2012年12月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:28 PM PST

FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 that doctors at the Houston hospital where Bush has been treated for a month remain A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. A bronchitis-like cough initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23.


Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:04 AM PST

NASA handout image shows storm clouds on the east coast of the United StatesAt least six deaths have been been attributed to the storm, and post-holiday travelers struggle to return to their homes.


Supreme Court justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:24 PM PST

FILE - This April 2, 2012 file photo shows Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Washington. Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after ...


Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

Neighboring Towns Give Newtown Police a BreakThe union that represents police officers in Newtown, Conn., is pushing to make more help available for those who responded to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.


Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye's Senate seat

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:38 PM PST

Lt. Gov. Schatz Reviews APECLt. Gov. Brian Schatz could be sworn in as early as this week, which would make him Hawaii's senior senator heading into the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3.


Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:04 AM PST

Winners, Losers of Shutdown ShowdownWashington police are investigating whether NBC's David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday's Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the...


Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:46 PM PST

Aspiring Officers Get Gun Training With TechnologyMore than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training.


Massive settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:30 PM PST

Settlement reached in Toyota acceleration casesToyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles.The company said the deal will resolve hundreds ...


N.Y. firefighters' killer had detailed plan for attack

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:25 AM PST

This undated image provided by the West Webster fire department shows firefighter Lt. Michael Chiapperini. Chiapperini, 43, also the Webster Police Department's public information officer, was killed when William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for the 1980 hammer killing of his grandmother, armed himself with a revolver, a shotgun and a semiautomatic rifle before he set his house on fire to lure first responders into a death trap before dawn Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/West Webster Fire Department)The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible before setting his own home on fire.


Overwhelmed Newtown officials seek temporary halt to gifts

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:30 PM PST

Officials in Newtown, Conn., are asking people to stop sending gifts to the grief-stricken community following the deadly school shooting, saying they're deeply grateful but can't handle the donation deluge.

Congress awaits Obama's return for late push on "fiscal cliff"

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:38 PM PST

Obama acortará sus vacaciones para abordar el "abismo fiscal"Aides and members of Congress have said that a modest, last-minute measure to avoid the spending cuts and most of the tax hikes could pass.


Oklahoma City house fire kills mother, 4 children

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:43 PM PST

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A fire that ripped through a home in Oklahoma City before dawn Wednesday killed a woman and her four children and left one man in critical condition with serious burns, authorities said.

New computer bridges classical and quantum computing

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST

New Computer Bridges Classical and Quantum ComputingThe new machines rely on "boson" particles, and resemble quantum computers, which differ from traditional computers in important ways.


South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

Former South African president Nelson Mandela looks on as he celebrates his birthday at his house in QunuThe former president and anti-apartheid leader now will undergo treatment in his suburban Johannesburg home, the government says.


Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST

A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.

Retailers face ho-hum holiday sales

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:08 PM PST

Customers rush to buy purses at the Macy's store during Thanksgiving Day holiday in New YorkStore owners are hoping that a big post-Christmas sales rush might help them salvage their worst performance since 2008.


Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:35 AM PST

Fatima, 13, holds a picture of her mother Narges Rezaeimomenabad, suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at a police headquarters, at her home in KabulThe Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother of three who moved here from Iran 10 years ago and married an Afghan man. ...


Former Braves star accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST

Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her.

Russian parliament endorses anti-U.S. adoption bill

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST

A protester argues with police officers outside the Federation Council on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Several protesters were detained Wednesday morning outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament as it prepared to vote on a controversial measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. The poster held by the protester reads: The upper chamber of Russia's parliament unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children.


How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped out a growing Afghan business

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:09 AM PST

An Afghan worker looks out from a window at a fruit factory which was destroyed by a car suicide bomb attack, in KabulThe global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" provided work for thousands of farmers across the country and growing steadily before the attack.


Top Syrian general joins opposition forces against Assad

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:21 AM PST

General Abdelaziz Jassim al-Shalal, the head of Syria's military police, speaks in a video uploaded on a social media websiteMaj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal appears in a video and says he is joining "the people's revolution."


Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST

A cup displaying the Starbucks Coffee logo is pictured at one of the coffee chain's store in Boca Raton, FloridaCEO Howard Schultz is urging his workers in Washington-area shops write a not-so subtle message to the nation's leaders.


GOP willing to bend on issues after election

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:29 AM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 file photo, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's annual birthday fundraiser in Altoona, Iowa. Rubio and other prominent Republicans are calling for a sweeping review of how to prevent tragedies like the Newtown, Conn., massacre. For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral drubbing, some party leaders and rank-and-file alike are signaling a willingness to bend on all three issues. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Republicans for years have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform, and gun control.


3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:48 PM PST

Afghan policemen carry the dead body of a victim at a local hospital after a suicide bomb attack in KhostKHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the eastern town of Khost, saying they had sent a suicide bomber driving a van packed with explosives to the base. "The target was those who serve Americans at that base," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. ...


Egypt's contentious Islamist constitution becomes law

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST

A view shows the Shura Council during its meeting in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi admitted on Wednesday that Egypt's economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest and allow him to focus on the financial crisis. The president said the economy also had great opportunities to grow, but earlier the Egyptian pound tumbled to its weakest level in almost eight years as ever more people rushed to buy dollars and withdraw their savings from banks. ...


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