2013年4月5日星期五

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Pope: Decisive action against sex abuse

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Pope Francis waves as he tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in his popemobile prior to his weekly general audience, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)The new pontiff said the Catholic church's "credibility" was on the line.


Trayvon Martin's family settles wrongful death claim: report

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Martin and Fulton participate in a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of their son in New YorkThe family of black teenager Trayvon Martin, who was shot to death last year by a neighborhood watch captain, has settled a wrongful death claim against the homeowners association of the Florida gated community where he was killed, a Florida newspaper reported on Friday.


NASA to get $100M to lasso asteroid

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1crew module is seen in the Operations and Checkout building during a media tour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Senate Science and Space subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. Then astronauts would explore it in 2021. Nelson said the plan would speed up by four years an existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)NASA will likely get $100 million next year to jump-start an audacious program to drag an asteroid into orbit around the moon for research and exploration purposes, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson says.


James Holmes evidence speaks volumes

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect James Holmes sits in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo. On Monday, April 1, 2013, prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against Holmes. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)The FBI says items found in his apartment don't indicate mental illness.


Obama's inner-circle: 'Where are the women?'

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:21 PM PDT

Obama meets with senior advisersA recent photo shows Obama's inner circle as all-male.


No deal in sight on last day of Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:16 PM PDT

Iran's deputy negotiator Bagheri speaks during a news conference in AlmatyNegotiations are unlikely to achieve more than a willingness to keep talking.


Immigration benefits for gay couples if DOMA struck down

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

Gabriela Fore, 6, of Upper Darby Pa., holds a sign with her moms in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, as the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the second of back-to-back gay marriage case, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)But the state-federal conflict will likely lead to legal chaos and a bevy of lawsuits.


Guam shrugs off North Korea threats

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:58 PM PDT

U.S. to send missile defences to Guam over North Korea threatThe South Pacific island is among its targets for a nuclear attack on the U.S.


Jim DeMint's fresh message for the conservative movement

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Sen. DeMint: "This country needs less government"He wants to dispel the idea that Republicans simply don't care about some Americans.


Ex-News Corp. exec bids $500M for Hulu

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Peter Chernin, Founder, Chernin Entertainment, Inc., poses at the BAFTA Brits to Watch event in Los AngelesPeter Chernin helped create the online video streaming service in 2007,


Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for remarks on her appearance

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 16,2012 file photo shows California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaking during a news conference in Los Angeles. President Barack Obama praised Harris for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event Thursday, April 4, 2013. The president also commended Harris for being "the best-looking attorney general" during a Democratic fundraising lunch in the Silicon Valley.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)He called her "by far, the best-looking attorney general" at a fundraiser in Calif.


2 dead after shooting at day care, children safe

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:54 PM PDT

Children are picked up from the care of police at the scene of a shooting in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on Friday April 5, 2013. Police evacuated children from a daycare center just outside Canada's capital after an adult was killed by gunfire. Gatineau police Lt. Yves Comtois said all 53 children and the teachers were safe and unharmed. The daycare center sits across the street from a hospital in this Quebec city, just across the river from Ottawa. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)One man fatally shot another man then killed himself at a center in Quebec.


Near-death experiences can be more vivid than real life

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Near-Death Experiences More Vivid Than Real LifeSome think such events are proof the spirit and body can be separated.


Jailed beard-cutting Amish fight for release

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Attorneys say their imprisonment in separate facilities amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

The linkdown: A stylish dude, an icon(ic) bag and 'Haiku-ization'

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT

As the work-week winds down and your colleagues clump around the water cooler to yap about the season premier of "Mad Men," ignore them! Check out this stuff instead. More fun.

As cities lay off police, residents turn to private cops

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

On the streets of Oakland, budget cuts have made the beat cop a rare breed, and some of the city's wealthy neighborhoods have turned to unarmed security guards to take their place.

Name that astronaut! Pakistan politicians face oddball questions

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:57 AM PDT

Pakistani vendors fix posters of candidates taking part in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, April 5, 2013. Pakistani officials have provoked both laughter and criticism in recent days as they vetted potential candidates in the country's upcoming national elections with questions that veered between the controversial and the bizarre. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member of Pakistan's parliament: He correctly named the first person to walk on the moon.


Parents complain about in-flight film, get kicked off plane

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

A family traveling from Denver to Baltimore on United claims that their flight was diverted by the captain because the parents requested that the in-flight movie, "Alex Cross," be turned off. The parents, thus far unnamed, wrote a letter to The Atlantic about the incident. According to the letter, after the flight took off, the [...]

Just 88,000 U.S. jobs added in March

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:49 PM PDT

Job seekers wait to meet with employers at a career fair in New York CityThe jobless rate dips to 7.6%, but only because more people have stopped looking.


Murder suspect shoots cop in interrogation room

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:38 AM PDT

Law enforcement officers wait at the entrance to the Jackson Police Department Thursday, April, 4, 2013, after police say a murder suspect fatally shot detective Eric Smith inside the headquarters. The suspect is also dead. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Greg Jenson)The shooting occurred at police headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi.


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