2013年10月10日星期四

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No agreement after GOP, Obama meeting

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:16 PM PDT

Government shutdown: Is the thaw beginning?But there was progress: They're talking.


In shutdown federal inmates get paid, prison workers don't

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:30 PM PDT

Shutdown leaves S.D. prison workers without pay while inmates still earn36,000 federal prison employees are showing up to work without pay while the nation's federal prisoners are still getting their regular paychecks.


Scott Carpenter, second American in orbit, dies at 88

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, Second American in Orbit, Dies at 88Godspeed, Scott Carpenter.


28 years in prison for corrupt ex-Detroit mayor

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits at his sentencing in Wayne County Circuit Court on an obstruction-of-justice conviction. Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption that turned city hall into a pay-to-play parlor. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit mayor was sent to federal prison for nearly three decades Thursday, after offering little remorse for the widespread corruption under his watch but acknowledging he let down the troubled city during a critical period before it landed in bankruptcy.


Freeze of aid whips up anti-US sentiment in Egypt

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a wreath at the tomb of late President Anwar al-Sadat in Cairo. Washington's decision to withhold millions of dollars in mostly military aid to Egypt fuels anti-U.S. sentiment in the most populous Arab nation along with the perception that Washington supports Morsi, the Islamist president the military ousted in a July coup. Heightening those sentiments could boost the popularity of Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, whom the U.S. is trying to pressure to ensure a transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool, File)CAIRO (AP) — Washington's decision to withhold millions of dollars in mostly military aid to Egypt is fueling anti-U.S. sentiment and the perception that Washington supports Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president the military ousted in a July coup.


Libyan prime minister briefly abducted by militias

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:04 PM PDT

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan, left, gives a press conference after being rescued from gunmen who snatched him from his hotel early Thursday and held him for several hours, in Tripoli Libya, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The brazen abduction, which ended with Zidan's rescue, underscored the lawlessness gripping Libya two years after the ouster of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi. The weak central government is virtually hostage to multiple, independent-minded militias — many of them made up of Islamic militants — that serve as security forces and hold sway across the country. (AP Photo)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The abduction was brief but still audacious: Gunmen from one of Libya's many militias stormed a hotel where the prime minister has a residence and held him for several hours Thursday — apparently in retaliation for his government's alleged collusion with the U.S. in a raid last weekend that captured an al-Qaida suspect.


2 rabbis, 8 others jailed in NJ, NY divorce sting

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:47 PM PDT

An FBI agent stands guard as evidence sits in the trunk of a vehicle at the Brooklyn residence of Rabbi Mendel Epstein during an investigation, early Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, in New York. Several defendants, including Epstein and another rabbi, were arrested in an overnight sting in New York and New Jersey and accused by the FBI of plotting to kidnap and beat a man to force him to grant a religious divorce. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two orthodox rabbis and eight other men were arrested in an FBI sting in New Jersey and New York on charges they plotted to kidnap and torture a man to force him to grant a religious divorce.


Autoerotic asphyxiation possible in Castro death

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo, Ariel Castro makes a statement in the courtroom during his sentencing for kidnapping three women in Cleveland. A report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said two prison guards falsified logs documenting their observation of Castro in the hours before he hanged himself in his cell Sept. 3, 2013, at a prison reception center south of Columbus. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's death by hanging in his prison cell may not have been suicide after all but an ill-fated attempt to choke himself for a sexual thrill, authorities said in a report issued Thursday.


Hope? Boehner offers a short-term debt extension

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:18 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, following a meeting with House Republicans. Boehner said Republicans will advance legislation to temporarily extend the government's ability to borrow to meet its obligations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — On a day crammed with rising and falling hopes, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans groped inconclusively Thursday for common ground that could avert an economy-tanking default and possibly end the 10-day-old partial government shutdown.


Kirkman offers no road map for 'The Walking Dead'

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:07 PM PDT

This image released by AMC shows Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in a scene from the season four premiere of "The Walking Dead," airing Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/AMC, Gene Page)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nothing's been as hard for Robert Kirkman as killing off Glenn.


Ex-cop waved off bystanders before shooting

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:52 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Thomas J. Piccard, the ex-police officer who opened fire on a federal courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Piccard, 55, was a trained shooter who knew how to kill, yet federal officials said Thursday that he waved people away moments before he started spraying bullets into the glass facade and was later shot dead by law enforcement. (AP Photo/FBI)WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The ex-police officer who opened fire on a federal courthouse in West Virginia was a trained shooter who knew how to kill, yet federal officials said Thursday that he waved people away moments before he started spraying bullets into the glass facade and was later shot dead by law enforcement.


Wall Street exhales as threat of US default eases

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT

Trader Kevin Lodewick, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Global stock markets were mostly higher Thursday Oct. 10, 2013 as President Barack Obama prepares to meet with top Republican leaders in hopes of ending an impasse over the nation's borrowing limit and resolving budget disagreements that have led to a partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — You can almost hear Wall Street exhaling.


