2011年2月18日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Wisconsin persists on cuts, protests swell (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST

Reuters - Wisconsin's Republican governor vowed on Friday to press ahead with legislation to curb the union bargaining rights of public employees as part of a deficit-cutting plan even as protests against the measure swelled.

Green River Killer pleads guilty to 49th murder (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:36 PM PST

Reuters - Convicted "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty on Friday to his 49th murder charge, after being shouted down in court by a man in the audience as he tried to apologize.

Judge won't release Loughner arrest materials (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:01 PM PST

Jared Lee Loughner the suspect in the attempted assassination of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, is shown in this Pima County Sheriff's Forensic Unit handout photograph released to Reuters on January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pima County Sheriff's Forensic Unit/HandoutReuters - A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by news organizations to release search warrant records and federal booking photos of Arizona shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner, saying the investigation was still under way.

Service Members Sue Pentagon over Rapes (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 12:50 AM PST

Time.com - Thestereotypes exist because they're true: the U.S. military pays too muchfor weapons, fumbles postwar planning and can't protect its people fromsexual predators within the ranks

Next for the Jeopardy! Winner: Dr. Watson, I Presume? (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 12:50 AM PST

Time.com - Now that it's trounced humans at TV game shows, IBM has bigger plans for their Watson supercomputer: helping doctors diagnose disease

Brooklyn man indicted for stabbing rampage (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:59 PM PST

Reuters - A Brooklyn grand jury indicted a man on Friday for an overnight rampage in which he is accused of stabbing three people to death, striking a pedestrian with his car and killing him, and wounding four others.

Wisconsin Democrats could stay away for weeks (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:08 PM PST

As seen from the rotunda dome, protesters drum and cheer at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Union members, students and others have been protesting the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal , Michael P. King)AP - Democrats on the run in Wisconsin avoided state troopers Friday and threatened to stay in hiding for weeks, potentially paralyzing the state government in a standoff with majority Republicans over union rights for public employees.

Deputies: 2 dogs fatally maul SC woman, hurt owner (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 12:58 PM PST

AP - Sirlinda Hayes was working in her garden as she did every day, tending turnips and collard greens on a small plot outside her modest one-story home. Moments later she was dead, mauled by two neighborhood dogs that had gotten loose many times before but had not acted aggressively toward humans.

Nearly mailed puppy paired with new owner in Minn. (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:41 PM PST

Terri Ford of Minneapolis holds the puppy named Guess after winning the drawing Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 in Minneapolis to adopt the 5-month-old schnauzer-poodle that was saved from being mailed to Georgia three weeks ago when postal workers opened the suspicious package. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - A Minnesota puppy that made headlines when it was saved from a likely deadly trip through the mail went home with a new owner Friday — an exuberant Minneapolis woman who was thrilled to welcome the fuzzy black dog into her life.

Pa. judge guilty of racketeering in kickback case (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:24 PM PST

Sandy Fonzo of Wilkes-Barre, right, confronts former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., as he leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton Pa. after being convicted of racketeering on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 in Scranton, Pa. Federal prosecutors accused Ciavarella, a former juvenile court judge, and a second judge, Michael Conahan, of taking more than $2 million in bribes from the builder of the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care detention centers and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the facilities' co-owner. Ciavarella insisted the payments were legal and denied that he incarcerated youths for money. A federal jury in Scranton returned a mixed verdict, convicting Ciavarella of 12 counts, including racketeering and conspiracy, and acquitting him of 27 counts, including extortion. The guilty verdicts related to nearly $1 million that the builder paid to the judges. (AP Photo/The ScrantonTimes-Tribune, Michael J. Mullen)AP - A former juvenile court judge who sent thousands of children to detention centers was convicted Friday of racketeering for taking a $1 million kickback from the builder of the for-profit lockups, in what prosecutors said was a "kids for cash" scheme that ranks among the biggest courtroom frauds in U.S. history.

Aide planning tell-all about time with Palin (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

Former Alaska Gov, Sarah Palin answers questions during a public appearance at Long Island (LIA) Association Meeting and Luncheon in Woodbury, N.Y. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - One of Sarah Palin's trusted advisers is planning a tell-all memoir, drawing upon thousands of personal e-mails during his time with the former Alaska governor to paint what his agent calls an expose of the inner workings of her operation.

NASA picks Thursday for Discovery's final launch (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:50 PM PST

Space shuttle Discovery moves to launch pad 39A from the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida January 31, 2011. REUTERS/Scott AudetteAP - NASA will try next week to launch space shuttle Discovery on its final voyage following a four-month delay for fuel tank repairs.

Oil spill claims chief announces new payment rules (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:16 PM PST

Kenneth Feinberg , administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, speaks about gulf oil spill claims at the Mississippi College Law Review Symposium in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - The administrator of BP's $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund announced new rules Friday in the highly criticized claims process, but the central payment formula remained unchanged from a proposal released earlier this month.

Speaking 2 languages may delay getting Alzheimer's (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

AP - Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer's disease later on, scientists said Friday.

Judge delays records release in Arizona shooting (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST

AP - News organizations failed to persuade a federal judge Friday to release a second mug shot and search warrant records involving the suspect in the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, among others.

Report: Conn. agency met kidnapped girl in 1997 (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:36 PM PST

AP - Child welfare officials first came in contact with the girl kidnapped as an infant from a New York City hospital in 1997, about seven years before the department began investigating the girl's paternity, according to an internal agency report released Friday.

State reconsiders turbulent medical marijuana biz (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:38 PM PST

This undated image provided by the Montana Legislative Information Office shows Montana House Speaker Mike Milburn, R-Cascade, who is the sponsor of the bill to repeal the state's medical marijuana law, which is expected to easily pass the House. (AP Photo/Montana Legislative Information Office)AP - Some Montanans have had enough of medical marijuana, saying their state's image as a rugged cowboy frontier is being replaced by a fast-growing pot culture.

TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb .13, 2011 undated handout file photo provided by KCBS in Los Angeles, veteran TV journalist Serene Branson reports on the Grammy awards show outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Branson's speech became incoherent during the stand-up, which fueled Internet speculation that she suffered an on-air stroke. Doctors said Thursday that she suffered a migraine, the symptoms of which can mimic a stroke. (AP Photo/KCBS TV) NO SALESAP - A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth.

New Facebook status options applauded by gay users (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:08 PM PST

This screenshot made on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 shows the relationship status options in a Facebook profile. Facebook has added 'In a civil union' and 'In a domestic partnership' to the Relationship Status section. (AP Photo/Facebook) NO SALES; EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Jay Lassiter is no longer "in a relationship."

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