2013年5月30日星期四

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Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma

Posted: 30 May 2013 02:03 PM PDT

This image provided by KFOR-TV shows storm clouds moving over Guthrie, Okla., on Thursday, May 30, 2013. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., warns there's a moderate risk of severe weather over much of eastern and central Oklahoma on Thursday, the same area where a tornado last week killed 24 people. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV) MANDATORY CREDITA powerful system moves through, but there are no initial reports of injuries.


Notes to Obama, NYC mayor had gun threats

Posted: 30 May 2013 02:31 PM PDT

FILE- In this April 25, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right is joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, left, during a news conference in New York. New York City Police said on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 that two anonymous letters sent to Bloomberg, one in New York and one in Washington, contained traces of the deadly poison ricin. Police say civilian personnel who came into contact with the letters were not showing any symptoms, but some officers who later examined the one in New York were. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's most potent gun-control advocates, officials said Thursday.


Bombing suspect is walking, proclaiming innocence: mother

Posted: 30 May 2013 01:45 PM PDT

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Confessed to the Boston Bombings in a NoteThe remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were innocent, their mother told The Associated Press on Thursday.


Mariah Carey leaving 'Idol'

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:10 PM PDT

FILE - This May 16, 2013 file photo shows Mariah Carey at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Carey says she isn't retuning to The pop star's PR firm tweeted she's also planning a tour.


Group fails in bid to recall polarizing sheriff

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks with the media in Phoenix. Organizers of the effort to recall Arpaio face long odds in turning in the more than 335,000 valid voter signatures required by the 5 p.m., Thursday, May 30, 2013, deadline. They have struggled to raise funds, have had to rely mainly on volunteers to collect signatures and are mounting a campaign against a politician who has a base of devoted supporters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Organizers sought to oust Maricopa County's lawman Joe Arpaio.


Arias prosecutor will consider deal on sentence

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Arias Quotes Maya Angelou on TwitterThe lawyers in the case could agree to give the convicted killer a life sentence with no parole.


Theater shooting suspect's insanity plea hearing delayed

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Accused Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes listens at his arraignment in CentennialThe judge was to formally accept James Holmes' plea on Friday.


Two ex-Serbian security officers acquitted of war crimes

Posted: 30 May 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Simatovic and Stanisic sit in the courtroom prior to the Trial Chamber Judgement at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the HagueThere was not proof that the men committed crimes against humanity, judges say.


U.S. households still feel the recession

Posted: 30 May 2013 03:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average U.S. household has a long way to go to recover the wealth it lost to the Great Recession, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded Thursday.

Man charged with murder after dog mauls jogger

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:23 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was arrested Thursday on a felony murder warrant stemming from the mauling death of a jogger by a pack of dogs earlier this month.

Boy suspended for gun-shaped pastry gets NRA membership

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:26 PM PDT

By James Lunt (Reuters) - An 8-year-old Maryland boy who was suspended from school for nibbling a pastry snack into the shape of a gun has been given a junior membership in the National Rifle Association. After hearing about Josh Welch's suspension from Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County, a state legislator paid $550 to buy him a Junior Life Membership in the NRA, Welch's lawyer said on Thursday. "I was embarrassed that my county would do that to him," said Nicholaus Kipke, leader of the Republican minority in the lower house of the Maryland legislature. ...

Chicago newspaper lays off its photography staff

Posted: 30 May 2013 02:33 PM PDT

The Chicago Sun Times building is photographed Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Chicago. The Sun-Times Media announced today that they laid off their entire full time photography staff at the city's tabloid newspaper, and its suburban sister publications. The union representing laid-off photographers at the Chicago Sun-Times plans to file a bad-faith bargaining charge with the National Labor Relations Board. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire full-time photography staff Thursday, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, in a move that the newspaper's management said resulted from a need to shift toward more online video.


Connecticut to allow illegal immigrants to get driving license

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:35 AM PDT

By Richard Weizel MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut joined other U.S. states that allow illegal immigrants to get a driver's license, with the state Senate narrowly approving the measure on Thursday without a single Republican vote. Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy said he would sign the bill, which passed the Senate by a 19-16 vote, after a highly divisive debate that lasted overnight. "This bill is first and foremost about public safety. ...

McCain pictured with Syrian rebel kidnapper

Posted: 30 May 2013 10:21 AM PDT

U.S. Senator John McCain meets with FSA fighters and SETF Executive Director Mouaz Moustafa during a surprise visit to SyriaThe senator may have crossed paths with a group notorious for kidnapping the pilgrims, a newspaper reports.


Media outlets refuse off-the-record meeting with Holder

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:29 AM PDT

House Judiciary Committee demands answers from HolderThe New York Times and AP are among those boycotting the meeting.


Ohio State's Gee jabs at 'those damn Catholics'

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT

This photo made Sunday, May 5, 2013, shows Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee gesturing as he speaks during the Ohio State University spring commencement in Columbus, Ohio. Gee told a university committee last December that Notre Dame wasn't invited to join the Big Ten because they're not good partners while also jokingly saying that The university calls the statements inappropriate; he's now on a "remediation plan."


Eleven youths vanish from Mexico City bar, kidnapping suspected

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eleven young people were kidnapped in broad daylight from a Mexico City bar, just 20 days after the grandson of civil rights leader Malcolm X was beaten to death at a nightclub in the capital, anguished relatives said Thursday.

GOP group ramps up minority recruiting for 2014 campaign

Posted: 30 May 2013 10:07 AM PDT

The ongoing saga of the Republican effort to woo minority voters continues this week with an announcement that one party group plans to spend $6 million this election cycle to recruit and support female and minority candidates at the state level. The effort is a continuation of the Republican State Leadership Committee's Future Majority Project, [...]

Suspicious letter sent to Obama

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:51 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One at Chicago's O'Hare AirportSimilar ricin-tainted mail was sent this week to NYC Mayor Bloomberg.


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