Sabtu, 31 Oktober 2009

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Calif. searchers scour seas 2 days after air crash (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:04 PM PDT

This undated image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows from left: Lt. Cmdr. Che J Barnes, 35, from Capay, Calif., aircraft commander; Lt. Adam W. Bryant, 28, from Crewe, Va., co-pilot; and Chief Petty Officer John F. Seidman, 43, from Stockton, Ca., flight engineer. The C-130 and the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter collided at 7:10 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, 2009 as the Coast Guard was conducting a search operation for a missing boater. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)AP - Crews will search the Pacific's chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though hope of finding survivors fades with each hour, a top Coast Guard commander said Saturday.


Coroner: 6 bodies found at home; Ohioan arrested (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:42 PM PDT

Patricia Warren of Cleveland holds up a missing persons poster of her cousin Janice Webb, missing since June of this year, outside the home of Anthony Sowell on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in Cleveland. Police say officers who went to the home looking for a rape suspect found two decomposing bodies upstairs and what appeared to be a freshly dug grave in the basement. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, John Kuntz)AP - A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighborhood after police found six decomposing bodies at his home.


Girl shot dead after Calif. school football game (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:01 PM PDT

Friends and classmates of Wilson High School junior, Melody Ross, 16, gather on Ximeno Ave. between 7th and 10th Street adjacent to their high school to mourn Ross's death on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.  The night before, Ross and friends were leaving the school's football game versus cross town rivals, Poly, when Ross was unintentionally struck by a stray bullet.  (AP Photo/Diandra Jay - Press-Telegram)AP - Police were searching Saturday for a person who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded two men when firing into a crowd following a football game at a high school in Southern California.


Ariz. jails Iraqi driver after daughter run down (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:32 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming 'too Westernized,' has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" was returned to Arizona Saturday to face aggravated assault charges.


No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hand out candy at the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington, on Halloween.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.


No Philly transit union strike during World Series (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:23 PM PDT

A man walks to the SEPTA Pattison subway station, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - The Philadelphia transit system's largest union agreed Saturday not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series, Pennsylvania's governor and the city's mayor said.


NH hunter shot while using rope to hoist rifle (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:31 PM PDT

AP - A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.

Arrest made in fire at NYC chapel for 9/11 victims (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:23 PM PDT

AP - A man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of setting a small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Center victims, police said.

Slain NJ priest remembered for quiet wisdom (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:38 PM PDT

AP - A Roman Catholic priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory was remembered Saturday as a "quiet voice of peaceful love" at his burial Mass in northern New Jersey.

NY Senate leader Bruno, 80, faces corruption trial (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:31 PM PDT

AP - For more than a decade, state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno was a top power broker in New York. The backslapping former boxer had more bounce in his step than aides half his age and was gruffly unapologetic over the millions in pork projects that he grabbed for his upstate district.

Texas churches help pave way for new Vatican plan (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:13 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 photo, Rev. Allan Hawkins delivers communion to a parishioner at Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church in Arlington, Texas. The conservative church became a Roman Catholic church in 1994 after it left the Episcopal Church. (AP Photo/Amy Gutierrez)AP - At Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church, the 75-year-old priest is married, members sing from an Episcopalian hymnal and parishioners kneel at the altar to receive Communion.


Pa. mom, toddler son in stroller killed by train (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:03 AM PDT

AP - Police say a woman pushing a stroller across railroad tracks in western Pennsylvania was struck by a train and both she and her 2-year-old son died.

Bus overturns, injuring 13 college band members (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:56 AM PDT

Emergency personnel are shown at the scene of a bus crash involving band students from Morehouse College on Saturday Oct. 31, 2009 in Henry County near Stockbridge, Ga. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Hollis Towns)AP - Police say 13 students were injured when a charter bus taking Morehouse College marching band members to a football game skidded off a Georgia interstate and overturned.


Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards' graves (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:02 PM PDT

AP - On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams.

Ford workers reject contract changes (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger addresses the media during an event in Detroit, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Ford Motor Co.'s hopes for a cost-cutting labor agreement grew dimmer, with two more UAW locals in Chicago rejecting the changes. Key local unions were scheduled to vote later Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut labor costs, leaving Ford at a disadvantage to its Detroit rivals as it continues its struggle to return to profitability.


Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:08 AM PDT

AP - In the state capital's downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on bustling crowds who've come to dine and play along a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza.

