2014年8月13日星期三

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U.S. troops fly to Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:33 PM PDT

Displaced people from minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to ISIL in Sinjar town, walk toward the Syrian border, on outskirts of Mount Sinjar.Pentagon: U.S. Special Forces to assess humanitarian needs, rescue stranded Iraqis.


Israel, Hamas to extend temporary truce

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 03:35 PM PDT

Intisar al Masri, salvages items from the rubble of her family house, destroyed by Israeli strikes in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A temporary Israel-Hamas truce was holding for a second day Tuesday as marathon, indirect negotiations on a lasting cease-fire and a long-term solution for the battered Gaza Strip were set to resume in Cairo. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)3 rockets fired at Israel leading up to new Hamas deal; cease-fire to last 5 more days.


Dominant Mo Farah eases to European 10,000 meters title

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Britain's Mo Farah put aside his recent fitness problems to claim his fourth European title by comfortably winning the 10,000 meters final.


Father of dead driver lashes out at Tony Stewart

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Kevin Ward Sr. said he believes Stewart put his son into the wall before Kevin Ward Jr. climbed from his car to confront Stewart, was struck and killed by Stewart's right-rear tire, at N.Y. dirt track.


U.S. forces may help evacuate trapped Iraqis

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:27 PM PDT

The United States has not ruled out using American ground forces in an operation to extract thousands of desperate civilians trapped on a mountain by Islamist militants, but they will not engage in combat, a senior White House official said on Wednesday. A team of 130 U.S. military personnel is in the Kurdistan capital of Arbil, urgently drawing up options ranging from creating a safe corridor to an airlift to rescue those besieged on Mount Sinjar for over a week, most of them members of the Yazidi religious minority. "These 130 personnel are not going to be in a combat role in Iraq," White House deputy spokesman Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama, who is on vacation on Martha's Vineyard island in Massachusetts. Rhodes noted that Obama had repeatedly ruled out "reintroducing U.S. forces into combat on the ground in Iraq." But he added: "There are a variety of ways in which we can support the safe removal of those people from the mountain." Rhodes said the intention was to work with Kurdish forces already operating in the region and with the Iraqi military.

Report: NSA planned preset strikes in cyberattacks

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT

The NSA is developing an automatic malware-killerEdward Snowden said NSA eyed automated strikes against cyberattacks, risking war: new report.


Philly carjacking suspect seeks forgiveness; 4 dead

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 11:26 AM 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 SALESMinutes after learning a mother had also died from a Philadelphia carjacking crash that killed three of her children, a teen suspect blurted out a lament during a brief court hearing Wednesday.


N.Y. town gets months’ worth of rain

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

Firefighters cross a flooded intersection on Route 110 in Farmingdale, N.Y., on New York's Long Island, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Stranded Long Island drivers have been rescued after a storm slammed Islip, N.Y., with over 12 inches of rain — an entire summer's worth. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)Police: One person dead in crash involving SUV and tractor-trailer during N.Y. rainstorm.


Sixth climber found dead on Mont Blanc

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:40 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2003 file photo shows Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest mountain. A mayor in the French Alps says five climbers have died on Mont Blanc and a sixth is missing. The climbers disappeared overnight as they were trying to reach the Aiguille d'Argentiere, which tops out around 3,900 meters (12,800 feet). Mont Blanc, in addition to its primary peak, contains some 200 summits. The bodies of five climbers were located Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, while a sixth has not been found, said Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais, a town at the foot of Europe's tallest mountain. (AP Photo/Patrick Gardin, File)Six French climbers died in a fall on France's Mont Blanc after a night of snow and wind on Western Europe's tallest mountain, officials said Wednesday.


Aid convoy, or cunning invasion plan?

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:08 AM PDT

A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine drives along a road near the city of YeletsUkraine, Russia continue to argue about real purpose of trucks headed for border.


Brazil presidential candidate dies in plane crash

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:09 PM PDT

Pernambuco state governor Eduardo Campos, candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) for next October's presidential election, speaks in Brasilia, on July 30, 2014Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, a contender to unseat President Dilma Rousseff in October, died Wednesday when his jet crashed into a residential area, media network Globo said. Campos, a socialist who has been running third in the polls, was on board a jet that crashed into a gym and houses in the city of Santos, breaking into pieces and sparking a large fire, Globo reported. All seven people aboard, the Brazilian air force told the online and television news network. The plane was en route from Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport to Guaruja airport outside Sao Paulo when it hit bad weather, according to aviation authority spokesman Pedro Luis Farcic.


Blowing up cannonballs from a very old war

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:45 AM PDT

Life-Size Cannon Operated By Headless Figures Unveiled in London For The First TimeSOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — About 180 Civil War-era cannonballs found on the grounds of the nation's oldest arsenal have been detonated in an upstate New York quarry.


