2012年12月29日星期六

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Death of India rape victim stirs outrage

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:07 PM PST

Demonstrators hold candles during a candlelight vigil for a gang rape victim who was assaulted in New DelhiA woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government that has struggled to respond to public outrage. The unidentified 23-year-old medical student suffered a brain injury and massive internal damage in the attack on December 16 and died in hospital in Singapore where she had been taken for treatment. ...


Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:06 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to press after a bipartisan meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a bipartisan meeting in the White HouseSenate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that ...


George H.W. Bush moved out of intensive care

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST

Former President Bush smiles as he listens to Republican presidential candidate Romney speak in HoustonFormer President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said.


Week's second snow storm expected to be milder

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST

People walk in the snow at Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A mild but widespread winter storm has developed over the Northeast and the upper Ohio River Valley, the second in less than a week for the regions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Snow from a mild but widespread winter storm began falling Saturday over most of the Northeast and the upper Ohio River Valley, the second in less than a week for the regions.


Woman in custody in NYC subway shoving death

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:12 PM PST

Commuters wait on the platform as a train passes through the 40th St-Lowry St Station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Queens section of New York, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspected of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)A woman sought in the death of a man who was shoved in front of a subway train was picked up by police on Saturday after a passer-by noticed her on the street and called authorities.


Suspected U.S. drone kills three al-Qaida militants in Yemen

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST

A Yemeni soldier sits atop a military vehicle securing a street during a rally by pro-democracy protestors in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Three al-Qaida militants were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen, Yemeni security officials said, the fourth such attack this week and a sign attacks from unmanned aircraft are on the upswing in the country.


Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:33 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.


21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:28 PM PST

Pakistani volunteers carry a wounded bus passenger following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said.


Fearful of ban, frenzied buyers swarm gun stores

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:58 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photo, an AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop in Aurora, Colo. Demand for firearms, ammunition and bulletproof gear has jumped since the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults. Politicians, including President Barack Obama, have called for tighter gun control since then. That has sent Americans into a panic, buying as many guns and as much ammunition as they can get their hands on before any type of ban is set. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)The phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing. Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho gun shop had firearms in stock. Others clamored to find out if their orders had been shipped.


New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:05 AM PST

Guns that were turned in by their owners are seen in a trash bin at a gun buyback held by the LAPDNEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals. Further names and addresses will be added as they become available to a map originally published on December 24 in the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, the newspaper said. The original map listed thousands of pistol permit holders in suburban Westchester and Rockland counties just north of New York City. ...


Four killed when Russian airliner crash lands

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:55 PM PST

A plane wreckage is seen next to a highway near Moscow's Vnukovo airportMOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian airliner flying without passengers broke into pieces after it slid off the runway and crashed onto a highway outside Moscow upon landing on Saturday, killing four of the eight crew on board and leaving smoking chunks of fuselage on the icy road. The crash during peak holiday travel ahead of Russia's New Year's vacation, which runs from Sunday through January 9, cast a spotlight on the country's poor air-safety record despite President Vladimir Putin's calls to improve controls. ...


Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:57 AM PST

Rahm Emanuel's first full year as Chicago mayor ends on a tragic note: The city marked its 500th homicide Thursday evening, making 2012 the deadliest year in the city since 2008.

Egypt president warns against new unrest

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 06:58 AM PST

An Egyptian key maker smokes a water pipe as he watches President Mohammed Morsi speaks at the Shura Council, the country's upper house of parliament, in Cairo, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Egypt's Islamist president has warned against any unrest that could harm the drive to repair the country's economy in a sharply worded speech pushing the opposition to work with his government. Mohammed Morsi has made the comments in his first speech to the newly convened upper house of parliament, saying it was time for the nation to turn to "production, work, seriousness" after two years of turmoil. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president warned against any unrest that could harm the drive to repair the country's battered economy in his first address before the newly convened upper house of parliament on Saturday, urging the opposition to work with his government.


Maine greets gay marriage with midnight weddings

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:28 PM PST

Steven Bridges, left, receives a wedding ring from Michael Snell, early Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at City Hall in Portland, Maine. Same-sex couples in Maine are now legally allowed to marry under a new law that went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect.


Conn. attorney asks to sue state after Newtown shooting

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:52 PM PST

A U.S. flag hangs over stockings left as a memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, along a fence surrounding the Sandy Hook Cemetery in NewtownNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A New Haven attorney is asking permission to sue the state for $100 million on behalf of a student who survived the mass shooting at a Newtown school.


U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Attempts by the United Nations to end the bloody 21-month-old Syrian conflict through diplomacy have been a resounding failure and there is little reason to expect a quick change given the Russian-U.S. rift on Syria. After a year of intensive diplomatic efforts by the world body, U.N.-Arab League peace mediator Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria has made no more progress than his predecessor, former U.N. ...

Drill ship, crew moving again in Gulf of Alaska

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:04 PM PST

A Shell drill ship in the Gulf of Alaska has stopped drifting toward the Trinity Islands and company officials hope it will be moving toward safe harbor later on Saturday.Repair crews have restarted two ...

Illinois lawmaker cites legal trouble in ending House run

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want the felony gun charges he faces to detract from the district's important issues.

Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:46 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 12, 2012 file image provided by NASA shows the Mars rover Curiosity at a pit stop, a shallow depression called "Yellowknife Bay." It took the image on the 125th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Dec. 12, 2012), just after finishing that sol's drive. The Sol 125 drive entered Yellowknife Bay and covered about 86 feet (26.1 meters). The descent into the basin crossed a step about 2 feet (half a meter) high, visible in the upper half of this image. Curiosity will now head for Mount Sharp in mid-February after it drills into its first rock. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech, File)PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. Repeat.


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