2013年9月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama: GOP budget critics holding US 'hostage'

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 12:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers at the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, MO., Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Obama traveled to the Kansas City area to visit the Ford automotive plant as he continues to highlight the progress in the economy since the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The president goes into fiery campaign mode as congressional budget battles threaten a partial government shutdown.


'It's just sickening': Coloradans return to flood-ravaged homes

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT

Katie Byrne, left, her neighbor Elizabeth Dipert, center, and church volunteer Linda Pekarek, right, sift through thrown out rotting flood refuse looking for valuables, at Byrne's home in Longmont, Colo., Wednesday Sept. 18, 2013. Statewide, only about 22,000 homeowners have flood insurance policies, FEMA spokesman Jerry DeFelice said. With 2.2 million housing units in Colorado, according to Census figures, that means about 1 percent of the state's residences have flood coverage. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Residents begin filtering through the aftermath of the floods.


PARK(ing) Day: Metered spots become mini public parks

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:46 PM PDT

PARK(ing) Day: Metered spots become mini public parksLeon Yin, a junior studying biochemistry at New York University, relaxes in a lawn chair while paricipating in Park(ing) Day on September 20, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Obama moves to limit power-plant carbon pollution

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT

In this Sept. 18, 2013, photo, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy testifies before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — Linking global warming to public health, disease and extreme weather, the Obama administration pressed ahead Friday with tough requirements to limit carbon pollution from new power plants, despite protests from industry and Republicans that it would dim coal's future.


AP Analysis: US-Russia Syria deal props up Assad

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 01:48 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, opposition fighters return from the battlefield in the Idlib province countryside, Syria. For Syria's divided and beleaguered rebels, the creeping realization that there will not be a decisive Western military intervention on their behalf is a huge psychological blow. It now appears that the regime of Bashar Assad has gained time, largely because the world community is too concerned that if he is toppled the result may be an Islamist Syria in the grip of al-Qaida. The immediate result, this week, has been an uptick in infighting between moderate and jihadi rebels.(AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — For Syria's divided and beleaguered rebels, the creeping realization that there will not be a decisive Western military intervention on their behalf is a huge psychological blow.


Chicago shooting shows gap in stepped-up policing

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 04:38 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, photo, a women becomes emotional near the scene of a shooting at Cornell Square Park in Chicago's Back of the Yard neighborhood that left multiple victims including a 3-year-old boy. Thursday night's attack was the latest violence in a city that has struggled to stop such shootings by increasing police patrols. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Chandler West)CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting that injured a 3-year-old boy and 12 others in Chicago occurred just outside a section of the city that police have flooded with officers, reigniting outrage over the toll of the community's gun violence and the inability of stepped-up police action to stop it.


Attack points to al-Qaida surge in Yemen

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a court hearing in state security court in Sanaa, Yemen. Arabic on flag reads, "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of God." Under a heavy fog, al-Qaida militants disguised in military uniforms launch multiple car bomb attacks on military and security posts Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, killing dozens of soldiers and police in the group's biggest attack in the country since last year. The coordinated attacks point to how al-Qaida is exploiting the continued weakness of Yemen's military to rally back from a heavy crackdown here, even as the group's branches across the region grow more assertive. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Under a heavy fog, al-Qaida militants disguised in military uniforms launched car bomb attacks on three different security and military posts in southern Yemen on Friday, killing 38 soldiers in the group's biggest attack in the country since last year.


KU professor on leave after tweet directed at NRA

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 04:05 PM PDT

This photo provided by the University of Kansas shows professor David Guth , who has been placed on leave because of a tweet he published after this week's mass shooting in Washington, the university said Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Guth tweeted "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters." The NRA said it was hate speech, calling it disgusting and deplorable. The Kansas chancellor says the action was taken to prevent disruptions in the learning environment. (AP Photo/University of Kansas, Chuck France)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas journalism professor was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday for a tweet he wrote about the Navy Yard shootings which said, "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters."


BlackBerry slashes jobs in face of $1B 2Q loss

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:06 PM PDT

In this May 14, 2013 photo, Thorsten Heins, president and CEO at BlackBerry, speaks at a conference in Orlando, Fla. BlackBerry on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 said that it will lay off 4,500 employees, or 40 percent of its global workforce, as it reports a nearly $1 billion second-quarter loss a week earlier than the results were expected. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)TORONTO (AP) — It was once so addictive it inspired the nickname "CrackBerry." President Barack Obama confessed to being among the millions of devotees who couldn't bear to stop tapping feverishly away on its tiny keyboard. Madonna once said she slept with hers under her pillow.


Arctic sea ice 6th lowest, but rebounds from 2012

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level, but that's much higher than last year's record low.

