2013年10月21日星期一

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'Hero' teacher killed in Nevada shooting

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:52 PM PDT

A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, October 21, 2013 in Sparks, Nev. A middle school student opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police said Monday. The lone suspected gunman was also dead, though it's unclear whether the student committed suicide. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)'Kids loved him,' says a family member of math teacher Michael Landsberry.


Why is the Obamacare website so bad?

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

This Is What Barack Obama Looks Like Doing a Reddit AMARob Walker on the shocking technical failures of Healthcare.gov


Elder abuse: Elderly living — and dying — in silence

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:40 PM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 photo, an elderly woman on a stretcher is wheeled out of a nursing home by paramedics in Sydney. By the year 2050, there will be more old people on earth than children for the first time in history, because of rising life spans and falling birth rates, according to demographics studies. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)Brutal final weeks of neglected woman in Australia shows how world fails seniors in silence


NJ governor ends gay marriage fight as couples wed

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:14 PM PDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to same-sex marriages on Monday, removing the possibility that the vows of couples who began getting married hours earlier could be undone by a court.

Christians mourn Cairo shooting that killed 4

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:46 PM PDT

A relative of 8-year-old Mariam Ashraf Meseeha who was killed late Sunday, mourns over her coffin during her funeral with others in Warraq's Virgin Mary church in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Egypt's Christians were stunned Monday by a drive-by shooting in which masked gunmen sprayed a wedding party outside a Cairo church with automatic weapons fire, killing several, including two young girls, in an attack that raised fears of a nascent insurgency by extremists after the military's ouster of the president and a crackdown on Islamists. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — The elderly, silver-haired Christian could hardly speak Monday, sitting stunned in a church where the evening before, suspected Islamic militants on a motorcycle sprayed his family's wedding party with automatic weapons fire, killing his son, his wife's sister and two granddaughters aged 8 and 12.


Thieves pose as truckers to steal huge cargo loads

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:12 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 photo, bags of almonds are loaded into a truck at Hughson Nut, Inc., in Livingston, Calif. Hughson has joined a growing number of companies that have become victims of an increasingly common form of commercial identity theft that has allowed con men to make off each year with millions of dollars in merchandise. Thieves, posing as truckers, load freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — To steal huge shipments of valuable cargo, thieves are turning to a deceptively simple tactic: They pose as truckers, load the freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away with it.


Raymond becomes major hurricane as it nears Mexico

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:26 PM PDT

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Raymond gained more strength as it remained nearly stationary off Mexico's southern Pacific coast Monday, though it threatened to hurl heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last month's Tropical Storm Manuel.

Bulgarian fugitive arrested in Seattle area

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 04:41 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities have arrested a Bulgarian fugitive described as the driver of a cargo truck in which 18 people died during a stiflingly hot journey.

AP PHOTOS: Indigenous fashion show in Bolivia

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 08:23 AM PDT

In this Oct. 18, 2013 photo, Aymara Indian women prepare to model clothing by local designers at a Chola fashion show in La Paz, Bolivia. In embroidered shawls, wide skirts, black bowler hats and gold and silver jewelry, Aymara models showed of creations designed to promote Andean style and beauty. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — In dazzling embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models strutted their stuff on the catwalk in Bolivia's capital in a fashion show designed to promote Andean style and beauty.


Study: 15 percent of US youth out of school, work

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, a crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York. Almost 6 million young people, ages 16 to 24, are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, by The Opportunity Nation coalition. The study also finds that 49 states have seen an increase in the number of families living in poverty and 45 states have seen household median incomes fall in the last year. The dour report underscores the challenges young adults face now and foretell challenges they are likely to face as they get older. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday.


France summons US ambassador over spying

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:58 PM PDT

U.S Ambassador to France Charles H. Rivkin, right, leaves the Foreign Ministry in Paris, after he was summoned Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The French government had summoned the ambassador to explain why the Americans spied on one of their closest allies. Le Monde newspaper said Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 that documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the U.S. National Security Agency swept up 70.3 million French phone records in a 30-day period. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)WASHINGTON (AP) — France joined a growing list of angry allies Monday who are demanding answers from the United States over aggressive surveillance tactics by the National Security Agency, this time, that it swept up — and in some cases recorded — 70.3 million French telephone calls and emails in one 30 day period.


