Jumat, 18 September 2009

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Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:02 PM PDT

This image provided by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office shows 57-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul. Phillip Arnold Paul, a killer committed to a mental institution has escaped during a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Spokane County Sheriff's Office)AP - A criminally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair remained on the run Friday, and furious residents and officials wondered why such a dangerous person was out in public.

Chief: Police may never know Yale killing motive (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:03 PM PDT

New Haven Police Chief James Lewis, briefs the media at police headquarters during a news conference Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009 about the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le. Lewis said there is no arrest yet. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - Police may never know the motive for the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was found hidden behind a wall on what should have been her wedding day, the police chief said Friday.

States send mixed message on texting and driving (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A bill board that encourages people not to text while they drive is shown in the northside of Indianapolis, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Indiana drivers under age 18 are banned from using a cell phone while driving. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on how to steer clear of a traffic jam.

Second man questioned in terror probe (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 08:11 PM PDT

Najibullah Zazi's attorney, Arthur Folsom, gets into a vehicle to be driven to the FBI offices on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 in Denver, where his client Zazi, identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida, is being questioned by agents for a third day. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver has indicated he is associated with al-Qaida and played a key role in a planned terror attack, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Friday.

Political writer Irving Kristol dead at 89 (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 09:05 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by The Weekly Standard shows Irving Kristol, who died Friday, September 18, 2009. He Was 89. (AP Photo/The Weekly Standard)AP - Irving Kristol, the writer, editor and publisher known as the godfather of neoconservatism whose youthful radicalism evolved into a historic rejection of communism, liberalism and the counterculture, died Friday. He was 89.

Cardinal allegedly delayed report of abuse claim (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 08:04 PM PDT

AP - A former high-ranking official with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles testified that Cardinal Roger Mahony ordered a subordinate to delay reporting clergy abuse claims to the police until the priest in question could be defrocked, according to court papers filed Friday.

Court temporarily halts 2nd Ohio execution attempt (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 07:21 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted an unprecedented second attempt at lethal injection of an inmate who said his execution attempt this week was marred by painful needle sticks into his bone and muscles.

Pa. man gulps 33 1/2 burritos, wins eating contest (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 09:15 PM PDT

Professional competitive eaters 'Erik the Red' Denmark, left, 'Humble Bob' Shoudt, middle, and Hall 'Hoover' Hunt compete the 2009 World Burrito Eating Competition hosted by the International Federation of Competitive Eating at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Shoudt of Royersford, Pa., won the contest, eating 33 and a half beef, bean and green chile burritos in 10 minutes. (AP photo/Melanie Dabovich)AP - Professional eater "Humble Bob" Shoudt ate 33 1/2 burritos in 10 minutes, winning the 2009 World Burrito eating championship on Friday before an excited crowd at the New Mexico State Fair.

Authorities dig at home where kidnapped girl found (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:58 PM PDT

Investigators search a property that borders Phillip Garrido's home in Antioch, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Police are searching for a possible connection between Garrido, charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard, and two other child abductions in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - The property where Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years became the site of an archaeological-style dig Friday as authorities revealed the discovery of another bone and a soil "anomaly" that could indicate something lies buried in an area where cadaver dogs earlier picked up a scent.

In hundreds of cities, parking spaces become parks (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:28 PM PDT

Organizer Alfredo Hernandez feeds a parking meter as local activists, artists and community organizers participate in 'Parking Day L.A.,' in the East Hollywood area of Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Activists take up parking spots in cities across the nation and temporarily install sod, potted plants, lawn chairs, creating miniature parks in an effort to raise awareness about the lack of open space in urban areas. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - Activists across the nation parked themselves curbside Friday, taking up spaces reserved for cars and transforming them into mini parks with sod, potted plants, lawn chairs and even barbecues to raise awareness about how the auto has won the battle over public space in big cities.

Police in Calif. believe financier killed himself (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2009 file photo, Danny Pang pauses after leaving federal court after posting bail in Santa Ana, Calif. Danny Pang, an Orange County financier who was the subject of a fraud investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, has died. The Orange County coroner's office says the 42-year-old Pang died Saturday at a hospital, one day after after being taken from his Newport Beach home by paramedics. An autopsy is scheduled Sunday to determine the cause of death. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - Investigators believe Danny Pang, the international financier who died in Southern California last weekend while facing charges of fraud, committed suicide, a police spokesman said Friday.

Pa. budget deal ends impasse with cuts, taxes (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 07:33 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Ed Rendell and legislative leaders reached a budget deal Friday to end Pennsylvania's distinction as the last state still fighting over its annual spending plan.

Calif. falls short of court's order to cut inmates (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:22 PM PDT

AP - California prison officials on Friday released a plan to reduce the state's inmate population by more than 23,000 over the next two years, falling short of a federal court mandate.

NYC on pace for record-low number of homicides (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 05:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of July 11, 1997, a Chinatown shop owner lies dead on Mott Street in New York outside of his shop after police said a teenager tried to hold up the shop. The New York Police Department said on Friday, Sept. 14, 2009 the city could have its fewest number of murders in almost 50 years. The NYPD is projecting about 457 murders in 2009, well below the previous low of 497 in 2007 and the lowest since the department started keeping records in 1962. (AP Photo/Richard Woo, File)AP - More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime is going down — way down.

US asks court to dismiss challenge to marriage law (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 05:26 PM PDT

AP - The Department of Justice on Friday asked a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit that claims a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it denies gay couples access to federal benefits given to other married couples.

Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Energy regulators on Friday moved forward with a plan that could ban the sale of the most power-hungry televisions from California retail stores.

4 Chicago ex-cops say they invaded homes, stole (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - Four former members of an now-disbanded Chicago police unit admitted Friday to taking part in a brazen scheme in which they barged into homes and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from suspected drug dealers and others — once after withholding insulin from a diabetic man until he told them where to find the cash.

Charges dropped against Laotian hero in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - A federal grand jury in California investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos has dropped charges against a leading figure in the nation's Hmong community, the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento said Friday.

Texas group derides scent IDs as junk science (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:05 PM PDT

AP - The Innocence Project of Texas said Friday that scent identification lineups, in which trained dogs determine if a suspect's smell matches the smell of crime scene evidence, are based on faulty science and have led to a number of wrongful convictions.

Kidnapped woman Jaycee Dugard wants her pets back (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - Jaycee Dugard wants her pets back after they were taken from the property where she allegedly was held captive since being kidnapped 18 years ago.
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