Hawaii celebrates new saint, return of relic (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:26 AM PDT

AP - Hula, chants and prayer will greet a heel bone of one of the Catholic Church's newest saints when it arrives in Honolulu this weekend.

Obama tempers economic news with caution on jobs (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves the physical fitness center at Ft. McNair in Washington, after playing basketball, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news "does not mean there won't be difficult days ahead."


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Republican in New York Exits Race - New York Times

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT


Washington Post

Republican in New York Exits Race
New York Times
In a move likely to embolden conservatives who are trying put their seal on the national Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, a moderate Republican candidate for an open Congressional seat in upstate New York, ...
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Karzai team in crisis talks to avert vote boycott - CNN

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 05:41 AM PDT


guardian.co.uk

Karzai team in crisis talks to avert vote boycott
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is taking part in a runoff election for his seat next week. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's representatives were holding eleventh-hour talks Saturday with those of main rival Abdullah Abdullah ...
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Government rules out ransom deal - BBC News

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:11 AM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

Government rules out ransom deal
BBC News
The government has insisted it will not make a ransom payment to Somali pirates who have kidnapped a British couple. Paul, 59, and Rachel Chandler, 55, from Kent, were taken hostage by gunmen as they sailed their yacht in the Indian Ocean in the early ...
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White House visitor list revealed - BBC News

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:20 AM PDT


BBC News

White House visitor list revealed
BBC News
George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey as well as key lobbyists and fundraisers were some of the first to visit the Obama White House, records show. The White House put some 480 visitor records online on Friday in response to specific requests for ...
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Volunteers do the real end-game work of campaigns - Washington Post

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:23 AM PDT


Boston Globe

Volunteers do the real end-game work of campaigns
Washington Post
AP Exactly 100 hours before the polls were to close in Tuesday's gubernatorial election, Jim Kalanges stood in a leafy Richmond suburb scanning a sheaf of maps and data sheets for the addresses of known Republican voters. The 70-year-old military ...
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Muslims call for justice at funeral for lslamic leader - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:17 AM PDT


MiamiHerald.com

Muslims call for justice at funeral for lslamic leader
Detroit Free Press
Muslim leaders called for justice today at the funeral of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Islamic leader killed by FBI agents this week during a shootout in Dearborn. ''We are looking for justice,'' said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic ...
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SF Mayor Newsom bows out of race for governor - San Francisco Chronicle

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:00 AM PDT


Advocate.com

SF Mayor Newsom bows out of race for governor
San Francisco Chronicle
Plagued by low poll numbers and anemic fundraising, and with a newborn daughter at home, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped out of the governor's race on Friday. Newsom became the first to announce his candidacy for governor earlier this year, ...
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Clinton continues push for Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:53 AM PDT

Palestinian men are seen inside a darkened sweet shop before Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's long-shot attempt this weekend to resuscitate the Obama administration's moribund Mideast peace push is coming up against a firm Palestinian decision not to sit down with Israel unless it freezes settlement construction on lands they want for a future state. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is making a new push to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, holding talks Saturday in this Persian Gulf city with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and later in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 picture, Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who ran against President Hamid Karzai in August's vote, gives a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.


Madoff: Had 'too much credibility' with SEC (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff's accountant David Friehling exits Manhattan federal court in new York. Friehling is expected to plead guilty next week in a cooperation deal, federal prosecutors said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in a letter to a judge.(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, file)AP - As Bernard Madoff sat in jail a few months after pleading guilty to fraud, he sounded faintly boastful.


Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.


Calif. searchers seek survivors after air crash (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:48 AM PDT

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a Coast Guard aircrew member from Sector San Diego conducting search patterns east of San Clemente Island Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 to search for survivors of a mid-air collision that occurred Thursday. The collision occurred between a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules and a Marine AH-1 Super Cobra.(AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)AP - A flotilla of rescue vessels continued its search Saturday for nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.


4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:44 PM PDT

A man walks down his toppled house along a lakeshore town in Taytay, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines on Saturday Oct. 31, 2009. The powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital early Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm.


Celebs, lobbyists among White House guests (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009, file photo Actor George Clooney walks out of the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Clooney, Denzel Washington and heavyweights from the financial services and high-tech industries were among those landing visits with President Barack Obama or others at the White House during his first months in office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)AP - Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Denzel Washington, prominent Democratic fundraisers and heavyweights from the financial services and high-tech industries were among those landing visits with President Barack Obama or others at the White House during Obama's first months in office.


