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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Expect new fight over Arizona immigration law

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling May Just Be the Beginning of the FightA forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law — which some experts believe could uphold the most controversial aspects of the measure — won't end legal disputes on the matter and instead is likely to ignite renewed assaults by the law's opponents.


Europe bailout of Spain could cost $125 billion

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 03:57 PM PDT

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos gestures during a news conference at the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Spain will ask for a bailout for banks felled by bad real estate loans, in an about-face that European officials welcomed Saturday and said could cost up to euro100 billion ($125 billlion). A rescue for Spain will be Europe's fourth since the single currency bloc's debt crisis erupted two years ago. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Spain became the fourth and largest country Saturday to ask Europe to rescue its failing banks, a bailout of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) that leaders hoped would stabilize a financial crisis that threatens to break apart the 17-country eurozone.


Union Rags wins thrilling Belmont Stakes

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 04:53 PM PDT

Union Rags, right, with jockey John Velazquez, holds off Paynter, with jockey Mike Smith, to win the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Saturday, June 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Union Rags picked up where I'll Have Another left off — coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race.


Rebels battle Syrian forces in Damascus

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Saturday, June 9, 2012, purports to show an injured man being treated in a mosque in Daraa, Syria. Syrian troops shelled the southern city of Daraa early on Saturday, killing more than a dozen people, activists said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALBullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital overnight, as troops battled rebels in the streets, in the heaviest fighting yet in Damascus. The violence marked an increased boldness among rebels in taking their fight against the regime of President Bashar Assad to the center of his power.


U.S., Pakistan looking more like enemies

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 6, 2012 file photo, a supporter of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawwa stands on a representation of a U. S. flag before set it on fire during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan. The U.S. and Pakistan are starting to look more like enemies than friends, threatening the U.S. fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants based in the country and efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan before American troops withdraw. (AP Photo, File)You know a friendship has gone sour when you start making mean jokes about your friend in front of his most bitter nemesis.


Al-Qaida offshoot in Somalia mocks U.S. bounty

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Al Qaeda Offshoot Offers Camels for Obama's Head, Hens for Hillary Clinton'sThe al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia has mocked the new $33 million bounty on its top leaders heads by offering its own bounty for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – 10 camels for Obama and 20 chickens for Clinton.


Atlanta megachurch pastor arrested for battery

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 08:31 AM PDT

This Friday, June 8, 2012 photo provided by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office shows megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar. Dollar has been arrested after authorities say he slightly hurt his 15-year-old daughter in a fight at his metro Atlanta home. Fayette County Sheriff's Office investigator Brent Rowan says deputies responded to a call of domestic violence at the home around 1 a.m. Friday. Rowan says the 50-year-old pastor and his daughter were arguing over whether she could go to a party when Dollar "got physical" with her, leaving her with "superficial injuries." (AP Photo/Fayette County Sheriff's Office)Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar is expected to preach on Sunday, in spite of a physical fight with his daughter that led to his arrest, his attorney said. Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies arrived at Dollar's Atlanta home around 1 a.m. Friday after they received a domestic...


50 years later, Seattle Center continues to evolve

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2012 photo, the Space Needle is seen through the walls and ceiling of the "Glasshouse," featuring a 100-foot suspended, 1,340-piece sculpture, during a preview of the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit at the Seattle Center in Seattle. Fifty years after the World's Fair inserted the Space Needle into Seattle's skyline, the city is celebrating that anniversary by offering an array of new things to see and do at Seattle Center: from a zip line to the new art glass museum. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Fifty years after the World's Fair inserted the Space Needle into Seattle's skyline, the city is celebrating that anniversary by offering an array of new things to see and do at Seattle Center: from a zip line to a new art glass museum.


Suicide bomber kills four French soldiers in Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

An attack in Nijrab district of Kapisa province targeted a convoy of French troops, officials sayA suicide bomber dressed in a burqa blew himself up near a French patrol in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding five, one of the deadliest attacks on the French contingent in months, as the Taliban step up a spring offensive. The attack occurred in the mountainous Kapisa province in the east of the country, an area mainly patrolled by a French force under NATO command. "It was an unfortunate incident. ...


Sharapova defeats Errani for French Open title

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:53 AM PDT

Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the trophy after winning the women's final match against Sara Errani of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday June 9, 2012. Sharapova won in two sets 6-3, 6-2. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)The picture she posed for at the beginning foreshadowed a mismatch in the making: 6-foot-2 Maria Sharapova standing at the net, towering over an opponent nearly 10 inches smaller than her.


