2013年11月19日星期二

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Congressman charged with cocaine possession

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 04:29 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 3, 2013 file photo shows Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Radel has been charged with cocaine possession. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)"I stand ready to face the consequences of my actions," Henry "Trey" Radel said in a statement.


Police believe Va. senator was stabbed by son

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 01:25 PM PST

CORRECTS MEMBER TO THE VIRGINIAN PILOT, NOT RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH - In a Sept. 25, 2009 photo, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds spends time with his son Gus, left, on the road to Halifax, Va., between campaign events. Virginia State Police confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 that Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times and his son Gus, 24, was shot and killed at Deeds' Home in Bath County, Va., during a Tuesday morning assault. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) MAGS OUTAuthorities are investigating the attack on Creigh Deeds as an attempted murder-suicide.


Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea, sources say

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Suicide bombings at Iran Embassy in Beirut kill 23

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:36 PM PST

Lebanese men remove a dead body from a burned car, at the scene where two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy killing many, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. The blasts in south Beirut's neighborhood of Janah also caused extensive damage on the nearby buildings and the Iranian mission. The area is a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group, which is a main ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war next door. It's not clear if the blasts are related to Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — Suicide bombers struck the Iranian Embassy on Tuesday, killing 23 people, including a diplomat, and wounding more than 140 others in a "message of blood and death" to Tehran and Hezbollah — both supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad.


Lebanon blasts: Q&A about why they happened

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 10:26 AM PST

Lebanese citizens and security forces gather near the entrance of the Iranian embassy, background, where two explosions have struck, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. Twin suicide bombings struck outside the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing nearly two dozen, including the Iranian cultural attaché, and wounding dozens more in one of the worst bombings to target the predominantly Shiite area in southern Beirut. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)BEIRUT (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, killing some two dozen people and leaving corpses, puddles of blood and burning cars strewn across an upscale, Shiite-dominated neighborhood of the capital.


Amid chaos, Toronto mayor's family shuns spotlight

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 03:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands with his wife, Renata, at a news conference in Toronto. While the spotlight shines brightly on Toronto's embattled and erratic mayor, Rob Ford's wife and two children have remained almost invisible. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File)TORONTO (AP) — While the spotlight shines brightly on Toronto's embattled and erratic mayor, Rob Ford's wife and two children have remained almost invisible — save for one widely known embarrassing incident. Little is known about his family, although it is clear that his wife craves her privacy.


Va. senator stabbed; son dies of apparent suicide

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PST

CORRECTS MEMBER TO THE VIRGINIAN PILOT, NOT RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH - In a Sept. 25, 2009 photo, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds spends time with his son Gus, left, on the road to Halifax, Va., between campaign events. Virginia State Police confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 that Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times and his son Gus, 24, was shot and killed at Deeds' Home in Bath County, Va., during a Tuesday morning assault. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) MAGS OUTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat who rose to be gubernatorial nominee in 2009 despite his reserved demeanor and humble farmland roots, was stabbed early Tuesday, apparently by his son, police said.


JPMorgan, gov't reach $13B deal on mortgage bonds

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 03:50 PM PST

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. logo is displayed at their headquarters in New York, in this Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, file photo. A person close to the talks says the Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have reached agreement on all issues in a $13 billion settlement of a civil inquiry into the company's sales of low-quality mortgage-backed securities that collapsed in value in the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $13 billion in a landmark settlement and acknowledged that it misled investors about the quality of risky mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.


Gettysburg Address: A short speech long remembered

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 03:19 PM PST

John Voehl portraying President Abraham Lincoln, covers his hart during a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Gettysburg, Pa. Lincoln's speech was first delivered in Gettysburg nearly five months after the major battle that left tens of thousands of men wounded, dead or missing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — In solemnity, thousands gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered.


Vonn crashes while prepping for return to racing

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PST

In this image provided by Maris Can Slyke, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, reigning Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, center, is helped off the slope at Copper Mountain, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Vonn crashed while training ahead of her return to racing following major knee surgery. (AP Photo/Maris Can Slyke)DENVER (AP) — Reigning Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn crashed Tuesday while training in Copper Mountain, Colo., ahead of her planned return to racing following major knee surgery.


Federal judge grants stay of execution in Missouri

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 04:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, file photo, Joseph Paul Franklin sits in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court where jury selection was set to begin in his murder trial in Cincinnati. Franklin has been convicted of five murders, but authorities suspect he's responsible for many more during a cross-country murder spree more than three decades ago, but it was the killing of a man outside a St. Louis-area synagogue in 1977 that landed Franklin on Missouri's death row. He's scheduled to die Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, the first execution in nearly three years in Missouri. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday granted a stay of execution to white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin just hours before his scheduled death, citing concerns over the state's new execution method.


Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:10 PM PST

Anti-government protesters clash with Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi supporters near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Egypt's revolutionary groups are marking Tuesday the second anniversary of some of the fiercest confrontations between Egyptian protesters and security forces in Mohammed Mahmoud street where scores had been killed. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's revolutionary activists, overshadowed since leading the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, showed a new vigor Tuesday, scuffling with supporters of the military-backed government in Cairo's Tahrir Square and wrecking a state memorial dedicated to slain protesters only hours after it was inaugurated.


Colo. teen who killed girl to spend life in prison

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 01:03 PM PST

Austin Sigg is sits in court in Golden, Colo., where he was sentenced to life plus 86 years on Tuesday, Nov.19, 2013. Sigg, 18, pleaded guilty last month to kidnapping and killing Jessica Ridgeway in Westminster in October 2012. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered a Colorado teenager who killed and dismembered a 10-year-old Denver-area girl to spend the rest of his days behind bars, describing his crime as "evil" and saying the case that rocked the community "cries out for a life sentence."


Toronto mayor says he smoked crack 'maybe once'

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 03:47 PM PST

Mayor Rob Ford arrives at city hall in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Ford vowed "outright war" after city council stripped him of most of his remaining powers over his admitted crack cocaine use and heavy drinking. Toronto's deputy mayor promised a more cooperative approach to governing on Tuesday after assuming the powers that were stripped from Ford. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor said he's smoked crack "maybe once" and said the city council has no business stripping him of his powers, implying in a television interview Tuesday that many councilors are guilty of similar behavior.


Deputy mayor assumes many powers in Toronto

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:16 PM PST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is shown in a video frame grab as he knocks down Councillor Pam McConnell as he ran toward hecklers in the audience at City Hall on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paola Loriggio)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto's deputy mayor promised a more cooperative approach to governing on Tuesday after assuming the powers that were stripped from scandal-plagued Mayor Rob Ford.


Second annual 'Hipster Games' are here

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:02 PM PST

hipster gamesEveryone loves making fun of hipsters. The seemingly pretentious, apathetic denizens of trendiness would probably be making fun of themselves, but that's so mainstream.


Zimmerman leaves jail, will wear ankle monitor and give up guns

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:29 PM PST

George Zimmerman Leaves Jail, Can't Have GunsGeorge Zimmerman Paid $9,000 Bond to Get Out of Jail


Obama's next credibility issue: Afghanistan

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:44 PM PST

U.S. troops, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), take position at the site of a suicide attack in Maidan SharThe president made a campaign promise to remove all troops by 2014.


Zimmerman must give up guns to get out of jail during assault case

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:37 AM PST

George Zimmerman Must Give Up Guns to Get Out of JailGeorge Zimmerman Was Arrested for an Alleged Aggravated Assault


Midwest storm damage may hit $1 billion

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:13 PM PST

Residents sort through the rubble after their home was destroyed during a tornado in WashingtonIn Washington, Ill., 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in the storms that hit Sunday.


U.S., Afghanistan agree to security pact ahead of key meeting

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:21 AM PST

Afghan President Karzai addresses a joint news conference with U.S. President Obama at the White House in WashingtonThe United States said on Tuesday it was still working through details of a security pact with Afghanistan, denying the two countries have agreed on the final text of an agreement that will determine future U.S. troop presence in the country beyond 2014. Afghan spokesman Aimal Faizi said earlier the sides had agreed on a final version of the bilateral security pact that will be submitted to Afghan tribal and political leaders for approval this week. But State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters: "There are still some final issues that we are working through. We are not there yet." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the issue with Afghan President Hamid Karzai by telephone earlier on Tuesday, Psaki added.


Va. senator stabbed; son found dead in home

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:28 AM PST

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2010 file photo shows Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, gestures during debate on a health care bill during the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia State Police confirmed that Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times and his son was killed at Deeds' Home in Bath County, Va., during a Tuesday morning assault. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democrats' gubernatorial nominee four years ago, was stabbed Tuesday in his head and chest at his home, and his son died at the residence from a gunshot wound, police said.


One dead, dozens trapped in S. Africa mall collapse

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:12 PM PST

Rescuers search for construction workers still unaccounted for under the rubble at the Tongaat Mall, after a floor collapsed on November 19, 2013Tongaat (South Africa) (AFP) - Hundreds of rescuers worked into the night searching for survivors in the rubble of a half-built mall that collapsed near the South African city of Durban Tuesday, killing one person and injuring dozens. Police spokeswoman Mandy Govender said one person was confirmed dead and 26 people had been pulled from the debris after the roof of the mall collapsed. "An estimated 50 are underneath the rubble," said paramedic Neil Powell at the scene.


Backlash grows over celebrity hunter Melissa Bachman's kill

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 08:14 AM PST

Melissa BachmanMore than 250,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that South Africa deny future entry to Melissa Bachman, a big game hunter whose smiling photo with a dead lion has sparked considerable outrage.


Va. senator's son dies in home after dad stabbed

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 10:04 AM PST

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, who ran unsuccessfully for governor four years ago, was stabbed Tuesday in his head and chest at his home, and his son died at the residence from a gunshot wound, police said.

