2012年12月11日星期二

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White House, Boehner quietly swap offers

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:29 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves his office and walks to the House floor to deliver remarks about negotiations with President Obama on the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)They have been negotiating a fiscal cliff compromise behind closed doors as the deadline draws near.

Gunman opens fire at Oregon mall, several people shot: officials

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:41 PM PST

Person opens fire at mall near Portland, Ore.PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at an Oregon shopping mall outside of Portland on Tuesday and multiple people were believed to have been shot and wounded, authorities said. The gunman remained at large at the Clackamas Town Center near the Portland suburb of Happy Valley, said Steve Campbell, spokesman for the city. "There is an active shooter at the Clackamas Town Center," Campbell said. The Oregonian newspaper reported on its website that two people had been killed by a man using a semiautomatic rifle who may have also been wearing body armor. ...

Obama formally recognizes Syrian rebels

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

EXCLUSIVE: Obama Recognizes Syrian Opposition GroupObama Moves to Undercut Assad But Warns of 'Extremist' Ties to Al Qaeda

How to make Christmas shopping not depressing, chumpy or impossible

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:19 AM PST

Shoppers walk along Karl Johans Gate, the main shopping street in OsloIt's Hannukah. This is the stretch of the calendar known as "the holidays," famous these days mostly for being a Source of Tremendous Anguish to all who encounter it.

Court strikes down Illinois' concealed carry ban

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:19 PM PST

FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, gun owners and supporters participate in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day rally at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. In a big victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois _ the only remaining state where carrying concealed weapons is entirely illegal. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois.

W.Va. natural gas line explosion melts road, burns homes

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST

This image provided by the Kanawha County Emergency Services shows flames erupting across Interstate 77 from a gas line explosion in Sissonville, W. Va., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. At least five homes went up in flames Tuesday afternoon and a badly damaged section of Interstate 77 was shut down in both directions near Sissonville after a major gas line explosion triggered an hour-long inferno that officials say spanned about a quarter-mile. (AP Photo/Kanawha County Emergency Services)Homes went up in flames and part of I-77 is closed. "It actually cooked the interstate. It looks like a tar pit."

GOP throws Obama's old deficit stands back at him

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:18 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington. Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama's proposals to avoid a Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama's proposals to avoid a "fiscal cliff" come from the president himself, in comments he made months or years before his re-election.

Dollar Store, Inc.: The booming business of being cheap

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:49 AM PST

Dollar Store, Inc.: The Booming Business of Being CheapFamily Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar General, have quietly become a $56 billion industry and they are opening new locations faster than Starbucks.

North Korea launch likely delayed 10 days

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:27 PM PST

This Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 satellite image provided by GeoEye and annotated by 38 North, shows recent activity at the Sohae rocket launching facility in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. An analysis written for 38 North, the website of the U.S.-Korean Institute at John Hopkins Advanced International Studies, predicted it's likely to take until Dec. 12-13 to remove the Unha-3 rocket and more than a week to repair it, meaning a launch is unlikely before Dec. 21-22. (AP Photo/GeoEye, 38 North, North Korea Tech)North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket could be delayed for 10 days or more after it reported technical delays, a U.S. academic institute said Tuesday.

Sen. Jenny Sanford? Why it might be a smart pick

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:14 PM PST

Judge Grants Sanford DivorceMrs. Sanford is best known as the former wife of former S.C. Governor Sanford, who captivated the nation in 2009, when he mysteriously disappeared for several days.

Hop-on, hop-off tour buses sued in New York for monopoly

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two companies are driving up prices for tourists in New York City by running an illegal monopoly in the $100 million market for hop-on, hop-off bus tours, state and federal antitrust authorities said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Twin America LLC, a joint venture of former rivals Coach USA Inc and City Sights LLC, violates competition laws and should be dissolved, according to the suit filed in Manhattan federal court. Twin America vowed to contest the suit, saying the government ignored improved service to customers since the 2009 joint venture. ...

NYPD suspect man was lured into midtown ambush

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:49 PM PST

A video still image of a gunman pulling a weapon behind Brandon Lincoln Woodard in New YorkSecurity video indicates the unidentified shooter had been waiting in a car parked on the same block at least a half hour before the gunfire erupted.

Boehner: 'Let's be honest. We're broke'

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks to the media outside his office on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThe House Speaker accused the president of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff and urged him to name specific cuts in government spending.

Journalist's family struggles with silence on kidnapping

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:52 AM PST

In this image taken from undated video posted to YouTube, American freelance journalist Austin Tice, who had been reporting for American news organizations in Syria until his disappearance in August 2012, prays in Arabic and English while blindfolded in the presence of gunmen. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the origin or the content of the clip, but the Tice family released a statement to several media outlets confirming it was their son in the video. Although the video footage shows a group of captors dressed and behaving like Islamic extremists, the clip lacks the customary form of jihadist videos. Previous reports have indicated that Tice is in Syrian government custody. (AP Photo)The Tice family was in Beirut recently as part of their ongoing quest to find their son, Austin, who was kidnapped in Syria in August.

