2015年2月5日星期四

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Humans of New York raises $1 million for Brooklyn public school

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:15 AM PST

Humans of New York Post Goes Viral, Helps Raise $1 Million for Brooklyn SchoolA Brooklyn teen's story of living in a high-crime neighborhood struck a chord with thousands across the country.


RadioShack bankruptcy filing: To sell up to 2,400 stores

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:00 PM PST

A RadioShack store is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New YorkElectronics retailer RadioShack Corp filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Thursday and said it had a deal in place to sell as many as 2,400 stores to Sprint and an affiliate of hedge fund Standard General, its lender and largest shareholder. RadioShack, which posted losses in 11 consecutive quarters after failing to transform itself into a destination for mobile phone buyers, said in a statement that the Standard General affiliate, called General Wireless, and Sprint will acquire between 1,500 and 2,400 of its more than 4,000 stores, creating a co-branded retail presence in up to 1,750 of them. Sprint would effectively operate a store within a RadioShack store, selling "mobile devices across Sprint`s brand portfolio as well as RadioShack products, services and accessories," Sprint said in a statement. RadioShack also reached a deal with liquidation firm Hilco to shutter underperforming stores.


Adviser to Rep. Aaron Schock resigns over alleged racist Facebook posts

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:38 PM PST

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., speaks in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner during a campaign rally outside the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Rauner faces incumbent Democratic Gov, Pat Quinn in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)Benjamin Cole, a senior adviser for Rep. Aaron Schock, resigned after reports of racist posts on his Facebook page.


Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger's syndrome

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST

A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndromeA Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control" when faced with crises, according to the report released Thursday. Experts studying his movements and facial expressions in video footage theorized Putin's neurological development was disrupted in infancy, giving him a sense of physical imbalance and a discomfort with social interaction, according to the report by the Pentagon's internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment. "This profound behavioral challenge has been identified by leading neuroscientists as Asperger's Syndrome, an autistic disorder which affects all of his decisions," wrote the study's author, Brenda Connors, a senior fellow at the US Naval War College.


Brian Williams mercilessly mocked on Twitter

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST

Brian Williams apologizes for incorrectly reporting he rode helicopter that came under fire in IraqThe fallout begins for the NBC anchor who admitted to lying about being shot at in Iraq.


Top Rand Paul aide working for Israeli PM reelection effort

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:23 AM PST

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., listens as he is introduced to speak by Iowa Republican congressional candidate Rod Blum, left, during a meeting with local Republicans, Aug. 5, 2014, in Hiawatha, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Vincent Harris, Rand Paul's digital strategist, is working for Netanyahu's campaign.


Obama weighs in on freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo massacre

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:25 AM PST

President Barack Obama bows his head toward the Dalai Lama as he was recognized during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. The annual event brings together U.S. and international leaders from different parties and religions for an hour devoted to faith. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama calls the Islamic State a "death cult" and offers a thinly veiled response to those who criticized him for skipping a demonstration in Paris that saw hundreds of thousands march in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo.


Matt Bai: My problem with the Clinton Death Star

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:56 AM PST

Hillary Clinton for BaiThe problem with the Clinton Death Star strategy — and the sense of entitlement that comes with it — is that a generation of influential Democrats seems to have lost touch with the anti-establishment impulse that brought them into politics in the first place.


Obama condemns those who seek to 'hijack religion'

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:03 PM PST

FILE - The Dalai Lama walks out of the White House in Washington, in this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, after meeting with President Barack Obama. Obama is to sit at the head table Thursday Feb. 5, 2015 with other speakers for the annual National Prayer Breakfast, which brings together U.S. and international leaders from different parties and faiths for one spiritual hour. Event organizers say the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will be in the audience of about 3,600, seated close to the dais and actor Richard Gere, a friend and follower. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Many wonder how the two leaders will interact during their first joint public event.


Massive hack attack at top health insurer

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:24 AM PST

In this Dec. 3, 2014 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the corporate headquarters of health insurer Anthem, in Indianapolis. Anthem reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)Tens of millions of personal records may have been stolen from Anthem, Inc.


SUV inside train gates for about 30 seconds before NY crash

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:26 PM PST

A train passes through the intersection where an SUV was struck by a Metro-North Railroad train in Valhalla, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. An investigation into what caused a fiery crash that killed a motorist and five rail riders is focusing on how a mother of three described by friends as safety conscious ended up between two crossing gates in her SUV as a commuter train barreled toward her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — An SUV was in the danger zone inside railroad crossing gates for about half a minute before a suburban commuter train crashed into it, killing the driver and five train passengers, investigators' preliminary findings indicate.


Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid U.S. measles outbreak

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:53 PM PST

File photo of Mercado sitting in his mother's lap while getting an influenza vaccine at Boston Children's Hospital in BostonBy Eric M. Johnson and Shelby Sebens SEATTLE/PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Several U.S. states are considering laws to make it harder for parents to legally opt out of vaccinating their children, as health officials fight a measles outbreak that has sickened some 120 people in more than a dozen mostly West Coast states. Lawmakers in California, Oregon, and Washington state, which have all had recent measles cases, want to remove exemptions based on personal beliefs, while farther afield, Ohio recently extended a law that covers those entering childcare.


New York train was not speeding before crash with car

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:35 PM PST

Members of the NTSB and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials observe the damaged car of a commuter train the morning after it struck a vehicle in Mount Pleasant, near Valhalla, New York,By Sebastien Malo TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (Reuters) - The New York commuter train that plowed into a car stopped on a crossing this week was traveling just below the speed limit and no problem was found with the signals or traffic barriers at the site of the deadly crash, a federal investigator said on Thursday. The fiery crash that followed killed the SUV driver and five train passengers in the deadliest rail accident in the New York area in more than three decades. The driver of the vehicle behind the Mercedes told NTSB investigators on Thursday that traffic was "edging along" at the railway crossing in Valhalla, an affluent town north of New York City, Robert Sumwalt, an NTSB member, said at a news conference. The Mercedes came to a stop on the crossing, Sumwalt said.


Two dead in shooting at University of South Carolina's public health school

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:35 PM PST

Two dead in shooting at University of South CarolinaBy Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Two people died in a shooting at the University of South Carolina's public health school on Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide, state police said. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry told a news conference the shooting in a room inside the school appeared to involve only the two deceased. He said the shooting took place in a room at the new public health research building at the university's public health school in downtown Columbia, blocks from the state capitol building.


California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST

Jennifer Wonnacutt holds her son, Gavin, 8 months, as she joins other mothers and children at a news conference to show their support for proposed legislation that would require parents to vaccinate all school children in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday Feb. 4, 2015. If approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor, the bill, co-authored by Senators Richard Pan, D-Sacramento and Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, that would make California one of only three states requiring such restrictions.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)A proposal would require vaccines for school children unless their health is in danger.


What anti-vax parents get wrong about personal liberty

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 01:32 PM PST

File photo of Mercado sitting in his mother's lap while getting an influenza vaccine at Boston Children's Hospital in BostonAsking others to bear the risk and cost of vaccination decisions is more akin to cowardice than to liberty.


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