2013年3月25日星期一

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Bachmann’s presidential campaign probed

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Bachmann speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, MarylandAn ethics panel investigates alleged "improprieties" in her 2012 bid.


Anxiety, hope as high court ponders gay marriage

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 10:05 AM PDT

gaymarriageThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on rights for same-sex couples.


Gun in Texas shootout is same one used in Colo. prison chief slaying

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 04:37 PM PDT

Gun in shootout matches weapon in killing of prisons chiefThe gun used by a white supremacist ex-convict who was killed in a shootout with police near Decatur, Texas, last week was the same weapon used to kill Colorado's prison chief two days earlier, law enforcement officials said on Monday. Evan Spencer Ebel, a 28-year-old parolee from Denver, was killed in a gun battle with Texas police last Thursday after a high-speed chase through Decatur. ...


U.S. spends $3.7 million on ex-presidents in 2012

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 02:26 PM PDT

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends the annual ThisDay awards ceremony, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation's predominantly Muslim north in order to halt the wave of bombings, shootings and kidnappings by Islamic extremists there. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Guess which one had the $85,000 phone bill.


Knox will get Italian high court's decision

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. The Court of Cassation on Monday March 25, 2013 is considering prosecutors' contentions that the 2011 acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out and a new trial ordered. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)Prosecutors asked the court to overturn her acquittal in her roommate's murder.


Orphaned polar bear moving to New York

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Orphaned Polar Bear Cub to Get New York HomeKali will take up residence at the Buffalo Zoo later this spring.


Powerball winner validates jackpot ticket

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 03:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a Powerball form and purchased ticket are on the counter at the Jayhawk Food Mart in Lawrence, Kan. A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in the Saturday night, March 23, 2013 drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)The still unknown winner returned to the store when $338 million ticket was bought.


Both sides plan rallies during same-sex marriage hearings

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 02:52 PM PDT

Thousands of activists on both sides of the gay marriage question are poised to rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., starting on Tuesday while the justices hear oral arguments for two cases concerning same-sex marriage. On Tuesday and Wednesday the court will hear arguments concerning the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a 2008 voter-approved [...]

At least four stabbed in Pittsburg Target store

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 03:42 PM PDT

Reports say some of the some victims were stabbed multiple times and a suspect has been arrested.

Photos: 5 strange creatures of the Amazon

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Photos: 5 strange creatures of the Amazons

Senate banking committee chief to retire

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Senator Tim Johnson chairs the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in WashingtonThe South Dakota Democrat won't run for re-election in 2014, sources say.


Winning $338 million Powerball ticket was sold at N.J. liquor store

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 11:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a Powerball form and purchased ticket are on the counter at the Jayhawk Food Mart in Lawrence, Kan. A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in the Saturday night, March 23, 2013 drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)But the bigger mystery—who bought it—remains unsolved.


Can geeks save the Republican party?

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 04:52 AM PDT

Can Computer Geeks Save the GOP?An improved social media strategy would help greatly, say two entrepreneurs.


Kerry tries to mend Afghan relations with increasingly hostile Karzai

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 08:15 AM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry walks to a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Monday, March 25, 2013. Kerry embarked on talks Monday with Karzai amid concerns Karzai may be jeopardizing progress in the war against extremism with his anti-American rhetoric. The session came shortly after the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)The president of Afghanistan has been known for making anti-American statements.


Coney Island's coaster back, even if it isn't

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 05:16 AM PDT

Coney Island's Cyclone rollercoast.Hurricane Sandy devastated the beach community.


Justice's gay cousin sits in on Prop. 8 case

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 07:58 AM PDT

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Kennedy, Bader Ginsburg and Breyer listen as U.S. President Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in WashingtonJohn Roberts' relative will listen to gay marriage arguments.


Sheriff’s deputy wrestles alligator away from middle school

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 07:43 AM PDT

GatorA sheriff's deputy and mother of two "lassoed" the gator.


America gets five new national monuments

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 08:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama will designate spots Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio and Washington.

Jordan closes main border crossing with Syria

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 09:22 AM PDT

A Jordanian soldier stands guard in his tank at the Jordan-Syrian border near MafraqAMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan closed its main border crossing with Syria on Monday after two days of fighting there between Syrian troops and rebel fighters, Jordan's information minister said. Border traders said passengers were turned back at the Jordanian border crossing of Jaber and prevented from entering in the first such closure of the crossing since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule started two years ago. "The border post is effectively closed because there have been clashes since yesterday and they are continuing," minister Samih Maaytah told Reuters. ...


Paralyzed 9 years ago, Iraq vet prepares to die

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Wounded Iraq Vet Prepares to Die, Saying He's 'Ready to Go'"I just decided that I was tired of seeing my body deteriorate," Tomas Young said.


Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Lewis dies at 85

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 02:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 1963 file photo, New York Times reporter Anthony Lewis reads about the Pulitzer Prizes while at the Boston bureau of The Associated Press, in Boston, as he won the year's Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Two-time Pulitzer winner Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday, March 25, 2013. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)BOSTON (AP) — Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday. He was 85.


Photos: Bizarre Chinese inventions

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Photos: Bizarre Chinese inventionsA woman rides an unicycle at a park in Shanghai February 28, 2004. The unicycle was designed several years ago by Chinese inventor Li Yongli who called it "the number one vehicle in the world". NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/China Photos ASW - RTRTIW7

Star Trek's new frontier: Drone-vertising

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 08:27 AM PDT

The new movie uses unmanned vehicles to spread the word.

Amanda Knox 'anxious' as she waits for another Italian court ruling

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:37 AM PDT

Amanda Knox Back in Court: Is This the Final Chapter?Prosecutors appealed when a court threw out her murder conviction in 2011.


New North Korea video shows ‘defeat’ of U.S. troops

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 05:53 AM PDT

North Korea has submitted yet another entry to its ongoing propaganda film festival. This time, it has released a video that threatens an attack on U.S. forces using "powerful weapons of mass destruction" and depicts an invasion of Seoul in which 150,000 American citizens are taken hostage. Posted on North Korea's official Uriminzokkiri website and [...]

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