2015年1月22日星期四

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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:53 PM PST

File photo of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz speaking at the opening ceremony of the OIC summit in MeccaKing Abdullah's expected successor is his 79-year-old half-brother, Prince Salman.


Tsarnaev attorneys renew bid to move Boston bombing trial

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 12:45 PM PST

Courtroom sketch shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev during the jury selection process in his trial at the federal courthouse in BostonCiting juror bias, attorneys for accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are pushing to move his trial out of Boston.


Harry Reid speaks out against Obama’s trade plan

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:46 AM PST

Reid holds a news conference in his office at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonSenate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada on Thursday threw cold water on President Barack Obama's plans to pursue trade agreements in 2015, one of the few points of bipartisan interest from his State of the Union address earlier this week.


N.Y. state Assembly speaker charged with fraud in corruption probe

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 02:49 PM PST

New York state assembly speaker arrested on corruption chargesBy Nate Raymond and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the state's most powerful politicians for more than two decades, was charged on Thursday with pocketing $4 million from bribery and kickback schemes. Silver, a Democrat who has served as the highest-ranking state assemblyman since 1994, was accused in a federal criminal complaint in New York, as authorities moved to seize $3.8 million in proceeds tied to the alleged corruption. The 70-year-old Silver, a licensed lawyer who represents Manhattan's Lower East Side, is known as one of Albany's three most powerful men, alongside Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. He became the latest addition to a long line of New York politicians implicated in corruption scandals.


Obama says hopes Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 02:58 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to the University of Kansas in LawrenceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he hoped the Supreme Court would issue a ruling that would prevent states from banning gay marriage when it rules on the issue later this year. The court last week agreed to decide whether states can ban gay marriage. Obama has said previously that he is in favor of allowing same-sex couples to wed. "I'm hopeful the Supreme Court comes to the right decision," Obama said during an interview on YouTube. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Sandra Maler)


Pennsylvania high court halts any charges against attorney general

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 04:33 PM PST

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane congratulates Governor Tom Wolf following his inauguration ceremony at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, PA on January 20, 2015.By Elizabeth Daley PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court temporarily halted the filing of charges against Attorney General Kathleen Kane in a media leak case while it decides whether the appointment of a special prosecutor assigned to investigate her was legal, her lawyer said on Thursday. The court will hear oral arguments in March to determine whether the appointment of Special Prosecutor Thomas Carluccio by Judge William Carpenter was a potentially illegal conflict of interest, said Lanny Davis, an attorney who represents Kane. "If the Supreme Court rules he is unconstitutional, everything he's done is illegal," Davis said, adding that any investigation into the Democratic attorney general would need to start from scratch. A special grand jury recommended charges of perjury and obstruction against Kane in connection with an allegedly illegal media leak to the Philadelphia Daily News.


Obama won't meet with Netanyahu during controversial U.S. visit

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 09:38 AM PST

President Obama listens to Primie Minister NetanyahuThe White House says the trip is scheduled too close to the Israeli elections.


GOP pushes abortion bill through House on March for Life Day

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:30 PM PST

In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is vowing to veto a Republican-backed bill that would ban abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, as well as a measure that would require a decision on pipeline construction within 12 months. The White House says the abortion bill is an "assault" on a woman's right to choice and "unacceptably restricts" health and reproductive rights. House consideration of the measure this week coincides with the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe versus Wade that legalized abortion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version.


Top NY politician charged with 5 criminal counts

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 07:11 AM PST

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested after a lengthy corruption investigation.

Bill Belichick: 'I don't have an explanation'

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Bill Belichick: 'I don't have an explanation'


Orrin Hatch is the happiest senator in Washington

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 01:13 AM PST

FILE - In this April 26, 2014, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, addresses a crowd during the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, in Sandy, Utah. Before and after being re-elected in 2012, Sen. Orrin Hatch vowed that his seventh term would be his last. But with the Republican takeover of the Senate giving him a power boost, the 80-year-old senator might be having second thoughts. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)The longest-serving Republican senator talks about his role as the Senate's bipartisan mediator and his friendship with Elizabeth Warren.


Jobless claims off seven-month high

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST

Job seekers stand in line to meet prospective employers at a career fair in New York CityThe number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week from a seven-month high, pointing to continued improvement in labor market conditions. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 307,000 for the week ended Jan. 17, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Some, however, wondered if some of the elevation in claims reflected layoffs in the oil industry in the wake of plunging crude prices. "It is unclear at this point whether or not this move up in the trend reflects issues seasonally adjusting the data around the holidays or if it represents a more meaningful deterioration in the labor market," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JP Morgan in New York.


Eight civilians killed in shelling of Ukraine bus

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST

A man looks at a burnt car near a trolleybus stop in DonetskBy Natalia Zinets and Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday his troops were holding the line against separatists and Russian forces after a sharp increase in attacks and the withdrawal of government defenders from Donetsk airport. Poroshenko, who told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Russia had 9,000 troops inside Ukraine, met defense chiefs to work on a plan to "regroup and stop aggression." "Across all front lines we are firmly holding our positions," he told the meeting, at which he reported that enemy attacks were 10 times more intensive than before. Earlier on Thursday at least eight civilians were killed when a trolleybus was hit by an artillery shell or mortar at a public transport stop in the southern district of Donetsk, which is largely controlled by separatists. Kiev said 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed overnight, six at the airport complex, a symbolic target where a small group of government defenders had been holding out against Russian-backed separatists for months.


NY Assembly speaker arrested, suspected of graft

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 05:34 AM PST

New York Assembly speaker faces graft charges: New York TimesSheldon Silver, one of the most powerful politicians in NYC, is in FBI custody.


House GOP abruptly drops plans to debate abortion bill

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:38 PM PST

Anti-abortion rights activists are connected with a red piece of cloth as they stage a 'die-in' in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Tomorrow marks the 42nd anniversary of the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade decision and the March for Life, an annual gathering of abortion protest that dates back to 1974. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)A bill banning most late-term abortions is dropped after a revolt by GOP women and others.


Hundreds displaced in New Jersey apartment building fire

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 09:47 PM PST

An apartment complex is engulfed by flames, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Edgewater, N.J. Authorities had not determined the cause of the fire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Hampered by winds and frigid temperatures, firefighters battled a huge fire Wednesday night at a New Jersey apartment complex that sent flames sky high and smoke visible from New York City across the Hudson River.


Newtown votes to raze home of gunman in school massacre

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 05:09 PM PST

In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo a police cruiser sits in the driveway of the home of Nancy Lanza, in Newtown, Conn. The Newtown Legislative Council is voting Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 on a proposal recommended by the board of selectmen to raze the 3,100-square-foot home and keep the land as open space. The Colonial-style home where Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother has been transferred to the town in a deal with a bank. Nancy Lanza was killed there by her son before he forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, where he killed 20 first-graders and six educators. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Newtown have voted to tear down the home where Adam Lanza lived before he carried out the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.


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