2013年10月18日星期五

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Chilling new details emerge in Newtown massacre

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire. Contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School are being required to sign confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building where 26 people were fatally shot last December. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKSAdam Lanza covered his bedroom windows with bag garbage bags.

Walmart returns job to worker who stopped attack

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 04:59 PM PDT

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in BentonvilleWal-Mart say it's offering back a job for a Michigan worker who says he was fired when he tried to help a woman being assaulted in a store parking lot. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan ...

Train strike clogs San Francisco highways

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Highway 880 is packed with commuters on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)The strike could drag through the weekend and into next work week.

Obama, Dems are unified now but face tough tests

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:28 PM PDT

In this Oct. 12, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., look to photographers as they meet Democratic leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in Washington. For Obama and congressional Democrats, this month's budget battles brought about a remarkable period of party unity, a welcome change for the White House after a summer of disputes over possible military action in Syria, government spying programs and the president's pick to lead the Federal Reserve. But Democratic solidarity will face a tougher test during the broader budget talks following the reopening of the government and the increase of Treasury's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, this month's budget battles brought about a remarkable period of party unity, a welcome change for the White House after a summer of disputes over possible military action in Syria, government spying programs and the president's pick to lead the Federal Reserve.

Same-sex marriages to begin Monday in New Jersey

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:38 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image provided by Lambda Legal shows plaintiffs Beverly Sevcik, 73, right, and Mary Baranovich, 76. A gay rights advocacy group is appealing a federal judge's ruling that upheld Nevada's constitutional ban against same-sex marriage. The appeal filed Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, by Lambda Legal on behalf of eight Nevada couples, including Baranovich and Sevcik, asks the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to overturn a decision last year by U.S. District Judge Robert Jones in Reno. (AP Photo/Lambda Legal, File)Same-sex marriages can begin within days in New Jersey after the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold an order that they must start Monday and to deny a delay that had been sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration.

Mom: Newtown victim shouted for classmates to run

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:47 PM PDT

This autumn 2011 photo provided by the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation shows Jesse Lewis, who was slain in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Jesse's mother Scarlett Lewis said Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, that Jesse yelled for classmates to run when the gunman paused to reload during the shooting spree. The gunman then shot the boy in the head. Scarlett Lewis said investigators detailed the events inside her son's classroom after gathering accounts from children who survived. (AP Photo/Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation, Scarlett Lewis)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy killed in the massacre in Sandy Hook Elementary School shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload and was shot moments later, the boy's mother said Friday.

Police: Baby found in NY shopping bag born alive

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT

A New York City police officer stands in front of the Victoria's Secret Herald Square store in midtown Manhattan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in New York. A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left the lingerie shop Thursday afternoon, and discovered one of them was carrying what appeared to be a fetus in her bag, police said. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — A dead baby found in a teenage girl's shopping bag at a lingerie store was born alive and then asphyxiated, police said Friday, as the macabre discovery turned toward a possible homicide case.

Charges possible for toppled ancient Utah rock

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:02 PM PDT

This undated photo released by Utah State Parks shows rock formations at Goblin Valley State Park. Authorities say three men could face felony charges after purposely knocking over an ancient Utah desert rock formation and posting a video of the incident online. State parks spokesman Eugene Swalberg says the formation at Goblin Valley State Park is about 170 million years old. The park is dotted with thousands of the eerie, mushroom shaped sandstone formations. (AP Photo/Utah State Parks)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are mulling whether to press charges against a Boy Scouts leader who purposely knocked over an ancient Utah desert rock formation and against the two men who cheered him on after they posted video of the incident online.

Cheney feared heart device in assassination effort

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 04:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney leaves after attending the funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function. (AP Photo/Olivia Harris, Pool, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function.

Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria freed

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:18 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Nine Shiite pilgrims from Lebanon kidnapped in Syria were freed late Friday night as part of a negotiated hostage deal that could see two Turkish pilots held by Lebanese militants released, officials said.

