2012年10月15日星期一

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White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, U.S. envoy Chris Stevens attends meetings at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders. Stevens, who became the U.S. ambassador to Libya in June 2012, was killed along with three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the attack. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)It has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.

Candy Crowley: There will be follow-ups at tomorrow’s debate

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT

"I'm not a fly on the wall," says debate moderator Candy Crowley. "We don't want the candidates to spout talking points. That doesn't help voters."Late Sunday, Time magazine reported that both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have expressed concern that CNN's Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday's town hall debate in Hempstead, N.Y., would ask follow-up questions—an approach that is not consistent with the format the campaigns agreed upon. On Monday, Crowley addressed those concerns, saying she is [...]

Two more drugs linked to meningitis outbreak

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photoTwo more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company.

'Ohio': So easy to say, so complicated to win

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:52 AM PDT

A voter arrives to cast her ballot at a Franklin County polling location on the first day of in-person absentee voting in ColumbusO-HI-O. So easy to say, so complicated to win. Diverse in geography and economy, Ohio is a Midwestern state with sections that act politically more like states in the East and the South. It has voter pools that include gritty, blue-collar manufacturing towns, teeming inner cities, sprawling college campuses, bedroom suburbs, and rural farming and mining communities.

Romney raises record $170 million

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney addresses the American Legion's national convention in IndianapolisMitt Romney raised just over $170 million in September for his campaign and the Republican National Committee—his best fundraising month to date. The total is about $11 million shy of the $181 million President Barack Obama raised for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee last month. But it still marks a key infusion of [...]

Costa Concordia captain apologizes to victims at hearing

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:29 AM PDT

The captain of the Costa Concordia Schettino is surrounded by Italian Carabinieri policemen as he leaves at the end of the preliminary hearings in GrossetoLuciano Castro, an Italian survivor, said Francesco Schettino appeared "embarrassed" when they spoke briefly.

Benghazi attack: Will Senate inquiry be an election factor?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Congressman Issa speaks during "The Security Failures of Benghazi" hearing on Capitol HillThe deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate is expected to dominate a portion of Tuesday night's second presidential debate.

Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT

Hofstra Public Safety officer Ronald Nardo stands guard off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)There they go again. Or do they? Will Mitt Romney miscount the number of unemployed, as he has before? Will President Barack Obama's dubious claim of a peace dividend, bopped down in the last debate, rise again? When Obama and his Republican challenger debate Tuesday night, the media's fact-checking corps will be watching for problematic claims that have popped up repeatedly in the campaign, as well as brand new ones.

Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern in hospice

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has moved into hospice care near his home in South Dakota.

Russian punk band members heading to remote prison

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, centre, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Moscow appeals court freed Yekaterina Samutsevich of jailed band Pussy Riot but upheld a prison sentence for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. The judge ruled that Yekaterina Samutsevich's sentence should be suspended because she was thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could take part in the performance. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)Russian prisons are notorious for squalid conditions and often brutal treatment of inmates by personnel.

Researchers: Cyber attack MiniFlame hit Lebanon, Iran

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Researchers: Cyber Attack MiniFlame Hit Lebanon, IranResearchers said today they have identified part of the powerful Flame cyber espionage program as a stand-alone, "highly flexible" spy program that centered its attacks on computer systems in Lebanon and Iran. MiniFlame, as cyber experts at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs dubbed the malware, is an...

Four big manufacturers to train veterans for jobs

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

People attend a military veterans hiring event in New YorkGeneral Electric Co, Alcoa Inc, Boeing Co and Lockheed-Martin Corp announced they would provide financial support to the "Get Skills to Work Coalition."

Romney declines to visit 'sharp-tongued' hosts of 'The View'

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:11 AM PDT

In this image released by ABC, host Barbara Walters is pictured on the new set for the daytime talkshow "The View," on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in New York. The show will start it's 15th season on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)Ann Romney will visit ABC's "The View" solo Thursday, her husband no longer available to appear on the show he once referred to as "high risk."

Cardinal sparks uproar with Muslim scare video at Vatican

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

A cardinal arrives to attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI marking the opening of the Synod of bishops in St. Peter's square at the VaticanThe seven-minute clip, called "Muslim Demographics," was the talk of an international gathering of bishops on Monday.

Cuban missile crisis: closer to WW III than thought

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 1961, file photo, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy talk in the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in a suburb of Vienna. The meeting was part of a series of talks during their summit meetings in Vienna. Fifty years after the Cuban missile crisis, the National Archives in Washington has pulled together documents and secret White House recordings to show the public how President John F. Kennedy deliberated to avert nuclear war. The exhibit opens Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, to recount the showdown with the Soviet Union. It is called "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis." (AP Photo)Robert F. Kennedy's newly released papers remind us why this was the most dangerous moment in recorded history.

