2013年12月2日星期一

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Americans turn to mobile devices for Cyber Monday

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:32 PM PST

An Amazon.com employee stocks products along one of the many miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on "Cyber Monday" the busiest online shopping day of the holiday season Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in Phoenix. Over 2,000 employees will work the over 1-million square foot facility on "Cyber Monday." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)NEW YORK (AP) — Power up and shop.


Lebanese army taking over in second-largest city

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:50 PM PST

A coffee street vendor passes on his scooter in front a green tarp hung to provide cover from snipers, during clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Gun battles and rocket fire in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least nine people and wounded dozens more over the weekend, the latest clash between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Arabic words on the tarp read:"Be aware!!! Danger sniper."(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The government authorized the army Monday to take charge of security in Lebanon's second-largest city of Tripoli for six months following deadly sectarian clashes by rival sides stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria.


New Egypt draft charter sets powers for military

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:23 PM PST

Amr Moussa, center, the chairman of Egypt's 50-member panel tasked with amending Egypt's Islamist-drafted constitution, arranges the members for a group picture after finishing the final draft of a series of constitutional amendments at the Shoura Council in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Adoption of the new charter will be a giant step in the implementation of the roadmap announced by the nation's military chief when he toppled Morsi in a July 3 coup. The next steps will be parliamentary and presidential elections in the spring and summer of 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Extensive amendments of the constitution adopted under Egypt's ousted Islamist president give the military more privileges, enshrining its place as the nation's most powerful institution and the source of real power, while removing parts that liberals feared set the stage for the creation of an Islamic state.


A look at key articles in Egypt's draft charter

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's draft constitution amending the charter adopted under ousted President Mohammed Morsi limits the scope of Islamic law and introduces new articles seen as a victory for rights advocates, while expanding the powers of the military in politics.

Facing protests, Ukraine leader again courts EU

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:22 PM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Facing huge anti-government demonstrations after spurning a deal with the European Union, Ukraine's embattled president sought Monday to quell public anger by moving to renew talks with Brussels.

Year-end signups crucial test for health care site

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:23 PM PST

White House press secretary Jay Carney answers a question during the daily press briefing, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the White House briefing room in Washington. Carney answered questions on the ongoing rollout of the Healthcare.gov website. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new and improved health care website faces yet another test in just a couple of weeks, its biggest yet. If HealthCare.gov becomes overwhelmed by an expected year-end crunch, many Americans will be left facing a break in their insurance coverage.


Teams face midnight deadline to offer deals

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:27 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — As the big-money free agents negotiated, dozens of players with lower profiles waited to find out whether they would be dumped on the market by their clubs Monday night.

Americans click for deals on Cyber Monday

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo. packages are ready to ship move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center, in Phoenix. Millions of shoppers are expected to click on items on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, as retailers rev up deals to grab online holiday shopping dollars on the first working day after the busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Power up and shop.


NH hospital worker gets 39 years in hepatitis case

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:49 PM PST

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H. The traveling hospital technician was accused of infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes is being sentenced Monday Dec. 2, 2013 in Concord, N.H. Kwiatkowski, who has admitted stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood, pleaded guilty in August to 16 federal drug charges and is being sentenced Monday, Dec. 2, 2013(. AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling medical technician who stole painkillers and infected dozens of patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison.


Lebanon puts army in control of Tripoli

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST

A Lebanese man runs to cross a street to avoid sniper fire, during clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The latest round of violence in Lebanon's second largest city began Saturday and has so far killed a dozen and wounded more than 100, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese government authorized the army on Monday to take control of the northern city of Tripoli for six months following three days of sectarian clashes, a decision meant to allay fears that fighting in Lebanon's second largest city was spiraling out of control.


Drone on: Novel uses for Amazon's drone delivery

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:49 AM PST

This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project that Amazon is working on in its research and development labs. Amazon says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations, but CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, there's no reason drones can't help get goods to customers in 30 minutes or less. (AP Photo/Amazon)NEW YORK (AP) — Need a quick delivery? Jeff Bezos wants to send in the drones.


Gov't diagnosis: HealthCare.gov on the mend

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:08 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government's diagnosis of its health care website is correct.

For critics of Common Core, educational folly

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, speaks to reporters at Malcolm X Elementary School in Washington. Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards. The standards were written in private and never tested in real classrooms, they say. Educators aren't familiar enough with the standards to use them. They'll cost billions to put into place. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray is at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards, designed to prepare students for college or a job by the time they graduate from high school.


