2013年9月11日星期三

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Yahoo Sports reveals impermissible benefits to five SEC players

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Three players allegedly involved are currently in the NFL.


Bill could ban using food stamp funds to buy junk food

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., has proposed a bill to ban using food stamp funds on junk food. (AP)Newly proposed legislation in Congress would ban recipients of food stamps from buying junk food.


Senate formally puts Syria resolution vote on hold

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:29 PM PDT

Reid warns Syria, Russia against a chemical weapons "ploy"The move will provide U.S. officials time to negotiate a diplomatic solution with the war-torn nation.


9/11 generation: 'There was a hole in all of us'

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The attacks shaped the values and fears of NYC's children.


Nation pauses on 9/11 to pay tribute to victims

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:24 PM PDT

A woman wipes her eyes after reading the name of her brother, Bobby Hughes, as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)NEW YORK (AP) — Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day on Wednesday as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago.


GOP stopgap spending plan to be delayed

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 02:29 PM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walks to a Republican strategy session at the Capitol, in Washington. A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month. The plan by top Republicans like Cantor is designed to keep government agencies running through Dec. 15. Cantor's office announced the delay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month.


Low estrogen may play a role in 'male menopause'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - This undated photo provided by Eli Lilly & Co. shows the drug Axiron, an underarm gel used for boosting levels of testosterone. Men's bodies convert some of the male sex hormone into estrogen, and levels of both decline with age. Until now, there was no way to tell which hormone was responsible for complaints of diminished libido, strength and energy. Millions of men have been prescribed testosterone gel, patches or shots for these problems, but it's not known how much they need or whether this hormone replacement therapy is good, bad or neutral, according to Dr. Joel Finkelstein of Massachusetts General Hospital. He led a federally funded study, published in the Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine. (AP Photo/Eli Lilly & Co.)TV ads tout testosterone treatments for "low T," but surprising new research shows a different hormone may play a role in less sex drive and more fat as men age. Estrogen — the female hormone — is needed by men, too, and the study gives the first clear evidence that too little of it can cause certain "male menopause" symptoms.


NSA has long role as top US locksmith, lock-picker

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:01 PM PDT

This photo, taken June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong, provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency. Civilian U.S. government scientists worried even a generation ago about the National Security Agency's role in developing global communications standards, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Some scientists wondered why the NSA appeared to choose weaker standards then classified its explanation as top secret. (AP Photo/The Guardian)WASHINGTON (AP) — Years ago, back when computer users were dialing up the Internet, civilian government scientists already were expressing concerns about the National Security Agency's role in developing global communication standards, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. The records mirror new disclosures, based on classified files 24 years later, that the NSA sought to deliberately weaken Internet encryption in its effort to gather and analyze digital intelligence.


Haves and have-nots as health care markets open

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Having health insurance used to hinge on where you worked and what your medical history said. Soon that won't matter, with open-access markets for subsidized coverage coming Oct. 1 under President Barack Obama's overhaul.


Colo. recalls show risk of supporting gun control

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT

A campaign volunteer talks on the phone as she and others pack up before vacating a union hall used as a canvassing headquarters for Democratic state Sen. Angela Giron, one day after a recall vote which Giron lost, in Pueblo, Colo., Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013. Two Colorado state lawmakers who backed gun-control measures in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut last year were ousted Tuesday in recall elections. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)DENVER (AP) — Democratic voters in Colorado helped remove two state senators of their own party who voted for tighter gun control — an ouster that was both intensely local and a national test of what can happen to lawmakers who support gun restrictions in battleground states.


Yankees SS Jeter done for year with ankle injury

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alfonso Soriano (12) and Derek Jeter, right, gestures after Soriano drove in teammate Robinson Cano (24) on a home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Baltimore. New York won 7-5. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)BALTIMORE (AP) — Derek Jeter began the season on the disabled list, and that's how it will end.


Teen arrested in threat that closed Wash. schools

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. (AP) — Police in southwest Washington say they've arrested a 13-year-old male student in threats that prompted the closure of six suburban Vancouver schools.

Zimmerman probe on hold until evidence surfaces

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:27 PM PDT

George Zimmerman, right, is escorted to a home by a Lake Mary police officer, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Lake Mary, Fla., after a domestic incident in the neighborhood where Zimmerman and his wife Shellie had lived during his murder trial. Zimmerman's wife says on a 911 call that her estranged husband punched her father in the nose, grabbed an iPad out of her hand and smashed it and threatened them both with a gun. Zimmerman was recently found not guilty for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — The investigation of a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife is on hold because there is no clear evidence to charge anyone and neither side wants to press the case, a police spokesman said Wednesday.


Syrian opposition forces feel let down by Obama

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Syrian refugees wait before boarding a flight to Germany for temporary relocation, at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. The group of 107 refugees are the first to be relocated under a German program to give up to 5,000 highly vulnerable Syrian refugees temporary new homes. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition forces feel let down and more divided than ever because of President Barack Obama's decision to seek a diplomatic path to disarming Damascus of its chemical weapons.


Is there an ape for that? Orangutans plan trips

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 02:48 PM PDT

This photo provided by Carel van Schaik shows the orangutan Arno in the jungle of Sumatra in 1998 looking in the direction he intends to travel the next day and letting out a long whooping call to alert others of his route just in case they need to follow him or stay clear. What Arno did hundreds of times tells scientists that advance planning and social networking about your trip aren't just human traits. The results are detailed in a new study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, followed the male orangutans in hundreds of trips starting back in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Perry van Duijnhoven)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the ape equivalent of Google Maps and Facebook. The night before a big trip, Arno the orangutan plots his journey and lets others know where he is going with a long, whooping call.


