2014年3月26日星期三

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Obama and Francis: What divides them

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:28 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and Pope FrancisPresident has much to gain from historic meeting but must tread carefully.

At least two firefighters killed in 9-alarm Boston blaze

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Boston brownstone fireTwo firefighters were reported killed and at least 17 people injured as a nine-alarm fire raced through a four-story building in the city's historic Back Bay neighborhood on Wednesday, drawing a large-scale emergency response, local officials said. The Boston Globe, quoting two people with direct knowledge of the fire, said the two Boston firefighters died while battling the blaze but gave no further details. All residents of the apartment building escaped unharmed, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. With the winds, "it's hard fighting it from the outside." Boston Emergency Medical Service said it had taken 17 people to area hospitals.

Over half of uninsured don't know health care deadline

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, Maygan Rollins, 22, a field organizer with Enroll America, left, talks with Jerry Correa, 27, about his health care options while canvassing at a bus stop in Miami. Enroll America is a private, non-profit organization running a grassroots campaign to encourage people to sign up for health care offered by the Affordable Care Act. Despite Florida Republicans' efforts to fight the Affordable Care Act at every turn, more than 440,000 Florida residents had been enrolled through the federal marketplace through the end of February. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)If you don't have health insurance and didn't know the government's deadline for signing up is just days away, you're in arguably good company, according to a new survey.

At least 8 injured in Boston brownstone blaze

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:41 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firefighters tend a colleague at the scene of a multi-alarm fire at a four-story brownstone in the Back Bay neighborhood near the Charles River Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Boston Fire Department)BOSTON (AP) — Smoke and flames poured from the roof and windows of a four-story brownstone on Wednesday as firefighters battled a large fire that injured more than a dozen people and snarled traffic in Boston's densely populated Back Bay neighborhood.

When the president meets the pope

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT

President George W. Bush and Pope John Paul IIWhen President Barack Obama meets on Thursday at the Vatican with Pope Francis, it will be the 28th time that a sitting American president has met with the man who leads the Catholic Church and its estimated 1.2 billion faithful worldwide.

Obama urges Europe to retrench amid Ukraine crisis

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:02 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama gives a speech at Bozar concert hall in BrusselsIn Brussels, asks Europeans to recommit to war-won ideals of freedom and human dignity.

Charlotte, NC's new mayor accused of taking bribes

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, then candidate for Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon speaks to students at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. Cannon, now mayor of Charlotte, was arrested Wednesday, March 26, 2014, on public corruption charges. U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins says that Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers who wanted to do business in Charlotte. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Less than six months on the job, the mayor of Charlotte was arrested Wednesday and accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with North Carolina's largest city.

Video shows boy's dramatic rescue from Wash. mudslide

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:46 AM PDT

Video of boy's rescue in first hours after Washington mudslide is releasedAs the search for survivors in the Washington state mudslide enters its fifth day, dramatic video of a 4-year-old boy being pulled from the mud via helicopter has been released.

Two firefighters hurt in 9-alarm Boston blaze

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:42 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firefighters tend a colleague at the scene of a multi-alarm fire at a four-story brownstone in the Back Bay neighborhood near the Charles River Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Boston Fire Department)At least three Boston firefighters were injured, one seriously, on Wednesday when a fire broke out in a four-story building in the city's historic Back Bay neighborhood, drawing a large-scale emergency response, local officials said. All residents of the apartment building escaped unharmed, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. He described the blaze as a nine-alarm incident, the department's highest level of severity, with more than 150 firefighters at the scene. "It's a very unstable condition right now with the flames that are through the roof, and it's hard fighting it from the outside." Of the three firefighters brought to area hospitals, one was listed in serious condition while the injuries to the other two were not believed to be life-threatening, MacDonald said.

Prodigal son gets key role in Murdoch empire

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:44 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch (C) and his son Lachlan (L) at The Television Academy's 23rd Hall Of Fame Induction Gala in Beverly Hills, California on March 11, 2014Rupert Murdoch's prodigal son is back, with key roles in the family's media entertainment empire in what appears to be a succession plan for the 83-year-old tycoon. Lachlan Murdoch, 42, was named Wednesday as non-executive chairman at News Corp. and 21st Century Fox, the companies created when his father's conglomerate was split into publishing and entertainment arms. Murdoch also promoted another of his sons, 41-year-old James, to be co-chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. He is a member of the board of News Corp.

