2014年3月10日星期一

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Sources: Little evidence plane was attacked

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:43 PM PDT

Investigators and intelligence sources say fate of Flight MH370 is still shrouded in mystery.

Colorado reports $2 million marijuana sales tax windfall

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Why Banks Aren't High on Taking Marijuana MoneyReport on January sales taxes is world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.


Russia: We have our own plan for Ukraine crisis

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:11 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left listens to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, southern Russia, Monday, March 10, 2014. Russia's foreign ministry is denouncing alleged lawlessness by far-right activists in eastern Ukraine.In the Monday statement, the ministry said lawlessness "now rules in eastern regions of Ukraine as a result of the actions of fighters of the so-called 'right sector' with the full connivance" of Ukraine's new authorities. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)Unexpected announcement follows Secretary of State Kerry's refusal to meet in Moscow.


Town gets one month to clean up its act, or it's off the map

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:02 AM PDT

City of Hampton, FloridaAfter a state audit revealed massive corruption, the Florida town of Hampton may be completely wiped off the map, if state lawmakers have their way, CNN reports.


CPAC after dark: Right-wingers can rage

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:57 AM PDT

CPAC SelfieA report from the party scene inside the Conservative Political Action Conference.


Judge: No unlawful influence in Army general's sex assault trial

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file photo, Brig. Gen. Paul Wilson leaves the courthouse after testifying in pretrial motions in the case of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. Less than a month before Sinclair's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears Tuesday as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge declined Monday to dismiss sexual assault charges against an Army general after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case.


Boy's calm call to 911 helps save mom and brother

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Boy calls 911 in house fireA 9-year-old boy's quick thinking may have helped to save the lives of his mom and brother after a fire broke out in their New Bedford, Mass. home this past weekend, WCVB.com reports.


Snowden: NSA sets fire to the Internet's future

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:12 AM PDT

Live at 12PM ET: Edward Snowden speaks at SXSWThe ex-contractor-turned-spy-secret-leaker addressed a SXSW audience from Russia.


Newtown shooter's dad: 'Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat'

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PDT

Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza's father gives extensive interviewPeter Lanza breaks his silence 15 months after his son killed 20 elementary children.


Amnesty International: Syrian forces committing war crimes in Yarmouk

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:46 AM PDT

A man stands amid the rubble of damaged buildings at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of DamascusAmnesty International accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Monday of perpetrating war crimes as part of a siege in southern Damascus which has killed nearly 200 people, mostly by starvation. Yarmouk, once home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and Syrian nationals, is one of several districts on the edge of the Syrian capital which the army has surrounded to choke off rebel forces seeking Assad's overthrow. "The Syrian government has committed numerous war crimes as part of the siege of Yarmouk," Amnesty said in a report released on Monday.


Pentagon official may have interfered in Army sex assault case

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file photo, Brig. Gen. Paul Wilson leaves the courthouse after testifying in pretrial motions in the case of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. Less than a month before Sinclair's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears Tuesday as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The judge in the case against an Army general believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be tried on sex assault charges is considering new evidence that a top lawyer at the Pentagon may have unlawfully interfered in a decision on whether to accept a plea agreement that was ultimately rejected.


Facebook exec Sandberg explains 'Ban Bossy' campaign for girls

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Sheryl Sandberg: Ban 'Bossy'Lean In and the Girl Scouts are launching a public service campaign to encourage girls and women to lead.


Yahoo News with Katie Couric

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Katie Couric introduces herself as Yahoo News' global anchor and reveals her next interview.


Pistorius weeps, vomits in court as girlfriend's autopsy detailed

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:36 AM PDT

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius waits prior to a hearing of his trial for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend at the high court in Pretoria on March 10, 2014An emotional Oscar Pistorius became physically sick in court on Monday as he listened to harrowing testimony about the autopsy of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he is accused of murdering. Sitting in the dock, the visibly shaken Paralympian retched and heaved into a blue bucket as a pathologist gave a detailed post-mortem account of the multiple bullet wounds Pistorius admits inflicting. University of Pretoria pathologist Gert Saayman said the double-amputee sprinter shot Steenkamp with "Black Talon" hollow-point bullets, which mushroom open like a jagged flower on contact to cause maximum tissue damage. Pistorius, 27, says he fired four shots at Steenkamp on February 14, 2013 through a locked toilet door, believing her to be an intruder.


Powerful quake shakes N. California; no injuries

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:49 AM PDT

Map locates Eureka, Calif.; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A very strong earthquake rattled the Northern California coast and was widely felt across the region, but authorities said early Monday that there were no reports of any injuries or damages.


Crimean Tatars fear return of Russian rule

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:13 PM PDT

Crimean Tatars shout slogans and hold Tatar flag during the pro Ukraine rally in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Monday, March 10, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday defended the separatist drive in the disputed Crimean Peninsula as in keeping with international law, but Ukraine's prime minister vowed not to relinquish "a single centimeter" of his country's territory. The local parliament in Crimea has scheduled a referendum for next Sunday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The arrival of Russian troops in Crimea has opened old wounds among the Crimean Tatars, who were deported during World War II. Fearing that once again they will be unwelcome in their homeland, some are organizing community-watch patrols to protect their families and homes in a place they strongly feel should remain part of Ukraine.


More choices, more rides bring transit renaissance

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:54 PM PDT

High school senior, Kaylen Gordon, 18, left, waits for a Metro Rail light train on the Gold Line at Union Station in Los Angeles Monday, March 10, 2014. Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time in half a century. Nearly 10.7 billion trips in 2013, to be precise, the highest total since 1956, according to ridership data reported by transit systems nationally and released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — With more trains and buses to take, and the appeal of using travel time for pursuits other than dodging traffic, Americans are taking greater advantage of a renaissance in public transit, according to a new report.


