2013年11月25日星期一

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Shooter’s mom wanted to buy him gun

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 01:38 PM PST

Adam LanzaAdam Lanza's mom wrote him a check to buy him a gun for Christmas.


502,165 lights set world record

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 12:54 PM PST

World record Christmas lightsOne Australian family sure knows how to light up the holidays. David Richards and the rest of his festive brood officially broke the Guinness World Record for having the most Christmas lights attached to their Canberra, Australia, home. The whopping 502,165 multi-colored bulbs create a...


More methane spewed than EPA says

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:28 PM PST

File photo of a cow sticking its tongue out while being fed at a feedlot in Santa LuciaWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane — a potent heat-trapping gas — than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study says. Much of it is coming from just three states: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.


Easing of Iran sanctions could start in December

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:33 PM PST

In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranians hold posters of President Hassan Rouhani as they welcome Iranian nuclear negotiators upon their arrival from Geneva at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Hundreds of cheering supporters greeted Iran's nuclear negotiators as they arrived back to Tehran late Sunday night. Tehran agreed Sunday to a six-month pause of its nuclear program while diplomats continue talks. International observers are set to monitor Iran's nuclear sites as the West eases about $7 billion of the economic sanctions crippling the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/ISNA,Hemmat Khahi)BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union sanctions against Iran could be eased as soon as December, officials said Monday, after a potentially history-shaping deal that gives Tehran six months to increase access to its nuclear sites in exchange for keeping the core components of its uranium program.


Ohio prep football rape grand jury charges 4 more

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 05:04 PM PST

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces indictments against four additional people in relation to the 2012 rape of a high school student, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The charges against Superintendent Mike McVey include felony counts of obstructing justice, DeWine said. An elementary school principal, Lynnett Gorman, 40, and a strength coach, Seth Fluharty, 26, are charged with failing to report possible child abuse. A former volunteer coach, Matthew Bellardine, 26, faces several misdemeanor charges, including making false statements and contributing to underage alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school superintendent and three others were charged Monday with lying or failing to report possible child abuse after an investigation prompted by the rape of a nearly passed-out 16-year-old girl by two high school football players.


Travelers cast wary eye as storm moves eastward

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:34 PM PST

Troy Peoples, center, and Amenia Evernz, right, pass the time watching TV after their flight to Washington state was delayed by two hours due to winter weather at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Winter weather has caused travel disruptions throughout the area including the cancelation and delays of hundreds of flights. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)DALLAS (AP) — A winter storm blamed for at least 10 fatal accidents in the West and Texas threatens to dampen the Thanksgiving holiday for millions of Americans traveling this week.


Police: Yale safe after possible gunman hoax call

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:38 PM PST

Police respond to the reports of a gunman on Yale campus Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, in New Haven, Conn. A lockdown remained in effect on the Old Campus Monday afternoon as police search rooms to confirm that no gunman is on campus. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Arnold Gold)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities investigated a phone call saying an armed man was heading to shoot up the school, a warning they later said was likely a hoax.


Contractor charged with murder in Philly collapse

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 03:24 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken June 5, 2013, rescue personnel search the rubble of a building that collapsed on Market Street in downtown Philadelphia, leaving six people dead. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 said that contractor Griffin T. Campbell has been charged with third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter, in connection with the collapse. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cut-rate building contractor will face murder charges for a botched demolition in downtown Philadelphia that killed six people inside an adjacent store, officials announced Monday.


Wal-Mart CEO steps down; McMillon is successor

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart International, speaks at the shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 announced that CEO and President Mike Duke is stepping down from those posts, and named McMillon as his successor, effective Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/April L. Brown, File)BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is ushering in a changing of the guard as the world's largest retailer confronts slower growth and challenges to its reputation.


Katie Couric to anchor Yahoo's video news coverage

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:18 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 23, 2013 file photo shows TV host Katie Couric at the Somaly Mam Foundation Gala in New York. Couric is joining Yahoo to anchor a news program for the Internet company as it tries to expand its audience and sell more advertising. An announcement on Monday, Nov. 25, confirms recent published reports that Couric would diversify into online video programming after spending decades in broadcast television as a talk-show host and news anchor. The 56-year-old Couric will continue to host her daytime talk show, "Katie," on ABC even after she becomes Yahoo's "global anchor" beginning next year. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Katie Couric is joining Yahoo to anchor an expansion of the Internet company's video news coverage in a move that she hopes will help persuade other broadcast TV veterans to make the transition into online programming.


