2013年12月11日星期三

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New details emerge in Asiana crash

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial file photo, the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane is seen after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. According to an investigative report released Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 the Asiana Airlines captain who crashed the airplane in July told investigators he was "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach because the runway's automatic landing aids were out of service due to construction. The jet crash landed after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 200 injured, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The investigative report was released at the start of a daylong NTSB hearing into the accident. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)The pilot flying the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed in San Francisco, killing three people, was worried about landing successfully because a system used to guide planes down to the runway had been turned ...


Yes, Virginia, there will be an Iran sanctions bill

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:05 PM PST

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the hope of persuading Congress to not forge any new economic sanctions on Iran that could break the recent historic agreement that would end Iran's progress toward weapons-grade uranium. The deal struck in Geneva prohibits the Obama administration from introducing new sanctions for six months. Iran's foreign minister has said any new package of commercial restrictions would break the agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Congress will act, whether the White House likes it or not.


Life in the shadow of a dam

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GOP establishment bites back

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:38 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)In the wake of the government shutdown, Boehner takes aim at the far right.


Key support for budget deal; deficits would rise

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:13 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Rep. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly minted budget deal to avert future government shutdowns gained important ground Wednesday among House Republicans who are more accustomed to brinkmanship than compromise, even though it would nudge federal deficits higher three years in a row.


Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:05 PM PST

Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel pays her respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela during the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane, GCIS)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Black and white, old and young, South Africans by the thousands paid final tribute Wednesday to their beloved Nelson Mandela. In silence or murmuring, they filed past the coffin. Some glanced back, as if clinging to the sight, a moment in history.


Pilot who crashed at SFO worried about landing

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:59 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial file photo, the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane is seen after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. According to an investigative report released Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 the Asiana Airlines captain who crashed the airplane in July told investigators he was "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach because the runway's automatic landing aids were out of service due to construction. The jet crash landed after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 200 injured, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The investigative report was released at the start of a daylong NTSB hearing into the accident. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of the jet that crash-landed at San Francisco's airport last summer worried privately before takeoff about handling the Boeing 777, especially because runway construction meant he would have to land without any help from a common type of guidance system.


Ukrainian leader offers talks, protesters say no

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:45 PM PST

Ukrainian lawmaker and chairman of the opposition party Udar (Punch), WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, top left, stands in front of riot police during clashes between police and pro-European Union activists in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of the weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Opposition leaders in Ukraine rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer of talks Wednesday, saying they will not sit down with him until he fires his government and releases all arrested demonstrators.


Prosecutor: no domestic charges against Zimmerman

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:02 PM PST

MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman will not face domestic violence charges because his girlfriend did not wish to pursue the case and there was scant evidence of a crime, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.

FDA takes steps to phase out antibiotics in meat

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:58 PM PST

FILE - This April 11, 2012 file photo shows turkeys raised without the use of antibiotics at David Martin's farm, in Lebanon, Pa. Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration moved Wednesday toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat.


Interpreter for deaf at Mandela event called fake

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:08 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers his speech next to a sign language interpreter during a memorial service at FNB Stadium in honor of Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 in Soweto, near Johannesburg. The national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa says a man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela's memorial service in a soccer stadium was a JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As one world leader after another paid homage to Nelson Mandela at a memorial service, the man standing at arm's length from them appeared to interpret their words in sign language. But advocates for the deaf say he was a faker.


MLB intends to ban plate collisions

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:04 PM PST

FILE - In this July 14, 1970 file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose (14) slams into Cleveland Indians' catcher Ray Fosse to score a controversial game-winning run for the National League team in the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star game in Cincinnati. Fosse suffered a fractured shoulder in the collision. Looking on are the Reds' third base coach Leo Durocher, and Cincinnati Reds' next hitter Dick Dietz (2). Major League Baseball plans to eliminate home plate collisions, possibly as soon as next season but no later than by 2015. New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, chairman of the rules committee, made the announcement Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 at the winter meetings. Player safety and concern over concussions were major factors in the decision. (AP Photo/File)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Pete Rose sounded bowled over.


Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:29 PM PST

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Having already lost her 6-year-old son, Nicole Hockley insists she won't lose the fight to reduce gun violence — no matter how long it takes.

