2014年9月11日星期四

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Man's fence jump locks down White House

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 04:29 PM PDT

The South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on September 11, 2014A man's jump over the White House perimeter fence set nerves jangling.


Portman calls for vote on Syrian airstrikes

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks at the 2014 Fiscal Summit organized by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Lawmakers and policy experts discussed America's long term debt and economic future. (AP Photo)Senator blamed mounting tensions in Mideast on withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.


Okla. police: McCaskill wrong on extreme militarization

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 11:48 AM PDT

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens to witnesses testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on federal programs that equip state and local police with military equipment. The issue gained nationwide attention during violent conflicts between police in Ferguson and protesters upset about the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat of Missouri, singled out a small sheriff's department in Oklahoma as an extreme example of the over-militarization of local police forces in a Senate hearing on Tuesday.


Witness: Brown was 'walking dead guy,' not rushing Ferguson officer

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 11:49 AM PDT

An eyewitness to the shooting death of Michael Brown says the 18-year-old didn't charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Brown "staggered dead after the second shot, 20-25 feet, to the ground," the unidentified witness told CNN. "He was like a walking dead guy."

Ex-Microsoft exec giving $9M to fight Ebola

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:45 PM PDT

In this Dec. 13, 2011 photo, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen listens during a a news conference in Seattle.Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's charity announces $9M donation to U.S. Ebola efforts.


Dozens of children at N.J. day care accidentally drink bleach

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

An ambulance arrives at the emergency unit of Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, New JerseyTwenty-eight preschoolers and two adults mistakenly drank bleach at snack time at a New Jersey day care center on Thursday and were taken to a hospital after some complained their stomachs were burning. The children, aged 3 and 4, and adult staff members of the Growing Tree Learning Center in downtown Jersey City were transported in five ambulances to the Jersey City Medical Center after a late-morning call to 911, said Mark Rabson, a hospital spokesman. "There was a poisoning and many children were injured," he said, adding the children were walking on their own or were being carried out by their parents and "have smiles on their faces." Keith Kearney, executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of Hudson County, which runs the day care center that is open to all community members and serves 65 children from infants to age 4, said he had heard no reports of injuries and that the hospital visits were a precaution.


Thirteen years after 9/11, a slow rise from the ashes

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:48 AM PDT

A firefighter memorial bagpiper visits the 9/11 Empty Sky memorial during the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in Jersey City, New JerseyThirteen years after the terrorist attacks, One World Trade Center is finally set to open, but the building has had a tough time finding tenants.


Obama's 'all in' moment

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 11:41 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack ObamaIn a prime-time speech, Pres. Obama rallied the nation to a war against the Islamic State.


Arabs back anti-IS move as Syria warns on 'attacks'

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT

US Secratery of State John Kerry meets with Arab leaders at King Abdulaziz International Airport's Royal Terminal on September 11, 2014 in JeddahJeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Arab nations rallied Thursday behind US President Barack Obama's call to expand operations against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, as Damascus warned it would consider any action on its territory as an attack.


4th Sierra Leonean doctor infected with Ebola

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 03:16 PM PDT

Health workers in protective gear leave after carrying the body of a woman that they suspect died from the Ebola virus, in an area known as Clara Town in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. A surge in Ebola infections in Liberia is driving a spiraling outbreak in West Africa that is increasingly putting health workers at risk as they struggle to treat an overwhelming number of patients. A higher proportion of health workers has been infected in this outbreak than in any previous one. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Another doctor from Sierra Leone who has tested positive for Ebola will be evacuated for medical treatment, an official said Thursday, making her the first citizen of a hard-hit country to be treated abroad.


Indicted S.C. House speaker suspends himself from office

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:44 PM PDT

House Speaker Bobby Harrell along with his children, Charlotte and Trey leave the courtroom after arguments in the South Carolina Supreme Court Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson is appealing a judge's ruling that a legislative panel must first sign off before he pursues charges against Harrell. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell suspended himself from the state legislature on Thursday, a day after he was indicted on nine criminal charges related to misuse of campaign money and misconduct in office. Harrell, a Republican, said in a letter that he was taking the step proactively and, according to House rules, had asked the speaker pro tempore to take charge of the legislative body. ...


U.S. sharply cutting deportations

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Luis Lopez, 24, hugs his daughter, Kimberly Canales, 2, at University Presbyterian Church in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Lopez who is a Guatemalan native and has been living in Phoenix and Mesa since 2007 and is currently in deportation proceedings is receiving Sanctuary from University Presbyterian Church. Kimberly is a U.S. citizen and Luis' wife is a legal resident. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)The Obama administration is on pace to deport the fewest number of immigrants since 2007.


