2014年7月25日星期五

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Sen. Walsh responds to plagiarism scandal

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:53 PM PDT

Exclusive: Sen. John Walsh responds to revelations that he plagiarized Army War College paperMontana Democrat speaks with Yahoo News following plagiarism revelations.


Three children dead after Philly carjacking

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:28 PM PDT

A police officer walks past the wreckage of a carjacked vehicle that police say hit a group of people on a corner in Philadelphia on Friday, July 25, 2014, killing two children and critically injuring three other people. One of the children was pronounced dead at the scene and another at a hospital, Homicide Capt. James Clark said. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Alejandro A. Alvarez) MANDATORY CREDIT; THE EVENING BULLETIN OUT, TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESThree other people were critically injured after a hijacked car was driven into a crowd.


Judge strikes down Florida's gay marriage ban

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo, Kathy Harbin, left, and her spouse Michelle Call hold their children Louis Harbin-Call, 6 months, and Leo Harbin-Call, 2, as they speak during a news conference, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. More than 1,000 same-sex married couples in Utah must wait longer for state benefits after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state a stay on an order requiring it to recognize the marriages. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)A Florida judge has overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage in a ruling that applies to Miami-Dade County, agreeing with a judge in another county who made a similar ruling last week.


FIBA to review 'discriminatory' headgear ban

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:03 PM PDT

Let Sikhs play – How turban bans in sport are threatening the last surviving bastion of equal rightsFacing claims that Muslim and Sikh players are being discriminated against, basketball's governing body will review its ban which prevents players wearing headgear for religious reasons.


Hospital gunman planned to kill others, official says

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:45 PM PDT

Police at the scene of a shooting at the Mercy-Fitzgerald Hospital in DarbyA psychiatrist's patient ranted about a gun ban at a suburban medical complex before opening fire there, killing his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist before the doctor pulled out his own weapon and fired back, authorities said Friday.


Large Sandy-struck family splits $20M New Jersey lottery win

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:10 PM PDT

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 photo, Forked River 7-Eleven owner Manny Chaudhari, right, poses for a photo with winning lottery ticket buyer Sigrid Endreson during a news conference, in Beachwood. Endreson's large New Jersey shore family that suffered losses during Superstorm Sandy will share a $20 million lottery jackpot that Endreson, one of 17 siblings, said would be "a great pick-me-up." (AP Photo/The Asbury Park Press, Doug Hood) NO SALESA lottery-playing tradition started by the matriarch of a large New Jersey shore family paid off for her 17 children this week when the group won a $20 million jackpot that will partly be used to help family members recover from 2012's Superstorm Sandy.


FBI's Mueller: Gaza will fuel al-Qaida threat

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Israeli APCs drive near the Israeli border with Gaza as the come out of the Gaza StripA former FBI director says Israel's Gaza offensive will inflame anti-U.S. sentiment.


Washington wildfire: 300 homes burned

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:43 PM PDT

This aerial photo shows structures which were destroyed by wildfires near Pateros, Wash. on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Fire spokesman Pete Buist says the biggest wildfire in the state's history remains at 52 percent contained on Thursday. However, the weather forecast calls for hot and dry conditions to return over the next few days. (AP Photo)A sheriff in Washington state says a massive wildfire has burned 300 homes, double the number previously estimated.


Jailed Russian opposition leader goes on hunger strike

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT

Russian opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov gestures in a court room during a trial in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Russian news agencies say two opposition activists, Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev, have been convicted of organizing riots at the May 2012 protest in Moscow, a day before the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov began a hunger strike on Friday, a day after being sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for inciting public unrest. "Today is the first day of the indefinite hunger strike declared by Udaltsov. Udaltsov, a leftist opposition leader, and his co-defendant Leonid Razvozzhayev were convicted on Thursday of fomenting mass riots ahead of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration to a third term in 2012. Udaltsov wrote a letter to the head of the prison in Moscow informing him that was going on hunger strike, said prison service spokesman Sergei Tsygankov.


AH5017: First images emerge of Air Algerie crash site

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:46 AM PDT

AH5017: First images emerge of Air Algerie crash siteThis photo provided Friday July 25, 2014 by the French army shows a helicopter at the site of the plane crash in Mali. French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism hasn't been ruled out as a cause, although officials say the most likely reason for the catastrophe that killed all onboard is bad weather. At least 116 people were killed in Thursday's disaster, nearly half of whom were French. (AP Photo/ECPAD)

Israel rejects Gaza truce plan

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Two and a half-year-old Muhammad Al Masri rests on his mother's legs in a classroom at a United Nations school where hundreds of families have sought refuge after fleeing their homes following heavy Israeli forces' strikes, in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Friday, July 25, 2014. Over 140,000 Palestinians are seeking shelter in 83 UNRWA schools, according to UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness. The number of Palestinians seeking shelter since the ground operation began has increased seven-fold. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Israeli media say the country's Security Cabinet has unanimously rejected a U.S. proposal for a temporary pause in Israel-Hamas fighting.


