2011年3月6日星期日

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Muslims, supporters protest Congressional hearing (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:45 PM PST

Reuters - Muslims, activists and supporters demonstrated in Times Square on Sunday to protest a Congressional hearing on radicalization of U.S. Muslims.

Rain and snow forecast for East on Sunday and overnight (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PST

This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:45 PM EST shows clouds cover the East Coast, stretching from the Northeast to the Gulf of Mexico. A low pressure system quickly moved up the Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and pushed a cold front into the Southeast. This triggers snow showers in the extreme Northeast, while rain develops from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)Reuters - Rain and snow were due to strike much of the East on Sunday and overnight, affecting states from Tennessee and North Carolina through New England, with the Northeast especially hard hit, forecasters said.

Couple overcomes groom's illness with Skype wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:49 PM PST

Reuters - A California couple whose wedding plans appeared thwarted when the groom landed in the isolation ward of a hospital with a lung infection got married anyway over the weekend, in a ceremony conducted over Skype.

Marchers mark 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:57 PM PST

Participants make their way across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 6, 2011, on the 46th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. (AP Photo/ Kevin Glackmeyer)AP - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma.

Crowd in NYC rallies against hearing on US Muslims (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PST

Entertainment promoter Russell Simmons addresses the 'Today, I Am A Muslim, Too' rally to protest against a planned congressional hearing on the role of Muslims in homegrown terrorism, Sunday, March 6, 2011 in New York. Republican congressman Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says affiliates of al-Qaida are radicalizing some American Muslims and that he plans to hold hearings on the threat they pose to the U.S. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Some 300 people gathered in Times Square on Sunday to speak out against a planned congressional hearing on Muslim terrorism, criticizing it as xenophobic and saying that singling out Muslims, rather than extremists, is unfair.

Twister victims focus on cleanup, left-behind pets (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST

The destroyed home of Jalisa Granger, who was killed while sheltering her child during Saturday's suspected tornado, is seen in Rayne, La., Sunday, March 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - As the storm roared toward Pauline Patton's apartment, she peered out the window and saw something she wasn't ready for: A funnel cloud. Suddenly, the power went out. Rainwater poured through the ceiling. And as everything went black, she heard what sounded like a bomb exploding overhead.

Gay legislators having impact in marriage debates (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, Rhode Island House Majority Leader Gordon Fox, D-Providence, center, speaks with fellow lawmakers during a session in the House Chamber, at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. In Rhode Island, legislation to legalize same-sex marriage has failed in previous years, but advocates are optimistic this year because the new governor, independent Lincoln Chafee, is supportive. One of the bill's co-sponsors is Democratic House Speaker Fox, who is gay; he has not yet set a timetable for voting on the bill. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Of America's 7,382 state legislators, only 85 are openly gay or lesbian. They are, however, playing an outsized and often impassioned role when the agenda turns to recognizing same-sex couples with civil unions or full marriage rights.

Carnival in New Orleans warms up under sunny skies (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PST

A young reveler dons a set of beads that she caught during the Krewe of Mid-City Mardi Gras parade on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Mardi Gras season ends with an all-day celebration on Tuesday, March 8th. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - With ideal weather as a backdrop, crowds poured onto the streets Sunday in the traditional warm-up for Carnival's big show on Fat Tuesday when New Orleans expresses itself in song, dance and masked spectacle.

6 killed, 3 injured in Texas mobile home fire (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PST

AP - A fire raced through a lakefront home in North Texas early Sunday, killing six people and injuring three others, authorities said.

Lava spews 65 feet high after crater collapse (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST

Scientists fly in a helicopter above the Pu'u O'o vent on Kilauea Volcano on Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Hawaii. Scientists say the Pu'u O'o crater floor has collapsed and an eruption occurred along the middle of Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone. Scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say after a fissure broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday, lava was seen erupting up to 65 feet high. (AP Photo/Tim Wright)AP - Scientists in Hawaii say a new vent has opened at one of the world's most active volcanoes, sending lava shooting up to 65 feet high.

Reward offered in Calif. shooting of 2 Sikh men (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:44 PM PST

AP - The Council on American-Islamic Relations has offered a $5,000 reward after two Sikh men were gunned down — one of them fatally — on a sidewalk in a Northern California suburb.

Supporters of Wisconsin anti-union bill hold rally (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:27 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)AP - About 700 people rallied Sunday in support of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his anti-union plan to balance the budget — a demonstration meant to counter three weeks of large anti-Walker protests in and around the state Capitol.

Pa. man accused of stabbing parents, twin to death (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PST

AP - A 23-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder in the weekend stabbing deaths of his parents and twin brother, said police, who found a Samurai-style sword covered in blood at the scene and said the suspect referred to the deaths as "extermination."

Nevada mine death: Questions on called-off rescue (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:41 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Denise Westenskow, the subject's mother, Devin Westenskow, 28, of Evanston, Wyo. is shown. Westenskow fell 190 feet into an abandoned Nevada mine and died Friday after the unstable and crumbling shaft prevented rescuers from reaching him. Westenskow worked at a geothermal drilling operation in Nevada and had gone exploring Wednesday, March 2, 2011 with two friends during his off-hours when he fell into the open shaft northeast of Reno, authorities said. The family of Westenskow, who has five children, thanked rescue workers in a statement. (AP Photo/Denise Westenskow) NO SALESAP - A father of five plunges deep into an abandoned mine shaft. Nearly 200 feet down, video images show he is injured but still breathing, trapped by debris.

Winter snows bring spring flood risk in heartland (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:08 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Carrie Larson, front, watches from her family's garage roof with friends as floodwaters rise around her house in Owatonna, south of St. Paul, Minn. The National Weather Service says conditions are ripe in 2011 for moderate to severe flooding along the upper Mississippi River from its headwaters near St. Paul, which has a 95 percent chance of flooding, to St. Louis. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, David Joles, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.AP - As a winter that has pelted much of the nation with unusually heavy snowfall slogs into the home stretch, some heartland communities are readying sandbags, pumps and their frayed patience for what forecasters say could be a flood-soaked spring.

Sheen files: A crazy week for NBC's Jeff Rossen (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 09:49 AM PST

FILE - In a Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, Charlie Sheen waves as he arrives at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colo., for a hearing in his domestic abuse case. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - Here's something for Jeff Rossen to ponder after a crazy week: Is being called a "rock star" by Charlie Sheen good or bad for his career in television journalism?

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