Lincoln's most famous words remembered

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 12:55 PM PST

James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013, in Gettysburg, Pa. Lincoln's speech was first delivered in Gettysburg nearly five months after the major battle that left tens of thousands of men wounded, dead or missing. Getty is scheduled to deliver the Gettysburg Address at Tuesday's ceremony. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)People gather in Gettysburg to honor the speech delivered 150 years ago.


Facing drug scandal, Ford says he has weight issue

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is interviewed by Today Show host Matt Lauer in TorontoThe embattled Toronto mayor told Matt Lauer he doesn't actually remember smoking crack cocaine in his now infamous "drunken stupor," but that he is nonetheless fit to lead.


Obama job disapproval reaches a career high

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST

Botched ACA Rollout Hammers Obama; Job Disapproval Reaches a Career HighPresident Obama has been hammered by the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act.


Va. lawmaker hospitalized after assault; person found dead in his home

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 08:33 AM PST

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2010 file photo shows Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, gestures during debate on a health care bill during the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Police say a Deeds, a state senator and former gubernatorial candidate is in the hospital after being assaulted at his home in Virginia, and another person was found dead inside the home. Virginia State Police said in a news release Tuesday that Deeds, who unsuccessfully ran for governor four years ago, had suffered serious injuries. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A state senator and former gubernatorial candidate was critically injured Tuesday after being assaulted at his Virginia home, and another person was found dead inside the home, police and hospital officials said.


Selfie tops twerk as Oxford's word of the year

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 01:22 AM PST

Selfie is the 2013 word of the year, Oxford Dictionaries announced Tuesday, edging out some stiff competition from twerk. Usage of the word has increased 17,000 percent over the past 12 months, said Oxford Dictionaries, which publishes the mammoth Oxford English Dictionary (OED), styled as the definitive record of the English language. Selfie is defined as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website". In 2013 it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portrait photo.

Fla. judge sets Zimmerman bond on assault charge, forbids weapons

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST

Zimmerman in courtBy Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, who was acquitted last summer in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released from jail on Tuesday after his arrest for an incident in which he is alleged to have pulled a shotgun on his girlfriend. Zimmerman was released by sheriff's deputies from a jail in Sanford, Florida, after a court hearing in which Seminole County Judge Fred Schott said he found probable cause for Monday's arrest and set bail at $9,000. The judge set January 7 as the date for Zimmerman's next appearance in court on charges stemming from a domestic dispute on Monday, when he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend in her central Florida home. He also banned Zimmerman from any travel outside Florida and ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring device for the duration of his release on bond.


Thousands of Afghan elders to decide if U.S. troops stay or go

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 01:29 AM PST

Members of a traditional Afghan grand assembly convened to debate matters of national importance known as a "Loya Jirga" walk outside a giant tent in KabulBy Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghan tribal and political leaders will gather in the Afghan capital this week to decide whether to allow U.S. troops to stay after the 2014 drawdown of foreign forces. Without an accord on the Bilateral Security Agreement, the United States says it could pull out all of its troops at the end of 2014, leaving Afghanistan's fledgling security forces on their own to fight the Taliban-led insurgency. Security was tight in Kabul ahead of the Loya Jirga, a traditional Afghan grand assembly convened to debate matters of national importance, following a suicide bomb attack outside the tent over the weekend. "The Loya Jirga is crucial for the future of our country," said Farhad Sediqqi, a member of parliament who will attend the assembly.


Deadly blasts near Iran Embassy in Beirut

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 09:36 AM PST

Lebanese men run to remove dead bodies from burned cars, at the scene where two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy killing several, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. The blasts in south Beirut's neighborhood of Janah also caused extensive damage on the nearby buildings and the Iranian mission. The area is a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group, which is a main ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war next door. It's not clear if the blasts are related to Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)The Iranian cultural attaché is among 23 people killed in the twin explosions.


Search for victims as Sardinia floods leave 18 dead

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:19 AM PST

OLBIA (Italy) (AFP) - Italian emergency workers searched house by house on the island of Sardinia on Tuesday after a Mediterranean cyclone triggered flash floods, leaving 18 people dead and forcing thousands to seek emergency shelter. "We are looking inside homes, inside basements, particularly in outlying areas," Gianfranco Galaffu, local director of the civil protection agency for the worst affected northern part of the island, told AFP. For now we are taking care of the most acute emergencies," he said, adding that personnel and equipment were being sent in from other parts of Sardinia and mainland Italy. Thousands were displaced by the flooding, said Environment Minister Andrea Orlando.

Toronto crack-smoking mayor off booze, and TV

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 04:52 PM PST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is surrounded by the media as he waits for an elevator outside his office at City Hall on November 15, 2013 in Toronto, OntarioToronto (Canada) (AFP) - Toronto's disgraced mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to smoking crack cocaine and binge drinking, stepped up the battle to reclaim his reputation Tuesday in a series of extraordinary television interviews. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office had said previously it does not condone drug abuse but would continue to work with Ford.


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