Greece trying to identify girl found in Gypsy camp

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:12 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by Greek Police shows a four-year-old girl at an unknown location. Greek authorities on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 have requested international assistance to identify the four-year-old girl found living in a Gypsy camp with a couple arrested and charged with abducting her from her birth parents. A police statement says the child was located Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013 near the town of Farsala, central Greece, during a nationwide crackdown on illegal activities in Gypsy camps. (AP Photo/Greek Police)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek police raided the camp in search of drugs and weapons, part of a crackdown on illegal activity in the Gypsy community. But during the operation, an accompanying prosecutor noticed something else that stood out: a blond, blue-eyed little girl.

Dallas police probe shooting of mentally ill man

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT

On Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, Joyce Jackson holds a drawing made by her son Bobby Gerald Bennett, in Dallas. Jackson says Bennett, who is a schizophrenic, wanted to take the drawing with him out of the house leading to an argument that caused her to call police Monday. Surveillance video from a neighbor's camera shows Bennett standing as two officers approach him. Seconds later, Officer Cardan Spencer fires at Bennet who now remains in a hospital intensive care unit. Dallas police have opened a criminal investigation and placed the officer on administrative leave indefinitely. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)DALLAS (AP) — Surveillance video showing a Dallas police officer shooting a mentally ill man standing still about 20 feet away contradicts the assertion of an officer that the man threatened his safety by lunging at him with a knife.

Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:33 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at U.N. Headquarters. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Just hours after winning a coveted place on the U.N. Security Council for the first time, Saudi Arabia did a stunning about-face Friday and rejected the seat, denouncing the body for failing to resolve world conflicts such as the Syrian civil war.

NJ court agrees to allow same-sex marriages Monday

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:06 PM PDT

Cindy Meneghin, second from right, hugs her attorney Hayley Gorenberg during a rally at Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after a Superior Court Judge ruled that New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Meneghin has been with her partner, Maureen Kilian, left, for 39 years. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Same-sex marriages will begin within days in New Jersey after the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a lower-court order that gay weddings must start Monday and to deny a delay that was sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration.

Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District office in Spokane, Wash. Foley has died at the age of 84, according to House Democratic aides on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Foley was a Washington state lawmaker who became the first speaker since the Civil War who failed to win re-election in his home district. He was U.S. ambassador to Japan for four years during the Clinton administration. But he spent the most time in the House, serving 30 years including more than five as speaker. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green, file)WASHINGTON (AP) — Tall and courtly, Tom Foley served 30 years in the House when partisan confrontation was less rancorous than today and Democrats had dominated for decades. He crowned his long political career by becoming speaker, only to be toppled when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, turned out by angry voters with little taste for incumbents.

Homeland Security choice suggests priority shift

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama stands with Jeh Johnson, his choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Johnson was general counsel at the Defense Department during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to help craft the nation's counterterrorism policy as secretary of homeland security, suggesting a shift from the department's emphasis on immigration and border issues to a greater focus on security against possible attacks.

Firefighter who ran over Asiana survivor won't face charges

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial photo, the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 lies on the ground after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco. In the first investigation of its kind, federal transportation officials are reviewing whether Asiana Airlines failed to meet legal obligations to help the families of passengers after one of its planes crashed at San Francisco International Airport, killing three people. Under U.S. law, Asiana was required to provide a range of services to family members of the 291 passengers, from the prompt posting of a toll-free number to gather and distribute information, to providing transportation and lodging so family members can comfort injured loved ones. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport will not be charged with a crime, prosecutors said Friday.

Could this newly discovered asteroid hit Earth?

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Search for Dangerous Asteroids Continues Despite Government ShutdownNASA has gone out of its way to reassure the public that reports of a massive asteroid headed toward Earth are greatly exaggerated.

