Kamis, 21 Januari 2010

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Jet diverts to Philly over teen passenger's prayer (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST

A diverted plane is escorted by to a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. A misunderstanding about an Orthodox Jewish prayer ritual led a US Airways Express captain to divert his Kentucky-bound plane to Philadelphia on Thursday, authorities said. A 17-year-old boy on Flight 3079 traveling from New York to Louisville was using tefillin, a set of small black boxes attached to leather straps and containing biblical passages, said Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where the commuter plane was greeted by police, bomb-sniffing dogs and federal agents.

Witness: Peterson indicated he'd kill his 4th wife (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:46 PM PST

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson yells to reporters as he arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, a judge will hear arguments about the admissibility of the state's new hearsay law to the Peterson's case. He is charged in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and is also a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife. The law would essentially allow Savio to testify from the grave by admitting testimony of family and friends about how she feared Peterson might kill her. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - The stepbrother of a former Illinois police officer accused of killing his third wife told a hushed courtroom Thursday that he believed he might have helped his relative dispose of the body of his fourth wife, who has not been seen for more than two years.

AR Army center shooting suspect seeks plea change (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 09:47 PM PST

File-- A June 5, 2009 file photo shows Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad in a Little Rock, Ark., courtroom. Muhammad's attorney, Claiborne Ferguson, said Thursday night, Jan. 22, 2010 that his client sent a letter to the judge in his case asking to change his plea toguilty to capital murder and attempted capital murder charges. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston/file)AP - The man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another outside an Arkansas military recruiting center has asked a judge to change his plea to guilty, claiming ties to al-Qaida.

4th California storm stokes mudslide fears (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:59 PM PST

The Pacific ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif. Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - Hours of heavy rain fell Thursday on saturated Southern California as the fourth Pacific storm in a week came ashore, triggering dire warnings by authorities that huge mud flows were likely in foothill communities and residents of endangered homes should obey evacuation orders.

Miss. to mull making cold meds prescription-only (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:10 PM PST

AP - Law enforcement officials and other groups in Mississippi are lobbying lawmakers to require a prescription to buy cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine — a key ingredient in methamphetamine — as the state's drug problem reaches unprecedented levels.

Former Sen. John Edwards admits the child is his (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, former presidential candidate John Edwards answers a student's question after delivering a speech at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer he hired before his second White House bid. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - Confirming what practically everyone already suspected, John Edwards confessed Thursday he fathered the baby born to his ex-mistress — an admission that came just ahead of a bombshell book by a top aide to the former Democratic presidential candidate.

Socialite Betty Broderick denied parole in murders (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:40 PM PST

AP - One-time San Diego socialite Betty Broderick on Thursday was denied parole for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife more than 20 years ago, with a two-person panel saying she remains angry and unrepentant over her crime.

Uncle: No sign of trouble from Va. killing suspect (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:37 PM PST

Mourners gather at the Thomas Terrace Baptist Church for a church service to remember the victims of Tuesdays shootings in Appomattox Va., in Concord, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A security guard accused of killing his sister, her husband and six others had a history of mental problems and imagined his sister wanted to kick him out of the home they shared, relatives and others who knew him said.

7th suspect in Calif. homecoming gang rape charged (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

AP - A seventh suspect has been charged in the alleged gang rape of a girl outside a Northern California high school homecoming dance.

Hudson River splashdown plane to be auctioned off (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:33 PM PST

US Airways Flight 1549 co-pilot, Jeffrey Skiles, left, and pilot, Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger depart a New York Waterway ferry, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, in New York, after a celebration marking the one year anniversary of their successful emergency landing of their aircraft on the Hundon River. On Jan. 15, 2009 Sullenberger and Skiles put their crippled Airbus A320 down on the river after the aircraft was damaged while encountering a flock of birds shortly after taking off fron a New York airport. All 155 people aboard the airliner survived. (AP Photo/William Regan)AP - For sale: One severely water-damaged jet, hero not included.

