2014年5月27日星期二

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World Cup protesters march on stadium

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:08 PM PDT

Native Brazilian stands in front of the Mane Garrincha soccer stadium as police use tear gas in BrasiliaCivil disobedience grows as groups say cost of event is excessive for developing nation.

Day of mourning at UC Santa Barbara

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Mourners hug in front of the IV Deli Mart, where part of Friday night's mass shooting took place, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in the Isla Vista area near Goleta, Calif. Sheriff's officials said Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara, stabbing three people to death at his apartment before shooting and killing three more in a crime spree through a nearby neighborhood. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Classes were canceled Tuesday at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as the college community reeled from the deadly rampage that took the lives of six of its students.

NYPD to carry heroin antidote as overdoses double

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:05 PM PDT

NYPD officers to carry emergency heroin antidote kitBy Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police will begin carrying large amounts of anti-opiate drugs in an effort to combat a recent spike in heroin deaths, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. Opiate overdoses killed more than 2,000 New York residents in 2011, more than double the number in 2004, state records show. Across the United States, the number of fatal opiate overdoses increased 45 percent from 2006-2010. "This program will literally save lives," New York Attorney General Schneiderman said in a statement.

U.S. Marines deployed to Libya coast

Posted: 27 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT

A Libyan carries a portrait of retired general Khalifa Haftar during a rally in support of the rogue former general on May 23, 2014 in BenghaziPrecaution comes amid rising lawlessness, power struggles among former rebel militias.

Myrtle Beach police scour social media in hunt for gunmen

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Police in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina are studying videos on YouTube and Instagram and asking people to send any cellphone pictures to help identify gunmen in a weekend shooting that killed three people. The shooting, in one of the most popular tourist destinations in the U.S. Southeast, occurred during an annual sports motorcycle rally called the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest, a popular Memorial Day event. Late Saturday, police responded to a large street fight in front of an oceanfront motel and were attending to a man who had been shot when more gunshots rang out, officials said. Several people involved in the fight fled into the hotel when multiple shots were fired at them, killing two men and a woman, police said.      Jamie Williams 28, and Devonte Dantzler, 21, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Chinese man get 6 years in U.S. prison for smuggling rhino horns

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Rhino horns are pictured in this undated handout photoNEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — An antiques dealer from China has been sentenced to nearly six years in U.S. federal prison after admitting he was the mastermind of an international smuggling ring that specialized in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory.

Top Senate Democrat: Cost-cutting culture fueled VA scandal

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks at the 2014 Fiscal Summit organized by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Lawmakers and policy experts discussed America's long term debt and economic future. (AP Photo)Sen. Patty Murray tells Yahoo News officials understated need internally and to Congress.

Obama on Afghanistan: 'Harder to end wars than to begin them'

Posted: 27 May 2014 12:31 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers announcement on future U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan from the White House Rose Garden in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to turn the page on more than a decade of war, announced plans Tuesday for greatly reducing U.S. forces in Afghanistan by the end of the year and then ending the U.S. military commitment by the end of 2016.

Low-key U.S. Air Wing seen in photo of girl's flight from prison

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:38 PM PDT

Photo Gives Glimpse of Low-Profile US Air OperationSimple Transport of Girl in Pakistan Exposes Little-Known State Department Program

Officials: 54 killed in new attacks in Nigeria

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Nigeria's chief of defense staff Air Marshal Alex S. Badeh, front, and other army chiefs wait to address the Nigerians Against Terrorism group during a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, May 26, 2014. Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched in the Nigerian capital Monday to protest the abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government's failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. (AP Photo/Gbenga Olamikan)Suspected Islamic extremists kill 24 soldiers, 21 police; 9 others die in village attack.

Here's why CEOs got a huge raise this year — and you didn't

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:29 PM PDT

This photo combination shows the 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2013, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay research firm. Top row, from left: Anthony Petrello, Nabors Industries, $68.2 million; Leslie Moonves, CBS, $65.6 million; Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, $55.3 million; Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor, $39 million; and Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $37.2 million. Bottom row, from left: Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, $36.3 million; Robert Iger, Walt Disney, $34.3 million; David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $33.3 million; Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner, $32.5 million; and Brian Roberts, Comcast, $31.4 million. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay for globe-trotting CEOs has soared to new heights, even as most workers remain grounded by paychecks that are barely budging.

