2014年6月7日星期六

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Driver charged in crash that injured actor

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 05:06 PM PDT

FILE - Actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of "Fargo" at the SVA Theater in this April 9, 2014 file photo taken in New York. Morgan is in critical condition at a hospital in New Brunswick, NJ Saturday morning June 7, 2014 following a violent multi-vehicle crash on the NJ Turnpike overnight. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)One man was killed and four were hurt, including comedian Tracy Morgan, in the crash.


California Chrome's Triple Crown quest collapses

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 05:03 PM PDT

Tonalist (11), ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, edges out Commissioner (8), with Javier Castellano up, to win the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Elmont, N.Y. California Chrome (2), the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner and ridden by Victor Espinoza, finished fourth. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)NEW YORK (AP) — California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to 9-1 long shot Tonalist.


Poet Maya Angelou remembered at memorial service

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 01:21 PM PDT

Mourners wait outside Wait Chapel before a memorial service for poet and author Maya Angelou at Wait Chapel. at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, June 7, 2014. Former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey are joining First Lady Michelle Obama at the service. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey said Saturday they were among the millions touched by Angelou's wisdom when they needed help to rise.


Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine's president

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine's president, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles.

Hundreds of couples rush to marry in Wisconsin

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 02:22 PM PDT

Cody Huston, left, and Tina Cady, both of Madison, embrace after getting married Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Madison, Wis. On Friday a federal judge struck down the state's gay marriage ban. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dozens of gay couples married Saturday at courthouses in Milwaukee and Madison, taking advantage of what most believed would be a small window in which to get hitched before a judge's decision overturning the state's same-sex marriage ban was put on hold.


911 calls from Seattle campus shooting released

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 03:38 PM PDT

Shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra, left, is led in chains to a court hearing at a King County Jail courtroom Friday, June 6, 2014, in Seattle. Ybarra was arrested in the killing of a 19-year-old student and wounding of two other young people Thursday at Seattle Pacific University. Police say another student pepper-sprayed and tackled him. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)SEATTLE (AP) — One student talks to 911 operators while a classmate attempts to tend to his bleeding neck and chest. Two other callers after witnessing the shooting at a small Seattle university calmly describe their location, the shooter and the chilling scene.


From prayers to fury: The journey of Bowe Bergdahl

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 31, 2014 image made from video obtained from the Voice Of Jihad website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban member in eastern Afghanistan. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, the Taliban released the video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl went missing from his outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009 and was released from Taliban captivity on May 31, 2014 in exchange for five enemy combatants held in the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad)Bowe Bergdahl stands, hands at his sides, his loose-fitting Pashtun smock and pants bright white against the rocky landscape. The hillsides are dotted with armed Afghans, rifles ready.


Vodafone report sparks global surveillance debate

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 file photo, people walk by a Vodafone branch in central London. Vodafone, one of the world's largest cellphone companies, on Friday, June 6, 2014 revealed the scope of government snooping into phone networks, saying authorities in some countries are able to directly access an operator's network without seeking permission. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Telecommunications company Vodafone's report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than first meets the eye — and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happens in secret.


Missing from World Cup action: Stars sidelined

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 01:07 PM PDT

In this picture taken Friday June 6, 2014 German national soccer player Marco Reus lies on the pitch during the friendly soccer match between Germany and Armenia in Mainz Germany. Reus was helped off the pitch after twisting his left ankle while challenging Artur Yedigaryan for the ball. Reus immediately dropped to the grass and appeared in considerable pain. Team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt shook his head as he assisted the Borussia Dortmund player off the pitch. Reus was taken to the hospital to determine the full extent of the injury. AP Photo/dpa,Thomas Eisenhuth)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Elite professional footballers may be pampered like royalty, but near constant training and grueling club and country commitments are taking their toll on the World Cup before the tournament even kicks off in Brazil.


US job market recovers losses yet appears weaker

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 08:56 AM PDT

In this June 6, 2014 photo, cook Kim Jarjabka send out two lunch orders at Coppertop restaurant in Valley City, Ohio. According to research by the National Employment Law Project, restaurants and bars, temporary staffing, and retail account for more than one-third of the job gains in the current recovery. Wages in these sectors average less than $13.34 an hour. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has finally regained the jobs lost to the Great Recession. But go easy on the hallelujahs. The comeback is far from complete.


Ariz. rushes supplies to site holding migrant kids

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 04:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 29, 2014 file photo, Maria Eva Casco, left, and her son Christian Casco of El Salvador, sit at at the Greyhound bus terminal, Thursday, May 29, 2014 in Phoenix. Central American families arrested in Texas will continue to be flown to Arizona, and hundreds of unaccompanied minors a day are being shipped to a federal detention center in the southern part of the state, Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman says. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials say they are rushing federal supplies to a makeshift holding center in the southern part of the state that's housing hundreds of migrant children and is running low on the basics.


Tracy Morgan in intensive care after 6-car crash

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Tracy Morgan critically injured in NJ Turnpike crashThe actor and comedian was injured when the limousine bus in which he was riding in was involved in a multivehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.


Agencies: Putin orders guards to reinforce Ukraine border

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 04:56 AM PDT

A pro-Russian militant guards a border check-point near the small city of Krasnopartizansk, in the Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine, on June 6, 2014Putin issued the order for border guards to take all necessary measures to prevent illegal crossings, Russian news agencies reported.


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