2013年3月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Cardinals head into first full day of voting

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:27 PM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Most bets are on a choice by Thursday but there's no clear favorite.


Man sought in 2 deaths captured in Ore. motel

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:36 PM PDT

This photo provided by the King County sheriff's office shows Michael "Chad" Boysen. King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West says 26-year-old Boysen was released Friday, March 8, 2013, after serving nine months on a burglary conviction. Now, Boysen is accused of killing his grandparents in Renton, Wash., since he was released. (AP Photo/King County Sheriff's Office, Cindi L. West)Police stormed a motel room and captured a man suspected in the deaths of his grandparents.


Obama won't balance budget 'Just for the sake of balance'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:02 PM PDT

President Obama Won't Balance Budget 'Just for the Sake of Balance'In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Obama rejected calls to balance the federal budget in the next ten years and instead argued that his primary economic concern was not balancing the budget, but rather growing the economy. "My goal is not to chase...


Rape trial brings scrutiny to Ohio town

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:34 PM PDT

Harding Stadium, home of the Steubenville High Big Red football team sits in the middle of Steubenville, OhioTwo high school football players accused of raping a girl will face trial Wednesday.


Venezuela investigates Chavez poisoning claim

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:56 PM PDT

Venezuela's acting President, Maduro, gestures to supporters after he registered as a candidate for president in the April 14th election outside the national election board in CaracasAccusations say the late president's cancer was caused by enemies from abroad.


Oklahoma executes man convicted in 3 murders

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:13 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 26, 2002 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Steven Ray Thacker. Convicted of three murders in three states, Thacker is set for execution this week after waiving his right to seek clemency from the state's parole board. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)Steven Ray Thacker was convicted of killing three people during a 10-day rampage in 1999.


Scientists: Mars could once have supported life

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:03 PM PDT

Mars Could Once Have Supported Life: What You Need to KnowThey reached this conclusion after studying new observations from NASA's Curiosity rover.


Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, faces criticism for buying rifle

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, listens to her husband Mark Kelly, right, during a return to the supermarket where she was wounded in a rampage two years ago in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly went to a Tucson gun store a week ago to buy a .45-caliber handgun and a military-style rifle the day before the appearance. It didn't take long for the purchase to draw criticism from gun-rights supporters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)His buy shows how easy it is to get the kind of firearms he's lobbying Congress to ban.


Colorado lawmakers approve bill for same-sex civil unions

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:39 PM PDT

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the reopening and remembrance of the Century Aurora Theater in AuroraA bill to legalize same-sex civil unions in Colorado won final approval from state lawmakers.


L.A. archdiocese settles sex abuse cases for $10M

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2006 file photo, Cardinal Rogery Mahony celebrates mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four clergy sex abuse cases that alleged abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told Mahony nearly 30 years ago he had molested children, attorneys confirmed on Tuesday March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)A now-defrocked priest allegedly told Cardinal Roger Mahony 30 years ago he had molested children.


Man convicted in deadly Craigslist plot in Ohio

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:13 PM PDT

Richard Beasley slumps over after being found guilty of aggravated murder in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers and then rob them, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Lynne Callahan's courtroom in Akron, Ohio. He was charged with killing two men from Ohio and one from Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo, Pool)A self-styled street preacher accused of teaming up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers and then rob them was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated murder and could face the death penalty.


Cyber attack cuts access to JPMorgan Chase site

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:30 PM PDT

Woman walks past JP Morgan Chase's international headquarters on Park Avenue in New YorkThe bank's online services were unavailable because of a denial-of-service attack.


George P. Bush running for Texas office

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, left, talks to businessmen prior to making the opening statements at the Texas Business Leadership Council in Austin, Texas. Ending months of speculation about what post the grandson of one former U.S. president and nephew of another planned to seek, spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to run for land commissioner, a popular stepping stone to higher office.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork to run for land commissioner next year.


Vaccine linked with small risk of paralysis disorder

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:14 PM PDT

A study finds a connection with a neurological disorder and swine flu shots.

FAA approves Boeing's 787 fix

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:53 PM PDT

A Japan Airlines aircraft takes off as All Nippon Airways' Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner plane parks on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in TokyoThe Dreamliner's batteries must pass rigorous testing before flying passengers again.


Washington D.C. sinkhole draws jaded jokes

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:31 PM PDT

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is used to being the brunt of jokes, particularly those centered around the action, or lack of it, on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, the focus moved to the Adams Morgan neighborhood, where some saw a symbol of Washington - a gaping sinkhole in the middle of a bustling sidewalk. Unlike the fatal sinkhole that swallowed a man as he slept in his Seffner, Florida, home on February 28, or the one a golfer fell into on an Illinois fairway earlier this month, the Washington sinkhole is more on the order of a large pothole. ...

Bloomberg: NYC soda decision just 'temporary setback'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:54 PM PDT

NYC Super-Sized Soda Ban Halted by JudgeThe mayor asks businesses to "voluntarily" comply with the drink-size limits.


Feds bust up $100M crop insurance fraud ring

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, March 8, 2013, a tobacco warehouse owned by Roy Johnson Raynor is shown at 1441 S. Church Street in Rocky Mount, N.C. Raynor is one of 41 people who have either pleaded guilty or reached plea agreements after profiting from false insurance claims for losses of tobacco, soybeans, wheat and corn. Prosecutors say bulk tobacco supposedly destroyed by bad weather and pests was secretly sold under false by several brokers in eastern North Carolina, part of a massive crop insurance fraud conspiracy prosecutors say cost the government-backed program $100 million in false claims. Raynor pleaded guilty in 2010 to conspiring to make a false statement, making a material false statement and committing mail and wire fraud. He was sentenced to one year in federal prison for brokering $1.4 million in deals for the "hidden" tobacco. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)Dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers were involved, authorities say.


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