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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Weak jobs report: Let the fingerpointing begin

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about jobs for veterans, Friday, June 1, 2012, at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions Global Headquarters in Golden Valley, Minn. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)President Barack Obama on Friday put the blame for a weaker-than-expected May jobs report on Congress, saying lawmakers' inaction has stymied economic recovery. "Right now, Congress should pass a bill to prevent more layoffs," Obama told an audience gathered at Honeywell's Golden Valley, Minn., facility, which the president had earlier toured. Obama said Congress has not [...]


Stocks suffer worst day this year

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Stocks Suffer Year's Worst Day on Jobs ReportAfter a dismal May jobs report, U.S. stocks had their worst day in 2012, erasing the gains for the year and touching lows for a number of benchmarks. The S&P 500 index fell nearly 2.5 percent to 1,278 as the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell over 2.8...


Zimmerman’s bond revoked, has 48 hours to surrender

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT

George Zimmerman appears before judge at bond hearing in Sanford, FloridaA Florida judge has revoked the bond of George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman accused of killing teen Trayvon Martin, on the grounds that Zimmerman misled the court about his finances. During Zimmerman's bail hearing in April, his family testified they had limited funds, prosecutors said on [...]


Afghan shooting suspect faces new charges

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Bales' attorney said Friday, June 1, 2012, that the U.S. Army has dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against him in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan. Bales is now accused of gunning down 16 civilians - instead of 17 - in a pre-dawn raid on two Afghan villages in March, 2012. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock, File)Army prosecutors have dropped one of the 17 murder charges against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for his alleged shooting rampage against Afghan civilians this past March.  Prosecutors also have added charges that he used alcohol and steroids during his deployment to Afghanistan.   During the pre-dawn hours...


Canadian porn star killer's victim identified

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Canadian Porn Star Killer's Victim Identified as Chinese Student Jun LinAuthorities have identified the victim of a brutal videotaped murder that was discovered after the victim's body parts were mailed to Canadian government offices by a suspected porn star who is the focus of an international manhunt.


Why 'idiot' humans are the best cyber weapon

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:29 PM PDT

File photo of Bumgarner holding a notebook computer while posing for a portrait in CharlotteFor the second time in as many years, computer security experts have hailed the discovery of a new cyber weapon as one that could change the face of cyber warfare forever. Flame, publicly disclosed earlier this week and found in dozens of computers in Iran...


Super PACs are a man’s world: Few donations are from women

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:05 PM PDT

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows from left, President Obama speaking at the TPI Composites Factory, a manufacturer of wind turbine blades on May 24, 2012, in Newton, Iowa, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaking at the Solyndra manufacturing facility on May 31, 2012, in Fremont, Calif. The weak May unemployment report released Friday, June 1, 2012, presents President Barack Obama with a sobering reminder that his stewardship of a gradual recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression presents a tenuous argument for his re-election. However anemic job growth and an uptick in joblessness to 8.2 percent give new resonance to Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney's campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Mary Altaffer. File)About 80 percent of the money raised by super PACs looking to influence elections so far this year have come from men, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics. And of the remaining 20 percent donated by women, half of it came from one person. CBS News reports: According to [...]


Is social media losing its mojo?

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:06 AM PDT

FacebookAs the Facebook stock has turned leaden, so has the atmosphere around all social media.


Romney won't tell Trump to dial it down

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Which Politicians Does Donald Trump Give His Money To?Nobody wants to tell Donald Trump what to do or say, and that includes the presumptive Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney. In an interview this afternoon with CNBC, Romney declined again to condemn Trump's remarks throughout the week that claimed President Obama was not,...


'Someday I want to be president': Book sheds light on young Obama

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Young Barack Obama.In the forthcoming biography "Barack Obama: The Story," due in bookstores June 19, David Maraniss tells the largely untold story of Obama's family, his life growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia, his journey through college in California and New York.


No relief in sight for New Mexico’s record wildfire

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:25 AM PDT

NASA handout image of wildfires in New MexicoJune 1 may be the official start of hurricane season, but a mammoth wildfire in New Mexico could also have everyone's attention for weeks or months to come.


Senate races to watch in 2012

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren Comes CleanOver the past several months, new obstacles have continued to stack up as a few seemingly locked-up Senate races have become less than sure for the GOP.


John Edwards jurors say 'evidence wasn't there' to convict

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:19 AM PDT

John Edwards Jurors Say 'Evidence Wasn't There' to ConvictJurors talked publicly for the first time about the sometimes heated exchanges inside the jury room.


Bill Clinton attacks Walker, tea party, ahead of Wisconsin recall

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Do you support division or compromise? That's the choice former President Bill Clinton presented to an audience gathered Friday morning at a rally for Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett. Barrett is facing Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a special recall election contest being held Tuesday, June 5. Clinton flew to Milwaukee Friday morning to [...]

May’s jobs report disappoints across the board

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 06:31 AM PDT

In this Thursday, May 31, 2012, job seekers gather for employment opportunities at the 11th annual Skid Row Career Fair at the Los Angeles Mission in Los Angeles. U.S. employers created 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up. The dismal jobs figures could fan fears that the economy is sputtering. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created just 69,000 jobs in May -- the fewest in a year -- and the unemployment rate crept up to 8.2 percent.


Men's porn use linked to unhappy relationships

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Men's Porn Use Linked to Unhappy RelationshipsYoung women who report that their romantic partners look at porn frequently are less happy in their relationships than women partnered with guys who more often abstain, new research finds.


Video: Cleveland teen goes from homeless to Harvard

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:53 PM PDT

Video: Cleveland teen goes from homeless to HarvardLocal student David Boone is admitted to almost all Ivy League colleges with grades and perseverance after being forced to sleep in parks after home life turmoil.


Bill Clinton criticizes Obama’s Bain attacks, praises Romney’s career

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:10 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton during funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy in BostonFormer President Bill Clinton suggested in a television interview that he believes President Obama's re-election campaign should stop trashing Mitt Romney's work in the private equity industry.


Judge orders ‘Adolf Hitler’ to be kept in child custody

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT

A Superior Court judge in New Jersey has ruled that a pair of self-described Nazi parents will not regain custody of their four children, one of whom they named Adolf Hitler. The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that the four children have been in child custody since 2009 when then 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell made headlines [...]

High school chemistry project goes viral on YouTube

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:23 AM PDT

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Extra credit assignments in high school are notoriously tedious activities that require a lot of attention. Hence, the term "extra." One 10th-grade student took his extra credit chemistry assignment and turned it into a viral sensation. Eli Cirino decided to write a song and make [...]

Marilyn Monroe back on stage… as a hologram

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:27 AM PDT

It looks like a Marilyn Monroe fan's best friend isn't diamonds... but recent advancements in holographic technology. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a company called Digicon Media is planning to bring the deceased icon back on stage as a hologram, … Continue reading
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