Can taking maternity leave kill your career?

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:31 AM PDT

Savannah Guthrie Gets Parenting Advice From Celeb Moms Before Taking Maternity LeaveInside the world of Silicon Valley. Should tech companies hire more female workers?


Gay couples in Virginia could get married by next week

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 02:03 PM PDT

FLORIDA WANTS A DECISION ON GAY MARRIAGERICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Same-sex couples could begin marrying as early as next week in Virginia after a federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban.


Vatican supporting Iraq military action

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:20 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis shakes hands with Cardinal Fernando Filoni at the Vatican. Pope Francis is sending Cardinal Filoni as his personal envoy to Iraq to show solidarity with Christians who have been forced from their homes by Islamic militants. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)Though reluctant to advocate force, church says persecuted need protection from Islamic State.


Cyber-attacks won't convince Ferguson police chief to ID cop

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:09 PM PDT

PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS FOR REFLECTIONST. LOUIS (AP) — The police chief in the St. Louis suburb where an officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager said Wednesday that cyber-attacks on his city's website won't sway him into releasing the officer's name.


Bowe Bergdahl's platoon mates speak out

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 11:46 PM PDT

Captured Soldier'I'm not sure we can publish this book without the Right using it to their ends.'


International rescue plan underway for trapped Yezidis: UK prime minister

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:56 AM PDT

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence in Iraq, looks out from an abandoned house where she is taking refuge in the southeastern Turkish town of SilopiBy Andrew Osborn and William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his holiday to return to Britain to chair a meeting to discuss the Iraq crisis on Wednesday, but resisted calls to intervene there militarily and ruled out recalling parliament for now. Cameron returned as Iraq's new prime minister-designate won endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran. He also called on Iraqi leaders to end feuds that have let jihadists seize much of the country. ...


Meet the first test-tube baby penguin

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:26 AM PDT

SeaWorld hatches first penguin via artificial inseminationThe 12-week-old baby penguin could offer a boost to both science and the dwindling number of wild penguins, researchers say.


'Miraculous' survival story in Swiss train plunge

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 10:44 AM PDT

File picture for illustration shows a train sitting at Geneva station on June 22, 2005A landslide derailed a passenger train in the Swiss mountains on Wednesday sending one carriage plunging into a ravine, but it appeared that miraculously there had been no deaths. Terrified passengers crowded into the rear of another carriage in a bid to prevent it from tipping over the edge. "We all rushed to the back of the carriage to put all of our weight there, so that it didn't tip into the abyss," he said. Another carriage remained perched on the edge of the track, half of it hanging over the ravine.


Report: New info on plane crash death of US Sen. Inhofe's son

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 10:21 AM PDT

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., ranking member on the Senate Armed Service Committee,speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 8, 2014, after attending a closed committee meeting on the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)OWASSO, Okla. (AP) — The son of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe was flying a new type of aircraft for the first time alone when he was killed last November in a plane crash, according to a factual report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board.


Rescue for Mont Blanc climber in ravine

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:57 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2003 file photo shows Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest mountain. A mayor in the French Alps says five climbers have died on Mont Blanc and a sixth is missing. The climbers disappeared overnight as they were trying to reach the Aiguille d'Argentiere, which tops out around 3,900 meters (12,800 feet). Mont Blanc, in addition to its primary peak, contains some 200 summits. The bodies of five climbers were located Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, while a sixth has not been found, said Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais, a town at the foot of Europe's tallest mountain. (AP Photo/Patrick Gardin, File)Five French climbers dead on peak after night of snow and wind.


Floods soak communities across US: Startling images

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:16 AM PDT

FLASH FLOODS CRIPPLE MIDWEST, EAST COASTHeavy rains that have soaked a large swath of the United States over the last several days have spawned flash floods from Arizona to New England, submerging vehicles in parking lots and trapping drivers in their cars.


Astronaut's moving tribute to Robin Williams

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Apollo 11 Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Mourns Robin WilliamsApollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin paid his respects to comedian Robin Williams today with a post on Facebook. "I regarded Robin Williams as a friend and fellow sufferer," Aldrin wrote on Facebook Tuesday (Aug. 12). Williams made his own contribution to the United States space program by providing the wakeup call for astronauts onboard the space shuttle Discovery during a mission in 1988. Follow Miriam Kramer @mirikramer and Google+.


Obama comments on Michael Brown shooting

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, from Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama is giving his approval to the appointment of a prime minister to replace Nouri al-Maliki and urging the formation of a new government in Iraq as soon as possible. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The president speaks out about the police shooting death of an unarmed black teen.


