2014年10月10日星期五

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College revokes senator's degree

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT

In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., right, and his son Michael leave the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walsh says the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. has revoked his master's degree after an investigation into plagiarism allegations. The college launched the probe in August 2014 after The New York Times published a story showing Walsh borrowed heavily from other sources for a research paper he wrote in 2007. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)Investigators conclude John Walsh plagiarized a research paper required to graduate.


Gay marriage obstacles fall in conservative states

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:58 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Antioco Carri and Theo Small hold-up their marriage license after being the first couple in line at the Clark County Marriage License Bureau in Downtown on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)Weddings, court rulings and confusion are defining a week that started with the U.S. Supreme Court denying appeals from five states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. Here's a rundown of the most recent developments:


Beheading in Oklahoma: Was it terrorism or workplace violence?

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:19 AM PDT

Oklahoma Beheading Suspect Faces Death PenaltyMoore, Okla., is a sleepy suburb where major crime is almost unheard of — especially something like the grisly decapitation of one person by a co-worker and the attempted decapitation of another. Local officials have described what happened at Vaughan Foods as a horrifying but random case of an angry worker lashing out. But while the FBI says it has found no links so far between the confessed killer and the Islamic State or other extremist groups, there is little doubt that he sympathized with their cause.


Nobel Prize-winner's crusade on child slavery

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:52 AM PDT

Satyarthi comemora o anúncio em casa, em Nova DélhiUnderstandably overshadowed in the celebration of Malala's win was 2014's other Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old from New Delhi who has fought for decades to end child slavery. So who is he?


Supreme Court lifts hold on gay marriage in Idaho

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:07 PM PDT

Sharene and Lori Watsen appear with lawyers and fellow plaintiffs that sued the state over a gay marriage ban hold a press conference outside of the James A. McClure Federal Building and US Courthouse in BoiseBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex matrimony to proceed in Idaho on Friday by lifting a temporary hold imposed earlier in the week, capping a week of victories for supporters of gay marriage in America. The move came as a district court judge struck down North Carolina's prohibition on gay nuptials, and followed days of back-and-forth federal court actions that could soon see legal weddings for gay couples extended to 35 states. ...


Las Vegas sounds false alarm as global Ebola fears spread

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:09 PM PDT

A sign asks patients to inform staff if they have various symptoms and have recently traveled internationally or have had contact with someone who recently traveled internationally at Bellevue Hospital in ManhattanBy Grant McCool (Reuters) - A commercial plane was briefly quarantined on a Las Vegas airport tarmac on Friday, sending airline shares down as worldwide fears increased that Ebola could spread outside West Africa, where it has killed more than 4,000 people. Airline and hospital officials said a Delta Air Lines plane was held at McCarran International Airport, but it turned out to be a false alarm and an all-clear was issued. A Delta spokesman said the concerns arose after a passenger on the flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport reported feeling unwell. ...


St. Louis braces for weekend of protests after new shooting

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:06 PM PDT

Police officers block an intersection during a protest after a vigil in St. Louis, MissouriBy Kenny Bahr CLAYTON Mo. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters marched through the rain on Friday afternoon to the St. Louis County courthouse, kicking off a weekend of demonstrations against police violence after eight people were arrested in protests overnight. Chanting "This is what democracy looks like" and "Hey, hey, ho, ho, these killer cops have got to go," the demonstrators walked peacefully for 90 minutes through a four-block area of the city of Clayton, adjacent to St. Louis. There were none of the clashes with police that have marked protests in the St. ...


Kim Jong Un mystery deepens

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2014 file image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds up parliament membership certificate during the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, North Korea, when it was held for the first time under the new leader. North and South Korea traded machine-gun and rifle fire Friday, Oct. 10 after South Korean activists released anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons across the border, officials said. The exchange of fire comes as speculation grows about the condition of the North Korea's authoritarian leader who has been out of public view for more than a month. He missed a major anniversary event on Friday for the first time in three years. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video, File) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un didn't appear at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, further increasing speculation that something is amiss with the authoritarian leader who hasn't been seen publicly in more than a month.


