2014年7月17日星期四

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FedEx charged with assisting illegal pharmacies

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT

In this July 9, 2014 photo, a worker scans packages at the FedEx Express station in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Authorities: FedEx delivered painkillers, other dangerous drugs to customers without prescriptions.


Israeli ground offensive under way in Gaza

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 05:03 PM PDT

Smoke from flares rises in the sky in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Thursday, escalating a 10-day military operation to try to destroy Hamas' weapons arsenal, rocket firing abilities and tunnels under the Palestinian territory's border with Israel. It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Thousands of soldiers have invaded Gaza as Israel resumes attacks against Hamas.


Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:48 PM PDT

epaselect NETHERLANDS UKRAINE PLANE CRASHThe Malaysia Airlines jet was flying far above the range of conventional portable anti-aircraft launchers when it was destroyed Thursday — but it was well within the altitude range of the powerful Buk missile-launcher.


Bank robbers intended to take hostages, prosecutor says

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 04:32 PM PDT

This Thursday, July 17, 2014 booking photo provided by the Stockton Police Department shows Jaime Ramos, 19, who was booked on suspicion of homicide, kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder in a Stockton, Calif. bank robbery that led to a high speed chase. Two other suspects were killed and two of the hostages were wounded during the ensuing chase. The third hostage, who police believe was used as a human shield, was found dead in the SUV after the shootout.. (AP Photo/Stockton Police Department)Prosecutors say the three men who robbed a California bank and took three hostages before engaging in a gun battle with police intended to take hostages.


Obama discusses MH17 tragedy with Putin

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 12:18 PM PDT

Obama looks down as he speaks about the Malaysian airliner flight MH-17 that was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, during a visit to the Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, DelawareObama has promised Ukraine "any assistance" the U.S. can offer in the disaster's wake.


One in three Iowa Republicans dislikes Chris Christie: poll

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo - June 25, 2014, file photo shows, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as he addresses a gathering at a town hall meeting in Haddon Heights, N.J. Christie insists he happens to be in Iowa as part of his duties as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, to raise money for other politicians. He tells The Associated Press: Possible presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie face challenges in Iowa, a new NBC News/Marist poll finds.


Israel sending ground troops to Gaza

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers smile as they ride on a military vehicle near the Israel-Gaza Border, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel and Hamas have begun observing a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire, as fighting extended into a 10th day. The two sides agreed to the pause following a request by the United Nations so that supplies could be delivered to Gaza.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Israeli forces have launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, the military said.


Judge overturns gay marriage ban in Florida Keys

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 11:52 AM PDT

Kimmy Denny and her partner, Barb Lawrence, drove three hours for the to be at the court hearing on gay marriage in Miami, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.The couple is engaged and plans to wait until it legal in their Palm Harbor, Fla. home, to marry. Attorneys for gay couples and the state of Florida are squaring off at a hearing on a lawsuit challenging Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Like others filed across the country, the lawsuit contends the gay marriage ban added by voters to the state constitution is discriminatory and violates equal protection guarantees. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)MIAMI (AP) — A judge in the Florida Keys overturned the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on Thursday after a legal challenge by gay couples said it effectively made them second-class citizens.


Malaysian jet reported shot down

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 03:15 PM PDT

epaselect NETHERLANDS UKRAINE PLANE CRASHUkrainian official: More than 300 people, including 23 Americans, were killed in crash.


Elaine Stritch, Broadway icon and TV star, dies at 89

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 11:17 AM PDT

FILE - This April 2, 2013 file image released by the O+M Company shows Elaine Stritch performing her final engagement at the Cafe Carlyle in New York with Rob Bowman at the piano. Stritch died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89. (AP Photo/The O+M Company, Walter McBride, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a theatrical icon, has died, according to Brigade Marketing. She was 89.


