2014年5月21日星期三

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Woman missing for 10 years calls cops on alleged captor

Posted: 21 May 2014 03:06 PM PDT

Isidro Garcia, 41, is seen in an undated photo released by the Santa Ana Police Department in Santa Ana, CalforniaCalif. woman who was 15 when she disappeared tells police she was told family gave up search.


Secret foreign policy talk with White House 'bizarre,' senator says

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:19 PM PDT

Corker talks to reporters after the weekly Republican caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonWhite House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and National Security Adviser Susan Rice met with a bipartisan delegation of senators late Tuesday for secret talks focused on foreign policy, several sources with knowledge of the discussion told Yahoo News.


No charges against NYC cab driver in boy's traffic death

Posted: 21 May 2014 12:52 PM PDT

Cooper StockNo charges will be filed against the cab driver who hit and killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock, whose death has become a rallying point for traffic reform in New York City.


Three tornadoes touch down in Denver suburb of Aurora

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:41 PM PDT

Hail Pelts Denver Metropolitan Area Amid Tornado WarningThree tornadoes touched down on Wednesday in the Denver suburb of Aurora, but no damage was immediately reported, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Another tornado touched down east of Denver in Watkins, Colorado, also without causing damage, said meteorologist Jim Kalina of the Weather Service's Boulder office. The three tornadoes in different parts of Aurora, which is nearly 10 miles east of downtown Denver, occurred within less than 30 minutes of each other on Wednesday afternoon, he said. A tornado watch for Denver was scheduled to remain in effect until 8 p.m. local time, the Weather Service said.


Critics: New monument risks border security

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:13 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument shows the landscape at the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks National Monument, near Las Cruces, N.M. Following a nearly decade-long campaign to gain protection for the Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico, the White House says President Obama will designate the area a national monument. (AP Photo/Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, Les KcKee)President signs proclamation on half-million acres of rugged desert terrain near Mexico.


Fiat CEO: Please don't buy our electric car

Posted: 21 May 2014 01:20 PM PDT

This undated image provided by Fiat shows the 2013 Fiat 500e mini-car, which will be appearing at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The By Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne has a request for potential buyers of the automaker's Fiat 500e electric car: Don't buy it. Speaking at a conference in Washington on Wednesday, Marchionne said Tesla Motors Inc was the only company making money on electric cars and that was because of the higher price point for its Model S sedan. Decrying the federal and state mandates that push manufacturers to build electric cars, Marchionne said he hoped to sell the minimum number of 500e cars possible.


House Dems to participate in Benghazi probe

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:52 PM PDT

FILE - This May 9, 2014 file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats will participate in the special, Republican-led select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, despite serious concerns within the party that the inquiry is an election-year ploy to energize core GOP voters. In a brief statement, Pelosi said she will appoint the full complement of five Democrats on the 12-member panel, tapping lawmakers who have been deeply involved in previous congressional investigations of the Sept. 11, 2012 assault on the U.S. diplomatic outpost. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Party has been divided over whether to boycott investigation, the eighth probe of attack.


Iranian human rights group: 'Happy in Tehran' dancers freed

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Les personnalités les plus influentes du mondeThe Iranian dancers who were arrested after starring in the "Happy in Tehran" video, which went viral, have been freed, a human rights group said Wednesday. But according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the director of the video, a remake of Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy," remains in custody.


Billionaire brawls: A new way for money to influence politics

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Airstrikes kill 60 militants in Pakistan

Posted: 21 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT

A Pakistani police commando rushes to the site of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded outside an office belonging to the Pakistani paramilitary forces in the southern city of Karachi, wounding seven civilian, said police official Javed Odho. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Pakistani warplanes and helicopters pounded militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing 60 fighters, the army said.


70 charged in NYC area in child porn investigation

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:20 PM PDT

Heartbleed bug causes cyber-security scareA five-week investigation has resulted in charges against at least 70 men and one woman in the New York City area in what officials called one of the largest-ever roundups locally of people who anonymously trade child porn over the Internet.


