2012年8月21日星期二

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Akin ignores deadline to drop Senate bid. Now what?

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Despite the pleadings of top Republicans, from Mitt Romney on down, to drop out of the Missouri Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin has held firm: He is staying in.


Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT

File of Southern Company's Plant Bowen in Cartersville, GeorgiaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants, sparking a rally in coal company shares and relief among utility firms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a 2-1 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its mandate with the rule, which was to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in 28 mostly Eastern states and Texas. ...


Friends tweet before dying in Md. train derailment

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Officials inspect part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Authorities say the train, hauling coal from West Virginia to Maryland, derailed and fell from a bridge near Baltimore, killing two college students who were on the tracks. Howard County officials say 21 of the train's 80 cars flipped over around midnight Monday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together before heading back to college.


Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

A member of the U.S. Army Old Guard pays his respects at the grave of U.S. Army Major Douglas Sloan, before placing a flag at one of the over 220,000 graves of fallen U.S. military service members buried at Arlington National CemeteryIt was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war.


Romney campaign accuses Obama of 'deceitful rhetoric'

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 08:58 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama says men should not make health care decisions on behalf of womenRomney campaign manager Matt Rhoades sent out a fundraising email Tuesday morning accusing President Obama of "deceitful rhetoric." "During a surprise media briefing yesterday – the first in eight weeks – he claimed that his campaign had never called Mitt Romney a criminal," Rhoades said....


Paterno 'despised' Sandusky long before scandal, book claims

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Joe Paterno 'Despised' Sandusky Long Before Sex Scandal, New Book ClaimsPaterno's 'Dark Moments' After Sex Scandal Exposed in New Biography


Curiosity taking its first Martian drive on Wednesday

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Mars Rover Curiosity to Take 1st Martian Drive WednesdayAfter more than two weeks of sitting still, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally set to roll out on the Red Planet with its debut drive on Wednesday (Aug. 22).


Photos: Artist turns marijuana smoke into works of art

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT

Photos: Artist turns marijuana smoke into works of artBrazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque blows marijuana smoke onto a stencil overlaying paper to create his art at his studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. Some of Rocque's pot-stained prints are being sold for $2,500 each. A show featuring the work opened last week at a small alternative gallery in the stylish Ipanema neighborhood. It takes him a week to complete a single print blowing about five joints' worth of smoke onto a paper daily. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Unheard Martin Luther King Jr. tape found in attic

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, speaks to an audience, while promising a massive demonstration in the spring in Washington and hinting the crusade may be extended to the political party conventions in August. King, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said the demonstration in Washington will last for weeks and maybe for months. At left is the Rev. Andrew Young, executive Vice President of the Southern Conference. Veterans of past social movements, such as Young, say the Occupy Wall Street protest has been a welcome response to the abysmal economy and has the potential to galvanize wide support, but whether it will lead to lasting political change remains to be seen. Stephon Tull was looking through dusty old boxes in his father's attic in Chattanooga a few months ago when he stumbled onto something startling: an audio reel labeled, "Dr. King interview, Dec. 21, 1960."


Oversized blast at NYC subway site breaks windows

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:01 AM PDT

Blasting at the construction site for a New York City subway line has shattered windows and sent smoke billowing up to the street.

Diana Nyad pulled from the water, ending historic swim

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:21 AM PDT

Diana Nyad Pulled From the Water, Ending Historic SwimNyad's lips and tongue became increasingly swollen overnight, puffing up because of salt water.


‘Last Supper’ may include two da Vinci self-portraits

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" may include two self-portraits of the legendary Renaissance artist, according to a British art expert. Ross King says the nose, beards and hairstyles of two of the apostles standing to the right of Jesus in the portrait, Thomas and James the Lesser, match a portrait of Leonardo that was [...]

Young Republicans make ‘Call Me Maybe’ recruiting video

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 10:27 AM PDT

The Chicago Young Republicans made a "Call Me Maybe" parody to recruit volunteers for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. A sample: We'll give you pizza Plus some free beer Why are you waiting? Just get yourself here Before you start to give up We need you so bad We need you so bad We need you [...]

Would you pay $10 for a can of air from Paris?

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Using what appears to be a business plan inspired by the movie "Spaceballs," Kirill Rudenko, a Prague-based photographer, is selling "canned air" from Paris, New York and other major cities for $9.99 a pop. The 3-and-a-half-inch cans--available through Rudenko's Etsy.com shop--come with wine-like labels that disclose the blend of concentrated air inside. The Paris air [...]

Two-word error may cost Calif. town $548 million

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Listen to radios? Watch TVs? Not for Class of '16

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 07:18 AM PDT

This photo combo shows, from left, entertainer Justin Bieber, an iPhone, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. This year's Beloit College Mindset List, a nonscientific compilation, is meant to remind teachers that college freshmen, born mostly in 1994, see the world in a much different way. (AP Photo)Remember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper? Maybe you remember when Lou Gehrig held the Major League record for consecutive baseball games played.


Kirk Cameron defends Akin: ‘I believe he’s a good man’ (VIDEO)

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 09:08 AM PDT

Kirk CameronRep. Akin can count Kirk Cameron as a supporter. Cameron, star of the popular '80s sitcom "Growing Pains" turned evangelical Christian, defended the embattled Missouri Congressman today.


Woman found murdered two days after calling 911

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Police in Dallas are conducting an internal investigation after discovering that a 32-year-old woman who was found murdered on Sunday had called 911 two days before. The woman, Deanna (Cook) Patrick, was "found deceased in the bathtub of her residence," police said. Delvecchio Patrick, her 35-year-old ex-husband, was arrested and charged with murder. The department [...]

Drought’s impact on food prices may worsen hunger in U.S.

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Farmer Tom Albaugh holds drought impacted ears of corn in a field on his farm, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in Ankeny, Iowa. Albaugh expects to be harvesting by the middle of September, ahead of the usual end of September or early October schedule. The harvest is three to four weeks ahead of schedule in most of the corn belt because an unusually warm spring allowed farmers to plant earlier. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)[Updated at 12:10 p.m. ET] More than 18 percent of Americans say there have been times this year when they couldn't afford the food they needed, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday. That plight could grow because of the country's worst drought in half a century. The U.S. Department of Agriculture warned last [...]


Michael Moore, Oliver Stone pen op-ed supporting Assange

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:58 AM PDT

Ecuador granted asylum to the Australian national but Britain has refused to grant him safe passage out of the countryOliver Stone and Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning filmmakers and free speech activists, have penned an op-ed for the New York Times in support of the Ecuadorean government's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.


Huge wildfire burns to edge of 3 Calif. towns

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:48 PM PDT

The charred remains of an outbuilding destroyed by the Ponderosa fire are seen near Manton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. More than 1,400 fire fighters are battling the fire that has destroyed seven homes, burned 23 square miles. The fire that started Saturday is just 5 percent contained. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)A huge wildfire sparked by lightning in Northern California burned to the edge of three small towns Monday, threatening thousands of homes as fearful residents sought safety miles away at an emergency shelter.


Afghan militants hit top U.S. general's plane

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 02:14 AM PDT

5 Things To Know This MorningTwo People Were Injured in the Attack


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