2014年6月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Student loan relief 101

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum on reducing the burden of student loan debt, Monday, June 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the rising costs of college have left America's middle class feeling trapped. He says no hard-working youngster in America should be priced out of a higher education. Obama signed a presidential memorandum he says could help an additional 5 million borrowers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Obama takes executive action to expand existing program -- but is it the right approach?

Social media paints chilling portrait of alleged Vegas cop-killers

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:05 PM PDT

Jerad and Amanda Miller during Christmas 2013. (Facebook)A day before going on a shooting rampage that left two Las Vegas police officers and a bystander dead, Jerad Miller, one of the gunmen, posted this on Facebook: "The dawn of a new day. May all of our coming sacrifices be worth it."

Athletes found to have healthier 'gut bacteria' in study

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Bacteria in the gut may hold key to many diseasesExercise is good for the heart, lungs and mind, and now we can add gut bacteria to the list, a new study from Ireland suggests. Researchers looked at professional rugby players and found that these elite athletes had a more diverse collection of bacteria in their digestive systems than other healthy men, who were not athletes, but were of similar age and body size. "The most important aspect of our study is that it draws attention to the possibility that exercise may have a beneficial effect on the microbiota colonizing the human body, and it is associated with a more diverse microbiota," said study researcher Dr. Fergus Shanahan, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at University College Cork in Ireland.  There is a growing body of scientific evidence suggesting that the trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in the digestive tract play an important role in both digestive health and overall health.

Prison deal for 'Mountain Man' who crashed cabins and left clues

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:50 PM PDT

FILE - This April 2, 2013 file photo, provided by the Emery County Sheriff's Office shows detectives placing fugitive Troy James Knapp, center, into custody in the mountains outside of Ferron in central Utah. On Monday, June 9, 2014, in a courtroom in St. George, Utah, Troy James Knapp, known by many as the "Mountain Man," is set to finally face justice by agreeing to a package of plea deals that will bring an end his court case, and start the clock on a prison sentence expected to be at least 10 years. (AP Photo/Emery County Sheriff's Office, File)ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — For years, he lived a solitary life amid the expansive wilderness of Utah as he ransacked cabins and trekked hundreds of miles alone on his snowshoes with a rifle slung over his shoulder.

Wild-west charter airline market faces federal crackdown

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 02:26 PM PDT

A Calgary-based charter airline is looking to expand into the public market.The search for the cheapest airfare has led some Americans to the charter flight market, where savings can be as much as 50 percent compared to some standard airline flights, but years of regulatory neglect have left pitfalls for travelers that the government now wants to address.

Vegas police: Suspects had 'militia' mindset

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Las Vegas SuspectsPolice say pair in officer killings may have ties to rancher in gov't standoff.

Clinton defends speaking fees, says family was 'dead broke'

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VA audit: On-time bonus goals a 'failure'

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:13 AM PDT

FILE - This May 29, 2014 file photo shows the St. Louis VA Medical Center. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill say VA leaders need to be held accountable after reports that Veterans Affairs health care centers in four Midwestern states maintained secret, unauthorized waiting lists of veterans, some of whom waited for care for more than 90 days. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)Some 57,000 veterans found waiting 3 months or more for medical appointments.

Gunmen abduct 20 women in northeast Nigeria

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:11 AM PDT

Abubakar Shekau, the man claiming to be the leader of Boko Haram, is shown in a screengrab September 25, 2013 from a video by the Nigerian Islamist extremist groupSuspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the Islamic militants abducted more than 300 schoolgirls and young women on April 15.

Pakistan Taliban threaten more attacks

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 06:57 AM PDT

Residents help an injured Shiite relative following an attack in the south-west Pakistani town of Taftan, at a hospital in Quetta on June 9, 2014Threats made after gunmen disguised as police guards carried out an assault on the country's busiest airport.

Trucker in Tracy Morgan crash lacked sleep, prosecutor says

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:16 AM PDT

TRACY MORGAN'S CONDITIONThe Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia accused of triggering a crash in New Jersey that critically injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had not slept for more than 24 hours, a criminal complaint said.

