2013年9月13日星期五

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U.S. isn’t ruling out using force against Syria

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Obama: Intl. Community 'must Respond' to SyriaBut it won't be in the UN resolution on Assad's chemical weapons.

Colo. death toll rises to 4 after body found

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Boulder Creek flows at high speed next to a road closed off by debris from flooding at the base of Boulder Canyon, Colo., Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. People in Boulder were ordered to evacuate as water rose to dangerous levels amid a storm system that has been dropping rain for a week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)The floodwaters are forcing thousands more evacuations.

Documentary explores the 'broken hopes' in the West Bank

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:03 AM PDT

'Broken Hopes - Oslo's Legacy' - A webdocumentary 20 years after the Oslo Peace AccordDocumenting life in the West Bank two decades after the Oslo peace accords

UN's Ban slams Assad as Syria talks continue

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:40 PM PDT

John Kerry shakes hand with Lakhdar Brahimi (centre) after talks with Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, on September 13, 2013Ban Ki-moon accuses the Syrian president of crimes against humanity.

Not easy to get rid of chemical weapons -- just ask the U.S.

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 10:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2010 file photo Debra Michaels, Chemical Operations Manager uses a flashlight to inspect mustard agent shells in one of the bunkers at the Pueblo Army Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. Three decades after the United States started destroying its own chemical weapons, the nation's stockpile stands at more than 3,000 tons _ about three times what the U.S. now says Syrian President Bashar Assad controls. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not easy or quick to get rid of a nation's chemical weapons. Just ask the United States.

Video: Colorado's St. Vrain River roars over banks

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:16 PM PDT

The overflowing St. Vrain River swamps structures following overnight flash flooding, one mile east of Lyons, Colo., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. At least two people are reported dead and the widespread high waters are keeping search and rescue teams from reaching stranded residents in Lyons and nearby mountain communities as heavy rains hammered northern Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)In this video, Frederick, Colo., resident Keith Alderman captured the surge of the St. Vrain River in northern Colorado on Friday, as the usually placid creek rose significantly from its normal levels after heavy and lingering rain.

Is NYC unwilling to elect a gay, woman mayor?

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT

Christine Quinn primary nightDid her gender and sexuality hurt Christine Quinn's bid to helm the nation's largest city?

'This one's going to bring us to our knees'

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:45 PM PDT

Will Pitner is rescued by emergency workers, and neighbor Jeff Writer, left, after a night trapped sheltering outside on high ground above his home as it filled with water from a surge of water, after days of record rain and flooding, at the base of Boulder Canyon, Colo., Friday Sept. 13, 2013 in Boulder. Flash flooding in Colorado has left at least three people reportedly dead and the widespread high waters have hampered emergency workers' access to affected communities as heavy rains hammered northern Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Relentless floodwaters continue to inundate Colorado.

Florida girl was bullied for months before suicide

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For nearly a year, as many as 15 girls ganged up on 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick and picked on her, authorities say, bombarding her with online messages such as "You should die" and "Why don't you go kill yourself."

Water, then fire: 2 NJ shore towns suffer again

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT

Firefighters battle a blaze in a building on the Seaside Park boardwalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the Seaside Park section of the boardwalk and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — They were the kind of places that made for family memories of french fries and ice cream, but also created some raucous reality TV, like the time Snooki was laid out by a barroom sucker punch.

Police end occupation of Mexico City center

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:33 PM PDT

Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out at the Zocalo for more than a month have been told by authorities they need to leave today setting the stage for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform. As federal police helicopters swooped low overhead Friday, teachers struck tents they have been living in for weeks and burned garbage and plastic traffic barriers, filling the Zocalo with thick, acrid smoke. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riot police swept thousands of striking teachers out of the heart of Mexico City on Friday, driving protesters through the streets with tear gas and water cannons in a swift end to the weeks-long occupation of the Zocalo plaza over reforms to the dysfunctional national education system.

Taliban attack on US Consulate kills 4 Afghans

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:55 AM PDT

A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

Investigators: 36,000 game disability system

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:07 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. Congressional investigators say Social Security has made more than $1 billion in improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work. In a report issued Friday, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 36,000 workers got improper payments from December 2010 to January 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators said in a report Friday.

