2016年5月10日星期二

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The best, worst and most awkward moments from the 2016 Republican primary

Posted: 10 May 2016 10:43 AM PDT

The battle for the GOP presidential nomination had no shortage of strange exchanges. Perhaps not surprisingly, more than a few of them involved Jeb Bush.

Clinton, Sanders compete in W. Virginia; Trump mulls running mate

Posted: 10 May 2016 02:19 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands with parents during a campaign stop at The Family Care Center in LexingtonBernie Sanders will try to slow Hillary Clinton's march toward the Democratic nomination.


Warrant: Minnesota doctor saw Prince, prescribed drugs

Posted: 10 May 2016 04:58 PM PDT

U.S. musician Prince performs for the first time in Britain since 2007 at the Hop Farm Festival near Paddock WoodCHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death, including the day before he died, and prescribed him medication, according to contents of a search warrant that were revealed Tuesday even as authorities revisited the musician's estate.


Report: Bullying is a serious public health problem

Posted: 10 May 2016 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, a student at Indian Lake Elementary in Kalamazoo, Mich., boards a bus on the first day of school. Bullying is a WASHINGTON (AP) — Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, an independent government advisory group says in urging schools to take a more preventative approach that includes teaching tolerance to address this "serious public health problem."


Jon Stewart: Donald Trump ‘is a man-baby’

Posted: 10 May 2016 06:16 AM PDT

Jon Stewart had the pulpit of "The Daily Show" to satirize the rise of Donald Trump. "Are you eligible to run if you are a man-baby?" Stewart asked David Axelrod during a live taping of Axelrod's podcast, "The Axe Files," in Chicago on Monday. "When I watch her campaign, it reminds me of … Magic Johnson's talk show," Stewart said, referring to the NBA Hall of Famer's short-lived stint on syndicated television.

Facebook denies anti-conservative bias, censorship

Posted: 10 May 2016 01:11 PM PDT

Facebook denied having an anti-conservative biasFacebook on Tuesday denied allegations that it scrubs its site of news articles by and about political conservatives, amid outrage over the claims. "I'd come on shift and I'd discover that CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) or (former presidential candidate) Mitt Romney or (radio talk show host) Glenn Beck or popular conservative topics wouldn't be trending because either the curator didn't recognize the news topic or it was like they had a bias," the individual told Gizmodo anonymously.


Utah's First-in-Nation Fetal Pain Law Perplexes Doctors

Posted: 10 May 2016 02:31 PM PDT

Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that fetuses receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions has taken effect, but doctors say it's unnecessary and impossible to comply with

Amazon Is Going to Battle With YouTube

Posted: 10 May 2016 10:36 AM PDT

Amazon Is Going to Battle With YouTubeYouTube's large userbase and vibrant creator culture will be tough to overcome


Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima

Posted: 10 May 2016 06:40 AM PDT

Obama to make historic visit to HiroshimaPresident Obama will visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, the White House announced Tuesday. It will be the first visit to the city by a sitting president since World War II, but the Obama administration said he will not apologize for the decision to destroy that city with an atomic bomb. "He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future," explained Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser.


Has the U.S. abandoned American Robert Levinson in Iran?

Posted: 09 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT

The author of a new book on Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who has been missing in Iran since 2007, says the U.S. government is covering up evidence about the role Iranian intelligence officials played in apprehending him and likely holding him captive for the past nine years.

Canadian oil production trickles back as wildfire threat eases

Posted: 10 May 2016 03:45 PM PDT

Charred vehicles are pictured in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Fort McMurrayBy Liz Hampton and Nia Williams EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Oil sands companies around the Canadian energy center of Fort McMurray began to restart operations on Tuesday after an out-of-control wildfire forced a week-long shutdown. Top provincial and industry officials said production in much of the region should ramp up soon. Facilities north of Fort McMurray that had been shuttered largely because of heavy smoke rather than fire were seen as likely to come back on line in a matter of days in many cases.


Study: No scientific basis for laws on marijuana and driving

Posted: 09 May 2016 09:36 PM PDT

Study: No scientific basis for laws on marijuana and drivingSix states that allow marijuana use legal tests to determine driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation's largest automobile club that calls for scrapping those laws. The study commissioned by AAA's safety foundation said it's not possible to set a blood-test threshold for THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high, that can reliably determine impairment. As a result, drivers who are unsafe may be going free while others may be wrongly convicted, the foundation said.


London mayor slams Trump's 'ignorant' view of Islam

Posted: 10 May 2016 06:24 AM PDT

London mayor slams Trump's 'ignorant' view of IslamLONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump's "ignorant" view of Islam, after the Republican presidential contender suggested Khan could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.


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