2012年11月13日星期二

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Congress' choice whether Petraeus testifies on Benghazi attack

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:53 AM PST

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General David Petraeus attends the Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun ValleySenate and House intelligence panels will choose whether to call the embattled warrior to the stand.


Paul Ryan: Obama has no mandate to raise taxes

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

Paul RyanDespite an devastating loss last week, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan rejected Democratic claims of a mandate to raise tax rates on the wealthy.


Union leaders vow side-by-side battle with Obama against GOP

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:10 PM PST

AFL-CIO President Trumka leaves after a meeting with Obama in WashingtonLabor union leaders emerged from talks with President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowing a side-by-side battle against Republicans to bring about higher taxes on the wealthy as part of an effort to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. "It was a very, very positive meeting," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters in the White House driveway after [...]


Accuser recants sex claims against Elmo puppeteer

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:49 PM PST

File phto of voice actor kevin Clash with Elmo for the 2010 Peabody Award ceremony in New YorkThe man who claimed he had underage sex with the puppeteer behind "Sesame Street" character Elmo recanted his claims on Tuesday.


Fiscal cliff fears: 'Let's find a way to safe ground now'

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Boehner said any deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff should include lower tax rates, eliminating special interest loopholes and revising the tax code. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)If Democrats and Republicans can't forge a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" come January, millions of Americans will undoubtedly suffer financially due to congressional inaction.


Pelosi touts new House Democrats

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:01 PM PST

Nancy Pelosi introduces incoming House freshmen. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)After Republicans dominated midterm House elections two years ago, Democrats sent only nine new members to that year's orientation.


Storm survivors struggle with pets' fate

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:31 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct., 28, 2012, file photo, Bill Ryan, of Inwood, N.Y., comforts his cat Amy before the arrival of Superstorm Sandy as he leaves his pet at shelter at Mitchell Park's Field House, run by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and Pet Safe Coalition in Uniondale, N.Y. Pet owners could drop of their pets at the shelter and afterwards seek shelter for themselves. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)Kate and Warren Sherwood had to think quickly about what to take when Superstorm Sandy's surge flooded their barrier island and caused five houses on their block to burn to the ground. Luckily for their two black cats, Schwartz and Scooter, their pets were a priority.


Will Scott Brown run again if John Kerry leaves the Senate? ‘We’ll see’

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:04 PM PST

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., gets into his truck after voting in Wrentham, Mass., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Brown is facing Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown returned to Congress this week a lame duck after losing to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren.


Obama campaign chief’s future: Italy, red wine

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:05 AM PST

Jim Messina, campaign manager, introduces President Barack Obama at a campaign fundraising event at The Town Hall in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Jim Messina, you just steered an embattled incumbent president to re-election despite a sour economy! Are you going to Disney World? Pshaw, says the Obama campaign manager. "I'm going to go to Italy and figure out how to become an expert on red wine for a couple of weeks," said Messina, underlining that he was [...]


The curse of commanding the Afghan war

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST

This combination of file photos from 2008-2012 shows, top row from left, Gens. David McKiernan, Stanley A. McChrystal, bottom row from left, David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. The four U.S. generals led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008. (AP Photo)A look at what went wrong for the four U.S. generals who have led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008:


Five GOP senators most likely to work with Democrats

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2010 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., looks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign rally in Wheaton, Ill. Kirk is climbing the 103 floors of the Willis Tower months after suffering a major stroke. Officials with "Skyrise Chicago" say the Republican is taking part in a charity fundraiser for the group Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. It's his first appearance in public since suffering the stroke last January. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)Democrats will enter the new year with an expanded majority, but Republicans will retain the ability to slow down or halt their agenda.


Conservative leaders reject secession talk

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:07 PM PST

Men walk on a colored map of the United States in a park in Hoboken, New JerseyIf hardcore conservatives are looking for generals in their post-election civil war, they may have to look beyond some of the biggest names on the right.


Guard dogs more friendly than furious when put to the test

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

An unintentionally hilarious investigation into the effectiveness of guard dogs finds that if you're a loving pet owner, your dog probably can't be counted on to stop intruders. CBS Atlanta teamed up with some local dog owners and a professional dog trainer to see if burglars have much, if anything, to fear. The station enlisted [...]

Video: Kittens transfixed watching tennis

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST

In what is an important addition to the Cute Animals Watching Television canon, a video of a pair of kittens transfixed by a women's tennis match has made its way to YouTube. The kittens, hanging out on a scratching post, appear to be hanging on every stroke in the match, punctuated by what sounds like [...]

Petraeus, Allen supported Fla. woman's sister in custody spat

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Jill Kelley leaves her home Monday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)The two men wrote letters in September to the District of Columbia Superior Court in support of Jill Kelley's twin sister, Natalie Khawam.


Doctor shortage could spark healthcare crash

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:58 AM PST

Medical Watch: Cataract surgery at a much younger ageThe U.S. will require at least 52,000 more family doctors in the year 2025 to keep up with the growing and increasingly older U.S. population, a new study finds.


Man who helped Sandy victims wins $100K scratch-off lottery

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST

John Turner, a 38-year-old Newark native who returned to New Jersey to help victims of superstorm Sandy, bought a lottery ticket while back home—and won $100,000. Turner, who lives in the Chicago area and runs National Catastrophe Solutions, a Chicago-based water cleanup service, drove 17 hours from the Windy City to the storm-ravaged Garden State [...]

TSA: yes to snow globes, maybe to cakes and pies

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:56 AM PST

Finally, some good news for people who plan to board airplanes carrying cakes, pies or snow globes. The Transportation Security Administration released on Tuesday updated tips for the millions of travelers expected to fly this holiday season. According to the TSA's newly released guidelines, snow globes may now be carried on: TSA allows small snow [...]

Don't get cocky, Dems: GOP looks just like you did two decades ago

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:03 AM PST

FILE - In a Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the election night party at McCormick Place, in Chicago. President Barack Obama will make his first public comments Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 since the victory speech after his re-election, using his speech to set the tone for upcoming tense talks with congressional Republicans on avoiding the so-called "fiscal cliff" — a combination of deep spending cuts and the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts that will take effect Jan. 1 and threaten to pull the country back into recession. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)The GOP lost the popular vote in five of the last six elections; its one winning candidate achieved the White House thanks to a fluke; and the future seems doomed by demography and geography.


Petraeus is Defense Sec'y in new ‘Call of Duty’

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PST

Former CIA Director David Petraeus is still reeling from a recently revealed extramarital affair that may have national security repercussions, but in the video game world things are going much better for the retired four-star general. In the new "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" game released on Tuesday, Petraeus is the newly appointed secretary [...]

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