2015年1月8日星期四

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Sources: Suspect sought in Paris shooting trained in Yemen

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:56 PM PST

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called "an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)One of two brothers suspected of carrying out the deadly attacks has been linked to militants.


Suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers were on U.S. ‘no fly’ list

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:28 PM PST

People light candles as they pay tribute to victims of the attack against the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, in front of the French embassy in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, a day after 12 people were slain by two armed men who stormed the Paris offices of the magazine. Inscriptions read "I am Charlie". (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Soos)The two brothers wanted in the massacre had long been viewed as potential terror suspects.


Videos, pictures show danger and beauty of cold snap across U.S.

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 09:10 AM PST

A woman and the Chicago skyline are reflected in the snow covered, curved surface of the "Cloud Gate" sculpture in ChicagoAmericans are bundling up as a cold snap roars across the country, causing temperatures to plunge and creating hazardous driving conditions.


Supreme Court to meet again to decide on hearing gay marriage

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 07:04 AM PST

Revelers gather at Castro St. in San Francisco, after the United States Supreme Court delivered rulings on Proposition 8 and the federal DOMABy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who opted in October not to take up the issue of state bans on gay marriage, are set to meet behind closed doors on Friday to consider once again whether to hear any cases on the contentious issue. The court has five cases pending concerning same-sex marriage prohibitions in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Louisiana. The legal issue is whether the state bans violate the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. ...


Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, sends penguins inside

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A man walks past the ice-covered Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, in frigid temperatures in Bryant Park in the Manhattan borough of New York CityBy Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside. Snow expected to accumulate to 3 feet (1 meter) deep was falling in upstate New York near Watertown, and snow already blanketing South Dakota was whipped by winds into a "ground blizzard" that made driving treacherous, said meteorologist Dan Petersen of the National Weather Service. ...


Slump in New York arrests, fines hits traffic lawyers, bail bondsmen

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:07 PM PST

An automobile sits illegally parked without a parking ticket issued by the NYPD in the Queens borough of New YorkBy Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sharp drop in arrests and fines in New York may prove costly for the city but it could already be hurting some traffic lawyers and bail bonds firms, which are seeing their phones ring less often as fewer people are in trouble and need help. The slump in arrest volume - last week's total was around half that recorded a year ago - is seen by supporters of new York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as evidence of a work slowdown by police officers angered by recent comments he made that they viewed as anti-police. ...


Newspapers around the world react to Charlie Hebdo shootings

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:38 AM PST

Paris shooting: victims of the Charlie Hebdo office attackA day after masked gunmen killed 12 people at the Paris offices of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, newspapers around the world showed solidarity with the victims of the massacre on their covers.


Brothers sought in French attack were on US no-fly list

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:45 PM PST

French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don't strike again. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)One was an aspiring rapper before being jailed on terror charges and turning radical in prison.


Obama meets Giffords on 4th anniversary of shooting

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 10:28 AM PST

President Barack Obama visits with a woman and child after speaking outside a home in a housing development, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Obama meets with the former congresswoman on the shooting's fourth anniversary.


U.S. to cut European military bases

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:22 PM PST

First company-sized contingent of about 150 U.S. paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Italy arrive in the airport in RigaFacing tight budgets, the U.S.'s military presence abroad will decrease.


French terror suspect was failed rapper-turned-jihadist

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Cherif Kouachi, 32, had very different ambitions nine years ago.


US attorney general to attend terror talks in Paris Sunday

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 09:59 AM PST

US Attorney General Eric Holder in Washington, DC, on November 29, 2014US Attorney General Eric Holder will attend international terror talks convened by France in Paris on Sunday after a deadly attack on a satirical newspaper, a Justice Department official said Thursday. The ministerial-level meeting was convened by French Justice Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Twelve people were killed in the attack Wednesday by heavily armed gunmen who stormed Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly in Paris that had lampooned Islam. The massacre, which claimed the lives of the weekly's editor and some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, drew international condemnation as an attack on the free speech central to western culture.


Matt Bai: Why Jeb won’t keep the rest from running

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:54 AM PST

Why Jeb won't keep the rest from runningThe last two midterm elections created and solidified a whole new group of what you might call surfer Republicans — candidates for both governor and Senate who caught a powerful wave and never looked back. And this unusual double uprising is bound to upend some of our accepted notions of primary politics, including the one that says only a handful of serious candidates can court the same voting blocs and contributors.


Unemployment falls and labor market strengthens

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 07:46 AM PST

Jobseekers hold their resumes while they wait to speak with potential employers during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. career fair held by the New York State department of Labor in New YorkBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and job cuts declined sharply in December, suggesting the labor market is tightening. Thursday's reports support views of faster growth this year, driven by consumer spending, despite a faltering global economy. "Labor market conditions continue to improve, providing support for consumers and contributing to a virtuous cycle for the economy," said Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors in Kalamazoo, Michigan. ...


Elizabeth Warren sounds another note against Obama’s trade deal

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 08:25 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2014 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the year that will pass before the 2016 campaign for president formally kicks off with the votes in the Iowa Caucus, any number of candidates, donors, political operatives _ and people who have nothing to do with American politics _ will shape the race for the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Wednesday signaled a readiness to fight against President Obama's push for a free trade deal with Asian countries in the new year.


Slain editor was on terror group's 'hit list'

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:28 PM PST

In this Sept.19, 2012 file photo, Stephane Charbonnier also known as Charb , the publishing director of the satyric weekly Charlie Hebdo, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris. Masked gunmen shouting Stephane Charbonnier was targeted by an al-Qaida web magazine two years ago.


FBI director gives new clues tying North Korea to Sony hack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 08:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2014 file photo, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey listens to a question from a reporter during a media conference in San Francisco. The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, about the stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of the Obama administration's effort to challenge persistent skepticism about whether North Korea's government was responsible for the brazen hacking. Speaking at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University, FBI Director Comey revealed that the hackers "got sloppy" and mistakenly sent messages directly that could be traced to IP addresses used exclusively by North Korea. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday about the stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of the Obama administration's effort to challenge persistent skepticism about whether North Korea's government was responsible for the brazen hacking.


Police officer dies in shooting at Paris' edge

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 08:04 AM PST

A police officer guards the scene after a shooting in Montrouge, outside Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Two people were shot and gravely wounded at the southern edge of Paris, including a police officer, raising tensions a day after masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper and killed 12 people. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)A policewoman is fatally shot a day after the deadly assault on a satirical newspaper.


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