2013年9月16日星期一

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Details emerge on Navy Yard shooting suspect

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:46 PM PDT

Navy Yard suspect identified as Aaron AlexisFormer reservist Aaron Alexis had brushes with the law.


Durbin postpones 'stand your ground' hearing after D.C. shooting

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:52 PM PDT

U.S. Senator Durbin talks with reporters near the U.S. Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol during immigration debates in WashingtonSen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has postponed a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "stand your ground" self defense gun laws slated for Tuesday morning in the wake of Monday's shooting at the nearby Navy Yard complex that's left 12 dead.


Obama OKs anti-chemical weapons gear for Syrian rebels

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:29 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama walks from his residence to the Oval Office at the White House in WashingtonMove suggests U.S. fears Assad may strike amid diplomatic effort.


As Fed meets this week it faces many uncertainties

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this July, 18, 2013, file photo shows Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, testifing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the CongressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is being engulfed by the one thing it tries to prevent: uncertainty.


Shipwrecked Concordia wrested off Italian reef

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an Italian island in January 2012 and were poised to set it upright in the middle of the night.

'Chaos'? Obama goes after 'extreme' Republicans

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:19 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington, about the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national "economic chaos" if they demand a delay of his health care law as the price for supporting continued spending for federal operations.


Family of man shot by Charlotte cop wants answers

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT

Jonathan Ferrell is seen in an undated photo provided by Florida A&M University. Ferrell, 24, was shot and killed Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, by North Carolina police officer Randall Kerrick after a wreck in Charlotte, N.C. Ferrell was unarmed. Police called the Ferrell and Kerrick's initial encounter " appropriate and lawful. But in their statement late Saturday, they said "the investigation showed that the subsequent shooting of Mr. Ferrell was excessive" and "Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter." Police said Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/Florida A&M University)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who's now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.


New Egyptian petition: Run, General, run

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Gamel Soliman, left, and Islam el-Nabwi, hold a campaign to nominate the minister to run for president at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. The picture of the banner in the background is Defense Minister el-Sissi. A group of Egyptian professionals, lawyers and ex-army officers have launched a campaign to collect signatures urging the country's military chief to run for president, just two months after he ousted the first elected leader. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)CAIRO (AP) — A group of professionals and former army officers launched Monday a petition urging Egypt's military chief, who ousted the country's first freely elected leader, to run for president, highlighting the yearning for a strongman to take charge after nearly three years of turmoil.


Syria deal shines light on Israeli capabilities

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, Israeli workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel. The U.S.-Russian plan to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons is drawing some unwanted attention on Israel's own alleged chemical stockpile and could raise pressure on the Jewish state to come clean about its capabilities. Israel signed the international treaty banning the production or use of chemical weapons two decades ago, but it is among a handful of nations that have never ratified the deal. Israeli officials remain mum on whether the country even possesses a chemical arsenal and say any talk of putting pressure on Israel is meant to divert attention from Syria. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S.-Russian plan to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons is drawing attention to Israel's own suspected chemical stockpile and could raise pressure on the Jewish state to come clean about its capabilities.


Navy Yard suspect arrested in '04 Seattle shooting

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:46 PM PDT

DC Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis Had Previous Brushes With The LawSEATTLE (AP) — The man identified as the shooter in the Washington Navy Yard slayings had been arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a parked car in what he described as an anger-fueled "black out."


Chemical weapons and eradication efforts worldwide

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1991 handout picture from the United Nations provided Friday, Feb. 27, 1998, a worker in a protective suit inspects 122mm sarin rockets at an undisclosed location in Iraq. U.N. inspectors have confirmed Monday Sept. 16, 2013 they found "clear and convincing evidence" of a sarin nerve gas attack in Syria last month, adding urgency to moves to neutralize the country's stock of chemical weapons. Only seven countries worldwide have formally admitted stockpiling chemical weapons and all are in the process of destroying them or have completed destruction. According to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Albania, India, Iraq, Libya, Russia and the United States, along with a country identified by the OPCW only as "a State Party" but widely believed to be South Korea, have declared stockpiles of chemical weapons to the Hague-based organization that polices the treaty outlawing such weapons. (AP Photo/UNSCOM, File)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. inspectors have confirmed they found "clear and convincing evidence" of a sarin nerve gas attack in Syria last month, adding urgency to moves to neutralize the country's stock of chemical weapons. Only seven countries worldwide have formally admitted stockpiling chemical weapons and all are in the process of destroying them or have completed destruction.


Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:05 PM PDT

A woman is helped off of a military helicopter at the Boulder Municipal Airport in Boulder, Colo., on on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, after being rescued. Thousands of people remained stranded by high water and washed out roads in the state. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)HYGIENE, Colo. (AP) — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday's clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles and a stinking layer of muck covering everything.


Police: Cop shot unarmed man in Charlotte 10 times

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Jonathan Ferrell is seen in an undated photo provided by Florida A&M University. Ferrell, 24, was shot and killed Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, by North Carolina police officer Randall Kerrick after a wreck in Charlotte, N.C. Ferrell was unarmed. Police called the Ferrell and Kerrick's initial encounter " appropriate and lawful. But in their statement late Saturday, they said "the investigation showed that the subsequent shooting of Mr. Ferrell was excessive" and "Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter." Police said Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/Florida A&M University)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who's now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.


Suspected Navy Yard shooter was defense contractor

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:39 PM PDT

This booking photo provided by the Fort Worth Police Department shows Aaron Alexis, arrested in September, 2010, on suspicion of discharging a firearm in the city limits. The FBI has identified Alexis, 34, as the gunman in the Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 shooting rampage at at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington that left thirteen dead, including himself. (AP Photo/ Fort Worth Police Department)WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials say the suspected Washington Navy Yard gunman was currently working as a defense department contractor, but it's not clear if he was assigned at the military base in southeast D.C.


UN: 'Convincing evidence' of Syria chemical attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT

UN reportUNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. inspectors said in a report Monday there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.


Obama warns GOP against creating 'economic chaos'

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington, about the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blistering warning to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama said Monday it would be the "height of irresponsibility" for lawmakers to cause a new economic crisis just five years after the near-collapse of the nation's financial system.


Witnesses describe 'silent shooter' in D.C. rampage

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Emergency vehicles and law enforcement respond to a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard September 16, 2013A US Navy commander told Monday how he saw a co-worker shot in the head just a few feet from him, during mass shooting on a Washington base that left at least 12 people dead.


Man arrested for throwing firecrackers at White House

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:53 PM PDT

A man is taken into custody by uniformed Secret Service Police on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington. The Secret Service arrested the man for tossing lit firecrackers over the White House fence. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has arrested a man for tossing firecrackers over a fence at the White House.


U.S., allies press for deadlines on Syria weapons deal

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:33 PM PDT

UN arms experts inspect a site suspected of being hit by chemical weapons in a Damascus suburb on August 28, 2013By Warren Strobel and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and France warned President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that there would be consequences if he failed to hand over Syria's chemical weapons, and said a U.N. report on the August 21 sarin gas attack left little doubt that Assad's forces were to blame. As expected, a report by U.N. chemical weapons experts did not say who launched the attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which prompted the threat of Western military action. ...


Officials: Navy Yard shooter ID'ed as Aaron Alexis

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Heavily armed U.S. marshals walk from the Washington Navy Yard after a shooting by multiple gunmen in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials say the man accused in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard that left at least 12 people dead has been identified as Aaron Alexis.


Police: One man sought in Navy shooting identified, not a suspect

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Heavily armed U.S. marshals walk from the Washington Navy Yard after a shooting by multiple gunmen in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a man in a tan, military-style outfit who had been sought in connection with the shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard has been identified and is not a suspect or a person of interest in the slayings.


Death toll from Colorado flooding rises to seven

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:12 AM PDT

A destroyed house with one of its walls still clinging on is seen in Jamestown, ColoradoDENVER (Reuters) - The confirmed death toll from flooding triggered by a week of torrential downpours along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Colorado rose to seven on Monday, according to a spokeswoman for the Boulder County Office of Emergency Management. The spokeswoman, Liz Donaghey, said the latest tally of confirmed dead was transmitted to county officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It was not immediately clear whether the count of seven dead includes two women reported missing and presumed dead by Larimer County officials since Sunday. ...