Some employers see perks of hiring older workers

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:44 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 23, 2013, David Mintz poses for The Associated Press inside his business, Tofutti, in Cranford, N.J. Mintz, the Tofutti CEO, maker of dairy-free products, says he wants his employees at Tofutti to have the trademarks of youth: energetic and enthusiastic, fresh thinking and quick to catch on, able to work at a frenzied pace, starting the day early and working late. He's finding them in older workers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Older people searching for jobs have long fought back stereotypes that they lack the speed, technology skills and dynamism of younger applicants. But as a wave of baby boomers seeks to stay on the job later in life, some employers are finding older workers are precisely what they need.

Furyk becomes 6th player to shoot 59 on PGA Tour

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Jim Furyk acknowledges the gallery after posting a 59, tying the PGA single round record, during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill., Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — With a shot at golf's magic number, Jim Furyk had no trouble finishing the job.

Obama: NJ to get support after boardwalk blaze

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:37 PM PDT

Firefighters battle a blaze in a building on the Seaside Park boardwalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the Seaside Park section of the boardwalk and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration will continue to support New Jersey in its efforts to recover and rebuild after a fire devastated part of a boardwalk just recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

Police move in on Mexico City protesters

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:44 PM PDT

Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out at the Zocalo for more than a month have been told by authorities they need to leave today setting the stage for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform. As federal police helicopters swooped low overhead Friday, teachers struck tents they have been living in for weeks and burned garbage and plastic traffic barriers, filling the Zocalo with thick, acrid smoke. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of striking teachers briefly seized control of the historic heart of Mexico City on Friday, blockading the Zocalo plaza armed with metal pipes and wooden clubs. Minutes after a late-afternoon government deadline, riot police started pushing into the area, firing tear gas and ducking hurled rocks in a confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform.

United to let lucky travelers fly on $0 tickets

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:28 PM PDT

United Airlines said on Friday that it will honor the tickets it accidentally gave away for free.

Teachers seize historic heart of Mexico City

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:04 PM PDT

Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out at the Zocalo for more than a month have been told by authorities they need to leave today setting the stage for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform. As federal police helicopters swooped low overhead Friday, teachers struck tents they have been living in for weeks and burned garbage and plastic traffic barriers, filling the Zocalo with thick, acrid smoke. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of striking teachers seized control of the historic heart of Mexico City on Friday, blockading the Zocalo plaza armed with metal pipes and wooden clubs as riot police flooded the area for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform.

Friends of Boston bomber plead not guilty to cover-up charges

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:33 PM PDT

This undated photo added on April 18, 2013 to the VK page of Dias Kadyrbayev shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in New York. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, two college buddies of Tsarnaev, were jailed by immigration authorities the day after Tsarnaev's capture. They are not suspects, but are being held for violating their student visas by not regularly attending classes, Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl said. They are being detained at a county jail in Boston. (AP Photo/VK)By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Three college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that they helped cover his tracks when the FBI was trying to find the people responsible for the April 15 attack. All three are charged with going to Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the bombing and removing a laptop and a backpack containing empty fireworks shells after receiving a text message from him telling them to "go to my room and take what's there," according to court papers. ...

Syria deliberately targeting hospitals

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area last week, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. More than two years into Syria's civil war, the once highly-centralized authoritarian state has effectively split into three distinct parts, each boasting its own flags, security agencies and judicial system. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)Assad is committing war crimes with such attacks, says a U.N. report.

'Not much left': NJ boardwalk fire mostly contained

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:11 AM PDT

New Jersey firefighters spray water as they work to control a fire in Seaside Park in New JerseySEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Hot spots could keep flaring up for days on a New Jersey shore boardwalk where a fire leveled four blocks and about 30 businesses just 10 months after the same area was devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

National Guard reaches Colo. town cut off by floods

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:20 AM PDT

A torrent of water rushes alongside a swamped house following flash flooding near Left Hand Canyon, south of Lyons, Colo., Thursday, Sept 12, 2013. The widespread high waters are keeping search and rescue teams from reaching stranded residents in Lyons and nearby mountain communities as heavy rains hammered northern Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)LYONS, Colo. (AP) — This is what Associated Press reporters on the scene Friday are learning about unfolding events:

Bloomberg won't endorse in NYC mayoral race

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:42 AM PDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New YorkBloomberg says he'll stay off the campaign trail and focus instead on a smooth transition with his successor.

Consulate attack's impact on Syria debate

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:42 AM PDT

Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight near the U.S. consulate in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)Afghan security woes remain a big problem 12 years after the U.S. intervened there.