N.J. ban on 'gay conversion therapy' upheld

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:27 PM PDT

Rainbow Pride FlagBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld New Jersey's ban on counseling intended to change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian children. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ban, which Republican Governor Chris Christie signed into law in August 2013, did not violate the free speech or religious rights of counselors offering "gay conversion therapy" to convert homosexual minors into heterosexuals. The panel also said the plaintiffs, who included licensed therapists and a Christian counseling group, lacked standing to pursue claims on behalf of their minor clients. Circuit Judge D. Brooks Smith said the ban, the second in the country after California's, appropriately advanced New Jersey's legitimate interest in protecting people under the age of 18 from harmful or ineffective professional treatment.


Warmer air caused ice shelf collapse off Antarctica

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 11:09 AM PDT

-COMBO PHOTO- Aerial photographs taken in February and March 2002 of parts of the Larsen B shelf in ..Warmer air triggered the collapse of a huge ice shelf off Antarctica in 2002, according to a report on Thursday that may help scientists predict future break-ups around the frozen continent. Antarctica is a key to sea level rise, which threatens coastal areas around the world.. It has enough ice to raise seas by 57 meters (190 feet) if it ever all melted, meaning that even a tiny thaw at the fringes is a concern. Until now, the exact cause of the collapse of the Larsen-B ice shelf, a floating mass of ice bigger than Luxembourg at the end of glaciers in the Antarctic Peninsula, had been unknown.


Nation pauses to mark 13th anniversary of 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 05:05 PM PDT

People form a "V" for "vote" in red and yellow, the colors of the Catalan flag, during a gathering to mark the Calatalonia day "Diada" in central BarcelonaNation pauses to mark 13th anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attack at hallowed New York site transformed into plaza.


FBI cites apparent attempt to bomb congressman's office

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 02:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2008 file photo Missouri Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver speaks at a rally in Kansas City, Mo. Federal investigators are looking into what appears to have been an early morning attempt Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 to firebomb Cleaver's Missouri office. Police say two bottles, with paper towels sticking out of the necks extinguished during flight, were found shattered inside the office below a broken window. There were no staff members in the building at the time. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)Federal investigators are looking into what appears to have been an attempt to firebomb a U.S. congressman's office in Missouri.


Man accused of killing 5 kids was ex-con with rap sheet

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:47 AM PDT

5 Kids Found Dead in Alabama, Father DetainedSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — APNewsBreak: Dad accused of killing 5 kids was ex-con, went on crime spree in Illinois in 2001.


Boko Haram under scrutiny over foreign fighters claim

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:03 AM PDT

A convoy of Cameroonian soldiersCameroon's claims this week that two Tuareg fighters were among the dead when troops bombarded Boko Haram positions have sparked fresh interest in the group's links to the wider jihadi network. Boko Haram was designated an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group earlier this year while its recent land grab in Nigeria's northeast has prompted comparisons to Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Andrew Noakes, co-ordinator of the Nigeria Security Network of analysts, said it was "plausible" that Boko Haram had fighters from beyond the lands populated by its Kanuri tribal base. "There is most likely a relationship of convenience between Boko Haram and AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), which may stretch to sourcing militants from outside the insurgency's traditional area of recruitment," he told AFP by email.


Images of 9/11 then, and what they look like today

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 06:13 PM PDT

Images of 9/11 then, and what they look like todayOne World Trade Center and the steeple of Trinity Church are seen from Broadway and Rector Street on Wednesday, September 10, 2013. (AP/Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)

Stringent new abortion rule in Missouri

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 07:54 AM PDT

Abortion rights activists hold signs inside the Missouri Capitol WednesdayMissouri women seeking abortions will face one of the nation's most stringent waiting periods, after state lawmakers overrode the governor's veto to enact a 72-hour delay that includes no exception for ...


Islamic State kidnaps 20 Iraqi villagers

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 07:51 AM PDT

An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State's al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters raising their weapons as they stand on a vehicle at an undisclosed locationIslamic State jihadists kidnapped Thursday 20 people in a northern Iraqi village suspected of forming a local group to fight them, a security official and witnesses said. The kidnappings were carried out in Kirkuk province by dozens of fighters from IS, which led a major offensive that overran large areas of Iraq in June. According to rights group Amnesty International, IS kidnapped thousands of civilians as it overran minority-populated northern villages last month.


Gbagbo facing trial for crimes against humanity

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 07:28 AM PDT

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo attends a pre-trial hearing on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on February 19, 2013The International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed that Ivory coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo will face trial for crimes against humanity, throwing out an appeal by the defence. "Preliminary Chamber I rejected the defence's request to appeal against the decision relative to the confirmation of the charges," the court based in The Hague said in a statement. No date has yet been set for the trial of Gbagbo on four counts of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed at the end of his 10-year rule over the troubled west African country, once he refused to accept defeat in an election in November 2010. His supporters clashed for five months mainly in the economic capital Abidjan with those of President Alassane Ouattara, who was proclaimed winner of the vote by the electoral commission, at a cost of at least 3,000 lives.


