2013年11月1日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Suspect identified in deadly LAX shooting

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:52 PM PDT

Security expert on police response to LAX shootingOfficials say 23-year-old Paul Ciancia is the suspected gunman.


Reinstatement of Texas abortion law leaves few options

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:11 PM PDT

Judge strikes down Texas' abortion restrictionsHARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — In a Texas abortion clinic, about a dozen women waited Friday to see the doctor, already aware that they would not be able to end their pregnancies there.


Obama tells Iraqi leader to push for 'inclusive' democracy

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:41 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama and Iraq's PM Maliki talk to reporters in the Oval Office after meeting at the White House in WashingtonBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday to build a more inclusive democracy in his country and said the United States would cooperate with Iraq as it tries to push back a resurgent al Qaeda. As Iraq experiences a rising spiral of sectarian violence two years after U.S. troops departed following eight years of war, Maliki came to Washington seeking U.S. help to counter a Sunni insurgency revived in part by Syria's civil war next door. Obama, in White House Oval Office remarks with Maliki at his side, made no mention of supplying the U.S.-made Apache helicopters the Iraqis are seeking from the United States.


Snowden seeks the world's help against US charges

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:23 PM PDT

In this video frame grab provided by LifeNews via Rossia 24 TV channel, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden looks over his shoulder during a boat trip on the Moscow River in Moscow, with the Christ the Savior Cathedral in the background. LifeNews said the video was shot in September 2013 and Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, confirmed the photo's authenticity. Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after he met the American in Moscow. (AP Photo/LifeNews via Rossia 24 TV channel) TV OUTBERLIN (AP) — The U.S. refused to show any leniency to fugitive leaker Edward Snowden on Friday, even as Secretary of State John Kerry conceded that eavesdropping on allies had happened on "automatic pilot" and went too far.


Obama says al-Qaida now more active in Iraq

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The prime minister arrived at the White House Friday to personally appeal to President Barack Obama for more U.S. assistance in beating back the bloody insurgency consuming his country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged Friday to help combat an increasingly active al-Qaida in Iraq but stopped short of announcing new commitments of assistance sought by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.


Appeals court deals blow to contraceptive mandate

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided appeals court panel sided Friday with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law.

Next step in stop-frisk depends on new NYC mayor

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:27 PM PDT

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly responds to a question about his department's stop-and-frisk policy, during a news conference at police headquarters, in New York, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that the ruling by U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin would be on hold pending the outcome of an appeal by the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has touted the tactic as a major reason crime rates have continued to fall in the city. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Front-running mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio faces political and legal dilemmas now that a judge's ruling critical of the police department's stop-and-frisk tactic has been blocked.


Fan injured by hot dog suing Kan. City Royals

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PDT

In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 photograph, Kansas City Royals mascot "Sluggerrr" throws hot dogs into the crowd during a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing whether a legal standard that protects sports teams from being sued over fan injuries caused by in-game events should also apply to those caused by mascots or other team personnel. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If it had been a foul ball or broken bat that struck John Coomer in the eye as he watched a Kansas City Royals game, the courts likely wouldn't force the team to pay for his surgeries and suffering.


Jeter and Yankees reach $12 million, 1-year deal

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter laughs while standing in the dugout with teammates during a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Jeter and the Yankees have agreed to a $12 million, one-year contract on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)NEW YORK (AP) — In a sign of confidence Derek Jeter will return to shortstop next season, the New York Yankees agreed Friday to a $12 million, one-year deal with their captain.


Jordan: Tanking games no way to build a franchise

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan talks about the progress his NBA basketball team is making during an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan scoffs at the idea of tanking games.


Kerry: Some NSA surveillance reached 'too far'

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the "SelectUSA Investment Summit," Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in Washington. Kerry urged business leaders from around the world to bring their business to, and invest in the United States. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry's remark that some National Security Agency surveillance "reached too far" was the first time a high-ranking Obama administration official acknowledged that U.S. snooping abroad might be seen as overzealous.


AP Exclusive: Honduras chief denies death squads

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:58 PM PDT

In this July 3, 2012 photo, Honduras Police Chief, Gen. Juan Carlos Bonilla, center, speaks to the press during a news conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The five-star general was accused a decade ago of running deaths squads and today oversees a department suspected of beating, killing and TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a capital accustomed to daily bloodshed, the man in charge of law enforcement is as feared as the criminals. Few dare speak his name above a whisper.