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Hospital: Three Navy Yard victims in critical condition

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:33 AM PDT

Navy Yard Shooting in Washington, D.C.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three victims in the U.S. Navy Yard shooting on Monday are in critical condition but were alert and able to respond to doctors, a hospital official said. Washington Hospital Center Chief Medical Officer Janis Orlowski said the facility is treating three gunshot victims. More victims were expected but it was unclear how many, she added. One victim was in surgery and another would undergo surgery shortly, Orlowski told reporters in a news briefing. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Vicki Allen)


D.C. officials: At least 1 shooter dead

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:43 AM PDT

A U.S. Park Police helicopter removes a man in a basket from the Washington Navy Yard Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Navy said it was searching for an active shooter at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters, where about 3,000 people work. The exact number of people killed and the conditions of those wounded was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say at least one shooter has died at the Washington Navy Yard, where several people were killed and as many as 10 were wounded.


U.N. report photo shows confirmation of sarin in Syria attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT

File photo of a man, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, breathing through an oxygen mask in the Damascus suburbs of JesreenUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. photograph of chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin. "On the basis of the evidence obtained during the investigation of the Ghouta incident, the conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic ... against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale," the report said. ...


Bill Thompson to drop out of NYC mayoral race

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:31 AM PDT

New York City mayoral candidate Thompson speaks to the media after participating in the New York City Candidate Stickball Challenge in BrooklynThe former city comptroller is reportedly dropping his bid to become mayor and throwing his support behind Bill de Blasio, who won roughly 40 percent of the Democratic primary vote last Tuesday.


Flooded Colorado towns start clean up

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Mud from flooding is shown covering the main street Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 in Estes Prk, Colo., after water and debris swamped the town when the Big Thompson River surged through Estes Park late Thursday and early Friday. In Estes Park, some 20 miles from Lyons, hundreds of homes and cabins were empty in the town that is a gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. High water still covered several low-lying streets. Where the river had receded, it had left behind up to a foot of mud. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)More than 1,200 people have not been heard from after the storms, officials say.


Trailer fire in Ohio kills six while mom is at work

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:54 AM PDT

Anna Angel, right, is comforted by family while exiting Tiffin Mercy Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2103 in Tiffin, Ohio. Angel is the mother of the five children that were killed during the fire that swept through a mobile home Sunday in Tiffin, Ohio. The fire also killed a man that is reported to be Angel's boyfriend. (AP Photo/The Blade, Amy Voigt)TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — A fire that ripped through a mobile home killed a man and five young children just a few hours after the children's mother left to work an early morning shift at a fast-food restaurant.


Twin storms hit Mexico on opposite coasts; 21 dead

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:52 AM PDT

A man takes a photo with his phone as a car lies on its side after a portion of a hill collapsed due to heavy rains in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country's east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico's southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains while Hurricane Ingrid weakened to a tropical storm after making a Monday landfall on the country's opposite coast in an unusual double onslaught that federal authorities said had caused at least 21 deaths.


Engineers start ambitious Costa Concordia salvage

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:24 AM PDT

People look on as the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia lies on its side next to Giglio IslandEngineering teams began lifting the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on Monday, the start of one of the most complex and costly maritime salvage operations ever attempted. The vast hulk of the 114,500 tonne cruise liner has lain on its side for more than 20 months, dominating the tiny port in the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio where it hit rocks on January 13, 2012, killing 32 people. After a three-hour delay caused by an overnight storm which interrupted final preparations, salvage crews started the all-day operation at around 9.00 a.m. ...


Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water into sea

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:58 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk against strong wind and rain in Tokyo, on September 16, 2013Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving three people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean.


Miss America brushes aside Twitter attacks

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:46 PM PDT

Miss New York Nina Davuluri, center, reacts after being named Miss America 2014 pageant as Miss California Crystal Lee, left, and Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan celebrate with her, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.


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