2012年4月22日星期日

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Controversial Arizona sheriff played federal probe for laughs

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FILE - In this April 3, 2012, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, right, answers questions as one of his attorney John Masterson, middle, and the Sheriff's Deputy Director Jack MacIntyre, left, listen during a news conference in Phoenix. An audio recording of Arpaio making dismissive comments surfaced as the U.S. Justice Department had already launched a civil rights probe of his trademark immigration patrols and the FBI was already examining abuse-of-power allegations for the sheriff's investigations of political foes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)An audio recording has surfaced of an Arizona sheriff playing his refusal to cooperate in a racial profiling investigation for laughs at a fundraiser for an anti-illegal immigration group in Texas. He ridicules politicians who sought the probe and displayed contempt toward federal authorities who were — and are still — investigating him on two fronts.


Dowd: Secret Service, GSA gaffes erode faith

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Secret Service Scandal: More Firings Likely, Former Director SaysABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the recent scandals involving the Secret Service and GSA reflect a declining trust in American institutions at all levels. "The American public has lost faith in every single institution in this country," Dowd said this morning on the...


French presidential election heads to runoff

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French President and UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave after casting their votes in the first round of French presidential elections in Paris, France, Sunday, April 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)The French presidential election appears to be headed to a runoff. Exit polls cited by French television in Sunday's first round of voting show President Nicolas Sarkozy losing by a thin margin to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. According to CNN, Sarkozy captured 25.5 percent of the vote, while Hollande took 28.4 percent. Marine Le Pen, [...]


Iowa paper devotes front page to fighting bullying

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This image shows the top half of the front page of The Sioux City Journal's Sunday, April 22, 2012, edition, featuring a full-page piece to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide. The Sioux City Journal's front-page opinion piece calls on the community to be pro-active in stopping bullying and urges members to learn more about the problem by seeing the acclaimed new film, In a rare and forceful act of advocacy, an Iowa newspaper devoted the entire front page of its Sunday edition to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide.


Searchers scour Tucson for missing 6-year-old girl

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This undated photo provided by the Tucson Police Dept. shows Isabel Mercedes Celis. Tucson police are searching for a 6-year-old girl who went missing from her home on the city's east side. Isabel Mercedes Celis was last seen late Friday and discovered to be missing at about 8 a.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Tucson Police Dept.)The parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl asked their parish priest for prayers Sunday as volunteers passed out fliers across Tucson and scores of law enforcement officers tried to figure out whether she had been abducted.


New York search for 'milk carton' boy finds stain on wall

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FBI agents and New York City police officers remove concrete from a New York City apartment building where they were searching a basement for clues in the 1979 disappearance of Etan PatzNEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators searching a New York basement for clues about the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old boy have ended their search after "nothing conclusive was found," a law enforcement source said on Sunday. Etan Patz was one of the first missing children in the United States to have his photograph printed on milk cartons after he disappeared and helped fuel an intense national campaign in search of missing children in the 1980s. ...


All eyes on Fla. jail as Zimmerman awaits release

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FILE - In this April 20, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman appears before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman's attorney was still working Sunday to secure the money for bail and a safe place for the 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer to stay. But residents in Sanford, where Martin was killed, don't expect a ruckus once Zimmerman is released. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool, File)All eyes remain on the Florida jail where the man charged with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is awaiting release on bail, and it could be several days before he leaves.


‘One Day on Earth:' Film with footage from every country debuts

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Earth DayOn Oct. 10, 2010, a pair of aspiring American filmmakers--who had never made a film before--asked people in every country in the world to document something they saw that day and submit footage to them for inclusion in an ambitious film project. "It was a big idea," Kyle Ruddick, the first-time director, told Yahoo News [...]


More firings likely coming in Secret Service scandal

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People walk past Hotel El Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late Thursday, April 19, 2012. Eleven Secret Service employees are accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel last week before President Barack Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. The identities of two Secret Service supervisors who have been pushed out of the agency in the wake of the scandal have been revealed. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza)The chairman of a House committee investigating an alleged Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings as key lawmakers and a top adviser to President Barack Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the agency will effectively deal with the incident.


