2012年12月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Why Rice took her name off the list

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:47 PM PST

UN Ambassador Susan Rice walks from the United Nation General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, after a vote was cast that overwhelmingly recognized a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)The U.N. ambassador stunned Washington by withdrawing her name for consideration as secretary of state.


Obama, Boehner have ‘frank’ talks as fiscal cliff looms

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST

Obama, Boehner meet to discuss 'fiscal cliff'With talks on avoiding the "fiscal cliff" locked in a pattern of public battling and private negotiating, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met behind closed doors for 50 minutes at the White House on Thursday. Both sides agreed the discussion in the Oval Office was "frank" and insisted that the "lines [...]


Year's best meteor shower happens tonight

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:14 AM PST

Year's Best Meteor Shower TonightEarth is passing through the orbit of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, and astronomers think we're seeing its debris -- shooting stars, more than 50 per hour, many of them no larger than grains of sand, burning up as they plow into the atmosphere.


NYC teachers’ fund pledges $1B to post-Sandy rebuilding

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:19 PM PST

In this Nov. 18, 2012 photo, Ray Marten, right, and his son Ray Marten Jr., collect family business records from a filing cabinet in the basement of their flood and fire-destroyed home in the Belle Harbor section of the Queens borough of New York. Several homes and businesses were destroyed by fire in the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy. Behind them is the burned-out shell of a neighbor's van. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)A pension fund for New York City teachers will contribute $1 billion to rebuild infrastructure damaged by Superstorm Sandy.


Fiscal cliff drives wedge between GOP allies

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:53 PM PST

Small Business Saturday Competes With Black Friday, Cyber MondayCorporate leaders are helping strengthen Obama's bargaining position while small business advocates are bristling over the prospect of higher taxes.


Senate takes step toward banning stalking software

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:54 PM PST

FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Senate Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee Chairman Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. presides over the subcommittee's hearing on "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy," on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee was expected Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, to approve legislation that would close a legal loophole that allows so-called cyberstalking apps to operate secretly on a cell phone and transmit the user's location information without a person's knowledge. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress.


Two-inch feather emerges from baby's neck

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:27 PM PST

Two-Inch Feather Emerges From Baby's NeckNo one knew what was bothering 7-month-old Mya Whittington. Her discomfort stumped her parents and doctors.


Whoa: Physicists testing to see if universe is a computer simulation

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST

Phew! Universe's Constant Has Stayed ConstantWill you take the red pill or the blue pill? Some physicists and university researchers say it's possible to test the theory that our entire universe exists inside a computer simulation, like in the 1999 film "The Matrix." In 2003, University of Oxford philosophy professor Nick Bostrom published a paper, "The Simulation Argument," which argued [...]


A 'tiny Christmas’ for cash-strapped families this year

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST

Tiny ChristmasIn s still-down economy, several families share with Yahoo News how they plan on celebrating Christmas with creativity and togetherness.


Nearly four in 10 Americans blame weather on 'end times'

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST

A U.S. flag flies over the foundation of a home destroyed by the storm surge of superstorm Sandy in the Staten Island borough neighborhood of OakwoodA poll also found that 15 percent believe that the end of the world, as predicted by the Book of Revelation, will occur in their lifetime.


Just Explain It: Retirement vs. college savings

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST

RetirementWith the cost of education rising, many parents have to decide how to pay for college. Earlier this year, a report found that the average tuition at four-year public universities increased by 15% between 2008 and 2010. Significant price increases were also found at private universities.


‘Best Funeral Ever’ TV show in the works

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST

"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" may be about to lose its crown as most-ridiculed show on television. That's because The Learning Channel (TLC), the same network behind Honey Boo Boo and other cultural landmarks such as "Cake Boss" and "Extreme Couponing," is launching a new show based on a funeral home. EW reports that "Best [...]

The year in review: Top tweets of 2012

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST

The year in review: Top tweets of 2012

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