Unexpected race could upend Senate control

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2014 file photo, former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and candidate for U.S. Senate, visits with supporters at his campaign headquarters in downtown Pierre, S.D. On Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, Rounds released his written answers to questions on what he knew about the state's involvement in the federal EB-5 program that lets foreign investors obtain a green card with a $500,000 investment in an approved job-creating project. The state's Government Operations and Audit Committee plans to review his answers and those from Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nora Hertel, File)The race for South Dakota's open Senate seat has Democrats and Republicans scrambling.


Civilians 'will be most likely massacred'

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Turkish Kurds stand on the balcony of a building in Mursitpinar, in the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, on the Turkey-Syria border, as they watch intensified fighting over the border in Kobani, Syria, between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, a U.N. official warned that hundreds of civilians who remain trapped in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani near the border with Turkey were likely to be "massacred" by advancing extremists and called on Ankara to help prevent a catastrophe.


Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe

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Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe


Driking coffee is good for your liver, says study

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Coffee Lover? Blame Your GenesDrinking decaffeinated coffee is just as helpful as drinking regular coffee is for maintaining a healthy liver, a new study finds. Regardless of whether they drank decaf or regular, people in the study who drank large quantities of coffee on a daily basis had lower levels of abnormal liver enzymes, the researchers found. Other studies have found that drinking coffee is associated with lower risks of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. "Prior research found that drinking coffee may have a possible protective effect on the liver," lead researcher Dr. Qian Xiao, of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, said in a statement.


Ebola patient had 103-degree fever

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:07 PM PDT

This Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 photo shows a copy of Thomas Eric Duncan's medical records from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, provided by Duncan's family to The Associated Press. The records encompass his time in the emergency room, his urgent return to the hospital two days later and a chronicle of his steep decline as his organs began to fail. Duncan carried the deadly Ebola virus with him from his home in Liberia, though he showed no symptoms when he left for the United States. He arrived in Dallas on Sept. 20 and fell ill several days later. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)Thomas Duncan's temperature spiked when he got to the ER - but he was still sent home.


This White House report is giant listicle, full of emojis. Why?

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Emoji Push Aside Emoticons on Your SmartphoneOn Wednesday, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a report about the status of Millennials across the nation, touching on education, debt, and healthcare rates.


Flash floods swamp Italian port of Genoa; one feared dead

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT

Flash floods swamp Italian port of Genoa; one feared deadFlash floods hit Genoa on October 9 after torrential rains. Early reports said at least one person had died. This video, from Genoa resident Gabriele Carretta‎, shows flooding near the city's Piazza Caricamento. Credit: YouTube/Benedetto Arlia


21 dead, including 8 children, from Assad regime bombing in Syria

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:31 AM PDT

A Syrian army fighter points his rifle towards the rebel-held province of Daraa as he takes position on the green Line in Mjeimer in the mainly-Druze southern province of Suwaida on January 23, 2013Beirut (AFP) - Syrian regime bombardment and air strikes killed at least 21 civilians, eight of them children, in the south and northeast of the country Friday, a monitoring group said.


U.S. Navy plans missile shield at southern Romania base

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:29 AM PDT

In this handout photograph from the US Navy, US service members deployed to the Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, groups center and right, bow their heads with members of the Romanian Military, left, during a religious moment of the establishment and assumption of command ceremony in Deveselu, Romania, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. The NSF Deveselu Base, established more than 20 years ago, will be part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System. The US Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield which Russia strongly opposes.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy / LT j.g. Alexander Perrien, Handout)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield that Russia strongly opposes.


U.S. senator lifts objections to $750 million Ebola funding shift

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:40 AM PDT

Senator Inhofe talks to media after closed Senate Armed Services hearing in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department won permission to shift $750 million in war funds to fight Ebola in West Africa as a Republican senator on Friday lifted his remaining objections to the transfer. The action by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma will give the Pentagon enough funding for about six months of operations in West Africa, including the deployment of up to 4,000 troops and the establishment some 17 Ebola treatment facilities with 100 beds each. ...


