Jumat, 13 November 2009

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New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:14 PM PST

This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photos)AP - The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero raises a host of legal, political and security questions, chief among them: Can a fair-minded jury be found in a city still nursing deep wounds from the attack on the World Trade Center?

Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:52 PM PST

The hearse carrying the casket of Fort Hood victim Capt. John Paul Gaffaney pulls away as the victim's widow, Christine, looks on escorted by California National Guard Maj. Timothy Grimes upon the return of his body at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Friday Nov. 13, 2009 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist violence, a Republican congressman said Friday.

Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:06 PM PST

Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, left, arrives at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 for sentencing in his bribery case accompanied by his wife Andrea Jefferson. Jefferson was convicted on charges including bribery and racketeering. Prosecutors said he took in nearly half a million dollars in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman for bribery charges.

Spoils of Madoff's feast go on the auction block (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:37 PM PST

A water rescue ring buoy painted with 'Bullship N.Y.' is among items shown at an auction preview of property seized from Bernard Madoff, New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier's homes are being sold, from furs, dishes and stationery to a historic Rolex dubbed 'the prisoner's watch' made for Allied prisoners during World War II. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on a government auction block.

East Coast storm begins to move out to sea (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:13 PM PST

A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald)AP - A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths.

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., where one of hundreds of librarians from all over the world was helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of all the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world. The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators.

Judge rebuked by panel over Ferdinand Marcos money (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:46 PM PST

AP - A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is "curious," a federal appeals court said in an opinion issued Friday.

6th relative charged in Mo. child sex abuse case (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:39 PM PST

Burrell Mohler Sr. is escorted from the courtroom at Lafayette Hall in Lexington, Mo., following his first appearance on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/ John Sleezer, The Kansas City Star) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A man who had called child sex abuse allegations against his brother and four nephews "repulsive" was charged Friday with raping two children, and Missouri authorities said they expected more charges against the family in the case.

Wall collapses at SC game; 12 taken to hospital (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 08:58 PM PST

AP - Authorities say a wall has collapsed at a high school football playoff game in northwest South Carolina and a dozen students have been taken to the hospital.

Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST

AP - For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:01 PM PST

This image provided Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by NASA shows the ejecta plume created by the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket about 20 seconds after after impact Oct. 9, 2009. It turns out there's plenty of water on the moon- at least near the lunar south pole, scientists said Friday. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.

Report: Terrain, brush to blame in huge wildfire (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST

AP - The largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history raged out of control because it jumped into inaccessible terrain, not because the U.S. Forest Service scaled back firefighters and aircraft attacking the flames, a federal review found Friday.

Obama hails expanded US engagement in Asia (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:21 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers a speech at a hall in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.

IRS papers say Zsa Zsa Gabor has $118,321 tax bill (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:38 PM PST

AP - Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client.

Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:46 PM PST

AP - Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much — even for Sin City.

Police name brothel worker as victim in OKC fire (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:15 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Dennis Hof, shows Brooke Phillips. On Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, Oklahoma City police said the 22-year-old Brooke Phillips, who worked at a Nevada brothel that featured on an HBO reality series, was among four people found dead in a burning house earlier this week. (AP Photo/Dennis Hof) NO SALESAP - A pregnant Nevada brothel worker who appeared in an HBO reality series and another 22-year-old mom-to-be had been fatally shot before firefighters discovered their bodies in a burning Oklahoma City home, investigators said Friday.

Ohio plans execution method untried on prisoners (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

FILE- This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shows Romell Broom. Ohio on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 became the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections that uses one drug, a method never before tried on U.S. inmates. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, File)AP - Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward — albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners.

Philly subway hammer attacker gets 4 to 10 years (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:31 PM PST

AP - A man with schizophrenia who attacked a sleeping subway rider with a hammer was sentenced Friday to four to 10 years in prison for the attack, which a prosecutor dubbed "everybody's worse nightmare."
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