2014年4月7日星期一

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How Putin is losing in Crimea: A reality check

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:35 PM PDT

People walk under under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble just outside an exchange office in central Moscow on February 14, 2014A funny thing happened on March 21: Russia lost a war and virtually no one noticed.


Fort Hood shooter used car to prey on victims

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Puerto Rico National Guard handout photo shows U.S. soldier SPC Lopez in the Sinai Peninsula during his service with the 295th Infantry of the PR National GuardOver 8 minutes, Ivan Lopez fired on soldiers he worked with and others on his path, investigators say.


Bryan Cranston: 'Terrifying' face helps me portray LBJ

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:49 AM PDT

Bryan Cranston on his terrifying faceKatie Couric interviews Bryan Cranston about LBJ.


Senate passes jobless bill, but chances slimmer in House

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2011, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Capping a three-month struggle, the Senate closed in Monday on passage of election-year legislation to restore jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired late last year. Approval would send the legislation to a hostile reception in the House, where majority Republicans generally oppose it. Even before the Senate vote, Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the bill's leading supporters, said they were willing to consider changes in hopes of securing passage in a highly reluctant House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted 59-38 Monday to resurrect federal jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, and a small band of Republican supporters swiftly appealed to a reluctant Speaker John Boehner to permit election-year action in the House as well.


Woman raises $91,000 to help mom who left kids in hot car

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:04 PM PDT

This photo provided by Scottsdale police, Shanesha Taylor is shown. Taylor, 35, had an important job interview last month at an insurance company across town in Scottsdale. But she couldn't find a babysitter for her 2-year-old son and 6-month old baby. She made the decision to leave her children in her Dodge Durango outside the office where she was interviewing with the key still in the ignition. That ill-fated decision landed the mother of two in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday, April 7, 2014, where she was arraigned on two charges of child abuse. Neither Taylor nor her court-appointed attorney has responded to requests for comment. (AP Photo/Scottsdale police)PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman arrested after leaving her two kids in a hot vehicle during a job interview is fighting to clear her name in court, with the support of a New Jersey woman who has raised more than $91,000 to help her effort.


End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2001 file photo, then Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks during the product launch of the new Windows XP operating system in New York. Gates touted the software as the harbinger of a new era in more Internet-centric computing. On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end support for its still popular Windows XP. With an estimated 30 percent of businesses and consumers still using the 12-year-old operating system, the move could put everything from the data of major financial institutions to the identities of everyday people in danger if they don't find a way to upgrade soon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP on Tuesday, and the move could put everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people in danger.


Buying Congress faster than you can say 'McCutcheon'

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US Supreme Court's recent ruling opens more floodgates to rich donors.


Army: Fort Hood suspect had requested leave

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:49 PM PDT

Puerto Rico National Guard handout photo shows U.S. soldier SPC Lopez in the Sinai Peninsula during his service with the 295th Infantry of the PR National GuardFORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Investigators say the rampage that left three dead and 16 wounded last week at Fort Hood was related to the shooter's request for leave from the Army post.


Pakistan art project a desperate plea to drone operators

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Putting a face on civilian drone victimsArtists install massive poster of girl in Pakistan field in plea for humanity from drone operators.


Senate nears passage of jobless-benefits bill

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:46 PM PDT

In this Feb. 27, 2014, file photo, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., center, confers with Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., right, with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at far left, as members of the Senate Banking Committee gather for an appearance by Janet Yellen on Capitol Hill in Washington. One partisan election-year battle that senators seem likely to resolve when they return from recess later this month is the fight over renewing expired benefits for the long-term unemployed. Reed, a leading bargainer, said the March 13 agreement would help families and "provide a little certainty to families, business and the markets that Congress is capable of coming together to do the right thing." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a three-month struggle, the Senate closed in Monday on passage of election-year legislation to restore jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired late last year.


