2011年4月22日星期五

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First lady's jet got wrong info on other plane (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Air traffic controllers mistakenly told the pilot of a plane carrying U.S. first lady Michelle Obama this week he was further away from a nearby military cargo jet than he actually was, according to a report issued on Friday.

Florida pastor jailed after mosque protest barred (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Gainesville Florida pastor Terry Jones makes his closing statement to the jury in the 19th District Dearborn Court during a hearing in front of Judge Mark Somers about Jones' right to protest in Dearborn, Michigan, April 22, 2011. REUTERS/John T. Greilick /The Detroit News/PoolReuters - A controversial Florida pastor was jailed on Friday after a Michigan court determined that his planned demonstration outside a mosque was likely to provoke violence and he refused to pay a $1 bond.

Cooler, wet weather gives Texas firefighters a break (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Texas Governor Rick Perry makes remarks at the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 11, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Improved weather conditions allowed Texas firefighters to mount an offensive overnight against wildfires that have charred more than 1.8 million acres across the state and killed two responders this year, officials said on Friday.

Expert: FAA Short on Cash, Skimping on Training and Long Aware of Sleeping Workers (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:00 AM PDT

Time.com - The recent troubles at the FAA has put a serious problem in sharp focus. TIME talks to Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, about what went wrong

Deficit Deal? The Gang of Six Ain't Talking (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - Which suggests that the Senators trying to cut a deficit deal are getting serious

Rescuers say more than midway to missing Idaho miner (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Crews working to free a miner trapped a mile underground for a week by a cave-in at an Idaho silver mine edged closer on Friday to breaking through to the accident site.

Calif teen found guilty of molesting, drowning boy (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

AP - A California teenager accused of molesting and drowning a 4-year-old neighbor boy and hiding his body in a clothes dryer was convicted of first-degree murder Friday.

Small plane crash in Kan. kills 4 on Easter trip (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

AP - A small airplane carrying a young couple and their daughters on their way to visit friends for Easter crashed in a muddy Kansas corn field Friday, killing all four, officials said.

Agreement near in sex lawsuit involving Ga. pastor (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT

AP - A judge says a lawsuit involving four young men and the Georgia megachurch pastor they accused of sexual misconduct is near a resolution.

Homemade cloth rope aids St. Louis jail escape (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

AP - A "knuckle-headed corrections officer" is to blame for the escape of two men who apparently climbed down a homemade rope Friday morning to escape from a St. Louis detention center, the mayor's chief of staff said.

Drill off Alaska coast? Gulf mess renews debate (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2010 file photo, taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, a boat with an oil boom tries to contain oil spilled from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, approximately seven miles from where the rig sunk. A year after one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, drilling rigs once again are probing the depths of the Gulf of Mexico for oil. But the catastrophic prospect of a spill in oil's next frontier — the icy waters off Alaska's north coast — has experts far more concerned. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - A year after the disastrous Gulf oil spill, the prospect of a major accident in oil's next frontier — the icy waters off Alaska's north coast — has experts even more concerned.

Report: Transocean contributed to Gulf disaster (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:35 PM PDT

Fire boats respond to a the blazing remains of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in 2010. The US Coast Guard slammed drilling rig operator Transocean's AP - Flaws in Transocean Ltd.'s emergency training and equipment and a poor safety culture contributed to the deadly Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion that led to the Gulf oil spill, according to a Coast Guard report released Friday.

Pope talks of suffering during Good Friday TV show (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, right, prepares to answer questions on Italian state TV, on Friday, April 22, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI in a prerecorded appearance on Italian state TV, replied to some of a few thousand questions submitted by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Good Friday is the solemn day when Christians reflect on the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI consoled a 7-year-old Japanese girl, reassured a mother about her ailing son's soul and advised a Muslim woman that dialogue was the way to peace in Ivory Coast.

Easter spirit endures in tornado-wrecked churches (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

The sign for the Zoar Baptist Church sits out in front of the church in Deltaville, Va., Friday, April 22, 2011. The sanctuary of the church was destroyed when a tornado tore through the are last week. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The huge holes in the walls of Zoar Baptist Church make it look like it was punched by a gigantic fist. The roof and steeple are gone, lost to one of the myriad tornadoes that wreaked deadly havoc from Oklahoma to Virginia last week.

Timing of Sen. Ensign resignation raises questions (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2009 photo, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. speaks at a news conference at the Lloyd D. George Federal building in Las Vegas. Ensign announced he will resign amid an ethics investigation. Ensign said Thursday, April 21, 2011, he will send Vice President Joe Biden a letter Friday making the resignation official. He said he has not violated any laws or rules, but said he could no longer subject his family, friends and constituents to further investigations. The Republican, who is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, announced in March that he would not pursue re-election. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - U.S. Sen. John Ensign's decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered while also muddling the field of candidates for congressional seats now held by the GOP headed into a key election year.

Wash. considers annual flat fee for electric cars (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Graphic charts the actual number of electric cars in use in the United States from 1992 toAP - Drivers of electric cars may have left the gas pump behind, but there's one expense they may not be able to shake: paying to maintain the roads.

Fla. dad tells 911 toddler fatally shot mom (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT

AP - Police are questioning the father of a 2-year-old boy who claims his son somehow got a hold of a pistol and shot the toddler's mother to death.

British tourist honored for catching falling child (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Helen Beard, right, of Worksop, England, answers questions at a news conference where she was recognized for saving the life of a 1-year-old child in Orlando, Fla., with a Medal of Merit by Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings, left, Friday, April 22, 2011, in Orlando. On April 21, Beard ran from the swimming pool of the hotel she was visiting after she noticed a child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony and arrived in time to catch the little girl as she fell. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Helen Beard was poolside with her son and partner at a Florida hotel when she heard a scream and turned to find a 1-year-old girl dangling from a fourth-story balcony. She leapt up and positioned herself beneath the toddler just in time to catch her, saving the girl from certain injury.

Father: Daughter's body found, now work begins (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Baltimore Police Department shows Phylicia Barnes. After months of searches and appeals to the public, authorities confirmed Thursday, April 21, 2011, that a body found in a northeast Maryland river was that of Barnes, a North Carolina teen who went missing while visiting relatives in Baltimore over the Christmas holidays. (AP Photo/Baltimore Police Department, File)AP - Now that the body of a North Carolina teenager has been found after she went missing almost four months ago, her father said Friday that the process of learning what happened to her can really begin.

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