Hacker turned FBI mole sentenced to time served

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:39 AM PDT

Hector Xavier Monsegur arrives at court in New York for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Monsegur, a prolific computer hacker who infiltrated the servers of major corporations, later switched sides to helped the U.S. government disrupt hundreds of cyberattacks on Congress, NASA and other sensitive targets, according to federal prosecutors. After his arrest and guilty plea in 2011, he faced more than two decades behind bars. But because of his cooperation, the sentence could be two years or less. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)A computer hacker who helped the government disrupt hundreds of cyberattacks on Congress, NASA and other sensitive targets and cripple the hacktivist crew known as Anonymous will serve no more time in prison after being sentenced to time served.

U.S. to keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 27 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT

Anti-riot policemen block protesters, calling for immediate pullout of U.S. troops in country during protest outside U.S. Embassy in ManilaObama says he aims to keep forces there until later this year and withdraw most by 2016.

Did police miss the chance to stop Elliot Rodger?

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Elliot Rodger's rage-filled manifesto documents his growing fury with the world and his initial attacks on women and couples that he envied. One of those attacks occurred on his 22nd birthday.

High court blocks IQ cutoff for executions

Posted: 27 May 2014 09:06 AM PDT

This undated photo made available by the Florida Department of Corrections shows inmate Freddie Lee Hall. Hall. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal on Monday, March 3, 2014 from Hall, a Florida death row inmate who claims he is protected from execution because he is mentally disabled. The case centers on how authorities determine who is eligible to be put to death, 12 years after the justices' prohibited the execution of the mentally disabled. The court has until now left it to the states to set rules for judging who is mentally disabled. In Florida and a handful of other states, an intelligence test score higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled, even if other evidence indicates he is. Hall has scored above 70 on most of the IQ tests he has taken since 1968. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections, HO)The Supreme Court settled a death penalty case that has been in the system since 1978.

24 killed in latest Boko Haram attack

Posted: 27 May 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Cameroon Deploys Troops To Nigeria Border Region Counter Boko HaramBoko Haram gunmen attacked a Nigerian military base and adjacent police barracks simultaneously in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi, killing at least 24 security personnel, security sources and a witness said.

Egypt extends presidential election vote for third day

Posted: 27 May 2014 09:16 AM PDT

An Egyptian woman looks at the list of names to register her name outside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Egyptians were lining up to vote on Tuesday, the second and final day of the presidential election with the country's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi poised for an almost certain victory. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)State TV says Egypt's election commission has extended voting in the presidential election for a third day amid reported low turnout.

19 killed in suicide attack in Baghdad mosque

Posted: 27 May 2014 06:44 AM PDT

Rubble is strewn inside a Shiite mosque after a suicide bomb attack in the Shorja market area in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden belt on Tuesday in a mosque in busy commercial area in central Baghdad, killed and wounded dozens, officials said. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)Blast, which occurred in a central Baghdad mosque, also wounded 26 people, police say.

Photos, video of N.D. tornado tearing through oil worker camp, injuring 9

Posted: 27 May 2014 06:21 AM PDT

NORTH DAKOTA TWISTERThe tornado that touched down in North Dakota injured nine people, one critically.

Red Sox broadcaster's son pleads guilty to murder

Posted: 27 May 2014 01:03 PM PDT

Jared Remy Neighbor: 'We Tried to Stop It'The son of a Boston Red Sox broadcaster has pleaded guilty to murder in the stabbing of his girlfriend last year.

Dozens killed in Ukraine after rebel attack

Posted: 27 May 2014 08:29 AM PDT

UKRAINIAN AIR STRIKES AGAINST SEPARATISTSBattles came moments after Ukrainians voted to elect Petro Poroshenko as their new leader.

17 killed in suicide attack in Baghdad

Posted: 27 May 2014 05:48 AM PDT

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard outside a Shi'ite mosque after a bomb attack in BaghdadBlast, which occurred in a central Baghdad mosque, also wounded 26 people, police say.

Abuse victims' leader: Pope's meeting a 'gesture'

Posted: 27 May 2014 07:30 AM PDT

Pope Francis says his plan to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is part of an effort to "go forward" with "zero tolerance" in confronting and preventing clergy abuse. But the head of a U.S. victims' group has dismissed the upcoming session as "another gesture, another public relations coup" that could prove meaningless.

Chemical weapons team attacked but safe in Syria

Posted: 27 May 2014 07:40 AM PDT

a U.N. team scheduled to investigate an alleged chemical attackA convoy of chemical weapons inspectors came under attack Tuesday while traveling to the site of a suspected chlorine gas attack in Syria, but all staff members were safe, the international watchdog agency said.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered to appear in court

Posted: 27 May 2014 06:28 AM PDT

File photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listening to a question from the audience in San FranciscoA judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy, semiofficial news agency ISNA reported.

