2012年12月3日星期一

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GOP moves on fiscal cliff, WH dismisses it

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 02:01 PM PST

John Boehner on Fiscal Cliff TalksRepublicans offer a new proposal to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, but the White House turns it down.

Zimmerman defense reveals new photo

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

ZimmermanORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A color photograph of George Zimmerman with a bloody, swollen nose taken on the night he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin last February was posted on the Internet on Monday by Zimmerman's legal defense team. As the photo began to be circulated widely by the news media, lawyers on both sides disagreed about its significance to the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman. "It's not a game changer," Zimmerman lawyer Mark O'Mara told Reuters. ...

Heffernan: Microsoft is back — Why the dorky Apple rival is suddenly cool

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST

Microsoft adOh man that new commercial for Internet Explorer 10 has me dorkily cackling at every pixel in it, and then replaying the ad to laugh again, and harder. OK, maybe you're too cool for it. But I am not.

CDC: Flu season starts early, could be a bad one

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST

Map of influenza-like illness activity in the United States.Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one.

L.A. port strike, Day 7: Estimated to cost $1 billion per day

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST

Clerical workers picket in the rain at entrance to Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Cargo ships were stacking up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as a strike by about about 70 clerical workers shut down most of the terminals that together are the nation's busiest port complex. Dockworkers were refusing to cross the picket lines even though an arbitrator ruled the walkout invalid on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)Shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

Cuomo makes first foray to D.C. as New York governor

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:05 PM PST

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo waves to members of the media upon his arrival to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, for a scheduled meeting with White House officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)In a whirlwind trip to the nation's capital he takes a bipartisan tour across the city, seeking to finalize a deal that will provide federal relief to victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Egypt's crisis widens with planned march, strikes

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

A supporter of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with his picture and Arabic that reads, "yes for the constitutional declaration to stop corruption," during a protest in front of Egypt's top court, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The Egyptian president's top legal adviser says the country's election commission has begun preparations for the referendum on Dec. 15 on a highly contentious draft constitution. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)The nation's political crisis is widening in the wake of the hurried drafting of a new constitution and decrees by President Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted power.

Voyager 1 discovers new layer of solar system

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Realm at Solar System's EdgeVoyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 have been traveling through space since 1977, and are close to becoming the first manmade objects to leave the solar system.

Clinton: U.S. will 'take action' if Syria uses chemical weapons

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST

Report: Intel shows Syria moving chemical weapons componentsU.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly warned the Assad regime against using them.

Duchess of Cambridge hospitalized for acute morning sickness

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:15 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, make a toast in the honour of Queen Elisabeth's Diamond Jubilee at a British Gala reception at the Eden Hall in SingaporeThe duchess was admitted to the hospital today with acute morning sickness, the palace said.

New details of HMS Bounty's battle against Sandy

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:07 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 halted its search for 63-year-old Robin Walbridge, the captain of the tall ship that sank off the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Sandy after more than three days of around-the-clock effort. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski, File)Captain Robin Walbridge chose to ride out the storm at sea instead of keeping the ship docked, where it would most likely have sustained major damage, but without any loss of life.

Store employee fired after ‘booting’ ambulance

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 03:08 PM PST

One generally assumes that an ambulance with its lights flashing can park wherever it pleases. This past weekend in New Orleans, a parked ambulance was "booted" by a convenience store employee, who was apparently annoyed that the ambulance had parked in his store's lot. Never mind that the paramedics were treating a man inside the [...]

College offering puppy room for stressed out students

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 02:50 PM PST

University students are well versed in coming up with ways to cope with the stress of college life. But some students at a college in Canada have started a new trend that is family-friendly, opening a puppy room for students during finals week. The National Post reports that for three days during finals week (Dec. [...]

Insurance company informs man that he's 'dead'

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

George Johannesen is dead to Manitoba Public Insurance. Sure, he's still technically alive. But the insurance company recently sent the 59-year-old Canadian a letter declaring that he had died in October. In a letter addressed to "The Estate of George Johannesen," Manitoba Public Insurance wrote that the 59-year-old Canadian died sometime in October. "I can't [...]

Video: Dog helps firefighters remove damaged tree

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST

Dogs are some of the most loyal nonhuman companions there are. They're known for their unconditional love and affection, and their ability to fetch and follow commands, but what about a dog who can help pull a rope? A dog in the Netherlands decided to volunteer his strength when he and his walker were passing [...]

Dear text message: Happy 20th birthday!

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST

Happy 20th B-Day, Text MessageIt was 20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was Dec. 3, 1992, and Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, sent the world's first short message service or SMS. It read "Merry Christmas."

Photos: Rare Napoleon letter fetches $244,400

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:04 PM PST

Photos: Rare Napoleon letter fetches $244,400In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, auction house associate Jean-Christophe Chataigniera holds up a letter dictated and signed by Napoleon in secret code that declares his intentions "to blow up the Kremlin" during his ill-fated Russian campaign is displayed in Fontainebleau, outside Paris. The rare letter, written in unusually emotive language, sees Napoleon complain of harsh conditions and the shortcomings of his grand army. The letter goes on auction Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Government promises world won’t end on Dec. 21

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST

The U.S. government wrote a helpful blog post on Monday titled, "Scary Rumors About the World Ending in 2012 Are Just Rumors." The post on USA.gov says NASA scientists have received thousands of letters from people convinced that the world will end on Dec. 21, based on a misunderstanding of the ancient Mayan calendar that's [...]

'Three Cups of Tea' co-author commits suicide

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST

In this November 2011 photo provided by the Central Asia Institute, the group's co-founder, Greg Mortenson, left, practices counting with first-graders in one of CAI's four schools in Zebak District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. A federal judge on Monday, April 30, 2012 dismissed a lawsuit against author Mortenson, calling claims "flimsy and speculative" that the humanitarian and his publisher lied in his best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" to boost book sales. (AP Photo/Central Asia Institute, Sarfraz Khan)David Oliver Relin, co-author of the bestselling book "Three Cups of Tea," said in legal filings more than a year before his suicide that his career had been hurt by allegations of fabrications in the book recounting how Greg Mortenson started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Santorum joins World Net Daily as ‘exclusive’ columnist

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has joined the website World Net Daily as a columnist, the outlet reported on Sunday. "Rick Santorum—the former U.S. senator who ignited grass-roots conservatives as a Republican candidate for president this year—today joins WND as an exclusive columnist," an unsigned announcement on the site reads. "His commentaries will be [...]

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