2013年8月27日星期二

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U.S. not taking out Assad with Syria response

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters inspect munitions and a tank that belonged to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after they seized Aleppo's town of KhanasirAny strikes wouldn't be for "regime change," White House insists.

Some districts nixing healthier school lunch program

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 file photo, a select healthy chicken salad school lunch, prepared under federal guidelines, sits on display at the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. After just one year, some schools across the nation are dropping out of what was touted as a healthier federal lunch program, complaining that so many students refused the meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that their cafeterias were losing money. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the cafeterias were losing money.

How King's message helped shape young Americans' lives

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:26 PM PDT

Orion and Omarion Hicks-Bey stand next to wax figure of Rev Martin Luther King Jr., courtesy of�Madame Tussauds D.C., on display in lobby at Willard InterContinental Hotel in WashingtonAhead of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King's speech, Yahoo News asked Americans who remember Aug. 28, 1963, to share their recollections and what it meant to them. Here are excerpts from some selected submissions.

Squelching Sierra fires left forest ready to burn

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:41 PM PDT

The Rim Fire burns through trees near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Firefighters gained some ground Tuesday against the huge wildfire burning forest lands in the western Sierra Nevada, including parts of Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — Unnaturally long intervals between wildfires and years of drought primed the Sierra Nevada for the explosive conflagration chewing up the rugged landscape on the edge of Yosemite National Park, forestry experts say.

Female general: Ability, confidence propel career

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 05:05 PM PDT

New U.S. Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at her office at the Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday Aug. 27, 2013. Johnson, herself an Air Force Academy graduate who has served as a career Air Force officer and pilot, is the first female superintendent of a major U.S. service academy. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The first woman to lead the Air Force Academy says she faced resistance and sexual harassment in her career, but competence and confidence helped her push through the ranks to one of the top jobs in the service.

Bail at $3M for 2nd teen in veteran beating case

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Demetrius Glenn, left, a teen that allegedly took part in the robbery and beating of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert Belton, listens to his lawyer, Christian J. Phelps, before a first appearance via video teleconference in District Court in Spokane, Wash., Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Glenn, who will be charged as an adult, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery and was ordered held on $2 million bail. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUTSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Bail was set at $3 million Tuesday for a 16-year-old boy who is charged with killing a World War II veteran and contends the man was beaten to death because he shorted the teen and another boy on a sale of crack cocaine.

New photos show marathon bomb suspect's surrender

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT

In this Friday, April 19, 2013 photo provided by the Massachusetts State Police, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leans over in a boat at the time of his capture by law enforcement authorities in Watertown, Mass. Photos of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's surrender have been posted on the Boston Magazine website. The additional images, made public Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, were among those released to the magazine last month by a state police photographer. (AP Photo/Massachusetts State Police, Sean Murphy)BOSTON (AP) — Dramatic new photos show the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, his face bloodied, climbing out of a boat in a suburban backyard as heavily armed police officers wait for him to drop to the ground.

Obama says 'The Butler' movie made him tear up

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file film image provided by The Weinstein Company shows Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he got teary while watching "Lee Daniels' The Butler," a movie about a black White House servant who worked for several presidents.

Pirates acquire Byrd, Buck from Mets

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:11 PM PDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A day after falling out of first place, the Pittsburgh Pirates made a trade they feel will bolster their offense.

California governor proposes $315M prison fix

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:29 PM PDT

Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses a proposal to reduce California's prison population, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. In response to a federal court order to reduce the state's prison population, Brown announced a $315 million plan to send thousands of inmates to private prisons and to empty county jail cells to avoid what he and his supporters say would be a mass release of dangerous felons. Brown was joined by legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, left, Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, of Diamond Bar, second right, and Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, of Tulare, right. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday responded to a federal court order to significantly reduce California's prison population by proposing a $315 million plan to send thousands of inmates to private prisons and vacant county jail cells, hoping to avoid what he said would be a mass release of dangerous felons.

NYTimes site inaccessible, 2nd disruption in Aug.

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:49 PM PDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Readers who tried to click on the New York Times' website got nothing but error messages Tuesday afternoon in its second major disruption this month. A hacker group calling itself the "Syrian Electronic Army" claimed responsibility.

US readies rationale for possible Syria strike

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2013 file photo shows Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia. U.S. forces are now ready to act on any order by President Barack Obama to strike Syria, U.S. Hagel said Tuesday.The U.S. Navy has four destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea positioned within range of targets inside Syria, as well as U.S. warplanes in the region, Hagel said in an interview with BBC television during his visit to the southeast Asian nation of Brunei. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration tried to bolster its case Tuesday for possible military action against Syria within days, with intelligence agencies preparing to release intercepted communications aimed at proving Bashar Assad perpetrated a large-scale chemical weapons attack on civilians. "There's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in Syria: the Syrian regime," Vice President Joe Biden said.

