2013年3月28日星期四

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The justice who will decide gay marriage

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:15 PM PDT

CORRECTS POSITION OF PAUL CLEMENT TO SECOND RIGHT INSTEAD OF SECOND LEFT - This artist rendering shows Paul Clement, standing second right, with Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. seated, right, addresses the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, as the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case. Justices, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)The conservative leaning Anthony Kennedy has the key vote.

Obama offers well wishes to inspirational Mandela

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Nelson Mandela's Lung Infection Could Be Pneumonia"He is as strong physically as he's been in character and in leadership over so many decades, and hopefully he will ... come out of this latest challenge," Obama told reporters at the White House while meeting with four visiting African leaders.

Prosecutors not ready to accept Holmes plea

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. Prosecutors say they are not are ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. In a court filing Thursday, March 28, 2013 prosecutors criticized defense attorneys for publicizing Holmes' offer to plead guilty. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)Prosecutors said Thursday they are not ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Whirpool sued for $750M in Ohio child cancer case

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Arkansas Senator Comments On Whirlpool Plant ClosingLawyers are trying to link a cluster of people with illness to a washing machine factory.

Pope Francis changes up Holy Thursday tradition

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis washes the foot of an inmate at the juvenile detention center of Casal del Marmo, Rome, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope. Two of the 12 were young women, an unusual choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. The Mass was held in the Casal del Marmo facility in Rome, where 46 young men and women currently are detained. Many of them are Gypsies or North African migrants, and the Vatican said the 12 selected for the rite weren't necessarily Catholic. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)The pontiff washes and kisses the feet of juvenile inmates in the ritual.

Hawaiians not worried about North Korean threats

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:39 PM PDT

A bodysurfer punches through a wave at the Ehukai sandbar near the surf break known as 'Pipeline' on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii."They can't even control their missiles. North Korea doesn't bother me," one resident said.

Ten years and 10,000 fewer premature deaths later

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT

A woman buys individual cigarettes in Times Square during a warm winter day in New YorkNYC Mayor Bloomberg touts the success of a controversial ban he pushed a decade ago.

Army vet accused of fighting alongside al-Qaida

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in western Anbar province. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani, File)Eric Harroun has aided rebel forces against the Syrian government, U.S. authorities say.

College student loan interest rates set to double

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Tuition Up, So Are College Administration SalariesFederal legislators aren't so eager to hold down the costs in the budget struggle.

Chief Justice is a victim of credit card fraud

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:48 PM PDT

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia arrive for the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonJohn Roberts was heard talking about it in a suburban Maryland Starbucks on Tuesday morning.

Long-serving Boston mayor won't seek re-election

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PDT

Boston Mayor Tomas Menino smiles during applause at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Thursday, March 28, 2013, where he announced he would not seek an unprecedented sixth term. The 70-year-old mayor was treated for a respiratory infection that developed during a vacation in Italy. While in the hospital he suffered complications including a compression fracture in a vertebra in his spine and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. After being discharged, he spent three months recuperating at a city-owned mansion on Beacon Hill. before returning to his home. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)Thomas Menino decided not to opt for an unprecedented sixth term after nearly two decades in office.

Source says Barbara Walters to retire next year

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New YorkThe career of the trailblazer in news and daytime TV began more than a half century ago.

Forty years later: Vietnam troops' exit recalled

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance Command-Vietnam (MACV) in Saigon, after more than 11 years in South Vietnam. While the fall of Saigon in 1975 — with its indelible images of frantic helicopter evacuations — is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, March 29 marks an anniversary that holds greater meaning for many who fought, protested or otherwise lived the war. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity, File)Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he'd do next. A North Vietnamese soldier who heard about the withdrawal felt emboldened to continue his push on the battlefields of southern Vietnam.

Air Force general picked for NATO post

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:50 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Air Force general is being nominated to take over as commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.

Indians greet spring with colorful fashion

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Indians greet spring with colorful fashionIndian Hindu devotees smeared with colors sing at the Nandagram temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, during Lathmar holy festival, in Nandgaon, India , Friday, March 22, 2013. During Lathmar Holi the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)

Power Players: Same-sex marriage could help reduce the deficit

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Kevin Coyne of Washington holds flags in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)The treasury would actually take in more if gays and lesbians can marry.

Powerball winner's outstanding debt: child support

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:34 AM PDT

Quezada holds up the promotional Powerball jackpot check of $338 million at the New Jersey Lottery headquarters in TrentonPedro Quezada, the father of five kids, won one of the biggest jackpots of all time.

Obama implores Congress to enact gun reforms

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:25 AM PDT

President Obama delivers remarks on common-sense measures to protect children from gun violenceObama, with grieving mothers, implores Congress to pass gun reforms.

More than White House tours: Sequester hurts nationwide

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:11 AM PDT

A pedestrian walks down Pennsylvania Avenue past the White HouseYahoo! News readers tell how the federal spending cuts are affecting their lives.

Who really shot Osama bin Laden?

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:58 AM PDT

Mystery SEAL, Who Could Settle Bin Laden Controversy, Won'tA recent magazine story contained several inconsistencies.

U.S. sends stealth bombers to S. Korea

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:23 AM PDT

U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber, left, flies over near Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 28, 2013. A day after shutting down a key military hotline, Pyongyang instead used indirect communications with Seoul to allow South Koreans to cross the heavily armed border and work at a factory complex that is the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. (AP Photo/Lee Jung-hun, Yonhap) KOREA OUTThe announcement will likely draw a strong response from Pyongyang.

Obama to release budget next month—two months late

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:49 AM PDT

President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget (finally) has a release date, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday: April 10. By law, the president's blueprint for taxes and spending is technically due the first Monday in February, which this year was Feb. 4, but the deadline came and went without [...]

Great Gig in the Sky: Pink Floyd radio drama planned

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:21 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — He wrote a play called "Rock 'n' Roll," and now Tom Stoppard is returning to the topic with a radio drama inspired by Pink Floyd.

NYPD to cops: Keep your Facebook posts professional

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:29 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is telling its officers to clean up their act on the Internet.

Rush Limbaugh says same-sex marriage will be legal

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2010 file photo, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference in Honolulu. Director Betty Thomas said John Cusack's production company has a script ready that will star the actor as Limbaugh in a film planned for 2013. It's not typecasting: Cusack is an outspoken liberal. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file )The conservative host predicted change "nationwide."

Photo shows China's first lady singing to Tiananmen troops after crackdown

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:36 AM PDT

A computer screen shows websites displaying an undated photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days singing to martial law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The photo appeared online this week but was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet before it could generate discussion online. But the image - seen and shared by outside observers - revived a memory the leadership prefers to suppress and shows one of the challenges in presenting Peng on the world stage as the softer side of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)The image was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet.

Malala Yousafzai, shot for defying Taliban, to write book

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:12 AM PDT

Malala Yousufzai smiles as she attends Edgbaston High School for girls in EdgbastonThe girl said the book is part of the fight for the "right to go to school."

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