US balloonist fails in bid to cross Atlantic

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:25 AM PDT

In this photo provided by Mark McBreairty, a balloon cluster carrying Jonathan Trappe lifts off from Caribou, Maine, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Unlike a conventional hot-air balloon, Trappe lifted off Thursday using hundreds of helium-filled balloons clustered together. Trappe hopes to be the first person to successfully complete a trans-Atlantic flight using the balloon cluster. (AP Photo/Mark McBreairty)An American adventurer's bid to float across the Atlantic to Europe under a cluster of 370 colorful helium balloons failed when he was forced to land in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, he said Friday.

After fires, Jersey towns hit by Sandy must rebuild—again

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:56 PM PDT

New Jersey firefighters arrive to control a massive fire in Seaside Park in New JerseyBy Dave Warner SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vowed on Friday to rebuild two resort towns ravaged by a boardwalk fire just months after they were restored in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, while state officials put out a call for federal aid. About 100 firefighters remained on the scene on Friday, putting out hot spots after containing the fire which started at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday and blazed out of control for hours, moving several blocks into neighboring Seaside Heights. ...

Embers remain a problem in N.J. boardwalk fire

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:05 AM PDT

Firefighters battle a blaze in a building on the Seaside Park boardwalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the Seaside Park section of the boardwalk and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — About 100 firefighters are on the boardwalk in two Jersey shore towns trying to control hot spots after a boardwalk rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy was reduced to smoldering remains by a fire.

Men held over 'audacious plot' to take over Santander UK computers

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:09 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk past the main entrance to the Surrey Quays shopping centre in south LondonBy Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had smashed an "audacious" and sophisticated plot to take control of the bank Santander UK's computer systems and steal millions of pounds. Detectives, who described the plot as the most significant case of its kind, said they had arrested 12 men who had allegedly fitted a device in a Santander branch in southeast London capable of transmitting the entire desktop contents of the bank computer. ...

Thousands more people told to evacuate their Colo. homes

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:36 AM PDT

A couple plays in flood water at Utah Park in Aurora, Colo., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. The park was under water due to flooding. Flash flooding in Colorado has cut off access to towns, closed the University of Colorado in Boulder and left at least three people dead.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)LYONS, Colo. (AP) — With rain still falling and the flood threat still real, authorities called on thousands more people in the inundated city of Boulder and a mountain hamlet to evacuate as nearby creeks rose to dangerous levels.

Liberal activists developing Syria envy?

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:00 AM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington. Some of Obama's top allies say the president misread a few crucial political forces when he asked Congress to support his bid to strike Syria over last month's chemical weapons attack. They say the chief one is the nation's profound weariness with military entanglements in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)Some wonder if Obama can be as intense with hot-button domestic issues.

Four dead in Colorado flooding as rescues continue

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:19 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - Four people were dead and thousands were being evacuated on Friday as flood waters raged through parts of Colorado and the National Guard used military vehicles in a small town to rescue up to 2,000 residents. Taking advantage of a break in record rains that have caused Colorado's worst flooding in over three decades, Guard members went door to door in the remote town of Lyons to ferry residents to safety. ...

Fire at Russian psychiatric hospital kills 37

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:10 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Novgorod region branch of Russian Emergency Ministry, the ministry's Emergency Situations workers and fire fighters work at a site of a fire at a psychiatric hospital in Luka village in the Novgorod region, Russia, early Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. A fire swept through the Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead, officials said Friday. Authorities had long warned that the building was unsafe and called for its closure. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Ministry, the Novgorod region branch)MOSCOW (AP) — A pre-dawn fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital Friday, killing 37 people, officials said. Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building dating to the 19th century was unsafe.

Taliban attack U.S. consulate in Afghanistan

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:44 AM PDT

A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)Two Afghan officers die after a bombing and gunfight at the U.S. consulate in Herat.

Four men given death sentences in India gang rape

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Police stand guard outside the Saket Court Complex in New Delhi on September 13, 2013NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the widespread mistreatment of women and the government's inability to deal with crime.

Firefighters make progress against N.J. boardwalk blaze

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 08:24 PM PDT

New Jersey firefighters look at rising smoke as they work to control a massive fire in Seaside Park in New JerseyOfficials Hope to Save Portion of Boardwalk Just Rebuilt After Sandy

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