2011年3月14日星期一

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Bus driver in deadly New York crash faces scrutiny (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:22 PM PDT

A general view of a bus crash is seen on Interstate 95 in New York in this still image taken from video March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Courtesy of WNBC-TV/HandoutReuters - Investigators of the weekend bus crash that killed 15 people on a New York highway said on Monday they want to know what the driver was doing for the 72 hours leading up to the horrific accident.

Japan accident spooks Three Mile Island residents (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:30 PM PDT

A view of the dormant cooling towers of the Unit Two reactor of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant from the TMI visitor center, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Judy Stare remembers the day 32 years ago when she and her family fled from the melting core of the nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island.

In Los Angeles: Waiting for the Tsunami (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Southern California was alarmed by the news of the earthquake in Japan and by the possibility of a tsunami reaching its shores. But not too much.

Can It Be Done? 'McRunner' Trains for Marathon on All-McDonald's Diet (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Back in 2004, America watched Morgan Spurlock's health decline on the McDonald's only diet in Super Size Me. Now, Joe D'Amico is following the same regiment. The month before he runs a marathon

Residents near NY nuclear plant confident on safety (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan have raised concerns about nuclear power safety as that country races to stop a meltdown, but some people living near a New York nuclear plant say they have faith in U.S. safety measures.

Canadian boy moved to US over end-of-life dispute (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Priests for Life, 13-month-old Joseph Maraachli rests in a bed at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center with his dad Moe Maraachli, right, and Father Frank Pavone, left, March 14, 2011 in St. Louis. Joseph, at the center of a right-to-life debate, is suffering from an unspecified neurodegenerative disease his doctors in Canada say is fatal. (AP Photo/Priests for Life) NO SALESAP - A Canadian couple transferred their terminally ill toddler son to a Catholic hospital in St. Louis after an Ontario court ruled that doctors could remove the breathing tube keeping the boy alive.

Va. mountain sniper made final phone call to wife (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:54 PM PDT

Police tape blocks off the area around a small salvage yard along Deskins Road Monday, March 14, 2011 in Vansant, Va. A gunman opened fire on sheriff's deputies responding to a robbery call at a rural salvage yard on Sunday, killing two and injuring two others before being killed in a shootout, Virginia State Police said. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP - A sniper who shot four sheriff's deputies with a high-powered rifle, killing two, was talking to his wife on a cell phone as police closed in on him, telling her he was about to die.

Space shuttle worker falls to death at launch pad (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 11:32 AM PDT

AP - A space shuttle worker fell to his death Monday at the launch pad, the first fatality there in decades, NASA officials said.

AP sources: Bus driver in NYC crash stopped before (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:42 PM PDT

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks with emergency personnel investigating the scene of a bus crash on Interstate-95 in the Bronx borough of New York Saturday, March 12, 2011. At least thirteen people died when the bus, returning to New York from a casino in Connecticut, flipped onto its side and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Two state officials familiar with the investigation of a New York City bus crash that killed 15 people tell The Associated Press that records show the driver had his license suspended from two traffic stops in 1995 under an alias.

Russian rocket ride: $63 million per US astronaut (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:55 PM PDT

The International Space Station. Russia is delaying the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem with the spacecraft.(AFP/NASA/File)AP - The Russians are hiking the price of rocket rides again for U.S. astronauts — to nearly $63 million.

Calif. official: Tsunami damage upward of $40M (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PDT

A boat tipped over by a tsunami surge is pulled out of the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Monday, March 14, 2011. Engineers are using sonar to scour the bottom of Santa Cruz Harbor for missing vessels sunk by the tsunami triggered by last week's massive offshore earthquake near Japan. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - In the tsunami-battered harbor of this coastal city famous for its surf, Jody Connolly rubbed his red eyes as crews scrambled to pull his 30-foot Trident boat out of the water Monday afternoon.

Struggling states may cancel or delay primaries (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PDT

AP - In these tough times, even how we nominate presidents is facing the threat of the budget ax.

Wis. unions rush deals ahead of bargaining law (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Some pro-labor protesters stand in a window outside the Wisconsin Capitol during a rally Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect and erases their ability to collectively bargain over nearly all issues other than minimal salary increases.

Passenger prayer spurs security alert on LA flight (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PDT

AP - Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities Sunday when a flight crew grew alarmed at the behavior of three men who turned out to be conducting an elaborate orthodox Jewish prayer ritual, officials said.

NH home invasion suspect: I dreamed of killing mom (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Christopher Gribble stands in front of the Cates home in Mont Vernon, N.H., Thursday, March 10, 2011 as jurors view the scene of the October 2010 murder that he's accused of taking part in. (AP Photo/Don Himsel, Pool)AP - The murder defendant in a deadly New Hampshire home invasion and machete attack testified Monday he fantasized about torturing and killing his mother from age 14 on because she abused him.

Defense fights charges in Pa. priest abuse case (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Rev. James J. Brennan enters the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 14, 2011. Brennan, two fellow priest, and two other men formerly employed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia appeared before a judge on charges stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of children. (AP Photo)AP - Monsignor William Lynn entered a Philadelphia courtroom Monday as the only Roman Catholic church official ever charged with endangering children for allegedly transferring priest-predators to unsuspecting U.S. parishes.

Health risk seen as low in Japan nuke scare so far (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Police officers wearing respirators guide people to evacuate away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following an evacuation order for residents who live in within a 10 km (6.3 miles) radius from the plant after an explosion in Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture March 12, 2011. Japanese authorities battling to contain rising pressure in nuclear reactors damaged by a massive earthquake were forced to release radioactive steam from one plant on March 12, 2011 after evacuating tens of thousands of residents from the area. Tokyo Electric Power Co also said fuel may have been damaged by falling water levels at the Daiichi facility, one of its two nuclear power plants in Fukushima, some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo. REUTERS/Asahi Shimbun (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPANAP - The news from Japan sounds terrifying — radioactive steam spewing from nuclear reactor explosions and frantic efforts to prevent a meltdown. So far, though, the health threat is not substantial if details that officials have released are correct, radiation experts said.

Trials to start in case of Conn. child molester (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:50 AM PDT

AP - He ranks among the most prolific pedophiles in American history, a doctor who abused hundreds if not thousands of children from the 1960s through the 1980s under the guise of a bogus growth study.

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