India's Supreme Court upholds anti-gay sex law

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:19 PM PST

FILE- In this Nov. 24, 2013 file photo, Indian gay rights activists display rainbow-colored banner and shout slogans as they march in New Delhi, India. A colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality will remain in effect in India, a top court said Wednesday, dealing a blow to gay activists who have argued for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society.(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Supreme Court struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexual conduct, dealing a blow Wednesday to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society.


Nigerian survivor almost missed rescue diver

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:38 AM PST

FILE - In this file image made available Tuesday Dec. 3, 2013, Harrison Odjegba Okene looks in awe as a rescue diver surfaces into the air pocket which has kept Okene alive for nearly three days, recorded by the diver's video headcam. Okene was working as a cook aboard a tugboat in the Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast in June 2013, when a heavy swell caused the vessel to capsize and sink to the sea bed, where his 11 colleagues drowned. But Okene was able to find an air pocket inside the sunken ship, where he survived for nearly three days before being found by a group of South African rescue divers. (AP Photo/DCN Diving, File)WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He had survived three days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and then he saw lights in the water. Air bubbles rose around the cook as he squatted in an air pocket. A diver was coming. Rescue seemed imminent for Harrison Odjegba Okene.


House Republicans signal support for budget deal

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:21 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans signaled support Wednesday for a budget deal worked out a day earlier, a plan narrowly drawn but promoted as a way to stabilize Congress' erratic fiscal efforts, avert another government shutdown and mute some of the partisan rancor that has damaged Americans' attitudes about their lawmakers.


Studies: Some cancer treatments can be skipped

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST

In this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 photo, chemotherapy is administered to a cancer patient via intravenous drip at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C. New research reported Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium may help tens of thousands of women each year avoid being overtreated for breast cancer. Doctors have identified groups of patients who might be able to skip certain therapies without seriously harming their survival odds. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tens of thousands of women each year might be able to skip at least some of the grueling treatments for breast cancer — which can include surgery, heavy chemo and radiation — without greatly harming their odds of survival, new research suggests.


Ukraine sanctions possible if violence worsens, U.S. lawmakers warn

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:24 PM PST

Photos of the day - December 11, 2013Officials' visa and assets could be frozen if violence continues against anti-government demonstrators.


NSA: Surveillance best protection

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 01:45 PM PST

A computer with a series of numbers and the logo of NSA is seen in picture illustration taken in FrankfurtWASHINGTON (AP) — The NSA chief said Wednesday he knows of no better way his agency can help protect the U.S. from foreign threats than with spy programs that collect billions of phone and Internet records from around the world.


And Santa is his name-o...

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:46 PM PST

KODA signs Christmas songsHoly moly, this is adorable. A girl signs Christmas tunes for her mother.


A president, ex-president and ex-secretary of state get on a plane together

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:24 AM PST

Obama and Bush aboard Air Force OneSeveral photos taken by White House photographer Pete Souza aboard the flight to Johannesburg and uploaded to Twitter show the president and his predecessor in a relaxed atmosphere.


Interview: Photographer who snapped Obama selfie at Mandela memorial

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:27 AM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013Roberto Schmidt talks with ABC News about his photo that put scrutiny on Obama.


Woman's real-life "Shawshank Redemption" bathroom escape

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 09:06 AM PST

Woman Claws Her Way Out of Locked Bathroom as in 'Shawshank Redemption'It started last Friday night at around 10 p.m. Karen Perrin was alone at her downtown Washington, D.C., office, working late to finish up some last-minute travel plans for her boss. She called her husband, former Redskins Running Back Lonnie Perrin, to let him know...


Lawmakers raise questions about secret Iran talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:20 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 19, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaking to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Barack Obama. Congress is raising questions about the secret U.S. diplomacy with Iran that led to last month's nuclear breakthrough, with lawmakers demanding greater transparency and expressing disappointment at being left in the dark. On Wednesday, Corker, who recently visited Oman and discussed the diplomatic back-channel with the country's foreign minister, asked one of the American officials involved to publicly explain the process. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are raising questions about the secret U.S. diplomacy with Iran that led to last month's nuclear breakthrough, demanding greater transparency and expressing disappointment at being left in the dark.


