Kamis, 19 November 2009

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Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 10:01 PM PST

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey arrives at the premiere of the film 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles. 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 08:31 PM PST

In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be 'messy.' (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST

AirTran customer service representative Bud Workman, center, books a flight to Boston for Frank Howe, right, on AirTran after his flight was canceled by Delta Airlines, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)AP - For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.

Man faces murder charge in NC girl's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST

This undated photo provided Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office shows Mario Andrette McNeill. McNeill has admitted to kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park. (AP Photo/Cumberland County Sheriff's Office)AP - A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.

University of Calif. approves big fee hikes (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 08:42 PM PST

Hundreds of students lay down to symbolize the 'Death of Public Education,' as they protest peacefully outside the UCLA campus Covel Commons building, where University of California regents were scheduled to vote on a 32 percent student fee increase, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The UC Board of Regents is considering boosting undergraduate fees, the equivalent of tuition, by $2,500 by summer 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state.

Police seize more vids in Mo. sex abuse case (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:35 PM PST

This combination of undated photos released by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Office shows, from left to right on the top row; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia, Mo., David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, Mo., and from left to right on the second row; Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, of Independence, Mo., Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City, Mo. and Darrel Wayne Mohler of Silver Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Lafayette County Sheriff's Dept./Marion County Sheriff's Dept.)AP - Several family members who say they were sexually abused as children by adult relatives remember being taken to various locations and photographed with naked men, police investigators said in a search warrant released Thursday.

9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juries (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:42 PM PST

FILE - This July 2009 photo downloaded from the Arabic language web site www.muslm.net shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for radical terrorists. Now comes the ultimate exception: Professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (AP Photo/www.muslm.net)AP - New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists.

Bus company: Driver in Minn. crash had aneurysm (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 06:39 PM PST

Injured passengers watch from the side of the road as rescuers continue to take out more passengers from a tour bus on Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009 in Freeborn County on Interstate 90 west of Austin, Minn. A tour bus, operated by Strain Bus Line Motorcoach Tours in Rochester, ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday. (AP Photo/Austin Daily Herald, Eric Johnson)AP - A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crashed, killing two people and injuring 20, the owner of the bus company said Thursday. State officials said they couldn't confirm the aneurysm and it was too early to know the cause of the crash.

Hearing begins for Maui man accused of being spy (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:45 PM PST

AP - A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense testified in federal court Thursday.

Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST

AP - When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.

Another Minn. man indicted in missing Somalis case (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:20 PM PST

AP - Another man has been indicted on terrorism charges in a federal investigation into the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight in Somalia.

Heidi Klum wows crowd at Victoria's Secret show (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 08:39 PM PST

Heidi Klum walks the runway during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Armory, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road.

Stefanie Spielman, wife of NFL star, dies at 42 (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 07:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 30, 1999 picture, Cleveland Browns linebacker Chris Spielman leaves the podium with his wife, Stefanie, after announcing his retirement in Berea, Ohio. Stefanie Spielman has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. WBNS radio in Columbus, where Chris Spielman co-hosts a show, says she died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at the family's home in Upper Arlington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

Jury sides with NYC police in clown's lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:16 PM PST

AP - A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop.

UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:44 PM PST

Grace Akallo, 29, left, a former child soldier in Uganda, actress and ambassador for UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency Lucy Liu, center, and Ann Veneman, UNICEF's executive director, pose after a news conference in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. UNICEF issued a special edition of its annual report on The State of the World's Children on the eve of Friday's 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to spotlight the treaty's achievements and challenges. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.

AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March 20, 2008 file photo, Pakistani protesters rally against the republishing of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers in Quetta, Pakistan. Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt, File)AP - Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.
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