2012年4月18日星期三

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TV legend Dick Clark dies at 82

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FILE - In this undated file photo released by ABC, Dick Clark hosts the New Year's eve special from New York's Times Square. Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on Dick Clark died earlier today. The famed TV producer was 82. Paul Shefrin, a rep for the entertainment legend, told ABC News his client suffered a "massive heart attack."


Secret Service ousts 3 members from agency

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Prostitutes walk in front of the Hotel Caribe in CartagenaThe Secret Service announced late Wednesday that three of its personnel connected to the Colombia prostitute scandal -- two supervisors and one agent -- will leave the agency while eight more remain under investigation over the controversy.


GSA scandal is just a drop in the Buffett

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Witnesses of sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, prior to testifying before a House Transportation subcommittee hearing to investigate an excessive conference at a Las Vegas resort by General Services Administration officials in 2010. From left are, former GSA Public Buildings Service Commissioner Robert Peck, suspended GSA Public Buildings Service event planner Lisa Daniels, Martha Johnson, who stepped down as GSA administrator because of the scandal, and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Right now, Washington is roiled by two budget conflicts of vastly different scale.


Romney: Obama is ‘in over his head’ on the economy

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Click image to see more photos. (Jae C. Hong/AP) Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama is "in over his head and swimming in the wrong direction" when it comes to the nation's economy and that his policies are "putting in peril" America's future. Speaking in Charlotte, N.C., just blocks from where Obama is set to [...]


Small Illinois town’s comptroller accused of stealing millions

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ComptrollerThe chief financial officer of Dixon, Ill., has been put on unpaid leave after she was arrested by FBI agents and charged with defrauding the city of $3.2 million and misappropriating another $30 million in city funds.


Is James Cameron launching an asteroid mining company?

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U.S. film director James Cameron poses for a photograph during a presentation for the media in MoscowA new company called Planetary Resources held its official launch today promising a new venture that would merge "space exploration and natural resources," while adding "trillions" of dollars to the global GDP.


Obama seeks probe of U.S. soldiers posing with Afghan dead

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A US soldier patrols a village in Kandahar province, southern AfghanistanPresident Barack Obama wants a full investigation into the "reprehensible" conduct depicted in photographs apparently showing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with the mangled body parts of suicide bombers, his spokesman said Wednesday. Obama believes that behavior "does not in any way" follow the standards the U.S. military sets for its personnel and wants a full investigation, [...]


Escort says Secret Service agent offered her just $30 for sex

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Prostitutes walk in front of the Hotel Caribe in CartagenaThe New York Times has what appears to be the first interview with an escort involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal that's rocked the Secret Service.


Judge quits Trayvon Martin case

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Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler holds a status hearing Friday, April 13, 2012, in Sanford, Fla., in the second-degree murder case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Attorneys are asking for a bond hearing next Friday and for the judge to remove herself from the case because her husband is a member of a law firm whose founder is a legal analyst on television. Zimmerman has been charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, in Sanford. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Tom Benitez, Pool)The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case on removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had a possible conflict of interest that related to her husband.


Obama: ‘I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth’

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U.S. President Obama speaks alongside students at Lorain County Community College in ElyriaPresident Barack Obama took a hard-to-miss shot at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday, declaring "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth" as he defended his economic policies in Ohio.


Bloomberg wants smoking ban for NYC apartments? Proposed law has clues

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New York City residents who are still smokers are an unloved bunch in the Big Apple. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made it his mission to ban cigarettes from public places, including restaurants, bars, parks, beaches, and even Times Square. And if hizzoner has his way, apartments will be his next smoke-free target. To be clear, [...]

Romney tied with Obama in new poll, but likability is an issue

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks with Pennsylvanians at a roundtable eventThe latest series of polls comes with warning signs for Romney. Although he's competitive with Obama, many polls also show that voters don't like the ex-governor very much.


Reporter has ‘unnecessary’ procedure to frame abortion debate

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Members of the National Abortion Rights Action League protest with their Plenty of pundits on both sides of the ideological aisle have weighed in on the country's ongoing abortion debate and the transvaginal ultrasound mandates passed by several states--what some people argue is part of the GOP's so-called "War on Women."


Capital murder charges after infant's mother gunned down

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Snatched 3-Day-Old of Slain Mom Found Alive; Person DetainedA woman arrested for gunning down and killing a new mother and snatching her 3-day-old baby in the parking lot of a Texas pediatrician's office will face capital murder charges, according to the Montgomery County district attorney.


Boehner accuses Obama of ‘bogeyman’ re-election strategy

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Republican House Speaker John Boehner charged that President Barack Obama's reelection strategy will be to "pull out every bogeyman they can" to scare voters and distract them from economic issues. The speaker made the remarks in a CBS News interview aired Wednesday.


Time releases 100 ‘Most Influential People in the World’ list

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tebowTime magazine released its annual list of the 100 "Most Influential People in the World" on Wednesday. Among them: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Warren Buffett, Catherine and Pippa Middleton, Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin and Matt Lauer.


Video: Dad snags foul ball while holding daughter

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San Francisco Giants fan catches ball one-handed.

Arrest, body discovery in search for Marine's wife

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This image provided by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department shows Brittany Dawn Killgore who was reported missing Saturday, April 14, 2012. Killgore, 22, was last seen on Friday and her cellphone was found Saturday in San Diego's Gaslamp District. Sheriff's deputies in San Diego County are searching for a Kilgore, and say it is likely foul play is involved. (AP Photo/San Diego County Sheriff's Department)One woman was arrested on suspicion of murder. The body of another was discovered near a lake some 70 miles away.


Nugent to meet with Secret Service over Obama comments

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File image of Ted Nugent at a concert at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las VegasTed Nugent said he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to discuss his controversial comments about President Barack Obama. "I will be as polite and supportive as I possibly can be, which will be thoroughly," Nugent told Glenn Beck on Wednesday. During a National Rifle Association convention last weekend, Nugent said, "If Barack [...]


Video: Does this teen have the perfect movie trailer voice?

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Jake Foushee rivals "Voiceover King" Don LaFontaine in mock movie trailer.

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