2012年12月10日星期一

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Obama tax plan no small deal to small business owners

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:28 PM PST

Small businesses concerned over fiscal cliffThe president's proposal would hit about 940,000 people who report business income on their individual or household returns.


American roads safer in 2011 than past 60 years

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:58 PM PST

In this photo taken, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, professional test driver J.D. Ellis of Cincinnati, Ohio, demonstrates the dashboard warning signal in a Ford Taurus, at an automobile testing area in Oxon Hill, Md. The display at a recent transportation conference was a peek into the future of automotive safety: cars that to talk to each other and warn drivers of impending collisions. Later this summer, the government is launching a yearlong, real-world test involving nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses using volunteer drivers in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Improved technologies and education made America's roads safer in 2011 than they'd been in more than 60 years, especially for occupants of passenger vehicles, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) reported Monday, and the number of fatalities per vehicle miles traveled was at its lowest level ever.


Ex-policeman gets life for 1957 death of Illinois girl

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:33 PM PST

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department in Sycamore, Ill., shows Jack McCullough, of Seattle. McCullough is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in Sycamore, Ill,. for the killing 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957. McCullough was arrested in Seattle in 2011 and returned to Illinois. (AP Photo/DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, File)Jack McCullough, 73, was convicted in September in one of the oldest unsolved crimes in American history to make it to trial.


Gay weddings: Will they be legal in June?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:12 PM PST

The Supreme Court in WashingtonLyle Denniston looks at the rather complicated considerations in front of the Supreme Court about same-sex marriage, and if the court can really decide the case in June 2013.


Navy SEAL killed in Afghan rescue identified

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas ChecqueThe Pentagon has identified Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Checque as the Navy SEAL who died of injuries sustained in the successful rescue of an American doctor from the Taliban over the weekend.


McCain eyes move to committee that might question Rice

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:49 PM PST

U.S. Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina walk to a closed meeting with United States U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Capitol Hill in WashingtonMcCain, whose term as the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee is ending, wants to join the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.


Airport scam dupes pet buyers

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST

Airport Scam Dupes Pet BuyersPatricia Mills, 39, of Western North Carolina was just hoping to get two English bulldog puppies for her daughters.


'They are killers': Syria will use chemical weapons, general says

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST

Assad Will Use Chemical Weapons, Says Former General, Now DefectorA former top general in Syria's chemical weapons program says he doesn't doubt for a moment that Assad will deploy his chemical weapons.


Mother honored for rescuing sex slaves, but unable to save daughter

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST

President Cristina Fernandez, right, applauds as Susana Trimarco, left, lifts a human rights prize given by the president during a rally to mark the 29th anniversary of the return to democracy in Argentina, on the eve of the Human Rights Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Trimarco is known for her crusade to find her daughter, Maria de los Angeles "Marita" Veron, who disappeared in 2002, and who is believed to had been kidnapped by human traffickers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her family and paid scant attention to the news until her daughter left for a doctor's appointment and never came back.


More Americans put Romney than Obama on Santa's 'nice' list in poll

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST

No rest in final campaign hours for Obama, RomneySanta Claus exists—he's bringing President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney presents this year—but he might be cutting back on gifts thanks to the "fiscal cliff," according to a lighthearted new survey released Monday by Public Policy Polling (PPP). More Americans put Romney than Obama on Kris Kringle's "nice" list: 63 percent said the former Massachusetts [...]


Afghan attacks down overall, insider threat rises

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:55 PM PST

Handout photo of U.S. Army specialist AndersA senior U.S. official acknowledged Monday that the U.S. continues to be very concerned about the attacks, even though there have been fewer in recent months.


Virgin Mobile US apologizes for offensive ad

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:46 PM PST

An advertisement for Virgin Mobile that hints at sexual assault was recently pulled after Twitter users (including Richard Branson) raged. The print ad features a middle-aged man standing behind a woman. He's covering her eyes with one hand and holds a wrapped gift in the other. The caption reads: "The gift of Christmas surprise. Necklace? [...]

