2014年5月8日星期四

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S. Korean families turned away from palace

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:43 PM PDT

Policemen stop parents holding portraits of their children who were died on sunken passenger ship Sewol, from marching towards Presidential Blue House in SeoulParents of teens killed aboard ferry demand presidential meeting over handling of disaster.

Bitterly divided House votes to launch new Benghazi investigation

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:53 PM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner is asked about the special select committee he has formed to investigate the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, raising the stakes in a political battle with the Obama administration as the midterm election season heats up, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The National Republican Congressional Committee has issued a fundraising pitch on its website asking people to become a "Benghazi Watchdog" by donating money to GOP election efforts. Boehner has said that the examination would be "all about getting to the truth" of the Obama administration's response to the attack and would not be a partisan, election-year circus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats declared it merely a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motivate voters.

The 'essential skills' needed to be an Obama 'ambassadonor'

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:33 PM PDT

George Tsunis, ambassador-designate to NorwayThey might not speak a relevant foreign language or have any diplomatic experience, but big donors to President Obama's re-election campaign have "essential skills" qualifying them for ambassador jobs, according to State Department documents obtained by Yahoo News.

'Hitler album' of art looted during WWII given to National Archive

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:35 PM PDT

The last known leather-bound A photo album depicting troves of precious art works looted by the Nazis during World War II was donated Thursday to the National Archives, America's repository of historical artifacts. The album was given to the National Archives at a ceremony that fell on the anniversary of the war's end in Europe. The event was attended by Harry Ettlinger, 88, one of six surviving soldiers from a US army unit tasked with recovering thousands of art works confiscated by the Nazis. The album was donated to the National Archives by the \"Monuments Men\" Foundation, whose mission is to disseminate the story about the lost works of art and the Allied soldiers who helped recover them.

Matt Bai: So George W. Bush isn't a monster, after all

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:55 AM PDT

Former President George W. BushIf you've just crash-landed from the planet known as Kepler-186f and have no experience with the human life form or its recent history, let me just clarify something for you: George W. Bush was a divisive and unsuccessful president. Economically, internationally, culturally — you name the category of leadership, and the results pretty much range from disappointment to disaster. A CBS News/New York Times poll clocked Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent, which is about as low as you can go in politics without needing a parole officer.

Top official subpoenaed over VA hospital deaths

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says a leadership change may help resolve what he calls "dysfunction" at the Department of Veterans Affairs, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix. McConnell says the tenure of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is "embarrassing" and that the agency is in "a stunning period of dysfunction." McConnell isn't calling for Shinseki to step down, but says a change in leadership "might be a good thing."(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veterans Administration Secretary Eric Shinseki rejected calls for his resignation as a congressional committee voted to subpoena him on Thursday over charges his department caused deadly delays for veterans' healthcare at some of its hospitals. The American Legion veterans group and two Republican U.S. senators have called for Shinseki to step down following reports on whistleblowers' claims that up to 40 veterans died while waiting for appointments or specialist care at the VA hospital in Phoenix. The House Veterans Affairs Committee in a voice vote approved the subpoena ordering Shinseki and other top VA officials to produce all emails and written correspondence sent between April 9 and May 8 related to the disappearance or destruction of a secret patient wait list at the Phoenix hospital. \"The last few weeks have been a model of VA stonewalling, which precipitated the need for a subpoena,\" said the committee's chairman, Republican Representative Jeff Miller.

Dems pounce on GOP over new Benghazi probe

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass., holds a news report about the National Republican Congressional Committee's website that said Democrats say Republicans are using the attacks as a political ploy before the elections.

Vt. enacts nation's first GMO food-labeling law

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:15 PM PDT

Katie Spring rolls up plastic that was used to cover certain plants during the winter in a field at the Good Heart Farmstead, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Worcester, Vt. Spring and her husband Edge Fuentes, who both own the farm, back the GMO labeling bill passed by the Vermont Legislature. They believe people need to be able to know what's in their food. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)Advocates say there's no scientific consensus on safety of genetically engineered crops.

Battle over inmate's sex-change surgery lands back in court

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1993 file photo, Robert J. Kosilek, now known as Michelle Kosilek, sits in Bristol County Superior Court in New Bedford, Mass., where Kosilek was on trial for the May 1990 murder of his wife. Kosilek was convicted and lives as a woman in a Massachusetts prison serving a life sentence for murder. State prison officials will argue before a federal appeals court Thursday, May 8, 2014 in Boston, that the state should not have to pay for sex change surgery for Kosilek. A federal judge ruled in 2012 the state Department of Correction must provide surgery to treat Kosilek's gender-identity disorder. (AP Photo/Lisa Bul, file)BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder.

