2014年9月17日星期三

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Texas executes woman for starving child to death

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:36 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Lisa Ann Coleman. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, Coleman is set for execution for the 9-year-old Davontae Williams' starvation death 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)Lisa Coleman was convicted of torturing, starving her girlfriend's 9-year-old son a decade ago.


S.C. dad feared 5 slain kids would kill him: warrant

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:26 PM PDT

Timothy Ray Jones Jr., is escorted by lawmen out of the Smith County Jail in Raleigh, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 to a vehicle for transport to Lexington County, S.C., where is expected to be charged with murder in the deaths of his five children after he led authorities to a secluded clearing in Alabama, Tuesday, where their bodies were found wrapped in garbage bags. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)A South Carolina father who authorities said killed his five children believed the kids "were going to kill him, chop him up and feed him to the dogs," according to an unredacted arrest warrant released Wednesday.


House approves arms, training for Syrian rebels

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:52 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to shore up President Barack Obama's strategy to combat Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. President Barack Obama reaffirmed Wednesday that he does not intend to send U.S. troops into combat against the Islamic State group, despite doubts about the ability of Iraqi forces, Kurdish fighters and Syrian rebels to carry out the ground fight on their own. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The GOP-controlled House has voted to allow the U.S. military to train, arm Syrian rebels.


'Going crazy': survivors tell of Europe's deadliest migrant shipwreck

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:58 PM PDT

Mohamed Raad, a 23-year-old from Gaza, talks to AFP at the port town of Chania on Crete island on September 17, 2014Chania (Greece) (AFP) - After three days adrift, drinking his own urine to survive as he watched dozens of people sink to a watery grave, Mohamed Raad started to lose his grip.


School district police stock up free military gear

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Texas middle school student tased by campus policeSchool police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of M16 rifles.


Netanyahu rival shocks Israel with sudden plan to quit cabinet

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:13 PM PDT

Israel's PM Netanyahu and Education Minister Saar attend cabinet meeting in JerusalemIsrael's interior minister, seen as a rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Wednesday he was quitting the government, in a move that stunned the political right. Gideon Sa'ar, 47, widely viewed as a favorite to one day challenge Netanyahu for the leadership of the ruling Likud, told party faithful that he would step down from both the cabinet and parliament after the Jewish New Year later this month.


Toronto Mayor Rob Ford diagnosed with rare cancer

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The tumor in Rob Ford's abdomen, the discovery of which led the mayor of Toronto to drop out of the election last week, is both malignant and rare, according to medical authorities.


Magnitude-4.0 quake hits Washington's Puget Sound

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:37 AM PDT

Ainsley MacDonald, right, and Will Walker, 10, try to leap above incoming waves as Calister MacDonald, left, 3, looks on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at a beach on the Puget Sound in Mukilteo, Wash. Temperatures are expected to hit near 90 in nearby Seattle and 97 in Portland Tuesday, which is considered a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest in July. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)SEATTLE (AP) — A magnitude-4.0 earthquake rattled the Puget Sound in Washington state early Wednesday, waking up residents who felt it miles away in Seattle.


Panthers remove Hardy from active roster

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The Panthers announced they've placed Greg Hardy on the exempt-commissioner's permission list, meaning the Pro Bowl defensive end has been removed from the team's active roster until his domestic violence case is resolved.


Dow closes at record high after Fed holds rate course

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Fed, Yellen keep "considerable time" rate pledge, miss great opportunity.


Northern Calif. wildfire rips through 150 homes

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 09:32 PM PDT

Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh PondFire crews in California battled on Tuesday to halt the advance of wildfire that has already destroyed about 150 homes, lapped at rural schools and caused power outages that left an evacuation shelter without electricity, authorities said. The day-old blaze, one of about a dozen major fires raging across the drought-parched state, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of about 1,000 households in and around the Northern California town of Weed, which has a population of about 3,000. ...


French doctor sick with Ebola in Liberia

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT

The Ebola virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of 3,944 people infected in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health OrganizationLiberia's president praises U.S. troops and treatment centers, but says more is needed.


Michigan woman holds off thief, then gives birth

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:21 AM PDT

Mark NewtonFLINT, Mich. (AP) — Police in Flint, Michigan, say a woman gave birth after she and her family captured a purse snatcher in a grocery store parking lot.


