2013年7月20日星期六

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'Justice for Trayvon' supporters rally across U.S.

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Ibn Akbar from Boston, Mass., right, joins a "Justice for Trayvon -100 City Vigil" Saturday, July 20, 2013, as they demonstrate in front of the federal court in Washington. Friday, just before the scheduled "Justice for Trayvon" vigils and rallies in 100 U.S. cities, President Barack Obama talked to a nation rubbed emotionally raw in the week since the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was acquitted in a Florida courtroom. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, organizer of the demonstrations, said the fact that Obama weighed in about stand-your-ground laws, the focus of those demonstrations, will help "set a tone for both direct action, and needed dialogue." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)People gathered to press for changes to self-defense laws.

A year after movie shooting, Colo. seeks healing

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 04:39 PM PDT

The grandmother, left, mother, and father of Aurora movie theater shooting victim Micayla Medek mourn during a memorial mass held for families and supporters of those killed, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, in Aurora, Colo., on Friday July 19, 2013. Saturday, July 20 marks one year since the Aurora movie theater shooting rampage, which left 12 dead and 70 wounded. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Coloradans embraced ways to heal Saturday during a city-sponsored "Day of Remembrance."

Woman's Six Flags roller coaster death probed

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Woman dies while riding Six Flags roller coaster in TexasInvestigators will try to determine Saturday if a woman who died while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas fell from the ride, dubbed the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world, after not being properly secured by staff, as some witnesses accounts contend.

Palestinians say '67 borders basis for talks

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 02:22 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps out of a vehicle as he prepares to depart from a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, July 19, 2013 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stepped up his drive to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, meeting with the Palestinian president Friday as he sought to close a deep divide between the two sides over a formula for resuming peace talks after nearly five years.(AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to resume peace talks with Israel only after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave him a letter guaranteeing that the basis of the negotiations will be Israel's pre-1967 borders, two senior Palestinian officials said Saturday.

Westwood gets another shot at winning a major

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Tiger Woods of the United States, left, shakes hands with Lee Westwood of England on the 18th green after their third round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Saturday July 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — Lee Westwood has contended enough in the majors that he can identify important moments, even if he could barely see his ball.

Catholic youths converge on Rio to see "slum pope"

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 09:42 AM PDT

A girl waves an Argentine flag inside the Buenos Aires' Cathedral before boarding a bus bound for Rio de Janeiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 19, 2013. Hundreds of Argentine faithful will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend World Youth Day events from July 22-28 with Pope Francis. A group of Catholics left Buenos Aires cathedral Friday night in a caravan of buses on the 40-hour, 1,500-mile (2,500-kilometer) trip to Rio. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of young Roman Catholics from around the Americas are converging on Rio de Janeiro, taking dayslong bus trips or expensive plane flights that were paid for by baking cookies and holding garage sales, running raffles and bingo tournaments and even begging for coins in public plazas.

Superman is coming back and this time with Batman

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 02:40 PM PDT

This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Superman is coming back and he'll have a caped co-star.

Iraq: Baghdad car bombings kill at least 33 people

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT

An Iraqi army soldier inspects the damage inside the Abu Bakr Mosque in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 19, 2013. A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed dozens in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan.The violence is an extension of a surge of attacks that has roiled Iraq for months, reviving fears of a return to the widespread sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — A coordinated wave of car bombings tore through commercial streets in Baghdad on Saturday night, killing more than 30 and wounding dozens as insurgents kept up a relentless offensive during the holy month of Ramadan.

Westwood leads Woods going to final round of Open

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Tiger Woods of the United States, left, shakes hands with Lee Westwood of England on the 18th green after their third round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Saturday July 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — Lee Westwood is positioned to win the first major title of his career.

Palestinians: US says 1967 lines basis for talks

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:54 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps out of a vehicle as he prepares to depart from a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, July 19, 2013 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stepped up his drive to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, meeting with the Palestinian president Friday as he sought to close a deep divide between the two sides over a formula for resuming peace talks after nearly five years.(AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to resume peace talks with Israel only after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave him a letter guaranteeing that the basis of the negotiations will be Israel's pre-1967 borders, two senior Palestinian officials said Saturday.

5 things to know about Helen Thomas

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 11:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2006, file photo, President Bush, right, greets veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas during the final briefing in the press briefing room in the West Wing of the White House in Washington before its renovation. Thomas, a pioneer for women in journalism and an irrepressible White House correspondent, has died Saturday, July 20, 2013. She was 92. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Here are five things to know about Helen Thomas, the groundbreaking White House correspondent, who died Saturday at age 92:

Bomb detonated at Beijing airport; 1 injured

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 07:51 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical workers and policemen work at the terminal 3 of the Beijing International Airport in Beijing, Saturday, July 20, 2013. Chinese state media said that a man set off a homemade bomb in Terminal 3 of the Beijing International Airport, but that no one besides the man was injured and order has been restored. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Jianli) NO SALESBEIJING (AP) — A man in a wheelchair who was airing grievances set off a homemade bomb in a crowded terminal at Beijing's main airport on Saturday evening, injuring himself but no one else, Chinese state media and witnesses said.

Froome locks up Tour de France

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 09:40 AM PDT

Christopher Froome of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, flashes a thumbs up and a big smile as crosses the finish of the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 125 kilometers (78.1 miles) with start in in Annecy and finish in Annecy-Semnoz, France, Saturday July 20 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)ANNECY-SEMNOZ, France (AP) — Chris Froome retained his big race lead Saturday to all but ensure he will become Britain's second consecutive Tour de France champion.

Obama opens up about race, Trayvon Martin trial

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:58 AM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the death of Trevyon Martin at the beginning of the daily White House briefing in the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept his own counsel after the six women deciding whether George Zimmerman deserved prison time for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin delivered their verdict, releasing just a written statement appealing for calm the day after the ex-neighborhood watchman had been cleared of all charges.

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