2013年10月8日星期二

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Obama to nominate Yellen to replace Bernanke

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, answers a question from a participant at the International Monetary Conference in Shanghai, China. President Barack will nominate Yellen to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File )She would be the first woman to head the powerful Fed.


Obama: 'Let's end this shutdown right now'

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks from the White House Briefing Room in WashingtonHe said it would be an economic "nuclear bomb" if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.


Undercover NYPD cop arrested in SUV attack, reports say

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Biker attackIn the latest twist in the NYPD investigation into the Sept. 29 beating of an SUV driver by a pack of angry motorcyclists in New York, NBC reports that a veteran undercover police detective was caught on video participating in the attack on the vehicle.


Book claims Chinese explorer may have been first to find America

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Does this map prove that the Chinese discovered America before Columbus? (Harper Collins)Does a 600-year-old Chinese map prove that Christopher Columbus was not the first explorer to navigate the New World?


Questionable design blamed for health website woes

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Maureen Bardusk, 62, of Galena, Ill., poses for a photo in Chicago. A design decision to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse available health plans under President Barack Obama's overhaul appears to have led to many of the program's technical problems, independent experts say. The result seemed strange to Bardusk, who's hesitant about giving her personal information before she can shop. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse health overhaul insurance plans appears to have led to many of the glitches that have frustrated customers, independent experts say.


Govt health and safety efforts slowed or halted

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Protestors demonstrate against the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has slowed or halted federal efforts to protect Americans' health and safety, from probes into the cause of transportation and workplace accidents to tracking foodborne illness. The latest example: an outbreak of salmonella in chicken that has sickened people in 18 states.


Denver parents accused of keeping 4 boys in filth

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:27 PM PDT

This photo combo of photos provided by the Office of the Denver District Attorney's Office shows Lorinda Bailey, left, and Wayne Sperling. Bailey and Sperling, the Denver couple accused of starving their four young sons and keeping them in a filthy apartment strewn with cat feces, urine and flies, made their first court appearance Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, and were advised of the felony child abuse charges against them. (AP Photo/Denver District Arttorney's Office)DENVER (AP) — Court records show a Denver couple accused of keeping four malnourished young sons in a filthy apartment were accused of similar neglect of three other children in 2006.


NY court weighs 'too intoxicated' murder defense

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2006 file photo, Martin Heidgen reacts after the jury found him guilty of two counts of second degree murder in the deaths of Stanley Rabinowitz and Katy Flynn, at Nassau County court house in Mineola, N.Y. Heidgen, who is serving 19 years to life in prison, and two others convicted of murder in deadly crashes urged New York's highest court Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 to throw out their convictions, arguing they were too intoxicated to know the threat they posed to others. In 2005, Heidgen drove his pickup the wrong way on Long Island's Meadowbrook State Parkway and hit a limousine, killing the driver, Stanley Rabinowitz, and 7-year-old passenger Katie Flynn and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Dick Yarwood, Pool)ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three people convicted of murder in deadly crashes urged New York's highest court Tuesday to throw out their convictions, arguing they were too intoxicated to know the threat they posed to others.


89-year-old drug courier pleads guilty in Detroit

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT

FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leo Earl Sharp, who was arrested for cocaine possession near Chelsea, Ind. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, Sharp pleaded guilty to hauling cocaine, telling a judge that the drug conspiracy was the only crime he's ever committed. He says he did it for the money. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)DETROIT (AP) — An 89-year-old Indiana man who grows lilies pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit to serving as a drug mule to distribute more than 1,400 pounds of cocaine.


Kris and Bruce Jenner confirm they've split up

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 03:50 PM PDT

This cover image released by US Weekly shows the exclusive announcement about the break-up of celebrity couple Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner. The couple confirmed they've split and have been separated for a year. (AP Photo/US Weekly)NEW YORK (AP) — Kris and Bruce Jenner have confirmed they separated a year ago, after 22 years together.