Yahoo News Malaysia: Live blog on airliner down

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Yahoo News Malaysia: Live blog on airliner down


Russia slams sanctions 'blackmail'

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 07:45 AM PDT

A building destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Force in Snezhnoye, 80 km east of Donetsk, pictured on July 16The US and EU bolstered sanctions against Russia over its alleged support of separatists in Ukraine, drawing an angry rebuke on Thursday from Moscow which said the measures amounted to "blackmail". President Barack Obama in sanctions imposed Wednesday took his first direct swipes at the Russian economy's finance, military and energy sectors, further escalating the worst standoff between the Kremlin and the West since the Cold War. Washington had warned last week that Moscow had to demonstrate a clean break from separatists or face the tougher sanctions. The Russian foreign ministry reacted to sanctions in a furious statement: "We do not intend to tolerate blackmail and reserve the right to take retaliatory measures" against the US.


Violent bank robbery in Calif. leaves hostage, 2 suspects dead

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:40 AM PDT

Stockton bank robbery, gunbattle: 2 suspects, 1 hostage deadSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Robbers fleeing a California bank took three women hostage and threw two of them from their getaway vehicle, as they fired repeatedly at police during a high-speed chase. Police shot out their tires but the shooting continued, fatally wounding two suspects and the last hostage.


Ukraine: Jet may have been shot down

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Malaysia Airlines airliners at Kuala Lumpur Airport in Sepang on June 17, 2014The country's president and members of the government say pro-Russian separatists may be to blame.


Massive whale sharks relocating to Europe's cooler water

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 05:20 AM PDT

whale sharkThe largest living fish, whale sharks, may increasingly be using volcanic islands off the western coast of Europe as a new home as sea surface temperatures rise, researchers say. The whale shark is a titan, known to reach up to 41.5 feet (12.65 meters) in length and 47,000 lbs. (21,500 kilograms) in weight, and some anecdotes suggest they can get even larger. Unlike predators such as great white sharks, whale sharks are gentle giants, using rows of their tiny teeth as a filter to strain out tiny creatures in the water for meals, just like the largest whales do. "Whale sharks are the largest living fish, yet they are also very elusive," said lead study author Pedro Afonso, a marine and fisheries ecologist at the University of the Azores.


'NO ILLEAGLES HERE.'

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:48 AM PDT

Demonstrators picket before the possible arrivals of undocumented migrants who may be processed at the Murrieta Border Patrol StationRumors, some cruel, spread along with hostility toward migrant children from Central America.


Ukraine: Pro-Russia rebels downed Malaysian plane

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 04:44 PM PDT

Fire engines arrive at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, as the sun sets Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 295 people aboard Thursday, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the aircraft.


Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 03:37 PM PDT

A woman reacts after hearing about the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashing in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight 17 over Ukrainian airspace Thursday. It was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia's prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route also had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.


Afghan ballot audit starts; Kabul airport attacked

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 03:25 PM PDT

A wounded Afghan security personnel speaks on a phone during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday, raining down rockets, setting off a gunbattle with security forces and forcing the airport to close for hours, officials said. The militants occupied two buildings which were under construction some 700 meters (yards) north of the facility, and were using them as a base to direct rockets and gunfire toward the airport and international jet fighters flying over Kabul, said Afghan army Gen. Afzal Aman. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's election commission began auditing ballots Thursday following a U.S.-brokered deal between the two presidential contenders while a brazen attack on the Kabul airport underscored the dangers the country still faces in its troubled democracy.


Microsoft CEO pivots sharply with 18,000 job cut

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 02:58 PM PDT

This photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 3, 2014 shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft on Thursday, July 17, 2014 announced it will lay off up to 18,000 workers over the next year. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft announced the biggest layoffs in its 39-year history Thursday, outlining plans to cut 18,000 jobs in a move that marked the CEO's sharpest pivot yet away from his predecessor's drive for the company to make its own devices.


Some defend founder of Mexican shelter

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 04:09 PM PDT

Boys and young men line up to receive a meal provided by the government, at The Great Family group home in Zamora, Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, July 17, 2014. After a police raid on the refuse-strewn group home Tuesday, residents of the shelter told authorities that some employees beat and raped residents, fed them rotting food or locked them in a tiny "punishment" room. Shelter residents were still being kept at the home while officials look for places to transfer them. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)ZAMORA, Mexico (AP) — About 500 people marched through this western Mexico city Thursday in support of the embattled but highly regarded founder of a shelter raided amid allegations of sexual and physical abuse and filthy living conditions.


