2015年10月8日星期四

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John Boehner stuck in limbo as speaker after Kevin McCarthy withdraws bid

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Ben Carson: Holocaust could have been avoided if Jews were armed

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Ben Carson Suggests Holocaust Would Have Been Less Likely if Jews Were ArmedRepublican candidate Ben Carson continued his controversial remarks about guns Thursday -- suggesting in a new interview that the Jews may have been able to diminish the likelihood of the Holocaust if they were armed.


Hillary Clinton’s lack of Wall Street backers

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Republicans in chaos as favorite quits House leadership race

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 04:50 PM PDT

McCarthy explains his decision to pull out of a Republican caucus secret ballot vote to determine the nominee to replace retiring House Speaker John Boehner, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonRepublicans in Washington struggled to fill a leadership void on Thursday as the front-runner to take control of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, quit the race in a surprise announcement that heightened concerns about the party's ability to govern effectively. Representative McCarthy, the No. 2 House Republican, had been expected to win Thursday's contest for the nomination to succeed retiring Speaker John Boehner despite opposition from more conservative lawmakers demanding a harder line against Democratic President Barack Obama's agenda. "For us to unite, we probably need a fresh face," McCarthy, who is from California, told reporters after the election meeting ended in chaos.


Student slain in Oregon college shooting honored at memorial

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT

A hearse arrives at the funeral service of Umpqua Community College student Jason Johnson in Roseburg OregonMourners on Thursday remembered a student who was among 10 people who died in a shooting rampage at an Oregon community college, in the first of a series of publicly announced memorial services for the victims. The service for Jason Johnson, 33, took place a week after gunman Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, opened fire at Umpqua Community College in the former timber town of Roseburg. Police exchanged gunfire with Harper-Mercer, and after he was wounded, he shot himself to death.


Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 02:40 PM PDT

Linden brings his wife Betty to higher ground outside their flooded home along Dunbar Road in GeorgetownBy Rich McKay COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina's governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unprecedented rainfall. Governor Nikki Haley said the inundation expected in Georgetown, home to about 9,000 people, would last up to 12 days and she urged residents to heed evacuation notices.


Feds offer little guidance to Islamic State recruits too young to prosecute

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Hero in French train attack reportedly stabbed

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:56 AM PDT

CBS News is reporting that Spencer Stone, the U.S. airman who helped foil a terror attack on a French train this summer, was stabbed Wednesday night.

Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker

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Guns, Congress and Murphy's Law

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Rep. Tim Murphy's sensible bill on mental health and guns is unlikely to become law.


Rupert Murdoch apologizes for suggesting Ben Carson would be a 'real black president'

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Clinton server hack attempts came from China, Korea, Germany

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:36 AM PDT

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. speaks about a security threat which disrupted the committee's oversight hearing to examine the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) challenges, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, containing an electronic inventory of some 55,000 pages of emails from her stint as secretary of state, was repeatedly hit by attempted cyberattacks originating in China, South Korea and Germany in 2014, according to a congressional document obtained by The Associated Press.


Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 06:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco. Sibling rivalries. A quest for power. An affair. A scandal. The turbulent life of the 84-year-old billionaire and his heirs emerged back in the spotlight this week as the aging media magnate readied to hand over the keys to his empire. The media circus around the Murdochs shares many parallels with paparazzi coverage of the royals, including the family's seats of power in the U.K. and in Commonwealth nation Australia, but the jostling for control in Murdoch's family is different. The eldest child's inheritance is never ensured. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)The media mogul makes the comment while comparing GOP candidate Ben Carson to the president.


Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:47 PM PDT

Phil Greene, left, president and CEO TOTE Services, Tim Nolan, right, president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, and Anthony Chiarello, President & CEO, TOTE, Inc., appear at a news conference outside Tote Maritime offices in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, about the fate of their missing cargo ship El Faro and the Coast Guard's decision to suspend the search for survivors. (Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP) MANDATORY CREDITBy Susan Cooper Eastman JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday ended its search for missing crew of the cargo ship El Faro that sank off the Bahamas last week after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. An exhaustive air and sea search for possible survivors was called off at sunset, six days after communication was lost with the ship and the 33 people aboard, the Coast Guard said. The decision came a day after federal safety officials arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, El Faro's home port, to launch an investigation into what maritime experts have called the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than 30 years.


Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 04:52 PM PDT

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a community forum campaign event at Cornell College in Mt Vernon, IowaBy Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will propose a tax on high-frequency trading, her campaign said late Wednesday. The tax would target securities transactions with excessive levels of order cancellations, which destabilize the markets, a campaign aide said. "The growth of high-frequency trading has unnecessarily burdened our markets and enabled unfair and abusive trading strategies," the aide said.


Rupert Murdoch: Ben Carson would be a "real black President"

Posted: 06 Oct 2015 09:00 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch: Ben Carson Would Be a "Real Black President"The media mogul has since apologized.


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