2013年8月28日星期三

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Obama challenges next generation of 'dreamers'

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:54 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Yoland Renee King at the 50th anniversary of the March on WashingtonTens of thousands marked the 50th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Syrians' Facebook posts illustrate tragedy of attacks

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Map of Facebook posts of attack in SyriaEyewitnesses' Facebook posts from Damascus have shown how chemical weapons attacks hit Syrians on Aug. 21. Residents of different northeastern Damascus locations, including Jobar, Kafr Batna, Hamoryah, Erbin and Douma, were affected.

Key lawmakers to get Syria chemical weapons briefing Thursday

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:34 PM PDT

A US navy picture from September 23, 2008 shows warships transiting through the Suez CanalMove seen as a prelude to making some evidence public.

Police prepared for domestic threats amid possible military action in Syria

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 11:09 AM PDT

ray kelly on syriaLaw enforcement officials around the country say they are prepared to respond if U.S. military action in Syria results in domestic terrorism threats.

Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:16 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, Maj. Nidal Hasan, center, sits before the judge, U.S. Army Col. Tara Osborn, at the Lawrence William Judicial Center during the sentencing phase of his trial, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in Fort Hood, Texas. The jury found Hasan unanimously guilty on the 13 charges of premeditated murder in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, and he is eligible for the death penalty. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the ultimate punishment after a trial in which he seemed to be courting martyrdom by making almost no effort to defend himself.

AP PHOTOS: The March on Washington

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Jimmy Carter and former President Bill Clinton wave as they leave 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr., spoke, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)In a moment rich with history and symbolism, tens of thousands of Americans of all backgrounds and colors thronged to the National Mall on Wednesday to join the nation's first black president and civil rights pioneers in marking the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech. At the National Cathedral in Washington, the central bell tower played "Lift Every Voice and Sing" from the carillon, along with other hymns and spirituals. The bells rang for about 15 minutes to mark the moment when the speech was delivered.

Calif. launches drone to aid wildfire battle

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:59 PM PDT

The Rim Fire burns through trees near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Firefighters gained some ground Tuesday against the huge wildfire burning forest lands in the western Sierra Nevada, including parts of Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling the giant wildfire burning in the Sierra Nevada added a California National Guard Predator drone to their arsenal Wednesday to give them almost immediate views of any portion of the flames chewing through rugged forests in and around Yosemite National Park.

Fast-food strikes set for cities nationwide

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, demonstrators fill the Hardees on Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis. On Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, organizers say thousands of workers are set to stage walkouts in at least 50 cities around the country, part of a push to intensify the spotlight on the wages paid by chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries on Thursday might run into striking workers instead.

Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have found a compelling clue in the quest to learn what causes age-related memory problems, and to one day be able to tell if those misplaced car keys are just a senior moment or an early warning of something worse.

Doctor: Jackson sought propofol long before death

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:42 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson requested the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep at least a decade before he died from an overdose of the drug, a doctor testified Wednesday.

Tiny Okla. town tries to rid water supply of worms

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:45 PM PDT

In this frame grab provided by KWTV is one of many tiny red worms that workers in Colcord, Okla., found in a filtering system for the town's drinking water. Residents were asked to not drink tap water after the worms _ ranging from a half-inch to an inch long _ showed up earlier this week. A spokesman said city water was turned back on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, after workers cleaned, drained and re-cleaned the town's water tower. (AP Photo/Courtesy KWTV)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Beating the late-summer heat isn't as easy as running to the sink in one northeast Oklahoma town, as residents there are being asked not to drink tap water after red worms were found in the filtering system.

US willing to go it alone against Syria if needed

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:52 PM PDT

An Israeli soldier is seen next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it would take action against the Syrian government even without the backing of allies or the United Nations because diplomatic paralysis must not prevent a response to the alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital last week.

Iraq bombings, house raid kill at least 80 people

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:40 PM PDT

A Baghdad municipality worker cleans, while people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. A coordinated wave of bombings tore through Shiite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, killing scores and wounding many more, officials said. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out shopping and on their way to work. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bomb blasts and other explosions tore through mainly Shiite districts around Baghdad during morning rush hour Wednesday in a day of violence that killed at least 80, intensifying worries about Iraq's ability to tame the spiraling mayhem gripping the country.