Police: Yale campus safe, no gunman found

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 03:53 PM PST

Police respond to the reports of a gunman on Yale campus Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, in New Haven, Conn. A lockdown remained in effect on the Old Campus Monday afternoon as police search rooms to confirm that no gunman is on campus. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Arnold Gold)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities investigated a phone call saying an armed man was heading to shoot up the school, a warning they later said was likely a hoax.


Prosecutor: Conn. gunman's motive still a mystery

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:19 PM PST

FILE - This undated file identification photo released Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., shows former student Adam Lanza, who authorities said opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, killing 26 students and educators. Investigators released a report on the shooting Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, by the prosecutor overseeing the probe, State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III. (AP Photo/Western Connecticut State University, File)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Why Adam Lanza went on his murderous shooting rampage at a Newtown elementary school is a mystery and may never be known, prosecutors said in a report Monday as they closed their yearlong investigation.


Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 06:03 AM PST

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — When life gives you Hanukkah on Thanksgiving, make a menurkey. Or a turkel.

Thai leader invokes security law amid protests

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 08:24 AM PST

Anti-government protesters confront with riot police during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Bangkok braced for major disruptions Monday as a massive anti-government march fanned out to 13 locations in a growing bid to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's prime minister invoked an emergency law on Monday after demonstrators seeking to remove her from office occupied parts of the finance and foreign ministries.


Ohio HS football rape grand jury charges 4 more

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 01:31 PM PST

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces indictments against four additional people in relation to the 2012 rape of a high school student, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The charges against Superintendent Mike McVey include felony counts of obstructing justice, DeWine said. An elementary school principal, Lynnett Gorman, 40, and a strength coach, Seth Fluharty, 26, are charged with failing to report possible child abuse. A former volunteer coach, Matthew Bellardine, 26, faces several misdemeanor charges, including making false statements and contributing to underage alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school superintendent and two coaches were charged Monday with lying or failing to report possible child abuse after an investigation prompted by the rape of a nearly passed-out 16-year-old girl by two high school football players.


Obama pushes back on critics of Iran deal

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 12:30 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2103 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room at the White House about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. For President Barack Obama, the deal to temporarily freeze Iran's nuclear program could pave the way for one of his biggest foreign policy victories and steady his flailing presidency. But the venture is rife with risk, including possibly miscalculating Iran's intentions and straining already tense relationships with Congress and Middle Eastern allies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to his critics, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the weekend nuclear agreement with Iran, declaring that the United States "cannot close the door on diplomacy."


4 face obstruction charges in school rape case

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:42 AM PST

FILE-- This file photo from Jan. 9, 2013, shows the Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said on Thursday April 25, 2013 that search warrants have been executed at the high school attended by the two football players convicted in this trial. DeWine's office says in a statement that search warrants were also executed Thursday at the Steubenville school board offices and a northeast Ohio digital investigations company. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)Ohio grand jury indicts superintendent, principal, 2 coaches in Steubenville.


Sandy Hook report sheds no light on motive

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 01:33 PM PST

Girls embraces outside St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, which was filled to capacity, during a healing service held in for victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Connecticut releases report on investigation into Newtown school shooting that killed 26.


Yale lockdown mostly lifted, as police continue door-to-door search

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PST

Yale: Confirmed Report Of Person On Campus With GunThe University Confirmed the Report of a Person on Campus With a Gun


Day in the life of Zaatari: 'We have almost tripled the number of kids going to school'

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A turkey of a travel day

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST

Thanksgiving Storm Moves East, Could Snarl Holiday Travel for MillionsStorm sweeps eastward from California, heading for Maine. What's in store?


