2013年12月27日星期五

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Newtown documents yield chilling portrait

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 03:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where gunman Adam Lanza opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKSDocuments and photos show the gunman's fascination with violence and death.

End to South Sudan hostilities questioned

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 03:25 PM PST

Displaced people walk inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged South Sudan's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to stop the violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country, citing the example of the late Nelson Mandela and saying there is "a very small window of opportunity to secure peace" in the country where fighting since Dec. 15 has raised fears of full-blown civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)The government has agreed to stop combat against rebels accused of trying to overthrow the young country.

Starbucks customers break 1,000 mark in pay-it-forward record

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Military sex assault reports jump by 50 percent in 2013

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:37 PM PST

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is flanked by Sarah Plummer, left, a Marine Corps veteran and victim of sexual assault, and Kate Weber, right, a veteran who was sexually assaulted during her service in the Army, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. They are surrounded by supporters of her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the armed forces. At far left is Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., stands behind Sen. Gillibrand at center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The number of reported sexual assaults across the military shot up by more than 50 percent this year.

‘Wolf of Wall Street’ daughter to Scorsese, DiCaprio: Shame on you

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 11:11 AM PST

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in a scene from "The Wolf of Wall Street."(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Mary Cybulski)'Wolf of Wall Street' scion writes scathing op-ed to Scorsese, Hollywood

Target thieves got PIN data, too

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST

File photo of people shopping at Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkThe retailer confirms that "strongly encrypted" data was taken in Black Friday breach.

First recreational retail pot licenses up for grabs in Colorado

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 04:37 PM PST

This Jan. 26, 2013 photo taken at a grow house in Denver shows a marijuana plants ready to be harvested. Last fall, voters made Washington and Colorado the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed growers, processors and retail stores where adults over 21 can walk in and buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis. Both states are working to develop rules for the emerging recreational pot industry, with sales set to begin later this year.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday.

Police release Newtown documents

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:40 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, file photo, a makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre stands outside a home in Newtown, Conn., the one-year anniversary of the shootings. Connecticut authorities said they planned Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, to release state police documents from the investigation into last year's Newtown school massacre. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)Thousands of pages could shed additional light on the 20-year-old gunman.

Boy, 9, takes Christmas climb into the clouds

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 03:47 PM PST

FILE - This July 26, 2011 file photo provided by Kevin Armstrong, shows Kevin and his son, Tyler Armstrong, 7, after reaching the summit of Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada, Calif. On Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, Tyler, now 9, became the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. (AP Photo/Kevin Armstrong, File)After climbing a 22,841-foot mountain, Tyler Armstrong now eyes the world's highest peak.

Extended unemployment benefits ending for 1.3 million

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 02:05 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2013 file photo shows job seekers checking out companies at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend. The development entails potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy and sets up a tense battle when Congress reconvenes in the new year. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy. A tense political battle likely looms when Congress reconvenes in the new, midterm election year.

Car bombing kills pro-Western Lebanese politician

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 12:17 PM PST

Lebanese security forces and firefighters gather next to destroyed vehicles at the scene of an explosion in central Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. The state news agency said a bombing in central Beirut has killed several people, including Mohammed Chatah, a senior aide to former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb killed a prominent Lebanese politician critical of Syria and its ally Hezbollah, hitting his SUV Friday as it drove through a ritzy business district near Beirut's waterfront, shredding trees and scattering glass and twisted scraps of metal across the pavement.

That health care law, by the numbers

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:46 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government churns out tons of numbers, but here's one you won't see: 0.0002. That's the percentage of estimated online visitors to healthcare.gov who actually signed up for coverage the first day.

Police: 4 dead after La. shootings, 3 injured

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 04:02 PM PST

Ben FreemanLOCKPORT, La. (AP) — A nurse embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife killed his current wife before shooting his former in-laws and his onetime boss in a rampage that spanned two parishes in Louisiana, leaving three people dead and three wounded. He then fatally shot himself in the head, authorities said.

A&E reverses decision on 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 03:30 PM PST

This undated image released by A&E shows brothers Silas "Uncle Si" Robertson, left, and Phil Robertson from the popular series "Duck Dynasty." Phil Robertson was suspended for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people but was reinstated by the network on Friday, Dec. 27. In a statement Friday, A&E said it decided to bring Robertson back to the reality series after discussions with the Robertson family and "numerous advocacy groups." (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson will return to work on A&E's reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a backlash and threatened boycott.

Gambler rewards man who returned $300K left in cab

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash.

La. police: Killer's wife suffocated, drowned

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 02:58 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office shows Ben Freeman. Freeman is the suspect in an attack that involved his former in-laws and the head of a hospital where he'd worked on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, authorities said. (AP Photo/Lafourche Parish Sheriff Office)LOCKPORT, La. (AP) — Authorities say evidence shows a man first killed his wife before fatally shooting two others and wounding three people.

Opponents to fight new US military base on Okinawa

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 10:02 AM PST

This Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 photo, shows Henoko of Nago city on southern Japanese islands of Okinawa. Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima signed off Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops in Okinawa and move some to Guam. Nakaima approved the Japanese government's application to reclaim land for a new base in Henoko, which would replace the U.S. Marine Corps base in Futenma, a more congested part of Okinawa's main island, Japanese media reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYTOKYO (AP) — Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa's governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island.

