2012年8月7日星期二

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Loughner pleads guilty to Tucson shooting, avoids death penalty

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage that killed six people and left several others wounded, including then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The judge overseeing the mass shooting case has scheduled competency and change of plea hearings for Loughner for Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2012. The schedulinheg order confirms that a plea agreement has been reached in the case. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office, File)Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty on Tuesday, as expected, to killing six people and wounding 13 others, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting spree at a grocery store just outside of Tucson, Ariz. Loughner's plea, coming after a federal judge ruled that he was competent to stand trial, means he will [...]


W.H. blasts Romney’s ‘blatantly dishonest’ welfare charge

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:42 PM PDT

Romney the Unapologetic vs. Obama the 'Ashamed'The White House denounced Mitt Romney's "blatantly dishonest" charge that President Barack Obama is looking to "gut welfare reform" enacted under Bill Clinton by erasing a requirement that recipients actively seek work. "This advertisement is categorically false, and it is blatantly dishonest," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at his daily briefing. A new Romney [...]


Temple shooter had 'dropped off the face of the earth'

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Neighbors: Temple Shooter's Ex Said He Had 'Dropped Off the Face of the Earth'The gunman who murdered six Sikh worshippers in Milwaukee before being killed by police had "dropped off the face of the earth" weeks before the shooting, said neighbors who had recently spoken to the shooter's former girlfriend.


NYPD battles Twitter over user promising violence 'just like in Aurora'

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:49 PM PDT

NYPD Battles Twitter for Identity of User Promising Violence 'Just Like in Aurora'The New York Police Department has demanded that Twitter release the name of a user who threatened an attack "just like in Aurora" on the Broadway theater where Mike Tyson's one-man show is playing.


Romney: ‘I will put work back in welfare’

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Acme Industries in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Mitt Romney went after President Barack Obama in his own backyard on Tuesday, accusing his Democratic opponent of gutting bipartisan welfare reforms signed into law by former President Bill Clinton. Speaking at a manufacturing company in Elk Grove, Ill., just outside Chicago, the presumptive Republican nominee accused Obama of trying to "reverse the accomplishment" of [...]


NATO worker accused of espionage at U.S. air base

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:50 PM PDT

NATO Worker Accused of Espionage at U.S. Air BaseGerman police have arrested a 60-year-old NATO employee who worked at an American air base for allegedly copying classified NATO information and stealing "state secrets," a German prosecutor's office announced today. The suspect, identified only as Manfred K., is accused of having copied classified data...


Obama never said Romney wants Petraeus for VP: Carney

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Jay Carney speaks about the situation in Syria during a briefing at the White House in WashingtonWith the verbal version of an eye-roll, the White House scoffed Tuesday at the Drudge Report's claim that President Barack Obama thinks Mitt Romney may be trying to snag CIA chief David Petraeus as his vice presidential pick. The report, sourced only to an anonymous "insider," said Obama had told a top fundraiser he thought [...]


Twitter rumor leads to sharp increase in the price of oil

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT

NYPD demands Twitter turn over info on threatening tweetsOn social networking site Twitter, information can spread almost instantly — news of Whitney Houston's death hit Twitter mere moments after it happened (and nearly an hour before reported by the media). But there's a downside to that speed. When a … Continue reading →


Romney at odds with key Iowa Republicans over wind energy

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near MilfordDES MOINES—When Mitt Romney arrives  for a fundraiser with local Republicans Tuesday evening, one topic sure to come up could put his efforts to win Iowa this November at serious risk. Last week, as Romney was winding up a rocky overseas tour, his campaign made front-page news when a spokesman for the GOP candidate told [...]


Amazon exec loses $165K in Tom Petty wedding scam

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:45 AM PDT

Amazon Executive Conned Out of $165K in Fake Tom Petty Wedding ScamAn Amazon executive who was allegedly swindled out of $165,000 by a con man claiming to be Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers booking agent got a happy ending when the band performed at his wedding last month.


What Rob Portman would say in a convention speech

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

For VP? Rice is the Dream, but Portman Should Be the RealitySHELBY, Ohio—As a prospective vice presidential short-lister, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is in the running for one of the most highly visible speaking slots at the Republican National Convention. Based on his response to a question about what he would discuss if granted one of those prime-time positions, it appears he's been thinking about it. [...]


Elephants may be contributing to deforestation

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:28 AM PDT

A new aerial study has found that tree loss is six times higher in areas that are home to elephants. "Previous field studies gave us important clues that elephants are a key driver of tree losses, but our airborne 3-D mapping approach was the only way to fully understand the impacts of elephants across a [...]

Twitter handle gets man thousands of Saudi followers in a day

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT

A New Jersey man whose Twitter handle—StC—is also the initials of a Saudi Arabian telecommunications company has attracted thousands Saudi followers on the micro messaging service. The man—who goes by his college nickname, St. Chris—has been @StC on Twitter since March 2007.  He started to notice a wave of new followers late last month. He [...]

Toad Suck, Arkansas, voted “most unfortunate” town name

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT

A new poll across seven English-speaking countries has chosen Toad Suck, Arkansas, as having the "most unfortunate" town name in the U.S. Toad Suck, an unincorporated community in Perry County, took top dishonors, edging out Climax, Georgia, and Boring, Oregon. The poll was conducted by the genealogy site Findmypast.com, and polled respondents in the U.S. [...]

Mother selling letter from Obama to help son start new life

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT

A Pennsylvania mother is parting with a prized note penned by the president to help her son start a new life. Cynthia Arnold wrote to Barack Obama in January of 2009 after a call from her son, Matthew, who was then a private in the Army as he was filling out required paperwork, NBCNews.com reported. [...]

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