued what they described as promising leads Wednesday in a chilling bombing attempt at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in which someone left a backpack filled with sophisticated explosives on a bench.


Philly explosion caught on video kills 1, hurts 6 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:13 PM PST

This frame grab from video made available by WCAU-TV/LNS, shows a gas explosion that occurred in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 in Philadelphia. Three people remain in critical condition after the gas main explosion that killed one utility worker and forced dozens from their homes. (AP Photo/WCAU-TV/LNS) NO SALESAP - A gas main explosion caught on video sent a 50-foot fireball into the sky above a Philadelphia neighborhood, killing a utility worker, injuring six other people and forcing dozens of residents from their homes.


Airman gets 8 years in prison in HIV exposure case (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:46 PM PST

Air Force Sgt. David Gutierrez, right, walks out of the Law Center at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 for a lunch recess. The defense rested Wednesday for Gutierrez, who is HIV positive and is accused of exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties. (AP Photo/Jeff Tuttle)AP - An Air Force sergeant convicted of exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in military prison and will be dishonorably discharged after serving his time.


Federal grand jury indicts Ariz. shooting suspect (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:20 PM PST

This Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 photo released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows shooting suspect Jared Loughner. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Dept. via The Arizona Republic)AP - A federal grand jury has indicted the suspect in the deadly Arizona shooting that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.


Giffords able to stand up as she readies for rehab (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:52 PM PST

Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, talks about his life with Gabby Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Az. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)  MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - Less than two weeks after surviving a bullet through the brain, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood up and looked out the window of her hospital room Wednesday as she prepares to move to Houston to begin an arduous journey of intensive mental and physical rehabilitation.


DA: Pa. abortion doc killed 7 babies with scissors (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:57 PM PST

FILE -  This Feb. 23, 2010 file photo, shows the Women's Medical Society in Philadelphia. Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women at the Women's Medical Society,  was charged Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011, with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - A doctor whose abortion clinic was described as a filthy, foul-smelling "house of horrors" that was overlooked by regulators for years was charged Wednesday with murder, accused of delivering seven babies alive and then using scissors to kill them.


Ala. governor apologizes for remarks on Christians (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley speaks at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church during the annual observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in downtown Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Lloyd Gallman)AP - Two days after being sworn in as Alabama governor, Robert Bentley apologized Wednesday for proclaiming to a Baptist church audience that only Christians were his brothers and sisters and vowed to work for people of all faiths and colors.


LA school officer shot near campus, saved by vest (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:30 PM PST

A group of police officers search outside El Camino Real High School in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. A school police officer was shot near the high school but his bulletproof vest took the hit Wednesday, one day after an accidental shooting wounded two students at a school on the other side of the city, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - A school police officer was shot by a suspected car burglar near a San Fernando Valley high school Wednesday but his bulletproof vest saved him, authorities said. Officers swept a wide area in a dragnet for the shooter.


Mass. clergy abuse lawyer lists names of accused (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

Mitchell Garabedian, center, lawyer for numerous Boston-area clergy sex abuse victims, speaks at a news conference in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, where he released a new list of Roman Catholic priests, laymen and members of religious orders accused of abusing parishioners. William Oberle, left, and Robert Perron, right, say they were abused by priests. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)AP - A prominent lawyer for Boston-area clergy sex abuse victims on Wednesday released a new list of accused abusers, saying it was time to "end the secrecy."


Official: Federal judge helped save man's life (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:13 PM PST

Mark Kelly, the husband of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, holds his wife's hand in the congresswoman's hospital room at University Medical Center, January 9, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office/HandoutAP - John Roll was called a fair federal judge and a loving family man at his funeral. Now, some are also calling him a hero.


Giffords able to stand up in another milestone (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2008 file photo, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Tucson, shakes hands with Mark Salcido after Giffords addressed the Governor's Southern Arizona Military Veterans' Roundtable while campaigning in Tucson, Ariz. Authorities say that Giffords was shot in the head on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 while meeting with constituents in her district in the area around Tucson. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has reached another important milestone in her recovery: She is now able to stand up.


Jury hears tapes of ex-CIA operative in English (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 8, 2010, Luis Posada Carriles talks to a reporter in Miami. Gina Garrett Jackson, an attorney with the Department of Homeland Security in Miami, resumed testimony Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 in the trial of anti-Castro militant Carriles in El Paso, Texas. The 82-year-old ex-CIA operative faces 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and naturalization fraud.  (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday played tapes of a Cuban-born former CIA operative being asked basic questions and answering them in English during a U.S. immigration hearing, undermining his contention that a shaky grasp of the language led him to make misstatements under oath.


Tell-tale letdown: Poe visitor again a no-show (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 06:11 AM PST

Roses lie near the original burial place of author Edgar Allan Poe Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at Westminster Church and Cemetary in Baltimore. A mysterious visitor, who has annually left roses and cognac there in the early hours of Jan. 19, Poe's birthday, was a no-show for the second consecutive year. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Telltale hearts beat with anticipation during a rainy, midnight dreary and beyond, hoping the mysterious visitor to Edgar Allan Poe's grave would return after a one-year absence.


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