2014年2月10日星期一

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House to take up ban on in-flight yakking

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 12:42 PM PST

FILE- In this Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, file photo, a Delta connection airplane approaches LaGuardia airport, in New York. Delta Air Lines Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)"This is about people not being obnoxious and annoying in the air space," committee leader tells Yahoo News.


Iraqi militants accidentally kill 21 of their own

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Smoke rises after a parked car bomb went off at a commercial center in Khilani Square in central Baghdad, Iraq. Car bombs are one of the deadliest weapons used by the al-Qaida breakaway group in Iraq that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, with coordinated waves of explosions regularly leaving scores dead in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad. Nearly two dozen people were arrested, including wounded insurgents trying to hobble away from the scene.


GOP weighs undoing vets pension cuts as debt price

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:49 PM PST

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. listens as Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, before the committee. Adding fresh fuel to the political fight over "Obamacare,WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders Monday unveiled a plan to reverse a recently passed cut to military pensions as the price for increasing the government's borrowing cap, but it received a rocky reception from skeptical conservatives.


Email shows effort to shield bin Laden photos

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:44 PM PST

FILE - In this March 5, 2013, file photo, Navy Adm. William McRaven, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A newly-released email shows that 11 days after the killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, McRaven ordered subordinates to destroy any photographs of the al-Qaida founder's corpse or turn them over to the CIA. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly-released email shows that 11 days after the killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, the U.S. military's top special operations officer ordered subordinates to destroy any photographs of the al-Qaida founder's corpse or turn them over to the CIA.


Explosion at NH ball bearings plant injures 15

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:33 PM PST

New Hampshire Factory ExplosionPETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — An explosion rocked a small-town ball bearings plant on Monday, sending at least 15 people to the hospital, but a company spokeswoman said none of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening.


U2, Timberlake, Obama to appear on new Fallon show

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 01:20 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows Will Smith at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. NBC announced Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, that Will Smith will appear on the Feb. 17 debut of NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Fallon is premiering his new show with a bang.


Hoefl-Riesch wins 2nd gold in super-combined

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 11:43 AM PST

Women's supercombined gold medal winner Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch and bronze medal winner United States' Julia Mancuso celebrate after a flower ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Different American, same result for Maria Hoefl-Riesch — another Olympic gold in the super-combined.


Man sentenced to 30 years in border agent's death

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 05:05 PM PST

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kelly Terry-Willis did not hesitate to look into the eyes of the orange-jumpsuit-clad man involved in the shooting death of her big brother, telling him his "evil decision" took from her a loving confidant, dance partner and dedicated family man.

A rush to evacuate as truce extended in Syria city

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST

Civilians gather around vehicles as they wait to be evacuated from a besieged area of HomsBEIRUT (AP) — Aid officials rushed to evacuate more women, children and elderly from rebel-held areas that have been blockaded by government troops for more than a year in Syria's third-largest city, Homs, after a U.N.-brokered cease-fire in the city was renewed for three more days Monday.


Pinkel, Mizzou applaud Michael Sam's courage

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:52 PM PST

Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel talks to reporters, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Michael Sam, Missouri's All-American defensive end, declared publicly on Sunday that he is gay and could become the first openly homosexual player in the NFL. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said Monday that Michael Sam revealed he was gay at one of the football team's get-acquainted dinners last summer.


Explosion at NH ball bearings plant injures 13

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:35 PM PST

New Hampshire Factory ExplosionPETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — An explosion at a New Hampshire ball bearings plant has injured at least 13 people, but a company spokeswoman says none of the injuries appears to be life-threatening.


'Dumb Starbucks' in Los Angeles tied to comedy duo

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:05 PM PST

Anthony Solis, left, and Tony Gonzalez prepare their coffee at the Dumb Starbucks coffee shop in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. The store resembles a Starbucks with a green awning and mermaid logo, but with the word "Dumb" attached above the Starbucks sign. Spokeswoman Laurel Harper says the store is not affiliated with Starbucks and, despite the humor, the store cannot use the Starbucks name. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a caffeine-charged Hollywood whodunit: Just whose bright idea was the "Dumb Starbucks" coffee shop that popped up and started serving free drinks from the corner of an otherwise uncelebrated strip mall.


Iraqi militants accidentally bomb 21 of their own

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Smoke rises after a parked car bomb went off at a commercial center in Khilani Square in central Baghdad, Iraq. Car bombs are one of the deadliest weapons used by the al-Qaida breakaway group in Iraq that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, with coordinated waves of explosions regularly leaving scores dead in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad. Nearly two dozen people were arrested, including wounded insurgents trying to hobble away from the scene.


