2012年6月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Utah wildfire forces 2,300 residents out of their homes

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT

Emergency responders work on a wild land fire that is threatening homes in Saratoga Springs, Utah, Friday, June 22, 2012. About 1,000 homes are being evacuated after high winds kicked up a fire near a northern Utah dump. Fire officials were calling in additional aircraft to fight the fast-moving fire near Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain. At one point, the fire threatened an explosives factory. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred) SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; PROVO DAILY HERALD OUT; MAGS OUTUnpredictable winds and high temperatures were challenging crews in their battle Saturday against a Utah wildfire that forced more than 2,300 people to flee their homes.

Sandusky on suicide watch, undergoing evaluations

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Jerry Sandusky Trial Did Not Include All of His Alleged VictimsFormer Penn State Coach Could Face More Charges, Civil Suits

Months later, massacre haunts Syrian town

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:33 AM PDT

In a Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, Syrian Abu Eissa Ghazzal, 75, walks next to a house that was burned during a military operation by the Syrian army in April 2012, in the town of Taftanaz, 15 kilometers east of Idlib, Syria. At dawn on April 3, Syrian forces shelled the town in the first volley of what residents say was a massive assault after a string of large protests calling for the end of the autocratic rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)The destruction remains visible throughout Taftanaz, but many of the residents are gone, never to return.

Bullying of teachers more damaging in online era

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:26 AM PDT

In this cellphone video image taken from YouTube via AP video, bus monitor Karen Klein reacts to several seventh-grade students mercilessly taunting her on a bus, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Greece, N.Y. Since the video has gone viral, small donations for Klein from around the world have poured into the crowd-funding site indiegogo.com, at one point crashing the site and pulling in a staggering $443,057 by early Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/YouTube via AP video)The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how student harassment of teachers and administrators has become more spiteful and damaging in the online era.

Police: Two dead at Beverly Hilton in murder-suicide

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:20 AM PDT

This Feb. 17, 2012 photo shows a general view of The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Police say two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide in a room shooting at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are being held at the posh hotel. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are being held at the posh hotel, police said Saturday.

Juror: Sandusky accusers' credibility boosted case

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody with Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012. Sandusky was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years, accusations that had sent shock waves through the college campus known as Happy Valley and led to the firing of Penn State's beloved Hall of Fame coach, Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)The credibility of the accusers who testified at the trial of Jerry Sandusky solidified the case against him, a juror said Saturday, a day after the retired Penn State coach once viewed as the successor to Joe Paterno was found guilty on 45 counts of child sex abuse.

New Jersey mayor shows up at accident scene — again

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:32 AM PDT

NJ Mayor Cory Booker Shows Up at Accident Scene… AgainMayor Cory Booker has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. The mayor of Newark, N.J., who some have called a superhero, helped out at the scene of an accident on Friday, just two months after he rescued his neighbor...

Mutilated bodies found outside Mexican supermarket

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Lawyer Guerrero holds up a tablet to show a combination of photos of her client Beltran during a news conference in GuadalajaraFourteen mutilated corpses and a threatening message aimed at a drug cartel were found inside a truck in the parking lot of a supermarket in a northern Mexico city, local media reported on Saturday. Mexico's attorney general's office could not immediately confirm the reports of the grisly discovery in Mante and police officials in the crime-ridden city were not immediately available for comment. Mexican media said the body parts belonged to 10 men and four women and the message was directed at the Gulf cartel. ...

Why is Romney's time at Bain Capital such a target?

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Mitt Romney's record running the Bain Capital investment firm continues to get close and sharp-edged scrutiny, giving the Obama campaign ammunition as it tries to defend its own record during rough economic times.

'Soup Nazi' company caught in legal dispute

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT

A legal dispute is threatening to put the restaurant chain created by the real-life Soup Nazi on simmer. Al Yeganeh was immortalized on the show "Seinfeld" as the Soup Nazi, a character famous for his unsavory behavior and for uttering the iconic "No soup for you!" catchphrase.