Over 57,000 still await VA visits

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:31 AM PDT

FILE This April 28, 2014 file photos shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Veterans Affairs Department says more than 57,000 patients are still waiting for initial medical appointments at VA hospitals and clinics 90 days or more after requesting them. An additional 64,000 who enrolled in the VA health care system over the past 10 years have never had appointments. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Also, 64,000 who enrolled in the health-care system were never seen, the dep't. says.

Clinton: We were 'dead broke' after Bill's presidency

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

FILE - This June 2, 2014, file photo shows Hillary Clinton smiling during a meeting with community leaders after touring Intertech Plastics in Denver. The former Secretary of State said in an interview with ABC News Sunday, June 8, 2014, that she will decide whether to run for president again "when it feels right for me to decide." For now she says she is focused on promoting her new book and helping fellow Democrats in the mid-term elections in the fall. Clinton says potential Democratic rivals are free to choose what they would like to do. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says her family was "dead broke" after her husband Bill's presidency.

Cop killings may have white supremacy ties

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:05 AM PDT

Metro Police officers are shown outside a Wal-Mart after a shooting in Las VegasTwo suspects killed two officers and a bystander before turning their guns on themselves.

World's oldest man dies at 111

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:39 AM PDT

Imich, the world's oldest living man, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at his home on New York City's upper west sidePolish immigrant Alexander Imich had recently been named the world's oldest man.

30 killed in Iraq bombings

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the site of a car bomb attack in the town of Tuz KhurmatoAttacks targeted the offices of a Kurdish political party in Tuz Khurmato.

2 officers, civilian killed in Las Vegas ambush

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Las Vegas shooting: Search for motive after officers, shopper killedTwo suspects kill two officers and a bystander before turning their guns on themselves.

Russian supercomputer first to pass Turing Test

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:42 AM PDT

Supercomputer emulates teenager to pass 'Turing Test'A Russian supercomputer posing as a 13-year-old boy has convinced judges that it is human, becoming the first to pass the "Turing Test" in a historic moment in artificial intelligence, British scientists said.

27 killed in Pakistan airport attack

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:52 AM PDT

Taliban Claim Responsibility for Pakistan Airport AttackGunmen disguised as police guards carried out an assault on the country's busiest airport.

Syria's Assad declares amnesty for prisoners

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Syrians who live in Lebanon chant slogans and carry portraits of President Bashar Assad and their national flags, as they drive towards to the Syrian embassy to vite in the presidential election in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Bashar Assad flocked to their embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Syrian President Bashar Assad declared a general amnesty Monday for prisoners in the country, state media reported.

29 killed in Iraq bombings

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:19 AM PDT

People clean up in the aftermath of a car bombing in the southeastern district of New Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 8, 2014. A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital Saturday night, killing and wounding scores of people, in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province and take dozens hostage, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)Attacks targeted the offices of a Kurdish political party in Tuz Khurmato.

World's oldest man dies at 111

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:56 AM PDT

Imich, the world's oldest living man, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at his home on New York City's upper west sideThe world's oldest man, retired chemist and parapsychologist Alexander Imich, has died in New York City. He was 111.

Miss Nevada crowned new Miss USA

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:30 AM PDT

Miss Nevada USA Nia Sanchez is crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2014 pageant in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)Nia Sanchez, a fourth-degree black belt in martial arts, is the 63rd Miss USA.

Pakistani Taliban vows more violence after attack

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:04 PM PDT

Fire illuminates the sky above the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi where security forces are fighting with attackers Sunday night, June 8, 2014, in Pakistan. Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal with machine guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that killed a number of people as explosions echoed into the night, while security forces retaliated and killed all the attackers, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban threatened more violence Monday after a five-hour assault on the nation's busiest airport killed 29 people — including all 10 attackers — raising a new challenge for a U.S. ally trying to end years of fighting that has claimed thousands of lives.

Police: Vegas cop killers had anti-government view

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:31 PM PDT

This combination made with undated photos provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Jerad Miller, left, and his wife, Amanda Miller. Investigators are looking into whether the Millers, who shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers and a third person over the weekend, had been at Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch during a standoff earlier this year, police said Monday, June 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A husband and wife who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Las Vegas harbored anti-government beliefs and left a swastika and a "Don't tread on me" flag on the body of one of the two police officers they killed, authorities said Monday.

