2013年1月16日星期三

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FAA grounds Boeing 787s to address battery fires

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 04:30 PM PST

File photo of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airframe #8 being tugged out for takeoff departure from Paine Field in Everett, WashingtonFederal officials are temporarily grounding the Dreamliner jets until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed.


Panetta: U.S. will take 'necessary' steps in Algerian hostage situation

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 02:51 PM PST

In this undated image released Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, by BP petroleum company, showing the Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. Islamist militants from Mali attacked the Amenas natural gas field partly operated by BP in Algeria early on Wednesday, killing a security guard and kidnapping at least eight people, including English, Norwegian and Japanese nationals, an Algerian security official and local media reported. Algerian forces, later caught up with and surrounded the kidnappers and negotiations for the release of the hostages are ongoing, officials said.(AP Photo/BP)ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — As Algerian army helicopters clattered overhead deep in the Sahara desert, Islamist militants hunkered down for the night in a natural gas complex they had assaulted Wednesday morning, killing two people and taking dozens of foreigners hostage in what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali.


Newtown rejects NRA proposal to arm teachers

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:34 PM PST

A display of 7-round .45 caliber handguns are seen at Coliseum Gun Traders Ltd. in Uniondale, New YorkNewtown, Conn., Superindent of Schools Janet Robinson on Wednesday blasted critics who suggested armed teachers would have stopped the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Robinson, speaking on Capitol Hill during a House hearing on gun violence, said she felt remarks made in the wake of the shooting suggesting that Principal Dawn Hochsprung could have killed [...]


'I regret nothing,' says disgraced Costa Concordia captain

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:17 AM PST

Francesco SchettinoThe captain of the Costa Concordia, which ran aground a year ago leaving 32 dead, understands why people "hate" him, but said he has no regrets. The cruise ship carrying vacationers hit the rocks off the Italian island Giglio when it went off its preprogrammed course so that islanders could get a better view of [...]


Can you catch the flu from your phone?

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:41 AM PST

Setback for U.S. lawyers: Cell phones still aren't causing cancer'Cellphones are 10 times as dirty as a toilet seat,' Chuck Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, told ABC News.


Batteries may be to blame for Dreamliner problems

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner is seen after making an emergency landing at Takamatsu airportFollowing a second significant incident involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, investigators are focusing on the lithium-ion batteries used in the new airplanes.


Say what? Dennis Kucinich joins Fox News

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:47 PM PST

Rep. Kucinich: We need to rebuild infrastructureFollowing his forced retirement from Congress, the former Ohio Democratic congressman has signed on with Fox News to be a contributor, the network announced Wednesday.


Lance Armstrong mocked by late-night joke writers

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST

Late-night writers mock Armstrong"I believed in you," Jon Stewart said, feigning outrage. "I shelled out a dollar for a rubber bracelet I have somewhere in my house."


'Don't bite the dentist': Child's rule book prompts search for owner

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

Child's rule book lostMost young children rebel against rules. But one child in California created a whole book of them - and then lost it.


UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:33 PM PST

Undated image made available Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013 of Stephen Close. In 1983 Close was arrested, jailed, and expelled from of the British army for having sex with a fellow squad mate. Thirty years later, police in the English city of Manchester tracked him down and demanded that he give up a sample of his DNA. Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says Close is one of three gay men convicted under Britain's now-defunct indecency law who have been ordered to supply their genetic material to police. (AP Photo)LONDON (AP) — In 1983, Stephen Close was arrested, jailed and expelled from the British army for having sex with a male squad mate.


Australian Open, Day 3: Djokovic rolls, Stosur chokes

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:24 PM PST

I can't even imagine what the pressure must be like to be an Australian with a chance to win the Australian Open. Lleyton Hewitt has been dealing with this all his life (it might be why this Grand Slam seems to be the one he struggles at the most), and we've seen how the English players deal with Wimbledon when they have a chance to finally break that drought.

Video: Listen to a bird tweet mad dubstep beats

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:59 AM PST

It's official: Birds have beats. This beat-dropping parrot has proved that dubstep is not just for the likes of Skrillex. The video, which quickly garnered over 5 million views online, has viewers jamming to the chirps and tweets (literally) of a musically talented cockatiel who has picked up the bass-driven dance sound. "Just my bird [...]

Photos: Heartwarming images of animal friendship

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Photos: Heartwarming images of animal friendship

'Bourne Legacy' star Jeremy Renner is going to be a dad

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:01 AM PST

Jeremy Renner shared some big news with Eva Longoria on the smoking patio at the Golden Globes Jan. 13: He's going to be a father! The Bourne Legacy actor, 42, "was saying, 'I'm going to fly in when her water breaks,'" two witnesses tell Us Weekly exclusively.

Roe v. Wade turns 40: Most Americans oppose reversal

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:49 PM PST

Roe v. Wade turns 40The Pew poll also found that 53 percent of the public say that abortion is not that important compared to other issues - the first time that number has been over 50 percent.


'Diff'rent Strokes' dad Conrad Bain dies at age 89

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:53 AM PST

Actor Conrad Bain, who played father Phillip Drummond on " Diff'rent Strokes," died Monday night in Livermore, Calif. His daughter told The Associated Press that Bain died of natural causes. He was 89.

Photos: 'Disappearing' photographer captures his shadow

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST

Photos: 'Disappearing' photographer captures his shadow

Mother gets shock after daughter’s trip to dentist

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:14 AM PST

Most of us have a fear of the dentist. For the rest of her life, young Savannah White is likely to be terrified. Savannah's mom, Alecia White, took her daughter to have some routine dental work. The dentist informed White that her daughter had four cavities. White consented to have them filled. The dentist sedated [...]

Mali: French troops begin land assault

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:48 PM PST

French troops stand guard along the road leading from Markala to Niono, in Markala, approximately 40 km outside Segou, in central Mali, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. French troops pressed northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault that will put soldiers in direct combat "within hours." Residents of Niono, a city in the center of Mali which is just south of a town that was overrun by the jihadists earlier this week, said they saw trucks of French soldiers arrive overnight. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French soldiers pressed north in Mali territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, launching a land assault that was to put them in direct combat with al-Qaida-linked fighters "in one to 72 hours," military officials said.


Photos: A roundup of the day's best images

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:33 AM PST

Photos: A roundup of the day's best imagesU.S. President Barack Obama (L) high fives children who wrote him letters about guns and gun control before sitting down to sign executive orders on a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

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