2013年5月1日星期三

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Obama's case against war in Syria

Posted: 01 May 2013 01:42 PM PDT

Power Play 5/1/2013Under what circumstances would he unleash military might into the crisis?


Three more Boston suspects in custody

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:10 AM PDT

This undated photo added on April 18, 2013 to the VK page of Dias Kadyrbayev shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in New York. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, two college buddies of Tsarnaev, were jailed by immigration authorities the day after Tsarnaev's capture. They are not suspects, but are being held for violating their student visas by not regularly attending classes, Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl said. They are being detained at a county jail in Boston. (AP Photo/VK)Prosecutors say the men met one of the accused bombers after the attack.


At NYC May Day rally, calls for a more liberal immigration reform bill

Posted: 01 May 2013 03:03 PM PDT

A man is arrested by police during a May Day march in New York, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Activists in New York City are protesting working conditions, immigration reform and other issues. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)One might imagine that activists at the pro-immigrant, pro-labor May Day rally in New York City would be happy about the bipartisan immigration reform bill currently in the Senate. But signs and activists at Wednesday's rally called the current draft bill an "unjust" plan that will leave out too many immigrants in its legalization scheme [...]


Boy, 5, fatally shoots 2-year-old sister

Posted: 01 May 2013 01:29 PM PDT

5-year-old boy accidentally shoots, kills 2-year-old sister in Cumberland CountyThe youngster had received a .22-caliber rifle as a gift.


S. Dakota tribe can't afford to buy Wounded Knee massacre site

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:38 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo shows the historical marker commemorating the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 on the road near the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wounded Knee, S.D. Wednesday is the final day a landowner has given the Oglala Sioux Tribe to make an offer to buy a portion of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark. James Czywczynski has said he would sell the land, which sits next to where about 150 of the 300 Lakota men, women and children killed by the 7th Cavalry in 1890 are buried, and another piece of land for no less than $4.9 million. Tribal members have said the asking price is much too high. (AP Photo/File)The landowner wants $4.9 million for two parcels, each valued at less than $7,000.


Missing since 2002 and declared dead, woman turns up in Florida

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:14 AM PDT

An April 26, 2013 photo taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff's Office and released by the Lititz Borough, Pa. Police, is of Brenda Heist. Lititz Borough Police in central Pennsylvania say Heist, who disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has been located in Florida after traveling there with homeless hitchhikers and sleeping under bridges. (AP Photo/Lititz Borough Police)Brenda Heist, 53, now has "a long ways to make this right again," says a police detective.


States reschedule key tests due to computer glitches

Posted: 01 May 2013 04:31 PM PDT

A sign on the door indicates ISTEP testing is going on in a classroom at Emmons Elementary School in Mishawaka, Ind. Wednesday May 1, 2013. Issues with the computer based testing program have caused some problems with the ISTEP test. The Indiana Department of Education said in a statement that administration of the ISTEP+ exams' online portion resumed Wednesday morning, but that schools are being asked to decrease their daily test load to 50 percent of normal levels until further notice. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.


Obama nominates Congressman for housing post

Posted: 01 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. President Obama intends to nominate Rep. Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The president also taps a top fundraiser and former lobbyist to head the FCC.


Feds bust New York sex trafficking ring

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Young Mexican women were forced to have sex 25 times a day, authorities say.

They’re off: Election ads live in Virginia, New Jersey

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:29 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles as he listens to a question Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Long Beach Township, N.J., during a town hall meeting. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Three gubernatorial campaigns released television ads this week in preparation for the November 2013 elections, signs of a grueling state election season ahead. Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Republican Ken Cuccinelli and New Jersey Republican Chris Christie all unveiled TV spots Wednesday in an effort to define their candidacies in the early days of their [...]


U.S. electric bus makers shocked over city's transit purchases

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

California City to Buy Chinese-Made, Taxpayer-Financed Electric BusesLong Beach officials should have shopped domestically, the companies argue.


Evidence shows how Jamestown colonists really survived: cannibalism

Posted: 01 May 2013 02:45 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by turning to cannibalism.

The whiz kids of the White House Science Fair

Posted: 01 May 2013 04:13 AM PDT

Young Minds With Big Ideas: Meet the Whiz Kids of the White House Science FairA football game inspired one invention.


A 'Bag Men' dad may sue the New York Post

Posted: 01 May 2013 07:35 AM PDT

NY PostThe paper reported two teenagers were being sought in the Boston bombing.


White House shooter, upset over pot policies, practiced for months

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:13 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 21, 2011 file artist rendering shows accused White House shooter Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, center, before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay, left, in Washington. From left are, U.S. Assistant Attorney George P. Varghese, a public defender David Bos, Ortega-Hernandez, and Judge Kay. A new court document says that an Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is currently awaiting trial for the 2011 shooting, which didn't injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion. A court document prosecutors filed Tuesday adds additional detail about the shooting, which took place while the president and first lady were away from home. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document.


Woman says Philly abortion clinic kept her baby's foot

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:50 AM PDT

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