2014年6月19日星期四

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House Republicans elect McCarthy, Scalise to lead party in wake of Cantor loss

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:25 PM PDT

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is joined by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, just after House Republicans voted to make McCarthy the new majority leader, replacing Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his primary earlier this month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, was elected to be the new House majority whip, replacing McCarthy. Scalise was in a three-way race with Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Eric Cantor's establishment heir apparent has succeeded him as majority leader.

Heavy rains, floods hit Bulgaria; 10 people killed

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:16 PM PDT

Partially-submerged cars are pictured during heavy flooding in the city of VarnaTorrential rains and floods hit Bulgaria on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, cutting off electricity, blocking roads and sparking evacuations, officials said. Heavy rainfall in the Black Sea resort city of Varna triggered a flood wave late on Thursday in one of its low-laying suburbs that killed at least 10 people, the mayor of Varna told the national radio. The street is not here, the houses are not here, there are cars on top of each other," Varna mayor Ivan Portnih said. In central Bulgaria, firefighters evacuated 11 people from the top of their houses in the town of Kilifarevo, police said.

Rick Perry is preparing himself to run for president

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:49 PM PDT

Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry hasn't decided if he'll run for president again, but if he does, he plans to be much better prepared than in 2012.

Obama’s war on ISIS could reach beyond Iraq into Syria

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:22 PM PDT

Obama Pledges Not to Send Troops to Iraq, and MoreThe president announced that targeted, precise military action in Iraq still an option.

Gerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:25 PM PDT

This undated image released by The O and M Company shows lyricist Gerry Goffin with his wife Michelle at the opening night of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," in New York. Goffin, ex-husband of Carole King, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75. Goffin, who married King in 1959 while both were in their teens, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Crying in the Rain" by the Everly Brothers, Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ''(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," ''Halfway to Paradise" and "The Loco-Motion," died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75.

England falls to Uruguay at World Cup, 2-1

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Luis Suarez scored twice to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over England at the World Cup on Thursday, making an instant impact on his return from injury.

McCarthy elected new House majority leader

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 12:15 PM PDT

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives for GOP leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. House Republicans elected McCarthy as majority leader, party's No. 2 post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)GOP makes first leadership change since Majority Leader Cantor's election loss.

US: Up to 75 scientists exposed to anthrax

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:16 PM PDT

File photo of Shay Wilinski working in the Microbiology Lab at Community Hospital in Munster, IndianaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some of its staff in Atlanta may have been accidentally exposed to dangerous anthrax bacteria because of a safety problem at one of its labs.

Starbucks degree program not as simple as it seems

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken July 26, 2011, a customer enjoys a coffee at Starbucks in Miami. It turns out Starbucks isn't contributing any upfront scholarship money to an online college degree program it introduced on Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The scholarship portion of a new education program Starbucks is offering to help workers pay for an online degree consists of a discount from Arizona State University, not money from the chain.

Obama sending up to 300 military advisers to Iraq

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday said he was dispatching up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help quell the rising insurgency in the crumbling state. He called on Iraqi leaders to govern with a more "inclusive agenda" to ensure the country does not descend into civil war.

Militants release 48 hostages held in Tikrit, say Iraq police

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT

An image grab taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11, 2014 by ISIL allegedly shows militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh provinceKirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Militants who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive released on Thursday 48 foreigners, including four Turks, held for several days, Iraqi police said. The construction workers, who were helping build a hospital in the now insurgent-held city of Tikrit, are from Turkey, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. "The workers... were kidnapped near the Hamreen mountains four days ago, and were handed over near a checkpoint between Tikrit and Kirkuk," said Major General Torhan Abdulrahman, the deputy police chief for Kirkuk province. "We brought them to Kirkuk, and they will return to their countries soon."

U.S. veteran receives highest military honor

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 12:41 PM PDT

CPL. AWARDED MEDAL OF HONORPresident Obama presented the Medal of Honor to a veteran who took the blow from a grenade to protect a fellow Marine in Afghanistan, sustaining major wounds, including the loss of his right eye.

