2013年3月11日星期一

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Conclave to elect next pope opens amid uncertainty

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:14 PM PDT

Cardinals, including U.S. Roger Mahony, left, and Timothy Dolan, third from left, arrive for a meeting at the Vatican, Monday March 11, 2013. Cardinals have gathered for their final day of talks before the conclave to elect the next pope amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs a manager pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful and make Catholicism relevant again. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid significant upheaval and uncertainty in the church.

NYC soda ban overturned, but many businesses had already complied

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:26 PM PDT

FILE - This May 31, 2012 file photo shows a display of various size cups and sugar cubes at a news conference at New York's City Hall. A judge struck down New York City's groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks Monday, March 11, 2013 shortly before it was set to take effect, agreeing with the beverage industry and other opponents that the rule is arbitrary in applying to only some sweet beverages and some places that sell them. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK--Last month, Brother Jimmy's, a popular barbecue chain with five locations in New York City, ordered 1,000 new pint glasses to replace the 24-ounce containers that had been used to serve soft drinks to its customers. The new glasses, distributed throughout its locations over the weekend, had been purchased to help the restaurant comply [...]

Senate Dems unveil government funding bill

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate bill to carry the government through September denies the Obama administration money for implementing new regulations on Wall Street and expansion of government health care subsidies but provides modest additional funding for domestic priorities like Head Start and health research. Looking to next year, House Republicans prepare a now-familiar budget featuring futile gestures to block "Obamacare" and turn Medicare into a voucherlike program for future retirees. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrats and Republicans Monday night released a catchall government funding bill

Maine town won't require every household to own a gun

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 06:26 PM PDT

A Walther handgun is displayed at the Safari Club International Convention in RenoVoters in a small Maine town unanimously rejected a proposal that would have required every household to own a firearm and ammunition.

Judge OKs 'truth serum' for Colo. shooting suspect

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Lawyers for Holmes have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In court documents made public Friday, March 1, 2013, James Holmes' attorneys want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws unconstitutional. The filings say the laws in which a defendant may waive their right to remain silent and reveal confidential medical information should be unconstitutional in cases involving the possibility of execution. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)It could help determine James Holmes' mental state if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.

Photos: Mapping Mars in the Utah desert

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:07 AM PDT

Photos: Mapping Mars in the Utah desertMembers of Crew 125 EuroMoonMars B mission collect geologic samples for study at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert March 2, 2013. The MDRS aims to investigate the feasibility of a human exploration of Mars and uses the Utah desert's Mars-like terrain to simulate working conditions on the red planet. Scientists, students and enthusiasts work together developing field tactics and studying the terrain. All outdoor exploration is done wearing simulated spacesuits and carrying air supply packs and crews live together in a small communication base with limited amounts of electricity, food, oxygen and water. Everything needed to survive must be produced, fixed and replaced on site. Picture taken March 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 21 OF 31 FOR PACKAGE 'MARS IN THE DESERT' SEARCH 'JIM MARS' FOR ALL IMAGES

Capriles, Maduro at each other's throats in Venezuela election race

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:59 PM PDT

Henrique Capriles, Venezuela's opposition leader and governor of Miranda state, addresses the media in CaracasPresidential candidates Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela's election race with scathing personal attacks ...

Same-sex marriage linked to longer lives

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:40 PM PDT

Since the advent of same-sex marriage in Denmark, married gay men and women have seen their death rates drop, a new study finds.

N. Korea's Kim visits front-line troops amid tension

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT

South Korean Army soldiers work on their K-9 self-propelled artillery vehicle during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, March 11, 2013. South Korea and the U.S. on Monday kicked off an annual military drill amid worries about a possible bloodshed following North Korea's threat to scrap a decades-old war armistice and launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's young leader urged front-line troops to be on "maximum alert" for a potential war as a state-run newspaper said Pyongyang had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.

Man sought in grandparents' deaths in Wash. state

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:49 PM PDT

This photo provided by the King County sheriff's office shows Michael "Chad" Boysen. King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West says 26-year-old Boysen was released Friday, March 8, 2013, after serving nine months on a burglary conviction. Now, Boysen is accused of killing his grandparents in Renton, Wash., since he was released. (AP Photo/King County Sheriff's Office, Cindi L. West)SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities are searching the Northwest for a man accused of killing his Seattle-area grandparents, who had just picked him up after his release from a Washington state prison, hosted a party in his honor and offered him a room in their home for the night.

