2012年12月28日星期五

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Obama ‘optimistic’ Senate leaders will reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal this weekend

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:56 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Washington. The negotiations are a last ditch effort to avoid across-the-board first of the year tax increases and deep spending cuts. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Following talks with congressional leaders that yielded no news of  a "fiscal cliff" agreement, President Barack Obama on Friday evening pressured lawmakers to reach a deal this weekend as the public's patience wears thin.

Senate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy reconstruction bill

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 04:43 PM PST

Clouds roll over destroyed homes, almost two months after superstorm Sandy caused damage in the region of Breezy Point of Queens boroughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion aid package to pay for reconstruction costs from Superstorm Sandy, after defeating Republican efforts to trim the bill's cost. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to quickly take up the bill. Both chambers have to agreed on a package by Jan 2, when the current term of Congress is expected to end, or restart the process of crafting legislation in 2013. ...

Indian rape victim dies

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:37 PM PST

Vehicles drive past the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, late Friday Dec. 28, 2012. After 10 days at a New Delhi hospital, the victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi was flown to Singapore on Thursday for treatment at the Mount Elizabeth hospital. The young woman's condition had "taken a turn for the worse" and her vital signs had deteriorated with indications of severe organ failure, said Dr. Kelvin Loh, the chief executive officer of Singapore's Mount Elizabeth hospital. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus in New Delhi died Saturday at a Singapore hospital, after her horrific ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater protection from sexual violence that impacts thousands of women every day.

N.Y. woman charged in firefighter slaying

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

A house burns after a man set fire and then shot and killed a responding police officer and a firefighter while injuring two other firefighters in Webster New YorkA 24-year-old woman was arrested Friday and charged in connection with the Christmas Eve ambush slaying of two volunteer firefighters responding to a house fire in upstate New York.

Jean Harris, 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor killer, dies

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1981 file photo, Jean Harris, left, arrives at court in White Plains, New York Monday, Feb. 9, 1981. Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in New Haven, Conn. She was 89. (AP Photo/David Handschuh, File)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Jean Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, has died. She was 89.

Coroner IDs body as girl seen with slash suspect

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows Jade Moris, 10, who police are searching for after she failed to return home Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, from a shopping trip with a woman arrested that night and accused of slashing the face of a female co-worker at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The woman, Brenda Stokes, 50, made her first appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Police Department)Authorities say a body found in an undeveloped North Las Vegas housing tract belongs to a missing 10-year-old girl last seen with a suspect in a casino slashing case.

Obama to discuss "fiscal cliff" on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will discuss the last-minute negotiations to avert the "fiscal cliff" during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the network said in a statement. (Reporting By Karey Wutkowski; editing by Todd Eastham)

George H.W. Bush still in intensive care, but 'alert' and improving

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST

FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. The 41st president, hospitalized since Nov. 23, 2012, continues to recover at a Houston hospital where he's being treated for a bronchitis-related cough. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Former President George H.W. Bush remained in intensive care at a Houston hospital on Friday but his condition continues to improve, a spokesman said.

Maine set to ring wedding bells for same-sex couples

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, Sarah Dowling, left, speaks at a gay marriage rally, accompanied by her partner of 18 years, Linda Wolfe, and their daughter, Maya Dowling-Wolfe, in Portland, Maine. Dowling and Wolfe plan to marry after Maine passed a law allowing same-sex marriage, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)The state approved same-sex unions on November 6, Election Day, becoming the only states to pass such a measure by popular vote.

Couple loses adoptive daughter after Russia signs ban

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:07 AM PST

'Mom' Loses Russian Girl Weeks From AdoptionThe law goes into effect on Jan. 1, but Russian officials have said even cases of 52 children who are within weeks of traveling to the United States are now frozen.

Deal reached to avert East coast port strike ... for now

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:14 PM PST

The skyline of Lower Manhattan in New York is seen behind the shipping docks in Newark, New JerseyShippers and a dockworkers' union reached a labor agreement that will avert a strike that threatened to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy.

Hillary Clinton to return to work following illness

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:20 AM PST

File of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivering remarks at the State Department in WashingtonSecretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work next week, her spokesman said, following a stomach virus that caused her to faint and suffer a concussion, which kept her from her official duties for three weeks.

Experts: Schools need trained police, not just guard with a gun

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:10 AM PST

Cori Sorensen, a fourth grade teacher from Highland Elementary School in Highland, Utah, receives firearms training with a .357 magnum from personal defense instructor Jim McCarthy during concealed weapons training for 200 Utah teachers Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, in West Valley City, Utah. The Utah Shooting Sports Council offered six hours of training in handling concealed weapons in the latest effort to arm teachers to confront school assailants. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)The National Rifle Association's response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America.

Woman charged with lying to FBI about Newtown scam

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:32 AM PST

(Reuters) - A New York City woman who used her Facebook page to dupe donors into contributing to a "funeral fund" for one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was charged with lying to the FBI, court documents showed. Nouel Alba, 37, of the Bronx, used a Facebook page to pose as the aunt of one of the victims, 6-year-old Noah Pozner, and encouraged potential donors to contribute to a PayPal account in her name she had set up last February, according to court papers. Alba, who made an initial appearance on Thursday before a U.S. ...

In rare move, retailers recall baby recliner after deaths

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:55 PM PST

The company that makes the Nap Nanny - a device marketed as a portable recliner for infants to sleep on - has refused to recall the product, even after the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 70 complaints, including 5 deaths. So now, in an unusual move, four major retailers have announced they will recall the Nap Nanny themselves.

VIDEO: So this is what happens when mom is away

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST

When Mommy is away, Dad and son will play. And if your dad works in the video production business, that playtime gets filmed, turned into a time-lapse video and instantly goes viral.

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:59 AM PST

Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades.

Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

Orphan children play in their bedroom at an orphanage in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-DonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia's new ban on U.S. adoptions is the latest setback for hopeful American parents as countries increasingly impose restrictions. Other countries, including China and Guatemala, have erected hurdles for adoptive families as they create their own domestic adoption programs. The signing of the Hague Convention on adoption in 2008 drastically improved regulation of the process, which had been rife with corruption. But it has also led to a slowdown in adoptions or shutdowns in some countries. ...

Satellite photos show North Korea nuclear readiness

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST

This satellite image taken Dec. 2, 2012, by DigitalGlobe and annotated and distributed Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 by 38 North, the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, shows the traffic flow pattern at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility in North Korea, where experts suspect Pyongyang will conduct its next detonation. The 38 North Analysis says the road is dark where movement has melted the snow, and the traffic appears limited to the bypass road, the tunnel entrance and the two southern area support buildings. The analysis says the North North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, analysis of recent satellite photos indicates.

Nadal to miss Australian Open due to illness

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:46 AM PST

MADRID (Reuters) - French Open champion Rafa Nadal has been forced to withdraw from next month's Australian Open because of a stomach virus that has disrupted his recovery from a long-term knee injury, the world number four said on Friday.

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