LAX LATEST: Details emerge on suspect, threat note

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Transportation Security Administration employees talk outside Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. A gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a Transportation Security Administration employee and wounding two other people. Flights were disrupted nationwide. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspected gunman was in custody following a shooting at Los Angeles airport that killed a TSA officer and wounded other people. This is what AP reporters on the scene Friday are learning about the events unfolding:


Gunman kills TSA agent at LAX, injures 2 others

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:25 PM PDT

In this aerial video frame grab provided by CBS-LA, fire and rescue personnel gather at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday Nov. 1, 2013. Shots were fired Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, prompting authorities to evacuate a terminal and stop flights headed for the city from taking off from other airports. (AP Photo/CBS-LA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man carrying a bag with a hand-written note that said he "wanted to kill TSA" opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a TSA officer and wounding at least three others, authorities said.


Conservative groups seek control of GOP agenda

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:15 PM PDT

FILE - This March 2, 2013 file photo shows Republican strategist Karl Rove,of American Crossroads, speaking in Sacramento, Calif. Virtually unknown outside Washington, a coalition of hardline conservative groups are fighting to seize control of the Republican agenda. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Virtually unknown outside Washington, a coalition of hard-line conservative groups is fighting to seize control of the Republican agenda.


Procrastinaut: 10 ways to waste your time this weekend

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Ye Olde GIFsYe Olde GIFs, find out which state best fits your attitude, a Beatles photog and plenty more in this week's Procrastinaut weekly roundup.


Obamacare contraceptive mandate struck in Ohio case

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Battle over birth control mandate could reach Supreme CourtObamacare's contraceptive mandate illegally infringes upon the religious freedom of two Catholic grocery store owners, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday.


Updates from LAX shooting

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Replace Biden with Hillary Clinton? No way, White House says

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Biden stands with Obama as he announces Johnson to be his nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Rose Garden of the White House in WashingtonJay Carney laughs off new book's claims.


$5 billion in cuts to food stamp program go into effect

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2012, file photo Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's purchases are scanned by a cashier at a ShopRite grocery story in Philadelphia after Nutter pledged to live on the average food stamp benefit of five dollars a day for the entire week. Food stamps look ripe for the picking, politically speaking. Through five years and counting of economic distress, the food aid program has swollen up like a summer tomato. It grew to $78 billion last year, more than double its size when the recession began in late 2007. That makes it a juicy target for conservative Republicans seeking to trim spending and pare back government. But to many Democrats, food stamps are a major element of the country's commitment to help citizens struggling to meet basic needs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Millions of Americans will be expected to make do with less as of Friday, as $5 billion in cuts to the US food stamp program takes effect. The cuts to the program, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will pinch almost 48 million people and could be followed by an even bigger slash. The cuts come as a four-year increase in funding to the food stamp program reaches its expiration date. The food stamp cuts, scheduled to take effect on Nov. 1, are distinct from possible additional slashes to the program included in the farm bill – broad legislation covering America's agriculture and nutrition policies, including the food stamp program.


What NYC might look like under de Blasio

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:28 AM PDT

What kind of mayor would Bill de Blasio beHis Republican mayoral rival warns Gotham could return to its darker days.


Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:55 PM PDT

Video grab of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud sitting with other millitants in South WaziristanBy Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Jibran Ahmed ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the nuclear-armed South Asian nation. Hakimullah Mehsud was one of the most wanted and feared men in Pakistan with a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, leading an insurgency from a mountain hideout in North Waziristan, the Taliban's stronghold on the Afghan frontier. "We confirm with great sorrow that our esteemed leader was martyred in a drone attack," a senior Taliban commander said. In Washington, two U.S. officials confirmed Mehsud's death in a CIA drone strike.


German official: Snowden willing to testify before Congress

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:16 AM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released by Wikileaks on October 12, 2013 shows US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden speaking during a dinner with US ex-intelligence workers and activists in Moscow on October 9, 2013The former NSA contractor wants to shed light on "possibly serious offenses."


Drone strike kills four, possibly a senior Taliban commander, in Pakistan

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 08:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. The Pakistani government said Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, that 3 percent of the people killed in U.S. drone strikes in the country since 2008 were civilians, a surprisingly low figure given past official calculations and estimates from independent organizations. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A drone strike killed four people in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan region on Friday, possibly including a senior Pakistani Taliban commander, intelligence sources said. North Waziristan is the stronghold of the Taliban insurgency and shares a border with Afghanistan. One Pakistan army source told Reuters separately the military were checking reports that a top Taliban commander might have been killed in the attack. There was no official comment from neither the government nor the Taliban.


Children rescued after bus topples into Kansas creek

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 08:25 PM PDT

This image provided by KAKE-TV shows a school bus after it toppled into a creek, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in Douglass, Kan. Ten Kansas children and a school bus driver were pulled to safety from a fast-moving creek Thursday after the bus toppled into the water and landed half-submerged on its side. (AP Photo/KAKE-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT; THE WICHITA EAGLE OUTDOUGLASS, Kan. (AP) — Ten Kansas children and a school bus driver were pulled to safety from a fast-moving creek Thursday after the bus toppled into the water and landed half-submerged on its side.


