2014年9月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Steven Sotloff's family breaks silence

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:34 PM PDT

Remembering Steven Sotloff: Journalist covered world's most dangerous placesSotloff family: "Steve was no hero ... He was a mere man who tried to find good."


5 killed in fighter jet crash in Libya

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:28 PM PDT

Two men stand on the roof of a damaged building after a Libyan war plane crashed in TobrukA Libyan security official says a military jet has crashed in the country's eastern city of Tobruk, killing the pilot and four other people.


Mass unemployment filing follows Atlantic City casino closures

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:30 PM PDT

People wait in line to sign up for unemployment Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. Thousands of newly laid-off casino workers turned out at the Atlantic City Convention Center for a mass unemployment filing. The session Wednesday morning comes after a brutal weekend that saw more than 5,000 employees at the Showboat and Revel lose their jobs. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The closing of Atlantic City's Revel casino has caused a rush of people signing up for unemployment benefits, with around 500 people lining up at a temporary resource center Wednesday morning. Around 8,300 people are losing jobs with three casinos closing in less than a month - Showboat, a Caesars Entertainment Corp property, closed Sunday morning, Revel closed early on Tuesday morning and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino is due to close on Sept. 16. "You have to take the ups with the downs, and you have faith in God," said 49-year-old Irene Seda, who was waiting to claim benefits after being laid off as a card dealer when Revel shut its doors. Hundreds more are expected in the coming days at the center in Atlantic City organized by Unite-HERE's Local 54 labor union with state and local officials.


Sotloff family mourns beheaded son as a 'gentle soul'

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 05:12 PM PDT

Still image from video of Sotloff kneeling next to a masked Islamic State fighterBy David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday he was no hero and no war junkie but "a mere man who tried to find good concealed in a world of darkness." Barak Barfi, a friend of Sotloff who is serving as a family spokesman, read a statement from the family remembering the slain journalist as a "gentle soul" - a fan of the NFL's Miami Dolphins who was fond of junk food, enjoyed the TV series "South Park" and liked to talk to his father about golf. He merely wanted to give voice to those who had none," Barfi said outside the family's one-story home in a leafy Miami suburb. President Barack Obama vowed to "degrade and destroy" the group.


Missouri governor lifts state of emergency in Ferguson

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:12 AM PDT

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon addresses the media in Ferguson, Missouri(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Wednesday formally lifted the state of emergency that he had declared in Ferguson weeks ago when the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer sparked sometimes violent demonstrations. "Over the past week, we've seen students getting back to school, businesses reopening their doors and folks getting back to their normal routines," Nixon said in a statement. Nixon had declared a state of emergency on Aug. 16 due to unrest in the St. Louis suburb following the Aug. ...


U.S. says Islamic State video of journalist's killing is authentic

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:47 AM PDT

Still image from video of Sotloff kneeling next to a masked Islamic State fighterAn Islamic State video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff in reprisal for U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said on Wednesday. Intelligence Community has analyzed the recently released video showing U.S. President Barack Obama is in Estonia ahead of a NATO summit in Wales later this week.


Bus gets stuck in sinkhole in suburban Phoenix

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:43 PM PDT

A valley metro bus sits mired in a collapsed, muddy street after a water main break flooded the area, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 in Tempe, Ariz. Police say police officers and firefighters helped passengers get off the bus and that nobody was injured during the Wednesday morning incident though some businesses were flooded. (AP Photo/Matt York)A city bus got stuck in a sinkhole after a water main broke in suburban Phoenix, forcing the passengers and driver to evacuate through the windows.


Britain’s Ashya King set for Czech Republic cancer treatment

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 08:33 AM PDT

Brett (C) and Naghemeh King, the British parents of five-year-old Ashya King, speak to the press alongside their lawyer Juan Isidro Fernandez (R) in Seville on September 3, 2014 after their release from a Spanish prisonBritish boy Ashya King is due to receive treatment for his brain tumour in the Czech Republic, his family said Wednesday, after getting the green light from the British hospital responsible for his care. Police in Spain released the parents of the five-year-old on Tuesday after they were briefly detained for removing Ashya from Southampton General Hospital in the UK without the consent of doctors. The incident sparked an international manhunt for Brett and Naghemeh King, who were eventually tracked down with the rest of their family to Malaga, Spain. Daniel King said Wednesday that his brother would travel to the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague to receive specialist treatment unavailable in Britain.