Tea Party Super PAC predicts a "bar room brawl" inside GOP in 2014

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:05 AM PST

Tea Party Super PAC Predicts a 'Bar Room Brawl' Inside GOP in 2014The Madison Project's Drew Ryun calls for remaking the Republican Party.


Ukrainian protesters dig in as pressure mounts on Yanukovych

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:08 PM PST

Photos of the day - December 11, 2013Pro-EU Ukrainian demonstrators dug in on Wednesday night as domestic and international pressure mounted on President Viktor Yanukovych to end a three-week standoff over his refusal to sign an EU deal. The demonstrators had earlier forced riot police to retreat after a pre-dawn raid on their protest camp, in a blow to the authority of Yanukovych who called for talks. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with Yanukovych twice over the past two days and US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told the president the attempted police crackdown was "inadmissable".


Where is the female Viagra?

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:33 AM PST

In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, photo, Cindy Whitehead holds a tablet of flibanserin in her office at Sprout Pharmaceuticals in Raleigh, N.C. Sprout Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, it has reached an impasse with the Food and Drug Administration over its drug, flibanserin. The daily pill is designed to increase libido in women by acting on brain chemicals linked to mood and appetite. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)WASHINGTON (AP) — The multi-decade search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock, raising questions about the future of efforts to develop a female equivalent to Viagra.


U.S. health secretary calls for probe of Obamacare Web site launch

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:02 AM PST

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 file photo. Sebelius said in a blog post early Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013 that she is asking the department's inspector general to investigate the contracting process, management, performance and payment issues that may have contributed to the flawed launch of HealthCare.gov. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday asked the department's inspector general to investigate the performance of private contractors in the flawed launch of the Obamacare Web site. "I am asking the Inspector General to review the acquisition process, overall program management, and contractor performance and payment issues related to the development and management of the HealthCare.gov website," Sebelius said in a blog post.


Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:59 AM PST

Time 'Person of the Year' 2013"Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly."


Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial was a fake

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:20 AM PST

President Barack Obama looks down as he stands next to the sign language interpreter as he makes his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. South Africa's deaf federation said on Wednesday that the interpreter on stage for Mandela memorial was a 'fake', (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Johannesburg – While millions across the globe were inspired and moved by speeches made at former President Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday, the international deaf community expressed outrage over what they say was a fake sign language interpreter. According to a report on Australian site, SBS News, deaf South African and board member of […]


End of road for VW's iconic camper vans

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 03:12 AM PST

Ten years after Volkswagen's legendary Beetle drove off into the sunset, the German carmaker's other main icon, the camper van, takes its leave from the world's automobile stage this month. In the vast firmament of the automobile industry, the camper van's star shines almost as brightly as that of the Beetle. The worldwide popularity of both vehicles helped VW become a global carmaker. It was the Beetle -- the Type 1 -- that gave birth to the company that is currently the world's third-biggest automaker.

Obamacare agency relies on manual back-ups as enrollment rises

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:52 PM PST

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As online enrollment accelerates for medical insurance under President Barack Obama's health law, the government is relying on manual back-up systems to correct computer errors that could leave some enrollees uninsured, the top U.S. health official said on Wednesday. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius described the manual procedure as a temporary measure for software applications that have not yet been built, tested and incorporated into the massive system behind the HealthCare.gov website. But in the meantime, the payment system will absolutely go forward." The admission appeared to weigh on Sebelius' attempts to tout improvements in the website that was established under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare. The site provides access to new federal health insurance marketplaces in 36 states.

Could budget deal usher in new era of cooperation?

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:03 AM PST

Murray and Ryan hold a news conference to introduce The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonThough modest, the deal would end three years of impasse and fiscal instability.


Plodding winter storm finally moves on

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 01:16 AM PST

Commuters wait on a train during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. Accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were expected as the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Eastern Seaboard, including Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The storm that iced over Dallas, buried Philadelphia in snow and stranded drivers and air travelers everywhere in between at last plodded out of New England, exiting in muted fashion after days of foul weather.


World leaders bow, pray at Nelson Mandela's casket

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:41 AM PST

Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel pays her respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela during the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane, GCIS)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — World leaders and thousands of South Africans on Wednesday filed past the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the anti-apartheid icon in the amphitheater where he was sworn in 19 years earlier as the country's first black president.


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