4 boys, one 11, charged in Wash. state robbery (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:35 PM PST

AP - Four boys, including one just 11 years old, have been charged with holding up a gas station in Washington state.

Ex-pastor who killed wife gets 65-year prison term (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

Matt Baker, left, is escorted from 19th District court by McLennan County sheriff deputies after being found guilty of murder Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010. Baker, 38, was on trial for the 2006 murder of his wife, Kari Baker. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)AP - Jurors on Thursday sentenced a former Texas minister to 65 years in prison for murdering his wife and trying to cover it up as a suicide.

Trial begins for NYC cops charged in sex attack (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo Michael Mineo, who says he was sodomized on Oct. 15, 2008 with a baton by a police officer in a Brooklyn subway station, speaks to the media outside Brooklyn state supreme court in New York. Opening arguments began Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 for officer Richard Kern, charged with aggravated sexual abuse and assault, and officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales, two colleagues accused of covering up the attack. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - Lawyers defending three police officers charged in a subway station baton sex attack case portrayed the accuser as a scammer who made up the story to get money from the city.

Jury picked for Kansas abortion shooting trial (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 05:31 PM PST

AP - The man charged with killing a Kansas abortion doctor will have his fate decided by jurors picked mostly in secret for a trial that has already inflamed both sides of the nation's abortion debate.

Prop. 8 backer stands by views on pedophilia (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 06:03 PM PST

Irina Fyet (R), representing lesbian couple Irina Shepitko and herself, listens to her attorney Nikolai Alexeyev (L) as she attends a hearing at Moscow City Court January 21, 2010. The lesbian couple in 2009 attempted to register for Russia's first gay marriage and, after receiving a rejection letter, brought the case into court. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW POLITICS)AP - A proponent of California's same-sex marriage ban testified Thursday that he thinks gays are more likely to be pedophiles and that allowing them to wed would lead to efforts to lower the age at which teenagers can legally have sex with adults.

Global warming opens up Arctic for undersea cable (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:19 PM PST

Graphic shows path of the Arctic Northwest PassageAP - Global warming has melted so much Arctic ice that a telecommunication group is moving forward with a project that was unthinkable just a few years ago: laying underwater fiber optic cable between Tokyo and London by way of the Northwest Passage.

Coal baron debates Kennedy over mountaintop mining (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 08:10 PM PST

Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, debates Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship on issues related to coal, coal mining and the environment at the University of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)AP - Don Blankenship and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the coal baron and the conservationist, are certain they could win over the world if only the public could see mountaintop removal mining through their eyes. On Thursday, they got their shot.

Calif. high court strikes down medical pot limits (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST

Medical marijuana is displayed in Los Angeles August 6, 2007. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniAP - A unanimous California Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that sought to impose limits on the amount of marijuana a medical patient can legally possess.

Man in custody after firing shots at Texas Capitol (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST

Authorities remove a man from the Texas Capitol following reports of gunfire Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Austin, Texas. A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson said a man fired several shots into the air while standing on the Capitol's south steps before throwing down his handgun as state troopers closed in and tackled him. Nobody was wounded in the shooting. (AP Photo/Vida Walker Burtis)AP - A man fired several shots into the air Thursday while standing on the Texas Capitol's south steps before throwing down his handgun as state troopers closed in and tackled him, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Racial bullying roils a Philadelphia high school (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, holding signs in front of their faces, Asian students stand during a school board meeting to express concerns about assaults at a city high school, in Philadelphia. The students are boycotting classes this week after about 30 were assaulted at South Philadelphia High School last week. They say the attacks were racially motivated and the district hasn't done enough to protect them. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - The blocks surrounding South Philadelphia High School are a melting pot of pizzerias fronted by Italian flags, African hair-braiding salons and a growing number of Chinese, Vietnamese and Indonesian restaurants.
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