2014年3月12日星期三

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Obama gives Ukraine full backing

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 01:57 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, and Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Obama welcomed Ukraine's new prime minister as the U.S. seeks to highlight ties with the former Soviet republic now caught in a diplomatic battle between East and West.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Joins interim PM in sternly warning Russia that Ukraine will not surrender its sovereignty.


China: Images may show missing plane

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Satellitte images of suspected debrisBEIJING (AP) — China's official Xinhua News Agency says a government website has images of suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.


Deadly gas blast destroys two NYC buildings

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:29 PM PDT

Building collapse in NYCNEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring more than 60 and leaving nine missing. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about "unbearable" gas smells.


Ohio grand jury indicts 9 Greenpeace activists

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Greenpeace activists, including this one dressed in a tiger suit, rappel and hang banners in protest of Procter & Gamble outside of the company's headquarters, in downtown Cincinnati, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The environmental organization says the 60-foot banners on P&G's two towers were in protest of the consumer products company's use of palm oil from a supplier that Greenpeace says is linked to tropical forest destruction in Indonesia. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer Amanda Rossmann)A southwest Ohio prosecutor announced felony indictments Wednesday of nine Greenpeace activists linked to an eye-catching protest at the Procter & Gamble Co. headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. The nine ...


FAA warning on 777s linked problem to mid-air breakups

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 08:31 AM PDT

A model of the Boeing 777-300ER is displayed at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 19, 2008Months before Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 mysteriously vanished, US regulators warned of a "cracking and corrosion" problem on Boeing 777s that could lead to a mid-air breakup and drastic drop in cabin pressure. The revelation comes amid a desperate search for traces of the plane with 239 people on board, which lost contact with air traffic control at around 1730 GMT Friday, about an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing. "We are issuing this AD (Airworthiness Directive) to detect and correct cracking and corrosion in the fuselage skin, which could lead to rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity of the airplane," the Federal Aviation Administration said. During a sudden drop in cabin pressure, the crew and passengers can become unconscious, leaving no one at the controls of the affected aircraft.


NYC building explosion leaves 2 dead, 36 injured

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:49 PM PDT

New York City firefighters dig through rubble of a building explosion and collapse in the Harlem section of New YorkTwo people are killed, at least 22 injured in NYC building explosion.


Police: Md. mall shooter may have had Columbine fixation

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:10 AM PDT

Maryland Mall TerrorMARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A man who killed two people at a Maryland mall in January before killing himself acted alone, had no connection with his victims and may have had a fixation with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, police said Wednesday.


Obama: Russia could face 'costs' over Ukraine

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 12:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, and Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Obama welcomed Ukraine's new prime minister as the U.S. seeks to highlight ties with the former Soviet republic now caught in a diplomatic battle between East and West.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Warns against taking aggressive path in Crimea after White House talks with Ukrainian PM.


Ukrainian PM at White House for talks

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 01:27 PM PDT

Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, right, is greeted as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, for a meeting with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. They will discuss how to find a peaceful resolution to Russia's ongoing military intervention in Crimea that would respect Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. They will also discuss support the international community can provide to help Ukraine confront its economic challenges. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Meeting with Obama likely to anger Russia, which views new government as illegitimate.


Bill Clinton campaigns for Chelsea's mother-in-law

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:58 AM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton delivers remarks at an annual conference on Africa in Wilmington, Del., Monday, March 10, 2014. The conference brought together businesses, faith communities and individuals in Delaware with experts on Africa to discuss trade opportunities and issues such as human rights, sustainable development and global health. (AP Photo/Emily Varisco)HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bill Clinton is wading into a hotly contested U.S. House primary in Philadelphia and its suburbs to raise money for Marjorie Margolies, the mother-in-law of Chelsea Clinton who is running for a seat two decades after she lost it.


Luxury shooting ranges cater to new gun culture

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 05:32 AM PDT

Boom in luxury gun rangesThe "guntry clubs" sprout in gun-friendly locales across the nation.