Caller warned roommate was heading to Yale campus with gun

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:17 AM PST

Ambulances Standby Outside Yale University After Gunman ReportedPolice: Anonymous caller warned roommate was heading to Yale campus with gun        


Winter storm heads east, could spell Thanksgiving travel grief

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Amtrak Crescent with 218 aboard derails in S. Carolina

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 07:16 AM PST

An Amtrak employee walks off a train car after the Amtrak Crescent train derailed, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, in Spartanburg County, S.C. Several cars of the New York City-bound train with 218 people aboard went off the tracks early Monday as bags flew and jolted passengers clung to each other, authorities and passengers said. There were no serious injuries. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Several cars of the New York City-bound Amtrak Crescent with 218 people aboard went off the tracks in South Carolina early Monday as bags flew and jolted passengers clung to each other, authorities and passengers said.


Report due on Sandy Hook shooting investigation

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 08:57 AM PST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Investigators planned to release a long-awaited report Monday on the Newtown school shooting that could provide some of the first official answers to questions about the history of the gunman and the police response to one of the worst school shootings in history.

NYC-bound Amtrak train goes off the rails in S. Carolina; none badly hurt

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:42 AM PST

Workers are on the scene near the Amtrak Crescent train after it derailed, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, in Spartanburg County, S.C. Several cars of the New York City-bound train with 218 people aboard went off the tracks early Monday as bags flew and jolted passengers clung to each other, authorities and passengers said. There were no serious injuries. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Several cars of the New York City-bound Amtrak Crescent with 218 people aboard went off the tracks in South Carolina early Monday as bags flew and jolted passengers clung to each other, authorities and passengers said.


Adulterers could face stoning in Afghanistan

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 05:59 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds a copy of a weekly security report during the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Afghanistan's president says he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A human rights group wants the Karzai administration to prevent the extreme measure.


School superintendent charged in rape case inquiry

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 08:40 AM PST

FILE-- This file photo from Jan. 9, 2013, shows the Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said on Thursday April 25, 2013 that search warrants have been executed at the high school attended by the two football players convicted in this trial. DeWine's office says in a statement that search warrants were also executed Thursday at the Steubenville school board offices and a northeast Ohio digital investigations company. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)A principal and two coaches also face charges as the Steubenville inquiry continues.


New health concerns for American detained in N. Korea

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Consumer cop: Send us your complaints

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:23 AM PST

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Cordray answers questions at the Reuters Washington Summit in WashingtonWatchdog Richard Cordray says mortgages and debt collections are hot topics.


U.N.: Syria peace talks slated for January

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 09:03 AM PST

Russian deputy Foreign Ministers Mikhail Bogdanov, background 3rd left, and Gennady Gatilov, center, arrive for a meeting with UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, to find a politic solution to the crisis in Syria, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (AP) — Syria's government and opposition will meet for the first time on Jan. 22 in Geneva, in an attempt to halt the nearly 3-year-old civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people, the United Nations announced Monday.


Lawmakers look to sanctions if Iran deal falters

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 05:14 AM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) reacts next to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C) as US Secretary of State John Kerry embraces French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) after a statement on November 24, 2013 in GenevaMembers of Congress are making contingency plans for what happens if the deal falls apart.


Deadly winter storm hits Texas, heading east

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 01:33 AM PST

Icicles formed on a photinia bush after the first round of winter weather moved through Tarrant county, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. A second, stronger round of freezing precipitation is expected to hit north Texas Sunday night and Monday morning. (AP Photo/Star-Telegram, David Kent)A storm blamed for at least eight deaths in the West was expected to bring freezing rain and sleet to parts of Texas as it continued making its way through the Southwest before moving east ahead of Thanksgiving.


Obama mixes fundraising with immigration message

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 12:40 AM PST

President Barack Obama looks at the view of Mount Rainier at sunset with and White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, right, upon their arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 in Seattle, Wash. Obama is traveling on a three day West Coast swing to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles that will feature a bit of official business but mostly fundraising for the Democratic party. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)SEATTLE (AP) — President Barack Obama is blending an aggressive fundraising schedule for Democrats with a pitch for overhauling the nation's immigration laws, mixing a powerful issue within his party with the inevitable financial draw of an incumbent president.


Winter storm kills 13 in U.S., threatens holiday travel

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 07:33 PM PST

A major winter storm that has dumped freezing rain and snow in the US southwest has killed at least 13 people in five states, US media reportsA major winter storm that has dumped freezing rain and snow in the US southwest has killed at least 13 people in five states, US media reported. Meanwhile, icy roads and flooding have already created hazardous conditions in Oklahoma, Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona.


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