2013年11月2日星期六

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Suspected LAX gunman charged

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:51 PM PDT

This photo provided by the FBI shows Paul Ciancia, 23. Accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport, Ciancia was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one, authorities said Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/FBI)Prosecutors have filed murder charges against suspected shooter Paul Ciancia.

New book details how Obama questioned his own ability to win re-election

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:10 PM PDT

President Obama reportedly struggled to turn his campaign around after a subpar debate against Mitt Romney (AP)After President Obama's mediocre first debate performance against Mitt Romney in 2012, he reportedly told advisors "I just don't know if I can do this," when they urged him to turn around his re-election campaign.

Snowden 'free to talk' to Germans: Kremlin

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:19 AM PDT

An image grab from a video released by Wikileaks on October 12, 2013 shows US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden speaking during a dinner with US ex-intelligence workers and activists in Moscow on October 9, 2013Intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is free to speak with whoever he chooses, including foreign authorities, a Kremlin spokesman said on Saturday, after the US fugitive said he was ready to help a German probe into US spying. That status does not foresee any restrictions on his moving around the country or speaking to anyone," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told AFP. The former National Security Agency contractor spent more than a month in the transit zone of a Moscow airport before receiving temporary asylum in Russia in August to the fury of the United States where he faces trial on charges under the Espionage Act. Putin has said Snowden was welcome to stay in Russia as long as he did not harm US interests.

Warming report sees violent, sicker, poorer future

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, steam and smoke rises from a coal power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Scientists are more confident than ever that pumping carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. By how much is something governments and scientists meeting in Stockholm will try to pin down with as much precision as possible Friday Sept. 27, 2013 in a seminal report on global warming. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease already lead to human tragedies. They're likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts.

Egypt TV criticized for suspending popular satire

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, waves to his supporters as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face charges for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into a complaint that alleges Youssef, harmed national interests by ridiculing the country's military. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)CAIRO (AP) — A private Egyptian TV station came under fire from public figures and fans of a widely popular satirist Saturday after it blocked the airing of his weekly show critical of the military and the country's recent nationalist fervor.

AP PHOTOS: Latin America's Day of the Dead

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:24 PM PDT

In this Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 photo, a rooster walks on the arm of a cross as believers observe All Saints' Day at the Nejapa cemetery in Managua, Nicaragua. The souls of departed loved ones are being honored around Latin America as celebrants blend pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2 to mark the Day of the Dead. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Latin Americans around the region are honoring their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2.

NYC subway vigilante Goetz charged in drug case

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Bernhard Goetz leaves Manhattan criminal court, in New York, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. Subway vigilante Goetz, who ignited a national furor over racism and gun control after he shot four panhandling youths on a train in the 1980s, was arrested on drug charges. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz, who ignited a national furor over racism and gun control after he shot four panhandling youths on a train in the 1980s, has been charged with misdemeanor sale and possession of marijuana, authorities said Saturday.

Red Sox hold "rolling rally" to celebrate title

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Boston Red Sox's Jonny Gomes, second from left, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hold up baseball jerseys during a pause in their World Series victory rolling rally in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, to remember those affected by the Marathon bombing. They presented the jerseys to workers at two of the businesses at the bombing sites, including, second from right, Shane O'Hara and at far right, Dan Solo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — From the Green Monster to the Charles River, the bearded champions celebrated their improbable journey with another familiar sight in Boston.

Houston Astrodome sale features turf, lockers

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 01:23 PM PDT

People line up to buy stadium seats at a sale and auction of Houston Astrodome furniture, appliances, Astroturf and staff uniforms on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at the Reliant Center in Houston. The Astrodome was the world's first multipurpose domed stadium and was once home to the Astros and the Oilers. The stadium has been closed to all events since 2009. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)HOUSTON (AP) — Eight red-and-black turnstiles once let crowds of people into the Houston Astrodome, the iconic sports stadium that now stands empty and dilapidated.

Myanmar 'God's Army' twins reunite, seek comrades

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:14 AM PDT

SANGKHLABURI, Thailand (AP) — When they were kids, Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines — or so went the story that briefly made them famous as hundreds of guerrillas followed and even worshipped them in the southeastern jungles of Myanmar. Today, well over a decade later, their "God's Army" is no more, and the twins' greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive.

Note: Suspect wanted to kill at least 1 officer

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:28 PM PDT

This photo provided by the FBI shows Paul Ciancia, 23. Accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport, Ciancia was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one, authorities said Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/FBI)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suspect accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one, authorities said Saturday.

Latin America's Day of the Dead honors loved ones

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:49 PM PDT

In this Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 photo, a rooster walks on the arm of a cross as believers observe All Saints' Day at the Nejapa cemetery in Managua, Nicaragua. The souls of departed loved ones are being honored around Latin America as celebrants blend pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2 to mark the Day of the Dead. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Latin Americans around the region are honoring their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2.

Officials: 2 French journalists killed in Mali

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:39 PM PDT

This combination of undated photos provided by Radio France International shows journalists Ghislaine Dupont, left, and Claude Verlon. French and Malian officials said gunmen in Kidal, northern Mali abducted and killed the two French radio journalists on assignment Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, grabbing the pair as they left the home of a rebel leader. (AP Photo/RFI)DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gunmen abducted and killed two French radio journalists on assignment in northern Mali on Saturday, French and Malian officials said, grabbing the pair as they left the home of a rebel leader.

Sticker shock often follows insurance cancellation

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:48 AM PDT

Dean and Mary Lou Griffin sit their home in Chadds Ford, Pa. on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. The Griffins are among millions of people nationwide who buy individual insurance policies and are receiving notices that those policies are being discontinued because they don't meet the higher benefit requirements of the new law. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)MIAMI (AP) — Dean Griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he'd be able to keep the plan even after the federal Affordable Care Act took effect.

TSA to review security after LAX shooting

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:02 PM PDT

This photo provided by the FBI shows Paul Ciancia, 23. Accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles airport, Ciancia was determined to lash out at the Transportation Security Administration, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one, authorities said Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/FBI)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration will review its policy on officer safety in the wake of the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.

Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman, front center, during his meeting with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government Saturday accused the U.S. of sabotaging peace talks with domestic Taliban fighters by killing their leader in a drone strike, as the militants began the process of choosing a successor.

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