2013年8月16日星期五

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Pilots of UPS flight got late altitude warning: NTSB

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 04:46 PM PDT

Handout photo of NTSB investigators retrieving recorders from the wreckage of UPS flight 1354 in BirminghamThe crew got an alert seven seconds before impact according to the cockpit voice recorder.

Harry Reid's 'greatest hits' of Washington insults

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:40 AM PDT

Harry Reid confirned his belief that Obamacare will soon lead to universal health insurance for Americans (AP)No one is safe from this "golden-tongued devil."

At least 64 dead after gunfire and street battles in Egypt

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Egyptians lay on the ground after being injured during clashes between security forces and supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Ramses Square, near the Al-Fath mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Gunfire rang out over a main Cairo overpass and police fired tear gas as clashes broke out after tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets Friday across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the country's bloodshed earlier this week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's capital descended into chaos Friday as vigilantes at neighborhood checkpoints battled Muslim Brotherhood-led protesters denouncing the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and a deadly crackdown. The fiercest street clashes the city has seen in more than two years of turmoil left more than 60 people dead, including several policemen.

Beirut bomb ups fear of fallout from Syria war

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Hezbollah supporters raise their hands to great Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, who delivers a speech through a giant TV screen from a secret location, during a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, at the southern Lebanese-Israel border village of Aita, Lebanon, Friday Aug. 16, 2013. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says all preliminary investigations show Takfiri groups, a term for Sunni radicals, were likely behind Thursday's bombing in a predominantly Shiite southern suburb of Beirut that killed tens of people and wounded hundreds. The Arabic words on the left and right read:"Our decision is resistance." (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader blamed Sunni extremists Friday for a car bombing that killed 22 people in a Shiite neighborhood south of Beirut, heightening fears that Lebanon will be dragged further into sectarian fallout from the war in neighboring Syria.

Power companies dangle free nights and weekends

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2011, file photo, Manager Nick Reynoza holds a 100-watt incandescent light bulb at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles. In the U.S., companies have different motivations for offering innovative electricity plans. Traditional regulated utilities are trying to reduce stresses on their grids. Upstart power providers are trying to lure new customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Electric bills have long been take-it-or-leave-it affairs: Pay one rate for all the power you used the month before, no matter when you used it.

Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Children inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgence of violence and a renewed threat from al-Qaida have recently revived flagging U.S. interest in Iraq, officials said Friday as Baghdad asked for new help to fight extremists less than two years after it forced American troops to withdraw.

2 Russians turn cable guys in record spacewalk

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:44 PM PDT

In this image from video made available by NASA, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin approaches a hatch on the International Space Station, about 7 hours into a spacewalk with Aleksandr Misurkin on Friday, Aug, 16, 2013. The Russians rigged cable outside the station for a new lab that's due to arrive in a few months. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In a record-long spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts rigged cable outside the International Space Station on Friday for a new lab that's due to arrive in a few months.

Report: A-Rod camp leaked docs implicating Braun

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 04:46 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after flying out to center field with Alfonso Soriano on second during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated Ryan Braun and other players in using performance-enhancing drugs, "60 Minutes" reported Friday.

Pistorius to be indicted, trial in early 2014

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 file photo Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's police commissioner office said Tuesday Aug. 13, 2013 that Oscar Pistorius will be served with an indictment next week after police completed an investigation into the shooting death of his girlfriend. On Monday August 19, the accused,Oscar Pistorius, will appear on court in Pretroia. It is expected that he will be served with an indictment and that the matter will be postponed. The prosecution, in collaboration with the defence team, will agree on a trial date. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-file)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will be indicted for premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

1 dead following bus crash near Disney's Epcot

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:26 PM PDT

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — One person is dead following a bus crash near Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park.

Reactions to developments in Egypt

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Reactions on Friday around the world to developments in Egypt following clashes in which hundreds of people were killed and thousands injured:

Students in tornado-shattered town return to class

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT

Cam'ron Richardson, right, hugs his brother Anthony Richardson as he heads in for the first day of school at Plaza Towers Elementary School in their temporary location at Central Jr. High School in Moore, Okla., Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. The Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools were destroyed when an EF5 twister hit Moore on May 20. Cam'ron was trapped under the rubble of the tornado that killed two dozen people. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)MOORE, Okla. (AP) — After an anguish-filled summer, students returned to classes Friday at two elementary schools destroyed last spring by a deadly tornado that ripped a 17-mile path of devastation through the suburbs of Oklahoma City.

California teen welcomed home after kidnapping

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2011 file photo provided by Andrea Saincome, Hannah Anderson, center, reclining across the laps of others, and James Lee DiMaggio, right, pose for a picture with other members of the extended Anderson and Saincome families. Via a social media site, Hannah Anderson says longtime family friend DiMaggio LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl got a warm welcome home reception five days after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and brother and escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness.