Take a tour of the Bank of England’s gold vault

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST

It's a video that would make 007 supervillain Goldfinger drool. A professor and cameraman were allowed inside the Bank of England's gold bullion vault, where they captured footage of tons and tons of gold bars. All told, the bars are worth an estimated $315 billion. The scientist in the video, Professor Martyn Poliakoff, explains that [...]

GOP 'incapable' of beating Hillary Clinton in 2016?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:59 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech "Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality" at Dublin City University in IrelandIf Clinton decides to run for president in 2016, would she be unbeatable? That's the pronouncement of former GOP Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.


Strauss-Kahn, NYC hotel maid settle lawsuit

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST

FILE - This combo made from file photos shows former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn on June 6, 2011, left, and Nafissatou Diallo on July 28, 2011, in New York. Diallo's sexual assault lawsuit against the former IMF leader could wrap up as soon as Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in a quiet deal. A person familiar with the case tells The Associated Press the court date concerns a possible settlement. (AP File Photos)Ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of attempted rape have settled her civil lawsuit against him.


Iran: We stole all secrets from U.S. drone

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Iran: We Stole All Secrets From US Drone"All the intelligence in this drone has been completely decoded and extracted and we know each and every step it has taken," said Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh.


U.S. declares Syrian rebel group a terror organization

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:58 AM PST

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is declaring a Syrian rebel group with alleged ties to al-Qaida as a terrorist organization. It's an effort to blunt the influence of extremists as the U.S. steps up co-operation with the Syrian opposition.

‘World’s most famous wolf’ killed outside Yellowstone

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:26 AM PST

A wolf so popular that she was referred to as a rock star by rangers was shot and killed in Wyoming just outside Yellowstone National Park late last week, wildlife officials told the New York Times. The 6-year-old gray wolf, a tourist favorite known as 832F, was the alpha female of Yellowstone's "highly visible" Lamar [...]

Video shows dramatic sidewalk collapse in Turkey

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:22 AM PST

A video in Turkey captured the shocking moment a piece of sidewalk gave way, dragging one pedestrian into the void with it. Security footage on YouTube, reported on by Business Insider, shows passersby in the northern town of Corum unaware that the ground beneath their feet is about to give way. Suddenly, and apparently without [...]

Photos: Monkey found at IKEA headed for sanctuary

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:56 AM PST

Photos: Monkey found at IKEA headed for sanctuaryIn this Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 photo provided by Bronwyn Page, a small monkey wearing a winter coat and a diaper wanders around at an IKEA in Toronto. The monkey let itself out of its crate in a parked car and went for a walk. The animal's owner contacted police later in the day and was reunited with their pet, police said. (AP Photo/Bronwyn Page via The Canadian Press)

Photos: Oldest pharaoh carvings discovered

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST

Photos: Oldest pharaoh carvings discovered

'Mayan apocalypse' or magic mushroom trip?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:06 AM PST

The so-called 'Mayan' prophecy actually comes from New Age writers in the Seventies and Eighties (Image: Rex)The 'prophecy' does not stem from the Mayans at all. Instead, the beliefs come from two New Age books in the Seventies and Eighties, says a British academic.


Judge bars 'Choose Life' license plates in N. Carolina

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:47 AM PST

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal judge has permanently blocked North Carolina from issuing an anti-abortion specialty license plate, ruling that offering plates with a "Choose Life" slogan without an alternative supporting abortion rights is unconstitutional. The lack of a plate promoting reproductive freedom in the state constitutes "viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment," Senior U.S. District Judge James C. Fox said on Friday. ...

States anxious over debt talks stalemate

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST

FILE - This combination of undated 2012 file photos shows, from left, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe; Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. The three governors, who are trying to piece together their own state budgets, are anxiously watching the ongoing stalemate in Washington as Republicans and Democrats struggle to avert a potential plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff." (AP Photo/File)The longer it takes D.C. to hammer out a deal, the more difficult it becomes for governors to put together their own budgets.


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