Two killers register as felons after they escape

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:37 PM PDT

Killers escape Fla. prison using forged papersORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Within days of strolling out of prison without a hitch, two convicted killers freed by bogus paperwork went to a jail about 300 miles away and registered as felons, records showed. They were even fingerprinted, photographed and filled out paperwork to apparently keep up the ruse.

Commuter chaos in San Francisco area train strike

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Roxanne Sanchez, left, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, left, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit workers may go on strike at midnight unless management agrees to enter into arbitration to resolve a remaining issue, a union leader said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.

Memorial unveiled for MIT officer killed in Boston attack

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Photographs of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus officer Sean Collier, center, are part of a makeshift memorial near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston's Copley Square Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in remembrance of the Boston Marathon bombings. Authorities allege that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were responsible for Colliers death. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Officer Sean Collier was dedicated to his work and loved life; to the 27-year-old bachelor, "every day was a good day," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Chief John DiFava at a ceremony Friday to unveil a temporary memorial to Collier.

Germany closes Kabul embassy over security fears

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Afghan police secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said the assault started at dusk when a car exploded near the gate of a compound, housing contractors from various countries, European diplomatic personnel and United Nations employees. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)BERLIN (AP) — German officials say the country has temporarily closed its embassy in the Afghan capital due to fears of a possible attack.

'Baby Hope' slaying suspect denies he killed girl

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2013, file photo shows a poster soliciting information regarding an unidentified body near the site where the body was found in New York. Police in New York City said Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, that they had arrested the killer of a child who was nicknamed Baby Hope by detectives after her body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan highway in 1991.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with sexually assaulting and smothering 4-year-old "Baby Hope" in 1991 denied in a jailhouse interview that he killed the girl but admitted he helped dispose of the body.

This charming man? Morrissey book climbs charts

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Copies of the Morrissey "Autobiography" lie stacked up on display at a branch of a bookstore in north London, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The memoir from the former frontman of The Smiths _ titled simply "Autobiography" _ is the first rock bio published under the venerable Penguin Classics imprint, home to Aeschylus, Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde. That has horrified some people in the publishing industry, but not the singer's many fans, who snapped up the book as soon as it was published Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — The new book by British singer Morrissey is a classic. It says so right on the cover.

Malala skips school to meet Queen Elizabeth II

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:59 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai during a reception for youth, education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday Oct. 18, 2013. The Pakistani teenager, an advocate for education for girls, survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way home from school. (AP Photo/Yui Mok, Pool)The teen advocate for girls' education gave the 87-year-old queen a copy of her book

Teenager explains his plea for a family

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:58 PM PDT

Teenage Foster Child's Plea for a FamilyDavion Navar Henry Only has been waiting for a family all of his life and he recently decided to take matters into his own hands. He has only one desire for his prospective family: "to love me forever." Davion, 15, has been in foster care his whole life, but has never had a family. On [...]

Hindu holy man's dream prompts treasure hunt at fort

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:18 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 photo, people visit the fort of King Rao Ram Baksh Singh in Unnao in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath the 19th century fort on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of the cache. (AP Photo)UNNAO, India (AP) — Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort in northern India on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of a nearly $50 billion cache.

Cruz put RNC in tight spot during shutdown

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:05 AM PDT

Cruz and Lee depart the Senate floor after their speeches before the night-time budget vote at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonRepublicans were in a tough position as the fight dragged on.

San Francisco rail workers strike, throwing commute into chaos

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:07 AM PDT

BART strike imminent as talks stallBy Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Commuter rail workers in the San Francisco Bay Area walked off their jobs on Friday after talks on a new contract broke down over workplace rules, throwing the morning commute into chaos in the traffic-clogged Northern California region. The walkout by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers shut down a rail system that carries about 400,000 passengers a day, transporting commuters back and forth between Oakland, San Francisco and outlying suburbs. "I am mad as hell. ...

Snowden: No secret files taken to Russia

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. In an interview with the New York Times posted to its website on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. (AP File Photo)The former NSA contractor says he handed all the documents to reporters in Hong Kong.

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