Military plane crashes in Washington state, three crew dead

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:34 PM PDT

Handout photo of an aerial view of crash site of Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler in Lincoln County, WABy Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - A military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning during a routine training flight, killing all three crew members on board, Navy officials said. The plane, a Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, a twin-engine electronic warfare aircraft, went down sometime before 8:45 a.m. local time in Lincoln County in eastern Washington state, base spokesman Mike Welding said. "It was flying out there. I don't know exactly what it was doing," Welding said. "Everything is really preliminary at this point. ...

Financial info on celebs, officials leaked online

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, Beyonce Knowles attends the premiere of "Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Knowles is among 11 celebrities and government officials whose private financial information appears to have been posted online by a site that began garnering attention on Monday, March 11, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and celebrities were grappling Monday with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.

Former champion reclaims lead in Iditarod

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT

Volunteers hang a banner above the burled arch, which serves as the finish line for the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, on Monday, March 11, 2013. The race began March 3 in Willow, Alaska, and some race watchers predict a Tuesday finish. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)NOME, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's famous 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come down to a furiously contested sprint among veterans, with one seasoned musher grabbing the lead from another Monday and several others within striking distance.

Dad hacks 'Donkey Kong' so daughter can play as girl

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:03 PM PDT

Father Hacks 'Donkey Kong' to Let Daughter Play as GirlDeveloper Mike Mika put in lot of work to make his 3-year-old happy.

Palin's new book eyes religion at the holidays

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Palin speaks at a Tea Party Express rally on Boston Commons in BostonAccording to the publisher, it will advocate "reserving Jesus Christ in Christmas."

Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills five: NATO

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:25 PM PDT

Five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed.

Jury gets case in Ohio's Craigslist murder trial

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:58 PM PDT

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The murder case against a self-styled street preacher accused of killing three men he lured with Craigslist job offers went to the jury on Monday after the prosecution asked jurors to use common sense and return a guilty verdict.

Owner says vehicle in deadly Ohio crash was stolen

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:50 PM PDT

This Monday, March 11, 2013 photo in Southington, Ohio shows the interior of a vehicle where six people died in a crash early Sunday in Warren, Ohio. Two teens who escaped the crash that killed six friends in a swampy pond wriggled out of the wreckage by smashing a rear window and swimming away from the SUV, a state trooper said Monday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Investigators are piecing together why eight teens were crammed into an SUV before it flipped.

Falkland Islanders vote overwhelmingly to keep British rule

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:26 PM PDT

Falkland islanders are silhouetted behind the Union Jack as they react after hearing the results of the referendum in StanleyBy Marcos Brindicci and Juan Bustamante STANLEY, Falkland Islands (Reuters) - Residents of the Falkland Islands voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum aimed at winning global sympathy as Argentina intensifies its sovereignty claim, results showed on Monday. The official count showed 99.8 percent of islanders voted in favor of remaining a British Overseas Territory in the two-day referendum, which was rejected by Argentina as a meaningless publicity stunt. Only three "no" votes were cast. ...

Palestinian militants likely killed Gaza baby, the U.N. says

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, Jihad Masharawi weeps while he holds the body of his 11-month old son Ahmad, at Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike on their family house, in Gaza City. A U.N. report indicates an errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli airstrike, likely killed the baby of Masharawi during fighting in the Hamas-ruled territory last November. The death of Omar al-Masharawi, became a symbol of what Palestinians see as Israeli aggression during eight days of fighting that killed more than 160 Palestinians and six Israelis. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan, File)The report challenges the widely believed story behind a stirring image.

No fish tale: Seven-foot alligator gets a prosthetic tail

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Most people would not go out of their way to make a 7-foot-long alligator a more efficient swimmer. But a team of researchers in Arizona are doing just that, having attached a prosthetic tail to the back of an alligator to help the creature live a more normal life. "The fact he doesn't try to [...]

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