2013年6月12日星期三

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Workers rescued outside Manhattan skyscraper

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:01 PM PDT

A window washer is safely pulled through a window of the Hearst Tower in midtown Manhattan section of New YorkThey were trapped 500 feet in the air after scaffolding collapsed.

Coburn questions DOJ on spending under sequestration

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT

Coburn on disaster federal aid: "We'll take the help...prudently"Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is demanding details from the Department of Justice about the agency's spending on, among other things, employee conferences under sequestration. In a letter obtained by Yahoo News that was sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, Coburn pointed to the DOJ's history of spending on conferences over the [...]

NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:41 PM PDT

Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, answers questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. It is his first public appearance before Congress since revelations that the electronic surveillance agency is sweeping up Americans' phone and Internet records in its quest to investigate terrorist threats. Left to right are Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, Rand Beers, under secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and Patrick Gallagher, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks without offering details.

NSA leaker mysterious despite hours of interviews

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:43 PM PDT

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 9, 2013. The man who told the world about the U.S. government's gigantic data grab also talked a lot about himself. Mostly through his own words, a picture of Edward Snowden is emerging: fresh-faced computer whiz, high school and Army dropout, independent thinker, trustee of official secrets. And leaker on the lam. (AP Photo/The Guardian) MANDATORY CREDITWASHINGTON (AP) — The man who told the world about the U.S. government's gigantic data grab also talks a lot about himself.

Syrian extremist rebels raid Shiite village

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:29 PM PDT

In this amateur video provided by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, Syrian rebels cross a road during a raid on the village of Hatla, Syria, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. On Wednesday, activists said Syrian rebels battled Shiites in Hatla, in the country's east, killing more than 60 people, including civilians. The content has been authenticated based on its translation and content has been checked by regional experts against known locations and events, and is consistent with independent Associated Press reporting. (AP Photo/Amateur video via Ugarit News)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels, including Sunni extremists, stormed a village and battled pro-regime militiamen, killing more than 60 Shiite fighters and civilians in an attack steeped in the sectarian hatreds that increasingly characterize the civil war, activists said Wednesday.

Turkish gov't open to referendum to end protests

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:17 PM PDT

Riot policemen stand on a building overlooking Taksim square, decorated with Turkish flags and a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul that triggered demonstrations that have become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year tenure.

Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, before Senate Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget requests for defense spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, disputing a former top diplomat's claim that the unit might have helped Americans under siege.

Storms pelt Midwest with rain, winds, hail

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Lighting flashes over the Chicago skyline, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. An unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds was rolling through the Midwest on Wednesday and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)CHICAGO (AP) — An unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds was rolling through the Midwest on Wednesday and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland.

Jury selection enters Day 3 in Zimmerman trial

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:26 PM PDT

George Zimmerman listens to a prospective juror in Seminole circuit court during his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys trying to seat a jury in George Zimmerman's trial for shooting an unarmed teen stopped questioning a white man in his 20s Wednesday after he gave answers that indicated he wouldn't be impartial.

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, center, celebrates the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with her father, Fran, left, and mother, Janet. The 10-year-old suburban Philadelphia girl received a lung transplant there Wednesday, June 12, 2013, her family said. (AP Photo/Murnaghan Family, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation sparked debate over how organs are allocated was getting a double-lung transplant Wednesday after a match with an adult donor was made.

CEO describes Jackson as forceful businessman

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson speaks at a news conference in London. AEG Live LLC CEO Randy Phillips told a jury Wednesday June 12, 2013 that they have heard an inaccurate portrait of Jackson during an ongoing civil trial, and said the entertainer was a sophisticated businessman and not a LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of AEG Live LLC told jurors Wednesday that he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman and not the drugged-up performer who's been described throughout an ongoing civil trial filed over the singer's untimely death.

James: 'Something has to give' in Game 4 of finals

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:51 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Game 4 of the NBA Finals will tell more about the Miami Heat than a 66-win regular season ever could.

LeBron not backing down on vow for Game 4

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:06 PM PDT

Miami Heat's LeBron James takes part in NBA basketball practice Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in San Antonio. The Heat trail the San Antonio Spurs 2-1 in the best-of-seven games series. Game 4 of the NBA finals series is scheduled for Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A day later, LeBron James didn't back down.

Obama political value unclear amid controversy

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is greeted by Massachusetts Senate candidate, Rep. Ed Markey, right, accompanied by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, left, and Massachusetts Gov Deval Patrick, center, upon his arrival at Logan International Airport in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Obama traveled to Boston to campaign for Markey's Massachusetts Democratic Senate campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama put his second term appeal to the test Wednesday, seeking to boost Democrats in Boston and Miami both as a fundraiser and as a political drawing card, even while trailed by controversies over government prying.

Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT

South Korean workers dismantle a signboard at the venue for the Koreas' first high-level meeting at Grand Hilton Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The Koreas' first high-level talks in years were scrapped a day before they were to begin Wednesday because the sides didn't agree on the delegation leaders, South Korea said. The cancellation deflated tentative hopes that the rivals would improve ties following years of rising hostility. The letters read " South and North Government Level Talks, Seoul." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea dismantled the meeting table, pulled down the placards and rolled up the red carpet. Its intended guest, North Korea, has stopped answering the phone.

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