The fight against smart

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:10 PM PST

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, left, helps third-grader Raegan Megahan with a math lesson at Silver Lake Elementary School in Middletown, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Silver Lake has begun implementing the national Common Core State Standards for academics. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)Why the visceral reaction to "Common Core" in U.S. schools? Politics, maybe?      


A small country deals with its first fatal police shooting

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:54 PM PST

La police islandaise tire pour la première fois sur un homme et le tueIn a country of 322K people, a rarity, followed by an apology.       


Gratuities of grace, many zeros from mysterious '@tipsforjesus'

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST

Easing the holiday financial burdenSomeone is leaving gigantic tips all over the country. But who?


How did Seattle sex offender swipe an entire ferry?

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:19 PM PST

This photo provided by Washington Department of Corrections show Samuel Kenneth McDonough. Officials are reviewing security for a commercial Seattle-to-Victoria, British Columbia, ferry service after they say a sex offender managed to take one of the ships from the Seattle waterfront, risking collision with other ships in busy Elliott Bay. McDonough was arrested by a SWAT team that boarded a Victoria Clipper that had motored and drifted Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 for seven hours. McDonough, 33, was jailed for investigation of burglary, reckless endangerment and malicious mischief. Prosecutors are asking for a high bail at a Monday afternoon hearing to hold him until charges are filed, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Washington Department of Corrections)SEATTLE (AP) — Officials are reviewing security for a commercial U.S.-to-Canada ferry service after they say a sex offender managed to steal one of the boats from the Seattle waterfront in a theft that raised the risk of collisions with barge traffic in a busy port area.


Ukraine protests boil; U.S. says not a coup

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:42 PM PST

Putin: Ukraine protests seek to shake legitimate rulersThe European Union may not be as popular as it was, but events in Ukraine are showing it still has appeal. Despite being racked by increasing "euroskepticism" and economic woes, the 28-member bloc is the object of affection of tens of thousands of Ukrainian demonstrators who continue to march the streets in the biggest protests since the country's Orange Revolution of 2004 – all prompted by support for the EU. On Sunday, protesters unfurled the EU flag in the capital Kiev and demanded the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych after he turned away from an association agreement with the EU that could have paved the way for the country's future membership. While President Yanukovych's decision handed Russia, which deeply opposes Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU, an immediate victory, the daily marches that have escalated since have revealed widespread support for the EU.


But will he do it online?

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:29 PM PST

President Barack Obama waves to the audience after speaking at a World AIDS Day event, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV. Obama said his administration is redirecting $100 million into the project to find a new generation of therapies. He said the United States should be at the forefront of discoveries to eliminate HIV or put it into remission without requiring lifelong. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)White House says President Obama plans to keep March 2010 promise to enroll himself under Obamacare.


Commuter train going too fast at curve before derail, says NTSB

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:54 PM PST

NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreckA commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of ...


Where did comet ISON go? Up to Hubble 'scope to tell us

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:47 AM PST

In this combination of three images provided by NASA, comet ISON appears as a white smear heading up and away from the sun on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29, 2013. ISON was not visible during its closest approach to the sun, so many scientists thought it had disintegrated, but images like this one from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory suggest that a small nucleus may still be intact. (AP Photo/NASA)Hubble Space Telescope is best chance at learning Comet ISON's fate after close brush with sun        


Obama reveals $100 million HIV research initiative

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:54 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks during a World AIDS Day event, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV, saying his administration is redirecting $100 million into the project to find a new generation of therapies.


Man removed from US Airways flight, tuberculosis feared

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST

Flight delayed because of tuberculosis scareOfficials removed a man with an unspecified infectious disease - possibly tuberculosis - from a US Airways Express flight with 70 passengers on board shortly after it landed in Phoenix over the weekend, authorities said on Monday. The unidentified man was removed from Flight 2846 from Austin, Texas, when it landed on Saturday after the airline received an alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding a passenger known to have an infectious disease, a spokesman for the airline said. The Transport Security Administration had not flagged the passenger as "do not fly" prior to the flight, although once in the air the CDC notified the airline that the passenger had "do not board" status, US Airways spokesman Bill McGlahsen said. A document on the CDC's website said the do not board list is intended "to prevent persons who are contagious from boarding commercial aircraft." It mentioned pulmonary tuberculosis as one such communicable disease.