Gov. Walker part of criminal scheme, prosecutors say

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 05:02 PM PDT

Federal prosecutors believe Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, illegally coordinated fundraising with conservative groups as part of a nationwide "criminal scheme" to violate election laws, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

Would-be bomber who caused Stockholm lock-down gives up to police

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:38 PM PDT

Policemen and a bomb robot are seen in a cordoned-off area in the old town of central StockholmA man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday gave himself up and was taken away by police, a spokesman said. Police had sealed off large parts of the capital city and evacuated buildings as they negotiated with the man who said he was carrying explosives and had barricaded himself inside a building near the headquarters of the main government party. "He came out, he showed he wasn't dangerous and he could be detained without drama, and he has now been taken away from there ... What remains for us is to search the premises to make sure there are no dangerous objects," police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said.

Rebels beg Russia for help as fighting rages

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 10:09 AM PDT

Pro-Russian separatists push a car before driving to the battle line in SeverskInsurgent leader says rebels are losing the battle in eastern Ukraine.

Cave rescue overcame waterfalls, high winds, vertical shafts

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 11:09 AM PDT

Mountain rescuers carry cave researcher Johann Westhauser , center, out of the Riesending cave near Marktschellenberg, southern Germany, Thursday June 19, 2014. The German cave researcher has been successfully brought to the surface after suffering head injuries in an accident deep underground nearly two weeks ago. Westhauser was injured June 8 while nearly 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) underground in the Riesending cave system in the Alps near the Austrian border. (AP Photo/dpa,Nicolas Armer)Rescue Took 12 Days and More Than 700 People

Feds say trucker in Tracy Morgan crash was speeding

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT

FILE - This April 28, 2012 file photo shows Tracy Morgan at The 2012 Comedy Awards in New York. Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has been upgraded to fair condition following the New Jersey highway crash that badly injured him and killed one of his friends, his spokesman said Monday, June 16, 2014. "His personality is certainly starting to come back as well," spokesman Lewis Kay said. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The driver of a tractor-trailer that plowed into a limousine van carrying comedian Tracy Morgan and several friends, killing one person and severely injuring Morgan and two others, was speeding in the final moments before the crash, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.

New Indian PM's Hindi mandate is speed bump for bureaucrats

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 12:31 AM PDT

In this June 4, 2014 photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second left in front, interacts with bureaucrats before their meeting in New Delhi, India. The top civil servants in in India's labyrinthine bureaucracy these days, are spending their evenings paging through dictionaries, frantically looking up words. The dictionary searches stem from an order by new Prime Minister Modi: All official work must now be done in Hindi, the language spoken by about 45 percent of India's 1.2 billion people. In a country with as many as 22 official languages many question Hindi's dominance. (AP Photo)NEW DELHI (AP) — For the past two weeks, the top civil servants in India's labyrinthine bureaucracy have been sent back to school.

Albania: 80,000 plants destroyed in raid on marijuana village

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 06:14 AM PDT

Members of the Albanian special police prepare to search a house in LazaratBy Benet Koleka LAZARAT Albania (Reuters) - The smoke from burning marijuana plants billowed from a dozen houses on Day Five of Albania's most serious move yet against a southern village, armed to the teeth, that has churned out weed on an industrial scale for more than 15 years. Lazarat has long blighted Albania's efforts to shed the image of a Balkan badlands since it threw off communism in 1991. With the fruits of its labor turning up in Italy, Greece and, last year, Germany, Albania has come under increasing pressure from the European Union to crack down on drug producers long considered untouchable, out of reach of the law thanks to a web of corrupt connections to the police and politicians. Albania hopes to get approval later this month from each of the EU's 28 member states to become an official candidate for inclusion in the group.

Republicans square off over party's future

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:37 AM PDT

In this Jan. 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., shuttle between the House floor and the offices of House Speaker John Boehner, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the tumultuous aftermath of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's sudden loss last week in his Virginia primary race, McCarthy is the strong favorite to become the new majority leader, and Roskam is seeking votes in the Republican Conference to take over as the new whip. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)What to watch for in today's heated House GOP leadership elections after Cantor's ouster.

Harley-Davidson introduces electric motorcycle

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 11:53 AM PDT

Harley-Electric MotorcyclesMILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson has introduced its first electric motorcycle, a sleek, futuristic bike that sounds like a jet airplane taking off and can go from 0 to 60 mph in less than four seconds.