48 killed in new attacks by Nigerian militants

Posted: 21 May 2014 09:13 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaBoko Haram militants have attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people. One village is near the town of Chibok, where more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped last month.


How Reid can help McConnell in November face-off

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:07 AM PDT

Mitch McConnell and his wifeThe race to fend off Alison Lundergan Grimes is shaping up with some familiar dynamics.


111-year-old is named world's oldest man

Posted: 21 May 2014 08:15 AM PDT

At 111, oldest living man says still thinking about what to achieve nextAt 111 years old, Dr. Alexander Imich of New York City has been crowned the new world's oldest living man, according to Guinness World Records. The world's oldest living person and oldest woman, Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan is 116 years old; The longest a person has been known to live, at least an age that could be authenticated by Guinness World Records, is 122 years and 164 days; Imich, who says he owes his longevity to good genes and a moderate and healthy lifestyle, was born in in present-day Cz?stochowa, Poland, on Feb. 4, 1903.


Did Cooper Stock really have to die?

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:14 AM PDT

Family, Friends Come Together To Honor Crash Victim Cooper StockDifferent traffic laws could have saved 9-year-old's life, lives of thousands of others.


California bus crash kills 4, injures many

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:18 AM PDT

generic_fp_school_shooting_v1Authorities say at least four people were killed and several more suffered serious injuries when a passenger bus overturned on Interstate 10 in Southern California near the Arizona border.


eBay hacked, urges password changes

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Database containing encrypted passwords has been breached, company says.


2 killed in gunfire, explosions in Libyan capital

Posted: 21 May 2014 06:10 AM PDT

A view of the damage caused after explosions that took place at midnight, in the Salaheddin district of TripoliBy Ahmed Elumami and Feras Bosalum TRIPOLI (Reuters) - At least two people were killed when heavy fighting erupted near the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Wednesday, two days after gunmen stormed parliament in some of the city's worst violence since the 2011 war. Residents reported several loud explosions near the al-Yarmouk barracks in the Salaheddin district. "We're hearing really loud explosions and gunshots near the camp, but we don't know who is shooting," a Tajoura resident said. In addition, Libya's top naval commander, General Hasssan Abu Shanaq, survived an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen as he was travelling to work, a spokesman for the chief of staff said.


Watch live: Obama addresses Veterans Affairs troubles

Posted: 21 May 2014 06:45 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Shinseki arrives for a meeting with U.S. President Obama at the White House in WashingtonThe White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote senior executives.


Balkans flood recovery will take billions

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:38 AM PDT

Orlic Elvir, 40, helps, as an volunteer, to clean a house damaged by a landslide at the village of Topcic Polje, near the Bosnian town of Zenica, 90 kilometers north of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Tuesday May 20, 2014. Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have been hit by the worst flooding in more than 100 years, forcing half a million people out of their homes and leading to more than three dozen deaths. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic)As floodwaters recede in Bosnia and Serbia, local officials realize costly impact.


Search continues for victims of Nigerian car bombs

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:32 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaJOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police anti-bomb squad officers on Wednesday dug into a crater left by one of two bombs that exploded in a bustling marketplace and bus station in a central Nigerian city as people searched for missing loved ones after the horrific attack that left at least 118 people dead.


Mainstream Republicans face down tea party tests

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:40 PM PDT

US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao wave to supporters after a victory celebration following McConnell's victory in the state Republican primary May 20, 2014 in Louisville, KentuckyMainstream Republicans led by Senate leader Mitch McConnell survive primary challenges.


Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak gets three years in jail

Posted: 21 May 2014 08:18 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the courtroom for his trial at the Police Academy in CairoBy Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Deposed former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for embezzling millions in public funds for lavish renovations to family properties. The verdict may please some Egyptians who lived through three decades of autocracy under Mubarak before a 2011 uprising toppled him. Mubarak's two sons were sentenced to four years in jail on the same charges of stealing state funds that had been earmarked for the renovation of presidential palaces but were instead diverted to sprucing up family residences. The Cairo court also fined Mubarak and his sons 21.197 million Egyptian pounds ($2.98 million) and ordered them to repay about 125 million Egyptian pounds of funds they were accused of siphoning off.