Syria wages PR fight on sanctuary for Christians

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:55 AM PDT

XNM04 LATTAKIA (SIRIA) 04/04/2014.- Fotografía cedida por la Agencia Siria de Noticias SANA que muestra un tanque sirio dañado durante la ofensiva rebelde en la provincia de Lattakia, al norte de Siria ayer, jueves 3 de abril de 2014. Durante dos semanas se han librado batallas en puntos clave de la provincia de Lattakia debido a la ofensiva rebelde contra la localidad de Kasab, de mayoría armenia y cercana a la frontera entre Siria y Turquía. EFE/Sana Handout SÓLO USO EDITORIAL/PROHIBIDA SU VENTAWhen the Syrian opposition took over the Armenian-Christian town of Kessab in coastal Syria last month, its 2,000 residents fled. Instead, rebels appear to be using Kessab as an opportunity to try to undo their reputation for extreme brutality towards Syria's Christians and Shiites. But the Assad regime, which considers itself the protector of minorities, has launched a media campaign to demonstrate how Islamists are terrorizing Christians in Kessab, turning the town into a public relations battlefield in Syria's civil war.  Christians' fears of the armed opposition have been stoked by events such as the Hatla massacre, in which at least 30 Shiite villagers were killed, and by snapshots of life under the control of extremist groups: strict Islamist doctrine, public beheadings of "infidels," and the alleged levying of a jizya, or protection tax, on some Christian communities by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Al Qaeda-linked militant group.


Olympians say selfies were banned at White House

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:39 PM PDT

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David "Big Papi" Ortiz, left, takes a selfie with President Barack Obama, holding a Boston Red Sox jersey presented to the president during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, where the president honored the 2013 World Series baseball champion Boston Red Sox. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)A handshake? Sure. A selfie? No way.


FINALS WATCH: Jet-setting Jerry Jones

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:56 PM PDT

Jerry Jones, left, and George Strait speak on stage at the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Everyone knows that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is a jet-setter.


Thousands of Jerusalem Arabs without water

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:30 AM PDT

In this April 3, 2014 photo, a Palestinian carries water tanks to his house in Shuafat, east Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in east Jerusalem have been without water for more than a month, victims of a decrepit and overwhelmed infrastructure and caught in a legal no-man's land. Their district is technically part of Jerusalem municipality, but on the other side of the massive Israeli-built West Bank separation barrier, so Israeli services there are sparse yet Palestinian officials are barred for operating. With the scorching summer approaching, residents are growing increasingly desperate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in east Jerusalem have been without running water for more than a month, victims of a decrepit and overwhelmed infrastructure and caught in a legal no-man's land caused by the divisions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Peaches Geldof dies unexpectedly at age 25

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:03 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 file photo Peaches Geldof arrives to attend the ETAM's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris. Entertainer Bob Geldof's agent says his 25-year-old daughter Peaches has died. (AP Photo/C. d'Ettorre, File)LONDON (AP) — Model and media personality Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof and member of a talented, troubled family who grew up in the glare of Britain's tabloid press, was found dead Monday at age 25.


Liechtenstein manhunt seeks shooter at bank

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:09 PM PDT

GENEVA (AP) — Police in Liechtenstein launched a manhunt Monday for a former fund manager suspected of shooting to death a 48-year-old CEO in a bank's underground parking garage.

FINALS WATCH: UK plans victory salute, win or lose

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:14 PM PDT

A fire is started as Kentucky fans react to their teams semi-final victory on State St., near the University of Kentucky campus, Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Lexington, Ky. The win advances the Wildcats to the championship game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. (AP Photo/James Crisp)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Just call AT&T Stadium's first Final Four an audition for its next one.


Senate approves jobless-benefits bill

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. speaking during a news conference on unemployment insurance on Capitol Hill in Washington. Capping a three-month struggle, the Senate closed in Monday on passage of election-year legislation to restore jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired late last year. Approval would send the legislation to a hostile reception in the House, where majority Republicans generally oppose it. Even before the Senate vote, Reed and Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., the bill's leading supporters, said they were willing to consider changes in hopes of securing passage in a highly reluctant House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation to renew a program of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired last December.


Oscar Pistorius takes witness stand for first time

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 10:47 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius reacts as he listens to evidence by a pathologist in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 7, 2014. A pathologist called as the first defense witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial offered a different sequence for the shots that killed Reeva Steenkamp and also testified Monday that if the double-amputee athlete fired his 9 mmm pistol in two quick bursts, as Pistorius claims he did, his girlfriend probably didn't have time to scream. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day 2013. (AP Photo/Deaan Vivier, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — His voice shaking, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday for the first time, testifying that he was trying to protect the girlfriend he killed and that he became so tormented by memories of the fatal shooting and panic attacks that he once hid helplessly in a closet.