Diplomats move on 2 fronts on Syria weapons

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:05 PM PDT

Ali Haidar, the Syrian Minister for Reconciliation Affairs, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Damascus, Syria on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Cabinet minister Ali Haidar said Syria's acceptance of a Russian initiative to relinquish its chemical weapons is a sign of strength and that by agreeing to the proposal, Syria has taken away one of the pretexts for war against Syria although he says the threat of foreign military action remains. (AP Photo)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Key international players were moving on two diplomatic fronts Wednesday to try to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control, and a fresh effort appeared to be underway to get the government and opposition to peace talks.


'Breaking Bad' spinoff to feature Saul Goodman

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT

This image released by AMC shows Bob Odenkirk in a scene from the final season of "Breaking Bad." AMC and Sony Pictures Television on Wednesday, Sept. 11, confirmed that Odenkirk, who plays Saul Goodman, will star in a one-hour prequel tentatively titled "Better Call Saul." Breaking Bad" concludes its much-acclaimed five-season run on Sept. 29. (AP Photo/AMC, Ursula Coyote)NEW YORK (AP) — AMC is calling Saul Goodman for a spinoff of the network's drama series "Breaking Bad."


Paul Ryan a firm ‘no’ on military strike against Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Ryan arrives for a briefing to all members of Congress by senior Obama administration officials on proposed military action against Syria, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington"A feckless show of force will only damage our credibility," the former vice presidential candidate said.


5 accused American terrorists the U.S. will pay $21M to catch

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U.N.: Syrian forces responsible for eight massacres

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Aug.1, 2013 file photo posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad talking with soldiers with during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook, File)By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. rights investigators have established that Syrian government forces were almost certainly responsible for two massacres last May in which up to 450 civilians were killed, a report published on Wednesday said. The report documents nine mass killings in all, attributing all but one to government forces, but said both government and rebel fighters had committed war crimes including murder, hostage-taking and shelling of civilians. ...


Destroying Syria's chemical weapons could take years

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:18 AM PDT

A U.N. chemical weapons expert holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Ain TarmaBy Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - If Saddam Hussein's Iraq is anything to go by, destroying Syria's massive chemical weapons arsenal will mean checking dozens of far-flung sites in a war zone while the government employs delaying tactics to hide the banned munitions, an expert involved in past U.N. disarmament missions said. ...


'Daddy, I miss you so much'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:26 AM PDT

A boy looks at names on the South reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New YorkSomber ceremonies mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11.


Live chat: Honoring the heroes of Sept. 11

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:51 AM PDT

The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Yahoo News will carry the 9/11 events live. Share your story with us as we commemorate the event live at 12 p.m. Eastern Time.


Russia shows U.S. its plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:45 AM PDT

Part of the chemical weapons stockpile at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah, pictured in 2002MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has given the United States its plan for placing Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control and intends to discuss it on Thursday in Geneva, the Interfax news agency cited a Russian source as saying on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, said on Tuesday that Lavrov was expected to send him Russia's proposals for review by the Obama administration. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)


Kenyan water discovery brings hope to parched north

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:55 AM PDT

A mother and child walk in the village of Komote on the shores of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya on May 18, 2012The Kenyan government and UNESCO on Wednesday announced the discovery of a huge supply of underground water in the impoverished, drought-stricken extreme north of the country.


Car bomb hits Foreign Ministry in Benghazi

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:57 AM PDT

People stand near a Libyan Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi after an explosion in BenghaziTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, one year to the date after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.


Obama’s message on Syria: Look the other way or accept moral duty?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT

In many ways, Obama redeemed himself Tuesday night with a powerful invocation of American exceptionalism.

'I think about you every day'

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Daniel Henry, a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey police officer, pauses during a moment of silence during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attack in New YorkSeptember 11 victims' loved ones mark the 12th anniversary of the attacks.


Somber tributes mark 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 05:33 AM PDT

FDNY Firefighter Mike Bellantoni of New York prepares a memento at the Firefighter's Memorial adjacent to the World Trade Center Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 before the start of the official ceremonies at the 9/11 Memorial nearby. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Victims families and friends gather to remember those who died in the attacks.


Tributes mark 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:55 PM PDT

The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center, center, in a test of the memorial light display, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 in New York. The twin beams of light will also appear Wednesday, Sept. 11, twelve years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building are at far left. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Victims' loved ones gather at ground zero to remember the attacks.


UN begins private talks on Syria weapons

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:37 AM PDT

A Turkish soldier stands by a tank as he patrols the border with Syria, near Cilvegozu, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama conditionally endorsed a Russian offer for international inspectors to seize and destroy deadly chemical weapons in Syria as efforts to avert retaliatory U.S. missile strikes shift from Washington to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Tense talks begins as the organization seeks control of the nation's chemical arms.


Obama to explore diplomatic route on Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:01 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the nation about the situation in Syria from the East Room at the White House in WashingtonThe president pledged to explore Russia's plan to take away Syria's chemical weapons.


Blast wrecks government office in Libya's Benghazi

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 05:53 PM PDT

Libyan firefighters battle a fire caused by a blast near a foreign ministry building on September 11, 2013 in BenghaziA car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a building that once housed the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi in what an official said was a warning that diplomats are not safe.


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