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in U.K. after more threats

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

A supporter of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), reacts while holding a poster of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a rally to condemn the attack in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday in support of a 14-year-old girl who was shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticizing the militant group. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)A teenage activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived on Monday for more medical care and to protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants.

ACLU sues Morgan Stanley for racial bias in subprime loans

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:41 PM PDT

The exterior of the world headquarters for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is seen in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued Morgan Stanley on Monday, accusing the investment bank of racial discrimination in packaging risky subprime mortgage loans into securities. The lawsuit is the first to directly make allegations against an investment bank, rather than a lender, of violating federal civil rights laws, the group said at a news conference. Morgan Stanley encouraged a unit of now-bankrupt New Century Financial Corp to disproportionately target black borrowers with overpriced loans that had a strong possibility of going sour, the lawsuit said. ...

Pizza Hut rethinking presidential debate dare after uproar

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

In this combination of file photos, Republican presidential candidate former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, left, takes a bite of pizza during lunch with his wife Ann while campaigning at Village Pizza in Newport, N.H., Dec. 20, 2011, and then-Senator Barack Obama, right, takes a bite of pizza at American Dream Pizza in Corvallis, Ore., March 21, 2008. Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, After the stunt triggered backlash last week, the company says it's moving the promotion online, where a contestant will be randomly selected to win free pizza for life. (AP Photo)Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate Tuesday.

Top 20 best cities for trick-or-treating

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

For all you serious candy seekers hitting the streets this Halloween, look no further. Today, real estate website Zillow.com announced the results of their fourth-annual Trick-or-Treat Index, ranking the top 20 best cities for little ghosts and goblins around the nation to collect the most...

Photos: Spectacular 'hair-raising' styles hit London catwalk

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Photos: Spectacular 'hair-raising' styles hit London catwalkA model for hair stylist Mario Krankl sits backstage at the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Hair Show at the Royal Albert Hall in London October 14, 2012. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY FASHION)

Man finds 1.2-carat diamond in mud from friend’s well

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:37 AM PDT

A Wisconsin man sifting through mud from a friend's well stumbled across a find that turned out to be a real gem. Dan Fagnan of St. Croix County, Wis., was panning for gold flakes in wet mud from a 120-foot well which his friend had recently drilled. "Everyone thinks I'm a fruit loop for panning [...]

Photos: Unusual modes of transportation

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Photos: Unusual modes of transportation

Obama camp predicts feistier debate showing

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama wave to the audience during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver in Denver. The sixth "town hall" style presidential debate will bring Obama and Romney to Hofstra University on New York's Long Island Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. They'll take questions from undecided voters selected by Gallup. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Obama and his advisers are serving notice that he won't make the same mistakes twice.

Amateurs find 'Tatooine' planet with two suns

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:52 AM PDT

Amateur Team Finds 'Tatooine' Planet with 2 Suns in 4-Star SystemAmateur astronomers have helped discover an alien planet with two suns and a twinkling twist: The entire twin-sun setup, a real-life version of Tatooine from "Star Wars," is orbited by two more stars — a solar system that is the first of its kind known.

Photos: Looking back at history's first ladies

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Photos: Looking back at history's first ladies

Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early, in-person voting

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT

Three weeks before Election Day, Republican Party leaders in Ohio have asked the Supreme Court to step in and allow the state's early in-person voting restriction to take effect.

Hospital at center of meningitis scare battles to save lives

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Meningitis Outbreak: The ScrambleStaff at St. Thomas Hospital have battled around the clock for more than two weeks to the save the lives of patients stricken with meningitis.

Campaigns express concern over role of debate moderator

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1992 file photo, Moderator Carole Simpson, background center, presides over the Presidential debate between, from left, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, Independent candidate Ross Perot, center, and Republican candidate, President George H.W. Bush, at the University of Richmond, Va. The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she spent days mapping out the presidential candidates and their issues on "a zillion 3-by-5 cards," in case she had to take over the questioning herself. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)The moderators of the 2012 presidential and vice presidential debates have been under considerable scrutiny, perhaps more than in any other election cycle. Now, according to Time magazine, the campaigns of both GOP challenger Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have expressed concern over how CNN's Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday's town hall debate in [...]

Senate is Democrats’ to lose as five more states shift

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:27 AM PDT

The six-year terms in the Senate produce a curious electoral quirk: The party that controls the chamber going into the election is not necessarily the one in the best position to control it coming out of the election, even in a neutral political environment. This is because the 33 or 34 seats up for election [...]

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