2014年11月14日星期五

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Obamacare architect mocks critics

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 01:57 PM PST

Economist Jonathan Gruber speaks at a conference of the Workers Compensation Research Institute in BostonJonathan Gruber made inappropriate comments while dismissing concerns about the law.


Republicans mull response to Obama on immigration

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 02:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 file photo, people rally for comprehensive immigration reform outside the White House in Washington. According to advocates in touch with the White House, President Barack Obama is poised to act soon to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation. Timing of the announcement is unclear, though it's expected before the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The House GOP are debating how to respond to the president's executive action.


Philae probe drills into comet, turns toward light

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 04:17 PM PST

WE CAN LAND ON A COMET, BUT...BERLIN (AP) — The spacecraft that landed on a comet performed two tricky maneuvers Friday, by drilling into the rocky surface and rotating itself to catch more sunlight.


Window washers describe 'panic' of dangling 69 floors above New York

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 10:56 AM PST

Window washers Juan Lopez and Juan Lizama take part in a news conference to recount their rescue from a malfunctioning scaffold on the side of One World Trade Center a day before in New YorkBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two window washers who dangled from a broken scaffold 69 floors above the ground at One World Trade Center said on Friday their emotions ranged from terror to resolved calm while they awaited rescue and the rest of New York held its breath. Two days after the harrowing accident at the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, Juan Lopez, 33, said the scare has convinced him to end his days of high-altitude work - at least for now. "There's a lot of options for window cleaning - a lot of ground floor jobs," he said. "I will probably do that. ...


U.S. seeks to ease influx of Central American child migrants

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 10:53 AM PST

Biden addresses a high-level summit during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New YorkBy Anna Yukhananov and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington will allow some children in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to apply for refugee status from their home countries, Vice President Joe Biden announced on Friday, in a bid to stem an exodus of undocumented migrants to the U.S. border through Mexico. The program only applies to children whose parents are legal residents of the United States. But Biden said it should provide an alternative for children making the "harrowing" journey alone from Central America in order to join their parents. ...


Judge in Colorado cinema massacre case rejects defense bid to remove himself

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 04:38 PM PST

James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in CentennialBy Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A judge overseeing the Colorado theater massacre case on Friday rejected a bid by lawyers defending accused gunman James Holmes to remove himself from presiding over the forthcoming murder trial, court documents show. Public defenders filed a motion this week asking Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour to recuse himself for what they called his "hostile and demeaning" tone toward the defense. ...


Parents of Sandy Hook massacre victims get scant help from state

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 11:17 AM PST

Jeremy Richman, left, weeps as he watches a video of his daughter, Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victim Avielle Richman as wife Jennifer Hensel, right, sits beside him during a presentation to the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, in Newtown, Conn. The parents of two children killed made presentations on ways to better address mental health, school safety and gun violence prevention. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)By Richard Weizel NEWTOWN Connecticut (Reuters) - Parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut said on Friday that state officials had failed to provide them adequate mental health care in the wake of one of America's worst mass shootings. "We didn't even know we had been assigned a case worker the day of the shootings until a few days ago," said Jeremy Richman, the father of a six-year-old girl killed in the attack. The girl's mother, Jennifer Hansel, said "to this day" it is unclear how and where to get counseling. ...


Same-sex couples file Supreme Court appeal

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 10:57 AM PST

Kansas Counties Issue Same-sex Marriage License After Court RulingWASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples seeking the right to marry are asking the Supreme Court to settle the issue of gay marriage nationwide.


Keystone passes the House

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 02:48 PM PST

A TransCanada Keystone Pipeline pump station operates outside Steele City, NebraskaNext up for the controversial bill: the U.S. Senate.


Walmart gets difficult Black Friday news

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 08:16 AM PST

People walk past a Wal-Mart sign in Rogers, Arkansas1,600 stores across the U.S. may not operate the way the company expects.


Dallas-area teacher fired over racial tweets

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 12:02 PM PST

SLOW BOIL: FERGUSON BRACES FOR GRAND JURY RULINGDUNCANVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Dallas-area school board fired a teacher Friday who posted racially charged tweets about the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.


Inside Myanmar’s eerily empty capital

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Inside Myanmar's eerily empty capital


Bad news for Google Glass fans

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 08:27 AM PST

File photo of Google Inc. co-founder Brin wearing Google Glass glasses in New YorkBy Alexei Oreskovic, Sarah McBride and Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that transforms eyeglasses into spy-movie worthy technology, Google co-founder Sergey Brin sauntered bare-faced into a Silicon Valley red-carpet event on Sunday. He'd left his pair in the car, Brin told a reporter. The Googler, who heads up the top-secret lab which developed Glass, has hardly given up on the product -- he recently wore his pair to the beach. ...


Obama's Keystone position doesn't shift

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 06:03 AM PST

U.S. President Obama speaks during a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in BeijingThe president makes his stance clear as the GOP plans a major vote on the pipeline.


Obama to shield many from deportation

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 11:36 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering a plan that would shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally from deportation as part of a broad set of executive actions that could be announced as early as next week, people familiar with the discussions say.

Loophole for Nazis finally closed

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 12:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to strip suspected Nazi war criminals of their Social Security benefits, insisting American taxpayers should not be underwriting the retirement of anyone who participated in the Third Reich's atrocities.

Tough decision for comet scientists

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 03:56 PM PST

A CIVA handout image shows a probe named Philae after it landed on a comet, known as 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoBefore their probe's batteries run out, scientists must decide on a risky procedure .


Surgeon with Ebola coming to US for care

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 01:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, a mock patient is wheeled in an isolation pod during a drill at the Nebraska biocontainment unit in the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. A federal government source said Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, a surgeon working in West Africa's Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown to the United States for treatment on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. The doctor will be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Sierra Leone and the United States said.


Sources: Obama executive order to affect millions of immigrants

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 11:16 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 file photo, people rally for comprehensive immigration reform outside the White House in Washington. According to advocates in touch with the White House, President Barack Obama is poised to act soon to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation. Timing of the announcement is unclear, though it's expected before the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to act soon to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House.


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