Fresh out of hospital, Prince Philip turns 91

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Philip would be spending his birthday "privately"Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip celebrates his 91st birthday at home on Sunday, after five days of hospital treatment for a bladder infection sparked concerns about his health.


Calif. official caught on video allegedly beating stepson

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 06:13 AM PDT

A California man who was elected to direct a California water agency was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after a neighbor caught him on video beating his stepson. The video shows Anthony Sanchez, 34, playing catch with his stepson. When it appears the...

GOP groups heavily outspending Democrats on TV ads

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 07:54 AM PDT

The speakers railed against attacks on religious freedom and the erosion of moral valuesIndependent Republican groups are heavily outspending their cross-party counterparts on television advertising in the campaigns for the White House and control of the Senate, eating into President Barack Obama's financial advantage over Mitt Romney and prompting expressions of alarm from top congressional Democrats.


Public-employee pensions face rollback in California

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:15 AM PDT

Library clerk Jane Stahl works on a computer at a San Diego Public Library Friday, June 8, 2012, in San Diego. Stahl has worked for the city as a librarian for seven years. Voters in San Diego and San Jose overwhelmingly approved ballot measures last week to roll back municipal retirement benefits - and not just for future hires but for current employees. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)For years, companies have been chipping away at workers' pensions. Now, two California cities may help pave the way for governments to follow suit.


Report: China plans manned space launch

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 06:54 AM PDT

People watch the Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which moves to the launch pad at the Jiuquan launch center in Jiuquan, China's northwest Gansu province, Saturday, June 9, 2012. China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTChina will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday.


Houston trial focusing on stand your ground law

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT

This undated picture made available by the Harris County Sheriff's Office shows Raul Rodriguez who was charged with murder in a triple shooting that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party early Sunday, May 2, 2010. When music at a neighbor's party got too loud for his liking, Rodriguez - armed with a gun and a video camera - showed up to complain. The retired firefighter ended up in a verbal confrontation, telling a police dispatcher by phone he feared for his life and was "standing my ground." But Texas doesn't have the kind of law at the center of the Trayvon Martin slaying in Florida, and prosecutors trying Rodriguez for murder call him an aggressor who could have safely left his neighbor's driveway at any time. (AP Photo/Harris County Sheriff's Office via Houston Chronicle)When music at a neighbor's evening party got too loud for his liking, Raul Rodriguez showed up to complain, carrying a gun and a video camera.


Prosthetic leg lost at sea, returned to owner

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:09 AM PDT

A fisherman was surprised when he hauled up a prosthetic leg from the Gulf of Mexico, and even more surprised when he was able to find its owner.

Man arrested on charges of killing twins, sitter

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

A man charged with killing 9-year-old twins and their 73-year-old baby sitter has been arrested in Alabama.

Plans for Oreo's historic NYC home drawing fire

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT

In this May 15, 2012 photo, visitors examine a model of the proposed expansion of the Chelsea Market in New York. One hundred years after the introduction of the Oreo, the complex that was once the former home to Nabisco is slated for an expansion many neighborhood residents oppose. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)One hundred years after the introduction of the Oreo, an expansion plan at the iconic cookie's New York City birthplace has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its neighbors.


Hasidic Jew kicked out of police academy over beard

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT

An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police officer said he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to trim his beard.

Karzai: U.S. failed to consult Afghans on airstrike

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the United States has put the two countries' security pact at risk with a unilateral airstrike that killed 18 civilians, while a Taliban suicide bomber killed four French soldiers responding to a tipoff about a bomb hidden under a bridge.


Police: Thief stole 400,000 toothpicks

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 08:44 AM PDT

Who says toothpicks are not valuable? Police in Georgia are trying to figure out who stole about 400,000 toothpicks worth nearly $3,000 from a manufacturer in Athens.

Reports: UBS may have $350M Facebook trade losses

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Swiss bank UBS AG may have lost as much as $350 million due to technical glitches on the Nasdaq stock exchange the day Facebook went public, according to reports published Friday.

Cost to lunch with Buffett: $3.5 million

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:08 AM PDT

FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., speaks during the Economic Club of Washington's 25th anniversary celebration dinner in Washington, in this June 5, 2012 file photo. The cost to dine with investor Warren Buffett has apparently spiked in value, with one deep-pocketed bidder forking over nearly $3.5 million during a charity auction Friday night June 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)The cost to dine with investor Warren Buffett has apparently spiked in value, with one deep-pocketed bidder forking over nearly $3.5 million during a charity auction.


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