Senin, 08 Februari 2010

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Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:57 PM PST

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, left, looks on as his attorney Ed Chernoff speaks during his arraignment at the Los Angeles Superior Court on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Mark Boster, Pool)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.


Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:11 PM PST

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour's  six member crew will deliver a large room with a cupola to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)AP - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.


Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:22 PM PST

Michael Rosario, business representative for the Plumbers, Pipefitters, & HVAC Local 777, hugs a friend after telling reporters about losing three friends in the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant on Sunday in Middletown, Conn., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn't rule out negligence.


Rep. John Murtha, voice for veterans, dies at 77 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:50 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo,  Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77.


Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year.  (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)AP - A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.


Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:15 PM PST

AP - A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated Monday after a man without a boarding pass walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused to obey security officers, officials said.

Seats at a premium on planes, trains out of DC (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:39 PM PST

Snow is piled high in front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, from last week's snow storm, one of the worst snow storms in history in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic.


AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include accusations about womanizing and drug use, allegations he flatly denied.


Buffalo man accused of imprisoning 13-year-old (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:33 PM PST

AP - A 26-year-old Buffalo man remained jailed Monday on charges of holding a 13-year-old runaway in his house for six months, having sex with her more than 100 times and making her baby-sit his 1-year-old son.

Lawyer: Wife mulled extorting Ill. murder suspect (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, May 8, 2009 picture, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub at home. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and suggested extorting money from him to keep quiet, the lawyer testified Monday.


Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST

Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California in this September 20, 2009 file photo. Sheen was charged on February 8, 2010 with assaulting and threatening his wife Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT CRIME LAW)AP - Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat.


NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:02 PM PST

AP - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.

APNewsBreak: Officer to retrieve Edwards sex tape (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:47 PM PST

Former aide to John Edwards, Andrew Young leaves the Chatham County courtroom in Pittsboro, N.C., Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 after a hearing in which Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones declared that he was in contempt of court and demanded that Young turn over over a 'personal' videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.  (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - A North Carolina judge wants a security officer to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of the two-time presidential candidate, increasing the court's control of the disputed video.


Chinese spy gets more than 15 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:52 PM PST

AP - A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.

Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:04 PM PST

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson waves Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, as he leaves the airport in Kenner, La., after returning from the Saints' 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in the NFL football Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.


A hoarse Who Dat Nation savors Saints' victory (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST

New Orleans Saints fans flood Bourbon Street after their team defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl in New Orleans February 7, 2010. This is the first year the New Orleans Saints have become NFL Champions. REUTERS/Sean GardnerAP - Jubilant fans greeted the Super Bowl-winning Saints Monday, showering them with "Who Dat!" chants as they returned to their home city as champions.


Celebrity photographer Felice Quinto dies at 80 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:37 PM PST

AP - Felice Quinto, a renowned celebrity photographer and the likely model for the character Paparazzo in Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita," has died. He was 80.

Retired NC fire department worker wins $47 million (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:45 PM PST

Frank Griffin and his wife Loretta of Asheville, N.C., laugh during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 after claiming their Powerball jackpot winnings of $141 million. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - Retired Asheville Fire Department employee Frank Griffin is $47 million richer, but he has few grand plans for the money. He mainly wants to spend more time with his wife.


New legal issue: Payment for child porn victims (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST

In Feb. 4, 2010 Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, poses for a portrait at their offices in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - It's been more than a decade since "Amy," as she's known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle. The abuse ended long ago and he's in prison, but the pictures he made when she was 8 or 9 are among the most widely circulated child pornography images online.


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