Jumat, 20 November 2009

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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST

An image made from surveillance video shows a man carrying a girl identified by police as 5-year old Shaniya Davis in the hallway of a hotel in Sanford, NC. Mario McNeill already accused of kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters at a news conference. (AP Photo/Fayetteville, N.C. Police Dept.)AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:29 PM PST

Demonstrators struggle with police with a barricade in front of a closed off building on the University of California, Berkeley on the Berkeley, Calif., campus, Friday,. Nov. 20, 2009, during a demonstration against university fee hikes and layoffs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.

Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:04 PM PST

In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:15 PM PST

AP - A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.

Death of Drew Brees' mother ruled a suicide (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:14 PM PST

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)AP - The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

Former Marine charged in 'Cathouse' star's death (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:10 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department, David Allen Tyner is pictured in a booking photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Tyner, 28, surrendered at the Mayes County, Okla., Sheriff's Office on a warrant that included six murder complaints. Tyner has not been formally charged with any crime. (AP Photo/Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department)AP - A former Marine was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse."

Teen pleads guilty in Border Patrol agent killing (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:04 PM PST

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was shot and killed while patrolling Thursday July 23, 2009 in southeastern San Diego County. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty Friday Nov. 20, 2009 to murdering Rosas. (AP Photo/US Border Patrol)AP - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:16 PM PST

Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, and wounding eight others, a South Korean official said Friday. (AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap)AP - After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:24 PM PST

AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:59 PM PST

Dr. Kernan Manion poses for a photograph in his officer in Hampstead, N.C., Friday, Nov. 20, 2008. Dr. Manion a psychiatrist was fired after he complained about conditions for his patients at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., In e-mails shown to The Associated Press, Manion had questioned why the clinic, a series of bug-infested trailers with paper-thin walls, was located near a firing range on the 240-square-mile base. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

Senator: USPS to resume North Pole Santa letters (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 06:11 PM PST

Santa Claus, also known as Patrick Farmer, at Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, holds letters from children sent this year that the U.S. Postal Service says they will no longer deliver. Citing privacy concerns, postal officials say that generically addressed letters to 'Santa Claus, North Pole' will no longer be forwarded to volunteers in the Alaska town as has been done for years. (AP Photo/Sam Harrel)AP - North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.

Bond set at $100K in ESPN reporter videos case (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 06:26 PM PST

AP - An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews posted $100,000 bond on Friday — a much larger amount than previously imposed.

Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:07 PM PST

NU Board of Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln, left, takes notes during public testimony Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the regent's monthly meeting in Lincoln, Neb., regarding the expansion or restriction of embryonic stem cell research as Regent Brad Bohn looks on. The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:22 PM PST

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, 'Going Rogue', for a fan at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)AP - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST

In this Nov. 18, 2009 photo released by NASA, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay are seen as Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.

Pa. university students upset about fitness class (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:52 PM PST

AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST

AP - Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

Giuliani back in spotlight — but what's the show? (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does. Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star — Sept. 11.

Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

AP - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.
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