Obama, Romney seek advantage on health care ruling

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:58 AM PDT

President Obama Slams Mitt Romney's Record on OutsourcingPresident Barack Obama ardently defends his federal health care overhaul. Republican challenger Mitt Romney adamantly opposes it. But this coming week, when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the law, both sides will be scrambling for political gain no matter the outcome.

Man captured on video faces child abuse charges

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

California Official Allegedly Whips Stepson: Caught on TapeThe former director of a California water agency director has been charged with felony child abuse after a neighbor posted online video that shows him hitting his stepson with a belt for dropping a baseball during a game of backyard catch.

Turkey threatens action after Syria downs jet

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Map locates Latakia, Syria, near where a Turkish plane was shot down by Syria.Syria said Saturday it shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane because the plane entered its airspace, insisting it was "not an attack" as both sides desperately tried to de-escalate the episode before it exploded into a regional conflagration.

Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:43 PM PDT

Pilgrims queue outside Saint Peter's Basilica as they wait to pay their respects to the late ...The Vatican has hired an American journalist from the Fox News Network and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media, a senior Church source said on Saturday. Greg Burke, Fox's Rome-based roving correspondent for Europe and the Middle East, will become a "senior communications adviser" to the Secretariat of State, the key department in the Vatican's central bureaucracy.

Egypt to announce election results Sunday

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters shout slogans in Tahrir Square as the country awaits the outcome of a presidential runoff vote in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 23, 2012. Tens of thousands of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have rallied in the capital's Tahrir Square in a show of force backing candidate Mohammed Morsi, who has warned against manipulating results in a vote that he says he has won. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)Egypt will release results from disputed presidential elections Sunday, the country's top elections commission official said — an announcement that will put an end to nerve-wracking uncertainty about who is the official winner, but promises no resolution to the power struggles between Islamists, the military and other factions.

Hamas threatens to escalate attacks on Israel

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:36 AM PDT

A member of the Hamas security forces inspects the damage to a Hamas security building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, early Saturday, June 23, 2012. A Gaza health official reported that at least one militant was killed and more than a dozen wounded during Israeli air strikes Saturday on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military says the airstrikes target Palestinian militants who have fired over 150 rockets at residential areas in southern Israel this week(AP Photo/Adel Hana)Gaza's militant Hamas rulers threatened to escalate fighting with Israel on Saturday after airstrikes killed several gunmen in the coastal territory, and Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel wounded one person and damaged an elementary school in the country's south.

What's next for Jerry Sandusky after verdict

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse Friday, June 22, 2012, after being found guilty in his sexual abuse trial, at the Centre County Courthouse, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years, accusations that had sent shock waves through the college campus known as Happy Valley and led to the firing of Penn State's beloved Hall of Fame coach, Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; ALTOONA MIRROR OUT; LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS OUT; CLEARFIELD PROGRESS OUT; HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS OUT; CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE OUT; STATECOLLEGE.COM OUTA jury took less than two days to find Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse, but the judge will need substantially more time to decide his punishment.

China set to conduct first manual space docking

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:08 PM PDT

A photo of the giant screen at the Jiuquan space center shows the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft undergoing the automatic dockingChinese astronauts are due to carry out the nation's first manual space docking Sunday, a highly complex manoeuvre that will bring the Asian powerhouse a step closer to building a space station.

Obama urges action on transportation, student loans

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Hillsborough Community College in TampaPresident Obama is urging lawmakers to put politics aside and pass legislation to fund transportation projects and extend low-rate student loans, saying there is "no excuse for inaction." "We are seven days away from thousands of American workers having to walk off the job because...

Hundreds evacuated from Kennedy Airport terminal

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Hundreds of air passengers and staff were evacuated from a terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport after a metal detector malfunctioned at one of the security checkpoints.The Transportation Security ...

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