Explosion injures 10 at NH ball bearings plant

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:09 PM PST

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — An explosion at a New Hampshire ball bearings plant has injured at least 10 people, but a company spokeswoman says none of the injuries appears to be life-threatening.

Resilient Detroit: 'This is my home'

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 08:53 AM PST

In a photo from Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, an empty field in Brush Park, north of Detroit's downtown is shown with an abandoned home. Detroit, which on Thursday, July 18, 2013, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in American history, owes as much as $20 billion to banks, bondholders and pension funds. The city can get rid of its gargantuan debt, but a bankruptcy judge can't bring back residents or raise its dwindling revenue. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)Resilient Detroit residents share why they're sticking by their city.


Large blast reported at New Hampshire ball bearing plant

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 02:58 PM PST

Coils of steel are seen at the ArcelorMittal Factory in FlorangeAt least ten people were transported to a southern New Hampshire hospital after a "major explosion" at a ball bearing manufacturer on Monday, according to state and local officials who set up an emergency command center near the site. The fire department in nearby Jaffrey, New Hampshire, said on its Twitter feed that it had been called to respond to a "major explosion" at the New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc location in Peterborough, located about 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Boston. Ten people were brought to Monadnock Community Hospital, with two others sent on to other facilities, Laura Gingras, a hospital spokeswoman, told reporters. "We have received a number of patients here at Monadnock Community Hospital," Gingras said.


Report of successful Iranian missile tests complicates nuclear talks

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 12:15 PM PST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to meet with members of a group of ex-global leaders known as the Elders, in Tehran on January 28, 2014Iran has successfully test-fired two missiles, including a long-range ballistic weapon, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.


Le Franco-American rapprochement

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 09:44 AM PST

FILE - In this May 19, 2012 file photo, French President Francois Hollande, left, answers a question with President Barack Obama during a photo opportunity at the G-8 Summit at Camp David, Md. France's suddenly single president arrives Monday Feb. 10, 2014 in the U.S. for a state visit, hoping the glaring absence of his first lady won't steal the limelight from his focus on major policy issues with President Barack Obama. Hollande will be highlighting France's shared interests with Washington on issues like Syria's civil war, Iran's nuclear program and terrorism in Africa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Obama, Hollande take credit for U.S.-France relationship's repair. What about Bush, Sarkozy role?


Georgia: Storm prep a priority

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 09:54 AM PST

The Atlanta southbound connector is clogged with trafficAs storm looms, memories of gridlock on icy Atlanta highways are still fresh.


Zoo giraffe's killing raises questions

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 09:55 AM PST

Marius the giraffe is pictured in Copenhagen ZooSaying it was preventing inbreeding, a Copenhagen zoo fed the animal's remains to lions.


Funeral scam 'reaches a new low'

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 07:37 AM PST

Casket at a funeralInboxes across the United States and beyond have been getting funeral notices that appear to be from Eubank Funeral Home. Without saying who has died, the fake emails invite the recipient to an upcoming "celebration of your friend's life service" and instruct the recipient to click a link for "more detailed information about the farewell ceremony." The Better Business Bureau says the scam "reaches a new low."


U.N. watchdog: Progress with Iran

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 09:14 AM PST

Tero Tapio Varjoranta Deputy Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, is interviewed as he arrives after his flight from Iran at Vienna's Schwechat airport, Austria, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)IAEA looking into suspicions that Iran may have tried designing a bomb.


Hillary Clinton could be 'ruthless' as first lady, archived memos show

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 05:59 AM PST

Hillary Clinton in 1997Hillary Clinton's future as the 2016 Democratic nominee may be inevitable, but a little-known archive of old confidential documents kept by Clinton's friend and former adviser is giving her detractors some hope.


NFL players react to Michael Sam's announcement

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French president's love life shares spotlight on U.S. trip

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 05:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, French president Francois Hollande and his companion Valerie Trierweiler wait for German President Joachim Gauckand, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. France's former first lady says she and the president had grown detached recently but she was caught totally by surprise by his affair with an actress. Trierweiler told the weekly Paris-Match, where she long worked as a journalist, that she didn't believe rumors about the affair until a gossip magazine report earlier this month. PARIS (AP) — France's suddenly single president arrives Monday in the U.S. for a state visit, hoping the glaring absence of his first lady won't steal the limelight from his focus on major policy issues with President Barack Obama.


South braces for more winter weather

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 05:48 AM PST

FILE -In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, In this aerial photo taken with a fisheye lens looking south toward downtown Atlanta, the ice-covered interstate system shows the remnants of a winter snow storm, in Atlanta. Less than nine days after a storm trapped commuters in cars and children on school buses in metro Atlanta, state officials say they "overreacted" to information from federal forecasters and posted incorrect information on giant message boards over freeways. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)Memories of gridlock and icy highways are fresh in Atlanta.


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