2014年1月23日星期四

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Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:36 PM PST

US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures at a press conference during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting saying that the peace talks will face "formidable" challenges for Syria. Ban called on the Syrian government and the opposition trying to overthrow it to negotiate in good faith. (AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool)Talks at international peace conference on Syria crisis yield hard stances, slight hope.


Massive highway pileup kills at least 2 in Indiana

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:05 PM PST

This cell phone image shows a massive highway pileup on Interstate 94 near Michigan City, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, that is being blamed on whiteout conditions. The accident has left at least two people dead and an unknown number injured in northwestern Indiana. Indiana State Police say they have closed Interstate 94 eastbound and are bringing in cranes and wreckers to help clear the scene. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Matt Carpenter) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUTMICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A massive highway pileup being blamed on whiteout conditions killed at least two people and injured scores of others Thursday afternoon in northwestern Indiana, police and a coroner said.


FBI report to retailers reveals 20 hacking cases in past year

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:43 PM PST

The sign outside the Target store in ArvadaBy Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious software used against Target Corp in the holiday shopping season. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation distributed a confidential, three-page report to retail companies last week describing the risks posed by "memory-parsing" malware that infects point-of-sale (POS) systems, which include cash registers and credit-card swiping machines found in store checkout aisles. "We believe POS malware crime will continue to grow over the near term, despite law enforcement and security firms' actions to mitigate it," said the FBI report, seen by Reuters. "The accessibility of the malware on underground forums, the affordability of the software and the huge potential profits to be made from retail POS systems in the United States make this type of financially motivated cyber crime attractive to a wide range of actors," the FBI said.


Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:34 PM PST

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)In chat, NSA leaker says he likely won't enter U.S. until whistleblower laws are reformed.


Video of Ukraine cop abusing naked protester draws outrage

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 11:49 AM PST

A protester stands at a burning barricades between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. Thick black smoke from burning tires engulfed parts of downtown Kiev as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president to call early election or face street rage was set to expire with no sign of a compromise on Thursday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)A member of Ukraine's elite Berkut riot police force assaulted and humiliated a naked protester after he was detained in freezing cold temperatures in Kiev, according to a video posted Thursday. The Ukrainian interior ministry swiftly apologised for the horrific incident, which recalled notorious prisoner abuse scandals like that at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The man had apparently been arrested during the clashes between police and protesters that have rocked Kiev over the last days. The video, which was posted on YouTube and was rapidly broadcast by Ukrainian opposition channels, shows the arrested protester completely naked except for his socks and being roughly pushed into a police bus.


Watch what happens when a top donor gets a diplomatic gig

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:19 AM PST

George Tsunis, ambassador-designate to NorwayA case for doing away with practice of nominating top political donors to diplomatic posts.


Feds subpoena Christie campaign, N.J. GOP

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:22 PM PST

In this Jan. 21, 2014, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves as he stands with his wife Mary Pat Christie during a gathering for his swearing in for his second term in Trenton, N.J. As controversy grows around Christie, he's finding support in the nation's Hispanic community. Some minority leaders usually aligned with Democrats are giving the Republican governor the benefit of the doubt. They're willing to support Christie, in part, because he has aggressively courted Hispanic voters throughout his first term. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Criminal probe into allegations governor's aides created traffic jams escalates.


NTSB warns oil trains carry risk of 'major loss of life'

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:21 PM PST

FILE - This July 6, 2013 file photo shows smoke rising from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, Canada. The Obama administration has delayed by nearly a year a plan to boost safety standards for the type of rail car involved in a fiery explosion that killed at least 47 people in Canada this month. Officials began work on the rule more than a year before an oil train derailed and exploded in Quebec July 6, but the rule was never published. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)Citing possibility of 'major loss of life,' investigators push for new safety rules.


Deal signed to end South Sudan fighting that's killed thousands

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:11 PM PST

South Sudan army (SPLA) soldiers guard Bor airport on December 25, 2013South Sudan's government and rebels on Thursday signed a ceasefire agreement, pledging to halt fighting within 24 hours and end five weeks of bitter conflict that has left thousands dead. The agreement was signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by representatives of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel delegates loyal to ousted vice president Riek Machar, and was greeted by cheers from regional peace brokers and diplomats. South Sudan's government also agreed to free 11 officials close to Machar who were detained after fighting between rival army units broke out on December 15, although no timeline for their release was given. "These two agreements are the ingredients to create an environment for achieving a total peace in my country," said Taban Deng, head of the rebel delegation.


Murder charges filed in Purdue University shooting

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 10:16 AM PST

This undated booking photo provided by the Tippecanoe County Jail shows Cody Cousins, who faces preliminary charges of murder for the shooting death of Andrew Boldt, a 21-year-old Purdue University student from West Bend, Wis., inside the school's Electrical Engineering Building, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Tippecanoe County Jail)LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Purdue University student in the shooting of a fellow student in a classroom.


