2013年8月12日星期一

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Kidnapping suspect mirrored father's actions

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:43 PM PDT

FILE - This 2013 file photo provided by Andrew Spanswick, a friend of James Lee DiMaggio, shows DiMaggio posing for a photo in a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif. Dimaggio abducted 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, and is also suspected of killing Anderson's mother and brother at his home in Southern California. On Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, after searchers spotted DiMaggio and Anderson from the air, two highly specialized FBI hostage teams rescued Anderson and killed DiMaggio in a shootout at their encampment at a remote, alpine lake in Idaho. (AP Photo/Andrew Spanswick, File)James Lee DiMaggio died in a shootout exactly 15 years after his dad's suicide.


Too many Americans in prison for 'far too long'

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:20 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP convention in OrlandoAttorney General Eric Holder unveils a plan fix an unjust treatment of some offenders.


Obama orders panel to review possible spying abuses

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Strong Words: Dutch Addresses NSA Leaker Edward SnowdenThe "outside experts" will report back Dec. 15th.


Oklahoma tornado survivor set to move back to Moore

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Nearly three months after a deadly tornado, Moore, Okla., looks to rebuildA famous grandmother and her dog displaced by the storm will be the first to move into a new home.


Tougher laws take aim at drunken boaters

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:26 AM PDT

Tragic Boating Accident; Body Believed to Be Soon-to-Be Bride FoundMarine officers in 38 states are now using a seated sobriety test to combat the problem of boating under the influence. Alcohol use has been the top contributing factor in fatal boating accidents for the past 15 years, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.


Suspect in Idaho shootout fired once or twice

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:40 PM PDT

FILE - This 2013 file photo provided by Andrew Spanswick, a friend of James Lee DiMaggio, shows DiMaggio posing for a photo in a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif. Dimaggio abducted 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, and is also suspected of killing Anderson's mother and brother at his home in Southern California. On Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, after searchers spotted DiMaggio and Anderson from the air, two highly specialized FBI hostage teams rescued Anderson and killed DiMaggio in a shootout at their encampment at a remote, alpine lake in Idaho. (AP Photo/Andrew Spanswick, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A close family friend suspected of abducting a 16-year old girl after killing her mother and younger brother fired his rifle at FBI agents before they killed him deep in the Idaho wilderness, authorities said Monday.


Kerry defends NSA surveillance programs

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:00 PM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the National Security Agency surveillance programs on Monday and downplayed their impact on U.S. efforts to deepen relations with two key allies in Latin America.

Protests swell, prompt Egypt to postpone dispersal

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:27 PM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against the Egyptian Army during a protest at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, in suburban Cairo, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Egyptian authorities on Monday postponed a move to disperse the two Cairo sit-ins by Morsi supporters to CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi increased the pressure on Egypt's interim leadership by defiantly flooding into two protest camps Monday, prompting police to postpone moving against the 6-week-old sit-ins because they feared a "massacre."


Israeli pain, Palestinian joy over inmate release

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Relatives of Mustafa al-Haj hang banners showing him in the village of Brukin, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Al-Haj is one of the 26 Palestinian prisoners, most of them held for deadly attacks, Israel agreed to release this week as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that led to a resumption of Mideast negotiations. (AP Photo /Nasser Ishtayeh)BRUKIN, West Bank (AP) — Mustafa al-Haj expected to die in an Israeli prison for killing an American-born settler hiking in the West Bank in 1989. Now lights decorate his home to celebrate the planned release of the 45-year-old and more than 100 other Palestinian convicts in a deal that revived Mideast peace talks.


Agents: 44 gunned down in Nigeria mosque

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:46 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, Nigeria Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous attack, security agents said Monday Aug. 12, 2013. The slayings occurred Sunday morning at a mosque in Konduga town, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) outside Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous attack, security agents said Monday.


Elon Musk unveils 'Hyperloop' transport concept

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:50 PM PDT

An image released by Tesla Motors, is a conceptual design rendering of the Hyperloop passenger transport capsule. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled a concept for a transport system he says would make the nearly 400-mile trip in half the time it takes an airplane. The "Hyperloop" system would use a large tube with capsules inside that would float on air, traveling at over 700 miles per hour. (AP Photo/Tesla Motors)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Imagine strapping into a car-sized capsule and hurtling through a tube at more than 700 mph — not for the thrill of it, but to get where you need to go.


Sinkhole swallows part of Florida resort villa

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:50 PM PDT

A portion of a building rests in a sinkhole Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Clermont, Fla. The sinkhole, 40 to 50 feet in diameter, opened up overnight and damaged three buildings at the Summer Bay Resort. (AP Photo/John Raoux)CLERMONT, Fla. (AP) — It sounded like a thunderstorm as windows broke and the ground shook, but vacationers who were awakened from their rooms at a villa near Orlando, Fla., soon realized that the building was starting to collapse — parts of it swallowed by a 100-foot sinkhole that also endangered two neighboring resort buildings.


Kerry still hopeful on Mideast peace talks

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, unseen, at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Kerry is on a one-day official visit to Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the recent flap over Israeli settlement announcements likely won't derail Mideast peace talks, which are scheduled to resume this week.


'Hyperloop' would link LA-SF in 30 mins, if built

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:32 PM PDT

An image released by Tesla Motors, is a sketch of the Hyperloop capsule with passengers onboard. . Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled a concept for a transport system he says would make the nearly 400-mile trip in half the time it takes an airplane. The "Hyperloop" system would use a large tube with capsules inside that would float on air, traveling at over 700 miles per hour. (AP Photo/Tesla Motors)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Imagine stepping into a car-sized capsule in downtown Los Angeles and, 30 minutes later, emerging in San Francisco


Sheriff: Suspect in Idaho exchanged gunfire

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:36 PM PDT

FILE - This 2013 file photo provided by Andrew Spanswick, a friend of James Lee DiMaggio, shows DiMaggio posing for a photo in a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif. Dimaggio abducted 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, and is also suspected of killing Anderson's mother and brother at his home in Southern California. On Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, after searchers spotted DiMaggio and Anderson from the air, two highly specialized FBI hostage teams rescued Anderson and killed DiMaggio in a shootout at their encampment at a remote, alpine lake in Idaho. (AP Photo/Andrew Spanswick, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A close family friend suspected of abducting a 16-year old girl after killing her mother and younger brother fired at least one shot at FBI rescuers before agents killed him deep in the Idaho wilderness, authorities said Monday.


Holder proposes changes in criminal justice system

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder, left, attends a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, in observance of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes.


Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi protest camps

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:55 AM PDT

Security members for supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi exercise at a sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque in Nasr City, in surburban Cairo, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Egyptian authorities on Monday postponed a move to disperse the two Cairo sit-ins by Morsi supporters to CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Monday postponed plans to disperse two Cairo protest camps demanding the return of ousted President Mohammed Morsi after thousands of his supporters reinforced the sit-ins when news leaked to the press, military and security officials said.


Kerry trip to Brazil, Colombia could be chilly

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:08 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 9, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry listens to translation as he meets with Russian Foreign and Defense ministers at the State Department in Washington, a sit-down tainted by the case of American National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, currently in Russia. This week on Kerry's first visit to South America as the Obama administration's chief diplomat, the disclosures by Snowden could chill talks on trade and energy, and even discussions about the Oct. 23 state dinner that President Barack Obama is hosting for Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Colombian officials negotiating with the nation's largest guerrilla army to find peace in the South American country for the first time since 1964.


'Whitey' Bulger guilty of gangland killings

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Former mob boss and fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger is seen in a booking mug combination photoThe 83-year-old former Winter Hill Gang boss now faces life in prison.


Rescued teen returns to California with father

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Amber Alert case: Rescued teen reunited with father in IdahoBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 16-year-old southern California girl who was abducted last week and rescued Saturday by FBI agents in a remote corner of the Idaho wilderness has returned home with her father, federal authorities said Monday.


Could Biden beat Hillary in 2016?

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:45 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 9, 2013, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauds international delegates, where she spoke at a women's leadership symposium at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Clinton's effort to carefully craft her post-Cabinet image has hit a few bumps with the latest sexting scandal revelations in the New York City mayoral campaign of Anthony Weiner, the husband of close Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and the SEC investigation roiling the Virginia governor's race of Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, both which recall politically problematic chapters of her past. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)The vice president's trip to Iowa next month gets political junkies talking.


'Yarn bomb' dropped on Pittsburgh's Warhol Bridge

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk across the Andy Warhol bridge on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in downtown Pittsburgh. More that 1,800 knitters have covered the bridge in 3,000 feet of colorful yarn. Volunteers worked all weekend to attach 580 blanket-sized, hand- knitted panels to the pedestrian walkways. Organizers say it is the nation's largest yarn bomb. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 1,800 knitters have covered Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Bridge in 3,000 feet of colorful yarn.


Petition backs Manning for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:21 AM PDT

U.S. Army Private First Class Manning departs the courthouse at Fort Meade, MarylandOSLO, Norway (AP) — Nobel Prize committee officials say they have received a petition claiming some 100,000 signatures that endorses awarding the peace prize to U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, who faces up to 90 years in prison for disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks.


Dutch Prince Friso dies following ski accident last year

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:16 AM PDT

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (L) poses with her son Prince Johan Friso (R) at the Royal Palace in the Hague, April 24, 2005. Prince Johan Friso, who went into a coma following a skiing accident in February 2012, has died, the government said on August 12, 2013. "Prince Friso died from complications that arose as a consequence of the brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation following his skiing accident," the government said in a statement. Picture taken April 24, 2005. REUTERS/Marcel Antonisse/PoolAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands, the brother of the new Dutch king, died on Monday in a royal palace in The Hague, 18 months after a skiing accident left him in a coma. Friso, 44, the middle son of the former queen Beatrix, never regained consciousness after being buried in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Lech, Austria. His brain was starved of oxygen during the 25 minutes he spent trapped under the snow. ...


Bulger jury seeks clarity on charges

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Bulger Jury Goes Home For Weekend Without VerdictThe jury, in its fifth day of deliberations, must decide on a complex racketeering case.


NYPD's 'stop-and-frisk' practice unconstitutional, judge rules

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:48 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold signs protesting the NYPD's "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic outside of Manhattan Federal Court in New YorkThe city police adopted a policy of "indirect racial profiling," a judge ruled.


Voters ashamed of Weiner as TV ads air

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:08 AM PDT

Anthony Weiner, running in the New York Mayors race, right, reacts after sharing a moment with a spectator and her plantains, left, as he takes part in the Dominican Day Parade on New York's Avenue of the Americas Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)The mayoral hopeful released his first television ad Monday in which he casts himself as the antiestablishment pick for City Hall.


Senator goes from writing bills to writing thriller novels

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:03 AM PDT

From Writing Bills to Thriller Novels: Sen. Byron Dorgan's Unlikely Career ChangePolitics Confidential After 19 years in the Senate, Byron Dorgan was ready for a change. The North Dakota Democrat stopped writing legislation when he left Congress and took up writing books instead. Now out with his fourth book—a thriller novel—Dorgan jokes that there isn't much of a difference between writing bills and novels, telling "Politics [...]


Egypt police hold off on plan to disperse sit-in protesters

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT

Children of the supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi play in a makeshift funfair outside of the sit-in area of Rab'a al- Adawiya Square in CairoEgyptian security forces held off on Monday from launching operations to disperse Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.


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