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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Health care decision marks the beginning of the John Roberts era

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2008, file photo, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., is seen in Providence, R.I. Turned away at the Supreme Court, congressional Republicans sketch a filibuster-proof strategy to repeal the nation's health care law in 2013. But it hinges on two uncertainties _ Mitt Romney capturing the White House and the party seizing even narrow control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)Chief Justice John Roberts could have taken down the entire, massive health care law that his fellow Republicans deride as "Obamacare." He could have prevented the Supreme Court decision that largely disabled the most disputed aspects of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Heat warnings on top of power outages

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Fierce US storms cut power to millionsExtreme heat warnings were issued for 14 states on Sunday, complicating an already dangerous situation created by a massive weekend storm that killed at least 12 people and left more than 3 million without power in the mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service forecast excessive heat from Illinois to Georgia, a [...]

Officials: Colorado wildfire almost half-contained

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT

A firefighter from King Canyon National Park in California walks through a burned-out area of Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, June 29, 2012. After declaring a "major disaster" in the state early Friday and promising federal aid, President Barack Obama got a firsthand view of the wildfires and their toll on residential communities. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is now the most destructive wildfire in state history. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Christian Murdock)The worst wildfire in Colorado history is now almost half-contained, state officials said Sunday, as cooler temperatures, higher humidity and some rain the day before helped firefighters battle the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs. "We got clouds, we got overcast and it actually started raining," Jerri Marr, a [...]

Rupert Murdoch: Scientologists ‘creepy, maybe even evil’

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:13 AM PDT

News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Murdoch enters his vehicle as he leaves his home in New YorkRupert Murdoch, New Corp. chief executive and outspoken octogenarian media mogul, took to Twitter on Sunday to weigh in on the breakup of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. And Murdoch's tweets about Scientology sparked a big backlash. "Scientology back in news," Murdoch tweeted. "Very weird cult, but big, big money involved with Tom Cruise either [...]

Mexico poised to return old ruling party to power

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:21 PM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), accompanied by his wife Angelica Rivera, flashes his election ink-stained thumbs after he cast his vote in the general election in Atlacomulco, Mexico, Sunday, July 1, 2012. According to polls, the PRI, holds a sizeable lead in these elections, after being kicked out of the top office by voters 12 years ago. At right is Pena Nieto's wife, Angelica Rivera. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)Mexico's voters appeared poised to bring the old guard back to power on Sunday in a mostly quiet and orderly vote that was marked by a heavy police and troop presence in violence-plagued parts of the country.

Hyped plan to end Syria crisis falls flat

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses during a news conference following the Action Group on Syria meeting in the Palace of Nations, Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the United Nations' Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)The much-hyped plan to end Syria's misery and guide its transition to democracy appears to have fallen flat despite the endorsement of Western powers.

Bicyclist in Calif. Climb to Kaiser ride dies

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT

Riders meet up before the start of the annual Climb to Kaiser ride, Saturday morning, June 30, 2012 near Fresno, Calif. The ride, covering 155 miles, with a 13,500 elevation gain is rated as one of the 10 toughest rides in America by Bicycling Magazine. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, John Walker)A Southern California man taking part in what is considered one of America's most grueling bicycle rides has been killed after he lost control of his bicycle and hit a tree.

Republicans to file 'Fast and Furious' suit

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Speaker John Boehner gestures during a news conference in WashingtonThe Republican-led House of Representatives plans to file a civil suit in federal court in the next several weeks over the Obama administration's refusal to give Congress documents about a failed gun-running probe, House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday.

Bombings leave four dead in Iraq

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 28, 2012, file photo, people inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. June was the second-deadliest month since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in mid-December, but more significant than the numbers was the fact that insurgents appeared able to sustain the level of violence over a longer period than usual.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)Bombers killed four people in two Iraqi cities and gunmen assassinated a judge, officials said Sunday, as al-Qaida's affiliate ramped up attacks six months after the last U.S. troops withdrew.

Scouts from fire-ravaged Colorado town die in crash

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Five people died when a vehicle returning to Colorado from a Boy Scout camp in Wyoming slammed head-on into a motor home, authorities said Sunday.

America's Generation Y not driven to drive

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT

To Shoshana Gurian-Sherman, driving seemed like a huge hassle. "Part of it was laziness," the 23-year-old Minneapolis resident recalled. "I didn't really want to put in the effort to learn how to drive ... I knew how to ride the buses, so it was not necessary. "And the other thing was, it was just scary, the idea of being in charge of a vehicle that potentially could kill me or other people," Gurian-Sherman said. ...

Graduate student attacked by chimp improves

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT

In this photo taken Feb. 1, 2011, chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat of held captive as pets. (AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith)Doctors are reporting improvement in the condition of an American graduate student attacked by chimps he was studying in South Africa.

First reactor in Japan goes online since crisis

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:33 AM PDT

A participant holds a slogan and a photo of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a rally protesting the restart of Ohi nuclear power plant, in Tokyo, Sunday, July 1, 2012. Noda ordered the restarts of the plant's two reactors last month, saying people's living standards can't be maintained without nuclear energy. Protesters were against a return to nuclear power because of safety fears after the Fukushima accident and demanded the resignation of Noda. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of its reactors for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

No universal approach to wooing Hispanic voters

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT

In this Friday, June 29, 2012 photo, Carissa Valdez, left, a volunteer for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, listens to Ruben Gallardo, who she registers to vote, as a group of volunteers work to register new voters as they canvass a heavily Latino neighborhood in Phoenix. Across the country both political parties have been courting the Latino vote, the nation's fastest-growing minority group. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)In New Mexico, Tomasita Maestas says she will pick the presidential candidate who has the best plan to fix education and the economy.

Syrian opposition group: 800 killed in past week

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:26 AM PDT

In this Thursday, June 28, 2012 photo, embers of the Free Syrian Army are seen in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Much of the violence that has gripped Syria has been sanctioned by the government to crush dissent. But rebel fighters are launching increasingly deadly attacks on regime targets, and several huge suicide bombings this year suggest al-Qaida or other extremists are joining the battle. A bomb blast rocked central Damascus on Thursday near a busy market and the country's main justice complex, wounding at least three people and sending a cloud of black smoke into the air. (AP Photo)Syria's main opposition group says nearly 800 people have been killed in escalating violence across the country in the past week.

Photos: Storms pound mid-Atlantic region

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Photos: Storms pound mid-Atlantic regionLighting flashes Saturday morning, June, 30, 2012 in Hebron Md.. Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least nine people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach triple-digits. (AP photo by Salisbury Daily Times, Kristin Roberts)

GOP: Voters will have final say on health care law

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:56 PM PDT

GOP: Voters will have final say on health care lawRepublican congressional leaders said Sunday that voters — not the Supreme Court — will have the final word on President Barack Obama's health care law come November. And they are betting that the law's ...

Church attacks in Kenya kill 15, wound 40

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

An armed Kenyan policeman walks inside the African Inland Church, as a body of one of those killed in the attack lies on the ground underneath church pews, in Garissa, Kenya, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Grenade and gunfire attacks on two Kenyan churches near the border with Somalia killed 10 people and wounded 40 on Sunday in what was likely an attack by militants from Somalia, an official said. (AP Photo/Chris Mann)Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation from inside and out on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 40, security officials said.

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