Malaysia Airlines pilot's last words give no hint of trouble

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Malaysia not sure which way lost jet was headed

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 11:45 PM PDT

Chinese relatives of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane wait for the latest news inside a hotel room set aside for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing airplane in Beijing, China Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The missing Malaysian jetliner may have attempted to turn back before it vanished from radar, but there is no evidence it reached the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia's air force chief said Wednesday, denying reported remarks he said otherwise. The statement suggested continued confusion over where the Boeing 777 might have ended up, more than four days after it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Officials acknowledge they don't know which direction the plane was heading when it vanished.


Obamacare tested in Florida special election won by GOP

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:36 PM PDT

Exclusive: David Jolly on winning Fla. special electionThe Republican victory in Florida's special election Tuesday serves as an example for future battles over Obamacare.


Merkel and Putin square off over Crimea

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:07 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir PutinThe German chancellor is considered one of the few leaders Putin will deign to hear out.


San Francisco firefighters stop big blaze spread

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 09:44 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire that barreled through an apartment building construction site sending up black smoke that could be seen for miles around the San Francisco Bay smoldered into Wednesday morning as authorities worked determine what sparked the destructive blaze.

Pistorius trial: Bullet-holed toilet door in court

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:17 PM PDT

Forensic investigator Johannes Vermeulen, with a cricket bat in hand, demonstrates on a mock-up toilet cubicle, with the door, background, how the door could have been broken down with the bat, during the trial of Oscar Pistorius in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Werner Beukes, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African police officer swung a cricket bat at Oscar Pistorius' bullet-marked bathroom door during his murder trial on Wednesday, using two key pieces of evidence to re-enact the night he killed his girlfriend.


Honor student who sued parents returns home

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Rachel Canning smiles during a hearing at the Morris County Courthouse, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Morristown, N.J. Canning, the New Jersey honor student who sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home, has reunited with her parents. The Star-Ledger of Newark reports that the lawyer representing Canning's parents said in a statement Wednesday, March 12, 2014, that the 18-year-old's return is not contingent on any financial or other considerations. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool, File)ROSELAND, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey honor student who sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home has reunited with them, and the family is now asking for privacy.


3 dead after pileups on snowy Ohio Turnpike

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:45 PM PDT

Hana Quinn, 10, wipes snow off the sign for the First Christian Church on South Calhoun Street as she holds her umbrella against the falling snow, Fort Wayne, Ind., Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan)TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Pileups on the Ohio Turnpike involving at least 50 vehicles killed three people and seriously injured a state trooper on Wednesday as a late-winter storm swept through the Midwest and the Northeast, ending a fleeting spring-like thaw.


US to seek new indictment against Indian diplomat

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, diplomat Devyani Khobragade, center, arrives at Chaitya Bhoomi, a memorial to Indian freedom fighter B.R. Ambedkar, with her father Uttam Khobragade in Mumbai, India. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Devyani Khobragade, the deputy consul general for India in New York whose arrest and strip search spurred an international flap, had charges against her dismissed by a federal judge. The judge's ruling said she had diplomatic immunity when she was indicted on charges of fraudulently obtaining a work visa for her housekeeper and lying about the maid's pay. But the ruling leaves open the possibility prosecutors could bring a new indictment against her. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-search spurred an international flap had the case against her dismissed by a federal judge on Wednesday, but prosecutors suggested they might refile the charges stemming from claims she exploited her housekeeper.


White House told of CIA move against Senate aides

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:02 PM PDT

CIA Director John O. Brennan pauses as he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA's director and its top lawyer told White House attorneys in advance about their plans to file an official criminal complaint accusing Senate Intelligence Committee aides of improperly obtaining secret agency documents, the White House confirmed Wednesday.


Ukraine accuses Russia of military buildup

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:59 PM PDT

A man looks at the posters during the International poster campaign to support Ukraine in center Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March, 12, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House on Wednesday a gesture aimed at rebuking Russia and cementing the West's allegiance to Ukraine's fledgling government. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of conducting a large military buildup near the countries' border that raises the threat of an invasion, but Moscow denied that.


