2013年2月6日星期三

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Photos: A tribute to the Postal Service

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

Photos: A tribute to the Postal Service

Tomorrow's hearing a chance for Brennan to fight back

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 04:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. Brennan, now President Barack Obama's nominee to be CIA director, withdrew from consideration for the job in 2008 amid criticism over the agency's use of harsh interrogation techniques, like waterboarding, against terrorist suspects. This time, in 2013, he's making it clear he strongly opposes such practices. Former and current U.S. intelligence officials say Brennan wasn't so vocal a decade ago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)A Senate hearing on John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA could lay bare some parts of the secret war against al-Qaida: lethal drone strikes from covert bases against even American terror suspects, harsh interrogation methods and long detention of suspects without due process.


Worldwide cyber crime ring disrupted

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:24 PM PST

A computer keyboard is seen in BucharestMicrosoft and Symantec say they stopped a global operation by secretly shutting down servers.


Hungry black hole spawns bizarre four-armed galaxy

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:31 PM PST

Hungry Black Hole Spawns Bizarre Four-Armed GalaxyA new photo snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope captures it in stunning detail.


'Dark patch’ on brain scans of criminals, doctor claims

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:21 PM PST

Dr. Gerhard Roth (Daily Mail/University of Bremen)"If you have different behavior, you're going to have a different brain."


Husband of Facebook co-founder running for Congress

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:19 PM PST

Sean Eldridge (via Wikipedia)Sean Eldridge has filed paperwork to run for a New York congressional seat in 2014.


World’s oldest known living wild bird gives birth at age 62

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:50 PM PST

Oldest Known Wild Bird Hatches Healthy Chick"Wisdom" the albatross last made headlines when it survived the Japanese tsunami.


Slain Newtown teachers honored for heroism

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:20 PM PST

Teresa Rousseau wipes tears from her eyes while talking about her daughter Lauren Rousseau during an interview with the Associated Press at her home in Danbury, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Lauren Rousseau, 30, a teacher, was one of 26 people killed in the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Lauren Rousseau will be one of six educators from the school honored posthumously with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, presented at a White House ceremony on Feb. 15. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)


Senate delays vote on Hagel nomination

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 03:16 PM PST

Former U.S. Senator Hagel testifies during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonRepublicans demand more info about his paid speeches and business dealings.


They did: Couple married for 80 years sets record

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:43 PM PST

John and Ann BetarThe Betars have five children, 14 grandkids and 16 great-grandkids.


Giant aluminum sculpture missing in Orlando, presumed scrapped

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:42 AM PST

A piece of public art in Orlando, Fla., was stolen from a fenced-in city storage lot and apparently sold for scrap metal, according to local station WESH Channel 2. The aluminum piece, insured for over $175,000, was created by artist Peter Shelton in the 1980s. Called BLACKVAULTfalloffstone, it was originally displayed in Minneapolis. It was [...]

Would you pay your daughter $200 to quit Facebook for 5 months?

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 03:24 PM PST

More and more people are taking a break from Facebook.

FBI releases serial killer's creepy suicide note

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:22 AM PST

Serial Killer's Creepy Suicide NotePolice believe Israel Keyes killed between 8 and 12 people across the U.S.


Two Boy Scout families, two views on gay members

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:38 PM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Pascal Tessier, 16, center left, a Boy Scout, and his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout, pose for a portrait with their parents, Oliver Tessier, left, and Tracie Felker, at their home in Kensington, Md. The two Tessier boys enjoyed Cub Scouts, progressed to Boy Scouts, and continued to thrive there even as many in their troop became aware that each boy was gay. The family is grateful for that, but fervently hopes the BSA's top leaders officially scrap the ban so that open acceptance becomes the norm for Scout units nationwide. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Despite a shared affection for Scouting, the Tessier family in Maryland and the Comers in Tennessee hope for opposite outcomes this week as leaders of the Boy Scouts of America ponder whether to move away from a national no-gays membership policy.


Sen. Rubio to deliver GOP response to State of the Union

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:50 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, join a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Republicans face a delicate balancing act as they embrace immigration reform _ and no one is more symbolic of the potential risks and rewards than Rubio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The Florida senator will deliver the speech in English and Spanish.


Photos: 'Star'tling starfish close-ups

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST

Photos: 'Star'tling starfish close-ups

Sotomayor wobbles on cameras in court

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:24 AM PST

U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles as she is introduced before speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California in San FranciscoRecent comments reveal the justice backing away from an earlier statement.


Student downloads iTunes' 25th billion song, gets $13K gift card

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

(Blank Headline Received)REUTERS - Apple's iTunes music store hit its 25 billionth download - equal to selling more than three songs for every person on Earth - and on Wednesday gave the German student who bought the track a gift card worth 10,000 euro. Economics student Phillip Luepke, 22, of Hanover, Germany, downloaded the techno song "Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix)" by British DJ Chase Buch, hitting the number a decade after the online music store debuted. "I was very surprised to hear the news," Luepke told Reuters by phone from his home in Germany. ...


Reports: Secret U.S. drone base in Mideast

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST

Reports: US Has Drone Base in Saudi ArabiaIt was used to launch a strike that killed an American al-Qaida in 2011.


Why Is Everyone Eating Chia Seeds?

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:34 AM PST

An ancient seed is finally having its day in the sun. Actually, its second day in the sun. The first time around was as the key ingredient in the gag gift known as "the pottery that grows." Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia!

Woman in Timbuktu punished for forbidden love

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

24-year-old Salaka Djicke reflects on the horror she endured during 10 months of Islamist rule in her hometown of Timbuktu, Mali, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013. Salaka and her boyfriend continued seeing each other in secret, even after Shariah rule was imposed, risking death for a chance to love. Her body still bears the scars of the Shariah punishment she endured, after she was caught on Dec. 31, just two weeks before French forces liberated Timbuktu. (AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi)TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The love story in this fabled desert outpost began over the phone, when he dialed the wrong number. It nearly ended with the couple's death at the hands of Islamic extremists who considered their romance "haram" — forbidden.


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