BlackBerry slashes jobs in face of $1B 2-qtr loss

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT

FILE- In this Tuesday, July 9, 2013, file photo, pedestrians walk near BlackBerry's headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, on the morning of the company's Annual General Meeting. BlackBerry said Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, it will lay off 4,500 employees, or 40 percent of its global workforce, and is announcing a nearly $1 billion second-quarter loss in a surprise early release of earnings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Geoff Robins, File)TORONTO (AP) — It was once so addictive it inspired the nickname "CrackBerry." President Barack Obama confessed to being among the millions of devotees who couldn't bear to stop tapping feverishly away on its tiny keyboard. Madonna once said she slept with hers under her pillow.


Colorado races to fix mountain roads before winter

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:40 PM PDT

A National Guard soldier mans a roadblock as a bulldozer clears concrete flood debris from a damaged road being repaired after last week's flood, west of Longmont, Colo., Friday Sept. 20, 2013. With snow already dusting Colorado's highest peaks, the state is scrambling to replace key mountain highways washed away by flooding. More than 200 miles of state highways and at least 50 bridges were damaged or destroyed, not counting many more county roads. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — With snow already dusting Colorado's highest peaks, the state is racing to replace key mountain highways washed away by flooding, in some cases laying down crude, one-lane gravel roads just to throw a lifeline to isolated towns before winter descends.


Scheme to snag iPhones leads to chaos in Calif.

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:31 PM PDT

Pasadena Police officer M. Chavarin guards the front of the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif., as customers wait in line for the latest versions of the iPhone during the opening day of sales of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5C, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside the store, and a man's plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside an Apple Store and a man's plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said.


Chicago police: Assault-style rifle used in attack

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 11:02 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, photo, a women becomes emotional near the scene of a shooting at Cornell Square Park in Chicago's Back of the Yard neighborhood that left multiple victims including a 3-year-old boy. Thursday night's attack was the latest violence in a city that has struggled to stop such shootings by increasing police patrols. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Chandler West)CHICAGO (AP) — Those behind a late-night attack at a southwest Chicago park in which 13 people were wounded, including a 3-year-old, used an assault-style weapon to spray the crowd with bullets, making it "a miracle" no one was killed, the city's police superintendent said Friday.


Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte to retire after season

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte throws to the Los Angeles Dodgers during first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles. Pettitte is retiring from baseball at the conclusion of the season, the Yankees announced on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte had no interest in a farewell tour or some big pronouncement regarding his (second) retirement. Anything more than a conference call the day after the season would only feel embarrassing.


Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo released Saturday Aug. 31, 2013 by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, samples brought back by the U.N. chemical weapons inspection team are checked in upon their arrival at The Hague, Netherlands. Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/OPCW, Henry Arvidsson, File)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday, in keeping with the agreement Russia and the U.S. brokered to have Syria give up its chemical weapons arsenal.


Procrastinaut: Ten things to waste your time with this weekend

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 11:27 AM PDT

CorgiThe Procrastinaut comes roaring back!


Brain-eating amoeba in Bayou country: Break out bottled water

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT

This combo of images provided by the Center for Disease Control shows the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in the cyst stage, left, trophozoite stage, center and the flagellated stage, right. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals on Thursday tried to dispel common NEW ORLEANS (AP) — While officials try to pin down the source of a deadly amoeba found in the water supply of a suburban New Orleans community, bottled water sales in St. Bernard Parish have skyrocketed and some people worry about washing their faces in the shower.


Germans favor 'Mommy' Merkel as Europe faces vote

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 08:36 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at an election campaign event in Fulda on September 19, 2013Angela Merkel is poised to win a third term as German chancellor on Sunday. But other Europeans say her economic policies are harming their countries.


Tweet heat: 'blood is on the hands of the NRA' gets prof sanctioned

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:23 AM PDT

Twitter iOS 7 için güncelleme çıkardıA University of Kansas journalism professor was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday for a tweet he wrote about the Navy Yard shootings which said, "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. ...


Obama says 'faction of the far right' undermining health care

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 11:31 AM PDT

President Obama Visits Ford Kansas City Stamping PlantCLAYCOMO, Mo. (AP) — President Barack Obama is railing against attempts by, quote, a "faction of the far right" to undermine his health care law.


Saudi princess in Calif. beats human trafficking rap

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Meshael Alayban, 42, sits in court during her arraignment in a Santa Ana court on Friday Sept. 20, 2013. Prosecutors on Friday dropped a human-trafficking case that was brought against Alayban, a Saudi princess this summer after a Kenyan maid alleged her passport had been taken away and she had been forced to work long hours for meager pay. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Pool)SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A human-trafficking charge against a Saudi princess was abruptly dismissed Friday after prosecutors were unable to support claims by a Kenyan maid who said she had to escape from her employer's condominium after having her passport taken and being forced to work long hours for meager pay.