AP PHOTOS: Deadly blast levels 2 Harlem buildings

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PDT

Police respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)Smoke billowed into the air, debris was hurled onto elevated railroad tracks and windows were shattered a block away when an explosion leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem on Wednesday.


2 dead after pileups on snowy Ohio Turnpike

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:05 PM PDT

Commuters walk through snow covered sidewalks after an overnight snowstorm Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in downtown Chicago. A late winter storm dumped more than 5 inches of snow in the Chicago area, causing power outages and headaches for commuters. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Pileups on the Ohio Turnpike involving at least 50 vehicles killed two people and seriously injured a state trooper on Wednesday as a late-winter storm swept through the Midwest and the Northeast, ending a fleeting spring-like thaw.


Blast destroys 2 NYC buildings; at least 2 dead

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:33 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two East Harlem apartment buildings Wednesday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 50 and leaving over a dozen others missing. One tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about "unbearable" gas smells.

US judge dismisses charges in Indian diplomat case

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, diplomat Devyani Khobragade, center, arrives at Chaitya Bhoomi, a memorial to Indian freedom fighter B.R. Ambedkar, with her father Uttam Khobragade in Mumbai, India. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Devyani Khobragade, the deputy consul general for India in New York whose arrest and strip search spurred an international flap, had charges against her dismissed by a federal judge. The judge's ruling said she had diplomatic immunity when she was indicted on charges of fraudulently obtaining a work visa for her housekeeper and lying about the maid's pay. But the ruling leaves open the possibility prosecutors could bring a new indictment against her. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-search spurred an international flap had charges against her dismissed by a federal judge on Wednesday.


Last transmission from missing plane was routine

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 12:43 PM PDT

A member of Indonesian National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) uses a binocular to scan the horizon during a search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 conducted on the waters of the Strait of Malacca off Sumatra island, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Malaysia asked India to join the expanding search for the missing Boeing 777 near the Andaman Sea, far to the northwest of its last reported position and a further sign Wednesday that authorities have no idea where the plane might be more than four days after it vanished. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The last message from the cockpit of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight was routine. "All right, good night," was the signoff transmitted to air traffic controllers five days ago.


3-year theory: Big renewal deal for 'Big Bang'

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:56 AM PDT

This image released by CBS shows, from left, Simon Helberg, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons in a scene from "The Big Bang Theory." CBS says it's renewing its hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory" for three more years. This extraordinary deal would carry TV's most-watched sitcom through the 2016-2017 season, the series' tenth on the air. "The Big Bang Theory" premiered in September 2007, and has been a ratings smash for virtually its entire run. This season it has averaged nearly 20 million viewers each week. (AP Photo/CBS, Michael Yarish)NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says it's renewing its hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory" for three more years.


Work until you die: Lifelong labor becomes the new normal

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:03 PM PDT

Chart job market roseThere's an interesting paradox happening in the U.S. labor market: Today there are more incentives than ever for a healthy, prosperous retirement. Yet over the same time period since investment options like 401(k)'s become available, people have been choosing to work further into their golden years.


Malaysian relative 'praying for divine intervention'

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 04:44 PM PDT

A board displaying messages for the missing passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is seen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on March 11, 2014Two suspect men who flew on a missing Malaysian airliner appear to have been Iranian illegal immigrants, officials said Tuesday, lessening fears of terrorism but shedding no light on the fate of the plane's 239 passengers and crew. On the fourth day of a multinational search at sea and on land, relatives desperate for news of loved ones aboard Malaysia Airlines MH370 said their hopes for a miracle were ebbing away. Authorities have doubled the search radius to 100 nautical miles (equivalent to 185 kilometres) around the point where the Boeing 777 disappeared from radar over the South China Sea early Saturday, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The 34-year-old son of Malaysian security guard Subramaniam Gurusamy was on the flight to do business in Beijing for an oil company.


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