2015年9月17日星期四

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GOP debate's star: Carly the Communicator

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GOP leaders seek to avert shutdown over Planned Parenthood

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 04:45 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, after a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders scrambled Thursday to head off a politically damaging government shutdown in two weeks over rebellious conservatives' demand that any stopgap spending bill block federal funds for Planned Parenthood.

Federal Reserve holds interest rates at zero

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 11:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2015 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The biggest news Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 is whether the Fed will announce in a statement at 2 p.m. Eastern time that it's raising its target for the federal funds rate _ the interest that banks charge each other on overnight loans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cited a weak global economy, low inflation, and instability in financial markets as reasons.

Contraception opt-out violates religious freedom: U.S. appeals court

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:34 AM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationA U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama's healthcare law violates the rights of religiously affiliated employers by forcing them to help provide contraceptive coverage even though they do not have to pay for it. The split in the circuit courts created makes it more likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue in its coming term, which begins in October and runs through June. The law allows religiously affiliated non-profit employers to opt out of paying for contraceptive coverage directly.

Designated zones proposed for New York Times Square street performers

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 03:42 PM PDT

Robert Burck known as the original 'Naked Cowboy' poses for a photo with a woman while wearing his bikini top, which he is wearing due to the recent concerns of topless street performers in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New YorkNew York City would require topless women in body paint, Elmo impersonators and other costumed characters who populate Times Square to work in designated zones under a new plan to manage a surge of street performers in the famed Manhattan crossroads. Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced qualified support for the proposal, which was released on Thursday by a business group and is a response to the increasing criticism of the performers from officials. De Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have called the performers aggressive solicitors who threaten to drag Times Square back to the "bad old days" when the area was a tawdry magnet for prostitutes, drug dealers and panhandlers.

Senate report 'proves Lithuania hosted CIA jail': detainee's lawyers

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 02:32 PM PDT

Margulies, the lawyer from INTERIGHTS representing Zubaydah, a prisoner who says he was tortured in a CIA prison in Poland, speaks at a news conference in WarsawA U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogations proves beyond doubt that Lithuania knowingly hosted one of the agency's secret detention facilities, lawyers for an ex-detainee told the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday. Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah is asking the Strasbourg-based court to rule that NATO member Lithuania was part of a network of U.S. allies which agreed to host CIA "black sites" around the world where al Qaeda suspects were held and tortured.

The media circus in Simi Valley

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Officers stress dangers involved in search for Bowe Bergdahl

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 03:39 PM PDT

Soldiers walk past a military police officer, right, patrolling the perimeter of the US Army IMCOM HQ building prior to the Article 32 preliminary hearing to determine if Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be court martialed, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Bergdahl, who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The commanders of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's platoon, company and battalion testified Thursday that his disappearance from his post in Afghanistan six years ago put a strain on their forces and put his fellow soldiers in danger.

Jeb leaves a vacuum. Who fills it?

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Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 04:33 PM PDT

Burkina Faso protestors shout out as they take to the streets in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso's military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup had taken place just weeks before elections. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut)OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina's military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying out a coup weeks before national elections.

Rate the candidates' performances in the second GOP debate

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2 bodies found in ruins of Sierra Nevada foothills fire

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 07:18 PM PDT

Firefighter Jeff Ohs looks into a burned out car that was also hit by a tree at the Harbin Hot Springs resort in a wildfire several days earlier, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, near Middletown, Calif. The fire that sped through Middletown and other parts of rural Lake County, less than 100 miles north of San Francisco, has continued to burn since Saturday despite a massive firefighting effort. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Officials searched the burned-out remains of homes in Northern California on Wednesday, looking for a former police reporter and several other people who authorities fear were killed in a fast-moving blaze in that part of the state.

Live updates: GOP hopefuls clash at debate

Posted: 16 Sep 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, left, Ben Carson, second from left, Donald Trump, second from right, and Jeb Bush appear during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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