2013年11月4日星期一

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'Socialist' mud didn't stick to De Blasio

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:45 PM PST

Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio campaigns at a subway stop in New York, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The mayoral election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NYC mayoral candidate, expected to win, called Cuba-lover and more but rose above.


Hedge fund giant SAC Capital to pay $1.8B penalty

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:48 PM PST

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks at a press conference, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York say hedge fund giant SAC Capital Advisors has agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges and to pay a $1.8 billion financial penalty.. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)NEW YORK (AP) — SAC Capital Advisors will plead guilty to criminal fraud charges, stop investing money for others and pay $1.8 billion — the largest financial penalty in history for insider trading — to resolve criminal and civil claims against the hedge fund giant, the government announced Monday.


Egypt's Morsi defiant as his trial begins

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:53 PM PST

This image made from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi speaking from the defendant's cage as he stands with co-defendants in a makeshift courtroom during a trial hearing in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 3, 2013. Emerging from four months in secret detention, Egypt's deposed Islamist president defiantly rejected a court's authority to try him Monday, saying he was the country's "legitimate" leader and those that overthrew him should face charges instead.(AP Photo/Egyptian Interior Ministry)CAIRO (AP) — Ousted President Mohammed Morsi refused to wear a prison jumpsuit, entering the caged dock in a dark business suit as his co-defendants applauded. He defiantly questioned the legitimacy of the court and proclaimed himself still Egypt's leader. His fellow Muslim Brotherhood members chanted, "Down with military rule!"


LAX suspect remains heavily sedated, under guard

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:25 PM PST

Lighted pylons at the Century Boulevard entrance to Los Angeles International Airport, which normally flash in a multicolored sequence, shine a steady blue Saturday evening, Nov. 2, 2013, in honor of Gerardo Hernandez, the Transportation Security Administration officer slain at an LAX terminal Friday. He is the first TSA officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the 12-year-old agency, created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A police entry checkpoint, part of an increased visible police presence, is seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport, shooting employees and terrorizing travelers, accomplished two of his goals, according to authorities: killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and showing how easy it is to get a gun into an airport.


Hollywood targeted to give health care law a boost

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 02:42 PM PST

In this on Aug. 30, 2012 photo provided by the University of Southern California, Martin Kaplan, a professor at the university's Norman Lear Center, poses for a photo on the campus in Los Angeles. The California Endowment, a private foundation that is spending millions to promote President Barack Obama's signature law, recently provided a $500,000 grant to the Lear Center to ensure TV writers and producers have information about the Affordable Care Act that can be stitched into plot lines watched by millions. (AP Photo/University of Southern California, Kim Manresa).LOS ANGELES (AP) — The health care overhaul might get a Hollywood rewrite.


Study: 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:35 PM PST

This artist's rendition provided by NASA shows Kepler-69c, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star like our sun, located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Astronomers using NASA data calculate that in our galaxy alone there are at least 8.8 billion Earth-sized planets that are not too hot or not too cold circle stars that are just like our sun, according to a study published Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. For perspective, that's far more Earth-like planets than there are people on Earth. (AP Photo/NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)WASHINGTON (AP) — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot and not too cold for life.


AP sources: Incognito sent racist texts

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 04:50 PM PST

FILE - In this July 24, 2013 file photo, Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (68) and tackle Jonathan Martin (71) stand on the field during an NFL football practice in Davie, Fla. Two people familiar with the situation say suspended Dolphins guard Incognito sent text messages to teammate Jonathan Martin that were racist and threatening. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Dolphins and NFL haven't disclosed the nature of the misconduct that led to Incognito's suspension. Martin remained absent from practice Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, one week after he suddenly left the team. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — In the stadium program sold at the Miami Dolphins' game on Halloween, Richie Incognito was asked who's the easiest teammate to scare. His answer: Jonathan Martin.


Stress of coaching can add up quick in the NFL

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:54 PM PST

Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, center, his helped after he collapsed on the field during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)The hours are brutal, and so are the expectations of millions who sit in judgment of what you do on Sunday afternoon.


Bribery case reverberates across Navy with arrests

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2010, U.S. navy officer Michael "Vannak Khem" Misiewicz becomes emotional as he embraces his aunt Samrith Sokha, 72, at Cambodian coastal international see port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Misiewicz passed confidential information on ship routes to Malaysian businessman Leonard Francis' Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, according to the court documents. Misiewicz and Francis moved Navy vessels like chess pieces, diverting aircraft carriers, destroyers and other ships to Asian ports with lax oversight where Francis could inflate costs, according to the criminal complaint. The firm overcharged the Navy millions for fuel, food and other services it provided, and invented tariffs by using phony port authorities, the prosecution alleges. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — It started with an invitation to the Broadway production of "The Lion King" in Tokyo for the Navy commander, his wife and their children.