Explosion kills reporter in Gaza

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:26 AM PDT

This Monday, Aug. 11 2014 photo shows Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip. Camilli, 35, was killed in an ordnance explosion in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 together with Palestinian translator Ali Shehda Abu Afash and three members of the Gaza police. Police said four other people were seriously injured, including AP photographer Hatem Moussa.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator were killed Wednesday when ordnance left over from the Israeli-Hamas war exploded as they were reporting on the conflict's aftermath.


Snowden: NSA's secret ‘MonsterMind’ program

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:34 AM PDT

Russia Grants Snowden Three-Year Residency PermitThe controversial NSA whistleblower also says he offered to serve prison time in the U.S. "as long as it served the right purpose."


Obama/Bush golf outings, by the numbers

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:00 AM PDT

Obama and Bush VacationPresident Obama feels the heat over his summertime getaway to Martha's Vineyard.


Six climbers die after fall on France's Mont Blanc

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:42 AM PDT

Mont-Blanc mountain, in the French AlpsSix French climbers have died after a terrifying 250-metre fall from Mont Blanc, officials said Wednesday, one of the worst accidents in a decade on Europe's highest mountain. "We are certain that the climbers unfortunately died on the spot after a fall of around 250 metres (800 feet)," rescue police spokesman Frederic Labrunye told reporters. The group of four men and one woman, aged between 27 and 45 and accompanied by a experienced guide, set out on Tuesday for the "Aiguille d'Argentiere" peak on the Mont Blanc massif, which stands at 3,902 metres (12,802 feet). The accident came amid growing fears that Mont Blanc is increasingly becoming a tourist "free-for-all".


Lauren Bacall: 23 unforgettable moments

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Lauren Bacall was a 19-year-old fashion model when she won her breakthrough part in a screen test.


Suspect in Santa Barbara killings confesses

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 05:28 PM PDT

This undated booking photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office shows Nicolas Holzer. Holzer, 45, told authorities he stabbed his parents, his two young sons and the family dog to death in their home because he believed it was his destiny, authorities said Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of Nicolas Holzer's mother and father, and his sons, ages 10 and 13, in the home near the University of California, Santa Barbara, late Monday. They were summoned by Holzer, who told a police dispatcher in a calm, matter-of-fact voice that he had killed his relatives, police said. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office)Calif. man accused of stabbing to death his parents, his two young sons and the family's dog.


Ferguson seeks answers after teen killed

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 06:56 AM PDT

A group demonstrates along and in the middle of Chambers Rd. outside the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church after the conclusion of a gathering with Michael Brown's family and Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Dellwood. The gathering at the church was in response to the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Saturday. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)Angry protests have vied with calls for calm in town where police shot unarmed black teen.


Ecuador quake triggers deadly landslides

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 03:49 PM PDT

Tucked in the Andean mountains, the city of Quito, Ecuador was named South America's leading destination of 2014.A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Ecuadoran capital Quito Tuesday, triggering landslides that killed at least two people and violently shaking buildings and homes. Another eight people were injured and three others trapped in the landslides at quarries on the outskirts of Quito, the country's risk management agency said on Twitter. Authorities closed roads around the capital in case of more landslides, and also shut the Quito airport. The quake lasted more than 20 seconds and caused panic in Quito, where residents evacuated buildings after it struck at 2:58 pm (1958 GMT).


Paul: I would forgo executive orders as president

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 04:28 PM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during a stop with local Republicans, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Hiawatha, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)If elected president, Rand Paul would only issue executive orders to overturn dictates from his predecessors, the Kentucky senator told an audience in Louisville Tuesday, according to a local news report.


Obama approves disaster aid for wildfire-scorched Wash. state

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Iraq from his vacation home at Martha's Vineyard, MassachusettsPresident Barack Obama on Tuesday approved federal disaster aid for wildfire-scorched Washington state, as the U.S. West Coast struggles with a near-record fire season that experts say will likely worsen in the coming weeks. The declaration allows federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in parts of Washington that were affected by wildfires between July 9 and Aug. 5. The order did not approve a request for individual assistance to affected homeowners in central Washington, a decision Governor Jay Inslee said he would appeal. The West Coast fire season, which runs from May to October, is on track to break records for both the number of blazes and acres burned, according to fire teams.


Lauren Bacall, screen goddess of the shadows

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:08 PM PDT

FILE - This 1965 file photo shows actress Lauren Bacall at her home in New York. Bacall, the sultry-voiced actress and Humphrey Bogart's partner off and on the screen, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 in New York. She was 89. (AP Photo, File)Famed actress was electric in films like "To Have and Have Not," "Key Largo."


Film icon Lauren Bacall dead at 89

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The sultry-voiced actress earned fame for films like "To Have and Have Not."


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