Yahoo! News: Terrorism

---

• Which party is targeting your favorite TV shows?
• Teen girl shot by Taliban can stand, write
• Eerie images blend past and present
• Defense wants 9/11 trial televised globally from Guantanamo
• Obama mocks rival’s ‘Romnesia’ on issues
• Stocks see worst drop in four months
• Obama and Romney tied in Florida: Poll
• Grandson of Kim Jong Il talks about life outside North Korea
• Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk
• Woman in need of rare liver transplant turns to social media
• Obama ad hits Romney on auto bailout in Ohio
• Catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend
• Cat leads owner to discovery of ancient Roman ruins
• Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to 21
• Zimmerman's legal team can see Trayon Martin records
• Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat
• Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images
• 'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang
• Photos: Bomb explodes during Beirut rush hour
• Memo back up claims for more Benghazi security

Which party is targeting your favorite TV shows? Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:12 AM PDT Yahoo! News columnist Chris Wilson breaks down where political ad money is being spent — and why.

Teen girl shot by Taliban can stand, write Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT The Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education stood up today in a remarkable comeback from her near fatal wound.

Eerie images blend past and present Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT As+described+in+a+story+from+the+ Daily+Mail ,+Dutch+historian+Jo+Teeuwisse+discovered+300+negatives+in+a+flea+market+and+began+to+research+the+sites+of+the+photos.+This+photo+shows+soldiers++on+Avenue+de+Paris+in+Cherbourg+in+1944. ( Courtesy+of+Jo+Teeuwisse )

Defense wants 9/11 trial televised globally from Guantanamo Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT The death penalty trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks is so important that it should be televised to the public, defense lawyers argued on Friday.

Obama mocks rival’s ‘Romnesia’ on issues Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT "He's changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping, we've got to name this condition," the president joked.

Stocks see worst drop in four months Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT Poor earnings reports from three companies in the Dow Jones industrial average sent indexes down sharply Friday, marking a sour end to an otherwise strong week in the stock market.

Obama and Romney tied in Florida: Poll Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT A new CNN/ORC poll of likely voters in Florida shows President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney statistically tied in this battleground state.

Grandson of Kim Jong Il talks about life outside North Korea Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT Kim Han Sol, the grandson of longtime North Korean leader the late Kim Jong Il, has two earrings in his left lobe and a Libyan roommate at school.

Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:52 PM PDT The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some half-million bottles of spray-on lotion after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the product and coming in contact with an open flame.

Woman in need of rare liver transplant turns to social media Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT It's not just for status updates and photo sharing -- social media has become an important outlet for patients in desperate need of organ donors. Debra Karby, a 37-year-old mother from Vancouver with a rare and aggressive form of liver sarcoma, is hoping that she can increase her odds of receiving a liver by sharing [...]

Obama ad hits Romney on auto bailout in Ohio Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT "Mitt Romney. Not one of us." That's the last message in this hard-hitting ad from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, aimed squarely at arguably the most important battleground state of the 2012 presidential election: Ohio. The ad zeroes in on Romney's opposition to the auto industry bailout—a key issue in Ohio, which has a large [...]

Catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:42 PM PDT Star gazers will want to be looking upward this weekend: The Orionid meteor shower is one of the best meteor showers of the year and should not be missed. According to NASA's website: "Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, (the) source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect 25 [...]

Cat leads owner to discovery of ancient Roman ruins Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT Mirko Curti was chasing his cat through the streets of his village on Tuesday night when the cat inadvertently discovered a set of ancient Roman ruins. "The cat managed to get into a grotto and we followed the sound of its meowing," Curti told the Guardian. When he caught up to the animal, it had [...]

Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT Meanwhile, executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroids have been linked to the outbreak have been sued in an action aimed at freezing their personal assets.

Zimmerman's legal team can see Trayon Martin records Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:38 PM PDT The 29-year-old Zimmerman fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin in February. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.

Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT The school remained closed Friday some three hours after the campus-wide bomb threat was received.

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:47 AM PDT Children look at a sea lion at the zoo in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (GERMANY - Tags: ANIMALS)

'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:34 PM PDT Prohibition be damned, words were just better in the 1920s. There's a fascinating piece today in the New York Times from Edward Rothstein about the new prohibition exhibition at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center that's well worth a read if you're interested in things booze and 1920s, and of course about that truly weird little legal time in our country's history. But of extra-special interest to me in this article was the following note about the exhibit:

Photos: Bomb explodes during Beirut rush hour Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT Lebanese rescue workers and civilians carry an injured girl from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. Lebanon's state news agency says a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least six people and wounded scores in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Memo back up claims for more Benghazi security Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT Documents suggest a plan was approved for five permanent security agents, but that never happened.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610