2013年7月18日星期四

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Haunting new photos of the moment police captured Tsarnaev

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:45 PM PDT

Closing moments of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston manhuntRolling Stone's decision to put accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its upcoming cover touched off a firestorm of controversy earlier this week among readers, retailers and purveyors of good taste, who say the magazine is elevating the 19-year-old from terrorist to rock star. In response, Boston magazine published a series of new, haunting [...]

South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:35 PM PDT

South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela's 95th birthdayBirthday messages left outside of Nelson Mandela's home in Johannesburg. Crowds gather outside former South African President' Nelson Mandela's Houghton house to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. he South African presidency has said that Mandela's health is 'steadily improving', as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in hospital. Photo: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images for Yahoo! News

Cosby weighs in on Zimmerman case

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:18 PM PDT

Cosby speaks at the Beverly Hills Hotel, June 15, 2012. (Michael Buckner/Getty)Bill Cosby weighed in on George Zimmerman's acquittal on Thursday, telling a Virginia radio show that the prosecution did not do a good job presenting its case for second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin. "The prosecution did not tell the story well and they lost," Cosby said in an interview with the DomNnate [...]

Catholic colleges call for immigration reform

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been "wonderful" for the country saying "The law isn't wonderful, it's a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That's why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers." The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law's individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)University presidents make a plea to John Boehner and other Catholics in Congress.

World pays tribute as 'improving' Mandela turns 95

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:01 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Thousands of South Africans sing "Happy Birthday" to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Mandela Day celebrations around the world

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT

An electronic billboard announces Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday in New York's Times Square, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Mandela's birthday on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The world is celebrating Nelson Mandela Day with acts of community service and messages of goodwill to the former South African president who remains hospitalized on his 95th birthday. Here are some of the international events:

Upbeat health report for Mandela on 95th birthday

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:43 AM PDT

Children stand next to a birthday cake to mark former South African President Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday outside his home in Johannesburg, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday — his 95th birthday — and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president's health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.

UN envoy warns of trauma to children in Syria war

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria's war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria's civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.

Reputed Boston crime boss faces once-loyal crony

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:36 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch depicts Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi testifying as defendant James "Whitey" Bulger listens, below, during his murder and racketeering trial at U.S. District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Bulger and his former partner faced each other for the first time in nearly two decades Thursday when Flemmi took the stand at Bulger's trial and told of their years as secret FBI informants while they ran a feared gang in South Boston. (AP Photo/Margaret Small)BOSTON (AP) — His hands on his hips in a you-want-a-piece-of-me stance, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi glared at James "Whitey" Bulger in the courtroom, and the two men snarled what sounded like obscenities at each other.

Barbie fights for her life

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2007, file photo, Barbie dolls are seen at the Barbie Store in Buenos Aires. As Mattel reported on July 17, 2013, Barbie is suddenly facing a popularity contest as the most popular doll on the Market. Instead, Mattel's Monster High dolls, have exploded in popularity since being introduced in 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)NEW YORK (AP) — As far as catfights go, this is a doozy.

Zach Johnson handles the brown links of Muirfield

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:17 PM PDT

Zach Johnson of the United States prepares to play off the 12th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — A blue sky and a gentle breeze usually means ripe scoring conditions at the British Open. Just not on the brown links of Muirfield.

Senators ready to restore lower college loan rates

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:21 PM PDT

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chair of the Senate Education Committee, announces to reporters that a bipartisan agreement was reached on lowering rates for government student loans, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. At left is Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan compromise on student loans promises better deals for students and parents over the next few years but could spell higher rates as the economy improves.

Panama holds ex-CIA station chief in rendition

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:32 PM PDT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect from an Italian street has been detained in Panama after Italy requested his arrest in one of the most notorious episodes of the U.S. program known as extraordinary rendition, Italian and Panamanian officials said Thursday.

Trayvon Martin's parents shocked by verdict

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:40 PM PDT

In this image released by NBC, parents of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton, second left, and Tracy Martin, second right, appear on the "Today" show with Fulton's other son Jahvaris Fulton, left, and co-host Matt Lauer in New York. Martin's parents plan to participate in separate vigils on Saturday. Sabrina Fulton and Jahvaris Fulton will join Al Sharpton outside New York Police Department headquarters while Tracy Martin is set to be at a similar event at a federal courthouse in Miami. (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)MIAMI (AP) — Trayvon Martin's parents made appearances on network morning shows Thursday, saying they are still shocked that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of their 17-year-old son.

Perry signs sweeping Texas abortion restrictions

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Lenell Ripley, second from left, cries as she demonstrates with other abortion rights supporters outside the Capitol auditorium in Austin, Texas, Thursday July 18, 2013. Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the clinics in the nation's second most populous state. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COMAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the state's clinics that provide the procedure, a final step for the Republican-backed measure after weeks of sometimes raucous protests at the state Capitol.

Russian opposition leader sentenced to 5 years

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia at a court in Kirov, Russia Thursday, July 18, 2013. Alexei Navalny, one of the Russian opposition's leading figures, was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)KIROV, Russia (AP) — Alexei Navalny, a charismatic and creative Russian opposition leader who exposed high-level corruption and mocked the Kremlin, was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement on Thursday, in a verdict that set off street protests and drew condemnation from the West.

Political indecision weighs on economic forecasts

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2013, file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns are heating up. Republicans see the glass as half empty; Democrats view it as half full. And the economists aren't sure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns are heating up. Republicans see the glass as half empty; Democrats view it as half full. And the economists aren't sure.

Pakistan to try to mend fences with Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:47 AM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, June 20, 2013 file photo shows the new office of the Afghan Taliban in Doha, Qatar after the opening of the office. Pakistan is sending a top official to the Afghan capital this weekend to try to mend fences with its uneasy neighbor, and hanging in the balance are U.S. efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is sending a top official to the Afghan capital this weekend to try to mend fences with its uneasy neighbor, and hanging in the balance are U.S. efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban.

S. Calif. fire forces evacuation of mountain town

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:21 PM PDT

A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) — Artist Lewis Millett didn't need much more than an order to leave his longtime Idyllwild mountain home after seeing 100 foot flames marching toward the mile-high hamlet that draws tourists, summer campers and students to a year-round arts and music school.

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