2015年10月1日星期四

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Live: 13 dead in shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 04:18 PM PDT

Deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, OregonThirteen people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on Wednesday, according to local reports.


So, what does Silicon Valley think about Carly Fiorina?

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 10:10 AM PDT

So, what does Silicon Valley think about Carly Fiorina?The San Francisco Bay Area has long been home to legends of failure and redemption, a place where business leaders are often encouraged to flounder before they can truly lead a company to IPO Valhalla. No surprise, then, that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has taken to comparing herself to greats like Mike Bloomberg and Steve Jobs, both of whom stumbled in their fields before coming back as business-world icons.


Strengthened Hurricane Joaquin could batter East Coast

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Hurricane Joaquin is seen approaching the Bahamas in this NOAA GOES East satellite imageThe Category 3 hurricane is nearing the Bahamas and could reach the U.S. by the weekend.


Donald Trump and Jeb Bush trade insults over style, Syria

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Gunman opens fire at Oregon college in mass killing

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 04:01 PM PDT

President Obama Speaks On The Mass Shooting At Community College In OregonBy Shelby Sebens ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at a community college in southern Oregon on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding some 20 others before he was shot to death by police, state and county officials said, in the latest mass killing to rock a U.S. school. There were conflicting reports on the number of dead and wounded in the shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which began shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time. The state's attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, told the local NBC affiliate that 13 people had been slain, 20 wounded and the shooter was killed.


Hurricane Joaquin strengthens but U.S. landfall not certain

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 09:48 AM PDT

Hurricane Joaquin is seen over the Bahamas in the western Atlantic Ocean in this NOAA satellite imageJoaquin, the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season, intensified into a major Category 3 storm on a scale of 1 to 5, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (205 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. Forecasts were still inconclusive on whether the storm would slam into the U.S. East Coast or head to sea without making landfall, the NHC said.


Oklahoma seeks to halt three executions after drug mix-up

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 02:21 PM PDT

Oklahoma Department of Corrections photo of death row inmate Richard GlossipThe Oklahoma attorney general on Thursday sought an indefinite stay of three executions including that of Richard Glossip, whose planned execution a day earlier was stopped at the last minute because of a mix-up with lethal injection drugs. Scott Pruitt filed the request with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals so the state could examine what went wrong with its execution protocols. In his filing, Pruitt said the office needed to evaluate what happened on Wednesday, when the state received potassium acetate for use in its three-drug protocol instead of the court-approved potassium chloride.


Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 09:26 AM PDT

Buyers browse samples at Shango Cannabis shop on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales beginning at midnight in Portland, OregonBy Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Marijuana sales for recreational use began in Oregon on Thursday as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that remains illegal under U.S. federal law. Oregon residents 21 years and older can buy up to a quarter-ounce (seven grams) of dried pot at roughly 200 existing medical-use marijuana dispensaries as a new law took effect. About 40 people lined up outside the medical pot dispensary Shango in a strip mall near Portland International Airport for the chance to buy recreational pot one minute after midnight, when the changes went into effect.


Afghan forces recapture city center amid fierce clashes with Taliban

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 10:41 AM PDT

An Afghan security vehicle advances towards Kunduz, AfghanistanBy Hamid Shalizi KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday amid fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days after losing the provincial capital in a humbling defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies. "There are military helicopters in the sky and government forces everywhere," said Abdul Ahad, a doctor in the city. "Dead Taliban are on the streets, but there are still (militants) in some government buildings fighting Afghan forces."A Taliban spokesman said fighters had withdrawn to the edges of the city in order to attempt to encircle Afghan and U.S. troops.U.S. special forces accompanied and later fought alongside Afghan soldiers, the international military coalition confirmed, saying that they returned fire in self-defense.The Afghan army's Deputy Chief of Staff, Murad Ali Murad, said most Taliban fighters had fled, although some were holed up in civilians' homes.


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