15 killed in college shooting in Nigeria's Kano

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:20 PM PDT

A student looks over at the damage to a lecture hall at the Federal College of Education in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, on September 17, 2014Gunmen stormed a higher education college in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, firing on fleeing students and setting off an explosion in an attack that killed at least 15 people and wounded 35, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the region's main city of Kano, but the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has repeatedly targeted civilians in the north, is likely to be a prime suspect. A police spokesman added that officers arrived on the scene and killed two of the attackers. ...


Fed signals plan to keep record low rate

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:01 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Yellen will be pressed to clarify the Fed's intentions after the Fed issues its policy statement on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)The Federal Reserve has renewed a pledge to keep interest rates near zero.


Snowden: NSA shared private U.S. communications with Israel

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the US National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel, an expert on the intelligence agency saysFormer U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel, an expert on the intelligence agency said Wednesday.


Obama vows no Iraq ground war

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:48 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks after a military briefing at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in TampaEven after top general suggested troops could be deployed, president says airstrikes method of choice.


R&A Golf Club set for historic vote on women members

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The ''Home of Golf'' is about to find out if its doors are open to women.


The unlikely friendship of Cleo and Forbi

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:14 AM PDT

The unlikely friendship of Cleo and ForbiAndré Costa's pet owl and cat Cleo and Forbi have been friends for life. They are entirely at ease in each other's company and spend much of their time together. This unique, close-up footage gives a heartwarming insight into the bonds that can develop between different animal species. This charming pair may put viewers in mind of the popular classic poem The Owl and The Pussycat . Credit: Facebook/André Costa


3 arraigned in disappearance, death of Mass. 5-year-old

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 09:22 AM PDT

Report: DCF didn't do enough to protect boy found deadWORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Three Massachusetts residents charged with hindering the investigation into the disappearance and death of a 5-year-old boy have been arraigned in Superior Court.


Police chiefs pledge more transparency after Ferguson

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:39 PM PDT

Police officers keep watch while demonstrators protest the death of black teenager Michael Brown in FergusonBy Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dozens of police chiefs meeting in Chicago this week said a notorious fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in August had been a defining moment for law enforcement and pledged greater transparency over such incidents. Speaking to Reuters in a group interview, the heads of police of Dallas, Chicago, Austin, Houston, Elk Grove, California, Boston, and Toronto, Canada said that every police shooting since Ferguson has been followed by protests. ...


Wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada menaces 1,600 homes

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:51 PM PDT

Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh PondBy Alex Dobuzinskis and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand on Wednesday against a blaze that threatened 1,600 homes and has displaced 2,100 residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe. The so-called King Fire, the most menacing of 11 major wildfires across the drought-parched state, has scorched at least 18,500 acres (7,490 hectares) of the El Dorado National Forest since it erupted Saturday, fire officials said. ...


U.S. House votes to arm Syrian rebels, but questions remain

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:36 PM PDT

Mitc McConnell speaks to reporters at the Capitol in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama's plan on Wednesday to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, but questions remain over whether it will give them the advanced weapons they say they need to defeat Islamic State militants. ...


Down the throat of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:55 AM PDT

Down the throat of Hawaii's Kilauea volcanoLava from the Kilauea volcano continues to ooze towards a highway and residential area on Hawaii's Big Island. The volcano became active on June 27 when a newly opened fissure began to spew lava. The first video looks inside the June 27 fissure, showing the stream of molten lava. The second video shows aerial views of the activity near the front of the lava flow, where the heat is slowly burning vegetation. Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi declared a state of emergency on September 4 , as a lava flow creeped closer to residential areas near the summit of Kilauea. Credit: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory


Intense Iraqi military engagement with IS

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Iraq Army Launches Tikrit Offensive, Politicians Elect SpeakerOffensives in Ramadi, Falluja and Haditha against Islamic State insurgents started before dawn.


Scotland independence vote: Full Yahoo UK coverage

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Will 307-year union with UK end? Independence Referendum 2014 comprehensive coverage from Yahoo UK & Ireland.


Iconic chopper from 'Easy Rider' up for sale

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:45 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 photo, Michael Eisenberg, sits on the customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in NEW YORK (AP) — The customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in "Easy Rider" has come to symbolize the counterculture of the 1960s. Now it's for sale.


