2013年7月17日星期三

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NRA slams Holder over 'stand your ground'

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 12:59 PM PDT

NRA slams Holder for review of 'Stand Your Ground' lawsThe laws are "a fundamental human right," the gun advocacy group says.

Bloomberg's next anti-obesity battle: elevators

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Bloomberg anti-obesity effortThe NYC mayor first targeted super-sized sodas; now he's focused on elevators.

Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 01:43 PM PDT

This Friday, June 21, 2013 photo shows magnets on a cabinet at the Alzheimer's Association Headquarters in Chicago advertising their help line. Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as "the worried well," but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer's Association. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)BOSTON (AP) — Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.

AP sources: Senators reach deal on student loans

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have reached a bipartisan deal to restore lower interest rates on student borrowers.

Wis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - This combination of file photo shows Particia Larry, right, on June 2, 2012, in MIlwaukee, holding a picture of her son son Darius Simmons, 13, and John Henry Spooner, left, in a photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department. Spooner was found guilty Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Milwaukee of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor, Simmons, whom he suspected of burglary. (AP Photos/File, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Dept./AP, File)MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man who suspected his 13-year-old neighbor of breaking into his home and stealing weapons was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting the boy as the teen's mother looked on. Now, jurors will decide whether the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time.

Texas woman's missing husband found buried in yard

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 03:00 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office shows Neola Robinson. The 62-year-old widow has been charged with murder after her long-missing husband, Ervin Robinson was found buried in the front yard of their Pelican Bay, Texas home. He was reported missing by his employer in May 2010. (AP Photo/Tarrant County Sheriffs Office)PELICAN BAY, Texas (AP) — A 62-year-old widow was charged with murder after her husband was found buried in the front yard of their rural North Texas home, which authorities had searched three years ago after he was reported missing.

Bomber as rock star? Rolling Stone cover outrage

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 02:21 PM PDT

In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)NEW YORK (AP) — Sultry eyes burn into the camera lens from behind tousled curls. A scruff of sexy beard and loose T-shirt are bathed in soft, yellow light.

Big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur unearthed in Utah

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT

A reconstruction of a "Nasutoceratops titusi" is shown during a news conference at the Natural History Museum of Utah Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Salt lake City. Researchers in Salt Lake City say fossil-hunters unearthed the bones of a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur in southern Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Researchers in Utah said Wednesday they discovered a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago in the area of what is now the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

AP PHOTOS: Smothering heat wave settles over US

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:34 PM PDT

With the sun beating down, house painter Jesus Rubela climbs up a ladder while restoring a home in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90s, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)A cross-country heat wave is buckling highway pavement in several states, exacerbating emergencies like broken water mains and making dangerous work more so for western firefighters battling wildfires. At least one person has died.

Ohio kidnapping, rape suspect pleads not guilty

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Ariel Castro stands before a judge during his arraignment on an expanded 977-count indictment Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro is charged with kidnapping and raping three women over a decade in his Cleveland home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive for a decade was scolded repeatedly by a judge to raise his head and open his eyes in a brief court appearance where he pleaded not guilty Wednesday to nearly 1,000 counts of kidnap, rape and other crimes.

Heat blankets much of US as summer sizzles

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 03:04 PM PDT

House painter Jesus Rubela wipes the sweat from his face while restoring a home in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90's, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)NEW YORK (AP) — From South Dakota to Massachusetts temperatures surged to potentially dangerous levels Wednesday as the largest heat wave of the summer stretched out and stagnated, with relief in many parts of the country still days away.

Study: Dead stars colliding forged gold on Earth

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a staff member displays gold bullion bars during a news conference at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. A new study based on observations from space suggests the gold on Earth came from colliding dead stars in a cataclysmic event that occurred long ago. The research by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will appear in a future issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strange glow in space has provided fresh evidence that all the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars, researchers reported Wednesday.

Top EU diplomat calls for inclusive Egypt politics

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:25 PM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, flashes victory sign as he shouts slogans during a demonstration in front of Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, late Wednesday, July 17, 2013. The European Union's top foreign policy official urged Egypt's interim leaders and supporters of the ousted Islamist president Wednesday to cooperate in a political process that moves the country toward democracy. But Morsi's backers expanded their protests in Cairo, denouncing the new government and casting doubt on the prospects for reconciliation. The Arabic headband on his head reads"No God, only the God and Mohammed is God's prophet." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)CAIRO (AP) — The European Union's top foreign policy official urged Egypt's interim leaders and supporters of the ousted Islamist president Wednesday to cooperate in a political process that moves the country toward democracy. But Mohammed Morsi's backers expanded their protests in Cairo, denouncing the new government and casting doubt on the prospects for reconciliation.

With cameras watching, your car isn't your castle

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Officer Dennis Vafier, of the Alexandria Police Department, uses a laptop in his squad car to scan vehicle license plates during his patrols, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in Alexandria, Va. Local police departments across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movements of vehicles with a license plate using automated scanners. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, dumping that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or even years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — You can drive, but you can't hide.

Pregnant former Olympian dies, baby saved in Conn.

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 02:11 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Olympic and professional runner from Ethiopia who was due to give birth in three weeks collapsed at a restaurant and died, but doctors saved her baby, her friends said Wednesday.

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