2013年11月17日星期日

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Tornadoes rip through Midwest; 3 dead, dozens injured

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:07 AM PST

Tornado in IllinoisThe National Weather Service said it was part of a dangerous line of fast-moving storms ripping through the midwest.


Boeing plane crashes in Russia, 50 on board killed

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 01:39 PM PST

This photo provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry shows debris at the crash site of the Russian passenger airliner, Boeing 737, near Kazan, the capital of the Tatarstan republic, about 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. A Russian passenger airliner crashed Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the city of Kazan, killing everyone aboard, officials said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed an hour after taking off from Moscow. There were no immediate indications of the cause. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situations Ministry)MOSCOW (AP) — A Boeing 737 jetliner crashed and burst into flames Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people aboard in the latest in a string of deadly crashes across the country.


Philippine president to camp in Tacloban

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 02:47 AM PST

A Filipino man prays on a statue of Jesus Christ prior to a Mass at Santo Nino church, which was damaged by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)President Benigno Aquino III said he'll stay in typhoon-battered Leyte province until he sees more progress in the aid effort.


2 killed, 20 injured in Colorado mining accident

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 04:09 PM PST

OURAY, Colo. (AP) — Two workers were killed and 20 others were injured Sunday in a mining accident near the southwestern Colorado town of Ouray.

AP IMPACT: Seeking lung donors after at-home death

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 09:16 AM PST

In this Oct. 25, 2013 photo, Lisa Bowman sits at her home in Union Grove, N.C. Bowman, who suffers from a lung disease, has been on the transplant waiting list for two years. It's a little-known twist of nature: Your lungs can live on for a while after you die. The air left inside keeps them from deteriorating right away like other organs. Now an innovative experiment aims to use that hour or more window of time to boost lung transplants by allowing donations from people who suddenly collapse and die at home instead of in a hospital. Bowman hopes the research will speed her wait for new lungs. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)The pair of lungs sits inside a clear dome, gently inflating as doctors measure how well they'll breathe if implanted into a patient who desperately needs a new set.


Nobel author Doris Lessing dies at 94

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:53 AM PST

FILE - In this April 17, 2006 file photo, Writer Doris Lessing, 86, sits in her home in north London. Doris Lessing, the free-thinking, world-traveling, often-polarizing writer of "The Golden Notebook" and dozens of other novels that reflected her own improbable journey across the former British empire, has died, early Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. She was 94. The author of more than 50 works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Lessing explored topics ranging from colonial Africa to dystopian Britain, from the mystery of being female to the unknown worlds of science fiction. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)LONDON (AP) — Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted "Oh Christ! ... I couldn't care less."


Senate showdown over military sexual assault bill

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 08:18 AM PST

FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. listening at a news conference about a bill regarding military sexual assault cases on Capitol Hill in Washington. This week, the Senate is slated to consider an annual defense policy bill that would strip commanders of their ability to overturn jury convictions, require dishonorable discharge or dismissal for any individual convicted of sexual assault and establish a civilian review when a decision is made not to prosecute a case. The bill also would provide a special counsel for victims and eliminate the statute of limitations. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has secured public support from nearly half the Senate, but not enough votes, for her proposal to give victims of rape and sexual assault in the military an independent route outside the chain of command for prosecuting attackers.


Pakistan to try ex-President Musharraf for treason

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 08:56 AM PST

FILE -- In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 that the government would put Musharraf on trial for treason under Article 6 of the constitution for declaring a state of emergency in 2007 and suspending the constitution. (B.K. Bangash, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's government plans to put former President Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason for declaring a state of emergency and suspending the constitution while in power, the interior minister said Sunday.


NASA aims for Mars, with robotic Maven set to soar

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 11:54 AM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is headed back to Mars, this time with a robotic scout named Maven that will attempt to solve the mystery of the red planet's radical climate change.

Tornadoes, damaging storms sweep through Midwest

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 03:15 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities, killing at least three people and prompting officials at Chicago's Soldier Field to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game.

Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones author, dead at 66

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:58 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Park, a former class clown who channeled her irreverence into the million-selling mishaps of grade schooler Junie B. Jones, has died. She was 66.

As fighting flares, Syrians pour into Lebanon

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 01:30 PM PST

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into Lebanon, taking shelter in wedding halls and makeshift shacks after fleeing heavy fighting in a mountainous region across the border in Syria, while a massive explosion Sunday targeting a government building outside Damascus killed at least 31 soldiers.

Etna volcano erupts, lighting up sky over Sicily

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 09:01 AM PST

In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, Mt. Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption as seen from Acireale, near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy. (AP Photo/Carmelo Imbesi)ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted again, lighting up the sky over much of eastern Sicily and shooting up a towering column of ash.


Pope jokes he's a pharmacist, prescribing prayers

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 06:08 AM PST

Pope Francis shows a box shaped like a pill box but which contains a rosary during his traditional Sunday appearance in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Pope Francis said that the rosary is like a medicine for the heart and small boxes containing rosaries were distributed to faithful at the end of Pope's traditional Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Joking that he's like a pharmacist, Pope Francis is promoting prayer as medicine for the heart.


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