2012年4月16日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Targeted official staying mum amid GSA spending scandal

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Jeff Neely of the General Services Administration leaves after he declined to testify in WashingtonAmid unwavering public apologies Monday from former employees of the General Services Administration (GSA), one official chose to remain mum.


Dems attack after GOP blocks ‘Buffett Rule’

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U.S. President Obama congratulates Medal of Freedom recipient Buffett during ceremony at White House in WashingtonSenate Republicans on Monday voted to block the advancement of "Buffett Rule" legislation, offering Democrats new political fodder as they continue to paint the Republican party as the protectors of America's wealthiest earners at the expense of the middle-class. "Republicans in Congress would rather end Medicare as we know it and slash education funding than [...]


Security clearances stripped from agents tied to prostitution probe

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Eleven US Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia over scandal have had their security clearances suspendedThe Secret Service has stripped 11 agents tied to a prostitution scandal in Colombia of their "Top Secret" clearances and taken away their badges and guns, an agency spokesman told Yahoo News on Monday.


Romney to Obama: 'Start packing'

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RomneyActing very much like the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney sent a curt message to President Barack Obama today: "Start packing."


Who's winning the veep race?

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file phoo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in Washington. If you hope to be president someday, taking the second spot on a ticket is a pretty good deal if that ticket wins. It's a possible path to obscurity if the ticket loses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Now that the race for the Republican nomination is effectively over, Mitt Romney's campaign is speaking publicly about who they might choose as his running mate.


Gallup poll: Romney, Obama statistically tied

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President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A new Gallup poll finds Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama statistically tied among registered voters heading into November's general election. According to Gallup, 47 percent of voters polled are backing Romney, compared to 45 percent who prefer Obama. That's well within the poll's margin of error, which is plus or minus 3 percent. While [...]


Romney’s tax musings suggest he wants the rich to pay more

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Mitt Romney offered new details Sunday on how he might pay for the 20 percent income tax cut he's proposed for all Americans if he's elected president. Speaking at a private fundraiser in Palm Beach, Fla., Romney told supporters he would eliminate tax deductions for wealthy people who own second homes. His comments were overheard [...]


Pulitzer prizes for journalism awarded

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Sandusky, former Penn State football defensive coordinator, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse with his wife Dottie, for a hearing in Bellefonte, PennsylvaniaRecipients of the honor include stories on the Penn State scandal and police surveillance of Muslims.


Reddit user's before and after makeup photo startles Web

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Reddit photoIn an upload entitled "The power of makeup," Reddit user "munner83" publicly posted a picture of herself showing one side of her face with make-up on and the other half makeup free.


U.S. prepares for last major Afghan offensive

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A U.S. Army soldier conducts a search mission in an Afghan compound during a joint mission with the Afghan Army in Kandahar province, southern AfghanistanFor Taliban militants and U.S. strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts and nearly impassable goat tracks lead to this ancient capital of 3 million people nestled in a high and narrow valley.


UN's Ban: Syria must allow observers full access

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Moroccan Col. Ahmed Himmiche, foreground, is flanked by other U.N. observers as he talks to journalists before leaving the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2012. An advance team of U.N. observers on Monday was working out with Syrian officials the ground rules for monitoring the country's 5-day old cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, activists said. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the Syrian government is responsible for guaranteeing U.N. observers full freedom of movement to monitor the country's tenuous cease-fire, which appeared to be unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs, activists said.


Gingrich walks out of interview with UNC Daily Tar Heel

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Newt Gingrich walked out of an interview with a Univ. of North Carolina newspaper on Saturday after a student reporter tried to ask him about Fox News chief Roger Ailes, the paper said. Memet Walker, a reporter for the Daily Tar Heel, claimed that Gingrich agreed to an interview with him following a campaign stop [...]

Titanic photo shows evidence of human remains

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A newly released photo from the North Atlantic site of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic shows evidence of human remains, federal officials are saying. In observance of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking, a 2004 image was reissued to the public in an uncropped version, which shows a coat and boots buried in the mud at the [...]

Ann Romney calls stay-at-home mom controversy 'an early birthday gift'

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Ann Romney greets Alabama residents during a campaign event at The Whistle Stop in MobileSpeaking to supporters the day before her 63rd birthday, Ann Romney called a Democratic consultant's criticism of her decision to be a stay at home mom last week "an early birthday gift."


Beyond drowsy, too little sleep ups diabetes risk

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More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights.

Discovery takes final flight this week ... to the Smithsonian

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The shuttle Discovery — NASA's most-flown space plane — will take one last flight this week, but will never leave the planet again. The shuttle's final mission is a piggyback ride atop a jumbo jet so Discovery can take its place as a space icon at the Smithsonian Institution.

Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A sleepy Air Canada pilot first mistook the planet Venus for an aircraft, and then sent his airliner diving toward the Atlantic to prevent an imaginary collision with another plane, an official report said on Monday. Sixteen passengers and crew were hurt in the January 2011 incident, when the first officer rammed the control stick forward to avoid a U.S. plane he wrongly thought was heading straight toward him. ...

Teller of ‘Penn and Teller’ fame suing alleged magic-trick thief

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He's almost as famous for refusing to speak publicly as he is for his magic tricks, but world-renowned illusionist Teller is ready to speak out in court in order to stop an alleged thief he says stole a signature act from the duo Penn and Teller. Raymond Joseph Teller, 64, filed a federal complaint against [...]

Cardboard cathedral planned for quake-devastated New Zealand city

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A famous church in New Zealand that was destroyed in an earthquake last year will be replaced by a cathedral made of cardboard. Anglican leaders in the city of Christchurch say the proposed 82-foot-high cathedral, made of 104 tubes of cardboard, will cost upward of $4.1 million, will house 700 people, and is expected to [...]

World’s most expensive flash drive is a $37,000 sparkly mushroom

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Some flash drives are expensive because they have 1TB storage capacities; others are extremely pricey because they're mushroom-shaped gadgets covered in diamonds and other precious stones. Swiss jewelry maker La Maison Shawish recently launched its luxury Magic Mushroom USB flash drives that … Continue reading

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