2012年10月18日星期四

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Obama: Communication on Libya attack 'not optimal'

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama participates in a taping of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New YorkThe president admits mistakes were made but claims there was no "confusion" about the consulate attack.


Boy Scout 'perversion files' show locals helped cover up

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT

An Boy Scout Eagle badge is seen in this file photo taken in Orlando, FloridaThe files, released today, document allegations of sex abuse by Scouting volunteers across the country.


Google filing error shocks investors, exposes process flaws

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:25 PM PDT

File photo of Google Inc's logoR.R. Donnelley & Sons Co handles thousands of securities filings a year for corporate clients in a routine process that is invisible to most investors. On Thursday Google and its shareholders found out just what happens when that process goes wrong.


Who owns America's debt?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Italians Seize Fake U.S. Bonds Worth Nearly Half of U.S. DebtAs the U.S. continues to rack up more than $1 trillion of new debt every year, Americans are beginning to worry about who we owe this money to and how much power our creditors have over us.


Soup kitchen in Ryan photo op losing donors

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Today's burning political question: Are the dishes being washed by Paul Ryan and his wife Janna at this Ohio soup kitchen clean or dirty?An Ohio soup kitchen is losing a 'substantial amount' of donations as a result of a recent Paul Ryan visit.


Speculations swirl about ‘missing’ North Korean first lady

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT

File photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ri Sol-Ju attending opening ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground on Rungna Islet along Taedong River in PyongyangThe lack of public appearances in more than a month by the first lady of North Korea has raised speculation about her fate. Ri Sol Ju, a singer who married North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, customarily has been pictured with her husband during visits to military units, farms,  and at official ceremonies, the Telegraph [...]


Death toll from meningitis outbreak climbs to 20

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT

Federal agents search New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MassachusettsThe deadly outbreak of the rare disease showed no signs of abating, as nine new cases were reported, bringing the total to 254.


What women want: Abortion, contraception, equal pay – or jobs?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Obama: Romney 'whiffed' on explaining tax planObama and Romney are banking on very different sets of priorities held by the women they're hoping to win – primarily blue-collar, suburban "waitress moms."


Video: Did Obama reset the race?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Video: Did Obama reset the race?PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at President Obama's second debate performance and whether that will do for him what the first meeting did for Mitt Romney.


Bounty offered for Al-Qaida 'facilitators'

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT

The State Department announced today it is now offering multi-million dollar rewards for information that leads to the capture of two alleged high-level members of al Qaeda based in Iran. Under its Rewards for Justice program, the State Department is willing to pay up to...

Mysterious 'October Suprise' website a hoax?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:22 PM PDT

SurpriseA website touting a secret document went online this week, counting down the minutes until it would reveal a nasty revelation about either Obama or Romney.


Conservative 'Obama' filmmaker resigns from college over relationship

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 10:52 AM PDT

FILE- In this Feb. 1, 2007 file photo, Dinesh D'Souza presents his opening arguments for the debate over the College of William & Mary President Gene Nichol's decision to remove the cross from permanent display from the altar at Wren Chapel, in Williamsburg, Va. The conservative scholar behind a high-grossing documentary that condemns President Barack Obama is under investigation by the evangelical college he leads over a report he took a woman who is not his wife to an event on Christian values. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Heather S. Hughes)An evangelical magazine reported that the long-married Dinesh D'Souza was also engaged to a woman.


Photos: Greek anti-austerity protest descends into violence

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 08:38 AM PDT

Photos: Greek anti-austerity protest descends into violenceREFILE - CLARIFYING CAPTION INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARCH Flames from a molotov cocktail flare up near Greek riot police at an anti-austerity march in central Athens October 18, 2012. Greek police fired teargas to disperse anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on the day of a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST)

Ex-Sen. George McGovern 'at the end stages of his life"

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2009, file photo former Sen. George McGovern delivers remarks at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Ann McGovern, the former senator's daughter, said Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, it's a blessing that she and other family members are able to surround her father as he declines in hospice care in South Dakota. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)The 90-year-old McGovern is in hospice care and his family said he was no longer responsive.


Fed bomb suspect considered Obama a potential target

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:12 AM PDT

A New York City Police Department vehicle is parked near the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday morning, Oct. 18, 2012. A Bangladeshi man, 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, snared in an FBI terror sting, considered targeting a high-ranking government official and the New York Stock Exchange before authorities say he raised the bar further by picking one of New York City's most fortified sites: The Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)But a law enforcement official stressed that he never got beyond the discussion stage of such an attack.


Bullied teen's death spurs fake fundraising sites

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:05 AM PDT

Bullied Teen's Death Spurs Fake SitesAmanda Todd, 15, Chronicled Years of Bullying, Cutting and Struggling in a Video


Sarcastic binder reviews a hit on Amazon

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT

During Tuesday's debate, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he had been given "binders full of women" when he sought females for cabinet positions while governor of Massachusetts. Sarcastic binder enthusiasts pounced. A meme was born. Snarky Amazon.com customers have posted slews of fake (though incredibly in-depth) reviews on, you guessed it, binders. Many [...]

Relationship with dad may affects teens' sexual behavior

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Fathers' attitudes toward teen sex and the emotional closeness of their relationship with their teen have a sizeable influence on their teens' sexual behaviors, separate from the influence of moms, a new review of studies suggests.

Spy kids: Britain announces secret agent apprenticeships

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:38 AM PDT

FILE This Tuesday, March 24, 2009 file photo shows Mike Hillyard, one of the volunteers who rebuilt a replica of the Turing Bombe machine that played a crucial part in cracking the Nazi Enigma Code, standing by the machine at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England. The British government is recruiting apprentice spies and codebreakers without university degrees in a bid to deepen the talent pool of its intelligence services. Foreign Secretary William Hague will announce details Thursday Oct. 18, 2012 in a speech at Bletchley Park, Britain's World War II code-breaking headquarters. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)How's this for a job title — secret agent's apprentice?


Romney’s ace could come from mystery swing state

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

GOP challenger Mitt Romney could have an ace in the hole to counter President Barack Obama if the election comes down to one electoral vote, in the form of a gift from Maine.
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