Hagel: US forces ready to strike Syria if ordered

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:17 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, leans to listen to Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro prior to the start of their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)BANDER SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — U.S. forces are now ready to act on any order by President Barack Obama to strike Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.

NJ coast shipwreck is steamer that sank in 1860

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT

In this photograph provided Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an undersea diver lights the paddlewheel from the ship, USCS Robert J. Walker, which sank June 21, 1860, ten miles off the New Jersey coast. More than 153 years after it was lost in a collision at sea, government and university maritime investigators say they have identified the wreck of the steamer that served in the U.S. Coast Survey, a predecessor of NOAA. ( AP Photo/NOAA)The hulking wreck has been a regular destination for divers but a riddle to historians: What ship came to rest in 85 feet of water 10 miles off New Jersey's coastline?

Obama holds Martin Luther King as personal hero

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:33 PM PDT

Chairs, metal risers and video screens are set up at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington celebrations that will be held Wednesday, Aug, 28, 2013. Barack Obama, who is going to speak, was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Fifty years later, the nation's first black president will stand as the most high-profile example of the racial progress King espoused, delivering remarks Wednesday at a nationwide commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality.

MLK marchers remember 'one of the most electrifying moments'

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:28 AM PDT

This August 28, 1963 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, shows activists during The March on Washington in Washington, D.C. from the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The Women's Movement was influenced in part by the Civil Rights Movement. The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy Leonard Freed, Magnum Photos)I was at the end of the reflecting pool, closest to the Lincoln Memorial. The massive, massive size of the march was incredible. It was a living thing. It was like a glacier moving down the avenue.

Heat wave hits Midwest as kids return to school

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:44 AM PDT

Heat wave hits Midwest as kids return to schoolOfficials warn residents high temperatures could stick around for days.

Obama turns to Bush playbook on Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:13 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters carry weapons as they take up positions during an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President al-Assad in Aleppo's town of KhanasirAs the U.S. ponders intervention, there are similarities with the Iraq war.

Ford recalls Fromme assassination attempt in video

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this file Sept. 5, 1975 file photo, shows Lynette Fromme, a woman who pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford as he walked from his hotel to the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., is taken into custody. Almost 38 years after the assassination attempt, a federal judge has allowed the release of a videotaped testimony given by Ford, that was later used in Fromme's trial. Fromme, a devoted follower of the infamous Charles Manson, wearing a red robe, stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a loaded pistol at the President. (AP Photo/File)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newly released footage shows President Gerald Ford calmly and carefully recalling how Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson disciple, tried to kill him in a Sacramento park.

Heatwave hits Midwest as kids head back to school

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:59 AM PDT

Midwestern States Struggle Under Heat WaveOfficials warn residents high temperatures could stick around for days.        

West could hit Syria in days

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT

A member of the Islamist Syrian opposition group Ahrar al-Sham during clashes in Raqqa province on August 25, 2013Envoys tell rebels to expect action to deter Assad regime's use of chemical weapons.

Bernice King: ‘African Americans are still not free’

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:56 AM PDT

Bernice King: 'African Americans Are Still Not Free' 150 Years After Slavery's EndPower Players The Rev. Bernice King says that 50 years after her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, his dream is still a work in progress. "When he framed the speech he said '100 years later the Negro is still not free,'" [...]

Syria vows to defend itself from strikes

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 01:56 PM PDT

A video grab shows an opposition fighter on August 26, 2013 during clashes over the strategic area of KhanasserRussia warned that any use of force would have "catastrophic consequences."

Zimmerman lawyer to ask Florida to pay up to $300,000 in legal costs: report

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 09:26 PM PDT

George Zimmerman to be reimbursed for legal fees?(Reuters) - George Zimmerman, whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests across the United States, will ask Florida to pay up to $300,000 of his legal expenses, his attorney told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday. Zimmerman will rely on state law that allows a defendant who has been found not guilty to be reimbursed for costs associated with a case, the paper reported. ...

Crews report progress against Yosemite fire

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:18 AM PDT

A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck at a campground destroyed by the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Crews working to contain one of California's largest-ever wildfires gained some ground Monday against the flames threatening San Francisco's water supply, several towns near Yosemite National Park and historic giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Flames reach San Francisco's main reservoir, but officials expect no disruptions.

Sheriff: Missing Arizona teen found dead in Oregon

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:07 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Monica Croom shows her son, 18-year-old Johnathan Croom. Authorities on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 were searching for the missing Arizona teenager whose car was found abandoned in southwest Oregon. (AP Photo/Courtesy Monica Croom)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The father of an Arizona teenager whose body was found near his abandoned SUV in the woods of southern Oregon said his son was "a young man who had a broken heart."

Kerry warns Syria chemical arms use has consequences

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:17 AM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria, and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad's government — a claim Assad calls "preposterous."

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