2011年5月21日星期六

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Strauss-Kahn under house arrest in New York (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

A resident of Lower Manhattan carries a sign behind media members who were standing on Maiden Lane in New York's financial district where it was being speculated that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was being housed after his release on bail in New York May 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn remained under house arrest and armed guard on Saturday in an apartment in New York's financial district that has become a tourist attraction.

Vicksburg officials urge caution, plan for cleanup (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:11 PM PDT

Jody (L) and his wife Tracy Meche look over rising waters in the Atchafalaya Basin as they depart a boat ramp to go crawfishing near Butte LaRose, Louisiana, May 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - With weeks to go before the flood waters of the crested Mississippi River fully recede, officials in Vicksburg, Mississippi, are advising caution and preparing for an aggressive cleanup.

Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid after he effectively called on Israel to give back territory it has occupied since 1967 to Palestinians.

Did The 'Botox Mom' Lie About Giving Her 8-Year-Old Daughter Injections? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Frankly, everything about this story is gross

'Poetry, Not Predictions': Religious Leaders Weigh In on Judgment-Day Frenzy (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Harold Camping's judgment day prediction has garnered quite a following, but -- believe it or not -- there are competing perspectives on the doomsday drama. Take a look at what some other spiritual scholars say about the May 21st theory

Europe: Obama tends to old allies, new challenges (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2009, file photo U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the G20 Summit closing press conference in London. Obama departs Sunday, May 22, 2011, for his eighth trip to Europe as president. The weeklong European tour is all about tending to old friends in the Western alliance and securing their help with daunting challenges, from the political upheaval in the Mideast and North Africa to the protracted war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Weaving together strands of pomp, policy and summitry, President Barack Obama's weeklong European tour is all about tending to old friends in the Western alliance and securing their help with daunting challenges, from the political upheaval in the Mideast and North Africa to the protracted war in Afghanistan.

Obama: Schools can improve with right incentives (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama carries his iPad as he departs the Oval Office at the White House in Washington for an afternoon of golf Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Trying to make his case for overhauling the nation's education laws, President Barack Obama is highlighting progress at a Tennessee high school as evidence that the proper incentives can help all schools succeed.

NY case shows daily dangers faced by hotel maids (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:57 PM PDT

In this May 20, 2011 photo, former maid turned union organizer Andria Babbington poses in her Brampton, Ontario home. Hotel housekeepers say they often feel a twinge of fear when they slide the keycard, turn the door handle and step into a room to clean it. What will they find? At the luxury hotel in Toronto where Babbington worked for 17 years, housekeepers especially hated doing 'turn-down' service, which involves preparing beds for the night. Some men would put money on the pillow, ask for sexual favors and tell the women they could take the money when they left, Babbington said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, J.P. Moczulski)AP - Hotel housekeepers say they often feel a twinge of fear when they slide the keycard, turn the door handle and step into a room to clean it. What will they find?

Schwarzenegger must revamp image once more (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2011 file photo, actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, poses after receiving the insignia of Chevalier in the Order of the Legion of Honor during the MIPTV (International Television Programme Market) in Cannes, southern France. Schwarzenegger delayed his Hollywood comeback Thursday, May 19, 2011 as he braced for what could be a costly divorce prompted by revelations that he had an affair and child with a housekeeper who worked for his family for 20 years. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)AP - For 35 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been carefully crafting his public image, from Austrian bodybuilder and international action star to family man and Republican politician.

As water inches closer, an agonizing wait in La. (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT

The tugboat 'Jock' pushes a load of barges containing light cycle oil with the assistance of the 'Bettye M. Jenkins' tugboat, foreground, in the swollen Mississippi River underneath the bridge connecting Natchez, Miss., to Vidalia, La., Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this Louisiana town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River has inched toward their homes, with their frustration and hope painted on signs posted outside.

Apocalypse believers await end, skeptics carry on (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Caroline Dennewith, co-owner of Dorky's Arcade in Tacoma, Wash., poses for a photo, Friday, May 20, 2011 with a poster advertising her business' 'Rapture Party,' which will be held Saturday, May 21, 2011, the day on which a loosely organized Christian movement believes Jesus will return to Earth to gather the faithful. Dennewith says she has received international media attention and some isolated local criticism for what started out as a low-key party in response to predictions of the rapture. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their savings accounts. And so they waited, vigilantly, on Saturday for the appointed hour to arrive.

Would-be 2012 GOP candidate Romney returns to SC (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a group of small business owners on the economy during a visit to Meetze plumbing in Irmo, S.C. Saturday May, 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - South Carolina wasn't kind to Mitt Romney in 2008, but the ex-Massachusetts governor and presidential contender is hoping for a better fate in this Southern bellwether in 2012.

Posh, pricey NYC house arrest for ex-IMF leader (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Reporters wait outside a building in downtown Manhattan where the former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was granted bail, is staying under house arrest Saturday, May 21, 2011 on charges he tried to rape a hotel maid. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Armed guards stand watch 24 hours a day. Cameras record every move, and monitors alert authorities should the prisoner try to escape. This is Dominique Strauss-Kahn's new jail away from jail, after the former IMF leader charged with sexually assaulting a maid left a New York City jail for a posh and pricey house arrest.

Potential GOP candidate affirms Mormon heritage (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., of Utah gives a commencement address to more than 1,000 students at Southern New Hampshire University, Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he is Mormon, and he doesn't think his religion will be an issue if he decides to run for president.

'Botox Mom' says she was paid to fabricate story (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT

AP - The story sparked outrage the world over: A California mother, trying to give her daughter an edge in beauty pageants, injected the 8-year-old with Botox.

New book explores 1973 killing of Israeli official (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:38 PM PDT

This photo provided by the family of Col. Yosef Alon, taken in 1973, shows Alon posing with his daughters, Rachel, bottom, Yael, and Dalia, right, outside their home in Chevy Chase, Md. Alon was mysteriously shot dead in the driveway of his home here in the summer of 1973, an assassination with few leads, disquieting circumstances and more than a hint of international intrigue. Fred Burton was a 16-year-old neighbor who says the killing of Alon, one of the Israeli Air Force's first fighter pilots, ruptured his sense of security in this quiet Washington suburb, propelling him into public service and a career as a police officer and State Department counterterrorism agent. (AP Photo/Courtesy Alon Family)AP - Col. Yosef Alon was mysteriously shot dead in the driveway of his home here in the summer of 1973, an assassination with few leads, disquieting circumstances and more than a hint of international intrigue.

George Washington items bring more than $167,000 (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

This photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows pieces of a silver emblem from George Washington's coffin in Dallas May 16, 2011. An upcoming auction of items related to Washington features objects that have been passed down through generations of his relatives. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Heritage Auctions)AP - George Washington's compass and an assortment of other personal items, including pieces of his coffin, sold at auction Saturday for more than $167,000.

A political odd couple build each other up in NJ (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2011 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, announces a deal with Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, D-West Deptford, right, on how to fill the vacant seats on the state Supreme Court during a news conference at the State House in Trenton, N.J., For Christie and Sweeney, the formula appears to be equal parts criticism and compromise, their criticism of each other comes through the media and the compromise happens privately. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - One is a tough-talking, union-bashing former federal prosecutor. The other is a tough-talking union leader and former ironworker.

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