2012年5月29日星期二

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Blitzer blasts Trump for 'ridiculous' birther comments

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Trump's Boosting Romney, but Is His 'Birther' Theory a Thorn?Donald Trump, de facto leader of the so-called "birther" movement, called into "The Situation Room" on Tuesday for what quickly became a testy interview with Wolf Blitzer about Trump's continued skepticism over the authenticity of President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. Trump, in Las Vegas to host a fundraiser for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, took issue [...]

Obama honors Medal of Freedom recipients for 'incredible impact'

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:15 PM PDT

President Obama Awards John Glenn with Medal of FreedomIt took a little coaxing from President Barack Obama for Bob Dylan to stand up Tuesday and retrieve his Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. "Come on, Bob," Obama prompted the musical icon, who was wearing shades and a stoic expression in a ceremony at the White House. Dylan, former astronaut John [...]

Taliban blamed for 'poison attack' on Afghan schoolgirls

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT

An Afghan schoolgirl receives treatment at a hospital after being poisoned in Takhar provincePolice in northern Afghanistan say 160 schoolgirls were admitted to a local hospital after they were thought to be poisoned by the Taliban. It's the third such poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls in less than two weeks. The girls "complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting before being taken to the hospital," Hafizullah Safi, director of the [...]

Jeb Bush on veep speculation: ‘I would consider the proposal very carefully’

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2010 file photo, former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Oklahoma City. Bush says he'd consider running as vice president with Mitt Romney, but he doubts he'll ever be asked. Bush tells the conservative site Newsmax that Sen. Marco Rubio is "probably the best" choice for running mate to presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. He said he hopes the first-time senator is asked and accepts. He says if Romney instead asked him, he'd consider it, though he's not sure it's the right thing for him and he doubts he'd even receive that call. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Jeb Bush would consider an offer to become Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate "very carefully," the former Florida governor told Italian news outlet Linkiesta in an interview on Tuesday. "If Romney were to offer me the job of vice president, I would consider the proposal very carefully," Bush told the online news outlet, according [...]

Wildfires burning in at least 3 states

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT

In this Saturday, May 26, 2012 photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, a wildfire burns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The fire that began last week has burned 95 structures, with a third of them being homes or cabins. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Monday, May 28, 2012, that the Duck Lake Fire has burned more than 22,000 acres, or 34 square miles, in Luce County. (AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources)Wildfires burning in at least three states have thousands of firefighters scrambling to contain them. In New Mexico, a pair of fires sparked by lightning merged and are close to becoming the largest wildfire in state history, fire officials told the Associated Press. More than 1,100 firefighters and nine [...]

Will 2012 be the year of the Duck?

Posted: 29 May 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Romney ObamaYahoo's Jeff Greenfield says Romney's Daffy Duck rigidness may trump Obama's laid-back Bugs Bunny.

Romney lands in Vegas with Trump over his shoulder

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Romney Picked a Slow News Day to Team Up with TrumpDonald Trump wasn't here to greet Mitt Romney as he touched down in Nevada ahead of a major fundraiser here tonight. But he might as well have been. As Romney exited his campaign plane at McCarran Airport, the presumptive Republican nominee was cast against the backdrop of Trump's Boeing 757, which was parked a [...]

Romney: Obama's economic record ‘a twig to hang onto’

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:08 AM PDT

Memorial Day Observed At Arlington National CemeteryMitt Romney insisted Tuesday that President Barack Obama's policies "have made it harder for America to get back on its feet" and said the president's efforts to tout improvements in the economy are like finding "a twig to hang onto." Speaking just miles from one of the nation's largest coal-powered energy plants, Romney accused [...]

Workers among 16 dead in latest big Italian quake

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT

An excavator removes debris in Cavezzo, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A powerful earthquake killed at least 15 people Tuesday as it rocked a swath of northern Italy. Factories, warehouses and churches collapsed, dealing another blow to a region where thousands are still homeless from a stronger temblor just nine days ago. The 5.8 magnitude quake drove thousands more from their homes in the Emilia Romagna region north of Bologna, one of Italy's most agriculturally and industrial productive areas. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck, collapsing the roof.

