2014年5月11日星期日

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A very happy Mother's Day: Woman gives birth to rare 'mono mono' twins

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:39 AM PDT

Monoamniotic twinsAn Ohio middle school math teacher was given an early Mother's Day present, giving birth to rare monoamniatic twin girls after spending nearly two months in the hospital.

Details of day Snowden revealed himself as NSA whistleblower

Posted: 11 May 2014 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. A report that revealed the massive U.S. government surveillance effort is among the top finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. The stories were based on thousands of documents handed over by Snowden. The reports were published by Barton Gellman of The Washington Post and Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewan MacAskill of The Guardian. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)Nearly a year after Edward Snowden revealed himself as the National Security Agency contractor-turned-whistleblower, former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald is sharing more behind-the-scenes details of the events that led to the unveiling of Snowden as the source of the leaks.

Insurgents say Ukraine region opts for sovereignty

Posted: 11 May 2014 03:16 PM PDT

A local resident casts a shadow on leaving a booth to cast her ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Ukraine, on Sunday May 11, 2014. Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine cast ballots Sunday in referendums, which seek approval for declaring sovereign people's republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ninety percent of voters in a key industrial region in eastern Ukraine came out in favor of sovereignty Sunday, pro-Russian insurgents said in announcing preliminary results of a twin referendum that is certain to deepen the turmoil in the country.

Armed men in eastern Ukraine open fire on crowd

Posted: 11 May 2014 01:20 PM PDT

A man tries to help a dead pro-Russia man in Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Although the voting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions appeared mostly peaceful, Ukrainian national guardsmen opened fire on a crowd outside a town hall in Krasnoarmeisk, and an official with the region's insurgents said there were fatalities. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)KRASNOARMEISK, Ukraine (AP) — Armed men identified as Ukrainian national guard opened fire Sunday on a crowd outside a town hall in eastern Ukraine, and an official for the region's insurgents said there were fatalities.

Ongoing fighting in Iraq's Anbar hits businesses

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:40 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, May 9, 2014, shoppers buy fresh vegetables in Jamila market in Baghdad, Iraq. Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province, now in its fifth month, appears to have bogged down, with government forces unable to drive out Islamic militants who took over one of the area's main cities. But the impact is being felt much further, with the repercussions rippling through the country's economy to hit consumers and businesses. Fighting has also disrupted shipping, inflating prices of goods in Baghdad and elsewhere. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province, now in its fifth month, appears to have bogged down, with government forces unable to drive out Islamic militants who took over one of the area's main cities. But the impact is being felt much further, with the repercussions rippling through the country's economy to hit consumers and businesses.

Arkansas plans to appeal same-sex marriage ruling

Posted: 11 May 2014 04:54 PM PDT

Jennifer Rambo, right, of Fort Smith, Ark., kisses her partner Kristin Seaton, left, of Jacksonville, Ark., following their marriage ceremony in front of the Carroll County Courthouse as Sheryl Maples, far left, the lead attorney who filed the Wright v. the State of Arkansas lawsuit, looks on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in Eureka Springs, Ark. Rambo and Seaton were the first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license in Eureka Springs after a judge overturned Amendment 83, which banned same-sex marriage in the state of Arkansas. (AP Photo/Sarah Bentham)EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — The state's top lawyer will ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to overturn a 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Coaches, pilot remembered after balloon crash

Posted: 11 May 2014 03:40 PM PDT

Laura Jordan wears a red ribbon with her hat decorated with initials of Natalie Lewis and Ginny Doyle before the University of Richmond's Commencement Ceremony in Richmond, Va. on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Lewis, the director of basketball operations of the University of Richmond women's basketball team, and Doyle, the team's associate head coach, died in Friday night's hot air balloon crash in Caroline County. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Daniel Sangjib Min)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One was the constant in Richmond women's basketball, the beloved assistant coach who had been on staff for 15 seasons, remaining through two coaching changes. The other was hardly out of college, always cheerful and willing to help.

