2013年5月6日星期一

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Clinton, Bloomberg unveil new project

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:45 PM PDT

Rio de Janiero Mayor Eduardo Paes, center, speaks with panelist Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation, at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-Year Meeting Monday, May 6, 2013 in New York. Details for CGI Latin America and a new commitment from the C40 Climate Leadership Group in partnership with the Clinton Foundation were announced at the event. From left are panelists Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York; and far right is Mindy Lubber, President and CEO, Ceres, speaking with former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)The initiative hopes to curb the impact of deadly storms like Sandy.

Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison

Posted: 06 May 2013 04:08 PM PDT

FILE - This April 15, 2011 file photo shows singer Lauryn Hill performing during the 12th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Hill is facing sentencing Monday, May 6, 2013 in New Jersey on federal tax charges. Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. A judge two weeks ago said Hill had paid only about $50,000 of more than $500,000 she owes. Hill said she has signed a recording contract with Sony that will help her pay her taxes. Citing the legal deadline, she made a song available on iTunes over the weekend. She faces up to a year in prison on each of three counts. Her attorney is seeking probation for her. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner, file)Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.

Senate passes bill allowing online sales tax

Posted: 06 May 2013 04:56 PM PDT

House Speaker Boehner holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonThe legislation faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

There was enough evidence to convict Casey Anthony, judge says

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:14 PM PDT

Casey Anthony smiles as she returns to the defense table after being acquitted on first degree murder charges of her daughter Caylee at the Orange County Courthouse OrlandoBelvin Perry presided over the case, and felt "surprise, shock, disbelief" with the verdict.

Limo that went up in flames had extra passenger

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:41 AM PDT

Newlywed bride, 4 friends killed when limo catches fireFive women, including a newlywed bride, died when the stretch limousine burst into fire.

Photos: Soviet Jews in the Red Army

Posted: 05 May 2013 06:06 AM PDT

Photos: Soviet Jews in the Red ArmyIn this photo made Thursday, April 11, 2013, Soviet Jewish World War Two veteran Boris Ginsburg poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Ginsburg, born in Belorussia, was kept by a German garrison in the Lenin ghetto since 1941 until its destruction by partisan units in September 1942. In 1942 he joined the partisans for two years and in 1944 he joined the Red Army as a combat soldier and fought till the and of the war. Ginsubrg demobilized in 1947 and immigrated to Israel in 2001. About 500,000 Soviet Jews served in the Red Army during World War Two, and the majority of those still alive today live in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

'Localized terror attack' foiled by FBI

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:21 PM PDT

This May 3, 2013, photo provided by Jeremy Jones shows FBI agents with Buford Rogers, back left, and an unidentified man during a raid on a mobile home in Montevideo, Minn. Authorities said Monday, May 6, that Rogers was arrested Friday and that the agency believes is disrupted a potential terror attack after a search of the home turned up Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and firearms. (AP Photo/Montevideo American-News, Jeremy Jones) MANDATORY CREDITThe lives of many residents in a small Minn. town "were potentially saved."

Group finds homes—and builds bridges—for disabled vets

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Purple Heart Homes

Airman who led sex assault unit charged in groping

Posted: 06 May 2013 03:42 PM PDT

An officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged.

Diplomat: Special forces stopped from going to Benghazi

Posted: 06 May 2013 04:32 PM PDT

A former top diplomat in Libya says a team of U.S. special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission was told to stand down.

Boston bombing suspect's friend to be released

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:51 PM PDT

FILE - This courtroom sketch shows defendant Robel Phillipos appearing in front of Federal Magistrate Marianne Bowler at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Mass. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Phillipos, and two other college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were arrested and charged with removing a backpack containing hollowed-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)Prosecutors demand strict conditions before the teen leaves custody.

Prosecutor weighs charges in death of Utah soccer ref

Posted: 06 May 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Johana Portillo-Lopez, daughter of Ricardo Portillo, who passed away after injuries he sustained after an assault by a soccer player at a soccer game he was refereeing on April 27, is comforted by Antonio Lopez, left, brother-in-law of Ricardo, as she speaks about her father's death during a press conference in Salt Lake City on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Kim Raff)Officials say a 17-year-old player struck the man after he called a penalty.

Jim Thorpe, Pa., could lose its namesake

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:57 PM PDT

The Jim Thorpe Memorial in Jim Thorpe

White House denies Obama ad-libbed Syria ‘red line’

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Obama uses commencement address to take shots at opponentsThe president's use of the term was deliberate and based on U.S. policy, a spokesman says.

93-year-old U.S. deportee arrested as alleged Auschwitz death camp

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT

FILE - An undated image shows the main gate of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland, which was liberated by the Russians, January 1945. Writing over the gate reads: "Arbeit macht frei" (Work Sets You Free). A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday May 6, 2013 on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was Hans Lipschis acknowledges being part of an SS unit, but says he only served as a cook.

The curious thing about Iowa politics

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2012 file photo Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Records show Harkin's campaign fundraiser gave Iowa State University a list of possible donors to The Harkin Institute of Public Policy, his namesake research institute, though university officials have promised he would have no influence over the center that would house the papers. The Harkin Institute of Public Policy would house the papers of the senator, who recently announced he would not seek a sixth term in 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)It was among the first state to legalize gay marriage, but it is way behind in another aspect.

