2013年10月14日星期一

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Lawmakers, Obama sound uncharacteristically hopeful

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:48 PM PDT

U.S. House Speaker Boehner arrives at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonChaos but optimism as Washington gropes towards a deal


When Banksy's latest creation comes to your neighborhood

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT

A Yahoo News editor considers Banksy's latest creationWhat do you make of it when this international phenomenon lands in your average Queens neighborhood?


The Medal of Honor recipient who had his nomination vanish

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:40 AM PDT

William Swenson is awarded the Medal of HonorIt has been alleged that military brass may have derailed the approval process.


Brokers simplify, confuse health exchange shopping

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 10:44 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 photo, insurance broker Jeff Lindstrom, right, meets with Brandi and Darren Litchfield to discuss health insurance plan options, at their home in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, Wash. Darren works for a startup company that doesn't yet offer an employee insurance plan, so they invited Lindstrom to outline the options of different healthcare plans that he offers as a broker. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)This month's glitch-filled rollout of the health insurance marketplaces created by federal law is a business opportunity for brokers and agents, but regulators warn that it also opened the door for those who would seek to line their pockets by misleading consumers.


Rights groups urge Justice probe of 1985 bombing

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights groups and members of Congress are pressing the Justice Department to renew its investigation of a 1985 office bombing that killed Palestinian-American civil rights leader Alex Odeh and injured seven people.

Iran talks of new proposals in nuclear talks

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. The chances for progress between Iran, the U.S. and its partners have seldom been better. This is the message coming from Iran and six world powers ahead of renewed talks this week meant to end a decade of deadlock on Tehran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)GENEVA (AP) — Iran is promising a new proposal to break the deadlock over its nuclear program when it resumes talks Tuesday with the U.S. and five major world powers — the first since the election of a reformist Iranian president.


3 US economists win Nobel for work on asset prices

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Economist, author and Yale University professor Robert Shiller smiles at a news conference, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in New Haven, Conn. Americans Shiller, Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen have won the Nobel prize in economics. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)Ordinary investors don't stand much chance of beating the market. It moves way too fast and efficiently. Or it behaves in ways that make no sense at all.


Hollywood-style sting nabs alleged pirate kingpin

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

In this undated handout photo provided by the Belgian government, the Belgian ship Pompei, owned by De Nul, is shown in unidentified waters. One of Somalia's most notorious pirate leaders, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, was arrested in Brussels on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 and placed in custody pending charges, judicial sources said Monday. Hassan is suspected of the 2009 capture of the Belgian ship, the Pompei, which was held for over 70 days. (AP Photo/ Belgian Government)BRUSSELS (AP) — The alleged pirate kingpin thought he was going work in the movies. Instead he landed in jail.


AP NewsBreak: World doping agency to probe Jamaica

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, a laboratory technician prepares samples of urine for doping tests during a media open day, at the King's College London Drug Control Centre, London. The world's anti-doping authority is launching an A year after Usain Bolt made history at the London Olympics and declared himself "a living legend," a bombshell dropped largely unnoticed in The Gleaner, the Caribbean's oldest newspaper: A former director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission alleged the island didn't drug-test its athletes for entire months before they dazzled at the Summer Games.


AP PHOTOS: Pilgrims start hajj in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — About 2 million Muslims from around the world prayed at a desert hill in Saudi Arabia on Monday, joined in their faith and desire to purify their souls at the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Carnival: Boy, 6, drowns in pool on cruise

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:48 PM PDT

The Carnival Cruise line ship, Victory, sits in port in Miami, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. A 6-year-old boy drowned on a Carnival Cruise ship, according to Miami-Dade police. The boy, Qwentyn Hunter of Winter Garden, Fla. was in the pool with his 10-year-old brother when he went under water and didn't surface. Other passengers pulled the boy from the water and tried to revive him, according to police. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)MIAMI (AP) — A 6-year-old boy drowned in one of the pools aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship while at sea, the company said in a statement Monday.


Hope for shutdown deal: Reid, McConnell optimistic

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:56 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the Senate floor after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in his office on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. The Senate's top two leaders both expressed optimism Monday that they were closing in on an agreement to prevent a national financial default and reopen the government after a two-week partial shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of stubborn gridlock, the Senate's top two leaders raced on Monday to reach an agreement that could head off a Treasury default that threatens severe national economic damage and reopen the government after a two-week partial shutdown.


Indians say cyclone evacuation kept them alive

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:25 AM PDT

PODAMPETTA, India (AP) — Agya Amma's house in this seaside village was flattened by the cyclone that roared in from the Bay of Bengal with torrential rains and winds topping 200 kilometers (131 miles) per hour. But the fact that she was still here on Monday, surveying the pile of twisted wood and shredded thatch that had been her home, was proof that this was a different kind of disaster for India.

Reid, McConnell optimistic on debt-shutdown deal

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:47 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the Senate floor after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in his office on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. The Senate's top two leaders both expressed optimism Monday that they were closing in on an agreement to prevent a national financial default and reopen the government after a two-week partial shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of stubborn gridlock, the Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a Treasury default threatening severe economic damage at midweek and end the 14-day partial government shutdown.


