2013年9月15日星期日

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Summers pulls out of fight for Federal Reserve chair

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:26 PM PDT

Harvard University's President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot Professor Lawrence Summers gestures while he speaks during The Economist's Buttonwood Gathering in New York in this file photoSummers played a critical role in crafting the stimulus package Obama pushed in 2009.

Violent storms trigger landslides, floods in Mexico

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:44 PM PDT

Vendors at the beach of Veracruz pack up on September 14, 2013 as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane IngridHurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel triggered rain, landslides and floods.

Police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed man

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Kerrick and FerrellA North Carolina police officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Saturday after police say he fatally shot an unarmed man who had apparently just survived a car crash in Charlotte and was looking for help.

Floods transform Colorado's 'Gore-Tex Vortex'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT

Carlos Duron, 3, and his mother, Vilma Maldonado, are evacuees from Longmont, Colo., staying at Mead High School with the Red Cross on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 in Mead, Colo. The National Weather Service says up to 2 inches of rain could fall Sunday, creating a risk of more flooding and mudslides. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Cliff Grassmick) NO SALESLYONS, Colo. (AP) — The cars that normally clog Main Street in Lyons on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park have been replaced by military supply trucks. Shop owners in Estes Park hurriedly cleared their wares in fear that the Big Thompson River will rise again. A plywood sign encouraged residents mucking out their homes to "Hang in there."

In Iowa, Biden touts diplomatic progress in Syria

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's annual fundraising steak fry dinner, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to a decidedly anti-war audience in Iowa on Sunday, played down the Obama administration's pledge to use military force to rid Syria of chemical weapons.

Unarmed man shot by police was former FAMU player

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:58 PM PDT

Jonathan Ferrell is seen in an undated photo provided by Florida A&M University. Ferrell, 24, was shot and killed Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, by North Carolina police officer Randall Kerrick after a wreck in Charlotte, N.C. Ferrell was unarmed. Police called the Ferrell and Kerrick's initial encounter " appropriate and lawful. But in their statement late Saturday, they said "the investigation showed that the subsequent shooting of Mr. Ferrell was excessive" and "Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter." Police said Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/Florida A&M University)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The deadly encounter was set in motion when a former college football player survived a wreck and went searching for help in the middle of the night. A frightened woman heard him pounding and opened her front door, then called police. Officers found the unarmed man, and one shot him when a Taser failed to stop him from approaching.

Alabama church marks 50th anniversary of bombing

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Churchgoers file outside the church as a wreath is carried at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. The congregation gathered outside the church for the wreath laying ceremony at the spot where a bomb was detonated 50 years ago by the Ku Klux Klan, killing four young girls. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of people black and white, many holding hands, filled an Alabama church that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan 50 years ago Sunday to mark the anniversary of the blast that killed four little girls and became a landmark moment in the civil rights struggle.

Parts of NM brace for more rain, clean up begins

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:42 PM PDT

La Union residents snap photos with their cell phone cameras while others look on in disbelief at what was once San Antonio Street before flood waters demolished the entire roadway, leaving many residents in La Union, N.M. stranded in their homes, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Previously drought-stricken rivers surged their banks across New Mexico on Friday, closing roads, stranding children at schools and forcing evacuation from Las Vegas to Truth or Consequences from "life-threatening" floods. (AP Photo/The Las Cruces Sun-News, Shari Vialpando-Hill) MANDATORY CREDITALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another round of rainfall moved across New Mexico on Sunday, renewing the threat of heavy runoff from already saturated soils and flooding in low areas as residents faced a major cleanup effort from damage left in the wake of days of relentless rain.

Chiefs start 2-0 after beating Cowboys 17-16

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles (25) avoids Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Jason Hatcher (97) during the first half of an NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Led by a new quarterback in Alex Smith and a new coach in Andy Reid, the Kansas City Chiefs so far have looked nothing like the team that had the worst record in the NFL last season.

Police: Ohio mobile home fire kills man, 5 kids

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:43 PM PDT

A fire swept through a mobile home Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, killing a man and five children in Tiffin, Ohio, according to police. Fire crews pulled the man and the children from the home, and all six were taken to Tiffin Mercy Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The fire was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday in a mobile home park in Tiffin, about 50 miles southeast of Toledo. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving fire claimed the lives of a man and five children ages 6 and under on Sunday morning when it swept through a mobile home in northwest Ohio.

After surviving Manziel, 'Bama remains No. 1

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Alabama head coach Nick Saban reacts on the sideline during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Texas A&M Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Breaking down The Associated Press college football poll after Week 2 of the regular season.

Bombings kill 58 in south and central Iraq

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.

New Miss America to be crowned Sunday night

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Miss Alabama Chandler Champion shows her shoe during the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez,)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The finale of the Miss America pageant returns to Atlantic City on Sunday night, with plenty of drama to augment the glamour.

LeBron's wedding both posh and private

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:45 AM PDT

FILE - In a March 2, 2011 file photo, Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James, center, sits with his girlfriend Savannah Brinson, right, at a new computer during a charity event at the Northwest Boys & Girls Club in Miami. James married Savannah Brinson at the posh Grand Del Mar Hotel in San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2013, according to two people familiar with the details of the ceremony. About 200 guests were present for the ceremony, said one of the people, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because the wedding was private and the couple had yet to release any details. James and Brinson, 27, have been together since high school and have two sons. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)LeBron James wanted his wedding day to be perfect and private.

Many bridges in Puerto Rico considered risky

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:44 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's salty ocean air is corroding dozens of bridges across the U.S. territory, continually weakening the structures and posing a challenge for officials trying to prioritize which ones to repair first.

Syrian official: Chemical weapons deal a 'victory'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:27 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian medics treat wounded children and men, injured from heavy shelling, at a makeshift hospital in Maaret al-Numan, Idlib province, northern Syria, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)A high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria's chemical weapons a "victory" for President Bashar Assad's regime, but the U.S. warned Sunday "the threat of force is real" if Damascus fails to carry out the plan.

Colorado floods: More than 700 evacuated in largest aerial rescue operation since Hurricane Katrina, officials say

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:03 AM PDT

An emergency responder stands next to the runway as a rescue helicopter lands at Boulder Municipal Airport, Colo., Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding was accelerating as food and water supplies ran low, while thousands more were driven from their homes on the plains as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas inundating towns and farms miles from the Rockies. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)More than 1,200 people have been evacuated — including 700 via air — in the wake of the flood that's left at least six people dead and hundreds unaccounted for in Colorado, officials there say.

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