Jumat, 06 November 2009

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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:03 PM PST

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.


Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:48 PM PST

This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com)  MANDATORY CREDIT   NO SALESAP - A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.


Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:26 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)AP - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.


Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace' (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:55 PM PST

Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on  Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed 'Baby Grace' when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)AP - Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.


Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La. (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:56 PM PST

ACORN employees, left and center, leave the ACORN offices as state investigators remove computers from the group's New Orleans offices, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. A warrant was obtained to seize computers, hard drives and other documents after ACORN attorneys said two unidentified former employees took computers and other items when they left the organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.


Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:38 PM PST

Bumper to bumper traffic entering Pennsylvania from New Jersey packs the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.


But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:27 PM PST

Soldiers hold a candle light vigil at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Authorities said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.


Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:22 PM PST

Jose Rodriguez holds a photo of his granddaughter Francheska Velez in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Velez, of Chicago, is one of the victims of a shooting rampage by an Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/David Banks)AP - The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims.


Court upholds removal of man after Nazi salute (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

AP - A federal appeals court has ruled that Santa Cruz City Council members did not violate a man's rights when they ordered him removed from a council meeting after he made a one-armed Nazi salute.

Preliminary reports: 3 ND college students drowned (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:55 PM PST

In these three undated photos provided by Dickenson State University, missing students, from left, Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of Grossmont, Calif., Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba in Canada, and  Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif. are shown. (AP Photo/Dickenson State University)AP - Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.


Officer praised for taking down suspected gunman (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:13 PM PST

This July 4, 2009 photo obtained Nov. 6, 2009 from the Twitter page of Sgt Kimberly Munley shows Sgt. Munley at Freedom Fest in Frisco, Texas. Officials say 34-year-old Munley ended the shooting spree at Fort Hood on Thursday, Nov. 5 when she shot and wounded alleged shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Munley was wounded in the shooting, and was recovering Friday in stable condition. (AP Photo/via Sgt. Munley's Twitter page) NO SALESAP - A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso.


Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:12 PM PST

AP - The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations.

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:46 PM PST

This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.  In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)AP - A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated — and rewarding.


Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing  for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.


Wis. man donates cheesehead hat signed by Obama (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST

AP - A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay.

Circus elephant that escaped and was hit by SUV OK (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:28 PM PST

An elephant that escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds after being spooked caused a vehicle accident Wednesday night, Nov. 4, 2009 as it ran along North the U.S. 81 bypass in Enid, Okla. According to Enid Police Department Sgt. Billy Varney, the couple in the vehicle were not injured. The elephant suffered a broken tusk, a hurt leg and bumps, bruises and scratches, he said.  (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Billy Hefton)AP - An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway.


Hospital: Fort Hood suspect moved to San Antonio (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:34 PM PST

This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - An Army medical official says the man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood has been transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.


Exhaust cone falls off jet onto NY home's lawn (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:27 PM PST

AP - An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before landing harmlessly on a lawn in a Long Island residential neighborhood.

Fla. cops: Wife faked own abduction to scam hubby (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:27 PM PST

Quinn Gray is seen in this undated photo provided by the St. John's Sheriff's office Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Gray, the wife of a wealthy Ponte Vedra, Fla. businessman, was arrested together with her alleged lover after they tried to extort money from Gray's husband and mother in a bizarre kidnapping scheme. (AP Photo/St. John's Sheriff's Office)AP - A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community.


In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:50 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, a nurse prepares an injection with the vaccine Pandemrix in Bremen, Germany. In Germany, doctors have also been contacting high-priority patients to come in for their swine flu shot, though other people who have asked for one have not been turned away. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)AP - In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.


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