Obama: Russian propaganda doesn't fool world

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:05 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a speech at Bozar concert hall in BrusselsIn Brussels, president says Putin must not be allowed to 'run roughshod' over neighbors.

PETA: Elephant thought rescued by McCartney chained in shack

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:09 AM PDT

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Despite Paul McCartney 2012 campaign to save him – 14 yr. old elephant remains in chains

Okla. judge tosses state execution law

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:16 PM PDT

Execution Drug Oklahoma LawsuitRules for inmates seeking details on drugs to be used in their lethal injections.

Egypt army chief says he will run for president

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:38 PM PDT

In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks in a nationally televised speech, announcing that he will run for president, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. In a nationally televised speech, el-Sissi said he has resigned from the military. Wearing military fatigues, he said it was the last time he would wear it and that "I give up the uniform to defend the nation" and run in elections expected next month. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)CAIRO (AP) — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced Wednesday that he will run for president in elections expected next month, putting him on an apparent track to lead a nation beleaguered by ongoing turmoil and violence, a broken political order, a dilapidated economy and concerns over the chances for building a democracy.

AP PHOTOS: Popes meetings with US presidents

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2008, file photo, Pope Benedict XVI and US President George W. Bush walk in the Vatican Gardens during their meeting at the Vatican. President Obama is scheduled to meet Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)President Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, the first meeting between the 44th president and the head of the Catholic Church. Obama plans to express to the pope his appreciation for his leadership and his messages of inclusion and equality.

Charlotte mayor resigns; accused of taking bribes

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:48 PM PDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A city spokesman says Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon has resigned effective immediately just hours after he was charged with federal public corruption and bribery.

Grim reality: Some slide victims may not be found

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:33 PM PDT

A flag, put up by volunteers helping search the area, stands in the ruins of a home left at the end of a deadly mudslide from the now-barren hillside seen about a mile behind, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state's deadly mudslide.

TSA wants police at checkpoints after LAX shooting

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo provided to the Associated Press, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, police officers stand near a weapon at the Los Angeles International Airport after a gunman opened fire in the terminal, killing one person and wounding several others. The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday March 26, 2014, that airports post armed law enforcement officers at security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours. The recommendation was one of 14 determined after a nationwide review of security at airports prompted by the shooting at the airport last fall. (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday that armed law enforcement officers be posted at airport security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours after a review of last year's fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

Feds praise verdict against bin Laden son-in-law

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated image made from video and provided by by Al-Jazeera, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is shown. Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and spokesman still maintains that there was justification for the September 11, 2001 attacks orchestrated by al-Qaida upon the United States. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who is being tried in a New York City courtroom for conspiring to kill Americans, is using courtroom theater, intentionally or not, to press his case that the United States is such a bully in the Middle East that even killing civilians was justified. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was convicted Wednesday for his role as al-Qaida's fiery chief spokesman after 9/11 — a verdict prosecutors said vindicated the Obama administration's strategy of bringing terror suspects to justice in civilian court.

Smartphone app helps alcoholics stay sober: Study

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:54 PM PDT

This screen grab provided by the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., shows the A-CHESS app. The app, developed for recovering alcoholics, includes a panic button and sounds an alert when they get too close to taverns. The app is being commercially developed and is not yet available. (AP Photo/Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies)CHICAGO (AP) — A smartphone app for recovering alcoholics that includes a panic button and sounds an alert when they get too close to taverns helped keep some on the wagon, researchers who developed the tool found.

Train operator in Chicago crash had fallen asleep

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2014 file photo, a Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed early in the morning, injuring more than 30 people, in Chicago. Had the crash occurred during the day, when the trains are often full and the escalator packed with luggage-carrying travelers, far more people likely would have been injured, some even killed, said Joseph Schwieterman, a transportation expert at DePaul University. (AP Photo/NBC Chicago, Kenneth Webster, File) MANDATORY CREDITCHICAGO (AP) — The operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed at O'Hare International Airport acknowledged she dozed off before the accident and had also done so last month when she overshot a station platform, a federal investigator said Wednesday.