Residents still without power growing frustrated

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 02:32 PM PST

Cory Bean works atop a utility pole to repair a power line, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, in East Lansing, Mich. Bean is part of a crew from utility service company T&D Solutions out of Kentucky brought in to assist Consumers Energy with restoring power in Michigan after an ice storm. Bean has been working in Michigan since Sunday. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Staring at a sixth day without power in a house as cold as a refrigerator, a frustrated John Johnson finally was able to borrow a generator from a neighbor Friday.

Hollywood poised for best-ever box-office year

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:10 PM PST

FILE - This image released by Lionsgate shows Donald Sutherland as President Snow in a scene from the film, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Hollywood is expected to have a banner year as box office totals are projected to peak at just under $11 billion, bringing in more multiplex revenue in 2013 than ever before. (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite a string of summertime flops, Hollywood is expected to have a banner year at the domestic box office, coming in just shy of $11 billion, the largest annual take ever. But because of higher ticket prices, actual attendance at North American theaters remained flat after a decade of decline.

Target: Customers' encrypted PINs were stolen

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 said that customers' encrypted PIN data was removed during the data breach that occurred earlier this month. But the company says it believes the PIN numbers are still safe because the information was strongly encrypted. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)ATLANTA (AP) — Target said Friday that debit-card PINs were among the financial information stolen from millions of customers who shopped at the retailer earlier this month.

Newtown shooting report expected to shed light on gunman

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 06:03 AM PST

FILE - This file image released Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, by the Danbury, Conn., State's Attorney from the "Appendix to Report on the Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and 36 Yogananda St., Newtown, Connecticut On December 14, 2012," shows a scene at 36 Yogananda St., where gunman Adam Lanza lived with his mother in Newtown, Conn. Lanza opened fire inside the school on Dec. 14, 2012, killing 20 first-graders and six educators before killing himself as police arrived. (AP Photo/Office of the Connecticut State's Attorney Judicial District of Danbury, File)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The planned release Friday of thousands of pages of police documents from the investigation into last year's school massacre in Newtown could shed additional light on the world of the 20-year-old gunman.

U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 11:46 AM PST

National Security Agency Bluffdale,By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans' phone calls is lawful, calling it a "counter-punch" to terrorism that does not violate Americans' privacy rights. Friday's decision by U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan diverged from a ruling by another judge this month that questioned the program's constitutionality, raising the prospect that the Supreme Court will need to resolve the issue. In a 54-page decision, Pauley dismissed an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit contending that the NSA collection of "bulk telephony metadata" violated the bar against warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The judge also referred often to the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people died, and said broad counter-terrorism programs such as the NSA's could help avoid a "horrific" repeat of those events.

Iranian official calls for direct talks with U.S.

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 09:04 AM PST

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani takes questions from journalists during a news conference in New YorkTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The top foreign adviser to Iran's supreme leader on Friday called for separate talks directly with the United States amid the multilateral negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

India cuts U.S. privileges, seeks tax violations

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:23 PM PST

India's Deputy Consul General in New York, Devyani Khobragade, attends a Rutgers University event at India's Consulate General in New YorkThe country takes further steps in retaliation for a diplomat's arrest and strip search.

Icebound Antarctic ship edges closer to rescue

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:56 AM PST

In this image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped in thick Antarctic ice 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. The research ship, with 74 scientists, tourists and crew on board, has been on a research expedition to Antarctica, when it got stuck Tuesday after a blizzard's whipping winds pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in place. (AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Andrew Peacock) EDITORIAL USE ONLYA ship that has been stuck in thick ice since Christmas Eve was nearing rescue on Friday.

Three NATO personnel killed in Kabul suicide car bomb: NATO

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 09:04 AM PST

Kabul (AFP) - Three NATO personnel were killed Friday in a Taliban suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kabul, officials said.

Lebanon bombing kills 5, including ex-minister

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:24 AM PST

Flames blaze from vehicles at the scene of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. A strong explosion has shaken the Lebanese capital, sending black smoke billowing from the center of Beirut. The blast went off a few hundred meters (yards) from the government headquarters and parliament building. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful bombing rocked a central business district of central Beirut Friday, setting cars ablaze and killing five people, including a senior aide to former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, officials said.

Okinawa governor gives go-ahead for new US base

Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:21 AM PST

This Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 photo, shows Henoko of Nago city on southern Japanese islands of Okinawa. Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima signed off Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops in Okinawa and move some to Guam. Nakaima approved the Japanese government's application to reclaim land for a new base in Henoko, which would replace the U.S. Marine Corps base in Futenma, a more congested part of Okinawa's main island, Japanese media reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYThe plan would move the base to what is currently a landfill.

Bobby Bowden's grandson killed in crash

Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:44 PM PST

Deadly Crash - Submerged VehicleWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden's grandson was one of two men killed when their car flipped into a small ditch off a central Florida road, officials said Thursday.

29 killed in Thailand bus accident: police

Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:17 PM PST

A bus carrying New Year travellers plunged off one of Thailand's highest bridges in the kingdom's northeast, leaving at least 29 people dead, police in Phetchabun province said on December 27, 2013A bus carrying New Year travellers plunged off one of Thailand's highest bridges in the kingdom's northeast, leaving at least 29 people dead, police said. The accident occurred around midnight Thursday-Friday in Lom Sak district, Phetchabun province while the bus was en route to the northern province of Chiang Rai. "We suspect the bus driver fell asleep," Major General Sukit Samana, police commander of Phetchabun province, told AFP. Transport Minister Chadchart Sitthipunt said the bus smashed through the safety barrier of the Phamuang bridge, whose highest pillar stands at 50 metres (164 feet) tall and which links north and northeast Thailand.

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