2011年2月2日星期三

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Massive winter storm slams Midwest and Northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:59 PM PST

Rush hour traffic crawls as blowing snow batters Lake Shore Drive in Chicago February 1, 2011. REUTERS/John GressReuters - A huge winter snow and ice storm cut a swathe from New Mexico to Maine on Wednesday, paralyzing much of the Midwest, stranding hundreds of thousands without power and stalling travelers and shipping.

Hardy Chicago brought to standstill by blizzard (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Chicago's State Street is covered in snow February 2, 2011. REUTERS/John Gress (Reuters - Chicago, a city that usually sneers at winter, was brought to a near standstill on Wednesday by a blizzard packing the third highest snowfall in the city's history.

Janitor shoots school principal in California (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:53 PM PST

Reuters - A janitor at an elementary school near Sacramento, California, was arrested on Wednesday after he shot and wounded the school's principal, a county fire department official said.

Betty White for the Win: How an 89-Year-Old Stole the Show at the SAG Awards (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST

Time.com - Betty White for the Win: How an 89-Year-Old Stole the Show at the SAG Awards

'What Is Internet?' Web Surfers Discover, Ruthlessly Mock 1994 'Today Show' Clip of Confused Couric, Gumbel (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:35 PM PST

Time.com - "What is Internet, anyway?" A young, bespectacled Bryant Gumbel asks in a 'Today Show' clip from 1994. "Do you write to it, like mail?"

Texas weathers rolling blackouts as mercury drops (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

Busses carrying news media are escorted on icy streets to media day for Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Texas imposed statewide rolling blackouts for only the second time in more than two decades on Wednesday, after frigid weather shut down dozens of generators, and warned it may be forced to do the same on Thursday.

NYC smoking ban extended to parks, Times Square (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST

AP - New York City's parks, beaches and even Times Square will be off-limits to smokers under one of the nation's toughest anti-cigarette laws passed Wednesday by the City Council.

Plea hearing set for alleged NC terror plot leader (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST

AP - The North Carolina man accused of leading a circle of people indicted on terrorism charges is set to appear in federal court next week for a suddenly rescheduled plea hearing, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit goes to Smithsonian (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST

Actor Ryan O'Neal waves goodbye to Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit, and seen in a poster at right, and other Fawcett memorabilia, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, where he donated objects from the private collection of Farrah Fawcett's estate. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The red swimsuit that helped make "Charlie's Angels" actress Farrah Fawcett a 1970s icon became part of the Smithsonian's collection Wednesday on what would have been her 64th birthday.

Mistrial in rape case of man who killed TV anchor (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:20 PM PST

AP - An Arkansas judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the rape case of a man who was separately convicted of murdering a television anchorwoman.

Blizzard spreads snowy shroud over nearly half US (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:40 PM PST

Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - A fearsome storm spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half the nation Wednesday, snarling transportation from Oklahoma to New England, burying parts of the Midwest under 2 feet of snow and laying down dangerously heavy ice in the Northeast that was too much for some buildings to bear.

A fearful, frigid night on iconic Chicago road (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:40 PM PST

Paul Saini makes a call from inside of a Chicago Transit bus that was stranded overnight on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Lindsey Wilson was on Lake Shore Drive, but she couldn't tell where. It was dark, and the snow swirling around the stranded bus made it impossible to see anything but the closest cars.

Astronaut's choice: Fly to space or stay with wife (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords, left, is shown with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. There are hints that astronaut Mark Kelly will take a shuttle into space in April. That would mean leaving his wounded wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to continue her rehab work without him for at least a few weeks. Scott Kelly, also an astronaut, said his brother would decide “fairly soon” whether to fly the space shuttle mission in April. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Will he fly or not? There are hints that astronaut Mark Kelly will blast into space in April, as commander of Endeavour's final voyage. That would mean leaving his wounded wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to continue her rehab without him for at least a few weeks.

La Nina helping direct winter storm to Midwest (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

A pedestrian walks along the shore line of Lake Michigan Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Millions of Americans raised on tales of great storms past now have one of their own to talk about — and something to blame: La Nina.

NASA spots 54 potentially life-friendly planets (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:25 PM PST

This artist rendering provided by NASA, shows Kepler-11, a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. A planet-hunting telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, including more than 50 potential planets that initially appear to be in habitable zones. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting more than 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.

US judge: Spill claims czar not independent of BP (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:54 PM PST

Smoke billows from a controlled burn of spilled oil off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico coast line June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Sean Gardner/FilesAP - The embattled administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential claimants that he is, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, just hours after the fund czar released details on how final payments would be determined.

Fiancee stands by Yale lab killing suspect (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:08 AM PST

AP - The fiancee of a Yale University lab tech continues to faithfully visit him in prison as he awaits trial on charges of murdering a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a wall in a lab building in 2009, records show.

Brother: Gifford's husband choosing soon on flight (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:15 PM PST

This frame grab made from video taken on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 and made available by NASA, shows astronaut Scott Kelly being interviewed aboard the International Space Station. In the interview with The Associated Press, Kelly said his brother Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is holding up well and that his sister-in-law is improving every day in rehab in Houston. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband will decide soon whether he will blast off aboard space shuttle Endeavour in April, his twin brother said from orbit Wednesday. Scott Kelly said Mark is holding up "very well" and tells him that his wife, the wounded congresswoman, is improving every day in rehab in Houston.

AZ lawmakers grapple with transplant coverage cut (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:14 PM PST

AP - Life or death consequences for dozens of Arizonans are butting up against the state's budget woes as legislators debate the elimination last fall of Medicaid coverage for some transplants — even as they consider additional health care cuts.

NH farmer wins early release after gun sentence (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST

Ward Bird, a farmer, takes questions from Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H. during a pardon hearing before the Governor and Executive Council, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, in Concord, N.H. Bird is serving a three-year sentence for brandishing a gun at a female trespasser. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - A New Hampshire farmer who became a folk hero to gun rights activists after he was imprisoned for brandishing a handgun at a trespasser on his property won early release Wednesday.

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