Unaccounted graves found at former reform school in Fla.

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST

White metal crosses mark graves at the cemetery of the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FloridaThe Dozier School has been the target of numerous allegations of abuse and mysterious deaths of children during the more than 100 years of its existence.

In Afghanistan, girl's killing stands out – for police response

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:54 AM PST

Afghan relatives and villagers prepare to offer funeral prayers over the body of Najia Sediqi, Laghman's head of the women's affairs department in Laghman, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Gunmen shot and killed the head of the women's affairs department for the eastern Laghman province, said Sarhadi Zewak, a spokesman for the provincial government. (AP Photo/Khalid Khan)Geysina was only one among a dozen young women and girls recorded killed in the last nine months alone, compared to just one in the previous year.

Extremists help Syrian rebels seize base in bloody battle

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST

In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 file photo, a Syrian fighter fires his weapon during clashes with army forces on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. Through mid-2012, rebel power grew and Assad's army ramped up its response. Relentless government shelling leveled neighborhoods and killed hundreds. Regular reports emerged of mass killings by the regime or thugs loyal to it, pushing more Syrians toward armed struggle. The government, which considers the opposition terrorist gangs backed by foreign powers, denied any role, and does not respond to requests for comment on its military. The rebels, too, were accused of atrocities. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)It was the latest gain by opposition forces bolstered by an al-Qaida-linked group that has provided skilled fighters but raised concerns in the West.

Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:07 PM PST

Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Launch May Be Delayed by GlitchThese mystery machines are about one-quarter the size of NASA's old space shuttles and they can land automatically on a runway.

Chimp from '70s experiment died of ‘broken heart’

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST

True story: As part of a scientific project, a chimp born in captivity in 1973 was raised by a family in New York City and learned to communicate through sign language. But the chimp couldn't fit in with humans and, when returned to life with other chimps, couldn't fit in as a primate either. Ultimately, after [...]

Photos: Sikh soldier first to wear turban during palace guard

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:36 AM PST

Photos: Sikh soldier first to wear turban during palace guardAn officer, right, checks Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, a Sikh soldier with the Scots Guards, performs guarding duties outside Buckingham Palace in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. becoming the first guardsman to parade wearing a turban instead of the famous bearskin. Other Sikhs have taken part in guarding the queen's palace in the past but they wore traditional bearskin hats, rather than turbans. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

'IKEA monkey' owner vows to get primate back

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST

The Canadian woman whose shearling coat and diaper-wearing monkey made international headlines after it sprung loose in an Ikea parking lot says she will fight to get the monkey back from the primate sanctuary it is now calling home. "The plan is to try to...

NYPD releases security photo in Midtown shooting

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST

This still image made from a video provided by the New York City Police Department shows the gunman, left, behind Brandon Lincoln Woodard pulling the weapon from his jacket pocket a moment before the shooting, Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 in New York. A security camera photo shows a man pulling a weapon from his pocket moments before police say he shot a Los Angeles man in midtown Manhattan. The NYPD released the photo Tuesday amid a manhunt for the unidentified suspect in the execution-style slaying (Ap Photo/New York Police Department/ HO)A chilling security camera photo shows a gunman approaching a Los Angeles man from behind on a midtown Manhattan block and reaching into his pocket for a pistol moments before he shot the man in the back of the head, police said Tuesday.

Key ingredient in beer may help treat the common cold

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:19 AM PST

Got a cold? Treat yourself to a cold one. A new study, reports Agence France-Presse, suggests that a chemical compound in beer can help the human body fight the virus behind the common cold. Of course, there are some important caveats. First, the study was conducted and published by Sapporo Breweries, a Japanese beer manufacturer, through its [...]

Photos: A roundup of the day's best images

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:00 AM PST

Photos: A roundup of the day's best imagesDressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds to sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. students far from first in math, science

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:21 AM PST

School Experiment: Increasing Classroom TimeAmerican fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study released Tuesday revealed.

'Doomsday' mountain braces for Mayan apocalypse

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:02 AM PST

Mystical 'Doomsday' Mountain Braces for Mayan ApocalypseWhat is it with mountains and the end of the world?

Venezuela's Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:52 PM PST

A woman holds a figurine of Venezuelan President Chavez, as she attends a mass to pray for Chavez's health in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a cancer recurrence that has thrown his presidency into jeopardy and upended politics in the South American OPEC nation. "My dear friend and colleague, Comandante Hugo Chavez, is going through the toughest times of his life," said Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, a fellow leftist. "He is being operated on right now. It's a very delicate operation." The 58-year-old's surgery in political ally Cuba was his fourth since mid-2011. ...

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