Guatemala bishop's killer allegedly ran prison criminal empire

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 04:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2012 file photo shot through a window, former Guatemalan Army Captain Byron Lima Oliva, accused and sentenced in 2006 to 20 years in jail for the 1998 slaying of Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi, stares into the camera as he waits in a courtroom in Guatemala City. Prosecutors said Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 that Lima built an illicit business empire in prison by extorting money from other inmates in return for favors like allowing prohibited cellphones, and has been charged with money laundering and organized crime. National prison system director Sergio Camargo also received money from Lima. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan army captain sentenced to 20 years for the slaying of a Roman Catholic bishop was charged with money laundering and organized crime for allegedly building a multimillion-dollar illicit prison empire based on threats and corruption.


Recline rancor: Passenger speaks out about airline seat dispute

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2013 photo, rows of slimline seats await installation aboard a Southwest Airlines 737 at the carrier's headquarters in Dallas. "Seats are getting closer together," says Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, which represents 60,000 flight attendants at 19 airlines. (AP Photo/John Mone)NEW YORK (AP) — The businessman whose dispute with a fellow airline passenger over a reclined seat sparked a national debate about air-travel etiquette says he's embarrassed by the way the confrontation unfolded and regrets his behavior.


Al-Qaida announces India wing, renews loyalty to Taliban chief

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Still image from video shows Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaking from an unknown locationAl Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and "raise the flag of jihad" across the subcontinent. In a 55-minute video posted online, Zawahri also renewed a longstanding vow of loyalty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in an apparent snub to the Islamic State armed group challenging al Qaeda for leadership of transnational Islamist militancy. Zawahri described the formation of "Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" as a glad tidings for Muslims "in Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujurat, Ahmedabad, and Kashmir" and said the new wing would rescue Muslims there from injustice and oppression. Counter-terrorism experts say al Qaeda's aging leaders are struggling to compete for recruits with Islamic State, which has galvanized young followers around the world by carving out tracts of territory across the Iraq-Syria border.


Ebola: 2 Americans receive new vaccine

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Two Women Receive Experimental Ebola Vaccine in Fast-Tracked TrialNational Institutes of Health's fast-tracked trial began this week amid growing outbreak.


Juvenile jail escape latest for troubled Tenn. facility

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:17 PM PDT

A crew checks for weak spots in the fence surrounding the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. According to a Department of Children's Services spokesman, more than 30 teenagers escaped from the facility Monday night by overwhelming 16 to 18 staff members, then crawling under a weak spot in the fence. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)The juvenile detention center where more than 30 teens escaped under a fence has a long history of violence, allegations of sexual abuse and previous efforts to break out.


Mysterious fake cellphone towers intercept calls throughout U.S.

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Seventeen faux towers have been discovered so far, according to a recent report.


Michael Brown never charged with serious felony: lawyer

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 03:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2014 file photo, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, center, stands with the parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, right, and Michael Brown Sr., left, during a news conference outside the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. Lingering questions about Michael Brown could be answered Wednesday as two news organizations seek the release of any possible juvenile records for the unarmed 18-year-old who was shot by a police officer last month. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)The 18-year-old fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer didn't face any juvenile charges at the time of his death and never was charged with a serious felony such as murder, robbery or burglary, a juvenile court system lawyer said Wednesday.


Biden: We'll follow terrorists to 'gates of hell'

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:26 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATELINE TO KITTERY, MAINE - Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the killing of Steven Sotloff while visiting the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Biden said America will follow the terrorists who posted videos showing the beheading of two journalists "to the gates of hell." (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said America will follow the terrorists who posted videos showing the beheading of two journalists "to the gates of hell."


N.Y. police to announce details of body camera pilot program

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo, a Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body cameraNew York City's police department is planning to release new details this week about its pilot program for equipping officers with wearable video cameras to record encounters with the public, the department's chief spokesman said. A federal judge ordered the department last year to test the technology in a handful of police precincts after ruling that police had acted unconstitutionally by stopping and frisking black and Latino New Yorkers in disproportionate numbers. Bill Bratton, the police commissioner, is expected to announce a pilot program involving 50 police officers in five of the city's 76 police precincts, according to NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis.


U.S. gives $3.1M for Newtown recovery

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:53 PM PDT

Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolAid for counseling, other services follows fatal shooting of 20 students and 6 educators.


Warren slams Cantor's new job

Posted: 02 Sep 2014 03:13 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.Yahoo's Katie Couric talks with the senator about global crises, her thoughts on 2016.


Hagel: Russia, China aim to close military tech gap with U.S.

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey hold a press briefing at the PentagonRussia and China are trying to close the technology gap with the U.S. Hagel was speaking before a NATO summit expected to bring Russia's souring relations with the West into sharp focus and the goals of NATO allies to strengthen defense spending. Hagel said the Pentagon was renewing a push to revamp how it works with the defense industry.


3 in their 80s die in N.J. murder-suicide

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT

3 dead in Hasbrouck Heights murder-suicideThree people in their 80s were found dead in two homes on a suburban street in New Jersey after a man shot his wife, brother-in-law and himself, authorities said.


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