2014年5月31日星期六

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American soldier freed by Taliban

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:53 PM PDT

FILE - This file image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl, left. Saturday, May 31, 2014, U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say his release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: INTELCENTER; NO SALES; EDS NOTE: "INTELCENTER" AT LEFT TOP CORNER ADDED BY SOURCESgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. military prisoner in Afghanistan, was handed over in a swap mediated by Qatar.


70 years after D-Day, she hears dad's stories anew

Posted: 31 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

This 1944 photo provided by Beth J. Harpaz, shows her father, David Jackendoff, while serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Europe. Jackendoff parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and later fought in Holland and Belgium. Though he died in 1993, wartime radio interviews with him and a TV interview of the 40th anniversary of D-Day preserved his stories. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Beth J. Harpaz)NEW YORK (AP) — Every night at dinner when I was young, my dad fought World War II all over again. He'd parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne on D-Day, went on to fight in Holland and Belgium, and he loved to tell war stories.


Analysis: Shinseki exit breaks Obama's crisis mold

Posted: 31 May 2014 08:06 AM PDT

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses while speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.


Some Kiev barricades come down; protesters balky

Posted: 31 May 2014 11:09 AM PDT

Ukrainian army paratroopers preparing to move to a position in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Confrontations continued Saturday between government troops and the rebels, who have seized administrative and police buildings across the east and want to join the region to Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Demonstrators on the main downtown avenue of Ukraine's capital set piles of tires ablaze on Saturday to protest authorities' call to end the encampment that began six months ago. A few hundred meters away, workers in hard hats cleared debris from torn-down barricades.


Warnings on 'gaming' patient waits go back years

Posted: 31 May 2014 09:22 AM PDT

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses as he speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The report this week confirming that 1,700 veterans were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" at a Phoenix hospital was hardly the first independent review that documented long wait times for some patients seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs and inaccurate records that understated the depth of the problem.


6 climbers missing on Mount Rainier

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:29 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Six climbers are missing on Mount Rainier, and a helicopter search was launched on Saturday for them, a National Parks spokeswoman said.

Hagel spars with China over territorial disputes

Posted: 31 May 2014 08:40 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, right, China's deputy chief of General Staff, at the start of their meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S. "will not look the other way" when nations such as China try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)SINGAPORE (AP) — China's aggressive moves to claim jurisdiction over land and sky in the Asia-Pacific risk undermining peace and security in the region and beyond, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday. Beijing scoffed at the "groundless" charges.


For GOP, which Reagan legacy is right for 2016?

Posted: 31 May 2014 03:50 PM PDT

Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Saturday, May 31, 2014. Midterm election campaigns are in full swing, but several thousand Republicans gathering in Louisiana look toward a bigger prize. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Another prominent Republican gathering, more evidence of the dueling legacies of President Ronald Reagan overhanging the party as it tries to widen its reach and avoid extending its presidential losing streak in 2016.


Proposed $40 million settlement set for players

Posted: 31 May 2014 12:58 PM PDT

A $40 million settlement has been completed that will pay college football and basketball players dating to 2003 for the use of their likenesses in NCAA-branded videogames.

Mickelson says he's cooperating in trading probe

Posted: 31 May 2014 02:33 PM PDT

Phil Mickelson signs autographs for fans following his third round of the Memorial golf tournament Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson confirmed that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him this week at the Memorial Tournament. The five-time major champion said Saturday he has done "absolutely nothing wrong."


Released soldier's parents appear with Obama

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:18 PM PDT

Parents of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Jani Bergdahl, left, and Bob Bergdahl, turn to President Barack Obama after he spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Saturday, May 31, 2014, after the announcement that Bowe Bergdahl has been released from captivity in Afghanistan. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, says the nature of his son's recovery will never really be comprehended.


Obama welcomes release of captured US soldier

Posted: 31 May 2014 04:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks with Jani Bergdahl, left, and Bob Bergdahl, right, the parents of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Saturday, May 31, 2014, after the announcement that Bowe Bergdahl has been released from captivity. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is welcoming the release of the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.


Report: Calif. police unaware student had firearms before killings

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:01 PM PDT

Student signs on a remembrance wall in the Isla Vista neighborhood of Santa Barbara(Reuters) - Authorities did not know that Elliot Rodger, whose shooting rampage left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a California college town, owned firearms despite three interactions with the police within the year, the Los Angeles Times reported. Rodger had legally purchased three firearms leading up to the shooting spree, a fact that authorities could have discovered by searching law enforcement databases, the Times reported on Friday. "The issue of weapons did not come up," sheriff's spokeswoman Kelly Hoover told the Times.


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