5 things to know about China's new aged care law

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday April 10, 2012, file photo, elderly people take a nap at a day care center in Shanghai, China. Nursing homes are not an option for most Chinese. The few nursing homes in China supply only 22 beds for every 1,000 seniors, and most are too expensive for the average family. Even children who can afford nursing homes fear sending their parents away will mark them as unfilial. (AP Photo/File)Elderly parents in China can now sue their grown children for both financial and emotional support.


Obama meeting with congressional leaders postponed

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a meeting between Obama and congressional leaders has been postponed to give Senate leaders more time to resolve a standoff over the nation's debt and the partial government shutdown.

Lawmakers play for political points in shutdown

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:47 AM PDT

Federal workers demonstrate for an end to the U.S. government shutdown on the west front of the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonThe moves offer a glimpse of how candidates will play their hands in 2014.


Justices consider decades-old Michigan affirmative action ban

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:35 PM PDT

Supreme Court hears new challenge to campaign finance lawsAffirmative action opponents persuaded Michigan voters to outlaw any consideration of race after the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions.


Cory Booker gets key endorsement for U.S. Senate race

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

Cory Booker's Father Dies Days Before Election, $4.7M Seaside Fire Demolition Top State NewsWith just two days left in the race and his lead in the polls shrinking, New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker released a short campaign ad with an endorsement from a high-profile supporter: President Barack Obama.


Outrage grows as deadly history repeats at India temple

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 09:45 AM PDT

An Indian Hindu pilgrim (left) holds her injured son's hand at a hospital at Seondha in the Datia district of central Madhya Pradesh on October 14, 2013Datia (India) (AFP) - Outrage mounted in India Monday after at least 115 devotees were crushed to death or drowned near a Hindu temple, the site of another deadly stampede only seven years ago.


Worker killed at 49ers stadium construction site

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:01 AM PDT

49ers stadium plan stirs up controversy over parking


German 'bling bishop' faces grilling in Rome

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:28 AM PDT

The bishop of Limburg, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, is seen in the chapel of the bishop's residence in Limburg, central Germany, on December 3, 2012Vatican City (AFP) - A German big-spending Catholic bishop has flown to Rome to try and explain himself to humility advocate Pope Francis as he faces multiple calls to resign over his high-roller lifestyle.


Man with muscular dystrophy finishes marathon after 17 hours

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:32 AM PDT

Disabled man on finishing last in Chicago Marathon: `Don`t be afraid`Maickel Melamed, a 38-year-old man with muscular dystrophy, finished the Chicago Marathon in 16 hours, 46 minutes, early Monday morning.


What do you do with the body of a Nazi?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:57 AM PDT

Ex-Nazi captain Erich Priebke, then 83, is surrounded by Italian police on August 1, 1996, in a military court in RomeRome (AFP) - The death in Rome of a Nazi war criminal has sparked a furore after the Vatican banned a church funeral, Argentina refused the body and relatives of his victims called for him to be cremated.


Banksy sells original art for $60 in Central Park

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:59 AM PDT

Banksy's Central Park saleBanksy, the elusive British street artist who has been causing a stir in New York City in recent weeks, pulled off another fantastic stunt over the weekend, selling his spray artwork from a Central Park vendor stall for $60 apiece.


Death toll from India temple stampede up to 115, search called off

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:50 AM PDT

People cross a bridge after a stampede near Ratangarh temple in DatiaBy Girish Sharma BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - The toll of dead from a stampede at a Hindu temple in India rose to 115 on Monday, police said, as a search ended for more victims of the second deadly crush at the site in seven years. Nearly 150,000 pilgrims had gathered at the Ratangarh temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday to celebrate the end of the Hindu holy festival of Navratri. Devotees thronging towards the temple across a long, concrete bridge panicked when some railings broke, triggering the stampede, Dilip Arya, a deputy inspector general of police, told Reuters. ...


Democrats push own demands to flip shutdown script

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 06:31 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, comments to journalists as he takes the elevator after a rare Senate session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that's entering its third week. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)The situation in Washington has changed dramatically over the 2-week shutdown.


3 Americans win economics Nobel

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:49 AM PDT

3 Americans win economics Nobel for trend-spottingAmericans Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller won the Nobel prize for economics on Monday for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ...


Banksy stall sells originals for $60

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:25 AM PDT

Banksy stall sells originals for $60Banksy's latest public creation as part of his month-long residency in New York was an art stall outside Central Park, on October 12, selling original works signed by the artist. Interestingly, the stall received a limited number of buyers. This video documents the sale. According to the artist's website, "Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each." Credit: YouTube Banksy NY


Shutdown Day 14: Default looms, no solution

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada takes the elevator after a rare Senate session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that's entering its third week. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Negotiations continued over the weekend, but Senate leaders remain at odds.


Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:18 AM PDT

Retirement planCHICAGO (AP) — There was a time when Tom Sadowski thought he'd stop working after turning 65 earlier this year. But he's put off retirement for at least five years — and now anticipates continuing to do some work afterward.


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