2012年6月8日星期五

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Obama clarifies: ‘The economy’s not doing fine’

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 02:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Friday, June 8, 2012, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)On defense over the defining issue of his reelection fight, President Barack Obama clarified Friday that "the economy is not doing fine" and accused Republicans of playing "political games" by turning his own earlier words against him. Obama had triggered the onslaught a few hours beforehand by telling reporters that "the private sector is doing [...]

Wall Street ends best week of the year

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 03:48 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeThe S&P 500 ended its best week in 2012 on Friday as investors returned to stocks after sources told Reuters that Spain was expected to request aid for its troubled banks.

Pole climbing students and more photos of the day

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Pole climbing students and more photos of the dayStudents participating in Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) PowerPathway Pole Climbing Capstone course climb utility poles at the PG&E pole climbing training facility on June 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. Students who are aspiring utility workers from Oakland's Cypress Mandela Training Center and Workforce Institute, a Division of San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, are participating in PG&E's PowerPathway program Pole Climbing Capstone course, a three week course that teaches skills to better prepare individuals to compete for jobs such as pre-apprentice lineworker within the utility industry. The free course is held at the new pole climbing training facility at PG&E's Oakport Service Center. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Giants coach knocks Congress as team visits White House

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT

President Obama Hosts Super Bowl Champions The New York GiantsIf President Barack Obama plans to run against Congress this year, he might be able to enlist Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who poked fun at squabbling lawmakers as his Super Bowl champion team visited the White House on Friday. Coughlin paid homage to his players, saying they set aside "pettiness" and came together as [...]

Mob attacks women at Egypt anti-sex assault rally

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 02:29 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters use their shoes to strike a poster showing ousted president Hosni Mubarak and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's last prime minister, during a protest at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 8, 2012. Hundreds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, to demonstrate against presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, ahead of a run-off vote. Arabic on the banner reads, "no for producing the old regime." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)A mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment Friday, with the attackers overwhelming the male guardians and groping and molesting several of the female marchers in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke gets 23 years

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT

Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke Gets 23 YearsThe Jamaican drug lord whose extradition sparked a minor civil war on the island country that took more than 70 lives was sentenced today to 23 years in an American prison.

Iraq ambassador nomination jeopardized by racy emails to journalist

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:13 AM PDT

As a former national security staffer for President George W. Bush, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Brett McGurk, was supposed to garner bipartisan support for his confirmation. That support has suffered after emails of his wooing a female Wall Street Journal...

Limbaugh, Morrissey, Perry: This week's dumbest political quotes

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh poses with a bust in his likeness during a secretive ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Monday, May 14, 2012, in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith)Each week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing?

'It is an outrage’: Christie knocks Obama job growth comments

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 11:03 AM PDT

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie 'Not Looking to be Loved'ROSEMONT, Ill.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unleashed a fiery response to President Barack Obama's call to increase the amount of government workers to help the economy, calling his remarks "an outrage." "It is an outrage to have the president of the United States stand up and say to hardworking governors—Democrats and Republicans in this country—that [...]

Ron Paul's revenge: Santorum predicts a convention fight

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Ron Paul Wins in Nevada, So Romney and the RNC Buy a New PartyThe rivalry between the two candidates -- who both have delegates in the Republican National Convention -- could stretch on through the summer.

Digging into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Garbage patchA visit to the "island of garbage" near the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

I'll Have Another is out of the Belmont Stakes

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:06 AM PDT

FILE - This June 7, 2012 file photo shows I'll Have Another being tended to after a bath at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the colt was out of the Belmont Stakes due to a swollen left front tendon. According to Dennis O'Neill, brother of trainer Doug O'Neill, the horse galloped Friday morning, June 8, 2012, and after a veterinary scan, the tendon seemed "kind of tender." (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)A leg injury has taken I'll Have Another out of the Belmont Stakes and out of the running for the Triple Crown.

NPR 'Car Talk' duo retiring; reruns to continue

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - This June 19, 2008 file photo shows brothers Tom, left, and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's "Car Talk" show, in Cambridge, Mass. The Magliozzi brothers said Friday, June 8, 2012, they will stop making new episodes of their comic auto advice show at the end of September, 25 years after "Car Talk" began in Boston. The show airs every Saturday morning and is National Public Radio's most popular program. Older brother Tom is 74 years old and the brothers say it's time to stop and smell the cappuccino. "Car Talk" isn't disappearing, however. NPR says repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material culled from the show's archives. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)The comic mechanics on NPR's "Car Talk" are pulling in to the garage.

Boehner, Cantor say Obama’s playing ‘blame game’

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 1, 2012 file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The White House continues to push marginal jobs initiatives in the wake of the latest bleak economic reports. Republicans counter that acting now to extend all of the Bush tax cuts can best give the economy a summer jolt. But there's little common ground for doing much of anything before the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor responded Friday to President Obama's speech on the economy and the Euro crisis.

Similarities we can believe in: RNC 2012 ‘private sector’ ad nearly identical to anti-McCain 2008 video

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Except for the music and the headline, the Republican National Committee response video to President Barack Obama's remark that "the private sector is doing fine" is a near replica of a video that Obama's campaign used to attack John McCain in 2008 for saying that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." First, here's the [...]

Approval of the Supreme Court plummets

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 07:38 AM PDT

The state of Obama's health care lawOver the past quarter century, Americans' esteem of public institutions in general has fallen, but the Supreme Court has especially lost favor.

Nightmare: Man gets George Zimmerman’s cell number

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 06:10 AM PDT

Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed teenagerAn Orlando man says his life has been turned upside down since May 7th when T-Mobile reportedly assigned him the cell phone number formerly used by accused Florida gunman George Zimmerman.

Waiting for your plane? Some airports are offering free iPads to pass the time

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Stuck waiting in an airport terminal thanks to a flight delay? We've all been there. Airport restaurant operator OTG wants you to spend that time buying waiting over-priced hamburgers and $10 beers, and they've got a new tool to lure you … Continue reading →

Casino robbery suspect: ‘I was sleepwalking’

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT

A Connecticut man accused of robbing an 81-year-old woman outside a casino at knifepoint says he was sleepwalking and has no memory of the alleged incident. An attorney for Winston A. Riley says he will enter a "medical defense" for his client, the Norwich Bulletin reports. 27-year-old Riley was arrested back on the morning of [...]

Hungry Jack syrup truck spills onto Buttermilk Pike

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 10:41 AM PDT

A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway. "Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer [...]

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