2013年3月21日星期四

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Shootout may tie to Colo. warden death

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT

Emergency personnel are on the scene of a crash and shootout with police involving the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates in Decatur, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The driver led police on a gunfire-filled chase through rural Montague County, crashed his car into a truck in Decatur, opened fire on authorities and was shot, officials said. Texas authorities are checking whether the Cadillac is the same car spotted near the home of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements, who was shot and killed when he answered the door Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Wise County Messenger, Jimmy Alford) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUTA man lead Texas police on a car chase before opening fire on his pursuers.


A closer look at mass shooting stats

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 11:26 AM PDT

New York City Mayor Bloomberg is joined by U.S. Vice President Biden and family members of victims of Sandy Hook school shooting during a news conference in New YorkPublic attacks like the one in Newtown account for a fraction of gun deaths.


Senators push Obama for military options in Syria

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 02:01 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens inspect destroyed houses that were destroyed from a Syrian forces airstrike, at al-Marjeh neighborhood, in Aleppo, Tuesday March 19, 2013. Syria's state-run news agency says 25 people have been killed in an alleged rebel chemical attack in northern Syria. Rebels in northern Syria deny the government claim and blamed regime forces for Tuesday's missile attack on Khan al-Assad village in northern Aleppo province. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)Democratic Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin and the panel's top Republican, Sen. John McCain, pressed President Barack Obama on Thursday to consider "limited military options" to help rebels topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. "We believe there are credible options at your disposal, including limited military options, that would require neither putting U.S. troops [...]


Judge appointed to oversee Steubenville case

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 01:14 PM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'Lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)A grand jury will investigate possible new charges related to the rape of a girl last summer.


Chicago to close 54 elementary schools

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Teacher Jenna Rosenberg speaks to her first grade class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, IllinoisExperts are calling it the largest shuttering of schools in the nation.


Tsunami dock removal begins in Washington

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 02:20 PM PDT

Removal of Tsunami Dock Begins in WashingtonWorkers will dismantle the piece set adrift in Japan by the 2011 tsunami.


Obama pet gets invite to Portland pooch fest

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 01:31 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama shows off the Obama family dog, Bo, during her visit to the Fisher House, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, March 20, 2013, for a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Goldendoodle Ramona has proposed marriage to presidential pooch Bo.


Judge: Park Service destroyed evidence in Calif. death

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT

A federal magistrate judge says the National Park Service purposely destroyed evidence in the wrongful death case of a 9-year-old boy who died after being crushed by a retaining wall in a Northern California park.

Russian police and prosecutors target human rights organizations

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Oleg Orlov, member of Russian human rights group Memorial, talks to the media in his office in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 21, 2013, as prosecutors search for documents pertaining to all of its activities. The media arrived at the offices after social media alerted them to the search, but were not able to view the search happening. Russian prosecutors are searching the offices of Memorial, one of the country's oldest and most respected rights nongovernmental organizations NGOs, which used to be funded from the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, but funding dried up after Russia kicked USAID out of the country last year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Activists say the searches are President Vladimir Putin's efforts to stifle dissent.


Israeli spy's case gets attention during Obama visit

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Who is Jonathan Pollard?The Jewish state—and a presidential heckler—seek Jonathan Pollard's release.


Beware of fake Homeland Security emails

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 11:09 AM PDT

The logo of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reflected in the spectacles of an analyst working in a watch and warning center of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National LaboratoryTargeted users get a message claiming they must pay a fine to unblock their computers.


Source: Chemical weapons unlikely in Syria attack

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 04:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has strong indications that chemical weapons were not used in the attack in Syria's Aleppo province on Tuesday, a U.S. administration official said Thursday.

Heffernan: Discovering the genius behind HBO's 'Girls'

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Who discovered Lena Dunham, creator and star of HBO's tender delight, "Girls"?

New assault report similar to Steubenville case

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 09:35 AM PDT

This combo made from undated booking photos released by the Torrington, Conn., Police Department shows Torrington High School football players Edgar Gonzalez, left, and Joan Toribio, charged Monday, March 18, 2013, with felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes in February in cases involving different 13-year-old girls. One of the 13-year-old girls, who accused Gonzalez and Toribio, has received taunts on online social media. (AP Photo/Torrington, Conn. Police Department)Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio stand accused of second-degree sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls.


U.N. launches inquiry into N. Korea human rights allegations

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 10:28 AM PDT

A North Korean flag on a tower flutters in the wind at a North Korean village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in this picture taken just south of the border, in PajuReports of rapes, torture, and executions in the isolated country have been made.


Britain grapples with gas crisis as late winter blast hits

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 09:17 AM PDT

A gas cooker is seen in BoroughbridgeIf the cold persists, the UK may need to cut supplies to some big industrial customers.


Obama to Israel: Compromise for peace

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 10:22 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama smiles while he addresses students at the Jerusalem Convention Center in JerusalemThe president pushed for a deal for lasting security.


Chicago notifies teachers and parents of school closings

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 11:27 AM PDT

CPS Finds Money To Fund All-Day KindergartenOpponents say the contentious plan disproportionately affects minority students.


U.N. to probe mysterious Syrian 'chemical' attack

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 07:07 AM PDT

US evaluating claims of chemical weapons use in SyriaBoth government forces and rebels have made allegations of non-conventional warfare.


House approves budget it knows won't pass, goes on vacation

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 07:45 AM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., appears before the House Rules Committee to testify on his party's budget proposal, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2013. He is joined at left by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., the ranking member on the House Budget Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Paul Ryan's budget would defund Obamacare, balance the federal budget, and overhaul entitlement programs.


The rapid fall of Africa's 'Terminator'

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 08:56 AM PDT

The Terminator SurrendersWhy did one of the world's most-wanted men turn himself in?


U.S. Secret Service had gun accident near Iran's Ahmadinejad in 2006

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 04:56 AM PDT

U.S. Secret Service agents watch the crowd during a speech by President Obama in Washington, May 28, 2012. An unplanned shotgun blast nearly caused a global calamity.


Both parties back path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, poll says

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Republicans' Immigration 'Pathway' DanceEven the tea party had a substantial amount of support, but not a majority.


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