AP PHOTOS: Remembering March on Washington

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:16 PM PDT

FILE - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Actor-singer Sammy Davis Jr. is at bottom right. (AP Photo/File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years ago Wednesday, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital. The speech was a rousing call to arms that bolstered the growing civil rights movement, and many argue it helped lead to major legislation passed by Congress a few years later.

Rain at US Open scrubs Serena Williams match

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Spectators wait out a rain delay on Court 7 during the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to the rain and the schedule makers, Serena Williams got an unexpected day off Wednesday at the U.S. Open.

NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Zein Rimawi, 59, second from right, a leader and founder of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge and mosque, meet with members in his office before a Jumu'ah prayer service at the mosque on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 in Brooklyn, N.Y. The NYPD targeted his mosque as a part of a terrorism enterprise investigation beginning in 2003, spying on it for years. The mosque has never been charged as part of a terrorism conspiracy. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorist organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Watch: Nation honors MLK's 'Dream' speech

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Three women who attended previous March's on Washington, from left, Armanda Hawkins of Memphis, Vera Moore of Washington, and Betty Waller Gray of Richmond, Va., (holding sign) listen to the speakers during the March on Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. President Barack Obama will speak later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Civil rights leaders join thousands of people to commemorate march on Washington.

Obama: King's dream remains unfulfilled

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:43 PM PDT

Obama speaks during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech in WashingtonThe president holds himself up as a symbol of the change MLK envisioned.

Marchers mark 50 years since King's 'Dream' speech

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Marchers mark 50 years since King's 'Dream' speechU.S. President Barack Obama stands beside a bell to be rung by members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s family during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of his "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, August 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)

Fidel Castro: 'Grave things will happen' in Syria attack

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

Images of Cuba's former leader, Fidel Castro, adorn a wall of a home in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Castro said last year he was ending his second career as a columnist. But the retired leader is apparently so consumed by world affairs that he's making a comeback. In a column published by official media Wednesday, Castro denies a recent report by a Russian newspaper alleging that Cuba refused to let NSA leaker Edward Snowden pass through the island en route to Latin America. Castro calls that a "paid-for lie." He says he admires Snowden's "bravery." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro can't stay away.

Jury begins deliberating sentence for Fort Hood gunman

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:06 PM PDT

ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN BINNED U.S. Army Major Hasan appears before Fort Hood Chief Circuit Judge Colonel Gregory Gross with a military lawyer during an arraignment as seen in this courtroom sketchBy Ellen Wulfhorst and Jana J. Pruet FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Army psychiatrist to death for murdering 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down unarmed soldiers in what he later called retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world. Major Nidal Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) during the attack and later said he wanted to be a martyr. Now he faces death by lethal injection, pending an automatic appeal, for the rampage that also wounded 31 people. ...

U.S. working on details of military strike on Syria

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 07:32 AM PDT

A US navy picture from September 23, 2008 shows warships transiting through the Suez CanalWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are still grappling with how to design a military strike to deter future chemical weapons attacks in Syria and trying to assess how President Bashar Assad would respond, two senior officials said Wednesday, as the Obama administration insisted the Syrian government must be punished.

George Zimmerman's wife pleads guilty to perjury

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Shellie Zimmerman, left, waits for her husband George Zimmerman at the conclusion of the fifth day of jury selection during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Friday, June 14, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's wife pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying during a bail hearing after her husband's arrest and was sentenced to a year's probation and 100 hours of community service.

Obama, former presidents celebrate MLK

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 07:20 AM PDT

Race relations appear to be on decline in U.S., CBS News pollThe president and civil rights pioneers remember the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Syria's WMD would be hard to hit

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 06:31 AM PDT

U.N. chemical weapons experts visit one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburbs of ZamalkaCruise missiles aren't big enough to incinerate chemical weapons in a strike.

What inspired King's 'Dream' speech?

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:29 AM PDT

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 march on WashingtonOn Aug. 28, 1963, a quarter million people peaceably gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for The March on Washington on Jobs and Freedom. Attendant celebrities lent their Hollywood credentials. The media coverage was international. More than 22,000 police, guards, soldiers, and paratroopers were placed on alert.

New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:19 PM PDT

Syrian hackers: We shut down NY Times siteBy Gerry Shih and Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Media companies, including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post, lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet company that manages many major site addresses. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a hacker group that has attacked media organizations it considers hostile to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed credit for the Twitter and Huffington Post hacks in a series of Twitter messages. ...

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