2014年1月31日星期五

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White House acting fast on old crack sentences

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:32 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks about the mandatory minimum policy at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2013 annual legislative conference in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President and AG Holder not waiting on Congress to grant clemency for some offenders.

2 Utah men charged with toppling ancient rock

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 04:53 PM PST

FILE - This file frame grab from a video taken by Dave Hall shows two men cheering after a Boy Scouts leader knocked over an ancient Utah desert rock formation at Goblin Valley State Park. Prosecutors have filed charges Friday Jan. 31, 2014, against two former Boy Scout leaders accused of toppling ancient rock formations at Utah's Goblin Valley State Park. State Parks officials say Glenn Taylor was charged with criminal mischief. David Hall was charged with aiding criminal mischief, another felony. (AP Photo/Dave Hall, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges Friday against two former Boy Scout leaders accused of toppling one of the ancient rock formations at Utah's Goblin Valley State Park.

An important change is coming to hurricane warnings

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 01:19 PM PST

Storm surge flooding sample map (National Hurricane Center)A common misconception about hurricanes is that wind is your worst enemy. "Most people, when they hear hurricane, think wind first and maybe water second," said Jamie Rhome, storm surge specialist at the National Hurricane Center. "Given the fact that water is killing more people, we've got to start thinking water first." On Friday, the National Hurricane Center announced that it will add storm surge maps to text warnings when the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season begins in June.

Super Bowl madness in NYC's Times Square

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST

Super Bowl madness in NYC's Times SquareAline Colvero of Porto Alegre, Brazil poses for a photograph on Super Bowl Boulevard in Times Square in New York on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos on Sunday at the stadium in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Keystone XL pipeline clears significant hurdle

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:37 PM PST

In this March 11, 2013, file photo, a sign reading "Stop the Transcanada Pipeline" stands in a field near Bradshaw, Neb. The proposed Keystone XL pipeline will run through this field. In a move that disappointed environmental groups and cheered the oil industry, the Obama administration on Jan. 31, 2014, said it had no major environmental objections to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)State Dept. report raises no major environmental objections to its construction.

FBI: Powder at hotels near Super Bowl appears harmless

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST

Suspicious powder mailed to hotels near Super BowlLetters sent to at least 5 hotels and Ex-NYC Mayor Giuliani; one tests to be baking soda.

Ex-official: Christie knew about lane closures

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST

New Jersey Governor Christie prepares to make an education announcement involving a new after-school dinner program for students in need at Dudley Family School in CamdenLetter from Port Authority staffer who resigned says N.J. gov. knew what was happening.

Two put on leave after school took lunches from kids who owed money

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:59 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, students pick up their lunch at Barre Town Elementary School in Barre Town, Vt. The Agriculture Department said Friday, Jan. 3, 2013, it's making permanent rules that allow schools to serve larger portions of lean meat and whole grains in school lunches and other meals. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school cafeteria manager and a district supervisor have been placed on paid leave while officials investigate why lunches were taken from students who owed money on food accounts, a district spokesman said Friday.

Ex-official: Christie knew about bridge closures

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:58 PM PST

New Jersey Governor Christie prepares to make an education announcement involving a new after-school dinner program for students in need at Dudley Family School in CamdenLetter from Port Authority staffer who resigned says N.J. gov. knew what was happening.

White House calls class warfare charges ‘hyperventilation’

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:11 AM PST

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman speaks during a news conference at the White House in WashingtonThe White House had a simple message on Friday for very rich Americans complaining that President Obama wants to wage class warfare: Stop your "hyperventilation."

Syria refuses to commit to more peace talks

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:34 AM PST

A Syrian demonstrator is wrapped in a Syrian flag carrying the picture of President Assad as they shout pro-government slogans during a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 31, 2014. The first face-to-face meetings between Syria's warring sides in three years were wrapping up Friday, with a patient U.N. mediator struggling to build enough momentum for a more constructive second round to break through the deadly impasse. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)After a week of negotiations, an end to the deadly civil war is not in sight.

Obama gets CEOs to help unemployed

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:16 PM PST

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at McGavock High School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Also pictured is former Vice President Al Gore, behind. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting the persistent joblessness that has marred the economic recovery, President Barack Obama won commitments Friday from more than 300 companies to reach out in their hiring to the nearly 4 million Americans who have been unemployed for half a year or more.

Doctor found 'no problem' with Navy Yard gunman before attack

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:08 AM PST

This image released by the FBI shows a photo of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis. Alexis, who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard lied so convincingly to Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that they concluded he had no mental health issues despite serious problems and encounters with police during the same period, according to a review by The Associated Press of his confidential medical files. (AP Photo/FBI)WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard convinced Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that he had no mental health issues despite disturbing problems and encounters with police during the same period, according to a review by The Associated Press of his confidential medical files.