Holocaust Museum opens UN archive on WWII crimes

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 02:47 PM PDT

FILE - This, Feb. 23, 2012, file photo shows Bridget Sisk, chief of Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS) at the United Nations, as she views a 1947 negative file during a special tour of U.N. historical archives. A largely unknown archive documenting thousands of cases against World War II criminals, from Hitler to many average participants in the Holocaust who were never brought to trial, are being made public and unrestricted for the first time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington after being locked away for decades at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — From Adolf Hitler down to the petty bureaucrats who staffed the Nazi death camps, thousands of perpetrators of World War II war crimes were eventually written up in vast reams of investigative files — files that now, for the first time, can be viewed in their entirety by the public.


Discoveries convince family pregnant woman is dead

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 05:02 PM PDT

Kimberlyn Scott poses for a portrait in Makawao, Hawaii, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Scott's daughter, Carly "Charli" Scott, went missing in February and has not been seen since. Her former boyfriend has been charged with murdering her and burning her vehicle. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)MAKAWAO, Hawaii (AP) — Four days into searching for her pregnant half-sister, Phaedra Wais trudged through a rugged, wet jungle on Maui to chase a new lead in the disappearance.


For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 02:47 PM PDT

A woman reacts to news regarding a Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Two Boeing 777s. Two incredibly rare aviation disasters. And one airline.


In CIA museum, treasures of spycraft

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:50 AM PDT

Distortion Measuring SetYahoo News' Olivier Knox in inner sanctum, where tools of Hitler, bin Laden, special rat corpse hide.


Matt Bai: The Trouble With Boehner

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:47 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of OhioAbout five months ago, just after the State of the Union address, I theorized that Barack Obama and John Boehner might still have a chance to do something big together. Both men badly wanted the legislative legacy that had eluded them on issues where there was already some consensus, like debt reduction and immigration. And Boehner appeared ready to put some distance between himself and the most rigid ideologues in his caucus.


Elephants in zoos struggling with obesity from captivity

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 05:21 AM PDT

Zoo Elephants' Big Threat: Too Much Junk in the TrunkAfrican elephants in captivity are packing on the pounds, and experts warn that the rise in obesity is contributing to infertility, which could be detrimental to the survival of the species in zoos. To get a handle on the problem, one group of researchers in Alabama is looking for a better way to measure body fat on the already huge animals. Just like humans, elephants with excess fat are more likely to develop heart disease, arthritis and infertility, Daniella Chusyd, a graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a statement. Previous studies have shown an alarming number of African elephants in zoos have irregular or no ovarian cycles.  [Elephants Images: The Biggest Land Animal]


Militants killed after audacious attack on Kabul airport

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 11:28 PM PDT

Taliban Militants Attack Kabul AirportBy Mirwais Harooni and Abdul Saboor KABUL (Reuters) - Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday in one of the most audacious assaults on the facility, used by both civilians and the military, in a year. The attack on the airport comes at a time of great uncertainty for Afghanistan as votes from the second round of a disputed presidential election are to be recounted. The poll is meant to mark Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power. The attack lasted about four hours after four unidentified militants armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades opened fire on the airport from the roof of a building just to its north.


Israeli official says permanent Gaza ceasefire agreed

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 04:20 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers rest atop tanks outside the central Gaza StripThere is no immediate confirmation from Hamas however.


Israel, Hamas begin humanitarian truce

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 01:46 AM PDT

A picture taken from the Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike on July 16, 2014Fighting raged until just moments before the start of the five-hour cease-fire.


California man charged with stealing beeswax for drug habit

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Pollination for the nationA California man has been charged with stealing nearly 200 pounds (91 kg) of beeswax from the beekeeper who employed him and selling it to support his drug habit, in what local police say is their first arrest for pilfering the gooey substance. Karl Robert Glick, 26, a resident of Madera County in California's agricultural Central Valley, was arrested on Saturday after his employer found in Glick's car a $1,700 receipt for sale of beeswax to a Fresno company, Madera County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.    Deputies also seized nearly 200 pounds (91 kg) of beeswax from Glick's home, Stuart said. Authorities believe Glick was melting the wax into sellable portions at his home, where deputies also found drug paraphernalia, she said.


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