2013年7月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Weiner, wife vow to move forward after new sexting revelations

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:24 PM PDT

New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin attend a news conference in New YorkThe NYC mayoral candidate's wife said of the issues: "That's between us."


Speechwriter offers 'unfiltered' view of Obama

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:09 AM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody KeenanAs the president preps to unveil an economic plan, Cody Keenan shares a few secrets.


Baby interest highlights image turnaround for royals

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge react, as they talk to the media whilst holding the Prince of Cambridge, Tuesday July 23, 2013, after posing for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to London's Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)A crowd cheered, hundreds of cameras clicked and an image of familial perfection was beamed around the world.


Brazil police: Francis security 'positive' rating

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:21 PM PDT

A crowd of faithful cheer as Pope Francis rides in his popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday July 22, 2013. The pontiff arrived for a seven-day visit in Brazil, the world's most populous Roman Catholic nation. During his visit, Francis will meet with legions of young Roman Catholics converging on Rio for the church's World Youth Day festival. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even though Pope Francis' motorcade ended up stalled on a traffic-choked street and swarmed by thousands of faithful, Brazilian officials said Tuesday they evaluated security for the pontiff's arrival in Rio as "positive."


GOP, Dems divided alike on foreign policy issues

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks at the Christians United for Israel Washington Summit in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Christians United for Israel is an American pro-Israeli organization. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's limited attempt to end more than two years of bloodshed in Syria and his insistence on U.S. assistance to a strife-riven Egypt have exposed deep divisions in Congress, with pockets of grudging support countered by fierce opposition toward greater American military and financial involvement among Democrats and Republicans alike.


APNewsBreak: Homeland Security official probed

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas listens to a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mayorkas, President Barack Obama's choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company run by a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Associated Press has learned.


Ohio authorities identify 2nd of 3 slaying victims

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 01:38 PM PDT

Michael Madison glances at court-appointed attorney Marlene Rideenour during his arraignment in East Cleveland on Monday, July 22, 2013. Madison has been charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of three women found in garbage bags in the city over the weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified a second of three female victims whose bodies were found last week wrapped in trash bags, saying the description of her tattoos helped them figure out who she is.


Report: Economic concerns drive college choices

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - Prospective students and their parents tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — College costs are driving decisions about which schools to attend, what to study and even where to live, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae.


Officer killed during rescue of hiker NW of Vegas

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:17 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. shows search & rescue officer David Vanbuskirk, 36, who died last night, when he fell during the helicopter rescue of a stranded hiker. Vanbuskirk, became separated from the hiker at some point during the rescue and fell from a cliff. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept.)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer who was rescuing a hiker stranded in an off-limits area of a mountain northwest of the city died after falling from a helicopter hoist line Monday night.


Players deplore doping rather than defending users

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2012 file photo, Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun speaks during a news conference at baseball spring training in Phoenix. The 2011 National League MVP was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the postseason Monday, July 22, 2013, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Protective no more, baseball players are downright disgusted these days with doping.


Study: Organ donor with rabies had 2 raccoon bites

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 01:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Shane Mercer points to a photo of his father, Airman Will Small, as his mother Alecia Mercer looks on at their home in Kinston, N.C. Small, whose organs were donated to four patients after he died, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney led to a recipient's death, according to a report published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force recruit whose organs were donated to four patients including a kidney recipient who died of rabies had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney caused the recipient's disease, according to a medical journal report.


William, Kate, show off newborn royal baby boy

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:48 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — A beaming Prince William and his wife, Kate, emerged from a London hospital on Tuesday with their newborn baby boy, presenting the world with a first glimpse of the prince who is third in line to the British throne.

Cop who leaked bombing suspect photos disciplined

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 19, 2013 Massachusetts State Police file photo, 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bloody and disheveled with the red dot of a sniper's rifle laser sight on his forehead, raises his hand from inside a boat at the time of his capture by law enforcement authorities in Watertown, Mass. Sgt. Sean Murphy, the state police photographer who released this photo and others of the bloodied Tsarnaev during his capture was placed on restricted duty Tuesday, July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Massachusetts State Police, Sean Murphy, File)FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — A state police photographer who released photos of the bloodied Boston Marathon bombing suspect during his capture was placed on restricted duty Tuesday.


Deputies: Bynes hospitalized after starting fire

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:31 PM PDT

FILE - In a Tuesday, July 9, 2013 file photo, Amanda Bynes, accompanied by attorney Gerald Shargel, arrives for a court appearance in New York on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. Bynes has been hospitalized for a mental health evaluation after deputies said she started a small fire in the driveway of a home in Southern California. Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Don Aguilar says deputies responding to a call Monday night, July 22, 2013 found Bynes standing next to the flames in the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif. The deputies determined she met the criteria for a mental health hold and took her into custody. She can be held for up to 72 hours of observation. (AP Photo/Bethan McKernan, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amanda Bynes has been hospitalized for a mental health evaluation after a witness said he spotted flames on her pant legs from a small gasoline fire in the driveway of a California home.


Weiner not dropping out of NYC mayoral race

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She's appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner says he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman.


