2015年9月14日星期一

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Professor fatally shot at Mississippi university

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 02:47 PM PDT

Ethan SchmidtA manhunt is underway for a professor wanted for questioning in the shooting of a fellow educator.


Hillary Clinton pledges to tackle campus sexual assault

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 04:23 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton's support amongst Democrats has fallen below 50% for the first time, according to the new pollHillary Clinton pledged to tackle campus sexual assault during a speech at the University of Northern Iowa on Monday.


Brock: Clinton hasn’t asked me to stop attacking NYTimes

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Conservative hit man turned avid Hillary Clinton supporter David Brock talked to Yahoo News.


Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson explain the crazy 2016 election

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 08:09 AM PDT

Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders on 2016 raceDuring a normal election cycle, presidential candidates descend on the Golden State for one reason and one reason only: money. They fly in, flutter around a Hollywood fundraiser and fly out. This is not a normal election cycle.


Miss Alabama slams Donald Trump during pageant Q&A

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"I think Donald Trump is an entertainer," Miss Alabama Meg McGuffin said during ABC's live broadcast when asked...


Woman killed, 400 homes destroyed by California wildfire

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 03:24 PM PDT

Leveled homes line Jefferson St. after the Valley Fire raged through MiddletonBy Curtis Skinner LAKEPORT, Calif. (Reuters) - A Northern California wildfire ranked as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken U.S. West this year has killed one woman and burned some 400 homes to the ground, fire officials said on Monday, and they expect the property toll to climb. The so-called Valley Fire erupted on Saturday and spread quickly to a cluster of small communities in the hills and valleys north of Napa County's wine-producing region, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. Evacuated residents recounted chaotic ordeals of having to flee their homes through gauntlets of flame.


Kentucky clerk won't block, or authorize, gay marriage licenses

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 12:01 PM PDT

File photo of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis celebrating her release from the Carter County Detention center in Grayson KentuckyBy Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) - The county clerk from Kentucky who was jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said Monday on her return to work she will not block her deputies from issuing them but will not authorize them personally, as one couple celebrated a coming marriage. Shannon and Carmen Wampler-Collins received a marriage license late Monday morning from a deputy clerk as friends and family gathered in the clerk's office chanted "love has won" and demonstrators opposed to gay marriage shouted in the background. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who has said her beliefs as an Apostolic Christian prevent her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was jailed for five days earlier this month for refusing to comply with a judge's order to issue licenses in line with a Supreme Court ruling in June that made gay marriage legal across the United States.


Teachers' strike to keep Seattle schools closed Tuesday

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT

Teachers walk the picket line as they strike outside Roosevelt High School in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle's 53,000 public school students will be idled for a fifth day on Tuesday by a citywide teachers' strike after a marathon round of weekend contract talks between the union and school district failed to produce a settlement. Negotiations were set to resume on Monday afternoon, before striking teachers who had been walking picket lines at city high schools marched to district headquarters for a rally that coincided with the announcement of no classes on Tuesday. "I understand a lot of people are getting frustrated, and this seems to keep going," Stacy Howard, spokeswoman for Seattle Public Schools, told a news conference.


Kentucky clerk returns to work after 5-day stint in jail

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 02:25 PM PDT

Surrounded by Rowan County Sheriff's deputies, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, center, with her son Nathan Davis standing by her side, makes a statement to the media at the front door of the Rowan County Judicial Center in Morehead, Ky., Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. Davis announced that her office will issue marriage licenses under order of a federal judge, but they will not have her name or office listed. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)A defiant Kim Davis said Monday she will not interfere with her deputies if they keep issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but she declared they will not be authorized by her and questioned their validity.


Northern California wildfire kills 1, destroys 400 homes

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 04:51 PM PDT

A wildfire burns across a hillside in Middletown, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)One of the fires, north of San Francisco, raced through dry brush and exploded in size within hours.


GOP candidate Scott Walker proposes vast union restrictions

Posted: 13 Sep 2015 09:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in Eureka, Ill. In dire need of a spark to rescue his limping presidential campaign, Walker is turning to the issue that first thrust him into the national spotlight four years ago, fighting unions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker on Monday will call for sweeping restrictions on organized labor in the U.S., seeking to replicate nationwide his successful effort as Wisconsin's governor to curb the power of unions.


Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell wins Miss America pageant

Posted: 13 Sep 2015 10:32 PM PDT

Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell reacts as she is crowned Miss America 2016 by Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev at the 2016 Miss America pageant, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell is the new Miss America, but her crowning moment was nearly overshadowed by a three-decade old pageant scandal, and a still-raw debate over whether the NFL's reigning champions cheated on their way to a Super Bowl victory.


Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer to win U.S. Open

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Taking the court more than three hours later than originally planned, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic delivered two of the best sets of tennis this tournament has seen.


Mexico slams Egypt 'air strike' after tourists killed

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 01:53 PM PDT

Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, looks on during a news conference at the Foreign Affairs building in Mexico CityMexico called on Egypt Monday to swiftly investigate why tourists were mistakenly targeted in what witnesses described as an air strike that left at least two Mexicans dead and six unaccounted for. President Enrique Pena Nieto said 14 Mexicans were among those involved in Sunday's "grave incident" in the Western Desert. Egyptian authorities said security forces mistakenly killed 12 people and wounded 10 others when they struck their convoy while chasing jihadists, but they have not given details about the weaponry used or the breakdown of victims.


NFL 2015 campaign off to bruising start

Posted: 13 Sep 2015 06:45 PM PDT

Lorenzo Mauldin of the New York Jets is carted off the field on a stretcher during the fourth quarter of their game against the Cleveland Browns, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on September 13, 2015It was a bone and brain jarring opening Sunday in the NFL as the first full day of 2015 saw a spate of concussions, including a scary injury to New York Jets rookie Lorenzo Mauldin. Jets coach Todd Bowles acknowledged after his team's 31-10 win over the Cleveland Browns that he was "very worried" about the injuries that sent Mauldin to the hospital after he was caught under a pile of players during a scramble for a loose ball. "You just hope he's not seriously hurt," Bowles said after the game, when he was still awaiting word on the nature and gravity of the injuries.


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