2015年10月28日星期三

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Live updates: Third Republican debate

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The top ten Republican presidential hopefuls go head-to-head at the University of Colorado, Boulder.


GOP senator: Pot could help Colorado’s image

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Sen. Cory Gardner says that legal pot, "done properly," could be a boon to the Centennial State's image.


'Vote no, hope yes' caucus may hold key to Ryan’s success as speaker

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Paul Ryan faced one of the biggest challenges he will likely confront as speaker before he's even been formally chosen.


Sheriff fires deputy for tossing teen across classroom

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:34 PM PDT

In this Monday, Oct, 26, 2015 photo made from video taken by a Spring Valley High School student, Senior Deputy Ben Fields tries to forcibly remove a student who refused to leave her high school math class, in Columbia S.C. The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Tuesday after Fields flipped the student backward in her desk and tossed her across the floor. (AP Photo)COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy who flipped a disruptive student out of her desk and tossed her across her math class floor was fired on Wednesday.


Wave hit Canada boat on 1 side while passengers on left side

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 05:05 AM PDT

The bow of the Leviathan II, a whale-watching boat that capsized on Sunday, is seen Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, near Vargas Island after it was towed it from where it sank to a protected spot behind an island, before it is towed ashore for inspection. Investigators are trying to unravel the mystery of what caused a whale watching boat to capsize off Vancouver Island in seemingly calm weather, killing five British nationals including a father and his teenage son. A search continued for a missing Australian man. Twenty-one people were rescued. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — Passengers were crowded on the left side of the top deck of a whale-watching boat when it was struck by a wave from the right side, causing the vessel to capsize and send 27 people into the water off Vancouver Island, an investigator said.


Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT

Richland County Sheriff's Department Officer Senior Deputy Ben Fields is pictured with Karen Beaman, Principal of Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary School in Columbia South CarolinaBy Harriet McLeod COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - The white sheriff's deputy who is under federal investigation after he was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in South Carolina was fired on Wednesday for violating department policy. Deputy Ben Fields went too far when he picked up the 16-year-old and hurtled her across a classroom before arresting her, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told a news conference. "That is not a proper technique and should not be used by law enforcement," Lott said.


Several people shot at Indianapolis mall: local media

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 04:23 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Up to three people were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday at Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indianapolis television station WTHR reported, citing Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers. Their conditions were not immediately known, WTHR reported. Indianapolis police responded to the mall at about 6:30 p.m. on the report of people shot, the Indianapolis Star newspaper reported. (Reporting by David Bailey in MinneapolisEditing by Sandra Maler)

Runaway U.S. military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT

Handout of Raytheon's JLENS aerostat on the White Sands Missile RangeBy Phil Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-tech U.S. military blimp designed to detect a missile attack came loose on Wednesday and wreaked havoc as it floated from Maryland into Pennsylvania, dragging more than a mile of cable and knocking out power to thousands. The U.S. military scrambled two armed F-16 fighter jets to keep watch as the massive blimp traveled into civilian airspace after coming untethered from its base at Aberdeen Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility 40 miles northeast of Baltimore.


Fresh starts as GOP taps new speaker, approves budget deal

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:48 PM PDT

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks from a House GOP candidate forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The House is poised to vote on a bipartisan pact charting a two-year budget truce and Republicans are set to nominate Ryan as the chamber's new speaker, milestones GOP leaders hope will transform their party's recent chaos into calm in time for next year's presidential and congressional campaigns. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber's next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will guide them out of weeks of internal feuding and disarray and point the party toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year's elections.


Republicans pick Ryan for House speaker before budget vote

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Paul Ryan was chosen by fellow Republicans as their nominee...


Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI

Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:17 PM PDT

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, center, arrives at the federal courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Chicago, where he is scheduled to change his plea to guilty in a hush-money case that alleges he agreed to pay someone $3.5 million to hide claims of past misconduct by the Illinois Republican. (AP Photo/Matt Marton )CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months in prison and averting a trial in the case.


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