2011年2月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Accused Tucson shooter Loughner to face an array of charges (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:27 PM PST

Reuters - Accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner will face several more charges after he is tried in federal court for the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabriel Giffords and attempted murder of two of her aides, prosecutors said on Friday.

Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:18 PM PST

U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross and his wife Judy pose for a picture in Jerusalem in the spring of 2005, in this family photograph released on October 23, 2010. REUTERS/Family Photograph/HandoutReuters - Cuban prosecutors will seek a 20-year prison sentence for U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, accused of crimes against the state, Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Friday, in a case that has stalled progress in U.S.-Cuba relations.

Appeals court upholds conviction of al Qaeda doctor (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Reuters - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a Florida doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for offering treatment to wounded al Qaeda militants.

Super Bowl School: What the NFL Can Teach Teachers (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:25 PM PST

Time.com - Our education columnist hosts The Daly Show, talking shop with Tim Daly, a leading school reformer, and his brother Brendan Daly, defensive-line coach for the St. Louis Rams

"Ground Zero" mosque adviser steps down: developer (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST

Reuters - A recently appointed senior adviser to the Muslim cultural center and mosque planned near the site of New York's September 11 attacks has stepped down, the center's developer said.

2nd Conn. home invasion suspect wants trial moved (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - Attorneys for the second man charged with a deadly Connecticut home invasion want the location for his trial changed, citing prejudicial publicity from the first trial, and want the judge handling the case removed for what they call improper comments.

Michigan mosque plot suspect fires lawyer in court (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:11 PM PST

Roger Stockham, left, a California man accused of threatening to blow up a popular mosque in Dearborn, Mich., stands during a hearing with his court appointed attorney Matthew Evans in 19th District Court in Dearborn, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a "patron" of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

Thousands in NM without natural gas service (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST

New Mexican Governor Susana Martinez makes announcements regarding gas shortages from the Emergency Operating Center on the National Guard Base just south of Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Secretary of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Michael Duvall, left, and Major General Kenny C. Montoya, right, look on. Martinez has declared a state of emergency as thousands of New Mexico residents lost natural gas service due to the bitter cold. Martinez sent all nonessential state workers home for the day Thursday, and urged all residents to turn down their thermostats, bundle up and shut off appliances they don't need for the next 24 hours. (AP Photo/The New Mexican, Natalie Guillén)AP - With tens of thousands of people across New Mexico without natural gas service, Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday declared a state of emergency, ordered government offices be shut down Friday and urged schools to "strongly consider" remaining closed for the day.

Storm turns some Super Bowl plans into Super Mess (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:11 PM PST

Fans pose for photographs near the NFL Super Bowl Experience during a winter storm, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in Dallas. The Green Bay Packers face the Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL football's Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Runways too snowy to receive airliners packed with football fans. Sidewalks too icy for cowboy boots. Temperatures too cold to distinguish Dallas from Pittsburgh or Green Bay.

Bellagio heist soured quickly for accused bandit (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:11 PM PST

In this photo provided by Matthew Brooks, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, gambling chips are seen attached to a note written by the motorcylcle bandit who stole $1.5 million in casino chips from the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in December. The note was photographed and emailed to Brooks by a man who called himself the Biker Bandit. Anthony M. Carleo, the bankrupt son of a Las Vegas judge, was arrested this week on allegations that he ran out of the Bellagio hotel-casino with $1.5 million in chips during a gunpoint heist Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Handout, Matthew Brooks) ** NO SALESAP - The scenes that led to the Bellagio bandit's downfall look less like "Ocean's Eleven" and more like "America's Dumbest Criminals." Bragging about a big gambling score with high school buddies over rounds of shots in Colorado. E-mailing pictures to a total stranger — dated and signed "Biker Bandit" with two $25,000 Bellagio chips.

Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:11 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 - The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said his wife would be "very comfortable" with his decision to go back into space and he expects her to be at his launch in April.

With no room to put snow, Eastern waterways beckon (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

Chris King uses a snowblower to clear snow off a roof Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 in Farmington, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Imagine the East Coast's largest cities mixing a brew of salt, motor oil, trash and grocery carts and dumping it into rivers and harbors.

Tulsa residents trapped by snow 4 days after storm (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

Tim Houchin walks in the snow to work downtown, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 in Tulsa, Okla. Blizzard conditions struck the Tulsa area stranding motorists and shutting down much of the city. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Christopher Smith)AP - Marnie Fernandez had four children and a sick husband at home Friday but almost no milk or toilet paper. The blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow, sleet and ice on Tulsa on Tuesday still had the area paralyzed, and while Fernandez had her driveway shoveled, several inches of snow and higher drifts blocked the streets of her neighborhood.

Ron Reagan: Palin has nothing in common with dad (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:27 PM PST

FILE - This July 27, 2004 file photo shows Ron Reagan, son former President Ronald Reagan, addressing delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As the Feb. 6 centennial of Reagan's birth approaches, and a generation after he exited the White House, the nation's 40th president is enjoying a level of popularity that mostly eluded him while in office. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Sarah Palin is honoring one Reagan and offending another with the same speech. The former Alaska governor is scheduled to speak in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Friday at a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan — just one of the celebrations marking the centennial of the 40th president's birth on Feb. 6.

Companies ready to spend big again at Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST

A customer walks up to a FedEx counter inside the NFL football Super Bowl XLV Media Center in Dallas, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. The Green Bay Packers face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - This Super Bowl is shaping up to be a blowout — for corporate America.

Bison slaughter on hold as park reviews lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:50 AM PST

This image provided by the Buffalo Field Campaign shows riders from Yellowstone National Park and the Montana Department of Livestock driving bison across a road near Yellowstone National Park, Feb. 1, 2011 near Corwin Springs, Mont. The animals were to be tested for the disease Brucellosis beginning Wednesday, with bison testing positive to be sent to slaughter in coming days.(AP Photo/Buffalo Field Campaign)AP - Officials halted plans Friday to ship bison to slaughter from Yellowstone National Park after saying they first had to review a court challenge filed by wildlife advocates.

Russian uproar over adopted boy's punishment in US (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:59 AM PST

AP - Russian officials are closely watching a case involving an Anchorage mother of six who was charged with child abuse after a video that aired on "Dr. Phil" showed her punishing her adopted Russian son by squirting hot sauce into his mouth and forcing him into a cold shower.

Army denies Vang Pao burial at Arlington cemetery (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:13 PM PST

FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, Former Laotian General Vang Pao, center, is escorted by supporters to the federal courthouse in Sacramento, Calif. Pao will be honored at an elaborate funeral ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, inspires an unparalleled reverence among the ethnic Hmong he led in a CIA backed secret army in the Vietnam War and later, helped to resettle in America when Saigon fell. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - The Army on Friday denied a request to bury Hmong Gen. Vang Pao, a U.S. ally in the Vietnam War, at Arlington National Cemetery.

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