Senin, 30 November 2009

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Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesAP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.

Woods withdraws from own tourney, citing injuries (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:08 PM PST

A new fire hydrant is seen in the front of Tiger Woods' home in the Isleworth community in Windermere, Fla., Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Tiger Woods still isn't talking. Now he's not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday — questions that most certainly would have been asked of him had he played.

Image gurus to Woods: Go public like Letterman (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2004, file photo, Tiger Woods, left, drives a boat off the yacht 'Privacy,' anchored off the luxury resort Sandy Lane, in Barbados. It's amazing that Woods has managed to keep such a thick wall around his personal life in the 14 years he's commanded the spotlight. The last time his name might have been on any police report was when he was mugged going back to his dorm at Stanford in 1994. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP - When it comes to dealing with a personal crisis, Tiger Woods could learn a lot from David Letterman, media experts say.

Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:12 PM PST

Sheriff's deputies look over a rifle they removed from a home where a suspect in the slaying of four police officers gunned down a day earlier was believed to have been, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle. A heavily armed SWAT team stormed the home earlier Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers in Lakewood, Wash., only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose. The discovery added new urgency to the manhunt for Maurice Clemmons as police canvassed the neighborhood with search dogs and hundreds of officers were deployed around Seattle for any sign of the suspect. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night.

Movement under way in California to ban divorce (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:33 PM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, John Marcotte discusses his proposed ballot initiative to ban divorce as Cynthia Keagy, left, signs his petition to get measure on the ballot, in Sacramento, Calif. Marcotte is using the state's voter initiative process to make a satirical statement about the fight over gay marriage and voter approved 2008 Proposition 8 that banned gay marriage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way.

Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee's clemency record (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:38 PM PST

FILE - In this June 10, 2009 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to local residents in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Maurice Clemmons, 37, a suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban Washington state coffee shop on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, had a long prison sentence commuted by Huckabee nearly a decade ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them.

Texas inmate pulls gun on guards, takes off (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Arcade Joseph Comeaux ,who escaped during a prison transfer after temporarily taking two prison guards hostage in Baytown, Texas, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Officials believe Comeaux is armed and wearing a prison officer's uniform. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)AP - A convicted sex offender sentenced to life in prison pulled a gun on two guards during a prison transfer Monday and held them hostage temporarily before fleeing on foot in one of the guard's uniforms, authorities said.

Lawyers: Ex-soldier should have had military trial (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:13 PM PST

AP - A former U.S. Army soldier who raped a girl and killed her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday, saying he was wrongly tried in a civilian court and should have faced a military trial.

9/11 families back Afghan surge, but some are wary (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

Charles Wolf, whose wife died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center, speaks during an interview in New York, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks welcome President Barack Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan as a long-overdue surge that could win the war.

Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:48 PM PST

This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of Michaele Salahi, second right, and her husband Tareq Salahi, right with Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., left, and his wife Berlean purported to have been taken at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Awards Dinner on Sept. 26, 2009 in Washington. WTTG-TV, the Fox affiliate in Washington, reported late Monday Nov. 30, 3009 that the Salahis crashed a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Awards dinner on Sept. 26 at which Obama spoke. The station's Web site quoted a foundation representative, Lance Jones, as saying the Salahis were escorted out by security guards after they were caught sitting at a table. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.

Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:17 PM PST

James Kraig Kahler, center, is handcuffed after his first court appearance on a capital murder charge in connection with the shooting deaths of his wife and their two daughters in eastern Kansas, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 in Lyndon, Kan. Kahler also faces charges of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of his wife's 89-year-old grandmother, Dorothy Wight. (AP Photo/John Hanna)AP - A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.

Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:51 PM PST

AP - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States.

German tourist arrested in Disney fake bomb threat (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:05 AM PST

AP - A German tourist has been arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat while visiting Walt Disney World.

CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:39 PM PST

Swine flu shots are advertised at Airport MD at Miami International Airport in Miami Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.

Police: Christmas-hating Ohioan swipes red kettle (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:37 PM PST

Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign manager Allison Struck shows a volunteer bell ringer how to use the charity's new plastic card readers at a station outside a Colorado Springs, Col., grocery store on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Colorado Springs is one of 30 cities where Salvation Army kettle collections will include an option for people who don't carry cash but want to donate using a credit or debit card. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)AP - A man who claimed to hate Christmas shoved a Salvation Army bell ringer to the ground and swiped one of the charity's red kettles stuffed with hundreds of dollars, police said.

US goes after Fla. lawyer's RI, NY properties (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:22 AM PST

AP - Federal authorities are seizing two Rhode Island mansions and a New York City apartment from a Florida lawyer accused of masterminding a $1 billion fraud scheme.

Brigade teams bring mental health to Fort Campbell (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:23 AM PST

In this Sept. 25, 2009 photo, soldier advances through the cover of a smoke bomb during training at Fort Campbell, Ky. The 1st Brigade Combat Team is preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, and its training is going beyond using high-powered weapons like mortars and aerial bombs to fight an entrenched enemy. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.

Officials: Progress made on virtual fence project (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST

AP - Government officials overseeing the construction of a "virtual fence" along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks.

Boston brewer pushes new limits on extreme beer (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:30 AM PST

In this Nov. 17, 2009 photo, a bottle of Boston Beer Company's Utopias, which costs $150, is displayed in the barrel room at the company in Boston. The beer, which is 27 percent alcohol by volume, has been compared to fine cognac and sherry. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack.
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