BitGou: Morning Digest: Boston bomb probe looking at pressure cooker, backpacks

2013年4月17日星期三

Morning Digest: Boston bomb probe looking at pressure cooker, backpacks

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04/17/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Boston bomb probe looking at pressure cooker, backpacks

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Marathon bombing investigators on Wednesday entered the third day of their hunt with an emerging picture of the target: a suspect or suspects carrying heavy bags or backpacks made of dark nylon..

Electric cable a lifeline for idled symbol of Korean cooperation

PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - An electricity cable running from South Korea over the border into North Korea is one of last lifelines for more than 200 South Korean workers at a joint industrial park that North Korea has shut down amid fears of war..

Growth fears hit Europe stocks and oil, gold recovers

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares dropped sharply on Wednesday as investors switched to stronger markets in the United States and Asia, where economic growth prospects are brighter due to massive central bank stimulus..

News Corp to call entertainment company 21st Century Fox

(Reuters) - News Corp said on Tuesday it will call its newly independent entertainment company 21st Century Fox after the media conglomerate splits later this year..

Bolt to head cast at London's "anniversary games"

LONDON (Reuters) - Usain Bolt will return to London to compete in the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in which he achieved a clean sweep of gold medals last year..

U.S. antitrust regulators vow to pounce if Google strays

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators said on Tuesday they would pounce on Google Inc. if they learned that the company, which dominates Internet search, violated the law after reaching an antitrust settlement in January..

New U.S. rocket cleared for test flight from Virginia spaceport

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A second U.S. company hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International Space Station was cleared to test-fly its Antares rocket from a newly developed commercial spaceport in Virginia, officials said on Tuesday..

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster..