2013年10月15日星期二

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Latest House GOP proposal hits another snag

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:42 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks away from the microphone during a news conference after a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. House GOP leaders Tuesday floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. But the plan got mixed reviews from the rank and file, and it was not clear whether it could pass the chamber. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)The plan to end the shutdown may not have enought votes.


‘Full Vitter’ lights up the Beltway's social media circles

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:17 PM PDT

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has become an Internet meme after his latest policy proposal (Reuters)In the throes of an oftentimes seemingly hopeless debate over the government shutdown and the national debt limit, Beltway insiders have found a bit of levity on Tuesday by going "Full Vitter."


ATF raids Ariz. home, arrest alleged white supremacists

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:24 PM PDT

This Oct. 14, 2013 photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shows agents who executive a search warrant at the home of Kirby Kehoe near Ash Fork, Ariz. Authorities say they seized dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition from Kehoe's ranch. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two members of a notorious family that authorities say once tried to set up a whites-only nation in America were arrested this week in Arizona on federal firearms charges after a raid on a sprawling ranch netted dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition.


Sandy Hook school demolition crews sign confidentiality agreements

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 11:35 AM PDT

Newtown Tragedy`s Wide-Reaching EffectsBy Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Workers tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, site of one of Americas worst school shootings, have been required by the town to sign confidentiality agreements barring them from discussing or photographing the site. The move is aimed at protecting families of the victims from further airing of details of the incident in which a gunman entered the school last December and opened fire, killing 20 young children and six faculty and staff before turning his gun on himself, Selectman William Rodgers said. ...


Medal of Honor recipient asks to rejoin Army

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:12 PM PDT

Army Capt. William Swenson recieves Medal of HonorWASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after risking his life in Afghanistan, William D. Swenson solemnly received the Medal of Honor on Tuesday in a case of battlefield bravery with some odd twists: The young Army captain questioned the judgment of his superiors, and the paperwork nominating him for the award was lost. He left the military two years ago but wants to return to active duty, a rare move for a medal recipient.


Uneven enforcement suspected at nuclear plants

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - This June 26, 2011 file photo shows the control room of the Cooper nuclear power plant in Brownville, Neb. The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyond its original 40-year licenses, according to a congressional study awaiting release. For 2000-2012, this facility led all sites in the U.S. in lower-level violations per reactor with 363. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)BOSTON (AP) — The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyond its original 40-year licenses, according to a congressional study awaiting release.


Fla. bullying case: girls aged 12 and 14 charged

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd talks about the events leading up to the arrest over the weekend of two juvenile girls in a Florida bullying case at a press conference in Winter Haven, Fla., Monday, Oct. 15, 2013. Two middle school girls ages 14 and 12 have been arrested and charged with felony aggravated stalking in connection with the suicide earlier this year of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick in Lakeland. Judd said police arrested the 14-year-old girl after she posted online Saturday that she bullied Rebecca and she didn't care. The 12-year-old girl was Rebecca's former best friend, but Judd said the 14-year-old girl turned her against Rebecca. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Calvin Knight) TAMPA TRIBUNE OUTWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — After 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide last month, one of her tormenters continued to make comments about her online, even bragging about the bullying, a sheriff said Tuesday.


Booker's campaign path bumpier than anticipated

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:38 PM PDT

In this Oct. 9, 2013, photo. Senate candidate Democrat Cory Booker answers a question after debating Republican Steve Lonegan at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. Booker's path to the Oct. 16 Senate election has been bumpier than anticipated. Even Republicans had expected Booker to cruise to victory by a wide margin over Lonegan in the special election to replace former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died in June. While Booker holds a double-digit lead in most polls, the Newark mayor has faced sustained Republican criticism that has exposed vulnerabilities that could hamper him should he seek even higher office someday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Cory Booker's path to Wednesday's U.S. Senate election has been bumpier than anticipated.


Newtown, Conn., to keep school razing under wraps

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 11:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire. Contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School are being required to sign confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building where 26 people were fatally shot last December. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKSHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When the old Sandy Hook Elementary School is demolished, building materials will be pulverized on site and metal will be taken away and melted down in an effort to eliminate nearly every trace of the building where a gunman killed 26 people last December.


Boston holds off Tigers 1-0 behind Lackey, bullpen

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:48 PM PDT

Boston Red Sox's Jonny Gomes reaches to pull the beard of Mike Napoli after Napoli hits a home run in the seventh inning during Game 3 of the American League baseball championship series against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT (AP) — John Lackey edged Justin Verlander in the latest duel of these pitching-rich playoffs, and Boston's bullpen shut down Detroit's big boppers with the game on the line to lift the Red Sox over the Tigers 1-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series.