Egypt's el-Sissi promises progress in 2 years

Posted: 11 May 2014 02:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 2014 file image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during an interview in a nationally televised broadcast in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sissi, the former military chief who removed Egypt's elected Islamist president and is poised to assume the post in elections this month, said Sunday, May 11, that he has plans to make improvements in people's living conditions within two years but will step down if they rise up against him. (AP Photo/Egypt's State Television, File)CAIRO (AP) — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt's former military chief who is poised to win the presidency in elections later this month, said he has plans to make improvements in people's living conditions within two years but will step down if they rise up against him — without waiting for the army to remove him.

Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20

Posted: 11 May 2014 01:37 PM PDT

A man sits in front of his shop that was damaged in a Saturday car bomb attack near a Kebab restaurant, in the mainly Shiite Habibiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 11, 2014. A series of bombings on Saturday in Iraq killed and wounded scores of people, a day after army shelling killed many civilians and gunmen in the militant-held city of Fallujah, authorities said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants in Iraq launched an audacious attack on a military barracks in a remote area in the country's north and killed 20 troops overnight, including some who had been bound and shot at close range, authorities said Sunday as other attacks killed 18.

Fed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wells

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, with oil pump jacks as a backdrop, President Barack Obama speaks at an oil and gas field on federal lands in Maljamar, N.M. The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and gas development on federal and Indian lands. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say.

'Neighbors' unseats Spidey to top box office

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:25 AM PDT

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Zac Efron, left, and Dave Franco in a scene from the film, "Neighbors." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Glen Wilson)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested the web-slinger at the box office.

Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts

Posted: 11 May 2014 07:13 AM PDT

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)SANAA, Yemen (AP) — One of the two officers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen who shot and killed a pair of suspected al-Qaida gunmen was getting a haircut at a barbershop when the attempted abduction took place, Yemeni security officials said Sunday.

Ukraine regions hold sovereignty vote

Posted: 11 May 2014 01:35 PM PDT

A masked pro Russia man is seen atop an APC flying a Russian flag, top, and a Donetsk People's Republic flag, as it stands in front of the occupied administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2014. Two restive regions in eastern Ukraine are preparing to vote on declaring sovereignty and ceding from Ukraine, in a referendum on Sunday in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where pro-Russia insurgents have seized government buildings and clashed with police and Ukrainian troops.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in two insurgent Ukrainian regions cast ballots Sunday on whether to declare their areas sovereign republics, a move denounced by the central government and likely to deepen the turmoil in the largely Russian-speaking east.

Balloon crash looms over U. of Richmond graduation

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Search teams arrives at a command post for the recovery efforts from a hot air balloon accident in Ruther Glen, Va., Saturday, May 10, 2014. The body of one occupant of a hot air balloon that caught fire after striking a power line and crashed Friday has been recovered and police searched Saturday for two others feared dead, Virginia State Police said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — Virginia state police say they have found the body of the third passenger of a hot air balloon that drifted into a power line, burst into flames and fell into a heavily wooded area about 25 miles north of Richmond.

NFL team drafts 1st openly gay player

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:09 AM PDT

Sam finds comfortable landing spot in St. LouisMichael Sam is one of the last players picked, but he'll get his chance near his college home.

Body of third victim found after Virginia hot air balloon crash

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:46 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Search teams in Virginia on Sunday discovered the body of the third person who died when a hot air balloon struck a power line and plummeted to the ground in flames, police said. About 100 people combing a heavily wooded area of Caroline County, about 30 miles north of Richmond, discovered the third body during a foot search, according to the Virginia State Police. \"Now that the male pilot and two female passengers have all been located, this concludes the large-scale search efforts of the operation,\" Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a statement. Crews were still looking for the wreckage of the balloon and basket, which became engulfed in flames, killing all three on board when it hit a power line during a hot air balloon festival Friday evening.

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