Gazprom: China, Russia sign 30-year gas deal

Posted: 21 May 2014 05:27 AM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, applauds, during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 while Russian Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, second left, and China's CNPC head Zhou Jiping, second right, hold documents, China's President Xi Jinping, stands partially seen at right. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia.


Supreme Court justice suspends Missouri execution

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:32 PM PDT

Russell BucklewBONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order late Tuesday suspending the planned execution of a Missouri inmate with a little more than an hour to spare before the inmate's scheduled lethal injection.


Gay couples rush for licenses in Pennsylvania

Posted: 21 May 2014 03:04 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Same-sex couples in Pennsylvania clamored for marriage licenses after a judge ruled to allow the state to join the rest of the Northeast in legalizing gay weddings, with Philadelphia offices staying open late to handle a rush of applications.

Obama vows fix to veterans' health care troubles

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, after he met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors. The president said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has put his "heart and soul" into caring for America's veterans. But at the same time, Obama says there will be accountability for any problems. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — With outrage mounting over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals will not be tolerated, and he left open the possibility that Secretary Eric Shinseki, a disabled war veteran, could be held to account.


News Guide: Claims of veteran hospitals misconduct

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:15 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — It started with a series of complaints from a recently retired doctor about delays in care that may have led to deaths at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital. The VA started investigating, similar allegations surfaced in other states, and now the issue has the attention of President Barack Obama.

Nigerian extremists strike villages, 48 dead

Posted: 21 May 2014 03:28 PM PDT

Red Cross personnel search for body parts at the site of one of Tuesday's car bomb in Jos, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market the central Nigeria city, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving bloodied bodies amid the flaming debris. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants killed 48 villagers in northeastern Nigeria near the town where they kidnapped 300 schoolgirls, and the U.S. said Wednesday it was sending in 80 military personnel to expand the drone search for the captives.


Supreme Court halts Missouri execution

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:37 PM PDT

Russell BucklewBONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the execution of a Missouri inmate with a rare medical condition who challenged the state's refusal to disclose the source of its lethal injection drug.


Gov't says airlines should disclose bag, seat fees

Posted: 21 May 2014 01:59 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 11, 2014 file photo shows an airline passenger waiting for his rescheduled flight to Orlando under the departure board showing hundreds of cancellations at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Airlines should be required to disclose fees for basic services like checked bags, an assigned seat and a carry-on bag wherever tickets are sold so that passengers know the true cost of airfares, the government said Wednesday. Under new regulations proposed by the Department of Transportation, information on fees must be provided wherever passengers can purchase an airfare, including on a website, by telephone, or in-person. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers love the idea, but airlines hate it. The government wants to require that travelers be told upfront about basic services that aren't included in the price of a ticket and how much extra they'll cost.


China signs 30-year deal for Russian natural gas

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, smile during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark $400 billion deal Wednesday to buy natural gas from Russia, binding Moscow more closely to Beijing at a time when President Vladimir Putin's relations with the West have deteriorated to the lowest point ever.


'Happy' video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:40 PM PDT

In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Internet video of six young Iranian men and women dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy" has led to their arrests, showing how far Tehran will go to halt what it deems to be decadent Western behavior — despite the views of its moderate president.


Cleaner air could mean higher electric bills

Posted: 21 May 2014 11:17 AM PDT

In this May 12, 2014 photo, molten metal is cast at Rochester Metal Products Corp. in Rochester, Ind. The hulking induction furnaces the plant uses to melt scrap iron consume enough electricity to power 7,000 households. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)NEW YORK (AP) — Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces.


Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban is struck down

Posted: 20 May 2014 05:17 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast and sent couples racing to pick up licenses.

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