Hernandez girlfriend said to throw out evidence

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:47 PM PDT

Shayanna Jenkins, girlfriend of former New England Patriots' Aaron Hernandez, wipes her eye in superior court, in Fall River, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, during her arraignment on a perjury charge in connection with the killing of Hernandez's friend. Authorities say Jenkins, 24, was untruthful in her testimony before the grand jury investigating the death of Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The girlfriend of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a perjury charge for allegedly lying to a Massachusetts grand jury, including about disposing of evidence in the murder case against him.


Ex-San Diego Mayor pleads guilty to 3 crimes

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 file photo, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks after agreeing to resign at a city council meeting in San Diego. The California attorney general's office has charged Filner with felony false imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of battery. Filner, 71, resigned in late August, succumbing to intense pressure after at least 17 women brought lurid sexual harassment allegations against him. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, driven from office by sexual harassment allegations, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony for putting a woman in a headlock and to lesser counts for kissing one woman and grabbing the buttocks of another.


Fitch puts US credit rating on negative watch

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:08 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fitch credit rating agency has warned that it is reviewing the U.S. government's AAA credit rating for a possible downgrade, citing the impasse in Washington that has raised the threat of a default on the nation's debt.

New House GOP plan as debt-limit deadline nears

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:34 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks away from the microphone during a news conference after a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. House GOP leaders Tuesday floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. But the plan got mixed reviews from the rank and file, and it was not clear whether it could pass the chamber. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day partial government shutdown and extricate divided government from its latest brush with a full political meltdown.


2 arrested in Fla. bullying case after online post

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd talks about the events leading up to the arrest over the weekend of two juvenile girls in a Florida bullying case at a press conference in Winter Haven, Fla., Monday, Oct. 15, 2013. Two middle school girls ages 14 and 12 have been arrested and charged with felony aggravated stalking in connection with the suicide earlier this year of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick in Lakeland. Judd said police arrested the 14-year-old girl after she posted online Saturday that she bullied Rebecca and she didn't care. The 12-year-old girl was Rebecca's former best friend, but Judd said the 14-year-old girl turned her against Rebecca. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Calvin Knight) TAMPA TRIBUNE OUTWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — After 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide last month, one of her tormenters continued to make comments about her online, even bragging about the bullying, a sheriff said Tuesday.


Safety violations by site at US nuclear plants

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 file photo, steam rises from cooling towers at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Londenderry Township, Pa., next to the Susquehanna River. According to an unreleased Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Associated Press, the facility had two higher-level violations and 126 lower-level violations between 2000-2012. The Northeast region as a whole, with 26 reactors, had 2,518 lower-level violations, for a rate of 96.8 per reactor. (AP Photo/John Zeedick)      The number of lower-level safety violations per reactor at U.S. commercial nuclear power plants shows extraordinary differences among U.S. regions, pointing to inconsistent enforcement, according to an unreleased Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Associated Press. Higher-level violations are more uniform across the regions.


Libyan pleads not guilty to terrorism charges in NYC courtroom

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:46 PM PDT

FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Libi. Al-Libi, who was captured in an Oct. 5, 2013, raid and held aboard a U.S. warship, is now in the United States. He is expected to stand trial over whether he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. (AP Photo/FBI, File)NEW YORK (AP) — An alleged al-Qaida member who was snatched off the streets in Libya and interrogated for a week aboard an American warship pleaded not guilty to bombing-related charges Tuesday in a case that has renewed the debate over how quickly terrorism suspects should be turned over to the U.S. courts.


House to vote Tuesday night on budget bill

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 01:57 PM PDT

U.S. Majority Leader Cantor speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonA Boehner spokesman said the legislation has enough votes to pass.


Newtown to keep school demolition under wraps

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 11:14 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Contractors demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary School are being required to sign confidentiality agreements forbidding public discussion of the site, photographs or disclosure of any information about the building where 26 people were fatally shot in December 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Newtown, Conn., say materials from the old Sandy Hook Elementary School will be pulverized and metal will be melted down in an effort to eliminate nearly every trace of the building where a gunman killed 26 people.


From fear to exhilaration: One woman's breast cancer story

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Rielle Hunter apologizes for affair with John Edwards

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:23 AM PDT

This image released by ABC shows Rielle Hunter during an interview on the morning show "Good Morning America," Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in New York. Hunter says she and former presidential candidate John Edwards have ended their relationship. Hunter told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that she and Edwards were still a couple until late last week, as details from Hunter's memoir "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter and Me," became public. The breakup was painful, but Hunter said Edwards will still be involved with their daughter, Quinn, who is 4 years old and lives with Hunter. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)The former campaign videographer's mea culpa comes along with the rerelease of her book about the affair.


