2014年7月3日星期四

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Israel rushes forces to Gaza border

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:04 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers sit atop their tanks on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 3, 2014Intense rocket fire from Palestinian territory raises prospects of tough Israeli response.


North Carolina's outer banks to take full force of hurricane Arthur

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT

Tropical WeatherBy Chris Keane HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C, (Reuters) - The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday as it spun toward the North Carolina coast on the verge of Category 2 status, forcing thousands of vacationers to scrap their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation orders. Hurricane Arthur was about 35 miles (55 km) south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (145 km per hour), U.S. forecasters said. The shift in the track would bring the strongest winds inland over eastern North Carolina, affecting coastal towns such as Morehead City, as well as the U.S. Marine corps base at Camp Lejeune. Arthur would be the first hurricane to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey in October 2012 and caused $70 billion estimated damage.


Judge: No bond for dad in boy's death in hot SUV

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:42 PM PDT

Justin Ross Harris, right, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, arrives for his bond hearing at Cobb County Magistrate Court Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris is currently being held without bond on a child cruelty charge and a murder charge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge has refused to grant bond to a Georgia man charged with murder after his toddler son died inside of a hot SUV.


Detective paints grim portrait of dad in boy's hot SUV death

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:58 AM PDT

Justin Ross Harris, right, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, arrives for his bond hearing at Cobb County Magistrate Court Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris is currently being held without bond on a child cruelty charge and a murder charge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)Testimony at Georgia hearing details internet searches, nude photos and lack of emotion.


Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:02 PM PDT

Men stand at the entrance of a closed McDonald's restaurant in Sevastopol on April 5, 2014Crimean fans of McDonald's have plenty to chew on after a Russian burger chain said on Thursday it was taking over the US food giant's restaurants in the annexed peninsula. "A RusBurger restaurant will open in the place of an old McDonald's" in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, an executive of the Russian chain told AFP. McDonald's has removed the addresses of its Crimean restaurants from its website but hasn't indicated for how long it would cease operations there. The Russian director of Burger King, McDonald's fierce rival, announced in April his chain was eying up the firm's Crimean real estate, although this was later denied by a Burger King spokesperson in the United States.


Veteran dies waiting for ambulance at N.M. VA hospital

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:51 PM PDT

New Mexico Veterans Affairs health care system interim director James Robbins, center, talks about patient wait times, while Dr. Meghan Gerety, left, and associate director Pamela Crowell listen during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. VA officials acknowledged that a recent audit highlights problems with wait times for veterans in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from the emergency room — died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.


Ohio man stole dead mom's Social Security for 33 years

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:55 AM PDT

Help! My Social Security Funds Were Drained by Fraudulent Charges on my Direct Express Card(Reuters) - An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he collected more than $230,000 in Social Security benefits intended for his mother for 33 years after she died. Frank Pospisil admitted in U.S. District Court in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday that he had stolen his mother's Social Security survivor benefits totaling $230,479 since she died in 1981, according to federal court documents. Two attorneys listed for Pospisil did not return calls seeking comment on Thursday.


Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows a member of the IS (Islamic state) militant group parading with a tank in a street in the northern Syrian city of RaqaThe insurgent group took control of a major Syrian oil field on the Iraqi border.


Stephen King takes on Amazon

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:54 AM PDT

Tues., June 24: Amazon Among Stocks to WatchHundreds of authors sound off on the online giant.


Georgia father accused of son's death in hot car due in court

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT

Justin Harris is charged with murder after his 22-month-old died from being left in a hot car for 7 hours.

Data: Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 14, 2013 file photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego shows mother killer whale Katsaka and her calf swimming together at SeaWorld San Diego's Shamu Stadium in San Diego. A California bill that sought to end killer whale shows at SeaWorld in San Diego and phase out their captivity was put on hold Tuesday, April 8, 2014, dousing an escalating fight between animal activists and supporters of the major tourist attraction. The bill's author, Democrat Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, agreed during the bill's first hearing before the water, parks and wildlife committee to revisit his proposal after further study. (AP Photo/SeaWorld San Diego, Mike Aguilera, File)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Since the release of a highly-critical documentary last year, SeaWorld Entertainment has been condemned by animal rights activists distressed over the condition of its killer whales. But annual survival rates for some of the most common marine mammals — including killer whales — at SeaWorld's three parks are near the top of all U.S. parks and aquariums, an analysis of five decades of federal data by The Associated Press showed.


Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for independence

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Iraqi Kurdish protesters wave flags of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration to claim for its independence on July 3, 2014 outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Arbil, in northern IraqTop aide speaks out on visit with U.S. officials, who want region to remain part of Iraq.