Score one for sharks: New curbs on threatening trade

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 07:15 AM PDT

Sharks Need Healthy Coral Reefs, 10-Year Study FindsThe 178 members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreed in March 2013 to tighten regulations on the trade of the three types of hammerhead shark, the porbeagle and oceanic whitetip shark, and two types of manta ray. "The listing was a victory for science over politics," Andy Cornish, who heads a shark preservation initiative backed by WWF and wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic, said in a statement. More than 70 million sharks are killed worldwide every year, according to WWF, with high demand for shark fins in Asia the biggest driver of the overfishing. Traffic has estimated the total value of the shark fin trade at more than $480 million per year, with the fish hunted for their meat, leather, liver oil and cartilage.


Obama speech seriously ruffles Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Why Airstrikes Against ISIS May Not Be EnoughForeign intervention would be act of aggression unless Damascus OKs, as US discusses strikes on IS there.


McCain, Carney crossfire on CNN coverage of Obama speech

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 05:19 AM PDT

JAY CARNEY JOINS CNNSen. John McCain and former White House press secretary Jay Carney got into a heated exchange on CNN following President Barack Obama's primetime speech Wednesday.


Adjournment on 'culpable homicide'

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Judge says Oscar Pistorius "negligent," raising possibility of culpable homicide conviction.


Matt Bai: For Democratic candidates, there's a lot in a name

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:04 AM PDT

MOON and Mary LANDRIEUIn states where the president's standing has plummeted, a bunch of Democratic senators have managed to at least stay close into this last phase of the campaign, raising hopes among party leaders that somehow they may yet be able to ride this one out.


NFL hires ex-FBI chief to investigate handling of Ray Rice case

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Finally, there should be some real answers to how the NFL handled the Ray Rice situation.


Not guilty of premeditated murder

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 07:17 AM PDT

Olympic and Paralympic track star Pistorius reacts during judgement at the North Gauteng High Court in PretoriaJudge can still find Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend.


Obama: 'No safe haven' if you threaten America

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 10:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The president will make a televised address Wednesday night to outline plans for an expanded U.S. effort to confront violent Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. "The president believes this is a high national security priority," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The president announces a broad military campaign to combat the Islamic State.


Scientists: Strong solar storm heading to Earth

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 06:49 PM PDT

Huge Solar Storm of 2012 Would Have Sparked Calamity on EarthWASHINGTON (AP) — A strong solar flare is blasting its way to Earth, but the worst of its power looks like it will barely skim above the planet and not cause many problems.


Obama leads U.S. in remembrance of September 11 victims

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 09:55 AM PDT

A wilting rose is left in remembrance of those lost before the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New YorkBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Led by President Barack Obama, Americans commemorated the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Thursday by observing moments of silence for the thousands killed that day at New York City's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. In what has become an annual ritual, relatives began slowly reciting the nearly 3,000 names of the victims at a ceremony in lower Manhattan, from Gordon Aamoth Jr. to Igor Zukelman. ...


St. Louis grand jury weighs charges in Ferguson shooting

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 04:19 PM PDT

Activists raise their hands as they demand justice for the killing of Michael Brown while marching to the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse from City Hall in downtown St. Louis, MissouriBy Carey Gillam ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The white officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August, spurring a wave of violent protests, would be the first policeman charged for killing a suspect in St. Louis County in more than two decades. For weeks, protesters in the mostly black St. Louis suburb of Ferguson have piled pressure on authorities, demanding that the officer, Darren Wilson, be charged and Prosecutor Bob McCulloch be replaced with a special prosecutor. The prosecutor opted not to press charges and presented the case to the grand jury because of conflicting testimony from witnesses, his office said. If people don't feel like they get justice, it will be very hard to hold these folks back," said St. Louis Alderman Antonio French.


Man pleads not guilty to fraud in 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Glenn Adam Chin leaves the federal courthouse in BostonBy Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A pharmacist who worked for the Massachusetts company that sparked a 2012 U.S. Glenn Adam Chin, 46, said in U.S. District Court in Boston that he was "not guilty" of charges he knowingly shipped a tainted steroid that sickened 700 people in 20 states. He has been confined to his Canton, Massachusetts, home since officials pulled him off a plane last week at the start of what was to be a family trip to Hong Kong for a wedding.


Toronto Mayor Rob Ford hospitalized with suspected tumor

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 06:33 PM PDT

Toronto Mayor Ford participates in a mayoral debate hosted by the Canadian Tamil Congress in ScarboroughTORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been admitted to a hospital and is believed to have a tumor in his abdomen, health officials said Wednesday.


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