2013年3月31日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Three killed in 75-vehicle pileup

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:51 PM PDT

This image provided by WXII Channel 12 news, shows the scene following a 75-vehicle pileup on Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina border in Galax, Va., on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Virginia State Police say three people have been killed and more than 20 are injured and traffic is backed up about 8 miles. (AP Photo/WXII, William Bottomley) MANDAORY CREDIT: WXII,WILLIAM BOTTOMLEYAbout 75 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring more than 20 others, police said.


High court could upend civil rights policies

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:27 AM PDT

In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole poses for a photo on campus near the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major, became president of the school's Black Student Alliance, seeking camaraderie after noticing he often was the only African-American in his classes. In two pivotal legal cases, one on affirmative action and another on voting rights, a divided U.S. Supreme Court may be poised in the coming weeks to rule that racism is largely a relic of America's past. The question is apt as the nation nears a demographic tipping point, when non-whites become the country's majority for the first time. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?


Texas D.A. slain in his home; had armed himself

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:46 PM PDT

This undated photo taken from the Kaufman County, Texas, website shows Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland. McLelland and his wife were found killed in their house, Saturday, March 30, 2013, two months after one of his assistants was gunned down near their office, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kaufman County)Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and was extra careful when answering the door at his home.


Egyptian TV satirist released after questioning

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Egypt's most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country's leader and Islam.


South Africa says Mandela's condition has improved

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Visitors walk past a statue of Nelson Mandela outside the Victor Verster Prison near PaarlThe condition of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia.


Obama, family attend Easter services near the White House

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:05 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama waves as he walks with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters after attending Easter service at St. John's Episcopal Church in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama and his family walked to church on Sunday for Easter services across from the White House.


U.S. face-transplant recipient marries burn victim: report

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Dallas Wiens, the United States' first full face transplant patient, speaks to reporters at a news conference at Brigham and Women's Hospital in BostonFace-transplant recipient Dallas Wiens married a fellow burn victim on Saturday in the same church where his face was melted in an electrical accident, the Dallas Morning News reported. In 2011, Wiens received the first full face transplant ever performed in the United States.


Mark Kelly: Mental health background check could’ve prevented Tucson

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:12 AM PDT

En esta fotografía de archivo del 30 de enero de 2013, el ex astronauta Mark Kelly da su testimonio en una audiencia ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado en Washington, D.C. La hija de Kelly paseaba a su perro Shiner en la playa de la isla Goff cuando éste salió corriendo repentinamente, llevándose consigo la correa con la que ella lo conducía y atacó a un león marino bebé sobre la arena el sábado 23 de marzo de 2013. (Foto AP/J. Scott Applewhite, archivo)Mark Kelly, retired astronaut and husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, told "Fox News Sunday" that gun control legislation currently being discussed in Congress needs to include a background check that carries better mental health screening.


Letters From a 'Lost' Marilyn Monroe, Angry John Lennon to Be Auctioned

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Letters From a 'Lost' Marilyn Monroe, Angry John Lennon to Be AuctionedA letter from a "lost" Marilyn Monroe to mentor Lee Strasberg and one from an irritated John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney are among hundreds of historical objects set to be auctioned on May 30. It is part of the second in a series...


Pope makes Easter plea for Mideast peace

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Pope Francis, holding the pastoral staff, celebrates the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. "Our daily problems and worries can wrap us up in ourselves, in sadness and bitterness, and that is where death is," he said. "Let the risen Jesus enter your life, welcome him as a friend, with trust: he is life!" said Pope Francis during the Easter vigil. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world, decrying the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass at an outdoor altar before more than 250,000 people in flower-bedecked St. Peter's Square.


Analysis: Insider case against SAC manager may be tough to prove

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Michael Steinberg leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - To win a guilty verdict against one of hedge fund titan Steven A Cohen's most senior portfolio managers, U.S. prosecutors face a tough task: convincing a jury that a man who already admitted to breaking the law is telling the truth on the witness stand.


Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill; Keystone plan assailed

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Handout of men wearing protective clothing survey cleanup efforts from oil spill in Mayflower(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that spewed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident ...


Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2012 file photo, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Dalrymple signed legislation on March 26, 2013 that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected — something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Rival legal teams, each well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for high-stakes court battles in the coming months over this law and one enacted in Arkansas that would would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel, File)Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion.


NKorea calls nukes country's 'life' at big meeting

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 06:55 AM PDT

South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, March 31, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life" and will not be traded even for "billions of dollars."


Signed Iconic Beatles Album Auctioned for $290,500

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Signed Iconic Beatles Album Auctioned for $290,500A copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members has shattered expectations at auction. The iconic album was sold Saturday for $290,500 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It had been listed at $30,000 before the sale....


Study shows Shakespeare as ruthless businessman

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:58 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Monday March 9, 2009 file of a then newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, is seen in central London, New research depicts William Shakespeare as a grain hoarder, moneylender and tax dodger who became a wealthy businessman during a time of famine.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.


Oops: Macy’s marks down $1,500 necklace to $47

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Attention, unemployed copyeditors: Macy's may soon have a job opening for you. The department store giant mailed a catalog to customers earlier this month which mistakenly offered a $1,500 sterling silver and 14-karat gold necklace for just $47. The heading: "SUPER BUY." The actual sale price was supposed to be $479, but Macy's printed the [...]

4-year-old girl shot dead in car in Miami

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:31 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A 4-year-old girl was fatally shot while she sat in a car outside her grandfather's Miami home, and now detectives are trying to determine if another child who was in the vehicle pulled the trigger, police said Sunday.

Sanity at issue at Wisconsin dad's trial for killing 3 girls

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Attorney Donna Burger watches as Aaron Schaffhausen pleads guilty in a St. Croix County Courtroom on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Hudson, Wis. Schaffhausen, 35, pleaded guilty to killing his three young daughters at their home in western Wisconsin, but still maintains he shouldn't be held responsible because he was insane. Schaffhausen changed his plea Thursday after more than a day of legal wrangling about what kind of evidence would be allowed at his trial. He answered yes when the judge asked if he was guilty. The change-in-plea means prosecutors won't have to prove Schaffhausen killed his daughters at their River Falls home last July 2012. The defense will have to prove he had a mental disease or defect, and that he lacked substantial capacity to appreciate that what he did was wrong or couldn't control his impulses. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTHUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police found a horrifying scene at the Schaffhausen family home in the western Wisconsin city of River Falls last July: three girls dead in their beds, their throats slashed. In the basement, gasoline was sloshed in a possible attempt to burn down their mother's house.


1 killed, 3 hurt accident at Ark. nuclear plant

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:20 AM PDT

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — One worker died and three others were injured Sunday morning when a heavy piece of equipment fell on them at an Arkansas nuclear plant, officials said.
bnzv