Government warned of problems with airplane escape slides before Asiana crash

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 06:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 9, 2013 file photo, Asiana Flight 214 comes in for a landing over the wreckage of Saturday's crashed Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Asiana Airlines Inc., operator of the jet that crash landed in San Francisco last month, reported a second straight quarterly loss as North Korean war threats and a bird flu scare dented travel. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)The Federal Aviation Administration had been concerned with the safety of escape slides during crashes even before the crash at San Francisco International Airport.


House sends spending bill to Senate

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 08:57 AM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Republican leaders emerge from a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. House GOP leaders are looking to reverse course and agree to tea party demands to try to use a vote this week on a must-pass temporary government funding bill to block implementation of President Barack Obama's health care law. Boehner is followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)But the temporary budget proposal strips funding from health care reform.


Boston bombing victims' families face difficult question

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 06:21 AM PDT

Krystal Campbell's family visits the Boston Marathon bombing memorialBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returns to court Monday. He faces the possibility of the death penalty, a punishment Massachusetts hasn't rendered in 66 years.


Pope blasts abortion as symptom of 'throw-away culture'

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Pope Francis meets Hungary's President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today's "throw-away culture" and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.


Brazilian rancher found guilty of ordering American nun's death

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 06:53 AM PDT

Brazilian rancher Bida stands trial for the murder of U.S.-born nun Dorothy Stang in BelemSAO PAULO (Reuters) - A rancher in Brazil's Amazon was sentenced to 30 years in prison for ordering the 2005 killing of American nun and environmental activist Dorothy Stang, an emblematic case for the many conflicts over land use in Brazil's resource-rich interior. The courtroom was overflowing with Stang's supporters when Vitalmiro Bastos Moura, 43, was declared guilty just before midnight Thursday, the court in Para state said in a statement. ...


Groups turn to mothers for Obamacare love

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 07:18 AM PDT

What does ObamaCare mean to college students?Health insurance exchanges want parents to convince young adults to get coverage.


'Puzzle fits together' in Okla. mystery

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Skeletal remains may help six families find out what happened to their loved ones.


EPA sets new limits on power plant pollution

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 01:40 PM PDT

To match feature USA-CARBON/COALBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday announced first-ever regulations setting strict limits on the amount of carbon pollution that can be generated by any new U.S. power plant, which quickly sparked a backlash from supporters of the coal industry and are certain to face legal challenges. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's long-awaited guidelines would make it near impossible to build coal plants without using technology to capture carbon emissions that foes say is unproven and uneconomic. ...


Art inspired by how the brain sees

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Devorah Sperber: Art inspired by how the brain seesDevorah Sperber creates manually pixelated art meant to mimic how the human brain processes things visually.


Kony ‘in a box,’ U.S. war crimes chief says

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006, file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in southern Sudan. A report by the watchdog group Resolve on Friday, April 26, 2013, says the fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory along the Sudan-South Sudan border, controlled by Sudan and that Kony benefits from Sudanese military support. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File, Pool)U.S. training and rewards for information have the Ugandan warlord on the run.


Colorado floodwaters menace state's $41B agriculture sector

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 03:22 AM PDT

A rescue helicopter flies over Lyons, Colorado which was hard hit by flood watersBy Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado farmers and ranchers are bracing for widespread damage to the agriculture industry, one of the state's leading economic engines, from deadly floodwaters that already have caused property losses estimated at nearly $2 billion. The main concern is for the state's No. 1 cash crop, corn, which yields between 140 million and 180 million bushels annually, most of it for cattle feed, according to the growers' trade association, Colorado Corn. ...


Boy, 3, among 13 shot in Chicago park

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 03:38 AM PDT

DELETES REFERENCE TO NUMBER SHOT - Chicago Police detectives investigate the scene where a number of people, including a 3-year-old child, were shot in a city park on the south side of Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Authorities said no one has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)The child and two other victims were in critical condition after the late-night shooting.


Syria rebels broker truce with jihadists in Azaz

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 12:26 PM PDT

People walk past destroyed houses in the northern Syrian town of Azaz on April 21, 2013DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria has begun supplying details of its chemical arsenal, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said on Friday, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town.A senior Syrian official, meanwhile, said Damascus wanted a ceasefire in the 30-month war, which has reportedly killed more than 110,000 people and forced more than two million to flee.Ahead of Saturday's deadline for President Bashar al-Assad's regime to provide details on its arsenal, the Hague-based group tasked with dismantling the arms said it has received an initial report. ...


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