2015年1月3日星期六

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4 large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 12:46 PM PST

Indonesian Navy personnel carry a plastic bag containing the dead body of a passenger of AirAsia Flight 8501 at sea off the coast of Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015. Indonesian officials were hopeful Saturday they were honing in on the wreckage of the flight after sonar equipment detected two large objects on the ocean floor, a full week after the plane went down in stormy weather. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)Indonesian officials say they are confident wreckage of Flight 8501 has been located.


Cuomo attends cop's wake 2 days after his dad died

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 03:59 PM PST

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, and girlfriend Sandra Lee leave the wake of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers from across the country streamed into the wake of a slain New York City officer on Saturday, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his late father would have wanted him there after "really pointless" killings.


‘Brave little girl’ walks nearly a mile through harsh terrain for help

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 08:17 AM PST

Seven year-old girl survives deadly private plane crashA 7-year-old girl survived a plane crash in western Kentucky and walked through treacherous terrain at night to find help.


NYC mayor, commissioner saluted when entering slain officer's wake

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 01:55 PM PST

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton leaves the wake for NYPD officer Rafael Ramos at Christ Tabernacle Church in the Queens borough of New YorkBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police officers saluted as Mayor Bill de Blasio and his police commissioner entered a Brooklyn funeral home on Saturday for the wake of a policeman killed in an ambush last month that deepened a rift between the mayor and the NYPD. Ahead of the wake for Wenjian Liu, Commissioner Bill Bratton told officers to refrain from the "act of disrespect" seen at the funeral of Liu's partner, Rafael Ramos, when thousands of officers turned their backs on de Blasio. ...


Edward Brooke, first black U.S. senator elected by popular vote, dies

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 02:12 PM PST

(Reuters) - Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts Republican who was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, died on Saturday at the age of 95, the state Republican Party said. Brooke was Massachusetts attorney general when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1966, at a time when the country was gripped by racial unrest. Before his election, there were two other African-American senators shortly after the Civil War. But until early in the 20th century, senators were picked by state legislatures and not by popular vote. ...

U.S. appeals court denies request to delay Boston Marathon bombing trial

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 09:52 AM PST

Demonstrators asserting that evidence of the Boston Marathon bombing was fabricated stand outside the federal courthouse ahead of a pre-trial conference for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Saturday denied a last-ditch request by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay his trial on charges of killing three people and injuring more than 260 in the attack. Attorneys for Tsarnaev, 21, had also sought to have the trial moved out of Boston, the site of the April 15, 2013, bombing, which stands as the largest mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Jury selection in the trial at U.S. District Court in Boston is due to begin on Monday. (Reporting By Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Kevin Liffey)


Robotic arm plays beer pong with impressive accuracy

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:51 AM PST

VERSABALL ping pongBoston-based startup Empire Robotics built a robot that can play beer pong with surprising accuracy – and is accepting challengers.


Commissioner urges respect at NYC officer's wake

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 11:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, photo, the American and New York state and city flags fly at half-staff outside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. As thousands of mourners prepare to attend the wake and funeral of a second New York City police officer killed in an ambush shooting, police Commissioner William Bratton is urging the rank-and-file to refrain from making political statements. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton is urging his employees who attend a slain officer's wake and funeral to refrain from making political statements.


Iran, 6 powers move closer to nuke talks deal

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 06:53 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, pose for a photograph prior to a bilateral meeting of the closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria. Diplomats say Iran and the U.S. have tentatively agreed that Tehran will ship to Russia much of the material it could use to manufacture nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, Pool-File)VIENNA (AP) — Iran and the U.S. have tentatively agreed on a formula that Washington hopes will reduce Tehran's ability to make nuclear arms by committing it to ship to Russia much of the material needed for such weapons, diplomats say.


UN mission chief: Ebola fight tough but may be won this year

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 11:20 PM PST

Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Ebola response team speaks to the media on September 30, 2014 in AccraACCRA (Reuters) - The world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year but months of tough work remain, the outgoing chief of the United Nations' anti-Ebola mission said on Friday. The outbreak, first identified in Guinea's remote southeast in early 2014, has struck six West African nations, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia bearing the brunt of the 20,000 infections and nearly 8,000 dead. Faced with criticism the world was not doing enough, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon set up the U.N. ...


Search chief: 'Two big parts' of AirAsia plane found

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 07:31 AM PST

Search widens for missing AirAsia flight'These are the parts of the AirAsia plane we have been looking for," says an official.


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