Congress faces high price for border inaction

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:30 AM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with reporters about the border crisis, veterans' health care, and future funding, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2014. House Republicans and Senate Democrats are at an impasse on dealing with tens of thousands of young migrants showing up at the southern border, leaving any solution unclear with Congress' annual August recess looming. (AP Photo)Lawmakers could end up paying more to address immigration crisis.


Russian execs fear economic damage after plane crash

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 21, 2014 pool file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Samara, Russia. Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the crash of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an international isolation that will cause serious and lasting economic damage. The U.S. and EU are still playing something similar to MOSCOW (AP) — Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the downing of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an international isolation that will cause serious and lasting economic damage.


Judge: Defendant in 9/11 Gitmo case to be tried separately

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:16 AM PDT

Undated photo released January 17, 2002 by the U.S. Government of Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five susp..MIAMI (AP) — A military judge has ruled that one of five prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay naval base charged in the Sept. 11 attack should be tried separately from his co-defendants.


FIFA rejects calls to strip Russia of World Cup despite pressure

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:43 AM PDT

Ecuador's forward Jefferson Montero kicks the ball during the Group E football match against France at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 25, 2014GENEVA (AP) — FIFA rejected calls to move the 2018 World Cup from Russia, saying the tournament "can achieve positive change."


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Vatican staff gets surprise lunch guest

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:15 AM PDT

Pope Francisnhas lunch at the Vatican workers' cafeteria, FridayBut a cafeteria cashier balks at handing Pope Francis the bill.


Aide: White House takes impeachment threat seriously

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:08 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One to board Air Force One and leave Los Angeles en route to Washington from Los Angeles International Airport Thursday, July 24, 2014, on the final day of his three-day West Coast trip. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Barack Obama's top advisers says the White House takes seriously the possibility that House Republicans could pursue impeachment of the president.


Drought, disease to drive up U.S. meat, seafood prices

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:58 AM PDT

Fish and chipsBy Ros Krasny WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Overall U.S. food inflation will remain near the historic norm in 2014, even as prices for meat and seafood are pushed higher by disease and widespread drought, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. Prices for shelf-stable and processed items made by companies such as General Mills and Kraft Foods Group are relatively flat. "It appears that supermarkets are maintaining minimal price inflation on packaged food products, possibly in an effort to keep prices competitive in light of rising cost pressures for most perishable items," the USDA said.


Gunman to face bedside arraignment

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:36 AM PDT

A hospital worker views police activity near the scene of a shooting at a wellness center attached to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., on Thursday, July 24, 2014. A doctor grazed by gunfire from a patient who had entered his office in a suburban hospital's psychiatric unit stopped him by returning fire with his own gun and injuring him, authorities said. (AP Photo)Man accused of shooting his caseworker, then was shot by his psychiatrist, police say.


Comic-Con fanboys, girls confront changes in beloved characters

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Guests attend Day 1 of Comic-Con International 2014 on July 24, 2014 in San Diego, CaliforniaCaptain America is now black, Thor becomes a woman, and comic character Archie Andrews is shot and killed while saving his gay friend. The annual pop-culture carnival that is the Comic-Con Festival got under way in San Diego on Thursday with fans welcoming the world of change facing so many beloved characters. An estimated 150,000 devotees of comics, video games, fantasy and action movies are expected to throng the four-day extravaganza in southern California, many opting to don costumes of their favorite characters. The streets surrounding the festival resemble a surreal bazaar: a miniature Darth Vader asleep on the shoulders of his father, dressed as Bart Simpson, or Princess Elsa from "Frozen" posing with "Avengers" heroine Black Widow.


Counterterrorism experts discuss threats to America

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Cyclist reprimanded for Gaza protest on gloves

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:01 AM PDT

New Zealand's Sam Webster, left, leads Malaysia's Mohd Azizulhasni Awang, right, during the Men's sprint Quarter final at the Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — A Malaysian cyclist at the Commonwealth Games who wore gloves with "Save Gaza" written on them has been reprimanded by his team and warned he will be expelled if he does it again.


Technology that could help prevent hot-car child deaths

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 06:06 AM PDT

This Tech Could Prevent Kid Deaths in Hot CarsThe Hot Seat, Babeep and Precious Cargo app -- could help save children's lives by alerting parents if they've accidentally left their little ones behind. Created by New Mexico teen Alissa Chavez, The Hot Seat is a small pad that parents place under their child's car seat and a proximity sensor attached to a key fob. Although she's a high school senior now, Chavez came up with The Hot Seat idea as an eight grader.


Bad weather likely cause of fatal Air Algerie crash

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT

An Air Algerie Airways plane prepares to land at Houari Boumediene Airport in AlgiersBy Chine Labbé and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight in the West African country of Mali that killed all 118 people on board, French officials said on Friday. "French soldiers who are on the ground have started the first investigations," French President Francois Hollande told reporters. An earlier count of 51 French nationals among the dead was also raised to 54 by the French Foreign Ministry to include those with dual nationality. French, Malian and Dutch soldiers from a U.N. peacekeeping force (MINUSMA) secured the crash site, which lies about 80 km (50 miles) south of the northern Malian town of Gossi, near the Burkina Faso border.