Rodman says he'd take captive American's place in N. Korea prison

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:58 PM PST

Former US basketball player Dennis Rodman (C) talks to the media upon arriving at Beijing International Airport from North Korea on January 13, 2014Dennis Rodman says he was "absolutely" drunk in his fiery, finger-pointing interview from North Korea earlier this month, but does not regret his trip to visit the man he calls his "friend": the country's infamous leader, Kim Jong Un.

'I’m going to fight this to the very end'

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Amanda Knox vows to not return to Italy on murder conviction.

Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reports

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:21 AM PST

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, irght, address the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Firday, Jan. 31, 2014. Kerry meets with members of the German government before attending the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that relations with Germany have gone through a "rough patch" recently because of revelations about NSA spying, but insisted that the two countries can put the episode behind them.

While U.N. leaders talk peace, nearly 1,900 die in Syria

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 06:45 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child who was killed following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting in Syria killed nearly 1,900 people during the week of U.N.-hosted peace talks in Switzerland, activists said Friday. The death toll indicates that violence barely paused as the warring parties met but struck uncompromising stances, failing to reach any agreements that could help resolve the conflict.

Amanda Knox: heading for an extradition fight?

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 04:21 PM PST

Amanda Knox prepares to leave the set following a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to "never go willingly" to face her fate in that country's judicial system . "I'm going to fight this to the very end," she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)WASHINGTON (AP) — Roman Polanski. Edward Snowden. Manuel Noriega. Over the years, the famous and the infamous have been caught up in the legal process called extradition, which governs whether one country will turn over fugitives from justice to another country.

Ukraine activist's story fuels torture squad fears

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:13 PM PST

In this frame grab provided by 5 Channel, bloody Dmytro Bulatov speaks to press after he was found near Kiev, Ukraine, Jan. 31, 2014. Bulatov, an opposition protester who disappeared more than a week ago says he was kidnapped and tortured by unknown assailants, in a chilling development that is likely to further stoke anger against the embattled government of President Viktor Yanukovych. Dmytro Bulatov, is the latest in a string of disappearances and mysterious attacks on prominent opposition leaders, which left one activist dead and several badly beaten. (AP Photo/5 Channel)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The bloody images of Ukrainian opposition supporter Dmytro Bulatov, who says he was abducted and tortured for more than a week, have fueled fears among anti-government activists that extrajudicial squads are being deployed to intimidate the protest movement.

Activists: 1,900 killed in Syria during talks

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:25 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child who was killed following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting in Syria killed nearly 1,900 people, including at least 430 civilians, during the week of U.N.-hosted peace talks in Switzerland, activists said Friday. The death toll indicates that violence barely paused as the warring parties met but struck uncompromising stances, failing to reach any agreements that could help resolve the conflict.

Cruise line cites fog, not illness, for return

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:49 AM PST

FILE - The new Caribbean Princess departs on its maiden voyage from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in this April 3, 2004 file photo. Federal health officials are investigating after an outbreak of illness has caused Caribbean Princess cruise ship to ends its trip early and returned to port in Houston late Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 more than a day ahead of schedule after more than 170 passengers and crew members aboard became sick. (AP Photo/Princess Cruises, Andy Newman, File)PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A cruise ship carrying more than 160 passengers and crew sick with an apparent stomach virus returned to a Houston-area port early due to a dense fog advisory and not because people were vomiting and had diarrhea, a Princess Cruises spokeswoman said Friday.

Oust that tune: Study details cures for earworms

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It happens to nearly everyone: A song — let's say Abba's "Waterloo" — is stuck in your head and just won't go away.

10 Super Bowl Ads to watch out for

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:21 AM PST

This undated frame grab provided by Toyota, shows the company's 2014 Super Bowl commercial. Toyota has enlisted the Muppets for this year's advertising campaign. (AP Photo/Toyota)NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Scarlett Johansson gives SodaStream some sex appeal in a controversial spot, Kia revives actor Laurence Fishburne's "Matrix" character Morpheus in its commercial. And cute puppies and kids abound in ads for Cheerios to Anheuser-Busch.

Boston could prove sympathetic to bombing suspect

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:30 PM PST

FILE - This file photo provided Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings on April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. On Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the government to seek the death penalty in the case against Tsarnaev. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)BOSTON (AP) — Given the powerful grief and anger over the Boston Marathon bombing, Boston would seem to be a particularly hostile place for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to stand trial. But it might just be his best hope of escaping a death sentence.

Christie denies lying about NJ lane closings

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:21 PM PST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's office says he told the truth about what he knew about politically motivated lane closings that caused massive gridlock in a New Jersey town last year.

US stocks end tough January with another decline

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 04:39 PM PST

Trader Robert Hannan works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Stocks fell sharply in early trading Friday, as investors fretted over disappointing earnings from companies like Amazon.com and more trouble in overseas markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stock investors were hit from all sides in January.

