2013年8月17日星期六

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Aircraft used to battle Idaho fire as smoke clears

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 04:10 PM PDT

Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday, Aug., 16, 2013 north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDITFire crews faced another challenging day battling a rapidly growing wildfire.

Security forces storm protester-held Egypt mosque

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:25 PM PDT

Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque Saturday after shooting at armed men firing down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country's ousted president who hid there overnight after violent clashes killed 173 people.

Dozens still missing in ferry disaster

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:39 AM PDT

A survivor, left, of the ill-fated passenger ferry MV Thomas Aquinas, is comforted by a relative outside the ticketing office of a shipping company, Saturday Aug. 17, 2013, a day after the ferry collided with a cargo ship, the MV Sulpicio Express Siete, off the waters of Talisay city, Cebu province in central Philippines. Divers combed through the sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after the collision that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped. At least 31 were confirmed dead and hundreds rescued. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Divers combed through a sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after a collision with a cargo vessel near the central Philippine port of Cebu that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped.

SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Workers walk away from Warren Hall on the California State University, East Bay Hayward Campus Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Hayward, Calif. The 13-story Warren Hall, which opened in 1971, was determined by the California State University Seismic Review Board to be the most vulnerable building in the CSU system, and will be demolished on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — It took just seconds for a 13-story building overlooking San Francisco Bay to implode, spewing smoke and chunks of concrete as it crumbled into a heap of rubble. But U.S. Geological Survey scientist Rufus Catchings was marveling less at the visual spectacle than what he could feel with his feet.

Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Keely Walker Muse, her father, journalist John Clay Walker poses for a portrait at an unknown location. Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 1985 murders of Walker, his friend Alberto Radelat, and DEA agent Enrique MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. A few hours later they disappeared.

Ind. team leads fight against child pornography

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT

In this Feb. 19, 2013, photo, Indiana State Police Lt. Chuck Cohen poses for a photo in a mobile crime lab in Indianapolis. The lab is used by an Indiana task force that is building a national reputation for aggressive pursuit of child pornographers worldwide. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a cluttered office cubicle in a nondescript building on Indianapolis' derelict east side, a man with rolled-up shirt sleeves scans email attachments of videos that depict startlingly young children being sexually tormented in ways that can make even federal judges weep.

Royals INF Tejada suspended 105 games for PED use

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, Kansas City Royals shortstop Miguel Tejada points to the third base umpire who ruled a strikeout in a baseball game in New York. Tejada was suspended for 105 games for testing positive for amphetamines, the MLB announced in a statement Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The scourge of drugs and baseball claimed its third former MVP in a month when Miguel Tejada was suspended Saturday for 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.

Roll Tide! Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban is doused with Gatorade in the final seconds of the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame in Miami. Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1. Nick Saban and the two-time defending national champion Crimson Tide are top-ranked in The Associated Press preseason college football poll released Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, as they try to become the first team to win three straight national titles. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1.

AP PHOTOS: 4 fateful and deadly days in Egypt

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:08 PM PDT

Aug. 14, 2013: Egyptian security forces detain supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)Clashes among police, supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and armed vigilantes have killed more than 800 people in Egypt since Wednesday. A timeline of key events:

Firefighters face another tough day in Idaho

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:05 PM PDT

Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday, Aug., 16, 2013 north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDITHAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday faced another challenging day battling a rapidly growing wildfire burning closer to two posh, central Idaho resort communities, while other blazes in the West charred homes, dry grass and brush.

Bolt is indisputably golden in 200 at worlds

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 01:21 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, second from left, competes in the men's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)MOSCOW (AP) — Forget the race. With Usain Bolt, the real fun happens after he crosses the finish line.

Firefighters facing another tough day in Idaho

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday, Aug., 16, 2013 north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDITHAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday faced another challenging day battling a rapidly growing wildfire burning closer to two posh, central Idaho resort communities, while other fires raged on in the West.

Royals' Tejada suspended 105 games for PED use

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, Kansas City Royals shortstop Miguel Tejada points to the third base umpire who ruled a strikeout in a baseball game in New York. Tejada was suspended for 105 games for testing positive for amphetamines, the MLB announced in a statement Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former MVP Miguel Tejada was suspended for 105 games on Saturday for testing positive for an amphetamine, one of the longest suspensions given by Major League Baseball.

Usain Bolt wins men's 200 meters at worlds

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after winning a men's 200-meter semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.

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