2013年1月6日星期日

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Republican senators hint Hagel is in for tough confirmation fight

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST

FILE - In this June 26, 2008 file photo, then Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington. President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the CIA possible. Hagel is the front-runner for the top Pentagon post. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)Several Republican senators voiced their concerns on Sunday about President Obama's expected nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary over past statements the former Nebraska lawmaker made about Israel and gay rights--hinting Hagel's confirmation would not come without a fight. On CNN's "State of the Union," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called [...]


Victim’s plea for suspected Colo. theater gunman Holmes

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:35 PM PST

Marcus WeaverAs a God-fearing man, Marcus Weaver tries to accept that alleged movie theater gunman James Holmes deserves his day in court. "But he could do us all a favor and just plead guilty," said Weaver, one of at least 70 people injured in last July's ambush in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed [...]


Report: White House mulls broader approach to gun control

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 01:42 PM PST

A sign is posted for an upcoming gun show, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in Leesport, Pa. Gun advocates arenít backing down from their insistence on the right to keep and bear arms. But heightened sensitivities and raw nerves since the Newtown, Conn. shooting are softening displays at gun shows and even leading officials and sponsors to cancel the popular exhibitions altogether. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing U.S. gun violence than just reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. A working group led by Vice President Joseph Biden is seriously considering measures that would require universal background checks for gun buyers and track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, the newspaper said. ...


Nominee-to-be Hagel forged bond with Obama over Iraq

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:23 PM PST

Obama Will Nominate Chuck Hagel as Next Defense SecretaryFrom his lonely position as an early Republican critic of the Iraq war, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel sometimes lectured his more timid Senate colleagues. "If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes," he told them. Now Democratic President Barack Obama, putting together his team for his second term, is poised to choose the intensely independent thinker to run the Pentagon. If Hagel is confirmed by the Senate, he will have to oversee the withdrawal of U.S. troops from another war zone - Afghanistan - and grapple with spending cuts. ...


Analysis: Obama may turn Medicare reform into wider health debate

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 08:14 AM PST

U.S. President Obama makes a statement to reporters in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare costs that confront a wide range of Americans. In recent public remarks the president has identified the U.S. healthcare system's sky-high price tag - by far the highest in the world - as a driving force for Medicare reform. The administration is expected to release a report on 2011 national healthcare expenditures on Monday that should further underline well-known trends. ...


Holmes' hearing in theater shootings may serve as 'mini-trial'

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 10:01 AM PST

FILE - This file photo provided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office shows James Holmes, who faces faces multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the July 20 Colorado theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. and hasn't yet entered a plea. Prosecutors and defense lawyers were heading back to court Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 in advance of a crucial hearing in the case. The preliminary hearing, which starts Monday, Jan. 7, will give the public its first officially sanctioned look at much of the evidence against Holmes. Holmes' lawyers have said he suffers from mental illness. At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, State District Judge William B. Sylvester will decide if the evidence is sufficient to put Holmes on trial. (AP Photo/Arapahoe County Sheriff, File)The suspect in the Colorado movie theater killings returns to court this week for a hearing that might be the closest thing to a trial the victims and their families will get to see.


Defiant Assad pledges to continue fighting

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels first. (AP Photo/SANA)A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad rallied a chanting and cheering crowd Sunday to fight the uprising against his authoritarian rule, dismissing any chance of dialogue with "murderous criminals" that he blames for nearly two years of violence that has left 60,000 dead.


Couple dead, boy among injured in Mass. condo fire

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:32 PM PST

Fire tore through a northeastern Massachusetts condominium building, killing a couple in their late 60s or early 70s and injuring four of their relatives, including a 7-year-old boy who suffered serious burns, the state's fire marshal said Sunday.

NHL owner, players reach tentative deal to end lockout

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:29 AM PST

Hockey's best league is ready to return with a shortened 2012-13 regular season, and labor peace for at least the next eight years

Schwarzenegger: Film violence not linked to school shooting

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 01:34 PM PST

File of actor and former California governor Schwarzenegger presents his book 'Total Recall' during a news conference during the book fair in FrankfurtLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger may be one of the world's biggest action stars but the former governor of California says violence in films is entertainment and should not be linked to tragic events like the Connecticut school shooting in which 20 children died. The star of films such as "The Terminator," "Predator" and "True Lies" told a press conference before the opening of his new movie, "The Last Stand," on January 18th that "one has to keep (the two) separate." "(This is) entertainment and the other thing is a tragedy beyond belief. ...