Shoe-bomb witness testifies from UK at NY trial

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PDT

In this undated Photo provided by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, right, is seated with al-Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan. Suliman Abu Ghayth, is being tried in New York, charged with plotting to kill Americans by being a motivational speaker at al-Qaida training camps before the Sept. 11 attacks and as a spokesman for the terror group afterward when it sought to recruit more militants to its cause. (AP Photo/US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law watched him threaten that there would be no end to the "storm of airplanes" on videotapes made in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks Monday just before a British man testified by video from London that he trained to blow up a plane in late 2001 with a shoe bomb.


'Burger King baby' now seeks birth mom on Facebook

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:47 PM PDT

This March 2, 2014 photo provided by Katheryn Deprill that she posted on Facebook, shows her holding a sign that says she is seeking her birth mother. Deprill was abandoned in the bathroom of a Burger King restaurant in Allentown, Pa., when she was a few hours old. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Katheryn Deprill)In 1986, a newborn wrapped in a red sweater was found abandoned in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Nearly three decades later, the baby is all grown up and looking for her biological mother, and tens of thousands of people are trying to help.


Elephants prove discerning listeners of us humans

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:11 PM PDT

This handout photo provided by the University of Sussex, taken in April 2011, shows a wild elephant in Amboseli National Park in Kenya reacting to sound played by scientists in experiments that show they can distinguish between human languages and genders. Elephants are so clever they use their famed memory to be discriminating listeners of us humans. That way they can determine who is a threat and who isn't, according to study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is an advanced thinking skill that no other non-human animal have demonstrated, scientists say. (AP Photo/Graeme Shannon, University of Sussex)WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Seuss had it right: Horton really does hear a Who. Wild elephants can distinguish between human languages, and they can tell whether a voice comes from a man, woman or boy, a new study says.


DC mayor denies he knew of illegal shadow campaign

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 03:47 PM PDT

This photo taken through a courthouse window shows Washington businessman Jeffrey Thompson checked by security as he enters the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2014. Thompson was charged Monday with conspiracy to violate federal and local campaign finance laws by funding off-the-books campaign activity for candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton and district Mayor Vincent Gray. after being charged this morning in a criminal information with two conspiracy offenses stemming from an ongoing investigation . Thompson is suspected of funneling illicit funds into Mayor Gray's campaign.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray denies he knew of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" to support his 2010 bid and personally requested the funds from an influential district businessman, he said Monday.


Senate Democrats aim ire at rich, obscure brothers

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013 file photo, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Chairman David Koch speaks in Orlando, Fla. Democratic Senate candidates are gambling they can turn voters against two obscure billionaire brothers who are funding attacks on them and the president's health care law. Democrats are denouncing Charles and David Koch two of world's richest people. The pair's political network is spending millions on TV ads hitting Democrats in North Carolina and several other states. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Kochs are paying huge sums to try to WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Senate candidates, facing withering criticism on the national health care law, are gambling they can turn voters against two billionaire brothers funding the attacks — even if few Americans would recognize the pair on the street.


Newtown gunman's dad opens up in magazine article

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:46 AM PDT

FILE - This undated identification file photo provided Wednesday, April 3, 2013, by Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., shows former student Adam Lanza, who carried out the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Lanza's father says in his first public comments about the massacre that what his son did couldn't "get any more evil" and he wishes his son hadn't been born. (AP Photo/Western Connecticut State University, File)NEW YORK (AP) — In his most extensive comments about the 2012 Connecticut school massacre, the father of gunman Adam Lanza describes his struggle to comprehend what his son did — an act that "couldn't get any more evil" — and how he now wishes that his son had never been born.


DC mayor says claims in court are 'absolute lies'

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 03:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray is denying accusations by federal prosecutors that he was aware of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" during his 2010 bid for mayor.

Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:55 PM PDT

Oscar Pistorius buries his head in his hand as he listens to cross questioning, in the second week of his trial, about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, March 10, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend when a pathologist described how the Olympian fatally shot her multiple times with bullets designed to cause maximum damage.


Feds: DC mayor knew of illegal shadow campaign

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:50 PM PDT

This photo taken through a courthouse window shows Washington businessman Jeffrey Thompson checked by security as he enters the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2014. Thompson was charged Monday with conspiracy to violate federal and local campaign finance laws by funding off-the-books campaign activity for candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton and district Mayor Vincent Gray. after being charged this morning in a criminal information with two conspiracy offenses stemming from an ongoing investigation . Thompson is suspected of funneling illicit funds into Mayor Gray's campaign.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was aware of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" to support his 2010 bid and personally requested the funds from an influential district businessman, federal prosecutors said Monday.


New Senate bill to combat military sexual assaults

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:51 PM PDT

FILE - This March 6, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is heading toward a vote to change the military justice system to deal with sexual assault. The legislation would scrap the nearly century-old practice of an accused being able to use a "good soldier defense" to raise doubts that a crime had been committed. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate headed toward an overwhelming vote Monday in favor of big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including scrapping the nearly century-old practice of using a "good soldier defense" to raise doubts that a crime has been committed.


Vietnam says it cannot find object thought to be jet door

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:52 PM PDT

A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, center, cries as she is escorted by a woman while leaving a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing airplane, in Beijing, China Sunday, March 9, 2014. Planes and ships from across Asia resumed the hunt Sunday for the Malaysian jetliner missing with 239 people on board for more than 24 hours, while Malaysian aviation authorities investigated how two passengers were apparently able to get on the aircraft using stolen passports. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777.


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