ALL BUSINESS: Credit-card rates up before new law (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2009 file photo, a Visa sticker is shown at a business in Detroit. Visa says it turned a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, as cost cutting and growing debit-card use made up for a decline in payment volume reflecting consumers' spending cutbacks. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)AP - Have you checked the interest rates on your credit cards lately? Odds are they're going way up.


More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:47 PM PDT

U2's Bono, right, and Bruce Springsteen perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - U2 brought three generations of chart-toppers — Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and the Black Eyed Peas — with them onstage Friday at another night of mix and match magic at Madison Square Garden.


South Florida stops No. 20 West Virginia again (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:46 PM PDT

South Florida quarterback B.J. Daniels (7) runs away from West Virginia defenders Julian Miller (97) and Ovid Goulbourne during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Once again, South Florida had all the answers for slowing down West Virginia.


Nine U.S. banks seized in largest one-day haul (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:11 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

Japan preparing up to $5 billion in Afghan aid: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:46 PM PDT

Afghan men pray during Friday prayers at the Blue mosque in the capital Kabul, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters - Japan is preparing new aid for Afghanistan of up to $5 billion to be used to help former Taliban fighters find jobs and build roads, a big increase from previous commitments, the Nikkei newspaper said on Saturday.


Fed to meet bank execs on pay reviews (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to meet with bank executives on Monday to discuss executive pay at large financial firms, a Fed spokesperson said on Friday.

Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:39 PM PDT

A man walks down his toppled house along a lakeshore town in Taytay, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines on Saturday Oct. 31, 2009. The powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital early Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Reuters - The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.


Honduras' Zelaya set to return to power (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:20 PM PDT

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya speaks during a meeting inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard GarridoReuters - Honduras' de facto government buckled under international pressure and agreed to allow the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, who was toppled in a military coup four months ago.


Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for an official in Tehran, October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said Friday.


Consumer spending falls as sentiment sours (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. consumers cut spending in September and turned gloomier this month, underscoring the fragility of the economy's recovery even as signs emerged that manufacturing may be picking up.

Madoff to SEC watchdog: Agency held me in awe (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT

Booking mug shot of Bernard Madoff released to Reuters on March 17, 2009. REUTERS/UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE/FOIA/HandoutReuters - Bernard Madoff believed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employees were too dazzled by his stature on Wall Street to properly probe his operations and uncover his massive fraud, documents released on Friday showed.


Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:57 PM PDT

From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a European Union summit in Brussels. Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change.


Afghan poll faces Abdullah boycott threat (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

Afghan women walk past an election poster for Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah will announce a boycott of Afghanistan's run-off presidential poll if a series of demands are not met by the end of Saturday, sources in his campaign team said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Abdullah Abdullah was poised Saturday to boycott Afghanistan's run-off presidential poll unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival.


Jumat, 30 Oktober 2009

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Federal regulators close 9 banks, mostly in West (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT

AP - Regulators on Friday shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults.

Calif. searchers seek survivors after midair crash (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:18 PM PDT

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a Coast Guard aircrew member from Sector San Diego conducting search patterns east of San Clemente Island Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 to search for survivors of a mid-air collision that occurred Thursday. The collision occurred between a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules and a Marine AH-1 Super Cobra.(AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)AP - The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.


Philly transit talks to continue into Saturday (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:22 PM PDT

A SEPTA transit map is shown outside the Pattison subway station near the Wachovia Spectrum, left, and the Wachovia center, right, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - A union representing more than 5,000 transit workers agreed early Saturday to extend the deadline for a strike that could disrupt bus and subway services during the World Series games in Philadelphia.


Madoff: SEC never thought it was a Ponzi scheme (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York.  A reader-submitted question about selling and distributing Madoff's assets to those who have proof of being involved in his scam is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)AP - Bernard Madoff was apparently convinced that it never even occurred to Securities and Exchange Commission staff he was running a Ponzi scheme, despite the agency's numerous probes of his business.


Wait for steel delays repair work on SF Bay Bridge (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:27 PM PDT

Traffic is seen at a standstill near the intersection of highway 80 and the Bay Bridge in Emeryville, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been closed indefinitely after a rod installed during last month's emergency repairs snapped, causing a traffic nightmare for the 280,000 motorists who cross the landmark span every day.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Crews trying to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ran into delays Friday as they waited for new steel plates needed to strengthen the troubled span before final tests could be run on the fix.


