2011年3月5日星期六

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U.S. contractor found guilty in Cuba trial (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PST

Judy Gross (R) wife of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross arrive a court in Havana, March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaReuters - U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, accused of illegally supplying Internet gear to Cuban dissidents, was found guilty on Saturday of crimes against the state, Cuban television reported, and faces a possible 20-year sentence in a case likely to worsen U.S.-Cuba relations.

Reid's prostitution remarks ignite debate in Nevada (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - When Harry Reid, the veteran Democratic senator from Nevada, brought up the idea last month of abolishing prostitution in the state, he did so almost as an aside -- a few lines in an eight-page speech.

Protesters rally in Wisconsin after governor threatens layoffs (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PST

Participants in a rally sponsored by Americans for Prosperity gather under a statue of Abraham Lincoln, outside the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, March 4, 2011. The rally was to limit the right of public union employees to engage in collective bargaining and to show support for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)Reuters - Thousands of union supporters protested Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposals on Saturday at the state capital, a day after the state's chief executive followed through on his threat to issue layoff warning notices to unions representing state workers.

Six wounded in Los Angeles party shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PST

Reuters - Unknown gunmen shot and wounded six people at a house party in South Los Angeles early on Saturday, injuring one critically, police said.

Public media puts millions into investigative work (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:59 AM PST

In this photo taken Feb. 17, 2011, Joe Shapiro, left, listens to NPR Executive Editor Dick Meyer, center, with Margo Williams, during a team meeting of NPR's News Investigative Unit in Washington. NPR, PBS and local public broadcast stations around the country are hiring more journalists and pumping millions of dollars into investigative news to make up for what they see as a lack of deep-digging coverage by their for-profit counterparts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - NPR, PBS and local public broadcast stations around the country are hiring more journalists and pumping millions of dollars into investigative news to make up for what they see as a lack of deep-digging coverage by their for-profit counterparts.

AP Enterprise: US push not halting guns to Mexico (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST

In this Dec. 9, 2010 photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check the documents of southbound passengers heading from the U.S. to Mexico, in Brownsville, Texas. Customs agents are trying to stem the smuggling of guns and cash from the U.S. to Mexico. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Federal agents are barely able to slow the river of American guns flowing into Mexico. In two years, a new effort to increase inspections of travelers crossing the border has netted just 386 guns — an almost infinitesimal amount given that an estimated 2,000 slip across each day.

2 space crews mark 1 week together in orbit (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

In this Thursday, March 3, 2011 photo provided by NASA, astronauts Scott Kelly, left, Expedition 26 commander; Cady Coleman, center, Expedition 26 flight engineer; and Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, watch a monitor in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The 12 astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex shared a few more maintenance chores Saturday, taking out the trash and doing their part for clean air as their weeklong visit wound down.

Michael Moore rallies Wis. pro-union protesters (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST

Filmmaker Michael Moore, center, makes his way through a crowd at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, March 5, 2011, on the 18th day of protests over the governor's proposed budget that would eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore urged Wisconsin residents Saturday to fight against Republican efforts to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, telling thousands of protesters that "Madison is only the beginning."

Police: DNA confirms suspect 'East Coast Rapist' (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST

FILE - This composite of artists' sketches provided by the Fairfax, Va., County Police Department shows the likeness of a suspect wanted for 12 sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults between 1997 and 2009 in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The sketches were made in 1998, left, in 1999, center, and in 2000, right. Federal and local authorities said Friday March 4, 2011 they have arrested a suspect in the so-called East Coast Rapist case. Members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force arrested Aaron Thomas, 39, 'without incident' at his home in New Haven, police spokesman Joseph Avery said. (AP Photo/Fairfax County Police, File)AP - Some neighbors considered Aaron Thomas an odd nuisance, a man who lifted weights in the front yard, parked a loud tractor-trailer in their residential neighborhood and ran or rode his bike unfathomable distances. His girlfriend's son called him laid back.

Tornado slams La. town, killing woman, injuring 11 (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST

Jarrod Steffan pulls his kayak down a flooded street Tuesday, March 1, 2011, in Findlay, Ohio. A mix of melting snow and heavy rain led to flooding across Ohio. (AP Photo/JD Pooley)AP - A tornado slammed a southwestern Louisiana town Saturday, killing a woman and injuring 11 other people. More than 100 homes were damaged, many of them destroyed, authorities said, and about 1,500 people were evacuated because of natural gas leaks.

Man dies after falling into Nev. mine shaft (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:57 PM PST

AP - A father of five children has died after falling into a mine shaft so deep and treacherous that rescuers had to abandon efforts to reach him while he was still alive, officials said Saturday.

Mother of twins found in toxic Fla. truck charged (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in an exterminator's truck in Florida was charged Saturday with murder, and faces numerous other abuse and neglect accusations.

US Catholics win rare victories on church closures (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PST

In this Jan. 25, 2011 photo, former members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Minersviille, Pa., stand for a photo in front of the vacant property. Parishioners from this church and eight others from Pennsylvania's Allentown diocese have successfully persuaded a Vatican panel to overturn the bishop's decision to close them down. (AP Photo/Rick Smith)AP - Like many Roman Catholics, Marie Lutkus felt anger, sadness and disillusionment after her beloved church was shut down in a consolidation of parishes.

In union strongholds, residents wrestle with cuts (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:56 PM PST

In this March 2, 2011 photo, Jim Geshay stands in the warehouse of his business in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. Geshay says he soured on unions during the 1977 teachers strike when teachers he trusted tried to stop students from attending classes. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)AP - There once was a time when Harry and Nancy Harrington — their teenage children in tow — walked the picket line outside the nursing home where she was a medical aide, protesting the lack of a pension plan for the unionized work force.

Veteran federal judge visits drug gang's NYC turf (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PST

Judge Jack Weinstein speaks with reporters after visiting the Louis Armstrong housing projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, Friday, March 4, 2011. Weinstein toured the area in connection with the sentencing of eleven defendants who distributed crack and heroin from the projects. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - The scene in a gritty Brooklyn neighborhood had the feel of a political campaign stop, except the stately man trailed by aides, a bodyguard and two news photographers wasn't making speeches or working a crowd.

British TV chef in food fight with LA schools (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 22, 2008 file photo shows British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, slicing fish during a Today show appearance in Miami Beach, Fla. Oliver has perfected his 'Food Revolution' recipe over the years: blend passionate activism for nutrition with reality TV, garnish with a catchy moniker, et voila! — a crusade made for the 21st century. But Oliver's recipe has uncharacteristically curdled since he arrived in Los Angeles last fall to do his second U.S. TV series. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)AP - British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has perfected his anti-obesity recipe over the years: blend a passion for nutrition with reality TV, garnish with a catchy moniker, et voila! — "Food Revolution."

Tucson suspect charged with murders of judge, aide (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:04 AM PST

FILE - This combination of file photos released Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Loughner . The suspect in the Tucson shootings that critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was charged on new counts that include the murders of a federal judge and a congressional aide, according to an indictment released Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office, File)AP - The suspect in the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was hit with dozens of new charges as federal prosecutors formally accused him of killing six people and wounding 13 others during a Tucson shooting rampage.

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