Gay rights bill heads for first hurdle in Senate

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate prepared to push major gay rights legislation past a first, big hurdle Monday as Democrats and a handful of Republicans united behind a bill to prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate prepared to push a major anti-bias gay rights bill past a first, big hurdle Monday, a clear sign of Americans' greater acceptance of homosexuality nearly two decades after lawmakers narrowly rejected discrimination legislation.


Red Sox beards come off for Gillette promotion

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:26 PM PST

Boston Red Sox player Shane Victorino, center, kids around with a razor as Boston Police Officer Steve Horgan, right, is shaved for One Fund Boston, the Boston Marathon charity for bombing victims, during a shave-off in Boston, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Horgan, who was stationed in the Boston Red Sox bullpen at Fenway Park, became a city icon after he was photographed with his arms in the air celebrating Red Sox's David Ortiz's grand slam in the AL championship baseball series against Detroit. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — World Series MVP David Ortiz and Boston Red Sox teammate Shane Victorino had their beards shaved for charity Monday to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in April.


BlackBerry abandons bid to sell itself, CEO out

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:20 PM PST

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Thorsten Heins, president and CEO at BlackBerry, speaks at a conference in Orlando, Fla. BlackBerry abandoned its sale process on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, and announced it will replace Heins. Fairfax, BlackBerry's largest shareholder with a 10 percent stake, said it won't buy the struggling smartphone company and take it private but said it and other investors will inject $1 billion as part of a revised investment proposal. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry has abandoned its bid to sell itself and is replacing its chief executive.


In final day, Va. governor hopefuls meet voters

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:00 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden, center, accompanied by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, speaks at a campaign event for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, right, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in Annandale, Va. On Tuesday, Virginia voters go to the polls to choose between McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli for the next governor. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WARRENTON, Va. (AP) — To appreciate their vastly different strategies in the race for Virginia governor, simply look at how the candidates spent Monday, the final full day of campaigning before polls open.


Egypt's Morsi defiant in opening session of trial

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 07:37 AM PST

CAIRO (AP) — After four months in secret detention, deposed President Mohammed Morsi defiantly rejected a court's authority to put him on trial Monday, saying he still was Egypt's leader and that those who overthrew him should face charges instead.

Millions of bees swarm Georgia interstate after truck overturns

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 10:46 AM PST

Honey Bees SwarmingAn overturned tractor-trailer let loose millions of honeybees on Sunday and left a sticky mess on a major highway south of Atlanta, after hitting a guardrail and spilling its cargo of hives and honey. "It looked like there was a rain cloud around everybody," Monroe County Emergency Management Agency director Matthew Perry said on Monday.


Conn. university lockdown lifted; two in custody

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 01:42 PM PST

Central Connecticut State lockdownPolice and SWAT team members swarm Central Connecticut State University.


Human trafficking is crime against humanity, Vatican group says

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 08:02 AM PST

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer to celebrate All Saints' Day in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanThe recommendations will go to Pope Francis and organizations fighting human trafficking.


Hedge fund giant SAC Capital to plead guilty to fraud, pay $1.8B

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 09:43 AM PST

Exterior of Headquarters of SAC Capital Advisors, L.P. in StamfordNEW YORK (AP) — SAC Capital Advisors will plead guilty to criminal fraud charges, stop investing money for others and pay $1.8 billion — the largest financial penalty in history for insider trading — to resolve criminal and civil claims against the hedge fund giant, the government announced Monday.


Student hospitalized after getting stuck between buildings

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Twitter boosts its IPO price range

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 08:04 AM PST

An updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange features a Twitter logo, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in New York. Twitter Inc. will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning after setting a price for its IPO sometime Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter's confidence appears to be increasing ahead of its initial public offering set for later this week.


Planned Parenthood goes to Supreme Court for help in Texas

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 08:09 AM PST

Employees were the only people at Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood asked the Supreme Court Monday to place Texas' new abortion restrictions on hold.


Meet Elvis, the beagle who can sniff out pregnant polar bears

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 07:15 AM PST

Elvis, a 2-year-old beagle, sniffs polar bear protein samples at Iron Heart Performance Dog Center in Shawnee, Kan., Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Confirming pregnancies of the massive bears, a threatened species, has been difficult, and zoo officials say knowing can help make sure they and the Mama bears are ready for birthing and raising cubs. Elvis is demonstrating 97% accuracy in positive identification of samples from pregnant females. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)CINCINNATI (AP) — Zoos around the country will soon find out whether a beagle named Elvis can let them know when their polar bears are pregnant.


