2013年10月26日星期六

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What it takes to get fired from the Obama administration

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:19 PM PDT

What It Takes to Get Fired From the Obama AdministrationIt's harder than you think to get the axe from the Obama White House

JFK's image shines on despite contradictions

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this October 1960 file photo Sen. John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, campaign in New York. The Kennedy image, the "mystique" that attracts tourists and historians alike, did not begin with his presidency and is in no danger of ending 50 years after his death. Its journey has been uneven, but resilient - a young and still-evolving politician whose name was sanctified by his assassination, upended by discoveries of womanizing, hidden health problems and political intrigue, and forgiven in numerous polls that place JFK among the most beloved of former presidents. (AP Photo)BOSTON (AP) — Four days a week, David O'Donnell leads a 90-minute "Kennedy Tour" around Boston that features stops at government buildings, museums, hotels and meeting halls.

Lolo Jones, Lauryn Williams on US bobsled team

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT

American bob team Jazmine Fenlator, right, and Lolo Jones look up after coming to a stop after racing in the United States women's bobsled team trials Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Fenlator and Jones came in third place. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Lolo Jones is a step closer to the Sochi Games, and Lauryn Williams might not have raced in her final Olympics after all.

Report: Iran hangs 16 'rebels' to avenge ambush

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:45 AM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran hanged 16 "rebels" of an unspecified armed group on Saturday in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan, a semiofficial news agency reported.

JPMorgan's $5B settlement doesn't end its troubles

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this May, 12, 2012 file photo, Peter Castelli, a vice president with JP Morgan, works in his firm's booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. JPMorgan said Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, that it has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky mortgage securities it sold them before the housing market collapsed. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The $5.1 billion that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay hardly ends its legal troubles over mortgage securities it sold.

World Series scene shifts, Cards right at home

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 AM PDT

Grounds crew workers prepare the field before a baseball practice, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, in St. Louis. The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox are set to play Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Koji Uehara emerged from the dugout, walked onto the field at Busch Stadium and gazed at the gleaming Gateway Arch.

Police chase gunman, hostages across Mojave Desert

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:34 AM PDT

This video image provided by KCBS-TV shows the site of s shooting Friday Oct. 25, 2013 ion Ridgecrest, Calif. A homicide suspect was killed by police on this Mojave Desert highway early Friday after a lengthy pursuit in which the man fired at vehicles and two hostages in his car trunk, authorities said.(AP Photo/KCBS-TV)RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — Police were investigating a deadly shooting in this Mojave Desert city when they got a chilling call — from the killer.

Crowds pay respect at ex-Yugo first lady's burial

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 05:59 AM PDT

A visitor shows a book of the Jovanka Broz, widow of the former Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito, with its title reading: "My life, My Truth," right, and an illustration of Tito, before the funeral in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Jovanka Broz died Sunday, Oct. 20, of heart failure in a Belgrade hospital. She was 88. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Former Yugoslavia's first lady Jovanka Broz was laid to rest Saturday near the grave of her husband Josip Broz Tito, mourned by a throng who remembered his ex-communist federation as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality more than 20 years after it broke up in bloodshed.

FBI to investigate shooting of Calif. 13-year-old

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:46 AM PDT

This combination of photos provided by the family via The Press Democrat and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department shows an undated photo of 13-year-old Andy Lopez and the replica assault rifle he was holding when he was shot and killed by two Sonoma County deputies in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Family via The Press Democrat, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a popular 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California.

Saudi women's driving kicks off without arrests

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 06:07 AM PDT

FILE - In thos Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 file photo, a Saudi woman walks in the desert, in Thumama, Saudi Arabia. It's been a little more than two years since the last time women in Saudi Arabia campaigned for the right to drive. Since then, the monarchy has made incremental but key reforms, and activists hope that has readied the nation for greater change as they call for women to get behind the wheel in a new campaign Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Ultraconservatives are pushing back with protests, threats and even a cleric's warning that driving a car damages a woman's ovaries. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call on Saturday to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the ultraconservative kingdom.

Grand jury indicted JonBenet Ramsey parents

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 05:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2000 file photo, Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John, parents of JonBenet Ramsey, look on during a news conference in Atlanta regarding their lie-detector examinations for the murder of their daughter. A grand jury indictment issued in 1999 in the JonBenet Ramsey investigation is expected to be released Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, and should shed more light on why prosecutors decided against pursuing charges against the little girl's parents. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury found enough evidence to indict the parents of JonBenet Ramsey for child abuse and accessory to first-degree murder in the 6-year-old's death, newly unsealed documents revealed Friday, nearly a decade after DNA evidence cleared the couple.

Suspect in Northern Calif. standoff surrenders

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:23 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the City of Roseville shows Sammy Duran. Duran is a suspect in the shooting of three law enforcement officers that occurred in Roseville, Calif., Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/City of Roseville)ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman in a violent confrontation that wounded a federal immigration officer and three local police officers surrendered early Saturday after an hours-long standoff in a Sacramento suburb, authorities said.

Another month of fixes for health care website

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2012 file photo, Jeffrey Zients testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama is calling Zients to help correct problems with the new federal health care website. The White House says Zients will assist a team that is said to be working around the clock on the site, www.healthcare.gov. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It should be working well by the end of November. That's the Obama administration's rough timetable for completing a long list of fixes to HealthCare.gov, the new, trouble-plagued website for uninsured Americans to get coverage.

Activists: Saudi women's driving protest kicks off

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 17, 2011 file image made from video released by Change.org, a Saudi Arabian woman drives a car as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It's been a little more than two years since the last time women in Saudi Arabia campaigned for the right to drive. Since then, the monarchy has made incremental but key reforms, and activists hope that has readied the nation for greater change as they call for women to get behind the wheel in a new campaign Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Ultraconservatives are pushing back with protests, threats and even a cleric's warning that driving a car damages a woman's ovaries.(AP Photo/Change.org, File)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi woman said she got behind the wheel Saturday and drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police, kicking off a campaign protesting the ban on women driving in the ultraconservative kingdom.

Germany, France want US to agree to curb spying

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT

The US flag flies at f the main entrance of the US embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. European Union leaders on Friday vowed to maintain a strong trans-Atlantic partnership despite their anger over allegations of widespread U.S. spying on its allies. France and Germany insist new surveillance rules should be agreed with the United States by the end of the year.. On Thursday's opening day of the summit, the spying issue united the 28 EU leaders in criticizing the snooping after allegations surfaced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had one of her mobile phones tapped by U.S. services. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BRUSSELS (AP) — Indignant at reports of U.S. electronic espionage overseas, the leaders of Germany and France said Friday they will insist the Obama administration agree by year's end to limits that could put an end to alleged American eavesdropping on foreign leaders, businesses and innocent citizens.

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