2013年2月27日星期三

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White House: No part in detainee release

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST

ICE releases several hundred illegal immigrants from detention centers facing budget cuts. (FOX News videos)The press secretary said immigration officials acted on their own.


Senate approves Lew as new Treasury chief

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:40 PM PST

Treasury Secretary-designate Lew faces Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary, putting the former White House chief of staff in the middle of a bitter political fight over the government's budget. Senators backed Lew with a 71-26 vote. All of the chamber's 53 Democrats voted for him. Some Republicans had expressed misgivings about Lew's perks from previous employers Citigroup and New York University. ...


'It was just spectacular': Group fights to save old Pan Am terminal

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 02:39 PM PST

The Pan Am Worldport in 1965. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Built in 1960, it was an early icon of New York's entry into the modern jet age.


Don't like the white stuff in Oreo's? This is for you

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 11:23 AM PST

David NeevelA cookie-favoring physicist creates what might be the world's first cookie separator.


Stocks surge, Dow nears record high

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:12 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, photo, Trader William Lawrence works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Futures are rising as Chairman Ben Bernanke heads to Capitol Hill to explain what the Federal Reserve will do to accelerate the economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The market surged following more evidence that the Fed will keep interest rates low.


Suspect in Vegas murder brags about fast life

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Tineesha Lashun Howard and Ammar Harris. Howard has been identified as a "person of interest" for being in the vehicle driven by Harris during a shooting that resulted in a fiery crash that left three dead last week. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)Ammar Harris smirks in a 90-second video and flashes a big stack of cash.


Photos: This Hipster bulldog is probably cooler than you are

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST

Photos: This Hipster bulldog is probably cooler than you arePIC BY SONYA YU / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Trotter wearing some trendy glasses) - An adorable little French Bulldog has been playing dress-up and has impressively gathered a following of 30,000 on Instagram. The photogenic hipster, called Trotter, wears a range of outfits from a beret, moustache, top hat and pipe to high heels. Owner and Trotters photographer Sonya Yu said her little pup is simply a natural in front of the camera. SEE CATERS COPY

Miss. mayorial candidate found dead, homicide suspected

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:51 PM PST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Mississippi mayoral candidate has been found dead and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Fraternity raises money for member’s sexual reassignment surgery

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:29 PM PST

Emerson College's Phi Alpha Tau fraternity has raised more than $17,000 for a member seeking to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Donnie Collins, 20, is seeking to transition from female to male. After his request to have the "top half" procedure covered by his health plan was denied, his fraternity brothers launched a fundraising campaign on [...]

Arkansas lawmakers override governor's abortion bill veto

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:07 PM PST

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted 53-28 Wednesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a bill that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, hours after a state Senate committee approved a package of even tighter abortion restrictions.

Court docs: Rental computers sent spyware images to Aaron's Inc.

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 01:06 PM PST

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Court documents in a class-action lawsuit against furniture rental company Aaron's Inc. allege spyware installed on rented computers secretly sent more than 185,000 emails back to the company, including some capturing webcam images of naked children and people having sex.

Pope speaks of 'rough seas' of papacy at emotional farewell

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:51 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict bid an emotional farewell at his last general audience on Wednesday, acknowledging the "rough seas" that marked his papacy "when it seemed that the Lord was sleeping." In an unusually public outpouring for such a private man, he alluded to some of the most difficult times of his papacy, which was dogged by sex abuse scandals, leaks of his private papers and reports of infighting among his closest aides. ...

Michael Bloomberg’s cross-country election shopping spree

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:12 AM PST

When I heard the radio commercial attacking a candidate for the Los Angeles School Board, it didn't make much of an impression—until I heard the tag line.

New Zealand man fatally attacked by shark, police open fire

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:14 AM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man was attacked and killed by a great white shark on Wednesday in a rare fatal shark incident in the country, prompting police to open fire. Police said they fired shots at the shark after a man was fatally bitten at Muriwai beach located around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Auckland, one of many beaches dotted along the North Island's west coast that are known for their wild surf. Rescue crews were quoted by local media as saying the shark was a "white pointer", commonly known as a great white, measuring roughly 4 meters (13 feet) long. ...

Rubio 'Only Member of the Hip-Hop Caucus'

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:08 AM PST

Rubio 'Only Member of the Hip-Hop Caucus'Is there a love of hip hop in the U.S. Senate?  Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says he doesn't find many other senators to discuss the history and trends of hip-hop with. "I'm the only member of the hip-hop caucus in the Senate," Rubio told TMZ...


Delaware pageant winner resigns, denies sex tape

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Pageant officials say Miss Delaware Teen USA has resigned amid allegations she appeared in an online sex video.

After meatballs, Ikea withdraws sausages

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 03:17 PM PST

After meatballs, Ikea withdraws sausagesAfter withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed "a few indications of horse meat" and that it would also remove wiener ...


America must not 'dictate' to world, new defense chief says

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST

Former U.S. Senator Hagel smiles as he and his wife Lilibet arrive for his swearing-in and his first day as Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon in ArlingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel was sworn in as U.S. defense secretary on Wednesday after a bruising Senate confirmation battle, and promised to renew old U.S. alliances and forge new ones without attempting to "dictate" to the world. Addressing Pentagon employees shortly after a small, closed-door swearing-in ceremony, Hagel spoke optimistically, if vaguely, about global challenges ahead and the importance of American leadership abroad. "We can't dictate to the world. But we must engage the world. ...


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