Al-Qaida says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2009 file photo, guards stand at a cell block at the renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison and run by Iraqis in Baghdad, Iraq. Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Tuesday for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons and said more than 500 inmates had been set free in the operation, one of its most brazen in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, formed earlier this year through a merger of al Qaeda's affiliates in Syria and Iraq, said it had stormed Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail and another, some 20 km (12 miles) north of capital, after months of preparation. ...


47 rescued from Gulf rig after natural gas blowout

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:10 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Natural gas flowed uncontrolled from a well of the Louisiana coast on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 47 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said.

Officials identify second East Cleveland murder victim

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Michael Madison is brought into court for his arraignment in East Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, July 22, 2013. Madison is charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of three women found in garbage bags in the city. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)By Kim Palmer EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Authorities have identified the second of three murder victims found dumped in plastic garbage bags in an East Cleveland neighborhood as 28-year-old Shetisha Sheeley, the city's mayor said on Tuesday. East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said the body of Sheeley, a resident of Cleveland, was discovered Saturday in a weeded lot near two other bodies. East Cleveland is a low-income city of about 27,000 people outside Cleveland. Authorities on Monday confirmed the identity of the first victim as Angela Deskins, 38, also of Cleveland. ...


Cop who released Tsarnaev photos on restricted duty

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:42 AM PDT

Tsarnaev surrenders.Sgt. Sean Murphy, the Massachusetts state trooper who gave graphic photos documenting the surrender of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Boston magazine, was placed on placed on restricted desk duty Tuesday pending the outcome of an internal investigation.


Federal appeals court rules that execution drug can't be imported

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:31 PM PDT

This photo taken May 27, 2008 file photo shows the gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where Texas' condemned are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs. The first execution by lethal injection in Texas occurred in 1982. Since then the state has executed 499 prisoners. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration was wrong to allow a misbranded and unapproved new drug to be imported for use in executions by lethal injection.


NYC airport fully reopens after jet's hard landing

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:22 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's LaGuardia Airport fully reopened Tuesday, a day after the collapse of a plane's front landing gear sent it skidding along the tarmac and temporarily closed the airport.

Homeland Security nominee under investigation

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:04 AM PDT

Mayorkas, director of USCIS, looks toward U.S Attorney General Holder as they host a special naturalization ceremony at the Department of Justice in WashingtonAlejandro Mayorkas is a target of a probe of the nation's foreign investment visa program.


Paying for college by grants, scholarships

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:31 AM PDT

FILE - Prospective students and their parents tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Other sources surpass parents as primary payers for higher education.


Photos: Pope Francis a big hit in Brazil, but protests continue

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Photos: Pope Francis a big hit in Brazil, but protests continuePeople reach out to Pope Francis as he rides in a popemobile through Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 22, 2013. Pope Francis returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervor of the faithful around the globe. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Menthol cigarettes worse than regular: FDA

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:26 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 17, 2013, photo, Marlboro cigarettes are on display in a CVS store in Pittsburgh. Altria reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)No, adding menthol doesn't make them healthier. More addictive, maybe.


Republicans propose cuts to environment, arts programs

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:23 PM PDT

Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., center, and other House GOP leaders speak to reporters just before a vote to delay the individual and employer mandates of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., listens at right, with Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., left rear. A bill offered from Rep.Griffin would implement the president's one-year delay in the employer mandate, and another by Rep. Young would delay the individual mandate. It's the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration.


LaGuardia runway open after rough Southwest landing

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:26 AM PDT

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 sits on the tarmac at LaGuardia airport, after making an emergency landing without its nose gear, in New YorkBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, shut after a landing gear on a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed on touchdown Monday evening, was reopened Tuesday morning, an airport spokesman said. Eight people, including three crew members, suffered minor injuries after the incident, Southwest said. Flight delays of up to an hour were expected for the rest of the morning, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the area's airports. ...


Al Jazeera TV accuses Egypt of intimidating its staff

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:29 AM PDT

Members of Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted President Mursi clash with anti-Mursi protesters in CairoDOHA (Reuters) - The pan-Arab Al Jazeera television network accused Egyptian authorities on Tuesday of a sustained campaign of intimidation against its staff, rejecting charges of pro-Islamist bias in its reporting on the crisis in Egypt. Hours after the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on July 3, security forces raided the Cairo offices of Al Jazeera's Egyptian news channel, which military sources accused at the time of broadcasting "incitement". ...


Mob scene after Pope makes wrong turn

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:45 PM PDT

A member of the security detail holds up a baby to Pope Francis as he makes his way in the popemobile into central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 22, 2013. The pontiff arrived for a seven-day visit in Brazil, the world's most populous Roman Catholic nation. During his visit, Francis will meet with legions of young Roman Catholics converging on Rio for the church's World Youth Day festival. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)A humble Fiat carrying Pope Francis went into the thick of a frenzied Rio crowd.


What the heck is Ted Cruz doing in Iowa?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:25 AM PDT

What the Heck is Ted Cruz Doing in Iowa?Politics Confidential Sen. Ted Cruz had never won an election before Texans elected him to the Senate last year, but already the Republican's travel schedule looks more like that of a presidential candidate than one for a freshman lawmaker, with stops in key battleground states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and Florida. Politics Confidential joined Cruz [...]


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