2013年2月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Ex-surgeon general C. Everett Koop dies

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:52 PM PST

C. Everett KoopHe was a major force behind AIDS prevention and railed against smoking.


Group enlists big names in push for more Christian voters

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:17 PM PST

Did religious voters turn out to vote on Election Day?A group of top evangelical leaders is launching a new voter initiative in hopes of increasing turnout among Christian voters in next year's midterm elections. The American Renewal Project, an arm of the conservative American Family Association, is launching "Pastors and Pews," which will offer policy briefings to church leaders and their congregations in hopes [...]


Are donors paying for access to Obama?

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 12:42 PM PST

U.S. President Obama speaks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in WashingtonWhite House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday answered growing questions about whether big donors to President Barack Obama's nonprofit Organizing for America (OFA) are being promised access to the president. His answer? Well, kind of. While Carney had responded "no" when Fox News' Ed Henry asked if a recent report "suggests that access to the [...]


Life extension enthusiasts rejoice: Your brain cells can outlive your body

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:15 PM PST

Brain Cells Can Outlive the BodyA new study finds they can live twice as long as the organisms in which they reside.


Day after Oscars, Senate committee drops bin Laden film probe

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:38 PM PST

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal of "Zero Dark Thirty", which is nominated for Best Picture Oscar, arrive at the 85th Academy Awards in HollywoodA congressional aide said the inquiry has been closed and no further action will take place.


Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:52 PM PST

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, right, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stand together before President Barack Obama addressed the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)"I could not be more frustrated than I am right now," Haley told reporters after the meeting.


Photos: Up close and personal with a giant school of fish

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST

Photos: Up close and personal with a giant school of fishPIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED The school of fish gather in front of diver David Castro with his camera) - Smile - its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico - and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship. SEE CATERS COPY

Coast Guard releases distress call from missing family

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:27 PM PST

2 Adults And 2 Kids Missing Off Northern California CoastThey believe the call was made before the family abandoned their sinking sailboat.


High-stakes oil spill trial begins

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:48 PM PST

Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal Court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Prosecutors say BP bears the most blame for the Gulf oil spill and should pay more.


Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:30 AM PST

Inmates in the Last Mile program at San Quentin State Prison prepare to present their startup ideas in San QuentinStartup mania has taken hold behind the faded granite walls of this notorious prison.


Nigerian militants threaten to kill French hostages

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:18 PM PST

Members of Boko Haram splinter group attend a media conference in MaiduguriA radical Islamic group took the family outside a national park in Cameroon's north region.


'Capt. Kirk' wins Pluto contest

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:27 PM PST

Capt. Kirk Beams Aboard Oscars ShowWilliam Shatner's suggested name for a moon's new moniker prevails.


Meatballs pulled from Ikea shelves

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:12 PM PST

FILE - In this April 27, 2006 file photo, an exterior view of the Ikea furniture store in Duisburg, western Germany. The Czech veterinary authority said Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 it detected horse meat in meat balls labeled as beef and pork imported to the country by Sweden's furniture retailer giant Ikea. The State Veterinary Administration says the one-kilogram packs of the frozen meat balls were made in Sweden to be sold in Ikea's furniture stores that also offer typical Swedish food. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)The Swedish furniture giant becomes entangled in Europe's widening meat scandal.


No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over tweet

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:58 AM PST

Quvenzhane Wallis attends the Twentieth Century Fox And Fox Searchlight Pictures Academy Awards Nominees Party at Lure on Sunday, February 24, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP)The satirical newspaper apologizes for an offensive reference to a 9-year-old actress.


What's cooking? Just ask Pippa

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:10 AM PST

Pippa Middleton, sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, poses for photographers to promote her first book "Celebrate", on party planning, in LondonThe sister of the Duchess of Cambridge will give cooking tips a new column.


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