2013年7月9日星期二

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NTSB: Flight attendants ejected during crash

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:56 PM PDT

San Francisco plane crash: Lead pilot was first-time flight instructorBoth women were found on the San Francisco runway, amid debris.

Expert bolsters Zimmerman account of Martin shooting

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:52 PM PDT

Dr. Vincent DiMaio, a forensic pathologist and gunshot wound expert, makes a gun gesture while testifying for the defense in the George Zimmerman trial in Seminole circuit court, in SanfordA forensic expert backed George Zimmerman's account of his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Tuesday, testifying that evidence showed the neighborhood watchman was under the unarmed black teenager when he fired his gun.

Criminal probe in Quebec train derailment

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:31 PM PDT

This photo provided by Surete du Quebec, shows wrecked oil tankers and debris from a runaway train on Monday, July 8, 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada. A runaway train derailed igniting tanker cars carrying crude oil early Saturday, July 6. At least thirteen people were confirmed dead and nearly 40 others were still missing in a catastrophe that raised questions about the safety of transporting oil by rail instead of pipeline. (AP Photo/Surete du Quebec, The Canadian Press)Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runaway oil train in this small town as the death toll climbed to 15, with dozens more bodies feared buried in the burned-out ruins.

Egypt pushes transition, naming prime minister

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:25 PM PDT

A supporter of the ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi holds up a Quran during a protest in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday July 9, 2013. After days of deadlock, Egypt's military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing a political transition less than a week after the army deposed the Islamist president.

Republicans accuse Obama of exceeding authority

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:55 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures as he speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his Constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers.

Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:18 PM PDT

Defense counsel Mark O'Mara talks to George Zimmerman, with co-counsel Don West, center, in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The trajectory of the bullet and gunpowder on Trayvon Martin's body support George Zimmerman's account that the teen was on top of him when the defendant shot and killed Martin, an expert on gunshot wounds testified Tuesday.

Pentagon takes 'second look' at embattled MIA unit

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - This May 18, 2009 file photo show Members of the JPAC, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, right, and South Korean Army soldiers searching for remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War in Hwacheon, South Korea. The Pentagon said Tuesday it will take a WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it will take a "second look" at how it goes about accounting for missing Americans on foreign battlefields, following the disclosure of an internal assessment that the work is "acutely dysfunctional" and at risk of failure.

Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:11 PM PDT

Illinois Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, argues concealed carry gun legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court's deadline. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.

Documents: Hernandez told pal he fired fatal shots

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney, Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court in Attleboro, Mass. Since Hernandez was arrested last week in the shooting death of a friend whose body was found a mile away from his home, a portrait has emerged of a man whose life away from the field included frequent connections with police-related incidents that started as long ago as his freshman year at the University of Florida. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A man linked to the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told police Hernandez admitted firing the fatal shots, and a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandez's name, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete.

Ind. prof: Film shows FDR in concealed wheelchair

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:01 PM PDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A professor at an Indiana college says he has found film footage showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair, depicting a secret that was hidden from the public until after his death.

Panel: Next Mars rover should gather rocks, soil

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:44 PM PDT

This photo released by NASA shows a view of Mars that was stitched together by images taken by NASA's Viking Orbiter spacecraft. The space agency is planning to send a spacecraft similar to the Curiosity rover to the red planet in 2020. A NASA-appointed team released a report on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 that described the mission's science goals. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Explore an intriguing spot on Mars. Hunt for ancient signs of Martian life. Bag a bunch of rocks and leave them on the surface for a future mission to possibly return.

Casinos open rooms to Vegas-area wildfire evacuees

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:26 PM PDT

The sun shines over the Las Vegas Strip skyline as smoke continues to billow from the Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston on Monday, July 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. Homes were threatened, but more than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, were battling the Carpenter 1 Fire some 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Jay Nichols, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, David Becker)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several local casino companies are teaming with the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada to provide hotel rooms to people evacuated from their homes due to a wildfire in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas.

Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Travis has been hospitalized in Texas with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Dallas. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Randy Travis remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilize his weakened heart.

Crews burn brush near homes in Vegas-area wildfire

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:51 PM PDT

The sun shines over the Las Vegas Strip skyline as smoke continues to billow from the Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston on Monday, July 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. Homes were threatened, but more than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, were battling the Carpenter 1 Fire some 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Jay Nichols, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, David Becker)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire crews are burning away undergrowth within a quarter-mile of homes to protect woodsy hamlets in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas from a wildfire that has charred an area nearly the size of Manhattan.

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