2014年10月7日星期二

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Panetta's stinging words for former boss Obama

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT

Katie Couric interviews Leon PanettaThe former CIA director has harshly critiques the President.


Video shows officer using stun gun in traffic stop

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT

Hammond Family Sues Police For Excessive Force During Traffic StopHAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A cellphone video released Tuesday shows police in Indiana breaking a car window then using a stun gun on a man in a car after police stopped the driver for not wearing a seat belt.


Jesse Jackson meets with Ebola patient's family

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Nowai Korkoya, mother of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, center, walks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, and Josephus Weeks, Duncan's nephew after they spoke to reporters Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Dallas. Duncan's family has gathered in Dallas to check on his condition. (AP Photo/LM Otero)DALLAS (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson presided over a prayer vigil at the Dallas hospital where the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is being treated for the deadly disease.


Update on Chinese quake

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:41 AM PDT

The remote Chinese province of Yunnan suffers frequent seismic activity and more than 600 people were killed when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous region in August 2014BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, though initial reports from state media said there were only limited casualties in the sparsely populated, mountainous region. The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 163 km (100 miles) north-northwest of Yunjinghong and 10 km deep. The official Xinhua news agency said shaking could be felt in the provincial capital of Yunnan, Kunming, as well as several other major cities in the province. ...


Police impersonator confronts the exact wrong person

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT

A Suffolk County Police car is stationed in the driveway of the home of Shoreham-Wading River High School junior Tom Cutinella, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Shoreham, N.Y. Authorities say Cutinella, a 16-year-old football player at the high school, died at a hospital the night before after suffering a head injury in an on-field collision during a game with John Glenn High School in Elwood, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A 41-year-old Midland, Texas, man got a surprise when he tried to impersonate a police officer and berate a fellow driver. The driver he chastised was a police detective.


Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Union Flags fly along The Mall as a taxi passes near the Queen Victoria Memorial statue and Buckingham Palace in London, on May 29, 2012LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in their early 20s in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, police said in a statement. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. "A number of residential addresses and vehicles are being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation. ...


Obscure government agencies get military Humvees, guns

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT

Kim Clark gets his horse ready to load onto a trailer with his Colt .45BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun and a Humvee — even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.


Wal-Mart to stop healthcare for some part-timers

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in Bentonville(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would no longer provide health benefits to some part-time workers in the United States due to ballooning healthcare costs. The company said on Monday it would stop health benefits for part-time associates who work less than 30 hours. The move is expected to impact about 2 percent of the company's workforce, the company said in a blog post. Wal-Mart cut its full-year profit forecast in August, citing higher employee benefit costs, among other things. The company said then that it expected to spend $500 million on U.S. ...


Strong earthquake shakes southwestern China

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT

Map China EarthquakeBEIJING (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province late Tuesday evening, killing at least one person, sending thousands fleeing into the streets and damaging buildings, officials and reports said.


Al-Qaida-linked rebels abduct priest, 20 Christians in Syria

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Supporters of the Al-Nusra Front take part in a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the international coalition in Aleppo, northern Syria on September 26, 2014Jerusalem (AFP) - Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria have seized a priest and 20 other Christians in the latest abduction by militants in the war-torn country, the Franciscan Order said on Tuesday.


Despite some anxiety, retailers foresee holiday uptick coming

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Holiday sales seen rising 4.1 percentAmericans are expected to spend at the highest rate in three years during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, according to the nation's largest retail industry trade group. But ...


'We're taking this very seriously'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:54 AM PDT

Mount Sinai Hospital in ManhattanActors feigning Ebola symptoms test NYC hospitals' readiness.


Nobel Prize for scientists whose idea will light the 21st Century

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT

JAPAN/An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday ...


2016 GOPers' drug talk raises eyebrows

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:33 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a summit regarding drug addiction at New Hope Baptist Church, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, in Newark, N.J. The summit, called "The Many Faces of Addiction: Ending The Stigma," focused on the wide-ranging effects of drug addiction. Christie has labeled the so-called "war on drugs" a failure. He has called for people to put aside politics and have a frank conversation about drug addiction and incarceration. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)They aren't calling for marijuana legalization, but many of the possible presidential candidates are seeking new strategies to combat drug addiction.


Mom charged after daughter brings heroin to daycare

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Police: 4-year-old brings heroin to daycare, mom charged(Reuters) - A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said. Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child after her daughter brought the drugs to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center on Monday morning, Delaware State Police said in a statement. ...


White House's extraordinary rebuke of Netanyahu

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT

White House Rejects Netanyahu's Criticism With Withering ResponseThe Israeli PM's sharp words for the Obama Administration drew a quick response.


Four hospitalized in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Health workers attend a protest outside La Paz Hospital calling for Spain's Health Minister Ana Mato to resign after a Spanish nurse contracted Ebola, in MadridBy Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah Morris MADRID (Reuters) - Four people have been hospitalized in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday. The nurse, who tested positive for the virus on Monday, her husband, who is showing no symptoms of the disease, and two other people are being closely monitored in hospital, health officials told a news conference in Madrid. One of those hospitalized is a health worker who has diarrhea but no fever. ...


India, Pakistan clash at Kashmir border

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT

A girl walks past a stain which locals said was the blood of an Indian villager killed by firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Arnia villageTroops fired bullets and mortar shells across the border between Kashmir and Pakistan.


Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT

An ambulance transporting a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted ebolaIt's the first time someone has caught the disease outside West Africa.


Gay marriage focus returns to lower courts

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Kathy Voigtschild embraces a family member after getting married to her girlfriendWASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Supreme Court passed on gay marriage appeals and effectively made same-sex marriage legal in 30 states, the federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down gay marriage bans in a decision that could soon allow gay and lesbian couples to wed in five more states.


Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucMURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.


Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:52 PM PDT

This 2011 photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan at a wedding in Ghana. Duncan, who became the first patient diagnosed in the U.S with Ebola, has been kept in isolation at a hospital since Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. He was listed in serious but stable condition. (AP Photo/Wilmot Chayee)By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis DALLAS (Reuters) - The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil, has also been given the experimental medication brincidofovir. A hospital in Nebraska said it is using the same drug to treat an American journalist who was airlifted from Liberia and arrived Monday. ...


Gay marriage bans fall in Idaho, Nevada after high court decision

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:41 PM PDT

Plaintiffs Moudi Sbeity and his partner Derek Kitchen, Kody Partridge and her wife Laurie Wood take a a "selfie" as they celebrate at a same-sex marriage rally in Salt Lake City, UtahBy Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the bans in Idaho and Nevada violated the constitution and cannot be enforced, adding to a growing list of states where same-sex unions are now legal. ...


Michael Phelps suspended after DUI

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:32 PM PDT

Michael Phelps Enters Treatment ProgramMichael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for six months.


Texas Ebola patient gets experimental drug

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT

A cameraman films the entrance of the Ebola treatment center in Liberia where NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo was being treated for EbolaWashington (AFP) - A Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola in Texas was given an experimental drug for the first time, officials said Monday as the White House mulled tougher airport screening at home and abroad.


U.S. helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

members of the Islamic State group parading in a street in the Syrian city of RaqaWashington (AFP) - The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts American troops at higher risk.


Mexican army disarms police in missing-students city

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:17 AM PDT

A police patrol pickup is parked by the empty barracks of the municipal police in Iguala, Mexico, on October 6, 2014Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.


Obama calls for greater foreign help against Ebola

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team and senior staff to receive an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says some foreign countries are not doing enough to confront the Ebola crisis in West Africa. He says the international community has not been as aggressive as it needs to be to help contain what he's calling a top national security issue for the United States.


Trump's name removed from casino

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:20 PM PDT

Donald Trump arrives to attend the funeral of comedienne Joan Rivers at Temple Emanu-El in New YorkBy Daniel Kelley and Mark Makela (Reuters) - Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use his name. Trump, who has emblazoned his name across properties in various U.S. cities, sued in August to have his name taken off the Trump Plaza, which closed last month, and the nearby Trump Taj Mahal, which is on the verge of closing. ...


Frightening Ebola development in Spain

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT

A Spanish Defense Ministry photo shows aid workers and doctors transferring Catholic missionary Manuel Garcia Viejo, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, upon his arrival in Spain on September 22, 2014In what could be the first infection outside Africa, a Madrid nurse contracts the virus.


Islamic State's bloody clash with Kurds

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT

Smoke rises in Kobane, SyriaIslamic State and Kurdish militia fighting them for key border town near Turkey take casualties.


Facebook's $22 billion acquisition

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:35 AM PDT

Woman holds a smartphone displaying WhatsApp's logo in front of the screen with the Facebook logo in this photo illustration taken in PragueBy Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday, with the final price tag rising an additional $3 billion to roughly $22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months. WhatsApp founder Jan Koum will receive nearly $2 billion in stock, vesting over a four-year period, as an inducement for him to stay with the company, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. ...


Iconic sunset images on the Hudson River

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Iconic sunset images on the Hudson RiverThe Statue of Liberty after sunset. The ship pauses to allow shutterbugs to photograph Lady Liberty. (Yahoo News/Gordon Donovan)

2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:29 AM PDT

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter sits besides the anti-tank gun MILAN at the Infantry School of the German Federal Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Germany's army trains 32 Kurdish peshmerga in their fight against Islamic State group militants. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The attacks targeted checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters on the western entrance of the city, they occurred within minutes from each other," Rami Abdelrahman from the Observatory said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Toby Chopra)


One whale of a surprise appearance

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:52 AM PDT

One whale of a surprise appearanceJoseph Weber and his wife were sailing off the Gulf of Maine in their lobster boat when they experienced a spectacular close encounter with some humpbacked whales. When Weber cut the engine of the boat, the whales lazed around for ten minutes, seemingly enjoying the attention they were receiving. One whale frightened the Webers when he jumped out of the water and landed with a terrific splash that rocked the wooden boat. Credit: YouTube/ AM1690


28 bodies found in Mexico mass grave may be missing students

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:04 PM PDT

Police officers guard the morgue in Iguala Mexico, SundayIGUALA, Mexico (AP) — Revelations of mayhem, murder and mass graves have shed light on another deeply troubled region of Mexico, the southern state of Guerrero, where federals officials on Monday disarmed local police and took over security after an attack on students that left at least six dead and 43 missing.


Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smiles prior to be conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by France's Foreign minister Laurent Fabius, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris. Michael Bloomberg is a knight _ but he won't be Sir Mike. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed an honorary knighthood on the billionaire businessman and former New York mayor. The British government said Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, that Bloomberg was made "an Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" in recognition of his "prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors" and his work to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)LONDON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is a knight — but he won't be Sir Mike.


Court decision makes gay marriage effectively legal in 30 states

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:45 PM PDT

Activists perform during a demonstration "against homophobia" outside Candelaria church in Rio de JaneiroFive states sought to prohibit same-sex unions; stage set for more gay, lesbian marriages.


The heartbreak of hostage ransom

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:22 AM PDT

Islamic State KassigWhy are some captives given freedom? Reasons complex, but money sometimes plays a role.


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