2013年3月20日星期三

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Is this Texan a fit for Syrian opposition?

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 02:19 PM PDT

Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Hitto has ruled out dialogue with President Bashar Assad's regime. In a speech in Istanbul following his election Tuesday, Ghassan Hitto says "there is no place" for dialogue with the Assad regime.(AP Photo)Some are skeptical of Ghassan Hitto due to his absence from the country.

Jury recommends death for convicted Craigslist killer

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:09 PM PDT

Accused Craigslist killer Beasley reacts after being found guilty of murder in Summit County Court of Common Pleas courtroom in AkronAn Ohio jury recommended the death penalty on Wednesday for Richard Beasley, who was convicted of murdering down-on-their-luck men who responded to a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job.

Police: Child safe, Indiana bus slaying suspect dead

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 02:35 PM PDT

Armed officers surround a house Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in Fort Wayne, Ind., where police say a man suspected of killing a bus passenger earlier in the day is holding a 3-year-old child hostage. Police say the suspect is holed up the house near the street where a woman was pulled off a bus and fatally shot earlier in the day. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Swikar Patel)45-year-old Kenneth Knight was killed by a single shot from a sniper.

Amazon CEO raises Apollo engines from seafloor

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Apollo Moon Rocket Engines Raised from Seafloor by Amazon CEOJeff Bezos' expedition nets rockets that took astronauts to the moon 40 years ago.

A lot of likes: Big sales for Sandberg's book

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 02:46 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2013 file photo shows Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Sandberg's book "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" sold 140,000 copies its first week of publication and has gone back to press seven times for additional printings, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday. It has been at No. 1 on Amazon.com's best seller list since coming out March 11 and has also placed high on lists for Barnes & Noble and other sellers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)First week numbers of "Lean In" are strong for the Facebook executive.

Satellite captures space view of spring equinox

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Spring equinoxToday, the length of the day and night are about the same for most of the planet.

U.S. wants swift transfer of Congo warlord

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:18 PM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Bosco Ntaganda's 15-year career included Rwandan-backed rebellions in eastern Congo.

Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 03:25 PM PDT

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in WashingtonIt offers the military and some agencies flexibility to shift funds to higher-priority programs.

With more cops on patrol, Chicago homicides decline

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Chicago police will no longer respond to all 911 callsHundreds of officers hit dangerous neighborhood streets on overtime every night.

Andy Griffith's widow gets permit to raze his home

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 02:28 PM PDT

FILE -In this Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 file photo, Actor Andy Griffith reads a poem after North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue was sworn into office during North Carolina inaugural ceremonies at the State Library building in Raleigh, N.C. The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting friends who had hoped it would be preserved. Dare County records show Cindi Griffith obtained the demolition permit Monday, March 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)Upset friends had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate.

San Diego pandas get a rare treat: snow

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:35 PM PDT

San Diego Zoo pandas in the snowThere was snow in San Diego this week — well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.

High unemployment rates will continue through 2015, Fed says

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:37 AM PDT

US Adds 236K Jobs, Unemployment Falls to 7.7 PctThe updated forecasts are nearly identical to projections made in December.

U.S. military's Guantanamo buildings need attention

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 10:29 AM PDT

A guard walks through a cellblock inside Camp V, a prison used to house detainees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base"We've got to take care of our troops," says a U.S. commander.

Iraq War vet's ‘last letter’ to Bush and Cheney

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Tomas YoungTomas Young joined the Army after 9/11, and paralyzed five days into his first deployment.

It's outta here: Voyager leaves the solar system

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:46 AM PDT

NASA's Voyager 1 Probe Has Left Solar System: StudyIt's the farthest-flung object created by human hands.

Landmark gun bills signed in Colorado

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the Capitol in Denver. Hickenlooper will sign legislation Wednesday, March 20, 2013 that sets limits on ammunition magazines and expands background checks for firearms, marking a Democratic victory in a state where gun ownership is a treasured right and Second Amendment debate has played out in the wake of two mass shootings. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)Earlier in the day the head of the state's Corrections Department was shot and killed.

The world's largest and most expensive embassy

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT

The world's largest and most expensive embassyA U.S. flag flies in front of the Chancellery building inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad December 14, 2011. The compound, located in Baghdad's Green Zone, will be the home for thousands of American citizens left after the U.S. military completes its withdrawal this month. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY SOCIETY) - RTR2V83I

'Sequester' job cuts may have been exaggerated, experts say

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:59 AM PDT

Job seekers adjust their paperwork as they wait in line to attend a job fair in New YorkGovernment offices are more likely to limit hours than layoff employees.

Sandy's devastation still pains popular NYC tourist destination

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PDT

NEW YORK—In most parts of lower Manhattan, few signs remain of the damaging floodwaters and raging winds from Superstorm Sandy that nearly washed this part of the city away in October. In hard-hit areas around Battery Park, the power has been restored, phone service is back, thousands of office workers have returned to their desks [...]

Saudi-born man accused of being al-Qaida operative

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:49 PM PDT

By David Ingram and Jessica Dye WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury has indicted a Saudi-born man accused of being an al Qaeda operative who from 2002 to 2005 conspired to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan and U.S. diplomats in Nigeria. The indictment against Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as "Spin Ghul," was unsealed on Wednesday in District Court in Brooklyn, New York. Harun, 43, was born in Saudi Arabia and claims citizenship in Niger, the Justice Department said in a statement. He is in U.S. custody, the department said. ...

Heffernan: How an iPhone can help you find inner peace

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:47 AM PDT

Buddhism and technology are boon companions. Unlike some home-schooling, cloth-diapering evangelical Christians, or observant Jews—many of whom sanctify weekly abstinence from electricity—Zen types have long expressed nothing short of zeal for digital novelty and global circuits.

Walker: Gizmodo’s geek TV show is here

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:39 AM PDT

"You are about to see gadgets, gizmos, devices and appliances," the opening announced, "tested to the extreme!" How…exciting?

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