Sabtu, 24 Oktober 2009

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Church janitor charged in slaying of NJ priest (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Morris County Prosecutors Office shows Jose Feliciano of Easton, Pa. Feliciano was charged with murder Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found in the rectory of his church in northern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Morris County Prosecutors Office)AP - Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory.


Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father, Richard, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after Falcon Heene was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage. 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, file)AP - A mother's confession that she and her husband faked their 6-year-old son's disappearance in a runaway balloon shouldn't have been made public, an attorney for the father said.


Global events mark magic number on climate change (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:45 PM PDT

Protesters hang signs on a fence outside of 24 Sussex Dr. following a call for climate change protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. The events are organized by www.350.org, a group dedicated to reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in air to 350 parts per million. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit)AP - Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350.


Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:20 PM PDT

In this image released by FlightAware.com, the flight path of Northwest Flight 188 on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 is shown. Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back, Wednesday evening, Oct 21, 2009, should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, the city lights twinkling below. (AP Photo/FlightAware.com)AP - The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit but he wouldn't explain their lapse in response and the detour.


Could letting pilots take a nap make flying safer? (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:19 AM PDT

The flight recorders from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/World-Chamberlain Airport, are displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit.


Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10 (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:09 PM PDT

In this Dec. 20, 2007 photo, Shiloh Pepin laughs with her parents while sitting on a counter in the family's Kennebunkport, Maine home. Pepin, who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called 'mermaid syndrome,' died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. She was 10. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec)AP - Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10.


Mother praises police searching for girl's killer (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:18 PM PDT

Crime scene investigators bag evidence found in a vacant house Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in Orange Park, Fla. near where Somer Thompson disappeared Monday. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl found slain in a landfill praised the hard work of authorities combing through evidence to find clues to her daughter's killer.


Reformatory's closing prompts reflection (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:01 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2009, Bobbie Stillman reads in her room at the Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility in Beloit, Kan. The girl's reformatory closed recently after 121 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Many were broken, many were saved here.


Polygamist sect focus of rare trial in Texas town (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT

AP - The first jury trial in more than a decade in the sleepy West Texas town of Eldorado involves an alleged polygamist and an accusation of sexual assault of an underage bride, a far cry from the occasional drunken driving cases that normally occupy the Schleicher County court system.

Oregon candidate uses Segway to help deal with MS (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:17 PM PDT

In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Oregon gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury gets around Portland State University on his Segway personal transporter in Portland, Ore.  Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago hasn't stopped the Democratic politician from becoming one of the most exuberant and popular figures on Oregon's political scene.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - Bill Bradbury isn't just running for Oregon governor. He's zipping — on a Segway.


Lost keys lead NJ police to burglary suspects (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Police in northern New Jersey nabbed three alleged burglars who fled an apartment with just $2 in change and left behind the keys to their getaway car.

Plushenko wins Grand Prix; Weir finishes 4th (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:41 PM PDT

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs his free program to win the gold at the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix figure skating event in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won gold at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday after a soaring free skate in his first international event since becoming Olympic champion at the 2006 Turin Games.


AP interview: Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from Aug. 19, 2009, comedian Bill Cosby speaks in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa., during a news conference. Cosby will be awarded with the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny — like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink so much water from plastic bottles that could be toxic — even though he says the nation has some serious problems it needs to tackle.


LA officials unveil $437M police headquarters (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - The Los Angeles Police Department has been handed the keys to its new headquarters.

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