'Jarring job crisis' seen in Arab Spring countries

Posted: 08 May 2014 10:49 AM PDT

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde at IMF headquarters on May 2, 2014 in Washington, DCIMF chief Christine Lagarde praised Arab Spring countries Thursday for making economic progress but warned that they are still facing a \"jarring job crisis.\" Speaking in Morocco, the director general of the International Monetary Fund said youth unemployment in those countries are among the highest in the world. Since 2011, uprisings have swept over Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, forcing out veteran strongmen, and protests calling for change have also shaken Bahrain. Lagarde said that despite the bleak political situation of what she termed the \"Arab transition countries\" and its effect on other regional nations, there is some good news.

Ever Wonder which company is the GOP's most loyal donor?

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:27 AM PDT

Wonder Bread Returns to Shelves With New 'Old' LookGiven its billionaire conservative founders, you might think the most Republican company in the country based on political donations is Koch Industries. You'd be wrong.

Bear kills woman in northern Alberta

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT

The Suncor tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray in this file photoA female Suncor Energy employee has been killed by a bear on the company's oil sands base camp site near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, a company spokeswoman said. The large male black bear attacked the woman in a busy part of the sprawling industrial complex, approximately 25 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, on Wednesday afternoon.

Tech to ease aging has little effect on seniors

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:21 AM PDT

Technology ElderlyIf gerontechnology is on the rise, why aren't the elderly taking advantage of it?

Residents: 50 bodies found in Nigeria violence

Posted: 08 May 2014 11:42 AM PDT

South Africans protest in solidarity against the abduction three weeks ago of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram and what protesters said was the failure of the Nigerian government and international community to rescue them, during a march to the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa Thursday, May 8, 2014. The kidnapping has ignited a viral social media campaign that has brought renewed attention to Boko Haram's campaign of violence, and protests around the world. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Residents of a town attacked by Boko Haram said at least 50 bodies have been recovered, many horribly burned, and they criticized security forces for failing to prevent the attack even though they had been warned that the Islamic militants were nearby.

Teachers, principal charged in cheating scandal

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:19 AM PDT

More Than 70% Of Students Opted Out of Required Test At 3 Schools In NYCProsecutors say educators changed and provided answers, improperly reviewed questions on students' standardized exams.

Bill would strengthen Social Security benefits for same-sex married couples

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:03 AM PDT

A group from Alabama prays in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, before the court's hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the second of back-to-back gay marriage case, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Nearly a year ago, the nation's highest court told the federal government that it could no longer withhold marriage benefits from tens of thousands of same-sex married couples.

Huge blast levels Aleppo hotel

Posted: 08 May 2014 05:40 AM PDT

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad search for survivors under the debris at a hotel used by Assad's forces, in old AleppoA rebel-claimed bombing Thursday destroyed Syria's Carlton Hotel, used as a military base.

Tomb dating back to 1100 B.C. found in Egypt

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:48 AM PDT

Lead archaeology workers supervise as their colleagues dig a newly-discovered tomb dating back to around 1100 B.C. at the Saqqara archaeological site, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said Thursday that the tomb belongs to a guard of the army archives and royal messenger to foreign countries. Ibrahim says the Cairo University Faculty of Archaeology's discovery at Saqqara adds CAIRO (AP) — Archeologists have found a tomb dating back to around 1100 B.C. south of Cairo, Egypt's Antiquities Ministry said Thursday.

U.S. Congress moves toward new Venezuela sanctions

Posted: 08 May 2014 09:42 AM PDT

Guillermo Beltran waves his country's flag as Venezuelans from South Florida prepare for their bus trip to Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014, in Doral, Fla. They are rallying to ask the Congress and President Barack Obama to impose economic sanctions and travel restrictions to the Venezuelan government officials because of presumed human right violations in the South American country. Organizers said they expect Venezuelans from 19 states will meet in Washington on Friday to demonstrate in front of the White House, Congress and the Organization of American States. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)The U.S. Congress is moving closer to imposing economic penalties against Venezuela's government.

Can GOP keep Benghazi hearings from becoming a 'circus'?

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:21 AM PDT

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., questions a witness at a hearing on Benghazi on Capitol Hill.House Republicans are set to launch a new investigation, but they risk overreaching.

Nigerian president on kidnapping case: 'As a nation we are facing attack from terrorism'

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during a Nigeria-Kenya bilateral business meeting in AbujaNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed his opening address at the World Economic Forum, designed to showcase investment opportunities in Africa's biggest economy.