Iraq seeking US drones to curb al-Qaida threat

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Children inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq's top diplomat says lethal U.S. drones could be based in Iraq to help fight a growing threat by al-Qaida.

Isinbayeva says she may have been misunderstood

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:36 PM PDT

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva, the gold medalist in the women's pole vault, gestures during a press conference at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva's comments on her country's law against gay "propaganda" seemed as unequivocal as the bar-clearing jump that won her the world championship: She supported the law and derided gays.

Egypt clashes leave at least 60 dead nationwide

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Egyptians lay on the ground after being injured during clashes between security forces and supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Ramses Square, near the Al-Fath mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Gunfire rang out over a main Cairo overpass and police fired tear gas as clashes broke out after tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets Friday across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the country's bloodshed earlier this week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Heavy gunfire rang out Friday throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with armed vigilantes in the fiercest street battles to engulf the capital since the country's Arab Spring uprising. At least 60 people were killed in the fighting nationwide, including eight police officers.

GM recalls nearly 293,000 Cruzes for brake problem

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Ed's Driveway: 2014 Chevy Cruze Turbo DieselGeneral Motors Co. is recalling nearly 293,000 Chevrolet Cruze compact cars in the U.S. because the power-assisted brakes can fail. The recall affects Cruzes made in Lordstown, Ohio, from the 2011 and ...

Ferry sinks in collision in Philippines; 17 dead

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:16 AM PDT

MV Thomas AquinasHundreds of passengers jumped into the ocean after it collided with a cargo ship and sank.

RNC votes to block CNN, NBC from hosting debates

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 02:57 PM PDT

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus gavels the opening of the second session of the 2012 Republican National Convention in TampaBOSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks to air programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN and NBC from hosting GOP presidential primary debates.

Ferry sinks after collision in Philippine port

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:37 AM PDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with nearly 700 people aboard sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu on Friday night after colliding with a cargo vessel, and a survivor said he saw bodies in the sea.

Strong quake shakes central New Zealand

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:49 PM PDT

A car drives past a crack in a road after an earthquake on the outskirts of the town of Seddon in the Marlborough regionA magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck south of New Zealand's capital on Friday.

Staff Sgt. Reckless, history's real war horse

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 04:16 AM PDT

The Real War Horse: The Life and Legend of the Marine Corps' 4-Legged Staff SergeantOn the Radar In many ways, Staff Sgt. Reckless was no different from the Marines she served beside during the Korean War. She braved enemy fire on many occasions, enjoyed scrambled eggs and coffee for breakfast, and her favorite pastime was drinking beer with comrades. Except Reckless was a horse. Reckless has long been considered [...]

Grizzly bear injures 2 hikers in Yellowstone

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:45 AM PDT

Wolves in Yellowstone Help Grizzly Bears Fatten UpYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The National Park Service says a grizzly bear charged a group of hikers in Yellowstone National Park, leaving two people injured, including one person who suffered bite and claw wounds.

'Blade Runner' Pistorius will face murder trial next year

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 file photo Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's police commissioner office said Tuesday Aug. 13, 2013 that Oscar Pistorius will be served with an indictment next week after police completed an investigation into the shooting death of his girlfriend. On Monday August 19, the accused,Oscar Pistorius, will appear on court in Pretroia. It is expected that he will be served with an indictment and that the matter will be postponed. The prosecution, in collaboration with the defence team, will agree on a trial date. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-file)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will be indicted for premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead his girlfriend, prosecutors said.

Three die in Uganda from Ebola-like fever: Health Ministry

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 05:29 AM PDT

An isolation unit to care for impeding victims, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Nyimbwa Sub County Health Centre IV, 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Uganda capital of Kampala. Scores of Ugandans were isolated on Thursday to prevent the spread of a new outbreak of Ebola which has already killed three people. Uganda has experienced increasingly regular outbreaks of deadly hemorrhagic fevers that have left health officials grappling for answers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)KAMPALA (Reuters) - Three people have died in northern Uganda from a suspected outbreak of a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, the Health Ministry said on Friday. A male farmer is still being treated for a confirmed case of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and the three other deaths are being investigated, junior health minister Elioda Tumwesigye told a news conference. ...

Report: NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:01 PM PDT

General view of large former monitoring base of US intelligence organization NSA is pictured during sunrise in Bad AiblingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the infractions involved unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by law and executive order, the paper said. They ranged from significant violations of law to typographical errors that resulted in unintended interception of U.S. ...

Egypt: 'Day of Rage'

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

A general view of the Rabaa Adawiya mosque complex after the clearing of a protest camp around the mosque, in CairoThousands of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi took to the streets.

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