2013年12月15日星期日

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McCain: CIA misled Congress on missing American

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:35 PM PST

U.S. Senator McCain waves during a visit to a pro-European integration mass rally at Independence Square in KievSen. John McCain suggested on Sunday that the CIA has not been forthcoming with the Congress on details about an American who disappeared while on a secret intelligence mission to Iran.


Report: Tamerlan Tsarnaev heard voices in his head

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:46 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2010, file photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass. Prosecutors in the case against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan's brother, say a man shot to death during questioning by an agent in Florida told investigators that Tamerlan had been involved in a triple homicide (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie File) MANDATORY CREDITIn a Boston Globe report, Tsarnaev believed in "majestic mind control."


'Lawrence of Arabia' star Peter O'Toole dead at 81

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:12 PM PST

FILE - In this March 23, 2003 file photo, Peter O'Toole appears backstage without his Oscar after receiving the Academy Award's Honorary Award during the 75th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died. He was 81. O'Toole's agent Steve Kenis says the actor died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at a hospital following a long illness. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 81.


AP-GfK poll: Health law seen as eroding coverage

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 11:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the new health care law during a White House Youth Summit, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama's health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and overall 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama's health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and overall 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly.


Michelle Bachelet easily regains Chile presidency

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 04:49 PM PST

Presidential candidate and former President Michelle Bachelet gives the thumbs up sign during a victory rally in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. With 90 percent of the votes counted, Bachelet had an unbeatable 62 percent to 38 percent for the center-right's Evelyn Matthei, who has conceded defeat. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's once and future leader Michelle Bachelet easily won Sunday's presidential runoff, returning center-left parties to power by promising profound social changes in response to years of street protests.


C. African militias seek president's overthrow

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:24 AM PST

Anti-Balaka Christian militiamen gather in a forest clearing outside Central African Republic's capital Bangui, Sunday Dec. 15, 2013. The leader of the Christian militia says his fighters won't put down their rebellion until President Michel Djotodia is gone from power, raising the specter of a prolonged sectarian conflict in the country. More than 600 people have been killed since Anti-Balaka launched a strike over Bangui last week before being pushed back. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Christian militiamen fighting to oust Central African Republic's Muslim president from power hide in the hills far on the edge of the capital. Out of the forest of banana trees, about two dozen young men slowly emerge to meet their visitors — armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles.


Colorado governor visits school shooting victim

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 04:38 PM PST

Roses and a sign of support are woven into a cyclone fence around a tennis court at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The school was the scene of a shooting on Friday that left a student gunman dead and two other students injured. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's governor asked the nation Sunday for prayers for the 17-year-old girl who was critically wounded by a classmate at her suburban Denver high school.


O'Toole scored 8 Oscar nods, but won none

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:04 PM PST

FILE - In this undated photo Actor Peter O'Toole is shown. O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died. He was 81. O'Toole's agent Steve Kenis says the actor died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at a hospital following a long illness. (AP Photo/File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — In his storied career, stage and screen actor Peter O'Toole, who died Saturday at age 81 following a long bout of illness, dynamically pronounced countless memorable characters, from the daring T.E. Lawrence in "Lawrence of Arabia" to amorous Maurice in "Venus."


Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 07:25 AM PST

Pro-European Union activists gather during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. About 200,000 anti-government demonstrators converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday, a dramatic demonstration that the opposition's morale remains strong after nearly four weeks of daily protests. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests, but the rally was shadowed by suggestions that their goal of closer ties with Europe may be imperiled.


Syrian refugees in Lebanon face bitter winter

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:54 PM PST

Syrian refugees walk outside their tents at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Tens of thousands of impoverished Syrian refugees living in tents, shacks and unfinished buildings throughout Lebanon face a miserable winter as aid organizations scramble to meet their needs, constantly overwhelmed by ever-more Syrians fleeing their country's war. Charities have already distributed blankets, mattresses, kerosene heaters, winter clothes and coupons for fuel ahead of the region's unprecedented storm this week that blanketed parts of Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Turkey, Israel and even Egypt's deserts with snow, amid icy and rainy winds. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Shivering in the snow, Syrian Aisha Mohammad looked at the last-minute charity that saved her children from freezing during the smack of a particularly tough Lebanese winter: a wood-burning stove complete with twigs and garbage to ignite in hopes of warming her drafty tent in an icy eastern plain.


Moderate Syrian rebels vow to protect journalists

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:53 PM PST

This undated picture released by the family of Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova shows, Spanish photographer Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, right, who was kidnapped in Syria 11 weeks ago takes photographs of a Free Syrian Army fighter in Aleppo, Syria. The families of two Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria 11 weeks ago appealed publicly today for their safe and immediate release. Javier Espinosa, bureau chief of EL MUNDO in the Middle East with 25 years of front line reporting, and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, award-winning freelance photographer, were abducted on the 16th of September at a check-point near Tal-Abyad, northern Syria. They were taken to facilities belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)BEIRUT (AP) — The leaders of Syria's main Western-backed moderate rebel faction said they would do everything in their power to protect journalists on assignment in the country and work to secure the release of those who have already been abducted.


Michelle Bachelet easily wins Chile presidency

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST

Presidential candidate and former President Michelle Bachelet waves to supporters after casting her vote during presidential elections in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Michelle Bachelet is widely expected to return to Chile's presidency by beating conservative rival Evelyn Matthei in Sunday's runoff vote. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo).SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's once and future President Michelle Bachelet won Sunday's runoff election after promising profound changes in society in response to years of street protests.


Ski lodges, snowmobilers buoyed by Northeast snow

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:08 PM PST

Skiers get on a chairlift at Blue Hills Ski Area Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 in Canton, Mass. The National Weather Service says parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island will see snow accumulation of between 6 inches and a foot. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A weekend storm that dumped a foot or more of snow in parts of the Northeast made ski area operators and snow removal workers happy, but travelers were forced to deal with slippery roads and flight cancellations Sunday.


Colorado school rampage lasted less than 2 minutes

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 09:07 AM PST

Roses and a sign of support are woven into a cyclone fence around a tennis court at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The school was the scene of a shooting on Friday that left a student gunman dead and two other students injured. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado teenager who may have been nursing a grudge against a high school teacher since September intended to harm that teacher and inflict numerous other casualties when he entered his school and shot a student at point-blank range before killing himself, authorities said.


George P. takes baby steps away from Bush name

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:21 PM PST

File - In this Nov. 19, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, the grandson of one former president and nephew of another, visits the Republican Party of Texas headquarters where he formally filed to run for Texas land commissioner, in Austin, Texas. Bush will face former El Paso Democratic Mayor John Cook in next November's election. Rather than campaigning on the mainstream Republicanism embodied by the family name, Bush says he's AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The latest scion of one of America's most powerful political dynasties is trying to convince voters he's something other than what his famous surname suggests.


More famous Jameis: Winston wins Heisman Trophy

Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:43 PM PST

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston kisses the Heisman Trophy while posing for photographers after winning the trophy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in New York. Winston, 19, is the youngest winner of the trophy and the second straight player to win the prestigious award in his first year of college. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEW YORK (AP) — Jameis Winston left voters no choice but to give him the Heisman Trophy. And like every other Florida State victory this season, it was a blowout.


South Africa buries Mandela

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 05:32 AM PST

Photos of the day - December 15, 2013QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela was buried Sunday in the African ground he loved after a funeral ceremony that included a 21-gun salute and fly-overs by military aircraft as well as a eulogy by a traditional leader wearing an animal skin.


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