Yale grad’s final essay gets new life after writer’s death

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:51 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Keegan family shows Marina Keegan, of Wayland, Mass., on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn. Marina, who graduated from Yale less than a week earlier, died at the scene of an automobile crash in Dennis, Mass., Saturday, May 26, 2012. Her writing had been published in The New York Times, and she had accepted a job at The New Yorker. Her final Yale Daily News column was widely shared on social media, where she had implored her classmates to "make something happen to this world." (AP Photo/Keegan Family)A 22-year-old Yale graduate, Marina Keegan, who penned her life's lessons in a final column for the Yale Daily News, died just days after commencement. But the words of her work, "The Opposite of Loneliness," have lived on. The Massachusetts resident died in a car crash on her way to a vacation house on Cape [...]

Report: Rob Portman to meet with Israeli Prime Minister

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Portman On Short List As Possible Romney Running MatesABC News scoops that Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, rumored to be on Mitt Romney's vice presidential shortlist, is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday: Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday in Israel. An Israeli official confirmed the meeting to ABC News Tuesday. This high-profile [...]

Sun turns NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' tonight

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Sun Turns NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' TonightNew Yorkers will be treated to a special sight tonight: Today is one of two days a year when the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid. As the sun sets on the Big Apple, it will light up both the north and south sides of every cross street.

U.S., allies expel top Syrian diplomats

Posted: 29 May 2012 09:09 AM PDT

A flag flies at the Syrian Embassy in WashingtonThe United States, along with allies Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada, announced the expulsion of top Syrian diplomats on Tuesday to protest the May 25 massacre of some 100 people in the town of Houla.

Arkansas escaped inmates spur manhunt

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Arkansas Escaped Inmates Spur ManhuntTwo alleged killers who broke out of an Arkansas jail early Monday morning are the subject of a manhunt today.

Top weather forecaster retires amid controversy

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:18 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Weather Service has retired unexpectedly after an internal investigation found that agency employees improperly shifted millions of dollars in budget resources to weather service offices around the country. As a result of the investigation, agency officials have now asked Congress permission to redirect some $36 million in spending in the 2012 budget to local weather forecasting and equipment upgrades, Scott Smullen, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said on Tuesday. ...

Nebraska couple wear matching outfits every day for 35 years

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Mel and Joey Schwanke have been married for nearly 65 years. And for more than half that time, they have been wearing matching outfits every single day. "We don't dare go somewhere without having matching outfits," Mel told Fremont, Neb., affiliate KETV. The couple reportedly have 146 custom-made matching outfits, which they've been rotating over [...]

Reporter cooks and eats Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Cherokee’ recipes

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Charles C.W. Cooke, writer at the National Review magazine, lived up to his name by taking his reporting to an extra culinary level. Cooke actually prepared the recipes that Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren submitted and published in the 1984 cookbook "Pow Wow Chow." While Warren's five recipes aren't all that authentically Cherokee, they [...]

Skydiver planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:03 PM PDT

This summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for the longest jump, plummeting more than 23 miles from the Earth's stratosphere. "I've done a lot of test jumps, so I'm good," Baumgartner confidently told Fox News before adding that he would "probably say a little prayer" before making the jump [...]

How to prevent Homeland Security from spying on your social networks

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT

With the FBI reportedly forming a new internet surveillance unit and the National Security Agency building a data center in Utah that will be able to sift through communications between private citizens, you can assume that the government can readily spy on you … Continue reading →

6-year-old is youngest National Spelling Bee contestant ever

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Lori Anne Madison is already in the record books, and this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee hasn't even begun. That's because the 6-year-old from Virginia is the youngest person ever to qualify for the competition. "She's like a teenager in a 6-year-old body," says her mother, Sorina Madison. "Her brain, she understands things way ahead [...]

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