2015年1月14日星期三

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Paris gunman's safe house could hold clues to 4th attacker

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:44 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, forensic experts examine the car believed to have been used as the escape vehicle by gunmen who attacked the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris. One week since the unleashing of the lethal Paris terror attacks, investigators on Wednesday Jan. 14, 2015, are still unraveling the complex, overlapping contacts among the perpetrators and their suspected accomplices in an intricate piece of detective work ranging from the Paris suburbs to the Balkans and Turkish-Syrian border. (AP Photo / FILE)Police seize an item in Amedy Coulibaly's home that offers clues to a possible accomplice.


Obama to renew push for paid leave for working parents

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:58 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at Cedar Falls Utilities, in Cedar Falls, Iowa., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, about steps to increase access to affordable, high-speed broadband across the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year, the White House said. He'll also ask Congress for more than $2 billion in new spending to encourage states to create paid family and medical leave programs.


NASA Curiosity rover’s drill smashes Mars rock, collects important samples

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:41 PM PST

NASA's Mars rover CuriosityThe Curiosity rover drilled a hole in the Mojave rock target on Mars. The freshly broken rock pieces could help NASA understand the importance of crystals that were spotted in that location two months ago.


FBI raids Florida firm with 'Wolf of Wall Street' link: witnesses

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:15 PM PST

By Aruna Viswanatha and Zachary Fagenson WASHINGTON/BOCA RATON, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. FBI agents on Wednesday raided the offices of Med-Care Diabetic & Medical Supplies Inc, a Florida medical device company whose executive vice president helped inspire the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to a Reuters reporter and other witnesses. The reporter saw dozens of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud, and local police around the site. ...

Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST

File photo of U.S. Capitol police officer Angel Morales keeping watch in front of the Capitol in WashingtonBy Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs, court documents disclosed. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to Washington to carry out the plot, according to an FBI informant's legal testimony. ...


United, American owe World Trade Center developer billions: lawyer

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:21 PM PST

A single rose is seen on inscribed names during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New YorkBy Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The developer rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that he is entitled to recoup billions of dollars from two airline companies, even though he has already collected $4 billion in insurance money for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that destroyed the site. Lawyers for Larry Silverstein and his World Trade Center Properties urged the 2nd U.S. ...


Chilling images of scene inside Paris kosher supermarket

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 11:03 AM PST

Screengrab taken on January 11, 2015 from a video released on Islamist social networks shows a man claiming to be Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages after seizing a Kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9, 2015New footage shows Amedy Coulibaly holding hostages and issuing orders to staffers.


Watch 2 Chainz and Nancy Grace debate marijuana legalization

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:21 AM PST

The rapper and HLN television host sparred over pot legalization on Tuesday night.

Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST

West Texas crashA bus carrying 12 prisoners and 3 corrections officers fell from an overpass.


House votes to undo Obama immigration actions

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:44 PM PST

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform, leads a news conference with fellow Democrats on the implementation of President Barack Obama's executive actions to spare millions from immediate deportation, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Shunning a White House veto threat and opposition within their own party, House Republicans approved legislation Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama's key immigration policies and expose hundreds of thousands of younger immigrants to expulsion from the U.S.


Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:56 PM PST

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst on October 7, 2014 carry out the first of three spacewalks for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space StationNASA stresses that the crew on board is safe.


Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 11:29 AM PST

This image grab from a propaganda video posted online on January 14, 2015 by Al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, purportedly shows Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi delivering a video message from an undisclosed locationIn a video message, the group says it was behind last week's Charlie Hebdo massacre.


The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:39 AM PST

California's long-awaited, long-debated, long-delayed high-speed rail system had its groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 6. But it was nearly impossible, even with a backer like Gov. Jerry Brown in a state like California, to build a bullet train in the first place — and it's still pretty much impossible anywhere else in America.

‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST

New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioA year after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would begin to consider pedestrian fatalities as a top priority, advocates take stock.


Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:08 AM PST

A Singaporean navy ship on Wednesday located the main body of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, raising hopes that bodies of most of the 162 victims will now be found. Underwater photos showed the cracked fuselage and part of a wing of Flight QZ8501, that went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Just 50 bodies have so far been recovered with most of the victims believed to be trapped inside the Airbus 320-200's main body. It followed the retrieval this week of both the plane's black boxes, which contain vital information to help investigators determine what caused the crash.

French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:35 PM PST

A handwritten sign is displayed at a newsstand after the limited stock of Charlie Hebdo sold out in ParisThe satirical weekly sells out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France.


Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST

Boehner speaks to reporters at a news conference following a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this file photoBy Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who served Boehner at a country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by police on Oct. 29, was indicted on the charge last Wednesday, court papers said. ...


Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:39 PM PST

File photo of fugitive former mayor Jose Luis Abarca speaks to the media in ChilpancingoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday. Tomas Zeron, director of criminal investigations at the federal Attorney General's office, said that prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant for former mayor Jose Luis Abarca and 44 others on charges of kidnapping the 43 students. President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing his deepest crisis over the government's handling of the investigation. ...


Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:48 PM PST

The new chief editor of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Gerard Biard, left, and columnist Patrick Pelloux, right, comfort cartoonist Luz during a press conference in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Twelve people died when two masked gunmen assaulted the newspaper's offices on Jan. 7, including much of the editorial staff and two police. It was the beginning of three days of terror around Paris that saw 17 people killed before the three Islamic extremist attackers were gunned down by security forces. Charlie Hebdo had faced repeated threats for depictions of the prophet, and its editor and his police bodyguard were the first to die. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuring a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover that drew immediate criticism and threats of more violence.


Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST

Pope Francis, wearing a saffron-colored robe presented by Hindu Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva, prays during a meeting of representatives of the major faiths on the island at Bandaranaike Memorial International center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)By Philip Pullella and Frank Jack Daniel COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday, capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country's war wounds. The only other visit by a pope to a Buddhist temple was made by Pope John Paul during a trip to Thailand in 1984. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the pope briefly stopped at Colombo's Mahabodhi temple to meet Banagila Upatissa, a Buddhist leader who had invited him when they met on Tuesday at an inter-religious meeting. ...


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