Pilot use of automation eyed in air crashes

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:39 AM PST

In this Feb. 3, 2011, photo, the cockpit of Boeings' new 787 Dreamliner is photographed in Houston. Pilots are becoming so reliant on the computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies. Increasing automation has been a tremendous safety boon to aviation, contributing to historically low accident rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)WASHINGTON (AP) — Pilots are becoming so reliant on computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies.


'Cyber Monday' sales set to hit record

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:56 PM PST

Worker gathers items for delivery from the warehouse floor at Amazon's distribution center in PhoenixAs of noon EST, online sales were up 21.4 percent and expected to hit $2 billion.


Bob Dylan charged in France over Rolling Stone interview

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:42 PM PST

US legend Bob Dylan performs on stage during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festival on July 22, 2012 in Carhaix-Plouguer, western FranceBob Dylan has been charged with incitement to hatred in France after he was quoted comparing Croats with Nazis in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, a judicial source said Monday. The world-famous American singer was questioned and charged last month while on a visit to Paris during which he gave several concerts and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, one of France's top honours, the source said. The charge against him centres on a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone magazine during which he compared the relationship between Croats and Serbs to that of the Nazis and the Jews. "This country is just too fucked up about colour.... People at each other's throats just because they are of a different colour," Dylan told Rolling Stone, discussing race relations in the United States.


Live chat: Where to find the best cyber Monday deals

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:26 AM PST

Cyber Monday deals 2013 boost online shopping from Amazon, Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Macy's, Toys R Us, other retailers9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. join the conversation with our industry experts.


It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Amazon.

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 08:50 AM PST

Amazon Prime Air: Delivery by Drones Could Arrive As Early as 2015Kayaks aside, your online orders may someday come by drone.


White House denies Obama plan to visit Iran

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:23 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2103 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room at the White House about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. For President Barack Obama, the deal to temporarily freeze Iran's nuclear program could pave the way for one of his biggest foreign policy victories and steady his flailing presidency. But the venture is rife with risk, including possibly miscalculating Iran's intentions and straining already tense relationships with Congress and Middle Eastern allies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Kuwait media reported that the president wants to visit Tehran next year.


Fast-food protests planned for 100 cities

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 08:57 AM PST

Study: Half Of Fast Food Workers Need Public AidNEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay.


Evidence implicates Assad in Syria war crimes

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 07:57 AM PST

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Venezuelan state television TeleSUR in DamascusThe revelation breaks from policy to keep the identity of perpetrators under wraps.


Government diagnosis: HealthCare.gov is on the mend

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:09 AM PST

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government's diagnosis of its health care website is correct. The Health and Human Services Department released a progress report Sunday ...


Investigators recover black boxes in deadly Metro-North train derailment

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Survivors recall Kindertransport flight from Nazis

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:24 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 photo, Oscar Findling, 91, who was brought to England by Kindertransport from Germany to escape Nazi persecution, sits at his home in London. The operation was called Kindertransport - Children's Transport - and it was a passage from hell to freedom. Kristallnacht had just rocked Nazi Germany. The pogroms killed dozens of Jews, burned hundreds of synagogues and imprisoned tens of thousands in concentration camps. Many historians see them as the start of Hitler's Final Solution. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Before the outbreak of World War Two, thousands of children escaped Germany.


Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 07:38 AM PST

Raw: Bird Steals Camera, Records JourneySYDNEY (AP) — A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 110-kilometer (70-mile) journey across the country's remote landscape.


Probe seeks cause of NYC train crash that killed 4

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:17 AM PST

NTSB: 2nd data recorder found in derailed NY trainFederal authorities on Monday were beginning an exhaustive investigation into what caused a New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve to derail, killing four people and injuring more than ...


Africa risks losing 20 percent of elephants in 10 years

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:36 AM PST

Gaborone (Botswana) (AFP) - Africa could lose 20 percent of its elephant population within a decade, conservation groups warned Monday as governments met in Botswana to discuss measures to curb poaching. An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching reached "unacceptably elevated levels," according to a report by CITES, TRAFFIC and IUCN. "If poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next ten years," the group said. The study was released as experts and ministers met in Gaborone to look at ways to stamp out the slaughter, fuelled by a growing demand for ivory in Asia.

Pro-EU protesters besiege Ukrainian government building

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:53 AM PST

Protesters stand on the barricade in Independent Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as massive anti-government demonstrations continued to grip Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule.


Probe seeks cause of fatal NYC train crash

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:56 AM PST

NTSB: 2nd data recorder found in derailed NY trainFour people were killed and more than 60 others injured when the commuter train derailed.


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