Greek police release photos of abduction suspects

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

In this police handout photo taken on Thursday , Oct. 17, 2013, Christos Salis, 39, right, and his companion Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, or Selini Sali — as the woman has two separate sets of identity papers. pose with the little girl only known as "Maria" in the Larisa regional police headquarters, Greece. Police in Greece have released the photographs of a couple alleged adductors of a girl known ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police on Monday released photographs of a couple charged with abducting a girl and judicial authorities put the pair in pre-trial custody, as an international search for the child's biological parents intensified. Authorities also scrambled to uncover fraudulent birth declarations related to possible welfare benefit scams involving the couple and others.


Police: Student killed staffer at Nevada school

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:54 PM PDT

Map locates Sparks, Nev., where at least 2 people are killed in a shooting at Sparks Middle School.; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a teacher who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police and the victim's family members said.


Egypt's Christians stunned after church shooting

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 09:24 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Christians were stunned Monday by a drive-by shooting in which masked gunmen sprayed a wedding party outside a Cairo church with automatic weapons fire, killing four people, including two young girls, in an attack that raised fears of a nascent insurgency by extremists after the military's ouster of the president and a crackdown on Islamists.

AG: Number of mass shootings tripled

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 11:17 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday the average number of mass shooting incidents has tripled in recent years.

Teacher killed, two injured in Nevada shooting

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Sparks Middle School shooting'A kid started getting mad and he pulled out a gun and shoots my friend,' said a witness.


SF stuck in gridlock as transit strike continues

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT

With the BART transit system on strike, traffic is backed up for blocks on Battery Street leading to an artery of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the evening commute Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated San Francisco Bay Area commuters started the work week Monday facing gridlocked roadways and long lines for buses and ferries as a major transit strike entered its fourth day, increasing pressure on negotiators to reach a deal that resumes train service.


'Save us from death': Syrian town begs for urgent help

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 11:14 AM PDT

This image made from video made from Syrian state television shows the aftermath of a truck bomb attack in Hama, Syria, Oct. 20, 2013. Syria's state media and activists say the suicide truck bomb attack on a government checkpoint on the edge of the central city left more than two dozen people dead. The state news agency SANA said Syrian rebels drove the truck laden with over a ton of explosives into the post at the eastern entrance of the city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Syrian State television via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of a besieged rebel-held suburb of Damascus issued an urgent plea on Monday for the international community to save them from starvation and constant bombardment after efforts to evacuate civilians from the area collapsed this week.


Obama: No excuses for HealthCare.gov glitches

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 10:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul. Obama acknowledged that the widespread problems with his health care law's rollout are unacceptable, as the administration scrambles to fix the cascade of computer issues. (Evan Vucci/AP)People are working 'overtime, 24-7' to fix the issues, the president says.


Bloomberg wins inaugural 'Jewish Nobel Prize'

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 09:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 30, 2013, file photo, Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Real Estate Board of New York, in New York. Bloomberg is offering European cities millions of dollars to be government groundbreakers, tapping his personal fortune to extend his cities-as-civic-laboratories campaign overseas as the end of his own tenure nears. The billionaire businessman-turned-politician invited about 600 sizeable European cities Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, to compete for 9 million euros, which is about $12 million, in prizes, from his personal foundation, for plans to improve urban life. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)The award comes as the outgoing New York City mayor contemplates his future after city hall.


Yahoo writer ponders, what 'If Kennedy lived?'

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 09:15 AM PDT

If Kennedy LivedA Yahoo News columnist imagines a very different country had JFK not been assassinated 50 years ago.


Police: 2 dead, 2 boys hurt in Nev. school shooting

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT

2 Dead, 2 'Critical' After Nevada Middle School ShootingThe middle school has been evacuated and the shooter is "down," officials say.


After ALCS loss, Tigers' manager Jim Leyland stepping down

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 08:37 AM PDT

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland watches batting practice from the dugout before Game 6 of the American League baseball championship series against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)DETROIT (AP) — Jim Leyland is stepping down as manager of the Detroit Tigers.


