2013年3月18日星期一

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Their words: Soldiers' tales of the Iraq War

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:08 PM PDT

First Person: My Young Son's Heart-Wrenching Question About What I Might Have to Do in WarVeterans write about their time overseas and on the home front.


Syrian opposition elects Texan as new leader

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:49 PM PDT

Khalid Saleh, the spokesman for the opposition Syrian National Coalition, speaks to reporters in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 18, 2013. The coalition began a push Monday to form an interim government to administer rebel-held parts of Syria. (AP Photo/Ben Hubbard)ISTANBUL (AP) — Syria's opposition coalition early Tuesday elected a little-known American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist to head an interim government ...


Colo. governor to sign state gun control measures

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:06 PM PDT

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the reopening and remembrance of the Century Aurora Theater in AuroraOne bans ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.


2 charged with threats to girl in Steubenville rape case

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 04:45 PM PDT

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)Two eastern Ohio girls suspected of making social media threats to the victim.


Rare whale skeleton discovered on ocean floor

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Antarctic's First-Ever Whale Skeleton FoundFor the first time ever, scientists find in-tact bones early a mile below the surface.


Suspect arrested, linked to Daniel Pearl slaying

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Suspect Arrested, Linked to Daniel Pearl SlayingThe Wall Street Journal reporter was kidnapped on his way to an interview.


Lawyer to celebs guilty in N.J. racketeering case

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2009, file photo, attorney Paul Bergrin is seen in Superior Court in Newark, N.J. Bergrin a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor whose clients have included rap stars and a soldier at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was charged Wednesday, May 20, 2009, with arranging the killing of one witness and trying to hire a hit man to kill another. In Newark, N.J., on Monday, March 18, 2013, the once-prominent defense attorney was found guilty on all counts at his murder and racketeering trial. Jurors deliberated for a full day and parts of two others before returning their verdict in the case of Paul Bergrin. He faced numerous counts including murder, racketeering, conspiracy, prostitution and drug-related offenses. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A once-prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose clients included entertainers and rap stars was convicted Monday of operating a racketeering enterprise that included the murder of a witness and engaged in prostitution, drugs, and witness tampering.


Severe storms, large hail pummel parts of South

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:09 PM PDT

A woman walks through a heavy rain as others wait for the rain to stop at a grocery store in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, March 18, 2013. A line of severe thunderstorms crossed the state, bringing heavy rain and high winds. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms Monday raked across a wide area of the South, packing strong winds, rain and some baseball-size hail.


2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:00 PM PDT

Police vehicles block a road just outside the town of Chertsey, Quebec, Sunday, March 17, 2013, during a search for escaped prisoners. A dramatic daylight jailbreak involving two Quebec inmates climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter swiftly escalated into a large police operation Sunday night in which at least one escapee was tracked down hours after he fled. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)MONTREAL (AP) — Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged gunfire at a rural cabin before they were finally recaptured, authorities said Monday.


Winter storm slams travel in the Dakotas

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT

A late-winter storm shut down schools and caused travel problems Monday throughout much of North Dakota and eastern South Dakota.

U.S. computer hacker gets three-and-a-half years for stealing iPad user data

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:26 PM PDT

Police booking photo of Andrew AuernheimerBy Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to three years and five months in prison for stealing the personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, including big-city mayors, a TV network news anchor and a Hollywood movie mogul. Andrew Auernheimer, 27, had been convicted in November by a Newark, New Jersey, jury of one count of conspiracy to access AT&T Inc servers without permission, and one count of identity theft. The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in Newark was at the high end of the 33- to 41-month range that the U.S. ...


Report: Arkansas health plan for poor to add limited federal costs

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:27 PM PDT

Arkansas governor Mike Beebe looks on during a Martin Luther King Jr. service in this January 15, 2013 Governor's office handout photoBy Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A cost analysis released on Monday shows that a state plan to move Medicaid-eligible low-income citizens into a "private option" under upcoming federal healthcare exchanges would result in little additional federal costs. "These estimates find that the private option can be fully funded with existing resources at the state level and would add less than 15 percent to federal health-care costs in Arkansas," the report said. "In some realistic scenarios, there could be no additional federal costs at all. ...


Pink slips going out at Hanford nuclear site

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:22 PM PDT

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Pink slips went out Monday to nearly 250 workers and more than 2,500 others were notified that they face furloughs of several weeks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, where cleanup is likely to be slowed because of automatic federal budget cuts.

U.S. restarts producing plutonium for space probes

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:31 PM PDT

The Department of Energy made its first batch of non-weapons grade plutonium since a nuclear reactor shutdown 25 years ago.

Britain offers new childcare tax break to parents

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:15 PM PDT

File photograph shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne waving after delivering his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in BirminghamHopes are it will placate families squeezed by austerity, a stagnant economy and weak wage growth.


Sandy Hook committee urges gun control

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:28 AM PDT

Sandy Hook students tour new schoolThe panel wants military-style weapons banned and firearms registered.


History Channel denies show’s Satan character resembles Obama

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PDT

The History Channel miniseries "The Bible" has been generating heavenly ratings, with more than 14 million viewers tuning in to its debut episode. But the show generated some controversy with its Sunday night episode in which the character playing Satan made his debut. The controversy was not over anything happening on screen, but rather whether [...]

Lindsay Lohan to spend 90 days in locked rehab

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:06 PM PDT

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives for court at the Airport Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse in Los AngelesThe troubled actress also was ordered to undertake 30 days community labor.


Photos: Haunting underwater art gallery

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Photos: Haunting underwater art gallerys

Bloomberg's latest health push: Hide the smokes

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Bloomberg vows to continue fight over super-sized sodasThe NYC mayor wants stores to conceal tobacco products behind counters and curtains.


Shapiro: GOP disarray on full display at CPAC

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Sarah Palin CPAC Speech Steals the Show"CPAC was riotously off-message," the columnist writes.


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