2014年10月7日星期二

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Panetta's stinging words for former boss Obama

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT

Katie Couric interviews Leon PanettaThe former CIA director has harshly critiques the President.


Video shows officer using stun gun in traffic stop

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:02 PM PDT

Hammond Family Sues Police For Excessive Force During Traffic StopHAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A cellphone video released Tuesday shows police in Indiana breaking a car window then using a stun gun on a man after police stopped the driver for not wearing a seat belt.


Jesse Jackson meets with Ebola patient's family

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Nowai Korkoya, mother of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, center, walks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, and Josephus Weeks, Duncan's nephew after they spoke to reporters Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Dallas. Duncan's family has gathered in Dallas to check on his condition. (AP Photo/LM Otero)DALLAS (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson presided over a prayer vigil at the Dallas hospital where the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is being treated for the deadly disease.


Update on Chinese quake

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:41 AM PDT

The remote Chinese province of Yunnan suffers frequent seismic activity and more than 600 people were killed when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous region in August 2014BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, though initial reports from state media said there were only limited casualties in the sparsely populated, mountainous region. The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 163 km (100 miles) north-northwest of Yunjinghong and 10 km deep. The official Xinhua news agency said shaking could be felt in the provincial capital of Yunnan, Kunming, as well as several other major cities in the province. ...


Police impersonator confronts the exact wrong person

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT

A Suffolk County Police car is stationed in the driveway of the home of Shoreham-Wading River High School junior Tom Cutinella, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Shoreham, N.Y. Authorities say Cutinella, a 16-year-old football player at the high school, died at a hospital the night before after suffering a head injury in an on-field collision during a game with John Glenn High School in Elwood, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A 41-year-old Midland, Texas, man got a surprise when he tried to impersonate a police officer and berate a fellow driver. The driver he chastised was a police detective.


Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Union Flags fly along The Mall as a taxi passes near the Queen Victoria Memorial statue and Buckingham Palace in London, on May 29, 2012LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in their early 20s in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, police said in a statement. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. "A number of residential addresses and vehicles are being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation. ...


Obscure government agencies get military Humvees, guns

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT

Kim Clark gets his horse ready to load onto a trailer with his Colt .45BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun and a Humvee — even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.


Wal-Mart to stop healthcare for some part-timers

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:33 PM PDT

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in Bentonville(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would no longer provide health benefits to some part-time workers in the United States due to ballooning healthcare costs. The company said on Monday it would stop health benefits for part-time associates who work less than 30 hours. The move is expected to impact about 2 percent of the company's workforce, the company said in a blog post. Wal-Mart cut its full-year profit forecast in August, citing higher employee benefit costs, among other things. The company said then that it expected to spend $500 million on U.S. ...


Strong earthquake shakes southwestern China

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT

Map China EarthquakeBEIJING (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province late Tuesday evening, killing at least one person, sending thousands fleeing into the streets and damaging buildings, officials and reports said.


Al-Qaida-linked rebels abduct priest, 20 Christians in Syria

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Supporters of the Al-Nusra Front take part in a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the international coalition in Aleppo, northern Syria on September 26, 2014Jerusalem (AFP) - Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria have seized a priest and 20 other Christians in the latest abduction by militants in the war-torn country, the Franciscan Order said on Tuesday.


Despite some anxiety, retailers foresee holiday uptick coming

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Holiday sales seen rising 4.1 percentAmericans are expected to spend at the highest rate in three years during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, according to the nation's largest retail industry trade group. But ...


'We're taking this very seriously'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:54 AM PDT

Mount Sinai Hospital in ManhattanActors feigning Ebola symptoms test NYC hospitals' readiness.


Nobel Prize for scientists whose idea will light the 21st Century

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT

JAPAN/An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday ...


2016 GOPers' drug talk raises eyebrows

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:33 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a summit regarding drug addiction at New Hope Baptist Church, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, in Newark, N.J. The summit, called "The Many Faces of Addiction: Ending The Stigma," focused on the wide-ranging effects of drug addiction. Christie has labeled the so-called "war on drugs" a failure. He has called for people to put aside politics and have a frank conversation about drug addiction and incarceration. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)They aren't calling for marijuana legalization, but many of the possible presidential candidates are seeking new strategies to combat drug addiction.


Mom charged after daughter brings heroin to daycare

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Police: 4-year-old brings heroin to daycare, mom charged(Reuters) - A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said. Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child after her daughter brought the drugs to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center on Monday morning, Delaware State Police said in a statement. ...


White House's extraordinary rebuke of Netanyahu

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT

White House Rejects Netanyahu's Criticism With Withering ResponseThe Israeli PM's sharp words for the Obama Administration drew a quick response.


Four hospitalized in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Health workers attend a protest outside La Paz Hospital calling for Spain's Health Minister Ana Mato to resign after a Spanish nurse contracted Ebola, in MadridBy Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah Morris MADRID (Reuters) - Four people have been hospitalized in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday. The nurse, who tested positive for the virus on Monday, her husband, who is showing no symptoms of the disease, and two other people are being closely monitored in hospital, health officials told a news conference in Madrid. One of those hospitalized is a health worker who has diarrhea but no fever. ...


India, Pakistan clash at Kashmir border

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT

A girl walks past a stain which locals said was the blood of an Indian villager killed by firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Arnia villageTroops fired bullets and mortar shells across the border between Kashmir and Pakistan.


Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT

An ambulance transporting a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted ebolaIt's the first time someone has caught the disease outside West Africa.


Gay marriage focus returns to lower courts

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Kathy Voigtschild embraces a family member after getting married to her girlfriendWASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Supreme Court passed on gay marriage appeals and effectively made same-sex marriage legal in 30 states, the federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down gay marriage bans in a decision that could soon allow gay and lesbian couples to wed in five more states.


Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucMURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.


Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:52 PM PDT

This 2011 photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan at a wedding in Ghana. Duncan, who became the first patient diagnosed in the U.S with Ebola, has been kept in isolation at a hospital since Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. He was listed in serious but stable condition. (AP Photo/Wilmot Chayee)By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis DALLAS (Reuters) - The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil, has also been given the experimental medication brincidofovir. A hospital in Nebraska said it is using the same drug to treat an American journalist who was airlifted from Liberia and arrived Monday. ...


Gay marriage bans fall in Idaho, Nevada after high court decision

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:03 PM PDT

Plaintiffs Moudi Sbeity and his partner Derek Kitchen, Kody Partridge and her wife Laurie Wood take a a "selfie" as they celebrate at a same-sex marriage rally in Salt Lake City, UtahBy Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the bans in Idaho and Nevada violated the constitution and cannot be enforced, adding to a growing list of states where same-sex unions are now legal. ...


U.S. helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

members of the Islamic State group parading in a street in the Syrian city of RaqaWashington (AFP) - The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts American troops at higher risk.


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