2011年4月11日星期一

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Pakistani-American gets 23 years for subway plot (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Reuters - A naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan pleaded guilty on Monday to joining what he thought was an al Qaeda plot to bomb the Washington area subway system and received a 23-year prison sentence.

Court: Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Mark Zuckerberg won a legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their idea for Facebook, but the feud made famous on the silver screen is not over yet.

Missouri's Democratic AG splits with Obama over health care (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Missouri's Democratic attorney general on Monday joined the largely Republican-led effort to have President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul ruled unconstitutional.

Study: Congress Members Simply Taunting Each Other 27% of the Time (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Science can surprise us, challenging deeply held beliefs and pushing us toward more enlightened frontiers

Boehner's Choice: Government Shutdown or Tea Party Revolt (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Time.com - By midnight tonight the government will shut down unless an agreement can be reached between the House Speaker and President Obama

Milwaukee-area DIY project uncovers explosives in wall (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Do-it-yourself plumbing repairs are rarely easy. This one almost blew up in a Wisconsin couple's face.

2 more sets of bones NY beach; brings total to 10 (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Police search through the brush near Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y., Monday, April 11, 2011. Investigators searching for evidence of a serial killer are hitting the ground around New York's Jones Beach State Park. About 125 personnel, some with dogs, searched the area on Monday. Officers in neighboring Suffolk County uncovered eight sets of human remains in recent months. A New Jersey woman who was the initial focus of the search is still missing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Suspected human remains were found in two locations along a remote New York beach highway Monday, bringing to 10 the number of potential victims of a possible serial killer.

After 46 years, papal jewelry up for auction in NC (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Alan Perry, owner of jewelry store Perry's Emporium, displays the papal jewelry he will be selling for a customer in Wilmington, NC, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The jewelry belonged to Pope Pius XII and then Paul VI who donated it to the United Nations to be auctioned as a fundraiser in 1965. The current owner of the jewelry lives in Wilmington. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - In the unlikely location of a North Carolina jewelry store near the beach, a lavishly jeweled cross and a ring once owned by Pope Paul VI sit under lock and key, awaiting transfer to an even less familiar venue for symbols of Roman Catholic authority: an eBay auction.

Early warning prevented injuries in Iowa twister (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Jason Mauch, center, carries a basket of belonging from his destroyed house in Mapleton, Iowa, Sunday, April 10, 2011, after a large tornado struck the town. Authorities reported no serious injuries. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - It seemed like a Mapleton Miracle. A tornado with winds exceeding 130 mph barreled through this small Iowa town, flattening whole blocks and destroying 100 homes.

'Bourbon Women': Whiskey isn't just a man's drink (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:52 AM PDT

In this Thursday, April 7, 2011, photo Bourbon Women members, from left, Jamie Estes, Peggy Noe Stevens and Cynthia Norp enjoy a conversation over drinks of Kentucky bourbon in Louisville, Ky. The group is made up of women who share an affinity for Kentucky's signature whiskey (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Marketing executive Peggy Noe Stevens sticks to basics when savoring Kentucky bourbon — no splash of water, just ice, stacked.

Court won't lift stay on Arizona immigration law (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 201 photo, protesters block the street to protest the SB1070 Arizona immigration law in front of U.S. District Court in Phoenix. A U.S. appeals court on Monday, April 11, 2011 refused to lift a stay blocking major parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect and said the federal government is likely to be able to prove it is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A federal appeals court on Monday refused to lift a stay blocking major parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect and said the federal government is likely to be able to prove the controversial law is unconstitutional.

Commemoration, not celebration for Civil War 150th (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:18 PM PDT

A Union re-enactor stands guard at the gate of Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., Harbor on Monday, April 11, 2011. The 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War is April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Somber period music, flickering candlelight and booming cannons will usher in the nation's observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

FBI commemorates a bloody 1986 shootout in Miami (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:44 PM PDT

AP - The FBI commemorated one of the bloodiest events in its history Monday on the 25th anniversary of a Miami shootout that killed two agents and wounded five others, leading the bureau to adopt more powerful weapons, better body armor and improved tactics in violent confrontations.

Va. man pleads guilty in bomb plot, gets 23 years (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Defense attorneys Kenneth Troccoli, right, and Todd Richman, meet with reporters outside U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Monday, April 11, 2011, after Farooque Ahmed of Ashburn, Va., pleaded guilty to joining what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb the Washington region's Metrorail system. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A computer technician from northern Virginia pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 23 years in prison for joining what he thought was an al-Qaeda plot to bomb the Washington region's Metrorail system.

AP IMPACT: BP buys Gulf Coast millions in gear (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT

In this March 29, 2011 photo, a Chevrolet Tahoe with a Mississippi Government license plate sits in the parking spot of the Biloxi Mayor outside City Hall in Biloxi, Miss. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets, vehicles and gear — much of which had little to do with the cleanup, an Associated Press investigation shows. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Tasers. Brand-new SUVs. A top-of-the-line iPad. A fully loaded laptop. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets and other gear — much of which had little to do with the cleanup, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Crews battle wildfires amid severe Texas drought (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT

In this April 9, 2011, photo a heard of cattle run from a wildfire near Marfa, Texas. The fire danger remains high in West Texas where firefighters are battling a blaze that's destroyed dozens of homes in two communities, and crews are trying to contain fires elsewhere in the state. (AP Photo/bigbendnow.com, Alberto Tomas Halpern)AP - Firefighters battled Monday to contain several large blazes that have burned hundreds of square miles of rural Texas and destroyed dozens of homes since last week, getting reinforcements from out of state as they struggled against some of the worst wildfire conditions in state history.

NJ transgender man sues over drug-center firing (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:13 PM PDT

AP - A transsexual man has sued the drug-treatment center where he worked, claiming it discriminated against him when it fired him from a job that only a man is allowed to do: watching men urinate.

DC's treatment in fed budget angers local leaders (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Mayor Vincent Gray is searched by Capitol Hill police after being arrested on Monday, April 11, 2011, in Washington. Gray and several members of the D.C. city council joined protesters blocking the street in front of a Senate Office building to protest restrictions placed upon the district as part of the federal budget deal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself.

Red River Valley flood fight shifts north of Fargo (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:36 PM PDT

North Dakota National Guardsmen, left, walk the levee protecting downtown Fargo, N.D. from the floodwaters of the Red River on Saturday, April 9, 2011. At right are engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Red River neared its spring flooding peak on Saturday, approaching historic highs yet short of the levels that might have cracked the defenses of a city used to dealing with high water. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - The Red River Valley flood fight shifted Sunday from the cities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., to rural areas north of the north-flowing river, which crested Saturday night in Fargo at its fourth highest level in recorded history.

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