Target CFO to testify before Senate on big data breach

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:39 AM PST

Target retail store(Reuters) - Target Corp's chief financial officer will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on February 4 about a massive data breach in what is likely to be the first time the retailer publicly answers questions about the unprecedented attack. The committee is chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and author of one of the few data security bills under consideration. John Mulligan, who is executive vice president as well as chief financial officer, oversees Target's financial portfolio, including finance and retail services, company spokeswoman Molly Snyder said in an email confirming his appearance before the panel. Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, the Secret Service and the Department of Justice are also slated to testify at the hearing, according to the committee's schedule.


Indictment in 1978 JFK Lufthansa heist

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:54 AM PST

A Brink's truck is seen parked outside the Lufthansa cargo Terminal, near the pickup and delivery platform, at JFK Airport on December 12,1978The theft, featured in "Goodfellas," is one of America's largest cash thefts.


Police: Bieber admitted to smoking pot, drinking prior to arrest

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The 19-year-old pop star is accused of a DUI and drag-racing.


Bone-chilling cold brings delight for bird watchers in D.C.

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:26 AM PST

DC owlThe rare sighting of an arctic bird delighted passers-by in Washington on Wednesday.


Three dead, 30 missing in Quebec senior home blaze

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Police: Teen singer Bieber admitted to smoking pot, drinking prior to DUI arrest

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:46 AM PST

This police booking mug made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department shows pop star Justin Bieber, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Bieber and singer Khalil were arrested for allegedly drag-racing on a Miami Beach Street. Police say Bieber has been charged with resisting arrest without violence in addition to drag racing and DUI. Police also say the singer told authorities he had consumed alcohol, smoked marijuana and taken prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Miami Dade County Jail)MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested on drag-racing, DUI and resisting arrest charges Thursday after allegedly speeding down a residential Miami Beach street in a yellow Lamborghini on an expired license. He is being held at a Miami-Dade County jail pending an initial appearance expected later Thursday.


McDonald's sees fewer customers, disappointing sales

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:33 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, photo, cars drive past the McDonald's Golden Arches logo at a McDonald's restaurant in Robinson Township, Pa. McDonald's reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's reported disappointing quarterly sales Thursday as fewer customers visited the world's biggest hamburger chain.


Twitter suspends account of Hamas armed wing

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:14 AM PST

Militants from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades stage an anti-Israel parade marking the first anniversary of an Israeli army operation in the Gaza Strip on November 14, 2013Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Twitter account of Hamas's armed wing has been suspended by administrators, the Palestinian Islamist movement said Thursday, accusing the social media site of censorship. The account of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, @AlqassamBrigade, appeared to have been suspended several times over the past week, and was still inaccessible with a "suspended" notice on Thursday. A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, accused Twitter of suppressing freedom of speech and of pandering to the political agenda of Hamas's sworn enemy Israel. "Twitter's administration are exercising double standards.


Rouhani: Iran's ready for business

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:52 AM PST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)The nation will curb its nuclear program and wants to engage the global community.


Police: Bieber caught drag racing in yellow Lamborghini

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:08 AM PST

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for ESPNMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police have identified the person who was arrested with pop singer Justin Bieber for alleged drag-racing on a Miami Beach street as an R&B singer known as Khalil.


Poll: Obama seen as nice guy, so-so prez

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama laughs during his first prime time televised news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Five years into his presidency, the verdict on Obama is: nice guy, so-so president. A new AP-GfK Poll finds that less than a third of Americans consider Obama to be an above-average president. But nearly twice as many find him likable. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Less than a third of people in an AP poll rate him as an above-average leader.


Government panel urges end to phone data spying

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency surveillance in Washington. A government review panel warned Jan. 23, 2014, that the NSA's daily collection of Americans' phone records is illegal and recommended that Obama abandon the program and destroy the hundreds of millions of phone records it has already collected. The recommendations by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board go further than Obama is willing to accept and increase pressure on Congress to make changes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency's daily collection of Americans' phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama abandon the program and destroy the hundreds of millions of phone records it has already collected.


Va. AG's office: Gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:16 AM PST

FILE - Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., in this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo. Herring has concluded that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits challenging it, his office said Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Following a seismic political shift in Virginia's top elected offices, the new attorney general has concluded that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits, his office said Thursday.


Ukraine faces more violence as ultimatum nears end

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:08 AM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters in Ukraine's capital extinguished burning barricades shielding them from the police on Thursday, enforcing a tenuous peace as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president was set to expire with no sign of compromise.

