2012年10月16日星期二

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No props, no shout outs, and no 'show of hands'

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Obama, Romney prepare for town hall showdownDebates are not trivial. Here are 13 things about tonight's face-off you probably didn't know.


Debate dinner prep: steak with the wife

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks the grounds of the Kingsmill Resort in WilliamsburgIn the hours before a presidential debate, reporters sound like Cold War-era Kremlinologists, who reputedly pored over things like where Soviet officials stood in Kremlin photographs to figure out who was on the way up, and who was on the way out. The politicians these reporters cover know this. Exhibit A: President Barack Obama began [...]


How to watch the presidential debate with Yahoo! News

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

The stage is set for the second U.S. presidential campaign debate taking place in Hempstead, New YorkThe big questions going into tonight's presidential debate: Will Mitt Romney give another energized performance? Will President Barack Obama dominate this time around? Will the moderator keep things civil? Join us for the debate as well as live-stream commentary before and after from ABC News and Yahoo!; breaking coverage of the night's most buzzy moments; [...]


By taking Benghazi blame, will Clinton help or harm Obama?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech to the media at the government palace in LimaSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking full responsibility for the security failure last month at the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, saying President Obama would not have been involved in decisions on a particular diplomatic mission's security detail.


Shocker at Citigroup as CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly quits

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT

File photograph of Citigroup's CEO Vikram Pandit giving an interview on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeHis departure marks the end of a controversial and often troubled tenure.


High court won't block early voting in Ohio

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, voters stand in line outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections just before it opened for early voting, in Cincinnati. The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio. The court on Tuesday refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for voters in the battleground state of Ohio to cast ballots on the three days before Election Day, giving Democrats and President Barack Obama's campaign a victory three weeks before the election.


Doomed Costa Concordia helpless within seconds, court told

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT

A general view of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia surrounded by cranes, near the harbour of Giglio PortoThe cruise ship slammed into rocks so quickly that within seconds water was rushing into a 35 meter-long gash torn into the hull and nothing could be done to save it.


Can the auto bailout save Obama in Ohio?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT

UAW/OhioThe Obama administration bailed out GM as well as Chrysler, aided by billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans.


Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops?PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the changes in the electoral map, since the first presidential debate.


Alan Alda or John Wayne? What women want in a president

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT

What Women Want In a President"Many women think they have to decide between a man who is gentle but weak and one who is strong but mean."


Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, second from right, arrives at Har Zion Temple in in Penn Valley, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, to attend funeral services for former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. Family members say Specter died Sunday of complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 82. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Friends and colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, two former Pa. governors, judges and others mourned the loss of former Sen. Arlen Specter.


Another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in 9 states

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photo(Reuters) - Another 19 people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 231. The CDC said there were two additional cases of infection in joints after a steroid injection but these were not confirmed as meningitis, bringing the total of infections nationwide to 233. The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. ...


Cuba eliminating exit visa requirement for citizens

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

People read adjustments to the migratory policy, posted on a wrought iron fence of an immigration office in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012. The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will no longer require islanders to apply for an exit visa, eliminating a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has been a major impediment for many seeking to travel overseas for more than a half-century. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country.


Photos: Strange and unusual creatures that roam our planet

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Photos: Strange and unusual creatures that roam our planetThis picture taken through a special filter in a dark room shows, a cat, left, possessing a red fluorescent protein that makes the animal glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet rays, appearing next to a normal cloned cat, right, at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Choi Byung-kil)

Exclusive NYC area tops list of priciest U.S. addresses

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An exclusive area of New York's Upper East Side, where the median price for a home is $6.5 million and the most expensive will reach $40 million, has become the priciest address code in the United States, according to Forbes. The tree-lined streets that border Central Park and the East River and run from E. 61th to E. 69th streets, home to media mogul Rupert Murdoch and cosmetic tycoon Ronald Perelman, bumped Alpine, New Jersey from its perch on the annual list. ...

Shotgun wedding: Buy an engagement ring, get a free gun

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT

A jewelry store in North Liberty, Iowa, is offering a most unusual deal—a free hunting rifle to customers who purchase an engagement ring. "Diamonds are a girl's best friend," Jewelry by Harold owner Harold van Beek told local ABC affiliate KCRG. "So say: I'm hunting deer, and here is a diamond ring, dear." The official [...]

Photos: Orphaned baby elephant raised by human mom

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT

Photos: Orphaned baby elephant raised by human momIn this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses cuddles with his adoptive "mother" and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, at sunrise at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Taliban says attack on Pakistani schoolgirl justified

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Students hold placards with images of schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban, during a rally in LahoreInsurgents said on Tuesday that the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head deserved to die because she spoke out against the group and praised the U.S.


Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best imagesChocolates with the faces of U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) are displayed in a chocolate box in Paris October 12, 2012. A French sweet maker unveiled a 'Presidential Election 2012' gift box featuring dark chocolates medallions imprinted with faces of U.S. presidential candidates Romney and Obama. A 'chocolate poll' accompanies all the boxes and each time a customer buys a presidential chocolate box, he or she can vote for his or her favorite candidate online. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)

'Demeanor testimony': What Obama needs to do to win tonight

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:42 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at the University of Miami, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Tonight, every turn of the president's head, every extra blink of his eye will be subject to withering scrutiny.


How Radovan Karadzic became one of world's most wanted men

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic sits in the courtroom on the first day of his defense against war crime charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The HagueThe Bosnian Serb wartime leader saw himself as a defender of Serbs but ended up one of the world's most wanted men, hiding from charges of genocide behind a long white beard and a false identity.


Cleaning clean dishes: Ryan's soup kitchen visit goes awry

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his wife Janna wash pots at St. Vincent DePaul dinning hall, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Paul Ryan stopped by a soup kitchen in Youngstown, Ohio, over the weekend for what seemed to be a typical campaign photo opportunity.


Hurricane Paul racing toward Mexico's Baja peninsula

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT shows Hurricane Paul south of the Baja Peninsula. Paul is moving towards the north-northeast and has maximum winds of 90 mph. This hurricane is expected to approach the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula in the next 48 hours. In the Pacific Northwest a frontal system is moving in off the Pacific with cloudiness and rain showers. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)Hurricane Paul weakened to a Category 1 storm as it raced toward landfall Tuesday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.


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