2012年9月3日星期一

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For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Handout of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro giving an address at City College in San AntonioSAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rosie Castro toted her painfully shy twin boys everywhere, and they weren't always thrilled about the outings: distributing political literature, attending farm worker rallies and visiting the voting booth. But the early introduction into political life made its mark on Julian and Joaquin Castro, who left their hardscrabble San Antonio neighborhood to attend Stanford and Harvard Law School before returning to their native city. ...


Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:33 PM PDT

This undated image provided by Warner Bros. shows Tom Hanks, left, Michael Clarke Duncan, center, and David Morse in "The Green Mile." Duncan has died at the age of 54 on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack, his fiancee, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, said. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Ralph Nelson)Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda," is dead at age 54.


Voters still like Clint Eastwood

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Clint Eastwood's bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention last week didn't go over so well with voters in Florida and North Carolina, but it didn't hurt his overall image, a pair of new polls show.


Obama: Romney attacking ‘fictional Barack Obama’

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking a campaign event at Scott High School, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama told USA Today in an interview published Monday that Republicans led by Mitt Romney have so twisted his record and his words that they may as well be taking on "a fictional Barack Obama." That message, delivered on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, follows days and weeks of [...]


Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Demonstrators march in a Labor Day parade, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday — voicing support for President Barack Obama's re-election bid while lamenting adversarial attitudes toward organized labor in the state Democrats chose for the presidential nominating convention.


Democratic National Convention: What to watch for

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:02 AM PDT

The stage is seen as preparations continue before the start of the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Starting Tuesday, the Obama campaign gets their chance to make its case to the American public.


Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Co-Author: 'Bad Blood' Didn't Cause Ex-SEAL to Pen Bin Laden BookE-Book Written by Former Special Operations Members Claims 'No Easy Day' Author Dissed by Navy


More Occupiers protest Democratic convention than RNC

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

CHARLOTTE--About a half a mile away from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, more than 100 protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are camped out in tents and on sleeping pads in a sweltering local park. The protest turnout has already far exceeded that of Tampa, when the threat of a hurricane derailed [...]

Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT

U-Haul Truck Carrying Biden Gear Stolen in DetroitVice President Biden's Missing U-Haul Gets Hauled In By Police


NJ man arrested in deadly attack on sleeping kids

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:29 PM PDT

A man high on PCP-laced marijuana stabbed two neighborhood children in their home while they slept, killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his 12-year-old sister, authorities said.

Wildfire in Southern CA forest grows by 500 acres

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

A plume of smoke rises from the San Gabriel Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept, 2, 2012. A wildfire that broke out in the Angeles National Forest on Sunday forced the evacuation of thousands of visitors and sent a huge cloud of smoke that could be seen from throughout the Los Angeles basin. (AP Photo/John Antczak)A fast-spreading fire has erupted in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County.


Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT

A Thai police officer examines a damaged Ferrari in the garage of a home of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, the creator of the Red Bull energy drink Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Vorayuth Yoovidhya, a grandson of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, is suspected of driving the car that struck and killed a policeman and then dragged the officer's body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning, hit-and-run accident, police said Monday. (AP Photo) THAILAND OUTA grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.


Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Mark Abrahamian, the longtime guitarist for the rock band Starship, has died at age 46, the group said on Monday. Abrahamian had played since 2000 for the band, whose lineage reaches back to the 1960s with Jefferson Airplane and as Jefferson Starship in the 1980s. "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark," Starship said in a Twitter message. The band did not give a cause or place of death. Starship played on Sunday in Norfolk, Nebraska, at a concert with Boston and Survivor. ...

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A Syrian girl, bottom center, who fled her home, due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, waits her turn to buy bread and eggs from a store, as she and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.


Eureka! 'Light bulb' solar storm erupts from active sun

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT

Eureka! 'Light Bulb' Solar Storm Erupts from Active SunAn enormous sun eruption, shaped like a giant glowing light bulb, was captured by a veteran spacecraft that closely monitors our nearest star. NASA scientists dubbed the sun storm a solar "Eureka! moment."


Experts cautiously optimistic about whales being treated after Fla. beaching

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:43 AM PDT

Saving the WhalesExperts say they're cautiously optimistic about five pilot whales that were part of a pod of 22 stranded on a Florida beach.


UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about racy Vegas pics

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry speaks during the WellChild awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself on Monday when he made his first official public appearance since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published. The 27-year-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, made news around the world two weeks ago when the pictures of him naked with a young woman in his hotel suite were printed in newspapers and on websites. ...


Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:31 AM PDT

The Rev. Moon Sun-myung, who called himself the "messiah" and founded a global religious movement as well as far-flung business interests, died Monday at his Unification Church complex east of South Korea's capital Seoul surrounded by family members and well-wishers.

Poll: Voters interested more in platforms than speeches

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Preparations for the Democratic National Convention have begun around Charlotte, North CarolinaA study from the Pew Research Center shows potential voters are more focused on each party's convention platforms than big-name speakers in Tampa and Charlotte.


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