Clinic to Muslim doctor: Its policy bars headscarf (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:30 PM PDT

Dr. Hena Zaki poses for a photo in her home, Friday Oct. 30, 2009, in Plano, Texas. The young Muslim doctor who applied for a job at a North Texas medical clinic says officials told her she couldn't wear her traditional headscarf. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn't wear her headscarf in the workplace.


Slain mosque leader's followers deny FBI claims (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:50 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Muslim Alliance of North America shows Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, imam of the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit. The FBI says Luqman Ameen Abdullah was fatally shot Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009,  after resisting arrest and firing at agents at a warehouse in Dearborn. (AP Photo/Muslim Alliance of North America, Ron Foster Sharif) NO SALESAP - A mosque on Friday dismissed as "utterly preposterous" the FBI's allegations that its slain leader was part of a radical Islamic group.


First lawsuits filed in Ariz. sweat lodge tragedy (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:14 PM PDT

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 picture shows the area of the Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona, Ariz., where a heart-shaped stone memorial is set up on the site of the sweat lodge tragedy. The December 2009 release of two books by author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray has been postponed in the wake of three deaths that occurred after an October 2009 sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The first two lawsuits in what could be a flurry of legal actions stemming from a deadly sweat lodge ceremony led by author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray were filed Friday in Arizona.


Snow lets up in West, Plains; South gets drenched (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT

North Little Rock Fire Department Lt. Jeff Jeffries, right, and firefighter Brian Miller mark automobiles in a flooded intersection in North Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, after hours of heavy rains Thursday and early Friday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - While residents in some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow, heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.


Colo. ski town could push marijuana legalization (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - Voters in this Rocky Mountain resort town will decide next week whether to legalize pot for all adults at a time when the movement to allow medical marijuana is gaining steam around the country.

Grave thefts: An age-old problem that won't die (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Pinellas County Sheriff's office officials exhume the body of Ruth Keaton  in St. Petersburg, Fla. Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. A skull believed to be of Ms. Keaton was found in the bedroom of a former grave digger home. Ms. Keaton died at age 34 in 1948. Officials are trying to confirm that the skull belongs to Keaton. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)AP - It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies.


SCLC elects MLK's daughter as 1st female president (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In a Saturday Oct. 18, 2008 file photo, Rev. Bernice King, talks at a interview in Atlanta. The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen as the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.  The Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced her election as its eighth president Friday morning, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/W.A. Harewood)AP - The Rev. Bernice King embraced the legacy and leadership of her parents on Friday as she became the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father.


SF Mayor Newsom ends run for Calif. governor (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from May 26, 2009, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom answers a question during an interview after a California State Supreme Court ruling in San Francisco. Newsom, who propelled the debate over gay marriage but struggled to find a popular message outside the San Francisco Bay area, has dropped his bid for California governor. A statement issued Friday by his campaign said he was unable to devote the time needed to run an effective campaign, citing 'a young family and responsibilities at City Hall.' (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who propelled the debate over gay marriage but struggled to find a popular message outside the San Francisco Bay area, dropped his bid for California governor on Friday.


Retailers suspend business with Mich. fruit grower (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:21 PM PDT

AP - Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

Police: Ariz. dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday.

School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:16 PM PDT

AP - Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.

Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:26 PM PDT

Dr Khristine Eroshevich, left, and her attorney Adam Braun leave court,  Friday Oct. 30, 2009, after a judge ruled that Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Eroshevich stand trial on charges of illegally funneling prescription drugs to the former Playboy model, Anna Nicole Smith, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith were ordered Friday to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years and the alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her addiction to prescription drugs.


CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114 (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:08 PM PDT

Infant Jack Hemphill cries as he is held by his father Chris and his mother Inna, center, reacts after getting a swine flu shot from nurse kim Hill, right, at a flu shot clinic held on a parking lot in North Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.


APNewsBreak: ND Air Force base commander fired (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:22 PM PDT

Col. Joel Westa is shown in this undated photo made available by the U.S. Air Force. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)AP - The military says the commander at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota has been relieved of his command.


Man sentenced to death in Tenn. torture slaying (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:20 PM PDT

AP - A Tennessee man convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder charges in the fatal carjacking of a couple on a date has been sentenced to death.