Toxic algae tide off Florida kills wildlife, threatens economy

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 08:02 AM PDT

A major red tide bloom extends more than 100 miles along Florida's Gulf coastline, and reaches more than 30 miles off shore in this NASA true-colour imageCLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — It's like Florida's version of The Blob. Slow moving glops of toxic algae in the northeast Gulf of Mexico are killing sea turtles, sharks and fish, and threatening the waters and beaches that fuel the region's economy.


Woman's execution for child's starving death appealed to Supreme Court

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:26 AM PDT

Lethal Injection chamberHUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 38-year-old Texas woman are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block her scheduled execution for the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend's 9-year-old son a decade ago.


No foreign troops, says Iraqi prime minister

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Iraq's new prime minister says foreign ground troops are neither necessary nor wanted in his country's fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Plus, fight against Islamic State needs to include Syria, says Haider al-Abadi.


Quebec separatists closely watch Scotland's independence vote

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 30, 1995 file photo, police watch a fire burn underneath a "Oui" pro-separatist sign after federalists won the Quebec independence referendum. Quebec has always been apart from the rest of Canada by keeping French as its first tongue. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's separatists are watching closely this week to see if the Scottish independence movement has learned from their failed attempts to break away from Canada. And they could be rejuvenated if Scotland breaks away from the United Kingdom.


US inflation falls for first time in over a year

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:20 AM PDT

US food prices edged up 0.2 percent in August, while energy prices accelerated their march downward, dropping a hefty 2.6 percent, the Labor Department reported WednesdayWashington (AFP) - Consumer prices in the United States fell in August for the first time in more than a year, dragged lower by declines in energy, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.


What is about North Korea that's so attractive to Americans?

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 1996 file photo, U.S. Rep. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., left, shakes hands with Evan C. Hunziker of Tacoma, Washington, upon their arrival at Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo. Hunziker, 26, who was jailed for three months in North Korea on spy charges was freed and arrived in Japan with Richardson who negotiated his release. Time and again, Americans over the years have slipped into poor, deeply suspicious, fervently anti-American North Korea, crossing a border that tens of thousands of desperate North Koreans have crossed in the opposite direction, at great risk. Whatever their reasons, Americans detained in North Korea, including the three currently there, are major complications for Washington, which must decide between letting a U.S. citizen languish and providing Pyongyang with a huge propaganda victory by sending a senior U.S. envoy to negotiate a release. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One shouted about God's love as he crossed a frozen river, clutching a Bible. Another swam, drunk and naked. Several U.S. soldiers dashed around land mines.


Obama speech boosts Islamic State's recruiting drive in Syria

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:41 AM PDT

Jerry Seib: Two Questions Facing Congress on ISISBEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has won new recruits in Syria since President Barack Obama signaled last week that air strikes against the group will be expanded from Iraq to its strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 162 people had joined Islamic State training camps in Aleppo province since Sept 10, when Obama said he would not hesitate to strike Islamic State in Syria. ...


Jewish group: Biden comment 'offensive'

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech to mark the 40th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)A description of bankers in the VP's recent speech drew fire from the Anti-Defamation League.


Obama's Ebola response: Is it enough and in time?

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 07:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world, and he ordered 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling out of control.

Rand Paul still has a thinking-out-loud problem

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 03:34 PM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., gestures as he endorses New Hampshire Republican Senate hopeful Scott Brown for U.S. Senate during a campaign event at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Rand Paul is quickly learning that his words have consequences.


Biden apologizes for 'Shylocks' gaffe, visits Iowa

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:55 PM PDT

Vice President Joe BidenBy Kay Henderson DES MOINES (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden apologized on Wednesday for referring to people who squeeze U.S. military personnel serving overseas on loans and other financial issues as "Shylocks," a reference to a stereotypical Jewish character in Shakespeare. Biden apologized for having used the term during a speech on Tuesday in Washington, calling it a "poor choice of words." His remark had drawn a rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League. The group thanked Biden for the apology on Wednesday. ...


Vikings bar Peterson from all team activities

Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:36 AM PDT

Vikings bar Peterson from all team activitiesAfter a day of public pressure from angry fans and concerned sponsors, the Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and placed star running back Adrian Peterson on the exempt-commissioner's permission list, ...


DiCaprio named U.N. messenger of peace

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Leonardo DiCaprio's movie roles have made him an international star, but his long and little-known commitment to preserving the global environment has led to his new role — as a U.N. messenger of peace.


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