2013年8月29日星期四

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U.S. ready to go it alone on Syria

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:56 PM PDT

In this image taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, front left, stands to speak to the assembled parliament during a debate on Syria, in Britain's parliament, London, Thursday Aug. 29, 2013. Britain's leaders said Thursday it would be legal under humanitarian doctrine to launch a military strike against Syria even without authorization from the United Nations Security Council, but it is not certain how much support there is for the government's resolution on Syria. (AP Photo / PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESPres. Obama is weighing military strikes without key ally Britain.

Hot, dry spells in Midwest revive drought worries

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:53 PM PDT

In this Aug. 28, 2013, photo drought-stressed corn grows on a farm near Oregon, Mo. A growing season that began unusually wet and cold in the Midwest is finishing hot and dry, renewing worries of drought and the impact it may have on crops according to the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)A growing season that began unusually wet and cold in the Midwest is finishing hot and dry, renewing worries of drought and its impact on crops.

Football returns to West, Texas four months after plant blast

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:52 PM PDT

Former Baylor head football coach Grant Teaff addresses the West Trojan football players, background, and the community on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, at a morning pep rally in West, Texas. The West Trojans open the season Thursday night on their field that was used as a triage site when West Fertilizer Plant exploded on April 17, where 15 people died. (AP Photo/ Waco Tribune Herald, Jerry Larson)WEST, Texas (AP) -- Four months after the local fertilizer plant exploded, killing 15 people, transforming the lives of everyone in town and damaging buildings for blocks around, including their high school, the West Trojans were preparing to take the field for their first home game since the blast.

NFL to spend $765M to settle concussion lawsuits

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1995, file photo, San Diego Chargers' Junior Seau, right, tackles Pittsburgh Steelers Ernie Mills during the first quarter of the AFC Championship NFL football game in Pittsburgh. Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia, announced Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, that the NFL and more than 4,500 former players want to settle concussion-related lawsuits for $765 million. The plaintiffs include at least 10 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with and the family of Seau, who committed suicide last year. The global settlement would fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and medical research. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle lawsuits from thousands of former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related brain disorders they say were caused by the very on-field violence that fueled the game's rise to popularity and profit.

J&J launches new cap to curb Tylenol overdoses

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:41 PM PDT

This undated product image provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol bearing a new warning label on the cap alerting users to potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the pain reliever. Johnson & Johnson, the company that makes Tylenol, says the warning will appear on the cap of new bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol sold in the U.S. starting in October 2013 and on most other Tylenol bottles in coming months. (AP Photo/Johnson & Johnson)WASHINGTON (AP) — Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step, disclosed by the company that makes Tylenol, comes amid a growing number of lawsuits and pressure from the federal government that could have widespread ramifications for a medicine taken by millions of people every day.

Powers limited, Obama, Biden seek action on guns

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 02:45 PM PDT

Vice President Biden, center, flanked by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) Director Todd Jones, left, and Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, after the ceremonial swearing-in for Jones. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Months after gun control efforts crumbled in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden stood shoulder to shoulder Thursday with the attorney general and the top U.S. firearms official and declared the Obama administration would take two new steps to curb American gun violence.

Man tells 911 he killed cancer-stricken wife

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT

This photo provided by London, KY Sheriff's office shows Ernest Chris Chumbley of London, Ky. Chumbley, 48, was charged Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, with murdering his wife but said he was only complying with her request to end her suffering from cancer. Chumbley, told WKYT-TV he fired the shots that killed Virginia M. Chumbley, 44, who he says had terminal breast cancer, but didn't commit the crime he is charged with. LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man called 911 just minutes after killing his wife, sobbing and confessing to a dispatcher that he fatally shot the cancer-stricken woman, and asking to take a last look at her before his arrest, according to recordings released Thursday.

Mont. judge's apology rejected by victim's mother

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Auliea Hanlon receives a hug from a supporter during a Thursday Aug. 29, 2013 rally in which protesters called for the resignation of a judge who presided over the trial of a former teacher who raped Hanlon's daughter. Hanlon rejected Judge G. Todd Baugh's apology for his comment that her daughter was "older than her chronological age." before sentencing the rapist to 30 days in prison. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old rape victim said a Montana judge was "covering his butt" after he apologized for saying her daughter was "older than her chronological age," as prosecutors said Thursday that the judge may have erred in giving the rapist only 30 days in prison.