Composer Williams to debut new arrangement of U.S. anthem

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 08:23 AM PDT

John Williams conducting the National Symphony OrchestraWASHINGTON (AP) — American composer-conductor John Williams is debuting a new arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner," featuring choirs, trumpets, an orchestra and cannons on the National Mall for the nation's birthday.


Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:37 AM PDT

Barack Obama speaks about IraqBelieve it or not, it was 10 years ago this month that Barack Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate, introduced himself to America with a speech that shook the Fleet Center in Boston. The main theme of that Democratic convention was the litany of George W. Bush's failures — an unpopular and unending war in Iraq, a faltering image abroad, a stagnating middle class. Obama gave eloquent voice to those frustrations, arguing that all of them could be addressed if only we reunited the electorate.


Indian officials: 50 nurses taken from Iraqi hospital

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:13 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 an Iraqi woman inspects her damaged house after clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces in central Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced this week that it has unilaterally established a caliphate in the areas under its control. It declared the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of its new self-styled state governed by Shariah law and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him. (AP Photo)By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly 50 Indian nurses from the southern state of Kerala have been taken against their will from a hospital in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit in Iraq, India's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. At a briefing with reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin declined to say who had ordered the nurses to leave the hospital or where they were taken. "This is a situation where lives are at stake." A senior aide to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who spoke to the nurses on Thursday, told Reuters that militants had forced the nurses to vacate the hospital and board two buses. Most of the nurses are from the south Indian state of Kerala.


World War II hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini dies

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:17 AM PDT

Louis ZamperiniLOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed, then endured two years in Japanese prison camps, has died. He was 97.


Drought doesn't ground July 4 tradition

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, Nathan Farmer arranges boxes of fireworks to sell at a roadside stand in Albuquerque, N.M. Officials from California to Oklahoma and New Mexico have been urging residents due to drought and high fire danger to buy only fireworks that are legal and to attend organized fireworks displays. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)While some Western locations ban fireworks, others are going in the opposite direction.


Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:06 AM PDT

This photo taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, shows a Lou Gehrig signed baseball mitt and autographed picture given to Howard Henderson, who played catch with Gehrig as a boy, at Henderson's Greenwich, Conn., home Monday, June 30, 2104. Gehrig, a Yankee first baseman and a friend of Henderson's songwriter father, visited his home and Henderson visited him when he had ALS. The mitt that was autographed by Gehrig with a hot instrument, will be auctioned in July, expecting to fetch $200,000 to $300,000. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — It was some 80 years ago that Lou Gehrig and the 12-year-old son of a songwriter got bored with talk of music and opted to play catch instead.


Dow tops 17,000 after strong jobs report

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell in New YorkNew high on Wall Street after report shows much stronger hiring than economists forecast.


China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 05:23 AM PDT

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (R) upon arriving at Seoul Air BaseA mutual wariness of Kim Jong-un's state bonds China & S. Korea.


US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:48 PM PDT

A job seeker stands in a room of prospective employers at a career fair in New York CityEmployment growth jumped in June, unemployment rate down to near a 6-year low of 6.1%.


Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to Iraq border

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:46 AM PDT

Members of the Iraqi security forces gesture after clashes with followers of Shi'ite cleric Sarkhi in KarbalaKing Abdullah seeks to protect his kingdom against potential "terrorist threats."


Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

This Wednesday, July 2, 2014, satellite image taken at 3:35 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Arthur moving north off the east coast of Florida. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season prompted a hurricane warning for a wide swath of the North Carolina coast and spurred authorities to order a mandatory evacuation for visitors to the Outer Banks' Hatteras Island as of 5 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Residents also were advised to leave the island. A voluntary evacuation was announced for the Outer Banks' Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry. (AP Photo/NOAA)The storm threatens to deliver the Carolinas a glancing blow on Independence Day.


Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:02 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began moving troop reinforcements to its border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, defense officials said, raising the possibility of an expanded military operation in the Palestinian territory in response to intensifying rocket barrages.

Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:31 AM PDT

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — An overflow crowd in a Southern California community where protesters turned back Homeland Security busloads of immigrants gave a harsh reception to federal officials behind the decision to bring them to Murrieta in the first place.

FBI: Colorado woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:06 PM PDT

Militant Islamist fighters gesture as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa provinceDENVER (AP) — FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, court documents unsealed Wednesday show.


U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:52 PM PDT

The U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray leaves the Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Cargo containers carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship Wednesday for destruction at sea, one of the final phases of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile. The chemicals had crossed the Mediterranean aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura, which steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro as the sun rose Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A United States cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tons of Syria's chemical weapons left an Italian port Wednesday to destroy the arms at sea as part of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile.


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