'No excuse' for health care signup issues

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 04:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul. Obama acknowledged that the widespread problems with his health care law's rollout are unacceptable, as the administration scrambles to fix the cascade of computer issues. (Evan Vucci/AP)The administration is doing "everything we can possibly do" to get websites fixed.


Police: 2 dead, 2 hurt in Nev. school shooting

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 09:36 AM PDT

2 Dead, 2 'Critical' After Nevada Middle School ShootingThe school is clear and a suspect is "down," officials say.


Two dead, two injured in Nevada school shooting

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Police have secured the middle school and are now beginning to investigate.


Ariel Castro neighbor pleads not guilty to murder, rape charges

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:57 AM PDT

Elias AcevedoElias Acevedo, 49, appearing in orange jail clothes, remained mostly quiet during a brief court hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court this morning. A judge set bond for Acevedo, who is being held in the county jail, at $5 million. He has been indicted on 293 charges.


Dems could retake House if voter anger carries into 2014

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 07:13 AM PDT

Negotiations Continue On Capitol Hill One Day Before Debt Limit DeadlineDemocrats could win "a significant majority" in the House if the voter anger aimed at Republicans over the government shutdown carries into 2014, new surveys commissioned by a progressive group show.


The gay couples in N.J. who finally got to say 'I do'

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 04:41 AM PDT

The gay couples in N.J. who finally got to say 'I do'"Today is a victory for love," Senator Cory Booker said.


Obama addresses health care problems

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 08:42 AM PDT

File- Thgis Oct. 17, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the most detailed measure yet of the problem-plagued rollout of President Obama's signature legislation. However, the officials continue to refuse to say how many people have actually enrolled in the insurance markets. Without enrollment figures, it's unclear whether the program is on track to reach the 7 million people projecting by the Congressional Budget Office to gain coverage during the six-month sign-up period. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)The president acknowledges it "hasn't worked as smoothly as it's supposed to work."


Thousands answer Greek appeal on 'abducted' girl

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 05:04 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by charity ''The Smile of the Child'' shows a four-year-old girl at an unknown location. Greek authorities on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 have requested international assistance to identify the four-year-old girl found living in a Gypsy camp with a couple arrested and charged with abducting her from her birth parents. A police statement says the child was located Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013 near the town of Farsala, central Greece, during a nationwide crackdown on illegal activities in Gypsy camps. (AP Photo/The Smile of the Child)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek appeal for help in identifying an unknown girl who had been living with a Roma couple has triggered a global outpouring of sympathy and tips — over 8,000 calls so far — but no concrete breakthroughs, authorities said Monday.


Life after the shutdown: Don't expect much progress

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 05:45 AM PDT

From left, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., wind up outlining their approach to tackling the nation's debt problems in the Senate Reception Room at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. With last-minute legislation passed in Congress that reopened the government and averted a national default, bipartisan budget conferees from both houses of Congress emerge from an initial meeting in the Capitol. (AP Photo/ Scott Applewhite)Congress isn't aiming for major breakthroughs in new round of budget talks.


Obama to address widespread health care glitches

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:45 AM PDT

File- Thgis Oct. 17, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the most detailed measure yet of the problem-plagued rollout of President Obama's signature legislation. However, the officials continue to refuse to say how many people have actually enrolled in the insurance markets. Without enrollment figures, it's unclear whether the program is on track to reach the 7 million people projecting by the Congressional Budget Office to gain coverage during the six-month sign-up period. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to acknowledge that widespread problems with his health care law's rollout are unacceptable, as the administration scrambles to fix the glitches.


'Shocking' new NSA spying claims

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2007 file photo shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency has been extensively involved in the U.S. government's targeted killing program, collaborating closely with the CIA in the use of drone strikes against terrorists abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday Oct. 16, 2013 after a review of documents provided by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)France and Mexico demand answers after fresh allegations from Snowden documents.


Gay couples wed as NJ recognizes nuptials

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 10:43 PM PDT

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Gay couples exchanged vows in early morning ceremonies in several New Jersey communities Monday as the state began recognizing their marriages at 12:01 a.m., becoming the 14th state to do so.

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