UN fears massacre in Kobani, urges Turkey to intervene

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 06:46 AM PDT

Heavy smoke from a fire caused by a strike rises in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy called on Turkey on Friday to help prevent a slaughter in the Syrian border town of Kobani at the hands of Islamic State fighters, saying he feared a repeat of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre when thousands died. Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations' envoy to Syria, appealed to Ankara to let "volunteers" cross the frontier so that they can reinforce Kurdish militias defending the town that lies within sight of Turkish territory. ...


Online path lured two French girls to jihad

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:30 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 photo, Severine Ali Mehenni holds pictures of her daughter Sahra dressed in a traditional Islamic robe, at her home in Lezignan Corbieres, France. Sahra is one of the more than 100 girls from France alone who have left to join jihad in Syria, up from just a handful 18 months ago, when the trip was not even on Europe's security radar, officials say. (AP Photo/ Fred Scheiber)LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, France (AP) — On the day she left for Syria, Sahra strode along the train platform with two bulky schoolbags slung over her shoulder. In a grainy image caught on security camera, the French teen tucks her hair into a headscarf.


In Europe, Ebola fears escalate

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:18 AM PDT

Medical personnel leave a quarantined hotel in SkopjeThough only one confirmed case on European soil, dozens more with signs of disease being closely watched.


Malala's Nobel

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Malala Yousafzai speaks about her fight for girls' education on the International Day of the Girl at the World Bank in Washington. Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "heroic struggle" for girls' rights to education, it is announced Friday Oct. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, Kailash Satyarthi of India win Peace Prize; at 17, Malala is youngest-ever winner.


Arkansas Republican, 'Evel Knievel' of Congress, jumps bikes on days off

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:32 AM PDT

Tim Griffin - Jump - 2 - 500Yahoo News spends a day at the racetrack with dirtbike rider and Congressman Tim Griffin of Arkansas.


Jan Hooks, former SNL comedienne, dead at 57

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:39 AM PDT

This photo provided by NBC Universal shows Jan Hooks as Verna in season 4 of the television series, "30 Rock." Hooks, the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member has died. She was 57. Hooks died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 according to her agent Lisa Lieberman. (AP Photo/NBCU Photo Bank, Ali Goldstein)NEW YORK (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jan Hooks, whose impressions ranged from Nancy Reagan to Sinead O'Connor to Tammy Faye Bakker during a five-year stint on the show, has died.


Ebola crisis reveals massive disparities at U.S. hospitals

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:28 AM PDT

A medical practitioner wearing protective clothing stands next to an isolated patient on the sixth floor of the the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Two doctors who treated a Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola have been admitted to a Madrid hospital for precautionary observation, bringing to six the number being monitored at the center. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored. The nurse, who had cared for a Spanish priest who died of Ebola, was the first case of Ebola being transmitted outside of West Africa, where a months-long outbreak has killed at least 3,500 people and infected at least twice as many. (AP Photo)A few days before the Ebola-infected Thomas Eric Duncan arrived in Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to reunite with his fiancee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a sternly worded alert to the nation's hospitals.


From 'Maleficent' to honorary dame: Queen honors Jolie

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:55 AM PDT

U.S actress Angelina Jolie, right, is presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Jolie received an honorary damehood (DCMG) for services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war zone sexual violence. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin, pool)LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has honored campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony.


In the abortion wars, a new ground zero

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:41 AM PDT

Planned Parenthood Buffer ZoneThis summer the Supreme Court declared a "buffer zone" separating protesters from patients at an abortion site to be unconstitutional. In Portland, Maine, as in other cities that once had buffer zone laws and now do not, the players in the ongoing abortion drama are trying to figure out what that means.


Courts block voter ID laws in Texas, Wisconsin

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:26 AM PDT

A woman walks past voting booths at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Early voting began in Ohio after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a dispute over the schedule, pushing the start date back a week in the swing state. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax deliberately meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day, and mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar Wisconsin measure.


Tesla reveals its most powerful model yet

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Tesla reveals AWD, 691-hp Model S, its most powerful model yet.


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