2011年5月24日星期二

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Joplin tornado deaths up to 122, eighth deadliest on record (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Destroyed vehicles and buildings litter a neighborhood after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Ed ZurgaReuters - A monster tornado that ripped through the small southwest Missouri city of Joplin on Sunday killed at least 122 people and injured around 750. authorities said on Tuesday

Oklahoma tornado kills at least two (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Two people died when a tornado struck El Reno, west of Oklahoma City, on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Canadian County emergency management director.

Mississippi at Baton Rouge opens southbound: Coast Guard (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Coast Guard said it had reopened a nine-mile (14-km) stretch of the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to southbound traffic on Tuesday afternoon.

Harold Camping 'Flabbergasted' That It Wasn't the End of the World as We Know It (Time.com)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Time.com - What does Harold Camping -- the 89-year-old, multimillionaire Family Radio preacher who was certain that the Judgment Day would happen at 6 p.m. on May 21, 2011 -- have to say in the wake of the non-Rapture?

Study: College Men Who Post About Alcohol Have More Facebook Friends (Time.com)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Time.com - If you tend to mention or post photos of alcohol on Facebook, you're likely to have more Facebook friends -- at least if you're a college-age man

Accused Tucson shooter due in court for competency hearing (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Tuscon shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner is pictured in this undated booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service on February 22, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - Accused Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner will appear in federal court in Arizona on Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial.

NTSB: No definitive cause in Stevens plane crash (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT

Attorney James Morhard, center, a survivor of the August 2010 plane crash in Alaska which killed former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and four others, listens to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) meeting in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, about the crash. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The National Transportation Safety Board released its findings Tuesday into the plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens, placing some blame with the pilot and raising questions about whether he should have been cleared to fly after suffering a stroke.

Palestinian PM expected to make full recovery (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:52 PM PDT

**REPLACES SECOND SENTENCE WHICH STATED ERRONEOUSLY THAT FAYYAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK** FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2007 file photo, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad listens at a press conference during the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters. Fayyad was admitted to Seton Medical Center Austin on Sunday for chest pains and was treated on Monday, his doctor said. He was released early Tuesday afternoon, said hospital spokeswoman Adrienne Lallo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was released from a Texas hospital Tuesday and is expected to make a full recovery after a procedure to open a clogged artery.

APNewsBreak: NASA to abandon trapped rover Spirit (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2004 photo provided by NASA/JPL of a photo shot by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. NASA is ending efforts to revive the sand-trapped rover Spirit, which has been silent for more than a year. Project manager John Callas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the last commands will be sent up Wednesday, May 25. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL,File)AP - Spirit, the scrappy robot geologist that captivated the world with its antics on Mars before getting stuck in a sand trap, is about to meet its end after six productive years.

Explorers tussle with Spain over treasure in court (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:14 PM PDT

FILE - This April 2007 photo provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration, shows Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, and project manager Tom Dettweiler examining a coin recovered from the 'Black Swan' shipwreck by Odyssey Marine Exploration. The Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's ruling that 17 tons of treasure recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon belongs to Spain. The federal judge in Tampa ruled in 2009 that Spain is the rightful owner of the treasure from a ship that's believed to be the navy frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes y las Animas. (AP Photo/Odyssey Marine Exploration, File)AP - Florida deep-sea explorers asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn an earlier ruling that 17 tons of treasure recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon belongs to Spain, deepening a long-running battle over a trove worth an estimated $500 million that has unfolded not on the high seas but in federal courtrooms.

Medical examiner: 4 dead in Okla. tornadoes (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT

A half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County after having just crossed SH-3, the Northwest Expressway, west of SH-4 moving towards Piedmont, Okla. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Southerland)AP - Authorities say a series of tornadoes that rolled through Oklahoma City and its suburbs at rush hour have killed at least four people and critically injured at least three children.

A race to find survivors before more storms arrive (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:46 PM PDT

The path of a powerful tornado is seen in Joplin, Mo., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Emergency crews drilled through concrete at a ruined Home Depot, making peepholes in the rubble in hopes of finding lost shoppers and employees. A dog clambered through the shattered remains of a house, sniffing for any sign of the woman and infant who lived there.

High court's Calif. ruling could lead to overhaul (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court decision that ordered California to drastically reduce its prison population to relieve severe overcrowding could encourage some states with bloated corrections systems to overhaul tough-on-crime policies that have led to stiffer sentences, law enforcement officials and experts said.

White House threatens to veto defense bill (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a defense bill, fiercely objecting to provisions limiting President Barack Obama's authority to reduce the nation's nuclear arsenal and decide the fate of terrorist suspects.

SEALs canine commando piques interest in war dogs (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT

AP - Life after the military is looking brighter than ever for America's four-legged veterans since one of their own helped in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

US terrorist links Pakistani ISI to Mumbai attacks (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court Monday, May 23, 2011, in Chicago. Headley, the government's main witness, is cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to taking photos and videos of targets in Mumbai before the rampage that killed 160 people including six Americans over three days. Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of providing cover for Headley by allowing him to use his Chicago-based immigration services business as a cover when he traveled to India. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)AP - An admitted American terrorist who scouted sites where militants went on a deadly three-day rampage in Mumbai in 2008 speaks so softly that at times he's difficult to hear.

4 found dead at Calif. home; 3 in pool, 1 in tub (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:42 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are investigating after a couple and their two daughters were found dead Tuesday in a swimming pool and bathtub at their San Diego home in a quiet cul-de-sac.

NASA to use moon capsule for other space missions (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT

This undated picture made available by Lockheed Martin via NASA shows the assembly and testing of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle at Lockheed Martin's Vertical Testing Facility in Colorado. On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, NASA unveiled a new name for its previously planned moon capsule. (AP Photo/Lockheed Martin via NASA)AP - NASA announced Tuesday that it found the ideal spaceship to take astronauts far from earth — the same one they've been working on for several years and have spent $5 billion on.

Casey Anthony defense: Caylee drowned in pool (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Casey Anthony sits quietly in the courtroom during a recess in the first day of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Prosecutors and a defense attorney for a Florida mother charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter each presented new, vastly different theories of how the little girl died as the trial for Casey Anthony began Tuesday.

Receding floodwaters reveal ruined homes, crops (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Wesley Roberts, 59, stands outside of his flooded-out mobile home Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in north Memphis, Tenn. Roberts said his home was under at least 10 feet of water for days before the waters receded, leaving behind soaked clothes, appliances, and a bed. The red sticker on the sliding door is a note from code enforcement officials that the home is no longer livable. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)AP - The Mississippi River crest has passed through the South, but the misery caused by flooding is far from over.

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