2011年3月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News


Court martial recommended for Fort Hood shooting suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. Army official has recommended that the Army major charged in the 2009 shooting rampage at a Texas Army base face a court martial and possible death penalty charges, the Army said on Friday.

U.S. aid contractor Gross goes on trial in Cuba (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:12 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 - An American aid contractor who worked in a U.S. program aimed at undermining Cuba's communist government went on trial on Friday, accused of crimes against the state, but no verdict was reached and testimony will continue on Saturday, trial observers said.


Wisconsin layoffs loom amid budget impasse (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (C) speaks to other Republican Senate members before the start of a Senate hearing in Madison, Wisconsin, February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Darren HauckReuters - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued layoff warning notices on Friday to unions representing state workers as a battle intensified between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over union bargaining rights that has sparked protests and a national debate.


Facebook and Labor Laws: Can Internet Posts Get You Fired? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PST

Time.com - Dawnmarie Souza's Facebook posts didn't win her any points with her boss, but in a test of old law on a new medium, she helped show how little the online world differs from the land of bricks and mortar

Obama on Libya: Gaddafi Must Go; All U.S. Options on Table (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PST

Time.com - Obama on Libya: Gaddafi Must Go; All U.S. Options on Table

Accused Arizona shooter Loughner newly charged (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:09 PM PST

Tuscon shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner is pictured in this undated booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service on February 22, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - Federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed an expanded 49-count indictment against Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner, setting in motion the formal process of deciding whether to seek the death penalty.


Fla. police identify children found in canal (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:50 PM PST

Delray Beach police officers set up a video camera Thursday, March 3, 2011 along the bank of the C-15 canal in Delray Beach, Fl., to look for evidence the day after the bodies of two children were discovered in the canal stuffed into luggage. (AP Photo/Jon Way)AP - The boy and girl whose bodies were found stuffed into luggage and thrown into a south Florida canal are believed to be the children of a woman found dead in a landfill last summer, police said Friday.


NASA research satellite plunges into the sea (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:27 PM PST

This image provided by NASA shows the encapsulated Glory spacecraft sitting atop the Taurus XL rocket and awaiting launch on the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex in Calif., Feb. 22, 2011. Vandenberg Air Force Base officials say the Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory satellite lifted off about 2:10 a.m. PST Friday from the base. However the fairing surrounding the Glory spacecraft failed to separate properly preventing the spacecraft from reaching orbit. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - For the second time in two years, a rocket glitch sent a NASA global warming satellite to the bottom of the sea Friday, a $424 million debacle that couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency and its efforts to understand climate change.


Sheriff: Miss. teen beaten, branded at party (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:44 PM PST

AP - A 15-year-old boy was beaten and branded with hot metal after a confrontation with a 12-year-old girl at a party in Mississippi where teens had been drinking, authorities said Friday.

Clinton media criticism buoys Al-Jazeera (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PST

FILE - In this March 1, 2011 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - A decade ago the U.S. government attacked Al-Jazeera as a propagator of anti-American propaganda. Now Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is citing the network for fine news coverage — and tweaking the U.S. media in the process.


Rescue ends for man seen alive in abandoned mine (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:18 PM PST

AP - Rescuers ended an attempt to reach a man who was still alive after falling into a deep, unstable mine shaft in Nevada, saying Friday the effort posed too great a risk to people trying to descend into the pit.

Photo shows Giffords morning of shooting rampage (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PST

This Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows the Arizona congresswoman listening intently as she talks with two of her constituents, one of whom also was injured, in Tucson, Ariz. Shortly after the photo was taken, a man walked quickly up to the group and shot Giffords and 18 other people.  (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) NO SALESAP - A photo taken of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shortly before a shooting rampage erupted in Tucson shows the congresswoman listening intently as she talks with two of her constituents, one of whom also was injured.


Coroner: Miss. boy found in oven died from heat (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:38 PM PST

AP - A toddler whose body was found inside the electric home at his family's home died from heat injuries, according to preliminary results from medical examiners released Friday.

Colo. boy remains in custody in killing of parents (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:36 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Ron Lee of Evangelical Free Church, Charles and Marilyn Long are shown. The couple were found dead and two children critically wounded in their home Tuesday evening, March 1, 2011, after their 12-year-old son called 911 to report at least three people had been shot at the home. The 12-year old boy was in custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ron Lee) NO SALESAP - A 12-year-old boy remained in custody Friday as prosecutors submitted paperwork to a judge overseeing the double-murder case involving the child's parents.


A perfect shot, a perfect season, then heartbreak (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:26 PM PST

Teammates hoist Wes Leonard up after he hit the game-winning basket Thursday night March 3, 2011 as the Fennville (Mich.) Blackhawks celebrate their victory against the Bridgman Bees, bringing their record to 20-0. Leonard collapsed on the court shortly afterward and died hours later at Holland Hospital. (AP Photo/The Holland Sentinel, Dennis R.J. Geppert)AP - One moment: a perfect shot to end a perfect season. The star player, just 16, lifted off the floor in celebration. Teenagers triumphant, crowds cheering, the district playoffs ahead, the future open wide.


Trend reversal: Big drop in kids' ear infections (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PST

This Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 picture shows Chesnie Shaver, 2, with her mother, Jessica Hyatt, 21, in their Spokane, Wash. house. Hyatt said Chesnie has had four ear infections, including a recent one that lasted close to two months. Health officials report nearly a 30 percent drop over 15 years in young children's doctor visits for ear infections. In other words, each year there have been, on average, half a million fewer trips to doctors because of ear infections, but middle ear infections still plague many U.S. children. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)AP - Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason.


East Coast Rapist suspect arrested in Connecticut (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PST

AP - A Connecticut man believed to be responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women in several states since 1997 and dubbed the East Coast Rapist has been arrested, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Police: Robbery may be motive in pastor's death (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:57 PM PST

Emotions show as people begin to arrive at NorthPointe Baptist Church for a news conference, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. A man believed to be the pastor of the church was found dead and an assistant was found severely beaten at the church Thursday afternoon, friends and associates said. Arlington police had not identified the victims by late Thursday, reporting only that they were employees of the church. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley) MAGS OUTAP - Church members holding Bibles hugged and cried outside a church in a Dallas suburb on Friday, a day after their young pastor was killed and a ministry assistant was severely beaten in what police suspect was a robbery gone wrong.


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