U.K. prosecutor: Tabloid editor directed hacking

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:01 AM PDT

Andy Coulson arrives at The Old Bailey law court in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Former News of the World national newspaper editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson went on trial Monday, along with several others, on charges relating to the hacking of phones and bribing officials while they were employed at the now closed tabloid paper. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson sent an email telling a news editor to "do his phone" in relation to an alleged target of phone hacking, a British prosecutor said Friday.


U.S. evangelicals stoke anti-gay intolerance in Uganda, film shows

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:28 AM PDT

Culture War: Film links U.S. Evangelicals to intolerance Against Gays In UgandaA documentary looks at the prominent ministry known as the International House of Prayer.


Jerk or genius? NYC says cheerio to street artist Banksy

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:10 AM PDT

BanksyNEW YORK (AP) — The secretive British street artist Banksy ended his self-announced monthlong residency in New York City with a final piece of graffiti, a $615,000 painting donated to charity and a debate: Is he a jerk or a genius?


Snowden seeks world's help against U.S. espionage charges

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:06 AM PDT

Opposition Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele, shows a letter to the media, he claims he received from Edward Snowden, prior to a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Stroebele said he met Edward Snowden in Moscow on Thursday, and that the National Security Agency leaker is prepared to help Germany investigate allegations of surveillance by U.S. intelligence. Snowden was granted asylum in Russia in August after being stuck at a Moscow airport for more than a month following his arrival there from Hong Kong. The 30-year-old faces espionage charges in the U.S. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after meeting the American in Moscow.


Gaza runs out of power

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:27 AM PDT

View of the Gaza Strip's sole power plant in Nusairat, on March 26, 2012Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A shortage of fuel halted the production of electricity across the Gaza Strip on Friday, said the energy authority of the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave. "We have completely stopped the operation of (Gaza's sole) power plant this morning at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) because we don't have a single litre of fuel," Fathi el-Sheikh Khalil, the authority's deputy chairman, told AFP. An AFP correspondent in the Gaza Strip said the electricity supply had been cut off across most of the territory. Khalil blamed the power outage on Egypt's destruction of tunnels used for bringing fuel to Gaza and accused the Western-backed Palestinian Authority of charging Hamas too much for its fuel.


Germany: Prepared to speak with Snowden

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 06:36 AM PDT

The letter that German Greens lawmaker Stroebele received from fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden, is pictured during a news conference in BerlinBERLIN (AP) — Germany's top security official said Friday he will try to find a way for Edward Snowden to speak to German officials if the former National Security Agency contractor is willing to provide details about the NSA's activities including the alleged surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone.


Murdoch journalist ordered 'do his phone,' court hears

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:48 AM PDT

Former News of the World editor and Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson leaves the Old Bailey on October 31, 2013 after another day's hearing in the phone hacking trialFormer News of the World editor Andy Coulson emailed a senior journalist at the disgraced tabloid ordering him to "do" a celebrity's phone, the trial over Britain's phone hacking scandal heard Friday. Coulson, who later became Prime Minister David Cameron's media chief, denies conspiring to illegally access celebrities' voicemail messages in a scandal that forced tycoon Rupert Murdoch to shut the paper in 2011. The trial heard Thursday that Coulson had been having an affair with fellow defendant Rebekah Brooks, his predecessor as editor and a close Murdoch confidante, for much of the time the pair are accused of involvement in hacking. On day three of his opening statement, prosecutor Andrew Edis said Coulson, as editor between 2003 and 2007, must have known his journalists were routinely hacking phones to glean stories for a tabloid that prided itself on its celebrity scoops.


Court reinstates most Texas abortion limits

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 08:34 PM PDT

File - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)Ruling means a third of the clinics that perform the procedure won't be able to do so.


Did Obama consider dumping Biden for Clinton?

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:26 AM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the Center for American Progress 10th Anniversary policy forum in WashingtonA new book claims that President Barack Obama's advisers explored the possibility of replacing Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton on the president's re-election ticket.


Kerry: U.S. spying 'reached too far' in some cases

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:40 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured October 28, 2013 in Washington, DC, said Thursday for the first time that in some cases, US spying has gone too far, amid a row with Europe over the matterThe United States has said in some cases its surveillance program has gone too far, an unprecedented admission in its tense row with Europe over US spying against allies. After 10 days of scandal with key European allies, a statement Thursday by Secretary of State John Kerry was the first to explicitly acknowledge overstepping by US intelligence. Kerry justified the surveillance in broad terms, citing the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, as well as attacks in London, Madrid and elsewhere to argue that the US and other countries have had to come together to fight "extremism in the world that is hell-bent and determined to try to kill people and blow people up and attack governments."


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