2012年10月10日星期三

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Obama on first presidential debate: 'I had a bad night'

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:18 AM PDT

President Obama Vows 'Determined' Performance at Second DebateThe president said he plans to more aggressively confront Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their second debate next week, trying to allay concerns among supporters that a lackluster first debate performance may have cost him the race.


State Dept: Security was adequate in Benghazi

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Lt. Col. Andrew Wood, a Utah National Guard Army Green Beret who was the top security official at the consulate in Libya, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing investigating the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and other Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Officials deny security problems, saying the compound was overrun by an "unprecedented attack" by dozens of heavily armed extremists.


California man linked to anti-Islam film denies violating probation

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted out of his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, CaliforniaA California man linked to an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests in the Muslim world denied on Wednesday that he had violated his probation on a bank fraud conviction, and he was sent back to jail until his case can be heard on its merits. The man, who has been known publicly as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, denied under oath in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that he committed eight probation violations, including lying to officials over the scope his role in the film and using aliases. ...


11 teammates testified in case against Lance Armstrong

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Lance Armstrong at the 2010 Tour of California in VisaliaLance Armstrong challenged the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to name names and show what it had on him.


Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

A supporter of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), center, reacts while she and other women chant prayers in support of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, at the (MQM)' headquarter in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Pakistani doctors successfully removed a bullet Wednesday from the neck of a 14-year-old girl who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, a government minister said. Writing on poster read, " Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan." (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and criticize the militant group.


2 dead, 1 trapped in Fla. parking garage collapse

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Firefighter look over the rubble after a section of a parking garage under construction at Miami-Dade College in Doral, Fla., collapsed, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 in Doral, killing one worker and trapping at least two others in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)A section of a parking garage under construction at a community college collapsed Wednesday, killing two people and trapping two others in the rubble, officials said. One worker was rescued amid the debris, but there was too much concrete around the other to immediately get him out.


U.S. sets steep final duties on Chinese solar panels

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:53 PM PDT

An employee walks on solar panels at a solar power plant in AksuThe United States on Wednesday set steep final duties on billions of dollars of solar energy products from China, but turned down a request from lawmakers and U.S. manufacturers to expand the scope of its order. Chinese solar manufacturers criticized the decision, adding more heat to the U.S.-China trade relationship following a congressional panel report on Monday urging American companies not to do business with two Chinese telecommunications companies because of security concerns. ...


Romney chips at Obama lead, but electoral math still favors president

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT

You Paid For It: Campaign Security CostsUnfortunately for Romney, it will take more than one good debate to overcome his uphill climb in the Electoral College.


Romney drops SEAL story after mother complains

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Wake Held For Former Navy SEAL Killed In LibyaMitt Romney's campaign says he will stop citing his meeting with a former Navy Seal killed in last month's terror attack in Libya.


U.S. troops sent to Jordan to bolster border with Syria

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:17 AM PDT

A Jordanian soldier helps Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country after they crossed the border into Jordanian territory with their families from Syria into Jordan, near the town of RamthaTroops were sent to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria.


McCaskill hits Akin with ads featuring rape survivors

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:39 PM PDT

The state of the Missouri Senate raceThe three separate ads feature individual testimonials from three women who said they were raped.


Court blocks South Carolina's voter ID law for 2012 elections

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

A federal court in Washington today blocked South Carolina's Voter ID law from going into effect for the 2012 elections, but said it could go into effect for future elections. Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, South Carolina — because it has a...

Photos: White House photographer's portrait of a presidency

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Photos: White House photographer's portrait of a presidency

EBay unveils big redesign with a nod to Pinterest

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT

This screenshot made Oct. 10, 2012, shows EBay's redesigned website meant to encourage visitors to browse and collect items they might want to buy later with something it calls the EBay has redesigned its website to encourage visitors to browse and collect items they might want to buy later with something it calls the "feed."


Orphaned baby walruses find new homes

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

They say that good things come in small packages. But for two zoos in the United States, two cute things are coming in two very big packages.

Images captured of SEAL team's bin Laden training mock-up

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Satellite Images Appear to Show US Bin Laden Op Training GroundA satellite captured what appear to be images of the N.C. mock-up of Osama bin Laden's compound used by SEAL Team Six to train.


Mummy with mouthful of cavities discovered

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:17 AM PDT

Mummy with Mouthful of Cavities DiscoveredA young wealthy man from Thebes may have succumbed to a sinus infection caused by a mouthful of cavities and other tooth ailments, according to new research on the man's odd dental filling.


Esquire/Yahoo poll: Obama, Romney would lose to Clinton, Reagan

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:28 AM PDT

Clinton ReaganAcross nearly every demographic, our poll has uncovered a strong pro-nostalgia bent in the electorate.


Terrifying gas tanker explosion caught on video

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:41 AM PDT

A gas tanker exploded on a highway in central China on Saturday, killing five people. A passenger on a bus captured some harrowing footage of the blast on the Hunan Chang-Ji highway. In the video, posted on YouTube, motorists are seen running away from the overturned tanker, which flipped outside a tunnel, before the powerful [...]

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban defied threats for years

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:08 AM PDT

Undated file photo of Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, who was wounded in a gun attack in Swat Valley northwest PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wednesday. Malala Yousufzai was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying her promotion of education for girls was pro-Western and she had opposed them. ...


Meet the other Democrat running against Paul Ryan

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

This handout photo provided by the Rob Zerban for Congress campaign shows Zerban, the Democratic candidate who is opposing Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. Wisconsin law allows Ryan to seek both offices at once. (AP Photo/Courtesy Rob Zerban for Congress)Rob Zerban is a retired businessman seeking the Wisconsin House seat long held by Paul Ryan.


2 U.S. scientists win Nobel chemistry prize

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Handout photo of Lefkowitz being congratulated by then U.S. President Bush after receiving the National Medal of Science in WashingtonTwo researchers won the Nobel Prize for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food.


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