Ukraine separatists defy Putin over referendum

Posted: 08 May 2014 05:13 AM PDT

A pro-Russian gunman sets a banner which reads: "Do not forget, do not forgive!" in front of the city hall decorated with flags of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2014. A strong majority of Ukrainians want their country to remain a single, unified state and this is true even in the largely Russian-speaking east where a pro-Russia insurgency has been fighting for autonomy, a poll released Thursday shows. The survey results were released as the pro-Russia forces were considering whether to go ahead with a referendum on autonomy planned for Sunday in defiance of a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay the vote. A decision was expected later in the day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Pro-Russian insurgents decided Thursday to go ahead with May 11 autonomy vote.

Head of South Korea ferry owner detained

Posted: 07 May 2014 09:08 PM PDT

The head of the maritime company that owns the South Korean ferry that sank with the loss of around 300 lives last month was detained Thursday ahead of formal manslaughter charges. Prosecutors said Kim Han-Sik, chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine Co., was taken into custody at his home and would be formally arraigned later in the day. "Kim faces various charges including manslaughter and violating maritime law," senior prosecutor Yang Jung-Jin told AFP. The captain of the Sewol ferry has already been arrested along with 14 crew members and four lower-ranking Chonghaejin Marine officials.

House holds ex-IRS official in contempt

Posted: 07 May 2014 06:21 PM PDT

then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in WashingtonLois Lerner sparked a scandal last year for targeting conservative political groups.

Ignoring Putin, Ukraine insurgents to hold vote

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:48 PM PDT

A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in the center of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2014. A strong majority of Ukrainians want their country to remain a single, unified state and this is true even in the largely Russian-speaking east where a pro-Russia insurgency has been fighting for autonomy, a poll released Thursday shows. The survey results were released as the pro-Russia forces were considering whether to go ahead with a referendum on autonomy planned for Sunday in defiance of a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay the vote. A decision was expected later in the day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — In an obscure government office guarded by a man in a red T-shirt armed only with a stick, two photocopy machines churned out ballots Thursday for eastern Ukraine's referendum on secession, as they have been doing around the clock for days.

Putin to face Western leaders at D-Day anniversary

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:25 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception marking Victory Day in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The White House says President Barack Obama has no plans to meet with Putin when both leaders attend next month's events in France marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. But the White House isn't criticizing France for welcoming Putin's visit, either. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)WASHINGTON (AP) — Complicating the West's efforts to isolate Russia, the Kremlin announced Thursday that Vladimir Putin will join President Barack Obama and European leaders in France next month for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that hastened the end of World War II.

Rebels level historic Aleppo hotel in Syria

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:17 PM PDT

This image made from amateur video posted by Shaam News Network (SNN), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows an explosion that destroyed the Carlton Hotel in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city leveled the once luxurious hotel near the ancient Citadel that government troops used as a military base, causing multiple casualties, activists and militants said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)HOMS, Syria (AP) — With a gigantic explosion, Syrian rebels on Thursday leveled a historic hotel being used as an army base in the northern city of Aleppo by detonating bomb-packed tunnels beneath it, activists and militants said.

Oklahoma court agrees to 6-month stay of execution

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2008 file photo, the gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary is pictured in McAlester, Okla. Attorney General Scott Pruitt's office filed court documents saying it wouldn't object to a 180-day stay of execution being sought by attorneys for inmate Charles Warner while the investigation is underway. Warner was scheduled for execution on the same night last week as Clayton Lockett in what would have been the state's first double execution since 1937. But Lockett's vein collapsed during his lethal injection. (AP Photo, File)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Thursday to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate while an investigation is conducted into last week's botched lethal injection.

Geithner: Suggested Clinton as possible successor

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:30 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Timothy Geithner says in a new memoir that he considered stepping down as Treasury secretary in 2010 after the financial crisis and suggested Hillary Rodham Clinton as a possible successor.

Colorado lawmakers approve plan for pot banking

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Marijuana cashDENVER (AP) — Frustrated by the cash-heavy aspect of its new marijuana industry, Colorado is trying a long-shot bid to create the world's first financial system devoted to the pot business.

Detectives: 4 found dead in Florida home were shot

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:30 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, flames destroy a mansion owned by former tennis star James Blake, Wednesday May 7, 2014, in a gated community in Tampa, Fla. A sheriff's office spokeswoman says detectives are not looking for any suspects in the deaths of four people found in the home, but she stopped short of calling the case a murder-suicide. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A man, his wife and their two teenage children were shot before the million-dollar home they were renting burned down in what investigators called arson, a fire perhaps exacerbated by fireworks and gasoline, authorities said Thursday.

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