2012年5月15日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama financial forms reveal big JP Morgan account

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JP Morgan May Screw Up, But Obama Still Admires Jamie DimonMaybe it's a case of putting your mouth where your money is. President Barack Obama praised JP Morgan Chase in an interview recorded Monday as "one of the best managed banks there is" and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, as "one of the smartest bankers we got." On Tuesday, the White House made public financial disclosure [...]


Zimmerman medical report shows injuries after shooting

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ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin ShootingCould Details Help Back Up Claims of Self-Defense?


Perkins: Romney ‘going to need help’ wooing social conservatives

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Tony PerkinsMitt Romney could ease the concerns of conservative religious leaders who backed his rivals in the Republican primaries by selecting a strong social conservative to be his running mate, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. "I think Mitt Romney is going to need help," Perkins told Yahoo News in an interview, noting that Romney's [...]


Y! Big Story: Mexico’s drug war behind the Mother’s Day massacre

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Shoes of missing people form the number forty-nine, in memory of the mutilated victims dumped by hitmen in Cadereyta, at the Macroplaza in MonterreyThe mass dumping of headless bodies administers a shock to Mexico, long numbed by a death count of nearly 50,000 brought on by president Felipe Calderon's war against the crime cartels. By the time his tenure ends this December, six years after his declaration, that number will likely surpass 60,000. What kind of headway has [...]


John Edwards' mistress paid $9K a month

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John Edwards Trial: Rielle Hunter in Court?John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter was given $9,000 a month in cash for living expenses by his campaign finance chairman in 2008, according to records introduced at the former presidential candidate's corruption trial on Tuesday. Fred Baron, the former finance chairman of Edwards' 2008 campaign, began making regular [...]


Panetta demands fixes for fighter planes' dangerous oxygen problems

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Panetta Demands F-22 Raptor Fighter Fixes After Mid-Air ScaresDefense Secretary Leon Panetta has demanded the Air Force take measures to make America's most expensive fighter plane, the F-22 Raptor, safer for its pilots in light of an ongoing, potentially deadly problem with the plane's oxygen system, a Pentagon spokesperson said today.


Romney: Federal debt ‘threatens what it means to be an American’

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Romney, U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor, speaks to supporters at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des MoinesMitt Romney warned Tuesday that out of control government spending "threatens what it means to be American" and pledged that if elected he'll lead the country out of "this debt and spending inferno." Speaking to supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, the presumptive Republican nominee called the growing federal deficit "America's nightmare mortgage" and likened it [...]


Obama daughters find him 'just the right amount of embarrassing'

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Obama Daughters Find Him 'Just the Right Amount of Embarrassing'The president discussed embarrassing his daughters and teasing from Michelle.


Rare 'ring of fire' eclipse to appear on Sunday

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Sunday Solar Eclipse Visible from National ParksWhen the sun vanishes behind the moon for the first time over the United States in this century, what better place to enjoy the view than from one of the 154 national parks that stand in its path?


Blind Chinese activist Chen tells Congress he's 'not a hero'

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A handout photo from the U.S. Embassy Beijing Press office shows blind activist Chen Guangcheng speaking into a phone in BeijingChen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who made headlines earlier this month after escaping house arrest and seeking refuge at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, called into a congressional hearing today to tell the American people, "I am not a hero."


Vote: Can Bush unseat Daniels for most tepid endorsement?

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Former President George W. Bush speaks during the In what may be the final face-off in the Ticket's Romney tepid endorsement playoffs, we're pitting former President George W. Bush against three-time champion Mitch Daniels for the title.


Newsweek puts rejected Obama ‘first gay president’ covers online

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Newsweek attempted to stir up some controversy this week with its cover, declaring President Barack Obama America's "first gay president" and giving the commander in chief a rainbow-colored halo. On Tuesday, the magazine put the rejected "gay president" cover concepts online, publishing six alternative versions on Tumblr. Among those left on the cutting-room floor: Obama [...]

Man to be buried in coffin made from tree he fought to protect

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Frank Knight was a professional logger but earned his true legacy spending decades protecting New England's tallest elm tree. But as all things must, the 217-year-old tree nicknamed "Herbie" eventually succumbed to Dutch elm disease. And over the weekend, 103-year-old Knight died as well. But as a final tribute to this unique relationship between man [...]

Solar-powered boat completes record trip around the globe

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It took 584 days and 37,286 miles, but a solar-powered boat entered the record books after completing a voyage around the world. Ben Schiller writes in co.exist that the biggest obstacle facing the MS Turanor PlanetSolar and its crew was not navigating on a sustainable energy source but rather the centuries-old threat of pirates. "It [...]

Teachers prank students in video testimonials

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Students at Abby Kelley Foster Charter School were recently asked to film video testimonials for the Worcester, Massachusetts, school. However, unbeknown to the students, their teachers were actually planning an elaborate prank. While the students offer heartfelt speeches, the teachers are secretly dancing behind them with wild abandonment. A soundtrack featuring Whitney Houston's "I Wanna [...]

How cabbies earn an extra $144 million in tips every year

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Tipping: It's a pain. Not so much because we don't like rewarding good service — we absolutely do — it's just that we never have any idea what's customary to tip for service outside a restaurant. I mean, what do … Continue reading

Egg-throwing hostilities end in murder

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What started as two neighbors throwing eggs at each other's apartments ended with the death of an innocent man stabbed in the back. The San Antonio Express reports that 32-year-old Juan Antonio Rivera has entered a guilty plea to murder after he allegedly stabbed Michael Washington, 31, in the back with a kitchen knife. Sadly, [...]

Photos: Classic images of boomtown Las Vegas

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Photos: Classic images of boomtown Las Vegas

Man builds Tesla gun that can shoot 20,000 volts of electricity

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Add this to the increasing number of unusual weapons straight out of a sci-fi movie: A repurposed Nerf gun equipped with a Tesla coil that can shoot up to 20,000 volts of electricity. This electrifying gun created by Rob Flickenger was inspired by the fictional … Continue reading

Kids reenact 'Sabotage’ video in tribute to Adam Yauch

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In a wonderful tribute to late rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch, James Winters, a Portland, Oregon-based filmmaker, enlisted three children for a remake of the 1994 music video for the Beastie Boys' hit "Sabotage." "Worked on this with the wife, kids and our nephew over the past week to pay tribute to Adam," Winters wrote in [...]
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