Ugly flash mob empties Louisiana mall

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 07:57 AM PST

Police said 200 teens swarmed the mall food court.

Crews spend 4th day looking for skydiver in Wash.

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:28 PM PST

Rugged terrain surrounds the summit of Mount Si, upper right, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, near North Bend, Wash. Searchers in the air and on the ground were looking for 29-year-old Kurt Ruppert of Lake City, Fla., who has been missing since a skydiving trip on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews spent their fourth straight day looking for a skydiver who vanished during a jump above Washington's Cascade foothills, but found no sign of the Florida man by dusk.


No movement: Lawmakers dig in heels on debt crisis

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applauds after handing the gavel to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio who was re-elected as House Speaker of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders on Sunday showed no signs of emerging from their corners to resolve the next step in the financial crisis, with Democrats still talking about higher taxes on the wealthy and the Senate's top Republican suggesting that a crippling default on U.S. loans was possible unless there were significant cuts in government spending.


Philippine army, police kill 13 suspects in clash

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:32 PM PST

Passengers look at the bullet-riddled vehicle of suspected criminals along a road in the town of Atimonan in Quezon province, about 140 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines late Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a gunbattle Sunday in the latest violence to erupt in the country in the past week. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) — Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gunbattle in a northeastern province in the latest recent violence in the country.


Northern Irish militants seen hijacking flag protests

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 03:39 PM PST

A burnt out car blocks Dee Street in east BelfastBELFAST (Reuters) - Pro-British militant groups are instigating riots that have rocked the Northern Irish capital Belfast in the past month, a police officers' representative said on Sunday as officers came under attack again. The violence stems from protests over the removal of the British flag over Belfast City Hall. It has been among the province's worst since a 1998 peace accord ended 30 years of conflict in which Catholic nationalists seeking union with Ireland fought British forces and mainly Protestant loyalists. ...


There's a big reason towns don't want to host the F-35

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 02:37 PM PST

Vt. Air Guard hopes for jet, but others fear noisePlans on where to base the U.S. military's next-generation fighter jet, the F-35, concern people in communities from California to Florida to Maine who worry the aircraft are too loud.In Vermont, where ...


Russian Orthodox Church head urges followers to adopt children

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:28 PM PST

Priest Innokenty Nilov cleans a portrait of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during preparations to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at the Svyato-Uspensky Orthodox monastery in Russia's Siberian city of KrasnoyarskMOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's dominant church urged its citizens to adopt children, speaking in a Russian Orthodox Christmas address on Monday after President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law barring Americans from adopting Russian children. Patriarch Kirill paid particular attention to the issue in a Christmas message, lending support to Putin's promises - issued along with a law that outraged liberals and child rights activists - that Russia will take care of its own. ...


Over 30K teddy bears: Newtown sets up task force to handle donations

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 09:00 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 photo, piles of donated stuffed animals await sorting in a warehouse in Newtown, Conn. Tens of thousands of items have been sent to the town in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, forcing officials to set up an infrastructure to deal with the donations. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Chris Kelsey is the tax assessor in Newtown, but for the better part of three weeks, his job has been setting up and organizing a warehouse to hold the toys, school supplies and other gifts donated in the wake of the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary school.


GOP senator McConnell: 'Tax issue is finished'

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 07:19 AM PST

McConnell Says "Tax Issue Is Finished"Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., Sunday said he will not accept any new revenue in future deals with congressional Democrats and President Obama. "The tax issue is finished.  Over. Completed," McConnell told me on "This Week." "That's behind us. Now the question is what...


Rare color photos of The Beatles to go up for sale

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 03:54 AM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 29, 2012, auctioneer Paul Fairweather holds four colour transparencies of The Beatles taken during their first tour of the USA in 1964. The rare colour transparencies, taken by Dr. Robert Beck, are to be sold along with the copyright at Omega Auctions in Stockport, England, in a special Beatles memorabilia auction in March 2013. The unpublished collection of 65 slides contain many stage shots.(AP Photo/PA,Dave Thompson) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — Unpublished early color photographs of The Beatles' first U.S. tour will be sold at a U.K. auction.


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