2015年11月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Surveillance video shows team of 3 attackers at Paris cafe

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 03:35 PM PST

Paris Attacks: How ISIS Evades SurveillanceThe footage leads police to believe that a second assailant is on the loose.


Louisiana Gov. Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination in 2016

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:45 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, addresses the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/John Raoux)"It's not my time," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says.


Adviser acknowledges Carson struggling with foreign policy

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:58 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a news conference, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, in Henderson, Nev. Carson called for Congress to cut off funding for resettlement of Syrian immigrants in the U.S. (AP Photo/John Locher)Some advisers to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson say he is struggling to grasp the complexities of foreign policy, his closest confident said Monday, acknowledging their frustration while adding the political newcomer is making progress.


Ex-New York Senate leader corruptly helped son get paid, jury told

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 02:41 PM PST

Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam depart United States Court in the Manhattan borough of New York CityA former leader of the New York state Senate strong-armed three companies to pay his son over $300,000, knowing that his position to influence policy crucial to their businesses meant "they couldn't say no," a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday. Dean Skelos, a Republican, sought to corruptly direct commissions and jobs to his son, Adam, to "line the pockets of the Skelos family," prosecutor Tatiana Martins said at the start of their trial in Manhattan federal court. "The office of Dean Skelos was never for sale," Gage said.


FanDuel stops letting New Yorkers play paid games

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:43 AM PST

A FanDuel logo is displayed on a board inside of the DFS Players Conference in New YorkDaily fantasy sports site FanDuel said on Tuesday it would no longer let people in New York enter its paid contests in response to efforts by the state's attorney general to declare the games illegal gambling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed earlier in the day for a temporary injunction that would shut down daily fantasy sports leaders FanDuel and DraftKings in the state in the latest blow to the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry. A hearing on the injunction is scheduled to be heard by a New York state court on Nov 25.


Former co-director of Kabbalah Center accused of groping in California trial

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:49 PM PST

The former co-director of the Kabbalah Center, a spiritual group whose brand of Jewish mysticism has drawn numerous celebrity adherents but also controversy, went on trial on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by a follower who says he groped her. Yehuda Berg, 43, son of the late rabbi who founded the organization, was called as the first witness in the trial, testifying he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction that led to his resignation from leadership in the group in 2014. In a lawsuit filed last year in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jena Scaccetti accused Berg of inviting her to his mother's apartment in 2012, plying her with alcohol and narcotic painkillers and making an unwanted sexual advance that included hugging her and fondling her leg.

Republicans vow to stop Syria refugee plan

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Germany cancel Netherlands match after 'serious bomb threat'

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 03:58 PM PST

Police officers stand outside the HDI-Arena stadium as the soccer friendly match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled in Hannover, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)The friendly soccer game was canceled after a suspicious object was found at the stadium.


Putin vows payback after Kremlin confirms bomb downed Russian plane

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 08:54 AM PST

An Egyptian military helicopter flies over debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north EgyptThe head of Russia's FSB security service blames the crash on a "terrorist act."


Obama: ‘I would’ve enjoyed campaigning against Trump'

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Police say no 'connection to terrorism' in Boston-bound flight incident

Posted: 17 Nov 2015 02:12 PM PST

Passenger restrained on Boston-bound B.A.flightAn apparently intoxicated 32-year-old Polish woman attempted to open an exit door on a British Airways flight from London to Boston on Tuesday, prompting people on the plane to restrain her, the Massachusetts State Police said. "The investigation into this incident indicates this was a case of unruly behavior, with no known connection to terrorism at this point," state police spokesman David Procopio said. Troopers took Polish national Kamila Dolniak, a passenger aboard British Airways Flight 213, into custody after the airliner landed at Boston's Logan International Airport, authorities said.


Charlie Sheen reveals he is HIV positive: ‘It’s a hard 3 letters to absorb’

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