Iran says it recovered data from captured US drone

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FILE - This file photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show the chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, left, listening to an unidentified colonel as he points to US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week. (AP Photo/Sepahnews, File) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the drone.


What causes 'brain freeze' headaches? New answers

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Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it, until now.

Wal-Mart probes bribery allegations in Mexico

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Wal-Mart probes bribery allegations in MexicoWal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said it is probing allegations its managers in Mexico employed a widespread campaign of bribery to secure and expand the company's presence in the country."This ...


Olbermann: Dog-gate vastly raises 'absurdity' of campaign

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Keith Olbermann: Tampa Bay Rays May Go All the Way This YearAfter a week of dog-eat-dog politicking between President Obama and Mitt Romney's respective campaigns, Keith Olbermann said today that the "dog-gate" controversies have gotten out of hand. Politicos, pundits and the presidential-campaign watching public spent the past week pondering which is worse, a presidential candidate...


Study: Arctic Ocean could be source of greenhouse gas

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A boat races across the Arctic Ocean in 2007The Arctic Ocean could be a significant contributor of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, scientists reported on Sunday.


Millions of books to be donated Monday night

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De La Torre and Schwabe load books at the Los Angeles Times Festival of BooksYou won't need to visit a store or library Monday night to see a book change hands or receive a free copy yourself.


Photos: World celebrates Earth Day

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Photos: World celebrates Earth DayThousands of cyclists hold up their bicycles at Budapest's city park, at the end of the Critical Mass bicycle ride across the Hungarian capital, April 22, 2012.The ride was organised to commemorate World Earth Day, which is celebrated April 22 annually. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: SPORT CYCLING ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Senator: No evidence Colombian prostitutes were underage

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A prostitute walks on the square of the old city in CartagenaSen. Susan Collins said this morning that according to Secret Service director Mark Sullivan, there is no evidence that the women who were allegedly solicited by agents in Colombia earlier this month were underage. "He told me that at this point there is no evidence of...


Light bulb with 20-year life unveiled in U.S. on Earth Day

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Light bulb with 20-year life unveiled in US on Earth DayA prize-winning, super-energy-saving LED bulb from Dutch electronics giant Philips said to last over 20 years went on sale Sunday to coincide with Earth Day.


US, Afghanistan finalize strategic drawdown pact

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FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 file photo, a member of U.S. special operations forces and an Afghan National Army soldier search for roadside bombs during a joint patrol in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province. . President Hamid Karzai's office said Sunday, April 22, 2012 that Afghan and U.S. officials have finalized a long-awaited strategic partnership deal. The statement from the presidency says officials from both sides have initialed the document and it is now ready to be signed by the two presidents. The document was initialed Sunday by Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)Afghan and U.S. officials finalized a long-awaited strategic partnership deal Sunday that is meant to set forth guidelines for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as forces draw down, the two governments said.


UN observers tour rebel-held town in Syria

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Sunday, April 22, 2012, purports to show a Free Syrian Army solider accompanying a UN observer in Rastan town in Homs, Syria. U.N. cease-fire monitors toured a rebel-held town in central Syria Sunday with army defectors, while government troops pounded a Damascus suburb with artillery and heavy machine guns, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALU.N. cease-fire monitors toured a rebel-held town in central Syria Sunday with army defectors, while government troops pounded a Damascus suburb with artillery and heavy machine guns, activists said.


Doctor: Bee Gee Robin Gibb has colorectal cancer

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FILE - This Wednesday April 11, 2007 file photo shows Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb as he talks with journalists at the European Parliament in Brussels. Robin Gibb's spokesman said on Saturday April 21, 2012 the Bee Gees star has woken from a coma and is showing signs of recovery. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has advanced colorectal cancer and remains in intensive care after waking from a coma, his doctor said Sunday. The statement confirmed the exact nature of the illness afflicting the artist.


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