Earnhardt Jr. out of Texas race after fiery wreck

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:48 PM PDT

A video screen shows a replay of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s (88) car during a wreck at the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Larry Papke)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. wound up with his first last-place finish in seven seasons Monday after driving his car into the rain-saturated infield grass before it shot across the track and slammed into the wall in a fiery crash.


Wails, sobs: Rwanda marks 20 years since genocide

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:46 AM PDT

Bizimana Emmanuel, who was born two years before the genocide, is consoled by an unidentified woman while attending a public ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, at Amahoro stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, Monday, April 7, 2014. Sorrowful wails and uncontrollable sobs resounded Monday as thousands of Rwandans packed the country's main sports stadium to mark the 20th anniversary of the beginning of a devastating 100-day genocide. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Displaying both pride and pain, Rwandans on Monday marked the 20th anniversary of a devastating 100-day genocide that saw packed churches set on fire and machete-wielding attackers chop down whole families from a demonized minority.


Chili's cancels autism event over vaccine backlash

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 10:29 AM PDT

Chili's AYSO "Give Back" April 1stChili's cancels fundraising for autism group after backlash over its vaccination stance


Dutch Jesuit priest who stayed behind in Syria to help found shot dead

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:50 PM PDT

A file picture taken on February 2, 2014 shows Dutch Roman Catholic priest, Father Frans van der Lugt posing at the monastery of the Jesuit Fathers where he lived in the besieged area of Homs in SyriaDutch priest Frans van der Lugt, who gained renown for his insistence on staying in Syria's besieged city of Homs, was shot dead there on Monday by a masked gunman. The motive for his murder was unclear, although Syria's main opposition bloc and President Bashar al-Assad's regime traded blame for the killing. Van der Lugt, 75, had become a well-known figure in the Old City of Homs, respected by many for his solidarity with residents of the rebel-held area under a government siege for nearly two years. He refused to leave despite constant shelling and dwindling supplies, insisting Syria was his home and he wanted to be with the country's citizens in their time of need.


Mississippi girl swept away by floodwaters likely dead: officials

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:10 PM PDT

Firefighter Rusty Murphy wades through flood waters in a mobile home park in Pelham, Ala., on Monday, April 7, 2014. Police and firefighters rescued about a dozen people who were trapped by muddy, fast-moving water after storms dumped torrential rains in central Alabama. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)By Therese Apel JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A 9-year-old girl was missing and presumed dead on Monday after being swept away in flash floods triggered by severe storms in Mississippi, while more than 100 people were rescued from deluged apartment buildings in Alabama, authorities said. Divers in Yazoo City, Mississippi, searched culverts and ditches for the girl, who was last seen on Sunday night playing in floodwaters near her home, said Joey Ward, director of the local emergency management agency. In Covington County, Mississippi, seven people suffered minor injuries when a tornado apparently damaged homes overnight, the state emergency management agency said.


And they're off! Horse race begins

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2014, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators' state Capitol day event in Des Moines, Iowa. Cruz is making a pilgrimage to one of the largest weekly meetings of young evangelicals in the country. The Texas Republican scheduled a Wednesday, April 2, 2014, appearance before the student body of Liberty University, the Virginia school founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Just about everyone planning a U.S. presidential run has started campaigning.


Navy may have figured out to turn seawater into fuel

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 08:05 AM PDT

Dr. Heather Willauer explains how scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC can make fuel from seawaterThe US Navy believes it has finally worked out the solution to a problem that has intrigued scientists for decades: how to take seawater and use it as fuel. The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel is being hailed as "a game-changer" because it would signficantly shorten the supply chain, a weak link that makes any force easier to attack. The US has a fleet of 15 military oil tankers, and only aircraft carriers and some submarines are equipped with nuclear propulsion. Vice Admiral Philip Cullom declared: "It's a huge milestone for us."