Militants fly black flags over Iraq refinery

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 04:53 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, June 17, 2014 image taken from video uploaded to a militant social media account, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, an al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant waves as he arrives to the country's largest oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces battled insurgents targeting the country's main oil refinery and said they regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border Wednesday, trying to blunt a weeklong offensive by Sunni militants who diplomats fear may have also seized some 100 foreign workers. (AP Photo via militant video)Witness says militants have taken checkpoints, but government says it still controls facility.

Ukraine says peace plan 'refused' as fierce fighting hits east

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Pro-Russian separatists stand guard at a checkpoint near a burnt truck outside LuhanskBy Aleksandar Vasovic SIVERSK (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces. Even as President Petro Poroshenko and his team prepared to unveil their blueprint for ending more than two months of rebellion, government forces, using artillery and heavy armor, said they were tightening the noose on separatists near Krasny Liman, north of the main regional hub of Donetsk. Government forces said the fighting erupted in the early hours after rebels refused to lay down their arms as part of Poroshenko's peace plan.

On Politics: Rich Democrats embrace the status quo

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:01 AM PDT

Chicago public school teachersSo you're a liberal member of the 1 percent, and you've decided to wrest control of the Democratic agenda from change-averse insiders. Where do you turn for leadership and innovation? To the teachers union, of course!

Damage, 1 injury after tornado hits small SD town

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 12:44 AM PDT

damaged buildings in Wessington Springs, S.D., on WednesdayWESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — A tornado hit a small town in central South Dakota on Wednesday night, damaging homes, destroying several businesses and injuring one person, according to the National Weather Service and local officials.

Taliban militants set NATO vehicles ablaze

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:20 AM PDT

A US soldier investigates the scene of a suicide attack at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing in Torkham, Nangarhar province on June 19, 2014Attackers die in gunfight with Afghan police and soldiers at Pakistan border crossing.

Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:50 PM PDT

A member of Iraqi security forces searches volunteers joining the Iraqi army in BaghdadThe government said it was in "complete control," but a witness said fighting was continuing.

King Felipe VI takes Spanish throne

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:01 PM PDT

Spain's King Juan Carlos, right, talks to his son the Spain's newly crowned King Felipe VIKing Felipe VI took the Spanish crown Thursday, setting the stage for celebrations in the flag-festooned capital a day after his father quit the throne with tears in his eyes. Felipe legally became king at the stroke of midnight (2200 GMT) as an act of parliament signed by his father came into force, formalising the end of 76-year-old Juan Carlos' 39-year reign.

Taliban suicide attack destroys dozens of NATO trucks

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 12:41 AM PDT

Nato troops and Afghan security forces arrive at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar ProvinceMilitants struck NATO post in east Afghanistan, blowing up trucks on base and sparking gunfight.

Florida man becomes 3rd executed in US in 24 hours

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:17 PM PDT

John Ruthell HenrySTARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985.

Redskins forecast: Is end near for Wash. team?

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Washington Redskins Trademark Revoked: What Does It Mean for the Team?Team claims name, logo use OK, but trademark ruling may mean bleak future.

Rebuild efforts underway in Nebraska town devastated by tornadoes

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 03:25 PM PDT

A worker pauses for a break from cleaning up debris in Pilger, Neb., Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Wednesday was the first day volunteers were allowed into town to help with cleanup following Monday's storm, according to the Norfolk Daily News. The storm spawned at least four tornadoes, and killed two people in the Pilger area. (AP Photo/The Norfolk Daily News, Darin Epperly, Pool)Soon the roughly 350 residents of this farming town in northeastern Nebraska will face a momentous decision that people in other U.S. towns devastated by tornadoes have agonized over: stay and rebuild, or leave.

Luxembourg approves same sex marriage, adoption by gay couples

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:44 PM PDT

Five Reasons Churches Need to "Come Out" on LGBTQ RightsLawmakers in Luxembourg, whose prime minister is openly gay, overwhelmingly approved changes in the small European nation's legislation governing marriage that will allow people of the same sex to wed and to adopt children.

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