2013年4月2日星期二

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'Dangerous' inmates escape Texas jail

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 03:30 PM PDT

Two 'Dangerous' Inmates Escaped From Texas JailBrian Tucker and John King squeezed through a gate, authorities say.

N.M. law may help keep spaceport plan on track

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 04:03 PM PDT

APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport leaseGov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state's nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in a futuristic spaceport.

Autopsy reveals 'Buckwild' star died of carbon monoxide poisoning

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 02:04 PM PDT

Shain Gandee, who starred in the MTV reality series "Buckwild" set in West Virginia, is shown in this undated publicity photographShain Gandee, a cast member of MTV reality show "Buckwild," died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and his and the deaths of Gandee, 21, his uncle David, 48, and friend Donald Robert Myers, 27, on Monday morning were ruled "accidental" after coroners completed autopsies on all three men.

How Colo. shooting suspect slipped away

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. A clerical error allowed Ebel, suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief, to be released from custody about four years early, officials said Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections, File)Evan Ebel Ebel was a model parolee until his monitoring device failed.

Dolphin, turtle deaths signal 'something amiss'

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Endangered Sea Turtle Saved from 'Pirate Fishermen'It may be a sign that the Gulf of Mexico is still feeling effects from the 2010 oil spill.

New Jersey boardwalks will return by summer

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Newly repaired wooden shingles are pictured with older ones, nearly five months after the landfall of Superstorm Sandy, in Bay Head, New JerseyThe oceanside paths damaged by Sandy will be ready by Memorial Day weekend.

U.S. deploys second warship to North Korea

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo Monday, April 1, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. After weeks of war-like rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary session taking place one day after top party officials adopted a statement declaring building nuclear weapons and the economy the nation's top priorities. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONThe USS Decatur is en route armed with missiles, officials say.

Human remains possibly found in new 9/11 debris

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - Construction workers and equipment excavate the southeastern corner of the World Trade Center site on in this Jan. 8, 2008 file photo taken in New York. About 60 truckloads of debris that could contain tiny human bone fragments have been unearthed by construction crews working on the new World Trade Center tower in recent years. That material is now being transported to a park built on top of the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. City officials say investigators will spend 10 weeks attempting to identify the remains. Investigators began sifting through newly uncovered debris from the World Trade Center on Monday April 1, 2013 for the first time in three years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)Investigators are sifting through World Trade Center rubble for the first time in three years.

Brawl between 60 L.A. jail inmates leaves several injured

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Guards at a downtown Los Angeles jail fired rubber pellets and pepper spray to swiftly quell a racially charged brawl involving more than 60 inmates, and several injured prisoners were taken to a hospital, a jail spokesman said.

Teachers suspended leaving child in the cold

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Three teachers at a North Dakota YMCA have been suspended amid allegations they made a 4-year-old boy stand outside in the cold as punishment.

NRA says good guys with guns should guard all schools

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson discusses the findings and recommendations of the National School Shield Program in WashingtonThe National School Shield Task Force is a reaction to the Newtown shooting.

Researcher stole cancer-fighting compound for China, prosecutor says

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:56 PM PDT

In this undated booking photo released by Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Hua Jun Zhao, 42, is shown. Zhao, a researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is charged with espionage after prosecutors say he stole details of a cancer-fighting compound that he wanted to share with China. (AP Photo/Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office)A Wisconsin scientist is charged with economic espionage.

American beaten, raped on Rio public transit van

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:13 AM PDT

A view is seen of Copacabana beach in Rio de JaneiroThe woman's French boyfriend was shackled and hit with a crowbar.

Senators change minds on same-sex unions

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2011, file photo Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., center, speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. Carper, chairman of a subcommittee that oversees federal financial management, commented on the $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it can happen, saying he hopes for much better results. He said Medicare has Democrat Tom Carper and Republican Mark Kirk now endorse gay marriage.

AP strikes ‘illegal immigrant’ from its style guide

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT

The Associated Press announced today that it will no longer use the term "illegal immigrant" to describe people who are living in the country illegally. "The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term 'illegal immigrant' or the use of 'illegal' to describe a person," AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll wrote. "Instead, it tells users that 'illegal' [...]

'Monsignor Meth' admits to drug possession charge

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:41 AM PDT

(Associated Press)The Roman Catholic priest was accused of making more than $300,000 in methamphetamine sales.

'I want my MTV: Museum exhibit celebrates music videos

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

MTV may be best known these days for its soapy reality shows featuring teenage moms and drunken partygoers at the "Jersey Shore." But long before the world had even heard of a pint-size princess named Snooki, the cable channel was wholly devoted to music videos—airing them nearly 24 hours a day when MTV first launched [...]

Justin Bieber given 4 weeks to pick up pet monkey

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:08 AM PDT

Capuchin monkey 'Mally" sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Canadian singer Justin Bieber had to leave the monkey last Thursday in quarantine after arriving in Munich without the necessary documents for the animal. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have given Justin Bieber four weeks to pick up his pet monkey or else it will be placed in permanent care.

U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 04:54 PM PDT

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. The official U.N. tally showed 154 votes in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions, though diplomats and U.N. officials said the actual vote was 155-3-22 due to Angola being recorded as having abstained and not voting yes. ...

White House defends brain research initiative’s $100 million price tag

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 06:24 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)"There is this enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked," the president said.

Air pollution killed 1.2 million in China in 2010

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT

Journalist wearing a mask stands outside the Great Hall of the People after the sixth plenary meeting of the NPC on a hazy day in Beijing"Ambient particulate matter pollution" was the fourth leading risk factor for deaths in the country.

NY state sen. arrested in alleged mayor race plot

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The FBI says Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested early Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in an alleged plot to rig the New York City mayor's race. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that Smith "tried to bribe his way" into a shot at the New York City mayoral race and Halloran found party chairmen who were open to receiving bribes. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican.

New Law Spurs Controversy, Debate Over Genetically Modified Crops

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 05:44 AM PDT

New Law Spurs Controversy, Debate Over Genetically Modified CropsAn uproar has erupted on social media platforms in the days following President Obama's signing into law legislation opponents are deriding as the Monsanto Protection Act – but groups disagree about what the real consequences of the bill will be. The derogatory name for the...

Gunmen raid 4 newspaper offices in Baghdad

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT

A man cleans up the offices of the Iraqi newspaper, the Constitution, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Iraqi officials say on Monday, April 1, 2013 gunmen, some wearing military uniforms, broke into the offices of four independent newspapers in Baghdad and stabbed and beat five employees there also damaged computers and office furniture. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen suspected of being Shiite militiamen burst into the offices of four independent newspapers in Baghdad, smashing their equipment, stabbing and beating employees, and even hurling one reporter from a roof in the most brazen attack against journalists in Iraq this year, said staff and officials on Tuesday.

Egypt president's party blasts US on TV satirist

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT

A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian president's Freedom and Justice Party on Tuesday sharply dismissed U.S. criticism of the investigation of a popular TV satirist, calling it a "blatant intervention" in Egypt's internal affairs.

Rescuers find 59 bodies after Tibet landslide: Xinhua

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 08:13 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Rescue teams have found 59 dead bodies at the site a massive landslide in Tibet and two dozen more workers are still feared buried in the rubble, Chinese state media said on Tuesday. Tonnes of rock, mud and debris engulfed a miners' camp on Friday in Maizhokunggar County where China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd operates its Jiama mine. Emergency workers and other miners spent the weekend digging through the landslide which was up to 50 meters deep in parts. ...

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