2012年8月14日星期二

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Ryan to Colo. supporters: I drive a truck. I worked at McDonald’s. I’m you.

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:53 PM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Ryan gestures as he speaks at a campaign stop at Lakewood High School in LakewoodLAKEWOOD, Colo--Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took the stage before 2,600 supporters at Lakewood High School Tuesday to promote Mitt Romney's energy proposals, but he had another agenda. Interlaced throughout his speech were subtle, but clear, references to Ryan's common-man appeal. Over the course of his nearly 20-minute address, Ryan discussed working at McDonald's, [...]


Wildfires scorch Western U.S.

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT

This Aug. 11, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shows the Holloway Fire outside Denio, Nev., which has burned more than 525 square miles of remote rangeland straddling the Oregon-Nevada border. Fire bosses hoped to have the fire contained by Thursday. A woman firefighter received minor burns and smoke inhalation Sunday when she took refuge in her fire shelter after swirling winds pushed flames through an area about 30 miles east of Fields, Ore., where she was part of a federal fire crew digging containment line with hand tools. (AP Photo/U.S. Bureau of Land Management)A fast-moving wildfire in central Washington has burned at least 60 homes and forced hundreds of people to flee — one of several blazes scorching the West on Tuesday, threatening communities, sending up thick plumes of smoke and disrupting activity in national parks.


Biden: Romney will ‘put you all back in chains’

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd at the Durham Armory on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/The Herald-Sun, Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez)On Tuesday, speaking at a rally in Danville, Va., Vice President Joe Biden told a group of supporters that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would "put you all back in chains" if elected. The vice president was arguing that Republicans plan to "unchain Wall Street" with deregulation. "He said in the first hundred days, he's [...]


Longest serving female prison inmate released

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Betty Smithey, Longest-Serving Female Prison Inmate, ReleasedFor the past 49 years, Betty Smithey has woken up in a prison cell, the nation's longest serving female inmate. But today she is waking up a free woman.


‘Deferred action’ forms for young illegal immigrants now online

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:41 PM PDT

Immigrants flood center with questions.Dreamers are finally getting their dream--or at least part of it. Starting on Wednesday, illegal immigrants aged 30 or younger who were brought to the country as children may apply for relief from deportation and a two-year, renewable work permit under President Barack Obama's deferred action program. As many as 1.7 million people could qualify, [...]


Darwin’s notes on marriage discovered, ‘better than a dog anyhow’

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Despite devoting his life to science, Charles Darwin had a long and reportedly happy marriage, fathering 10 children after proposing to his cousin Emma Wedgwood in 1838. But the naturalist and father of modern evolutionary theory wasn't always sold on matrimony, writing out a list of pros and cons on marriage in a journal entry [...]

Syria crisis chokes off supply of goods to Iraq

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Iraqi security personnel stand guard at Rabia border crossingAt his lingerie shop in Baghdad, Ali Hussein apologises to a customer for the high price of a Syrian sleeveless vest she wants to buy. He's powerless to sell it cheaper, he says. Still recovering from years of war and sanctions, Iraq relies on imports from neighbours like Syria, Turkey and Iran for 95 percent of its consumer goods. Syria in particular is a key supplier of manufactured goods, fresh vegetables and fruit. ...


Paul Ryan takes his P90X workout to the campaign trail

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Ryan gestures as he speaks at a campaign stop at Lakewood High School in LakewoodDENVER—The rigors of the campaign trail have not kept Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan from his intense workout regimen, a daily tradition he observes religiously in the wee hours of the morning. Ryan was spotted Tuesday in the gym of the Renaissance Denver Hotel working out to a P90X video on his iPad. "I'm going [...]


Bombs kill at least 46 in deadly Afghanistan day

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 10:11 AM PDT

An Afghan Muslim devotee, who lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, reads from the Quran in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The last ten days of Ramadan, known as Itikaf, are very important according to many Muslims due to the belief that Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God. Itikaf involves total dedication to worship, reading Quran, and supplication. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Suicide attacks involving as many as 14 bombers struck an Afghan city Tuesday, and a motorcycle bomb exploded in a busy market in blasts that killed at least 46 people altogether— the year's deadliest day for civilians in Afghanistan.


Republicans bite back after Obama knocks Romney’s dog-on-car trip

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Romney speaks while vice president select U.S. Congressman Ryan looks on during campaign stop in High PointWelcome to the dog-eat-dog world of Campaign 2012. Mitt Romney's campaign hit back hard at President Barack Obama on Tuesday for needling his rival about a long-ago incident in which Romney put the family dog in a carrier strapped to the roof of his car as they headed out on vacation. Republicans highlighted that Obama, [...]


Interactive 360 degree panorama of Mars Curiosity landing site is far-out

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:49 PM PDT

Let's face it: Unless you've got $500,000 to spare and can wait a few years, you're probably not going to be landing on Mars anytime soon. The best you can manage for now is to follow the exploits of NASA's … Continue reading →

Video: In 1995, class of 5th graders accurately predicted Internet’s future

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT

A cute, humorous and largely accurate 1995 video made by a class of Helena, Montana, 5th graders attempts to predict what the Internet will be used for by the time they get to college (roughly 2003). And you know what? They pretty much got everything right. Yes, even in 1995, 5th graders knew that the [...]

Mississippi fattest state in the land, according to new study

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Yes, you do look fat in that dress, Mississippi. A new study analyzing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity in the nation. But even with 34.9 percent of its residents clocking in as obese, The Hospitality State is hardly alone. Twelve states [...]

Bill Gates foundation holds toilet reinvention fair

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, wants to talk poop. Literally. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is hosting a "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" on August 14 and 15, is on a mission to build a better crapper. Why? Poop is a worldwide problem. Here are the dirty details: Four out of every [...]

Helen Gurley Brown: Different for nerds

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Any person willing to embody a new way of being alive in the world deserves the public's deep gratitude. It must be hell to bend yourself into an archetype, and stay there. Not to mention the hot rollers and starvation diets. Helen Gurley Brown, who died Monday, pulled it off: She transformed herself from an [...]

Romney ad attacks Obama on Medicare

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:11 PM PDT

ZANESVILLE, Ohio—Mitt Romney is out with a new television ad accusing President Barack Obama of cutting Medicare funds to pay for his health care reform law. 'You paid into Medicare for years. Every paycheck," a voiceover says. "Now when you need it, Obama has cut $726 billion dollars from Medicare. Why? To pay for Obamacare." [...]

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