2013年1月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Cuomo signs tough new gun bill into law

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:40 PM PST

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference announcing an agreement with legislative leaders on New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)It limits magazines, gives the state more power to take away guns from mentally ill people and bans some firearms.

House approves $50.7 billion in Sandy aid

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:33 PM PST

A man stands on the debris of homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough in New YorkThe House has approved a $50.7 billion measure for Superstorm Sandy victims.

Chelsea Clinton gets high-profile inaugural role

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:48 PM PST

The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit Honoring Quentin Tarantino - Inside ArrivalsChelsea Clinton is returning to Washington—this time in a leadership role.

Facebook flop: Company's big reveal falls flat

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:41 PM PST

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg speaks during a media event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, CaliforniaTaking a cue from vintage Apple, Facebook held a hyped up event today, though the results may not have been as exciting as many expected.

Obama to unveil gun violence response Wednesday

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:05 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Flanked by school children, the president will unveil "a package of concrete proposals" on Wednesday meant to prevent another shooting tragedy like Newtown.

Gunman wounds man, himself at St. Louis school

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:30 PM PST

Police and emergency personal respond to a shooting victim at Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Police say a gunman entered the school and shot a person in the chest, then shot himself. Everyone inside the building was evacuated, though police were checking the school to make sure the building was empty. The conditions of the shooting victims were not immediately known. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)A part-time student strode into the office of a longtime administrator at a downtown St. Louis business school Tuesday and shot the man in the chest, creating panic in the school before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Greenfield: Death, smoking, pollution -- not so bad after all?

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:57 AM PST

Pictured are packs of cigarettes waiting to be purchased at a Chicago area news stand Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. New tobacco products have come nearly to a halt in the U.S. because regulatory reviews for thousands of applications required by a 2009 law are taking much longer than the law requires. Though it might sound like good news from a health perspective, the halt demonstrates how tricky it is to start regulating an industry.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)"Did you see that story in the Times the other day? Americans under 50 die earlier than their counterparts in just about every other developed country in the world. And that goes hand in hand with the story last year that life expectancy here has stagnated. What lousy news."

Photos: Wildfires ravage Australia

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:26 PM PST

Photos: Wildfires ravage AustraliaSmoke from a bushfire billows over beach goers at Carlton, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Hobart January 4, 2013. Picture taken January 4, 2013. Bushfires destroyed over 80 homes as temperatures in Australia's island state Tasmania peaked at record highs on Friday local media reported. REUTERS/Joanne Giuliani (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Mark Sanford will run for Congress

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012, file photo, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford leaves a talk on federal fiscal policy at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Sanford a former two-term governor who was a rising GOP star before he vanished from South Carolina for five days in 2009 says he is considering a campaign for his former seat in Congress. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)The disgraced former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is hoping to master the art of the political comeback.

Satanists planning rally for Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:11 PM PST

Florida Gov. Rick Scott may have earned himself a new constituency, but the devil is in the details. Local news site WPBF.com reported that a group of Satanists plans to hold a rally outside Scott's office on Jan. 25 to support the governor's signing of a bill that allows students to pray at school events. [...]

Obama limo to bear ‘taxation without representation’ plates

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:31 PM PST

President Barack Obama's official armored limo will bear license plates with the pro-D.C. statehood slogan "taxation without representation" starting Saturday, the dawn of his second term in the White House, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Mom and daughter reunite—after 3 decades

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:24 PM PST

A mother and daughter were recently reunited after 36 years of being apart. Jenny Hadley was just 15 when she gave birth to Elaine. Hadley, wanting to give her daughter a more stable upbringing, gave her up for adoption—but never forgot about her. In recent years, Hadley began searching online reunion sites with the hopes [...]

Attending Obama’s inauguration? Send us your photos

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama will be sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 21, and Yahoo News wants to see what it looks like from your perspective! If you are attending the inauguration or going to related festivities in Washington, take photos and share them with us, and we might showcase them in [...]

Hart: Why is Lance Armstrong coming clean now?

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST

FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong gestures for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race before the final stage between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)Of all the questions Lance Armstrong needs to answer about his use of performance-enhancing drugs and subsequent years of denial, explaining why he's decided to come clean now might be the most revealing.

Gov't restores Native American graffiti at Alcatraz

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:14 PM PST

Alcatraz graffiti"We restored it because it has a social significance," site supervisor Marcus Koenen told the San Francisco Chronicle. "It is part of what this park is all about."

Widow sues psychiatrist who treated accused Colo. shooter

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:22 PM PST

James Holmes behavior odd weeks before shootingThe wife of a U.S. Navy veteran killed in the Aurora shooting rampage says James Holmes should have been held in a mental health facility to protect the public.

White House praises Sen. Rubio's immigration proposals

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 17, 2012, file photo shows Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaking in Altoona, Iowa. Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a GOP in disarray. Republican officials in Washington and elsewhere concede that Romney's immediate withdrawal from politics _ while welcome by most _ has created a leadership void, leaving the GOP rudderless and fighting with itself during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall. File)They "bode well" for bipartisan action on that issue early in President Barack Obama's second term, says spokesman Jay Carney.

Serial protestor charged for outburst in Congress

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

Protestor Charged For Congress OutburstAfter his latest outburst, Rives Grogan, 48, was charged today with unlawful conduct for shouting protests from the gallery in the House chamber this morning after lawmakers had concluded reading the U.S. Constitution. As he was pulled out of Gallery 7 in the balcony level...

New Girl Scout cookie comes packed with ... vitamins?

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:21 AM PST

Girl Scout cookie lovers accustomed to seeing items like peanut butter, chocolate, coconut and more chocolate on the ingredient list may do a double take when they see the newest cookie on the order form. Alongside Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Samoas in this year's Girl...

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