2011年4月20日星期三

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Obama administration backs FAA despite uproar (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood speaks at a news conference held to discuss the findings of the study on alleged unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles in Washington February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The Obama administration has full confidence in the top U.S. aviation safety official and his agency following a string of highly publicized lapses by air traffic controllers, including one this week involving a plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama.

Homemade bombs found at mall near Columbine high school (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Reuters - A shopping mall near Columbine High School was evacuated on Wednesday after authorities discovered two propane tanks and a pipe bomb, authorities said.

Gulf gets taste of recovery one year after spill (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Hogh describes Zahara de la Sierra as “a white city in this very green place.” Also known for its olive oil production, the region faces the risk of decertification as olive orchards face increasingly dry seasons. Due to climate change, the IPCC projects that rainfall in southern Spain will decrease by 40% by 2080. Local temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula could also spike, turning green pastures into deserts and choking agriculture. (Getty Images/Daryl Benson)Reuters - A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and misery, officials on Wednesday declared the hard-hit region reborn.

Cuteness Alert: New Litter of Shiba Inu Puppies Hits the Web (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Need a cure for the Tuesday blues? How about something to distract you from doing any actual work? We have just the thing: Puppy cam

Are Colleges Doing Enough to Combat Sexual Violence? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A federal investigation into Yale's handling of a sexual-harassment case has ballooned into a national debate over what constitutes consent and whether students accused of rape should be expelled even if they haven't been convicted in a court of law

Cameras find void near trapped Idaho miner (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Search teams snaking a tiny camera through newly drilled bore holes have found a void in the rubble of a cave-in that trapped an Idaho silver miner, the first sign in five days that he might have survived.

Prosecutions turn online poker into a shaky bet (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Professional online poker player Robert Fellner is seen on the roof of his apartment building north of the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, in Las Vegas. Fellner, who left his job at a New Jersey dry cleaners four years ago to move to Las Vegas and play online poker professionally, has seen his bankroll grow to $280,000. But since the government essentially shut down the poker industry with a prosecution against executives of the main companies, Fellner and others like him worry they'll never see their money again. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - America's multibillion-dollar run at the online poker tables has been interrupted by what could be a killer hand: federal prosecutions of the three biggest websites.

Dad of 3 kids killed in NY river: Don't blame me (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 14, 2011 file photo, people attend a vigil at the boat ramp where Lashanda Armstrong drove her minivan into the Hudson River on Tuesday night killing herself and three of her children, in Newburgh, N.Y. Mothers kill their children in this country much more often than most people would realize by simply reading the headlines; by conservative estimates it happens every few days, at least 100 times a year. Experts say more mothers kill their children under 5 years of age than fathers. And, some say, our reluctance as a society to believe mothers would be capable of killing their offspring is hindering our ability to recognize warning signs, intervene and prevent more tragedies. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - The father of three children who died along with their mother when she drove her minivan into the Hudson River said he is not directly responsible for the tragedy but wishes he could change parts of his past.

Wis. court challenger will seek statewide recount (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT

JoAnne Kloppenburg speaks during a news conference at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Kloppenburg announced her decision to request a statewide recount in April's State Supreme Court election. Incumbent David Prosser currently holds about a 7,300-vote lead. That's close enough that Kloppenburg can ask for a free recount at the expense of municipalities and counties. Prosser has said a recount would be frivolous. (AP Photo, Wisconsin State Journal, Michael P. King)AP - Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg asked election officials Wednesday for a statewide recount in her flagging upset bid against Justice David Prosser, a race that marked yet another front in the fight over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's polarizing union rights law.

AP IMPACT: 3,200 abandoned wells lack cement plugs (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. More than 3,200 oil and gas wells classified as active lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico with none of the cement plugging normally required to help keep unused wells from leaking, threatening the same waters fouled by last year's BP oil spill, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - One year after a deadly oil-rig explosion set off the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, the environmental minefield of abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than first thought, with no quick solution in sight.

Police: Auburn tree poisoning suspect attacked (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:56 PM PDT

AP - The Alabama fan accused of poisoning landmark trees at Auburn's Toomer's Corner was assaulted at a gas station shortly after leaving the courthouse Wednesday, police said.

Roommate charged with hate crime in NJ webcam case (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - This West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North 2010 yearbook file photo shows high school senior Dharun Ravi. Attorneys for Ravi and fellow Rutgers University student Molly Wei, who were both accused of secretly broadcasting a classmate's sexual encounter online, insist their clients were the only two people who saw a tame encounter and did not record it, The Associated Press reported Nov. 4, 2010. The classmate later committed suicide. On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Ravi was indicted. (AP Photo/West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, File)AP - A former Rutgers University freshman who prosecutors said used a webcam to spy on his roommate's same-sex encounter was charged Wednesday with a hate crime and accused of deleting tweets and texts to cover up his tracks.

BP sues rig owner for $40B; blames it for disaster (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT

AP - BP is suing Transocean for at least $40 billion in damages, accusing the rig owner of causing last year's deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

White House: First family to attend shuttle launch (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 file picture, the space shuttle Endeavour is transported from the Orbital Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building where the orbiter will be connected to the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Spaceflight managers gathered Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center and set April 29, 2011 as the launch date for Endeavour's final voyage. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - President Barack Obama and his family will attend next week's launch of Endeavour, NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight commanded by the husband of critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Feds sues Calif contractor, farms in Thai case (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Kay Buck, left, executive director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery Trafficking, speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 20, 2011, to announce the filing of a human trafficking lawsuit that stretches across California , Hawaii, and Washington. Anna Park, regional attorney for the EEOC in the Los Angeles District, center, and Chanchanit Martorell, executive director for the Thai Community Development Center, listens in.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A federal agency has filed lawsuits claiming more than 200 Thai workers were forced to live in rat-infested housing and physically abused by supervisors after being recruited by a California-based labor contractor to work on farms in Hawaii and Washington.

APNewsBreak: Ex-billionaire settling tax claims (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 11:45 AM PDT

AP - Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth is settling unpaid income tax claims from California and Idaho, but still faces a $56 million bill from Montana.

Flyover, vigils mark Gulf oil disaster anniversary (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, July 31, 2010 file picture, a ribbon of oil lines the bottom stalks of marsh grass at low tide in a cove in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Relatives flew over Gulf of Mexico waters Wednesday where 11 oil rig workers died a year ago, residents gathered in prayer vigils onshore and President Barack Obama vowed to hold BP and others accountable for "the painful losses that they've caused."

Scientists: Soot may be key to rapid Arctic melt (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by NOAA-STAD, Soot Transport and Deposition Study, shows Trish Quinn of NOAA in a first snow pit. An international research team is in the land of snow and ice in search of soot. Though the Arctic is often pictured as a vast white wasteland, that can be deceiving. And carbon deposited there as a result of activities elsewhere can have a long-term impact on climate. (AP Photo/NOAA-STAD)AP - An international research team is in the land of snow and ice, in search of soot. Though the Arctic is often pictured as a vast white wasteland, scientists believe a thin layer of soot — mostly invisible — is causing it to absorb more heat. They want to find out if that's the main reason for the recent rapid warming of the Arctic, which could have a long-term impact on the world's climate.

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