Fast-food workers stage largest protests yet

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Protesting fast food workers fill a McDonald's restaurant on New York's Fifth Avenue, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are set to stage walkouts in dozens of cities around the country Thursday, part of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to pay workers higher wages. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers and their supporters beat drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans Thursday on picket lines in dozens of U.S. cities, marking the largest protests yet in their quest for higher wages.

Financial stress may hit your brain and wallet

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 02:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Being short on cash may make you a bit slower in the brain, a new study suggests.

Syria defiant as UN chemical probe nears end

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:23 PM PDT

UN vehicles leave the Four Season Hotel in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. U.N. experts investigating purported poison gas attacks left their Damascus hotel Thursday, but anti-regime activists said the team's destination was not immediately known. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad vowed Thursday that "Syria will defend itself" against Western military strikes over a suspected chemical weapons attack, and the U.N. said inspectors will leave within 48 hours carrying information that could be crucial to what happens next.

NFL to pay $765M to settle concussion lawsuits

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1995, file photo, San Diego Chargers' Junior Seau, right, tackles Pittsburgh Steelers Ernie Mills during the first quarter of the AFC Championship NFL football game in Pittsburgh. Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia, announced Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, that the NFL and more than 4,500 former players want to settle concussion-related lawsuits for $765 million. The plaintiffs include at least 10 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with and the family of Seau, who committed suicide last year. The global settlement would fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and medical research. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL agreed Thursday to spend close to $800 million to diagnose and compensate potentially thousands of retired players who develop dementia or other brain injuries they blame on the violent, bone-crunching collisions that pro football has long celebrated in its highlight reels.

Liberace's one-time Vegas mansion sells for $500K

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:41 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 15,000-square-foot Las Vegas mansion once owned by Liberace was sold for $500,000 in cash to a British businessman who said he learned to play the piano after being inspired by the flamboyant performer.

Teary Errani gone from US Open; Williams moves on

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:50 PM PDT

Serena Williams falls after an off-balance shot against Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan during the second round of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Only a few spots separate them in the seedings. Still, the considerable gulf between No. 1 Serena Williams and No. 4 Sara Errani was hard to ignore in their back-to-back matches Thursday at the U.S. Open.

Chemical allegations in Syria haunt ally Iran

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT

FILE-In this Tuesday, August 8, 2000 file photo, Iranian clergyman Mohammad Azadparvar, who allegedly was injured by chemical weapons in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, rests next to a picture of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a demonstration in front of Iranian parliament in support of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For more than a generation, Iranian newspapers regularly post notices: Another veteran of the 1980s' war with Iraq has died of complications from exposure to chemical weapons from Saddam Hussein's arsenal. The claims now that Iran's Syrian allies used similar battlefield tactics, including possibly unleashing sarin gas, forced Tehran's leaders into perhaps their most difficult juncture of the nearly 30-month Syrian civil war: How much to stick by Bashar Assad if the Western allegations are backed by U.N. inspection teams. (AP photo/Vahid Salemi)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For more than a generation, Iranian papers have regularly posted the announcements: Another veteran from the 1980s war with Iraq has died of complications blamed on exposure to chemical weapons from Saddam Hussein's arsenal. Each one is buried with a hero's honors.

Obama offers new gun control steps

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama puts his arm around former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington about measures to reduce gun violence. Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.

President talks with House Speaker Boehner on Syria

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:02 PM PDT

departs after a news conference on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Speaker of the House John Boehner by telephone on Thursday to discuss his deliberations on Syria, a spokesman for Boehner said, adding that more consultation with Congress and the U.S. public was needed. The two discussed issues that Boehner raised in a letter to Obama on Wednesday, including the legal justification for any military strike, precedents a strike might set and the objectives and strategy for any action, he said. ...

Newspaper report details five U.S. spying blind spots

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watches the finals of the Torch Cup soccer match in PyongyangAmerica stands to spend $52.6 billion this year on an intelligence community that includes 107,035 employees — and can't say whether Pakistan's nuclear program is secure or what North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un is up to.

Does Obama need congressional approval to bomb Syria?

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:46 AM PDT

Will Obama get congressional authorization for Syria strike?He'll face allegations he's exceeding his role if he launches a strike.

Spitzer losing advantage in bid for political comeback

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 09:29 AM PDT

Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer and former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, both Democrats, participate in a primary debate for New York City comptroller in the WCBS-TV studios in New YorkA Quinnipiac University survey released on Thursday found the former New York governor tied with rival Scott Stringer, 46 percent to 46 percent, less than two weeks before the Sept. 10 Democratic primary.

