2011年2月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Borders files for bankruptcy, to close 200 stores (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:19 PM PST

A customer is seen through the window of a Borders book store in New York, March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Borders Group Inc filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would close about one-third of its bookstores, after years of shriveling sales that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt load.

Senator Scott Brown says sexually abused as child (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on Capitol Hill, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - Republican Senator Scott Brown will reveal he was physically and sexually abused as a child during an upcoming interview with "60 Minutes," CBS said on Wednesday.

Rajaratnam lawyers ready to "rock" for March trial (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (R), indicted on fraud charges in a sprawling insider trading probe, stands with lawyers outside the federal court after a hearing in New York February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The defense team for accused Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam is ready to "rock" for his criminal trial next month on insider trading charges.

Women's Philanthropy Institute: Women More Charitable than Men (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:45 AM PST

Time.com - A recent study by the Women's Philanthropy Institute finds that women are much better givers than men

The Four Pieces of the Great Spending Debate (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:40 AM PST

Time.com - Odds of a government shutdown are getting better as are the chances the U.S. could default on its debt. Odds that President Obama will succeed in passing a deficit reduction passage, meanwhile, are falling

Obama calls CBS reporter assaulted in Cairo (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

CBS Correspondent Lara Logan is pictured in Cairo's Tahrir Square moments before she was assaulted in this photograph taken on February 11, 2011 and released on February 15, 2011. REUTERS/CBS News/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday telephoned CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who is recovering from a brutal sexual assault last week in Egypt, a White House official said.

Father: John Walker Lindh handling prison well (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST

Frank Lindh, father of John Walker Lindh, poses for a photograph after speaking to law students at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Lindh told students at the University of San Francisco School of Law on Wednesday that his son, now 30, spends his days studying ancient Islamic texts and is earning a liberal arts degree from the University of Indiana. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - The father of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh says his son is handling prison well nearly a decade after being captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

Texas judge postpones ruling in beauty queen flap (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:28 PM PST

Domonique Ramirez, 17, left, and her attorneys, Santos Vargas, center, and Luis Vera, Jr., right, head to the 224th District Court in San Antonio, Texas to seek a temporary injunction order against the Miss Bexar County Organization, Inc., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. A Texas judge has postponed ruling whether Ramirez can keep her Miss San Antonio title after the 17-year-old was ousted over allegations of gaining weight and other broken rules. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara) MANDATORY CREDIT: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, JERRY LARA; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALES; SAN ANTONIO OUTAP - The reigning Miss San Antonio, who says her crown was stripped over allegations that she gained weight and broke rules unbefitting a beauty queen, said Wednesday she was hopeful she would be able to reclaim her sash by way of a Texas courtroom.

Deputy US marshal, suspect killed in W.Va. (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST

Local law enforcement and Elkins Fire Department members assist the U.S. Marshals and the Federal Bureau of Investigation members at the scene of the shooting of three deputy U.S. marshals who were shot as they attempted to serve a warrant at a residence in Elkins, W.V. Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. One of the marshals has died. The suspect, Charles E. Smith, 50, was wanted on charges related to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Dave Oney said. Smith was shot dead at the scene by marshals returning fire. (AP Photo/Daily Inter-Mountain, Grant Jones)AP - A deputy U.S. marshal was killed and two others were wounded Wednesday in West Virginia when a drug suspect opened fire on them with a shotgun and then was shot dead, authorities said.

No charges for Seattle officer who shot woodcarver (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST

AP - Prosecutors said Wednesday they won't criminally charge a Seattle police officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding, homeless woodcarver during a brief encounter on a street corner in a case that has prompted angry protests and calls for increased scrutiny of police tactics.

Hawaii Legislature approves same-sex civil unions (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST

Supports of the Hawaii Civil Unions Bill applaud, celebrating the Hawaii Senate's vote 18-5 to approve the Civil Unions bill at the Hawaii State Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 in Honolulu. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie said if the bill is passed he will sign it into law. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to allow civil unions for same-sex couples, marking an end to what the governor called an "emotional process" for a longtime battleground in the gay rights movement.

Fla. girl dead in toxic truck; brother burned (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST

In this Feb. 15, 2011 photo, Palm Beach County firefighters in protective suits work near Jorge Barahona's pesticide truck, background, where it was found the night before along the side of Interstate 95 near West Palm Beach, Fla. The badly deteriorated body of Barahona's 10-year-old daughter was discovered in the truck hours after her critically injured twin brother was found having seizures in the front seat after being doused in acid by his father, according to officials. Barahona was lying on the ground near the truck with severe burns, apparently from gasoline he poured on himself. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Richard Graulich) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALESAP - A state worker made the alarming discovery: a 10-year-old boy in the front seat of an exterminator's red pickup alongside a busy interstate, convulsing from seizures, dripping in chemicals so toxic they sickened rescue workers. Nearby, the boy's father lay on the ground, unresponsive and doused in gasoline in what he later told police was a futile attempt to kill himself.

Thousands protest anti-union bill in Wisconsin (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

Protestors to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers demonstrate in at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Thousands of teachers, students and prison guards descended on the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday to fight a move to strip government workers of union rights in the first state to grant them more than a half-century ago.

Pa. teacher strikes nerve with 'lazy whiners' blog (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST

AP - A high school English teacher in suburban Philadelphia who was suspended for a profanity-laced blog in which she called her young charges "disengaged, lazy whiners" is driving a debate by daring to ask: Why are today's students unmotivated — and what's wrong with calling them out?

Elephant spread TB to workers at Tenn. sanctuary (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

AP - A tuberculosis outbreak among workers at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in 2009 is being blamed on one of the pachyderms, even though some of the employees didn't have close contact with the animal.

Study: Doctors order tests out of fear of lawsuits (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

AP - CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms.

NYC laments another icon lost to globalization (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:39 PM PST

Stephen Naughton, left, with Knight Capital, and Jeffrey Leach, with Barclays Capital, work at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. The NYSE and Deutsche Boerse announced Tuesday that they plan to merge. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - For as much as it celebrates its roots as an international melting pot, New York is a patriotic city, every corner festooned in monuments to American greatness, from the Statue of Liberty in the harbor to the Empire State Building in midtown to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

World's largest toy collection up for sale in NY (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:03 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows a portion of the Jerni Collection of 35,000 vintage toys, to be sold by Sotheby's. The collection was assembled piece by piece since the 1960's, and includes toys from as far back as 1850. Taking up an entire floor at Sotheby's, which still only represents 20% of all the objects included in the collection, it is considered the largest and most comprehensive toy collection in the world, valued in the tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Sotheby's) NO SALESAP - You wouldn't want to throw these toys in the playroom bin, even if you had one big enough.

Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST

FILE - This May 3, 2010 file photo, shows an aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Nashville, Tenn. Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding. Two studies in the Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011 issue of the journal Nature link gullywashers to increases in greenhouse gases more than ever before. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding.

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