NYPD: Mother of 'Baby Hope' identified using DNA

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT

This Tuesday, July 23, 2013, photo shows a poster soliciting information regarding an unidentified body near the site where the body was found in New York. In a dramatic break in a cold case more than two decades old, investigators used DNA to identify the mother of a dead child known only as Baby Hope, police said Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly declined to discuss the case further as investigators try to determine the circumstances of the 3- to 5-year-old girl's death. The case dates to July 23, 1991, when a road worker smelled something rotting and discovered the girl's remains inside a picnic cooler along the Henry Hudson Parkway. Her body was unclothed and malnourished and showed signs of possible sex abuse. Detectives theorized at the time that she had been suffocated before being dumped like garbage on a grassy incline. They estimated she was dead six to eight days before the cooler was found. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — In a dramatic break in a cold case more than two decades old, investigators used DNA to identify the mother of a dead child known only as Baby Hope, police said Tuesday.


Obama to announce Yellen as Bernanke replacement

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation's central bank.

Egypt's capital scarred by 2½ years of turmoil

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:02 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 photo, Egyptians crowd a shopping at a market in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, "Mother of the World" — a metropolis of 18 million throbbing with the vitality and fun of other great cities, even if at times it seemed unmanageable and chaotic.


High court wary of campaign contribution limits

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT

This artist rendering shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., seated, center, listening as attorney Bobby Burchfield,standing, right, argues for McConnell during the Supreme Court's hearing on campaign finance, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Justices, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to free big individual donors to give more money to political candidates in the court's first major campaign finance case since the justices took the lid off of independent spending in 2010.


Gov't to follow humane tactics questioning al-Libi

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows Abu Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the United States for more than a decade. Al-Libi was captured in a raid Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, and is being held aboard the USS San Antonio, a warship mainly used to transport troops. Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA "black" sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning them aboard U.S. naval vessels. (AP Photo/FBI, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Aboard a Navy warship, U.S. investigators are likely playing good cop/bad cop, shouting and banging their hands on a table to get suspected al-Qaida operative Abu Anas al-Libi to give up key intelligence. That's what they're allowed to do, anyway. What interrogators shouldn't be doing is putting a hood over al-Libi's head, waterboarding him or depriving him of food.


Mormons pushing church stance on homosexuality

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2013 file photo, members of the Mormons Building Bridges march during the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church's stance on homosexuality has softened considerably since it was one of the leading forces behind California's Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wendy and Tom Montgomery went door-to-door in their California neighborhood in 2008 campaigning for the passage of an anti-gay marriage proposition. They were among thousands of faithful Mormons following the direction of a church that spent millions on the cause.


The reason for delay in Nobel prize? You'll find out in 50 years

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Chairman Gunnar Ingelman, left, permanent secretary Staffan Normark, center, and board member Olga Botner of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announce the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to British physicist Peter Higgs and Belgian theoretical physicist Francois Englert during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Erik Martensson, TT News Agency) SWEDEN OUTSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize judges delayed the announcement of the physics winner by an hour Tuesday — but they can't say why for 50 years.


Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Francis

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leaves the basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels as part of a pastoral visit to Assisi on October 4, 2013By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican warned bishops on Tuesday not to reform faster than Pope Francis, after a German diocese said that some divorced and remarried Catholics would now be allowed to receive communion and other sacraments. Vatican spokesman Rev Federico Lombardi, announcing the pope would hold a special synod of bishops in October 2014 to discuss issues facing the family, said local churches that come up with their own reforms in the meantime could create confusion. ...


Republicans ignore calls from business leaders

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT

United States Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue delivers his annual State of American Business address in WashingtonGroups warn lawmakers to strike a debt ceiling deal or they might damage the economy.


Obama, Boehner in shutdown ‘he said, he said’

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:01 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio prepares leave following a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, as the partial government shutdown enters its second week with no end in sight. Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A simple phone call leads to two very different stories.