Ukraine on edge of political meltdown

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk gestures as he addresses members of parliament during a parliamentary session in Kiev on July 24, 2014Shock resignation of prime minister, continued combat at MH17 site. What else can go wrong?


Frantic search for 32-year-old Ebola patient zero

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 06:15 AM PDT

A health worker with disinfectant spray walks down a street outside the government hospital in KenemaBy Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone officials appealed for help on Friday to trace the first known resident in the capital with Ebola whose family forcibly removed her from a Freetown hospital after testing positive for the deadly disease. Radio stations in Freetown, a city of around 1 million inhabitants, broadcast the appeal on Friday to locate a woman who tested positive for the disease that has killed 660 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since an outbreak was first identified in February. "Saudatu Koroma of 25 Old Railway Line, Brima Lane, Wellington," the announcement said. We need the public to help us locate her." Koroma, 32, a resident of the densely populated Wellington neighborhood, had been admitted to an isolation ward while blood samples were tested for the virus, Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis.


Setback in US-led Gaza truce efforts

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:21 PM PDT

Two and a half-year-old Muhammad Al Masri rests on his mother's legs in a classroom at a United Nations school where hundreds of families have sought refuge after fleeing their homes following heavy Israeli forces' strikes, in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Friday, July 25, 2014. Over 140,000 Palestinians are seeking shelter in 83 UNRWA schools, according to UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness. The number of Palestinians seeking shelter since the ground operation began has increased seven-fold. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as first step toward a broader deal and Israel's defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation "significantly."


AP ANALYSIS: Old story, new twists in Gaza war

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv suburb near the airport, central Israel. The third Gaza war is playing out very much like the first one some five years ago: We are now at the stage where the harrowing civilian toll in Gaza is at the center of the discourse, eclipsing the rocket attacks by Hamas militants which are the reason for the Israeli assault. In 2009, Hamas was firing relatively small projectiles with minimal range, mostly aimed at border communities surrounding the blockaded Gaza Strip. Now Hamas is firing at Tel Aviv, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the strip, and even at some cities beyond. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)CAIRO (AP) — The third Gaza war is playing out much like the first one more than five years ago: The harrowing civilian toll in Gaza is now at the center of the discourse, eclipsing the rocket attacks by Hamas militants that were the stated reason for the Israeli assault.


US: Russia is firing across border into Ukraine

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Dutch and Australian investigators examine pieces of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the village of Rassipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is launching artillery attacks from its soil on Ukrainian troops and preparing to move heavier weaponry across the border, the U.S. and Ukraine charged Friday in what appeared to be an ominous escalation of the crisis.


Migrants: Obama urges Latin leaders, GOP to help

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina, left, and Honduran President Juan Hernandez, right, listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media, after they met to discuss Central American immigration and the border crisis in the Cabinet Room of the White House Friday, July 25, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing for swift action, President Barack Obama on Friday urged Central American presidents and congressional Republicans to help ease the influx of minors and migrant families crossing the southwest border of the U.S.


What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 mobile phone photo provided by Andrei Kashtanov, smoke rises from the site where a Malaysia Airlines commercial plane went down in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were killed. (AP Photo/Andrei Kashtanov)SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — It was lunchtime when a tracked launcher with four SA-11 surface-to-air missiles rolled into town and parked on Karapetyan Street. Fifteen hundred miles (2,400 kilometers) to the west, passengers were checking in for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.


Former CIA officials can't see 'torture' report

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 03:32 PM PDT

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — About a dozen former CIA officials named in a classified Senate report on decade-old agency interrogation practices were notified in recent days that they would be able to review parts of the document in a secure room in suburban Washington after signing a secrecy agreement.

Taiwan plane survivor crawls out, phones dad

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:05 AM PDT

A relative of a victim in the TransAsia Airways flight GE222 crash cries during a funeral service on the Taiwan island of Penghu, Friday, July 25, 2014. Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the plane crash that killed more than 40 people, the airline said Thursday. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)XIXI, Taiwan (AP) — The 10 survivors of Taiwan's worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and seeking help at a nearby home.


Teams converge on remote site to probe plane crash

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:24 PM PDT

This photo provided Friday July 25, 2014 by the French army shows a helicopter at the site of the plane crash in Mali. French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism hasn't been ruled out as a cause, although officials say the most likely reason for the catastrophe that killed all onboard is bad weather. At least 116 people were killed in Thursday's disaster, nearly half of whom were French. (AP Photo/ECPAD)PARIS (AP) — Aviation experts, criminal investigators and soldiers began converging Friday on an isolated patch of restive Mali to search for clues that might explain why an Air Algerie jetliner fell from the sky in a storm and apparently disintegrated on impact.


Transcript shows concerns during Arizona execution

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:30 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows inmate Joseph Rudolph Wood. Wood took nearly two hours to die and gasped for about 90 minutes during his execution in Arizona on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Corrections, File)FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake was attending a ceremony for a judicial colleague when he received an urgent — and unusual — request: Lawyers for a condemned inmate wanted him to stop an execution that didn't seem to be working.


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