As Pistorius takes the stand, South Africans ask: Is he one of us?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:37 AM PDT

Pistorius leaves court after his trial for the murder of his girlfriend was postponed in PretoriaTake away the Dutch-inflected surnames of most of the protagonists and witnesses, and the trial of Pistorius, on charges that he murdered his girlfriend, sometimes feels almost placeless — a splashy celebrity whodunit that could have happened anywhere in the West.  Here in South Africa, however, it has become far more personal, and the question of his guilt or innocence has cut unexpected lines across this socially and economically divided country. Pistorius told a three-judge panel he was "simply trying to protect Reeva" when, on Valentine's Day last year, he shot through a bathroom door four times, killing her instead of what he thought was an intruder. The prosecution argues the sprinter shot Reeva Steenkamp after a bout of angry shouting. While Pistorius could have been cross-examined today, the chief judge, Thokozile Masipa, ended the trial early, accepting the defense argument that the defendant had not slept the night before and was exhausted.


Lyndon Johnson's daughters reflect on Civil Rights anniversary

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Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb say he would have supported gay marriage.


'Never again': Weeping Rwandans recall horrific genocide 20 years later

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 07:36 AM PDT

Rwandan President Kagame and the UN Secretary General Ban leave after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in KigaliBy Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - The United Nations chief told a packed stadium of sombre and weeping Rwandans on Monday the world would "never again" let genocide tear their nation apart, at a ceremony marking 20 years since 800,000 people were butchered. A host of leaders and donors attended the commemoration, but France - an ally of the Rwandan government that ruled before the genocide - did not take part after rebel-turned-president, Paul Kagame, renewed charges of Paris' "direct role" in the killings. France has acknowledged mistakes in its dealings with Rwanda. Some in the crowd in Kigali were overcome with emotion on hearing a survivor's account and stewards had to lead them out of the stadium.


'I'm scared to sleep,' testifies a tearful Pistorius in trial

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:55 PM PDT

Pistorius reacts during his trial at the high court in PretoriaBy David Dolan PRETORIA (Reuters) - His voice trembling with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defense on Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him sleepless, terrified and plagued by nightmares. The disabled South African track star, on trial for murder, apologized to the mother of model Reeva Steenkamp, saying he had fired four times through a toilet door at his luxury Pretoria home in the belief he was defending her from an intruder. Steenkamp, a law graduate and model, was hit by at least three rounds, one of which - to the head - killed her almost instantly, the court has heard. "I was simply trying to protect Reeva," Pistorius told the Pretoria High Court at the start of his testimony.


Iconic Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:55 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life.

Possible signals from jet's black boxes heard

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:23 AM PDT

In this April 4, 2014, photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, the Australian Defense vessel Ocean Shield tows a pinger locator in the first search for the missing flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder in the southern Indian Ocean. Ocean Shield, which is carrying high-tech sound detectors from the U.S. Navy, was investigating a sound it picked up. (AP Photo/Australian Defense Force, Lt. Kelly Lunt) EDITORIAL USE ONLYOfficials warn it may take days to confirm if pings came from MH370's flight recorders.


Emotional Pistorius testifies in his murder trial

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:49 AM PDT

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — An emotional Oscar Pistorius began testifying in his murder trial with an apology to the family of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he killed last year in his home.

Legendary star Mickey Rooney dies at 93

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:35 PM PDT

Mickey Rooney attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, CaliforniaLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big-screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life.


Protests in eastern Ukraine aimed at bringing in Russian troops, warns PM

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:51 AM PDT

By Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Protests in eastern Ukraine in which pro-Russian activists seized public buildings in three cities are part of a plan to destabilize Ukraine and bring in Russian troops, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday. Saying Russian troops were within a 30 km (19 mile) zone from the Ukrainian border, Yatseniuk told a government meeting: "An anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation ... under which foreign troops will cross the border and seize the territory of the country. Pro-Russian protesters in the east seized official buildings in three cities - Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk - on Sunday night, demanding that referendums be held on whether to join Russia. A similar move preceded a Russia-backed takeover of Crimea in March followed by annexation of the peninsula by Russia.

Ortiz-Obama selfie sparks White House controversy

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:49 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama poses with player David Ortiz for a "selfie" as he welcomes the 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox to the South Lawn of the White House in WashingtonA controversial selfie with President Barack Obama taken by David Ortiz during a visit to the White House by the Boston Red Sox last week may be the last, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said on Sunday.


NASA training humanoid robot to perform surgery

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 09:10 AM PDT

NASA RobonautRobonaut 2, NASA's humanoid robot currently inhabiting the International Space Station, hasn't done much exciting work up there since its arrival three years ago. But according to officials, the plan is for the robot to eventually perform surgery.


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