Cleveland doctor develops breast cancer vaccine

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 03:00 AM PDT

Dr. Vincent TuohyDr. Vincent Tuohy, an immunologist at the Cleveland Clinic, has developed a vaccine that's proved to prevent breast cancer in mice. Now, with the creation of a company, researchers at the clinic are planning trials to test the vaccine on women.


Illegal ivory hidden in sesame seeds

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:47 AM PDT

KWS officers count elephant tusks at a container terminal in MombasaNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan officials are counting and weighing more than 1,600 pieces of illegal ivory found hidden inside bags of sesame seeds in freight traveling from Uganda to Kenya's major port city, Mombasa.


Carter says middle class looks like the poor when he was president

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:05 AM PDT

Carter: Middle class today resembles past's poorFormer President Jimmy Carter said Monday that the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when he occupied ...


Teachers march in Brazil turns violent

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 07:38 AM PDT

Teachers march in Brazil turns violentA demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the Municipal Assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro October 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)

Obama passes on Boehner's negotiation offer

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse, neither side backing down, after House GOP conservatives linked the funding bill to President Obama's existent health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The president's call came as the House speaker softened the tone of his rhetoric.


Meet the new $100 bill

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Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:44 PM PDT

File picture of British physicist Higgs talking with Belgium physicist EnglertHalf a century after their original work, the particle they predicted was found in 2012.


Boehner says no 'lines in the sand' on debt limit

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse, neither side backing down, after House GOP conservatives linked the funding bill to President Obama's existent health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)"All we're asking for is to sit down and have this conversation."


Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally ill

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo provided by Katy Scheflen, people run to a man who set himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington. Police on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 identified the man, who later died, as John Constantino, 64, of Mount Laurel, N.J., though police had no more information on his possible reasons. (AP Photo/Katy Scheflen, File)MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — The death of a New Jersey man who set himself on fire on the National Mall was the result of his long fight with mental illness, not a political statement, his family said.


At the White House, 3 in 4 staffers furloughed

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 04:12 AM PDT

Stock market opens lowerNow in its second week, the partial government shutdown has taken its toll on the White House, where about 3 of 4 staffers have been furloughed, barred even from checking the BlackBerrys they usually clutch ...


U.S. adults: Below average

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:49 AM PDT

HOLD FOR RELEASE 5 A.M. EDT TUESDAY, OCT. 8; Graphic shows how countries scored in international adult literacy test; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either.


Did Obama swap 'black' detention sites for ships?

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 01:22 AM PDT

FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the United States for more than a decade. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi, outside his house Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in the Libyan capital, his relatives said. Two law enforcement officials say a team of U.S. investigators from the military, the intelligence community and the Justice Department has been deployed to question Abu Anas al-Libi, according to two law enforcement officials. (AP Photo/FBI, File)The administration is now questioning suspected terrorists aboard U.S. naval vessels.


Insurers, others say 'Obamacare' glitches fixable

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 12:18 AM PDT

Volunteer helps Danielle Winters sign up for the Affordable Care Act in JacksonWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government's biggest foray into online commerce has left millions of tech-savvy Americans thoroughly bewildered.


Another biker arrested in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 06:55 PM PDT

The Range Rover involved in the bikers attack is being moved from the police precinct for further police investigation Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 in New York. Last weekend, dozens of bikers stopped the Range Rover SUV on a highway, attacked the vehicle, then chased the driver and pulled him from the car after he plowed over a motorcyclist while trying to escape, police said. The driver, Alexian Lien, needed stitches after being pummeled by the bikers. The motorcyclist who was crushed by the SUV, Edwin Mieses Jr., of Lawrence, Massachusetts, suffered a broken spine and two broken legs and may never walk again, his family said. Robert Sims, 35, of Brooklyn, was arrested on charges of gang assault and weapons possession. Police said he took part in the attack on Lien (AP Photo/David Karp)NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth motorcyclist has been arrested in connection with the beating of a motorist pulled from his car and set upon by a group of bikers in New York City.


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