Mayor says 40 people killed in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:01 AM PDT

Firefighters work at a burnt ice hockey arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Early Tuesday, a group of unidentified men stormed Donetsk's main ice hockey arena, which was to host the 2015 world championships and set it ablaze, according to the mayor's office. The ice hockey arena belongs to Ukrainian lawmaker Boris Kolesnikov. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)Government forces use combat jets to stop pro-Russians from taking over the Donetsk airport.

Malaysia releases satellite data on missing jet

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2014 file photo, a man writes messages for passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 before a mass prayer for them, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Malaysian government on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, released 47 pages of raw satellite data used to conclude that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)Under mounting pressure, the government releases data linked to the missing jet's flight path.

Oldest-ever congressman facing tough primary test

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:44 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Ralph HallROCKWALL, Texas (AP) — A 91-year-old Texas congressman who first won his seat when Jimmy Carter was president was facing the toughest test of his very long political career Tuesday from a Republican primary challenger barely half his age.

Stories of victims in California rampage

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:31 PM PDT

A note addressed to George Chen, 20, of San Jose, Calif., one of three men found stabbed to death in the apartment of Elliott Rodger, is seen outside the apartment where he lived in the Isla Vista neighborhood of Goleta, Calif., Monday, May 26, 2014. Six people, all students at nearby University of California, Santa Barbara, were killed before Rodger was killed by gunfire in the 10-minute rampage Friday, May 23. (AP Photo/Christopher Weber)GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman went on a rampage Friday night near the University of California, Santa Barbara, that left seven people dead, including him. Here are the stories of the six victims, who were all students at the university.

California students mourn near scene of rampage

Posted: 27 May 2014 05:16 PM PDT

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, paces the floor. as he wait to speak about the six young people who were killed last Friday, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Lawmakers say the state Legislature needs to do more to deter the type of violence carried out by 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and injured 13 others in the shooting and stabbing attacks Friday night, May 23, in the Isla Vista community near campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of students at the University of California, Santa Barbara are mourning six of their fellow students who were killed in a deadly weekend rampage.

Withdrawal: Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:18 PM PDT

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdrawing virtually all by the close of 2016 and the conclusion of his presidency, charting an end to America's longest war.

Median CEO pay crosses $10 million in 2013

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:42 PM PDT

This photo combination shows, from left, Nabors Industries CEO Anthony Petrello, in Houston, and TJX CEO Carol Meyrowitz, in Framingham, Mass. Petrello was the highest paid CEO in 2013, and Meyrowitz was the highest paid female CEO in 2013. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Dave Rossman/Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter) BOSTON HERALD OUT, QUINCY OUT; NO SALESNEW YORK (AP) — They're the $10 million men and women.

Ukraine fighting intensifies after election

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:33 PM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of dead insurgents lay piled in a van outside a morgue Tuesday, and a rebel said more were on the way. Bomb disposal experts disarmed a mortar round lodged in a corpse. A wrecked and blood-soaked truck at the Donetsk airport showed the grisly aftermath of battle.

Officials: Fire kills 21 in South Korean hospital

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:37 PM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire at a hospital annex housing elderly patients in the southwestern county of Jangseong killed 21 people early Wednesday, officials said.

US nears decision on training Syrian rebels

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:03 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, May 7, 2014 photo provided by the anti-government activist group Coordination Committee of Khalidiya Neighborhood in Homs, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters board a bus leaving Homs, Syria. President Barack Obama may soon sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, in an open move that would significantly boost U.S. support to forces who have been asking for three years for military help in their quest to oust President Bashar Assad, administration officials said Tuesday.The step, which could be announced as early as Wednesday, would send a limited number of American troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission that would instruct carefully vetted members of the Free Syrian Army on tactics, including counterterrorism operations, the officials said. They said Obama has not yet given final approval for the initiative, and that there is still internal discussion about its merits and potential risks. (AP Photo/The Coordination Committee of Khalidiya Neighborhood in Homs)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may soon sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, in an open move that would significantly boost U.S. support to forces who have been asking for three years for military help in their quest to oust President Bashar Assad, administration officials said Tuesday.

How VA clinics falsified appointment records

Posted: 27 May 2014 09:38 AM PDT

FILE-- This April 28, 2014 file photo show the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing and treating veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. They're not a new phenomenon. VA officials, veteran service organizations and members of Congress have known about them for years. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing and treating veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics.

After decades, dirty power plant to get clean

Posted: 27 May 2014 01:39 PM PDT

This photo taken May 5, 2014 shows the stacks of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa. Three years ago, the operators of one of the nation's dirtiest coal-fired power plants warned of HOMER CITY, Pa. (AP) — Three years ago, the operators of one of the nation's dirtiest coal-fired power plants warned of "immediate and devastating" consequences from the Obama administration's push to clean up pollution from coal.

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