Connecticut university on lockdown amid police search

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:39 PM PST

Connecticut lockdownStudents are told to take shelter after reports of armed man on campus.


Maine governor candidate announces he's gay

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, speaks during the Maine Democratic Party Convention in Lewiston, Maine. Michaud, a six-term congressman and former paper mill worker hoping to unseat Maine Gov. Paul LePage next year, announced that he's gay — a response to what he called a "whisper campaign" by political opponents hoping to weaken his gubernatorial bid. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)The six-term congressman responds to what he called a "whisper campaign."


Jewish group condemns German silence on huge art find

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 11:31 AM PST

Apartment building in Munich where it is believed that German customs discovered missing artworksBy Alexandra Hudson BERLIN (Reuters) - A Jewish group accused Germany on Monday of moral complicity in concealment of stolen paintings after it emerged authorities failed for two years to report discovery of a trove of art seized by the Nazis, including works by Picasso and Matisse. The case poses a legal and moral minefield for authorities. Focus estimated that the works found amongst stacks of hoarded groceries in the flat of Cornelius Gurlitt, could be worth well over 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion). Some, it said, could have been bought by his father Hildebrand from the collections of German state museums.


Thousands protest at former U.S. Embassy in Iran

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 08:08 AM PST

Protest at former US Embassy in IranOpponents of President Hassan Rouhani rally against his historic outreach to Washington.


Obama told aides that drones make him 'really good at killing people': Book

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 06:47 AM PST

President Obama in the Oval Office.A new book about the 2012 presidential campaign could cause problems for President Obama based on an unflattering quote about the drone program.


Doctors complicit in torture at CIA, military prisons: study

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 09:39 AM PST

Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA, an independent report said Monday. The Defense Department and the CIA demanded that the health care personnel "collaborate in intelligence gathering and security practices in a way that inflicted severe harm on detainees in US custody," according to the two-year study by the Institute on Medicine as a Profession. Collaboration at US prisons in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and the Central Intelligence Agency secret detention sites began after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States. "It's clear that in the name of national security, the military trumped (the Hippocratic Oath), and physicians were transformed into agents of the military and performed acts that were contrary to medical ethics and practice," said study co-author Gerald Thomson, professor of medicine emeritus at Columbia University.

It's here: Obama's health law finally gets real for America

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 12:13 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law. Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know. With a cranky federal website complicating access to new coverage and some consumers being notified their existing plans are going away, the potential for winners and losers is creating anxiety and confusion. A look at three broad groups: those losing coverage, those gaining coverage, and those wondering if their coverage will change. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know.


Two skydiving planes collide in midair

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 06:08 PM PST

Skydivers, Pilots Survive Mid-Air CollisionNine skydivers and two pilots survived a mid-air crash at 12,000 feet this weekend after those aboard were able to safely parachute to the ground. The surreal crash along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border left one plane totally destroyed, forcing its pilot to eject to safety. The other plane was eventually able to land. Both planes were owned by Skydive Superior.


Obama turns blogger to make pitch for gay rights bill

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:35 PM PST

U.S. President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event for McAuliffe for Governor in ArlingtonThe president pens a column urging Congress to pass a bill to ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation.


Egypt's Morsi tells court he's still the president

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:09 AM PST

This image made from undated video posted on the website of the el-Watan newspaper on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi during his detention at an undisclosed facility in Egypt following his ouster. A newspaper known for close ties to the military published what appeared to be the first pictures of Morsi from his detention. A military official said the video was leaked to the paper in order to give his supporters a first glance of the former president to lessen the impact of the shock of his first public appearance at a trial that started Monday under heavy security.(AP Photo/el-Watan Newspaper via AP video)The country's deposed leader says he rejects the proceedings against him.


Egypt: Morsi's trial adjourned until Jan. 8

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 03:32 AM PST

This image made from undated video posted on the website of the el-Watan newspaper on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi during his detention at an undisclosed facility in Egypt following his ouster. A newspaper known for close ties to the military published what appeared to be the first pictures of Morsi from his detention. A military official said the video was leaked to the paper in order to give his supporters a first glance of the former president to lessen the impact of the shock of his first public appearance at a trial that started Monday under heavy security.(AP Photo/el-Watan Newspaper via AP video)The deposed leader tells the court he's still the president.


Rocky start to Morsi trial in Egypt

Posted: 04 Nov 2013 02:06 AM PST

A masked policeman stands guard outside of a police academy compound were the trial of ousted President Mohammed Morsi is held in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 4 2013. Egypt's deposed Islamist president was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder. It was Mohammed Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3. If convicted, Morsi — Egypt's first freely elected president — could face the death penalty.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)The judge temporarily adjourns the ousted president's hearing after courtroom disruptions.


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