At least 20 dead in Bangladesh protests

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Activists of Hefajat-e Islam vandalize a mini bus during a clash with the police in NarayanganjHardline Islamists, demanding religious reforms, clash with police.

Bill Clinton tried to broker Led Zeppelin reunion

Posted: 06 May 2013 08:04 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 9, 2012 file photo shows musicians, from left, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham at the"'Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day" premiere in New York. CBS' "60 Minutes" webcast reported Monday, May 6, 2013, that former President Clinton was enlisted to ask the British rock band to get back together last year for the Superstorm Sandy benefit concert in New York. He asked, they said no. David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation says he and film executive Harvey Weinstein flew to Washington to ask Clinton to make the plea. Led Zeppelin's surviving members Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page were in Washington just before the Sandy concert for the Kennedy Center Honors. Led Zeppelin last played publicly at a one-night reunion in London in 2007. (Photo by Dario Cantatore/Invision/AP, file)But even the former president can't move these hard rockers.

Obama tees off in bipartisan golf match

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:36 AM PDT

A little drizzle won't stop the president's outreach. Despite it being a rainy, gray Monday in Washington, President Barack Obama is playing a bipartisan round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base with select members of the Senate. Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, and Democratic Sen. Mark Udall of [...]

CNN anchor reports being robbed of her iPhone

Posted: 06 May 2013 07:42 AM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows CNN anchor Carol Costello, at a party launching her colleague, Erin Burnett's show "Erin Burnett Outfront," in New York. Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Police tell WSB-TV that Carol Costello was talking on the phone while walking when two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed the phone. Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled out a chunk of her hair and she let go. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file)Two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed Carol Costello's phone.

'Legitimacy' needed for Syria intervention

Posted: 06 May 2013 08:26 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as their move towards their positions in the al-Ziyabiya area in DamascusIsraeli bombings and chemical weapons reports make the issue thorny.

East Coast braces for a cicada invasion 17-years in the making

Posted: 06 May 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Handout photo of a Magicicada septendecim cicada at Pipestem State Park, West VirginiaColossal numbers of cicadas have been unhurriedly growing underground since 1996.

Boycott appears to hit Rush Limbaugh's mega-deal

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:29 AM PDT

The Ghost of Sandra Fluke Is Haunting Rush Limbaugh's Mega-DealThe Sandra Fluke controversy has clearly cost the radio host.

How to save the United States $27.5 billion

Posted: 06 May 2013 04:34 AM PDT

Four Cuts to Save $27.5 BillionFrom empty buildings to empty flights, a non-profit suggests budget cuts.

Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 640

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:31 AM PDT

A woman is comforted as she grieves after identifying the body of her daughter, a victim of the garment factory collapse, Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The death toll from the collapse of a shoddily built garment-factory building in Bangladesh continued its horrifying climb, reaching 580 on Sunday with little sign of what the final number will be. The disaster is likely the worst garment-factory accident ever, and there have been few industrial accidents of any kind with a higher death toll.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory.

Israel says Google's 'Palestine' page harms peace hopes

Posted: 06 May 2013 04:56 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Palestinians hailed the addition of a menu option as a move toward statehood.

Italy's Andreotti, politician accused of murder and mafia ties, dead at 94

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:49 AM PDT

Italian senator for life Andreotti arrives for the fourth round of votes to elect the new Senate speaker in RomeGiulio Andreotti was in government from the age of 28 on, and was made Senator for life.

Burying bomb suspect proves a struggle

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:07 AM PDT

Ruslan Tsarni, right, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, approaches members of the media, not shown, in front of the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, Mass., as funeral director and owner Peter Stefan, center, walks with him Sunday, May 5, 2013. Stefan has pleaded for government officials to use their influence to convince a cemetery to bury Tsarnaev, but so far no state or federal authorities have stepped forward. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Several sites have said they won't give Tamerlan Tsarnaev a grave.

Cause of California wildfire appears accidental

Posted: 05 May 2013 08:50 PM PDT

Firefighters from Riverside, Calif. work to extinguish a brush fire at Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)Investigators rule out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California blaze.

Warren Buffett: 'Tough to watch' Washington gridlock

Posted: 06 May 2013 05:06 AM PDT

Warren Buffett: 'Tough to Watch' Washington GridlockThe famed investor says the economy is doing better but made no predictions on stocks.

Justin Bieber attacked on stage in Dubai

Posted: 06 May 2013 05:27 AM PDT

Justin Bieber's Dubai Trip Is Not Going Very WellA 19-year-old fan was able to attack the singer but didn't injure him.

Daimler recalls 3,500 Mercedes Citan vans over faulty airbags

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:02 AM PDT

French carmaker Renault employees stand next to a Mercedes Benz Citan based on a Renault Kangoo van at the Renault factory in MaubeugeGerman automaker Daimler is recalling 3,500 Mercedes-Benz Citan vans in Europe because of faulty airbags. A company spokesman said on Monday that window airbags will be replaced in the box-type Citan, ...

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