Al-Qaida suspect's fast brings halt to U.S. interrogation

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:21 AM PDT

People wait in line to enter Manhattan's federal court where al-Ragye, known by the alias al-Liby, is expected for arraignment in New YorkBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An elite U.S. interrogation team abandoned its questioning of an al-Qaeda militant who was snatched in Libya after he stopped eating and drinking regularly on board a U.S. Navy ship where he was being held, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said. As his health deteriorated, U.S. authorities decided to fly the suspect known as Abu Anas al-Liby to New York last weekend, where he was taken to a hospital for treatment. ...


Biggest Loser: Portly Taft helped usher in modern obesity care

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:05 AM PDT

Portly Taft helped usher in modern obesity careWay before Weight Watchers or "The Biggest Loser," a president known for his girth was helping to usher in a modern approach to treating obesity. Got a nagging doctor? The 27th president, William ...


U.S. justices to hear challenge to Obama on climate change

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 04:01 PM PDT

People line up to hear oral arguments, including the case Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, at the Supreme Court in WashingtonBy Valerie Volcovici and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a challenge to part of the Obama administration's first wave of regulations aimed at tackling climate change, accepting its biggest environmental case in six years. The court said it would not review the underlying determination that greenhouse gases are a public health concern or a separate regulation that limits greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. The single question the court will consider is whether the U.S. ...


House GOP unveils bill to counter Senate debt plan

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, with House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, walks to a meeting of House Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, as a partial government shutdown enters its third week. It is not yet clear how Boehner and tea party members in the House majority will respond to the Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders closing in on a deal to avoid an economy-menacing Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The bill would make some changes to Obamacare.


Once-in-a-decade typhoon threatens Tokyo

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:03 AM PDT

This October 15, 2013 NASA satellite image shows Typhoon Wipha off eastern JapanBy Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - A once-in-a-decade typhoon threatened Japan on Tuesday, disrupting travel and shipping and forcing precautions to be taken at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Typhoon Wipha is moving across the Pacific straight towards the capital, Tokyo, and is expected to make landfall during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, bringing hurricane-force winds to the metropolitan area of 30 million people. The center of the storm was 860 km (535 miles) southwest of Tokyo at 0800 GMT, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on its website. ...


Report: Iran makes proposal in nuclear standoff

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:11 PM PDT

A member of Iran's delegation speaks to Iran's President Rouhani before a news conference in New YorkBy Justyna Pawlak and Fredrik Dahl GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers will press Iran on Wednesday for details of its proposal on resolving their decade-old nuclear dispute during a second day of talks in Geneva. Western diplomats stress they want Tehran to back up its newly conciliatory language with concrete actions by scaling back its nuclear program and allaying their suspicions it is seeking the capability to make atomic bombs. ...


Death toll in Philippines quake jumps to 85

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:28 AM PDT

Filipinos stand by a damaged Basilica Del Sto Nino in Cebu, central Philippines Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings, cracked roads and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church Tuesday morning, killing at least 20 people across the central region. (AP Photo/Chester Baldicantos)CEBU, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines rose to 85, police said Tuesday, as more reports trickled in about toppled buildings and historic churches near the epicenter.


Report: NSA collecting millions of contact lists

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:41 PM PDT

NSA reportedly collecting millions of email address books and IM contact lists worldwideWASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has been sifting through millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts around the world — including those of Americans — in its effort to find possible links to terrorism or other criminal activity, according to a published report.


Senators closing in on deal to end shutdown

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:16 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. Reid reported progress Monday towards a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown as President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House to press for an end to the impasse. "We're getting closer," he told reporters. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)There's hope that Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell could seal an agreement today.


Iran nuke talks begin amid hopes of progress

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:01 AM PDT

General view prior to the start of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Iran's overtures to the West are being tested as the U.S. and its partners sit down for the first talks on Tehran's nuclear program since the election of a reformist Iranian president. Negotiations between Iran and the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany began Tuesday morning at the main United Nations building in Geneva. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, pool))GENEVA (AP) — The United States and five other world powers sat down Tuesday for the first talks on Tehran's nuclear program since the election of reformist Iranian President Hassan Rouhani four months ago.


Major quake shakes central Philippines, kills 32

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:25 AM PDT

CEBU, Philippines (AP) — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 32 people across the central Philippines on Tuesday, toppling buildings and historic churches and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes.

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