FBI: Powder near Super Bowl appears harmless

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST

Police officers stand guard outside the closed post office in Wood-Ridge, N.J., Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The FBI says a powder mailed to several locations in New York and New Jersey, including at least five hotels near the site of Sunday's Super Bowl appears not to be dangerous. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A suspicious powder mailed to several locations in New York and New Jersey, including at least five hotels near the site of Sunday's Super Bowl, appears not to be dangerous, the FBI said Friday.

Egypt military: Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militants

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:28 AM PST

Egyptian security forces try to disperse supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi protesting against the government in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Around the country, riot police firing tear gas clashed with hundreds of Morsi supporters protesting in Cairo, the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria and Fayoum, south of the capital. The Egyptian military also battled Islamic militants in the northern part of Sinai who have escalated a campaign of bombings and shootings in retaliation for last summer's army coup that ousted Morsi and for the ensuing crackdown against Islamists. (AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish)EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian military aircraft pounded suspected positions of al-Qaida-inspired fighters in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 people, officials said Friday, as fears rise over an increasingly well-armed insurgency that is striking with increasing regularity in the capital. In the latest attack, bombs on a highway on Cairo's outskirts hit a police truck.

What now? Knox's murder conviction in Italy raises specter of extradition

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 01:17 AM PST

Amanda Knox arrives at the set of ABC's "Good Morning America" to be interviewed in New YorkSEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox is facing what seemed like a distant worry when she was giving national television interviews and promoting her autobiography last year: the possibility of being returned to Italy to serve decades in prison for the death of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Knox's parents 'shocked' by guilty verdict

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:01 PM PST

This April 9, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Amanda Knox during the taping of an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer in New York. Last month, Italy's highest criminal court overturned her acquittal in the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher and ordered a new trial. The interview will air on Tuesday, April 30, coinciding with the release of her memoir, "Waiting to Be Heard." (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)They say they didn't expect the Italian court to convict their daughter of murder again.

Obama: ‘Sochi is safe,’ but …

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:51 AM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about climate change, at Georgetown University in Washington. President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The president tells CNN he can't "discount" the possibility of an attack at the Olympics.

Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy protection

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:22 PM PST

This 2011 file photo provided by Ron Zellar, shows the Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena, Mont. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena filed for bankruptcy protection Friday Jan. 31, 2014 in advance of proposed settlements for two lawsuits that claim clergy members sexually abused 362 people over decades and the church covered it up. (AP Photo/Ron Zellar,File)HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena filed for bankruptcy protection Friday as part of a proposed $15 million settlement for hundreds of victims who say clergy members sexually abused them over decades while the church covered it up.

Russia defends Assad, says chemical arms deadline viable

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:26 AM PST

A Syrian demonstrator is wrapped in a Syrian flag carrying the picture of President Assad as they shout pro-government slogans during a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 31, 2014. The first face-to-face meetings between Syria's warring sides in three years were wrapping up Friday, with a patient U.N. mediator struggling to build enough momentum for a more constructive second round to break through the deadly impasse. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia rejected U.S. charges that Syria is dragging its feet on giving up chemical weapons and said on Friday that a June 30 deadline to destroy President Bashar al-Assad's arsenal of toxic agents remains viable despite delays. The Syrian government is acting "in good faith" to eliminate its chemical weapons under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry official Mikhail Ulyanov as saying.

Atlanta area slowly rebounding from winter storm

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on Friday outlined steps he said he plans to take to improve the city's emergency preparedness after a winter storm brought the metro area to a halt.

Kerry to hold talks with Ukraine's opposition in Germany

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:56 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks at a U.S.-Pakistan ministerial-level meeting at the State Department in WashingtonBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet key Ukrainian opposition figures on Friday on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, his first meeting with some of the leaders of an anti-government uprising against President Viktor Yanukovich. Washington has welcomed talks in recent days between Yanukovich and the opposition groups to end two months of protests that began when Yanukovich rejected an EU trade deal in favor of closer ties and a financial bailout with Russia. Among those attending the meeting with Kerry is Arseny Yatsenyuk, a former economy minister and leader of the party of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko;

As Senate campaigns begin, some Democrats flee Obama

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:39 AM PST

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) speaks to reporters after the Democratic weekly policy luncheon on Capitol HillBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spooked by President Barack Obama's low approval ratings, some of his fellow Democrats in tough November election races have begun their campaigns by distancing themselves from the White House and asserting their independence from Obama's policies. In what amounts to a survival-first strategy among embattled Democrats crucial to the party's effort to keep control of the Senate, some candidates in conservative states Obama lost in 2012 are aggressively criticizing his healthcare, energy and regulatory policies. The group includes three incumbent senators, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska, as well as Natalie Tennant, who is seeking to replace retiring Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.

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