Canada's Alice Munro wins Nobel literature prize

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:16 PM PDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize, Alice Munro would probably win that, too.

Boehner offers debt extension; interim resolution?

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:25 PM PDT

A Marine honor guard holds open the door to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10,2013, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk out to talk to reporters following a meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a fresh deadline, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans would vote to extend the government's ability to borrow money for six weeks — but only if President Barack Obama first agrees to new negotiations on spending cuts. Under the Republican plan, the partial government shutdown would continue in the meantime.


Scott Carpenter, 2nd US astronaut in orbit, dies

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 1967 file photo, astronaut Scott Carpenter poses with model of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) at Grumman Aircraft engineering Corp. plant in Bethpage, N.Y. Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and first person to explore both the heights of space and depths of the ocean, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 after a stroke. He was 88. (AP Photo/Camerano, File)DENVER (AP) — Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth, was guided by two instincts: overcoming fear and quenching his insatiable curiosity. He pioneered his way into the heights of space and the depths of the ocean floor.


Wall Street rallies as threat of US default eases

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Trader Kevin Lodewick, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Global stock markets were mostly higher Thursday Oct. 10, 2013 as President Barack Obama prepares to meet with top Republican leaders in hopes of ending an impasse over the nation's borrowing limit and resolving budget disagreements that have led to a partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — You can almost hear Wall Street exhaling.


Report: Officers falsified logs on day of Castro's death

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT

Ariel Castro's Jail Suicide May Have Been Autoerotic AsphyxiationBy Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, found hanging in his prison cell last month, may not have committed suicide but died accidentally while performing a sex act, an Ohio state investigative report suggested on Thursday. The report by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction also said prison officials had falsified logs and failed to make scheduled checks on Castro's cell September 3, the day of his death. Castro had been serving a sentence of life plus 1,000 years for the abduction, torture and detention of three young Cleveland women. ...


Should taxpayers get a refund for the shutdown?

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Obama 'likely' to sign debt extension bill

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Carney speaks to reporters about Obamacare from the briefing room of the White House in WashingtonBut the White House made no promises on shutdown negotiations.


Cory Booker's political ascent marred by messy campaign

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker addresses a gathering after winning the Democratic primary election for the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Lautenberg died in June. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan will square off in an Oct. 16 special election, with the winner headed to Washington to serve the remaining 15 months of Lautenberg's term. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Newark mayor is likely to win next week. But missteps leave Democrats wondering if he's the star they once predicted.


Norwegian possibly involved in Kenya mall attack

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:45 AM PDT

File photo of women carrying children run for safety as armed police hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree in Westgate shopping centre in NairobiOSLO (Reuters) - Norway said on Thursday that one of its citizens may have been involved in the attack on a Kenyan shopping mall last month which killed at least 67 people and was claimed by Somali Islamist militants. More than two weeks after the mall assault, the worst attack on Kenyan soil since al Qaeda bombed the U.S. Embassy in 1998, it remains unclear how many gunmen were involved and what their nationalities were. Kenyan government officials at the time of the raid said 10-15 militants had stormed the upscale mall, but so far only four have been named. ...


Report: Obama administration has chilling effect on journalism

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:00 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration.


Saudi confirms new MERS deaths ahead of hajj

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Riyadh (AFP) - Two Saudis have died in Riyadh after they contracted the MERS virus, health authorities announced Thursday, as the kingdom prepares to host some two million Muslim pilgrims for the annual hajj.

Alice Munro wins Nobel prize for literature

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Canadian author Alice Munro, pictured at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, on June 25, 2009The committee called her a "master of the contemporary short story."


Libyan PM freed after stunning abduction

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington. A government official says Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped by gunmen early Thursday morning Oct. 10, 2013 from a hotel in Tripoli where he resides. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Gunmen abducted Ali Zidan at dawn from the hotel where he resides Tripoli.


Gate-jumpers at national parks entering gray legal areas

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 03:35 PM PDT

A runner climbs over a road gate leading to Fort Point National Historic Site, which has been closed due to the federal government shutdown, in San Francisco, CaliforniaMerry pranksters daring the National Park Service to "catch us if you can" on federal parklands closed by the government shutdown could face an unpleasant date with a federal judge and up to six months in jail.


Father to meet fugitive Snowden in Russia

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:58 AM PDT

Lon Snowden speaks to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Edward Snowden's father Lon Snowden told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning that his son, who provided the news media with information on global surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. special services. is not planning to return to the United States. Lon Snowden thanked Russia and President Vladimir Putin for sheltering his son. He would not say when or where he will be meeting his son.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's father arrived in Moscow on Thursday to see his son, who was granted asylum in Russia after leaking details of government surveillance programs. Speaking at Sheremetyevo airport, where his fugitive son was stranded for weeks this summer, Lon Snowden said he had no direct contact with Edward Snowden for months, but felt "extreme gratitude that my son is safe and secure and he's free". ...


Kanye, Kimmel sit down for first time since Twitter feud

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