Audit: More than 57,000 await first VA appointment

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:31 PM PDT

This Monday, June 9, 2014 photo shows the VA Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas. The medical center ranks high on the list of the facilities with the longest average waits as of May 15, 2014 for new patients seeking primary care, specialist care and mental health care, according to audit results released Monday. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, never getting appointments after enrolling, the government said Monday in a report newly demonstrating how deep and widespread the problem is.

Complaint: Trucker in Morgan crash hadn't slept

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo, comedian Tracy Morgan performs at "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only," a celebration of Murphy's career at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. Morgan is recovering but is expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after having surgery on a broken leg suffered in a chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, June 7, 2014, that left two others critically injured and one dead. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision, File)NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn't slept for more than 24 hours before the accident, authorities said Monday as Morgan recovered in a hospital.

Healthy seniors tested in bid to block Alzheimer's

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 12:17 PM PDT

Peter Bristol of Wakefield, R.I. leaves Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., after receiving an intravenous infusion, Monday, June 9, 2014. Bristol is part of a major study that got under way Monday to see if an experimental drug could protect outwardly healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk for Alzheimer's disease. In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer's disease, a major study got under way Monday to see if an experimental drug can protect healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer's disease, a major study got underway Monday to see if an experimental drug can protect healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk.

Christie plunges back into building 2016 coalition

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:52 PM PDT

FILE - This May 30, 2014 file photo shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dspeaking in Nashville, Tenn. Looking to recover from a clumsy political scandal and reclaim his place as a promising potential candidate for president, New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie is ramping up what amounts to a cross-country revival tour. It's not where he expected to be at this still-early point on the road to 2016, but the ambitious governor is hard at work rebuilding his once tantalizing coalition of supporters _ independents, women, Hispanics and even some Democrats _ that has more or less disappeared nationally. (AP Photo/Terry Wyatt, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chris Christie is plunging into what amounts to a cross-country revival tour, looking to recover from a clumsy political scandal and reclaim his place as a promising Republican presidential prospect.

Sexual assault on student sparks outrage in Egypt

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:22 PM PDT

In this Sunday, June 8, 2014 photo, Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi celebrate his inauguration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian police on Monday arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials said. Sexual harassment has been one of Egypt enduring social ills, prompting authorities last week to issue a decree declaring it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Video footage posted on social media shows the student completely naked, parts of her body bloodied as policemen struggle to escort her out of Tahrir Square. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)CAIRO (AP) — A string of sexual assaults on women during celebrations of Egypt's presidential inauguration — including a mass attack on a 19-year-old student who was stripped in Cairo's Tahrir Square — prompted outrage Monday as a video emerged purportedly showing the teenager, bloodied and naked, surrounded by dozens of men.

Prodding Congress, Obama acts to ease student debt

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2014, before signing a Presidential Memorandum on reducing the burden of student loan debt. The president said the rising costs of college have left America's middle class feeling trapped. He says no hard-working youngster in America should be priced out of a higher education. Obama signed a presidential memorandum he says could help an additional 5 million borrowers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President Barack Obama expanded Monday, part of an election-year push by Democrats to paint Republicans as blocking common-sense steps that could help the middle class.

Subway strikers, police clash in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 03:52 PM PDT

Subway train operators, along with activists from social movements, clash with riot police in front of the Ana Rosa metro station, in an ongoing subway strike, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. Authorities are deeply worried about the strike because the subway is the main means of transportation for World Cup fans scheduled to attend Thursday's opening match when Brazil takes on Croatia. The stadium is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of central Sao Paulo, where most tourists stay. (AP Photo/Mario Angelo)SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police and striking subway workers clashed in a central commuter station Monday while union leaders threatened to maintain the work stoppage through the World Cup's opening match in Sao Paulo this week.

Brazil grapples with joy, frustration of World Cup

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 02:21 PM PDT

Boys watch as another boy practices his soccer bicycle kicks at a Rio de Janeiro slum, Brazi, Monday, June 9, 2014. The 2014 Word Cup soccer tournament is set to begin in just a few days, with Brazil and Croatia playing in the opening match on June 12. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's a tale of the two World Cups — one on a field and one playing out on this country's streets.

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