2012年4月25日星期三

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Rubio uses running mate spotlight to show off foreign policy chops

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, jokes with Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., before Rubio spoke about foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)It's not every day that Washingtonians have to fight for an open chair at the Brookings Institution for a Wednesday-afternoon foreign policy event.


Edwards trial: Ex-aide offers more details about hiding mistress

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Andrew Young, former aide to former U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards, leaves federal court with attorney David Geneson, right, in Greensboro, N.C., Monday, April 23, 2012. Prosecutors and defense lawyers began making their case to jurors on whether the former presidential candidate violated federal campaign finance laws. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)The third day of the John Edwards conspiracy trial was a lot like the second, with former aide Andrew Young offering more details about how the candidate instructed him to hide his mistress, Rielle Hunter—even after Edwards dropped out of the 2008 presidential race. Young, who was putting Hunter up in his home at the [...]


Justices cast doubt on government’s argument in immigration case

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Attorney Paul Clement, acting on behalf of the state of Arizona, speaks to the press alongside Arizona Governor Jan Brewer outside the U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonSupreme Court justices questioned solicitor general Donald Verrilli closely about the government's argument that Arizona cannot require police officers to ask about immigration status during stops at oral arguments Wednesday.


CISPA cybersecurity bill gets veto threat from Obama

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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Iowa, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)The White House came out strongly against a bipartisan but controversial House bill designed to protect the country's infrastructure from cyberattack, warning that President Barack Obama would veto if it passes in its current form over civil liberties concerns and other worries.


Romney sets primary record he probably didn’t want

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife, Ann, take the stage at an election night rally in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Mitt Romney set a record with at least two of Tuesday's primary wins, but it's an achievement the presumptive Republican nominee probably won't be bragging about.


Laptop seized: Legal trouble for 'Fox Mole'

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Joe MutoJoe Muto, the former Fox News associate-producer-turned-infamous-"Fox Mole," claims he was served with a search warrant by police early Wednesday.


White House party crasher Tareq Salahi running for governor

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Tareq Salahi and Michaele Salahi pose at a press conference with the USA Polo Team in Melbourne on February 4, 2010 -- Getty ImagesFormer "Real Housewives of D.C." star and alleged White House party crasher Tareq Salahi announced he is running for governor of Virginia. "As a Virginia native for the last 42 years, I am troubled to see how our current political figure heads continue to waste tax payer dollars during these difficult economic times!" Salahi said [...]


Mad cow case discoverd by regular testing, random chance

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Mad Cow Case IDed Through Regular Testing and Random ChanceThe discovery of mad cow disease in a dairy cow in California is being described as a combination of the U.S.'s targeted surveillance of its beef supply and random chance.


Colbert Super PAC out-fundraises Ron Paul

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Anyone Can Make a Super PAC: So Who Is the 'Real-Life Stephen Colbert'?Stephen Colbert's political action committee has enough cash to play jokes and pull pranks through the presidential campaign,  but for now the comedian is mum on how he plans to spend that money.


Obama to Rolling Stone on Al Green moment: ‘I can sing’

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In this magazine cover image released by Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama is seen on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine that hits newsstands on Friday. (AP Photo/Rolling Stone)Combative, confident, even cocky: President Barack Obama told Rolling Stone magazine in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday that he hopes American voters will "break the fever" gripping today's Republicans and that he felt no stage fright whatsoever when he sang Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at the Apollo Theater in January. "I can sing. I [...]


Egypt's most popular comedian guilty of insulting Islam

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Egypt's Most Popular Comedian, Adel Imam, Guilty of Insulting IslamThe verdict of a popular Egyptian comedian convicted of offending Islam has been upheld by a Cairo court.


More Fed officials see rate hike sooner than expected

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke speaks at news conference following monthly two-day meeting in WashingtonThe most dovish of Federal Reserve officials no longer want to put off raising interest rates until 2016.


Obama picture with student at Colorado bar goes viral

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Obama and studentWhen University of Colorado student Madalyn Starkey posed for a picture with President Barack Obama, she had no idea the hilarious image would go viral. While traveling through Colorado on Tuesday, Obama stopped in at a local pub known as the Sink. In the photograph, Obama is grinning with his arm around Starkey while the [...]


Study: Antarctic ice melting from warm water below

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Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting.

Gingrich to officially suspend bid for nomination next week

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Cramerton, N.C., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Newt Gingrich will officially suspend his bid for the presidency Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Yahoo News has confirmed through sources close to the campaign. Gingrich, who was considered Romney's chief rival at the start of the official Republican primary season in January, won two states, South Carolina and Georgia.


Election outlook: 100 electoral votes will decide presidency

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Electoral mapEconomic growth may be stagnating, high-dollar donors may be harder to woo than they were four years ago, and Mitt Romney may be narrowing the gap in public-opinion polls, but President Barack Obama has one key thing going for him at the outset of this general election season: a significant advantage in the battle for 270 electoral votes.


Can world's 'most threatened' tribe be saved?

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The indigenous Awá people of Brazil are in a protracted legal battle to protect their lands from illegal settling and logging. Amerintxia is is probably the oldest Awá. She lives on her own in a small palm shelter, along with her many pets. She still gathers her own food in forest. CREDIT: ©D Pugliese/Survival International Latest Photos Immigrant rights protesters rally at Supreme Court 12 photos - 4 hrs ago Wikileaks source Bradley Manning hearing 7 photos - 1 hr 40 mins ago Man's fossil find stumps experts 3 photos - 1 hr 35 mins ago World's 'most threatened' tribe 5 photos - 2 hrs 7 mins ago North Korea marks army day 8 photos - 2 hrs 41 mins ago Whale found dead had swallowed golf ball 3 photos - 10 hrs ago L.A. Riots: 20 years later 16 photos - Fri, Apr 20, 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal 15 photos - Sun, Apr 15, 2012 More »A new international campaign hopes to save a group of people who have been dubbed "the most threatened tribe in the world" — the Awá tribe of Brazil — from encroaching outsiders who are gobbling up their land.


Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts

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Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts

Camera prototype produces description of photo, rather than image

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With image-tweaking services like Instagram turning our everyday photos into vintage snapshots, it seems like photography itself is taking a step back in time. A new camera prototype turns that idea completely on its head by producing a text description of each … Continue reading

Obama’s slow jam on ‘Jimmy Fallon’ mocked in pro-Romney ad

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The Republican National Committee is out with its first explicitly pro-Mitt Romney web ad, which mocks President Obama for "slow jamming" Tuesday on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." The video, entitled "A Tale of Two Leaders," intermingles clips of Obama's appearance on the show, in which Fallon calls Obama the "Preezy of the United Steezy" [...]

Salton Sea: Is it drying up?

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The once thriving sea that was a resort  mecca is in danger of becoming an environmental disaster. Interest in the water body, along with a BBC report, caused searches on "Salton Sea" to surge on the Web. The inland sea, close to Coachella, which may have caught the eye of festival attendees, stretches a massive [...]
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