2 firefighters dead in Boston brownstone fire

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:37 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firefighters tend a colleague at the scene of a multi-alarm fire at a four-story brownstone in the Back Bay neighborhood near the Charles River Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Boston Fire Department)BOSTON (AP) — A fast-moving fire that sent smoke and flames pouring from the roof and windows of a brownstone killed two firefighters on Wednesday and injured at least five others.

Newfound pink world lurks at solar system fringes

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:12 PM PDT

This combination of images provided by the Carnegie Institution for Science shows a new solar system object dubbed 2012 VP113, indicated by the yellow arrow, that was observed on November 2012 through a telescope in Chile. New research published in the journal Nature reveals it's the second object to be discovered in the far reaches of the solar system far beyond the orbit of Pluto. (AP Photo/Carnegie Institution for Science, Scott S. Sheppard)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peering into the far reaches of the solar system, astronomers have spied a pink frozen world 7½ billion miles from the sun.

260 cats removed from 'crazy cat house' in Philly

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:58 PM PDT

A sign is posted on fence at the location of where Members of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals remove cats from two connected row homes Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Philadelphia. The Animal welfare authorities say they are working to remove about 260 cats and take them to the organization's north Philadelphia shelter, where veterinarians were waiting to examine them. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Animal welfare authorities say they removed about 260 cats from a Philadelphia home with a sign that proclaims it "the crazy cat house."

Poll: Ukraine crisis hurting Obama at home

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:47 PM PDT

This photo taken March 20, 2014 shows President Barack Obama speaking in Orlando, Fla. Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public's waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He's getting low marks for handling Russia's swoop into Ukraine, and more Americans than ever disapprove of the way Obama is doing his job, according to a new poll. Close to 9 out of 10 Americans support sanctions as a response to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. They are divided over whether the U.S. sanctions so far are about right or not strong enough, the Associated Press-GfK poll found. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public's waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He's getting low marks for handling Russia's swoop into Ukraine, and more Americans than ever disapprove of the way Obama is doing his job, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

APNewsBreak: TSA wants police at checkpoints

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo provided to the Associated Press, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, police officers stand near a weapon at the Los Angeles International Airport after a gunman opened fire in the terminal, killing one person and wounding several others. The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday March 26, 2014, that airports post armed law enforcement officers at security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours. The recommendation was one of 14 determined after a nationwide review of security at airports prompted by the shooting at the airport last fall. (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday that armed law enforcement officers be posted at security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours in the aftermath of last year's fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

Satellite spots 122 objects in Malaysia jet search

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:55 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French satellite scanning the Indian Ocean for remnants of a missing jetliner found a possible plane debris field containing 122 objects, a top Malaysian official said Wednesday, calling it "the most credible lead that we have."

Secret Service agent found drunk in hotel room

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:43 AM PDT

Members of the US Secret Service's Counter Assault Team, known in the agency as CAT, are seen before boarding helicopters at a landing zone in Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 24, 2014. The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before Obama's arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said Tuesday. The three agents were benched for "disciplinary reasons," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan, declining to elaborate. Donovan said the incident was prior to Obama's arrival Monday in the country and did not compromise the president's security in any way.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands.

Mudslide searchers press on with dogs, bare hands

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Thick, oozing mud is cleared from Washington Highway 530 by workers using heavy equipment, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, on the western edge of the massive mudslide that struck the area Saturday, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens missing, near Arlington, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)The official death toll stands at 16, but searchers say they've located eight more bodies.

HHS grants extra time to enroll for health care

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid sending thousands away empty-handed, the Obama administration has announced that people who started applying for health insurance but aren't able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time.

Bungling mars health care deadline in some states

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2014 file photo, Cover Oregon Executive Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg, right, speaks during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As supporters of the federal health care reforms push for final signups, a handful of states are trying to press the reset button.

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