2011年2月9日星期三

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Wounded Rep. Giffords speaking again: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:58 PM PST

Reuters - Representative Gabrielle Giffords has begun to regain her speech a month after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt, and has even requested toast for breakfast, her spokesman said on Wednesday.

North Carolina man guilty in terrorism case (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - The leader of a small militant group in North Carolina pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to carry out acts of terrorism overseas and scheming to helping other militants, the Justice Department said.

New Jersey rating cut while Arizona outlook negative (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:47 PM PST

Reuters - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday cut New Jersey's bond rating a notch due to an unfunded pension shortfall and high debt, while Moody's Investors Service warned Arizona of a possible downgrade by revising its outlook on the state to negative from stable.

Super Bowl Ticket Scandal: Are Fans Planning A Suit? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Matthew Rush, 40, is a die-hard Steelers fan who spent over $4,000 to attend this year's Super Bowl. That's an awfully pricey trip to the sports bar, so he may sue the NFL

Stalker Tries to Friend Mark Zuckerberg in Real Life; Police Unfriend Him (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Facebook founder obtained a restaining order against stalker

South Carolina may move against prison Facebook users (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:16 PM PST

Reuters - South Carolina prisoners caught with banned cell phones, which are often tossed over a prison fence to them, can face solitary confinement and loss of visitation and canteen privileges.

Va. Sen. Jim Webb won't seek re-election in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 20101 file photo, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. speaks at the Newseum in Washington. The first-term Democratic says he will retire when his term is up next year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Freshman Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia announced Wednesday he will retire when his term ends next year, deepening the challenge to his party as it struggles to maintain a Senate majority in the 2012 elections.

Nev. mobile home fire kills 3 children, babysitter (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:50 PM PST

AP - Authorities in a rural area of Nevada say three young children and a babysitter were killed in a house fire, and at least four people were injured trying to rescue them.

Feds: Young Muslims revered NC terrorism leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

Armed Federal Marshal's secure the area before Daniel Patrick Boyd is taken away from the Federal Courthouse in New Bern, N.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Daniel Patrick Boyd pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss several other counts against him. He is to be sentenced in about three months and could serve up to life in prison. (AP Photo/The News and Observer, Chris Seward)AP - Daniel Patrick Boyd developed a following in his local Muslim community as believers learned about his time waging war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and he used that stature to tell young followers about the need for violent jihad, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Missing Texas plant worker was in area of fire (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:25 PM PST

This frame grab from video made available by KPRC-TV, shows a fire burning at the Mont Belvieu petroleum plant east of Houston on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/KPRC-TV) NO SALESAP - A contract worker who remains missing a day after a gas pipeline explosion at a Houston-area petroleum plant was near where the fire is thought to have happened, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

White House says no to emergency AK-47 regulation (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:13 PM PST

AP - The White House says tracking the bulk sale of high-powered rifles from border states gunshops which legally sell thousands of assault weapons that end up in Mexico each year is not an emergency, and has rejected a request from the U.S. agency that monitors weapons sales to do so without public review.

Mom: Woman who left baby in toilet can't remember (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:09 PM PST

Jessica Ann Blackham, left, appears in at the Greenville Municpal Court in Greenville, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, surrounded by her family for a bond hearing. Blackham was charged Tuesday with one count of felony child abuse and one count of unlawful neglect toward a child. Blackham's bond was set at $30,000. If convicted of both charges, she could face up to 30 years in prison. (AP/The Greenville News/Heidi Heilbrunn)AP - The South Carolina woman accused of giving birth in an arena toilet during the circus and leaving the baby told her family afterward she was bleeding heavily, but didn't know why.

Fetal surgery better for kids with spine defect (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST

AP - Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing.

Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST

Chart compares hospitalizations for stroke, by age group, for 1994-’95 and 2006-’AP - Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to shift the age burden of the disease.

Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:39 PM PST

FILE - This March, 2010 file photo provided by her office shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak: She asked for toast at breakfast one recent morning.

Feds: Mobster fugitive captured in rural Idaho (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:27 PM PST

This 1994 photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Enrico Ponzo. To his neighbors, he was Jeff Shaw, a guy who fixed computers, raised cows and enjoyed hunting. To the FBI, he was Enrico Ponzo, a New England mobster who vanished in 1994 after a botched attempt to whack the boss. His arrest in a town that doesn't even have an Italian restaurant left many scratching their heads. Federal prosecutors have charged Ponzo in the 1989 attempted murder of Frank Salemme, the former head of the Patriarca Family of La Cosa Nostra. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation)AP - To his neighbors, he was Jay Shaw, the guy with the vaguely New York accent. He was known for fixing computers, buying everything with cash, raising cows and knowing how to handle a gun.

First lady takes "Let's Move!" campaign to South (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama gets a hug from second grader Demarion Jackson, while visiting students at the Burgess-Peterson Academy during a visit marking the first anniversary of her 'Let's Move' campaign on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 in Atlanta. Obama praised the school for its efforts in promoting healthy living amongst students. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)AP - First lady Michelle Obama took her 1-year-old campaign against childhood obesity to the South on Wednesday, munching on blueberries with youngsters at an elementary school and later taking her pep talk on healthy eating to parents.

Gay marriage issue resurfaces in flurry of debate (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, Michael Jacobsen of Manchester, N.H., holds his 23-month-old grandaughter Lily Neil-Jacobsen as his husband, Rep. Robert Thompson speaks on the proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman at the State House in Concord, N.H. A year later, a flurry of activity nationwide has activists on both sides of the gay marriage debate encouraged that 2011 will be a year of gains for them. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)AP - Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Maryland are taking up bills to legalize gay marriage, advocates in New York are making a renewed push, and opponents are fighting for constitutional bans in Indiana and Wyoming and to re-impose bans in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Lohan pleads not guilty to felony theft charge (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:14 PM PST

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at the LAX Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, to be arraigned on a felony grand theft charge that prosecutors say they will file over a $2,500 necklace reported stolen by an upscale jewelry store. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace — the most serious charge yet filed against the troubled starlet who has wrestled with drug and alcohol abuse for years.

Records show leaves cluttered home of Ohio killer (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 6, 2011 photo, Matthew Hoffman confers with his attorney during his arraignment in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Hoffman, who killed two women and a boy during a home burglary and dropped their dismembered bodies down a hollow tree confessed to police that the house was a random target, picked because no neighbors were nearby and the garage door was open. The Columbus Dispatch newspaper obtained Matthew Hoffman's confession through a public-records request.The 30-year-old Hoffman pleaded guilty and is serving life in prison. Prosecutors told him they wouldn't seek the death penalty if he revealed where the bodies were and explained what happened. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - Leaves littered the floor and filled bags lining the bathroom in the home of an unemployed tree-cutter who admitted killing two women and a boy and stuffing their remains into a hollow tree. He also kept squirrels alongside frozen treats in his freezer, newly released case records show.

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