2013年2月12日星期二

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Flames engulf cabin where ex-cop holed up

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST

Big Bear manhunt cabinThick black smoke and fire can been seen coming from the mountain cabin.

Chuck Hagel clears a crucial hurdle

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:07 PM PST

Former U.S. Senator Hagel testifies during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary.

Music! Pie charts! State of the Union address won't be like the past

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:52 PM PST

White House: Obama Speech Focus on JobsThe state of the union is ... rockin'. A video from the White House to promote President Barack Obama's State of the Union address is set to a bass-driven dubstep soundtrack—and promises viewers who visit the website whitehouse.gov a "special enhanced presentation." What exactly those enhancements are, aren't specified. President Obama as a hologram in [...]

Rubio to counter Obama's call for higher taxes

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 03:51 PM PST

In this Feb. 7, 2013 photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office in Washington. In the nearly 100 days since President Barack Obama won a second term, the Florida senator has taken calculated, concrete steps to emerge as a next generation leader of a rudderless party and put a 21st Century stamp on the conservative movement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)He will deliver the official Republican response to Obama's State of the Union Address.

Dow closes at highest level of year, nears record

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, trader Eric Schumacher works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 led Asian stocks higher Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, and investors appeared to have shrugged off an apparent nuclear test by North Korea. In the United States, on Tuesday, traders will be watching as the Labor Department releases the job openings and labor turnover survey for December and the Treasury releases the federal budget for January. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Before February, the index had closed above 14,000 just nine times in its history.

Reid will reject GOP efforts to stall Obama nominees

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:58 PM PST

Harry Reid vows to tackle filibuster rules with, without GOPThe Senate Majority Leader says he will not honor any "holds" by Senate Republicans.

Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:46 PM PST

FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. gestures during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate on Tuesday is expected to put aside its partisan divisions to approve a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, a law credited with protecting millions of victims of domestic violence over its 20-year history. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The 20-year-old act has shielded millions of women from abuse.

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits western Nevada: USGS

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.2 quake struck western Nevada on Tuesday, close to the Californian border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the earthquake had a very shallow depth of 4.4 miles and was centered 16 miles south of Tonopah Junction, Nevada, between Reno and Las Vegas. (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

Face of Obama’s immigration reform effort gets State of Union invite

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:27 AM PST

Alan Aleman (Latin Chamber of Commerce)Late last month he told Aleman's life story in his speech urging Congress to pass a reform bill.

Hacker creates fake zombie attack alert

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:20 PM PST

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — No, zombies aren't attacking northern Michigan.

House Republicans launch Spanish-language Twitter handle

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

The House Republican Conference on Tuesday announced the launch of a Spanish-language Twitter account, @GOPespanol, as part of the party's nationwide outreach program to minority voters. The act is a small one, of course, but it's in line with a broader effort to bring Hispanic voters into the party after it lost a bruising national [...]

Mexican 'ape woman' buried after 150 years

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 04:27 PM PST

SINALOA DE LEYVA, Mexico (AP) — An indigenous Mexican woman put on display in Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair has been buried in her home state in a ceremony that ends one of the best-known episodes from an era when live human beings were treated as collectible specimens.

Top Senate Republican doesn’t see a way to avoid the sequester

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 02:07 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden is known as "The McConnell whisperer" for his ability to broker compromises between Democrats and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, but his charms may not work on the Kentucky lawmaker when it comes to the impending sequester. The federal government will face the sequester—massive automatic budget cuts—should Congress not vote [...]

U.N. Security Council vows to take action over nuke test

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:40 PM PST

What is the right response to North Korea nuke test?Diplomats say the U.S. and and its allies may push for tough sanctions against N. Korea.

Curiosity rover finds weird 'hood ornament' on Mars

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:13 AM PST

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has photographed a shiny, metallic-looking object that bears a passing resemblance to a door handle or a hood ornament.

102-year-old voter among State of the Union guests

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:51 AM PST

Desiline Victor, a 102-year-old Miami, Fla., voter who made an above-and-beyond effort to vote last fall, will be among those seated in first lady Michelle Obama's box Tuesday night to watch the president's State of the Union address. Victor, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti and a retired farmworker, arrived at her polling location at [...]

Photos: Chocolatier pumps out edible heels for Valentine's Day

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST

Photos: Chocolatier pumps out edible heels for Valentine's DayIn this Feb. 7, 2013 photo, chocolate high heals made by master chocolatier Andrea Pedraza are lined up at her shop in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Florists and chocolate makers are working around the clock for the busy season - Valentine's Day. Pedraza's most well known creations are chocolate pumps done in the style of Christian Louboutin shoes. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Photos: Highlights from the Westminster Dog Show

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:00 PM PST

Photos: Highlights from the Westminster Dog ShowJewel, an American Foxhound and winner of the hound group, leaves the competition area during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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