UK report shows Syria case far from slam-dunk

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 06:45 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is seen addressing the House of Commons in this still image taken from video in LondonKey lawmakers will be briefed on U.S. intel later today.

'Seems like 2003 all over again'

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 10:06 AM PDT

A US navy picture from September 23, 2008 shows warships transiting through the Suez CanalWar vets weigh in on possible military action in Syria.

Third friend of accused Boston bomber indicted

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:41 PM PDT

This undated frame grab taken from a video posted on YouTube shows Robel Phillipos. Phillipos, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was released from federal custody Monday, May 6, 2013, while he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators probing the bombings. (AP Photo)By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - A third college friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was indicted on charges he lied to federal investigators, the U.S. Attorney General for Massachusetts said in a statement on Thursday. Robel Phillipos, 19, was one of the three people who removed a backpack full of fireworks and a laptop from Tsarnaev's dormitory room at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth days after the April 15 attack, and later lied about it, prosecutors claim. ...

NFL, players reach $765M settlement over head-trauma lawsuits

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Ryan Clark (25), cornerback Ike Taylor (24), and linebacker Jarvis Jones (95) combine to tackle Washington Redskins wide receiver Josh Morgan (15) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL has reached a tentative $765 million settlement over concussion-related brain injuries among its 18,000 former players, agreeing to compensate sufferers, pay for medical exams and underwrite research.

UK: Syria attack would be legal

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 07:15 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to be driven to the Houses of Parliament for a debate and vote on Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Britain's opposition Labour Party has indicated it may not support even a watered down version of a government resolution on Syria. Labour leader Ed Miliband said Thursday he is unwilling to give Prime Minister David Cameron a "blank check" for conducting possible future military operations against Syria. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)The Assad regime was "highly likely" responsible for a chemical weapons attack.

Las Vegas casino seeks to evict raunchy nightclub

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:14 AM PDT

In this image provided by The Act nightclub, patrons enjoy a perfromance at the club located at the Palazzo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The Palazzo is trying to terminate their 10-year agreement with the nightclub after 10 months of operation. They say the shows at the venue inside the Palazzo are so raunchy they violate obscenity laws. (AP Photo/The Act Nightclub, Denise Truscello )LAS VEGAS (AP) — It turns out that even in Sin City, some sins are hard to overlook.

Fast-food workers' protests under way

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 07:46 AM PDT

Durham workers join fast food strikeNEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food protests are under way in cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit, with organizers expecting the biggest national walkouts yet in a demand for higher wages.

Dozens die in Kenya bus disaster

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 01:53 PM PDT

A bus that crashed near the town of Narok, west of Nairobi, on August 29, 2013, in a photo from the Red CrossAt least 41 people were killed Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said.

Syria attack will leave Israel in flames: Iran

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 06:48 AM PDT

Iranian army's special forces march during the Army Day parade in Tehran on April 18, 2013The impact of military will reach beyond the region, says the nation's army chief.

Sources: Intel on weapons no 'slam dunk'

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a member of a UN investigation team takes samples of sands near a part of a missile is likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The intelligence linking the Syrian regime and President Bashar Assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 100 Syrians is no Doubts remain about whether Syria's Assad ordered a chemical attack, U.S. officials say.

Massive wildfire prompts new travel restrictions through Yosemite

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Scorched roadside reflectors stand near a smoldering forest at the Rim Fire just outside of Yosemite National ParkBy Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters determined to keep a massive blaze from invading the heart of California's Yosemite National Park took advantage of cooler weather early on Thursday to slow the spread of flames ahead of a holiday weekend marking the end of the peak summer tourist season. Progress came after a long stretch of Yosemite's main east-west road was closed on Wednesday through the western half of the park as crews tightened their grip on the blaze, extending containment lines around 30 percent of the fire's perimeter by the end of its 12th day. ...

'Lessons of Iraq' dog Britain's Syria strike plans

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Protestors block Whitehall during a rally against the proposed attack on Syria in central LondonLawmakers warn Cameron to heed history and seek more evidence of chemical weapons.

Assad: Syria will defend itself

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 04:38 AM PDT

A handout picture released by SANA on August 26, 2013 shows Bashar al-Assad giving an interview in DamascusThe Syrian leader's comments to state media come as a punitive military strike looms.

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