2011年1月13日星期四

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Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:25 PM PST

Reuters - First lady Michelle Obama urged parents across the United States on Thursday to talk to their children about the Arizona shootings and use the event to teach them a lesson about American values.

Tucson says farewell to youngest shooting victim (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

People holding hands line the street leading to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church where the funeral for nine-year-old Christina Green was to take place in Tucson, Arizona, January 13, 2011. Green was killed in the January 8 shooting that left 6 dead and wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)Reuters - Hundreds of people gathered to say farewell on Thursday to a bright 9-year-old who loved to dance and play baseball, but was gunned down when she went to learn about politics from her congresswoman.

Tucson Tragedy: The Real Lesson of the Senseless Violence (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST

Time.com - On Jan. 8, a man at war with "normal" unleashed other forces also at war with normal, people who are turning our politics into a freak show for their own cynical or sanctimonious reasons

States' Rights and States' Wrongs on School Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST

Time.com - Tea partiers reflexively trust the states. But when it comes to schools, Washington's new power brokers shouldn't just talk about how great states are. They need to help make the reality match the rhetoric

NASA names backup for wounded Giffords' husband (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:35 PM PST

Reuters - NASA on Thursday named a backup commander for the last scheduled space shuttle mission as a possible substitute for Mark Kelly, the astronaut-husband of the Arizona congresswoman wounded in a shooting rampage last weekend.

JFK library opens 1st online presidential archive (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 02:32 PM PST

Caroline Kennedy speaks about the launch of the JFK Digital Archive, as part of the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, at the National Archives in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Caroline Kennedy unveiled the nation's first online presidential archive Thursday, a $10 million project to digitize the most important papers, photographs and recordings of President John F. Kennedy's days in office.

Thousands gather for Ariz. girl's funeral (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:10 PM PST

The Green family, from center left, mother Roxanna, father John, and son Dallas are greeted by priests during the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. (AP Photo/Greg Bryan, Pool)AP - The casket for Christina Taylor Green seemed too small to hold the grief and despair of the 2,000 mourners who packed into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church on Thursday to say goodbye to the 9-year-old girl whose life began and ended with two of the nation's most soul-searching moments.

Free for 30 years, Iran hostages now plan reunion (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 1981 file photo, freed U.S. hostage David Roeder shouts and waves as he arrives at Rhein-Main U.S. Air Force base in Frankfurt, Germany. Roeder was among 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days after their capture at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. On the 30th anniversary of their release, at least 10 former hostages have said they will join each other for a reunion hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo, File)AP - Former Iranian hostage Barry Rosen touched down on an American tarmac 30 years ago and spilled into the arms of a wife and two young children lost to him during 444 days of captivity. Then came the exhilarating bus ride to West Point along a route lined with yellow ribbons and thousands of cheering people, waving and chanting, "USA! USA!"

Jeb Bush guides Republican outreach to Latinos (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:11 PM PST

Former Florida Gov. Jeb. Bush speaks to a Republican group as it kicks off its efforts to improve the party's outreach to Hispanic voters Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 in Miami. The new Hispanic Action Network began a two-day policy conference starting Thursday evening that will feature several high-ranking Republicans and focus on issues such as trade, immigration, media outreach and education. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - A Republican group that includes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday night kicked off its efforts to improve the party's outreach to Hispanic voters, many of whom have criticized Republicans for using harsh rhetoric to attack illegal immigration.

Major milestone: Wounded Giffords moves arms, legs (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST

FILE - In this March, 2010 file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords poses for a photo. She loves motorcycles and yoga, and is as comfortable in a business suit walking the halls of Congress as she is clad in leather riding gear at the famed Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. She holds a master's degree in urban planning, yet can mount a tire in a flash. Pretty and petite, sometimes soft-spoken, she will take on even her most ardent adversaries and try talking them down with a firm hand but also a smile. Said one friend of Gabrielle Giffords: 'She really pretty much defies a lot of description.' (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is opening both eyes, moving both legs and arms and is responding to friends and family. Her doctors call it a "major milestone" in her recovery. "We're hoping that she crosses through many more," said her neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Lemole.

NASA names backup for Giffords' husband on shuttle (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 03:49 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks to astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - NASA announced a backup shuttle commander Thursday in case they need to replace the astronaut-husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass shooting last weekend.

Computer could make 2 'Jeopardy!' champs deep blue (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

'Jeopardy!' contest Ken Jennings, who won a record 74 consecutive games, refers to his opponent, an IBM computer called 'Watson', while being interviewed after a practice round of the 'Jeopardy!' quiz show in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. It's the size of 10 refrigerators, and it swallows encyclopedias whole, but an IBM computer was lacking one thing it needed to battle the greatest champions from the 'Jeopardy!' quiz TV show - it couldn't hit a buzzer. But that's been fixed, and on Thursday the hardware and software system named Watson played a competitive practice round against two champions. A 'Jeopardy!' show featuring the computer will air in mid-February, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The clue: It's the size of 10 refrigerators, has access to the equivalent of 200 million pages of information and knows how to answer in the form of a question.

Texas US Sen. Hutchison plans to retire next year (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 05:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010, file photo Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, addresses the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club in Houston. Hutchison announced Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, that she will retire after her current term expires next year. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)AP - U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a moderate Republican who has easily kept her Texas seat for nearly two decades even as the state grew more conservative, announced Thursday she would retire next year at the end of her term.

Report: Warnings in Nashville flood came late (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:16 AM PST

FILE - The parking lot of the OpryMills Mall is flooded in this May 4, 2010 file photo taken in Nashville, Tenn. River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville's fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the service concluded in a report released Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - The National Weather Service failed to warn of major flooding in Nashville in the spring until after it had already taken place, and residents did not heed warnings because they didn't reflect the urgency of the flooding, which killed 22 people around the state, a new report shows.

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 03:03 PM PST

President Barack Obama greets Daniel Hernandez, a intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., on the University of Arizona campus, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Some conservative commentators are criticizing the cheering and peppiness of the Arizona mass shooting memorial that featured President Barack Obama.

Jailed NYer's suit: Rodent bit me you-know-where (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:44 PM PST

AP - A man who claims a rodent bit him on the penis while he was being held in a New York jail can proceed with a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming county officials should have had better pest control, a judge has ruled.

White House: No comment on Palin's remark (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 09:25 AM PST

FILE - In a Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Sarah Palin signs copies of her new book, 'America By Heart,' in Little Rock, Ark. Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In the video posted Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2010, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate said vigorous debates are a cherished tradition. But she said after the election, both sides find common ground, even though they disagree. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson, File)AP - With her video accusing critics of "blood libel," Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of social networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race.

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