Kamis, 15 Oktober 2009

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Boy feared floating away in homemade balloon found (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:59 PM PDT

Six-year-old Falcon Heene sits cross-legged on the roof of his family's van outside his home in Fort Collins, Colo., after the little boy was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Falcon Heene at first had been reported to be aboard a flying-saucer-shaped balloon fashioned by his father and then carried by high winds on to the plains of eastern Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage Thursday after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television.

Sheriff probes sweat lodge deaths as homicides (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:51 PM PDT

This Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 picture shows the road leading to the Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona, Ariz. Two people died and nineteen others were injured last Thursday during a ceremony at a sweat lodge at the retreat. Sweat lodges are traditionally dome-shaped structures made of wood, animal skins, canvas and other materials, and are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for hunts and ceremonies. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The deaths of two people during a sweat lodge ceremony led by self-help expert James Arthur Ray are being investigated as homicides, authorities said Thursday.

Pilot sought after 2 F-16s collide off S.C. coast (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:46 PM PDT

AP - The Air Force says crews are searching for an F-16 fighter pilot off the coast of South Carolina after two jets collided Thursday night.

Interracial couple denied marriage license in La. (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:05 PM PDT

AP - A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Lesbian student in Miss. fights for tuxedo photo (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 06:09 PM PDT

Veronica Rodriguez, the mother of Ceara Sturgis, a 17-year-old lesbian, complains to reporters that her daughter deserves to have her senior portrait, included in the yearbook of the Wesson Attendance Center even though she is wearing a tux instead of the over-shoulder-drapes traditionally worn by females, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Jackson, Miss. According to Rodriguez, the principal has said the yearbook senior portraits are of male senior students in tuxedos and the female senior students in drapes, with no exceptions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Everyone at Wesson Attendance Center knows 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis is gay because she's never tried to hide it.

Okla. mom charged with locking son in closets (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 06:44 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's department, LaRhonda Marie McCall is pictured in a booking photo dated Sept. 26, 2009. McCall is accused of various acts of cruelty and torture against the boy, who now is 14. (AP Photo/Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department)AP - The mother of a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy who says he was locked away in apartment closets over four years was charged Thursday with 29 counts of child abuse for allegedly torturing and imprisoning the teen.

Kan. lawmaker's anti-Obama 'RedNeck Rap' off Web (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 06:23 PM PDT

AP - A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Report: Sex offender freed in budget cut program (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:59 PM PDT

AP - Colorado authorities said they inadvertently released a sex offender from prison under a moneysaving early release initiative, prompting Republican lawmakers on Thursday to urge the state's Democratic governor to suspend the program.

NY pol partly acquitted in attack on girlfriend (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:26 PM PDT

State Senator Hiram Monserrate enters the Queens courthouse in New York, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. State Sen. Hiram Monserrate has been acquitted of a felony charge of second-degree assault for slashing his girlfriend's face in a jealous rage. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A freshman state senator was acquitted Thursday of smashing a glass into his girlfriend's face, but was convicted of a lesser charge for dragging her bleeding from his apartment in a violent scene caught on videotape.

Mexican girl: Smuggler ignored plea to save family (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:38 PM PDT

AP - Cecilia Cid-Contreras remembers waking up underwater, unable to breathe. A migrant smuggler had just plunged a GMC Suburban packed with about 20 suspected illegal immigrants into a canal, including Cid-Contreras' parents and 10-year-old brother.

County to sick workers: Stay home or risk firing (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:32 PM PDT

Frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in Phoenix. Only healthcare providers will be issued this first-run of the swine flu vaccine, while the general public will be getting the injection version of the vaccine starting next week. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Employees of an Arizona county who have flu symptoms or a temperature of at least 100.4 degrees must stay home from work or risk being disciplined or fired under a new policy, officials said Thursday.

China-bound ex-Ford engineer charged with stealing (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:42 PM PDT

AP - An engineer copied thousands of electronic documents and stole trade secrets before quitting Ford Motor Co. for a new job in China, authorities said Thursday in announcing criminal charges.

Mom of Fla. teen set on fire says it's a nightmare (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Malissa Durkee holds a framed photo of her brother Michael Brewer as she talks to a reporter in Deerfield Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Five teenagers were charged with aggravated battery Tuesday for dousing a 15-year-old with rubbing alcohol and setting him on fire because he stopped someone from stealing his father's bicycle, authorities said. Michael Brewer was hospitalized with burns on more than three-quarters of his body after the attack at a Deerfield Beach apartment complex Monday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Michael Brewer loves his skateboard, SpongeBob and the tree swing in his front yard. Now the 15-year-old whose family calls him Mikey has burns over two-thirds of his body and is fighting to live after authorities say five other teens — some of whom were at his house to play a month ago — doused him in rubbing alcohol and flicked a lighter.

20 violent NC inmates going free under 1970s law (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - A cadre of murderers and rapists, several of whom victimized young girls, will be set free from North Carolina prisons this month after state courts agreed that a decades-old law defined life sentences as only 80 years long.

Family of balloon boy featured on `Wife Swap' (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

In this TV publicity image released by ABC, the Heene family, clockwise from back left, Richard, Mayumi, Ryan, Falcon and Bradford are shown at their home in Fort Collins, Colo. on Nov. 15, 2008. The Heene family were featured on the 100th episode of the ABC reality series, 'Wife Swap,' airing on Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC)AP - The family of a 6-year-old boy who set off a nationally televised scramble when he was thought to be in a balloon over Colorado has been featured twice in the ABC show "Wife Swap."

Geologist hired kids, friends for expert report (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - A geologist admitted Thursday that he hired his own three daughters and family friends to do legwork for a report that became the backbone of Oklahoma's pollution lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry.

Dad charged with groping nurse during childbirth (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say a Utah man accused of groping a nurse who was helping a woman giving birth to his child has been charged with forcible sexual abuse.

Mistrial in case of Texas mayor's $26K deposit (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - A mistrial has been declared in the case of a Texas mayor who says he accidentally deposited a $26,000 city check intended for a vendor into a personal account.

Ga. to return $330,000 to assisted suicide group (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

AP - A judge has ordered Georgia to return $330,000 seized from an assisted suicide group in February.

California stages massive earthquake drill (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Bob Beecher, left, director of Emergency Response for the Para Los Ninos Elementary School watchas as Vicky Munoz takes infants from the school during an earthquake drill Thursday oct. 15, 2009 ini Los Angeles. Participants are urged to drop, cover and hold on, the recommended procedure to protect oneself from falling objects in an earthquake, according to the recommendations by the Earthquake Country Alliance (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - School children dove under tables in Los Angeles and sirens sounded in San Francisco on Thursday as California practiced how to survive a major earthquake.
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