Huckabee: Democrats pitch women on birth control

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:37 PM PST

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Huckabee isn't rushing to have his name included among the crowded field of potential Republican presidential candidates. But he isn't closing the door, either, as he meets Thursday with the GOP's cardinals at the Republican National Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told fellow Republicans on Thursday that rival Democrats were trying to win over female voters by promising them free birth control and telling them "they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government." Huckabee made the comment as he was making a pitch that the GOP needs to broaden its appeal and end its internal divisiveness.


2 women accuse former teacher of sexual abuse

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:54 PM PST

In this Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 photo, a woman who wanted to be identified by her first name, Jamie, speaks at a news conference in front of Alhambra High School in Alhambra, Calif., where Andrea Cardosa last worked as vice principal of student services. Police in Riverside, Calif., are investigating allegations from her and another woman, who say Cardosa, a former middle school teacher and administrator, abused them while they were students in Riverside County. (AP Photo/The Pasadena Star-News, Keith Durflinger) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDITLOS ANGELES (AP) — A second woman has come forward to claim that a California educator sexually abused her, saying she decided to speak out after watching a YouTube video by a woman who made similar accusations.


Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the red planet on Jan. 24, 2004 and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.


Justin Bieber's arrest latest sign of trouble

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When he debuted five years ago, Justin Bieber was a mop-haired heartthrob, clean cut and charming. But a series of troubling incidents have put his innocent image at risk, and none more so than his arrest on DUI charges Thursday.

Apple's Mac still influences, 30 years after debut

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST

FILE -This January 1984, file photo, shows Steven P. Jobs, left and John Sculley presenting the new Macintosh Desktop Computer in January 1984 at a shareholder meeting in Cupertino, Calif. January 24, 2014, marks thirty years after the first Mac computer was introduced, sparking a revolution in computing and in publishing as people began creating fancy newsletters, brochures and other publications from their desktops. (AP Photo/FILE)NEW YORK (AP) — Look around. Many of the gadgets you see drew inspiration from the original Mac computer.


US eyes difficulties in next round of Iran talks

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:23 PM PST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)WASHINGTON (AP) — For the United States and its negotiating partners, the next round of nuclear talks with Iran could present a difficult decision: to sign another temporary agreement or accept nothing less than an ambitious, multiyear accord to dismantle the Islamic republic's nuclear program.


Virginia AG to fight state's gay marriage ban

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:22 PM PST

FILE - Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., in this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo. Herring has concluded that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits challenging it, his office said Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gay marriage moved closer to gaining its first foothold in the South when Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the state's ban on same-sex matrimony is unconstitutional and he will join the fight to get it struck down.


Reputed mobster pleads not guilty in 1978 heist

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST

In this artist's rendering, Vincent Asaro, left, alongside his lawyer Gerald McMahon, right, appear in federal court, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Asaro, 78, was named along with his son, Jerome, and three other defendants in wide-ranging indictment alleging murder, robbery, extortion, arson and other crimes from the late 1960s through last year. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 years after hooded gunmen pulled a $6 million airport heist dramatized in the hit Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas," an elderly reputed mobster was arrested at his New York City home on Thursday and charged in the robbery and a 1969 murder.


Michigan seeks visas to lure immigrants to Detroit

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:38 PM PST

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks at the IDEAL Group Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in Detroit. Snyder announced a plan to ask the Obama administration to set aside thousands of work visas to entice talented immigrants to live and work in bankrupt Detroit. The Republican governor said he is seeking 50,000 work visas solely for the city over five years. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the federal government Thursday to set aside thousands of work visas for bankrupt Detroit, a bid to revive the decaying city by attracting talented immigrants who are willing to move there and stay for five years.


Opposition optimistic after meeting Yanukovych

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST

Protesters break into the building of the regional governor's office in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. Tensions in Ukraine spread far from its embattled capital on Thursday as hundreds of people in the city of Lviv stormed into the regional governor's office and forced him to write a letter of resignation. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The chances of ending the violence that has convulsed the Ukrainian capital are high, a spokeswoman for a top opposition leader said late Thursday after a meeting with the president.


Palestinians dismiss Israeli al-Qaida plot claim

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:37 PM PST

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, provided by IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel. The Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had arrested three Palestinians who allegedly plotted bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks, and that the men were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security officials on Thursday cast doubt on Israel's claim that it broke up an al-Qaida plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, alleging Israel concocted the story to bolster its position in peace talks.


South Sudan, rebels sign cease-fire

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 file photo, South Sudanese government forces from the "Lion division" cheer their recent victory, after government forces on Friday retook from rebel forces the provincial capital of Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan. South Sudan's government and rebels fighting against it have signed Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 a cessation of hostilities agreement in Addis Ababa that should at the least put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has claimed thousands of lives and uprooted a half million people since fighting began Dec. 15 between the government and supporters of former Vice President Riek Machar. (AP Photo/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan's government and rebels signed a cease-fire deal Thursday that leaders hope will put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians.


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