2013年4月1日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Conn. lawmakers agree on new gun laws

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 03:50 PM PDT

From the left, Connecticut State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, Senate President Donald Williams Jr., State Senate minority leader John McKinney, and House minority leader Lawrence Cafero, listen to residents of Newtown testify during a hearing of a legislative task force on gun violence and children's safety at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Connecticut lawmakers are in Newtown for the hearing, where those invited to give testimony include first responders and families with children enrolled at Sandy Hook Elementary. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)Some of the toughest regulations in the U.S, were proposed after Newtown.


Suspicion in DA death shifts to white supremacists

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:33 PM PDT

Kaufman law enforcement officers patrol outside the county courthouse Monday, April 1, 2013, in Kaufman, Texas. Law enforcement officials throughout Texas remained on high alert Monday seeking to better protect prosecutors and their staffs following the killing of county district attorney whose assistant was gunned down just months ago. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)wo days after a Texas district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home, authorities have said little about their investigation or any potential suspects.


Pope visits first pontiff's tomb beneath Vatican

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 02:32 PM PDT

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, and Bishop Vittorio Lanzani, partially hidden, visits the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican and where St. Peter is believed to be buried, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)Pope Francis took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of St. Peter, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica.


Police say driver on drugs in Calif. Walmart crash

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:06 PM PDT

Police suspect drug use in Calif. Walmart crashHaamid Ade Zaid is being held for assault with a deadly weapon and other charges.


Tech firms going to new lengths to recruit talent

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:20 PM PDT

Google bicycles are shown at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, March 15, 2013. Companies say extraordinary campuses are a necessity, to recruit and retain top talent, and to spark innovation and creativity in the workplace. And there are business benefits and financial results for companies that keep their workers happy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Plans are in the works for a flurry of massive, perk-laden headquarters.


All talk and no action out of North Korea

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:53 AM PDT

NKorea declares state of war with SKoreaThe White House denies provoking the nation with military maneuvers.


Mashaal re-elected as Hamas leader

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 02:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father's funeral at a Mosque in Amman, Jordan. Senior Hamas figures gathered for the last stage of internal elections on Monday in Cairo, where two officials in the Islamic militant movement said a new leader may be announced later in the day. Qatar-based Mashaal, who has run the Palestinian movement since 1996, is seen as the front-runner. Mashaal, 56, is backed by regional powers Qatar, Turkey and Egypt. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud, File)He's sparred with hardliners over reconciliation with Western-backed Palestinian rivals.


Have regrets from your college days? You're not alone

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Students take their seats for the diploma ceremony at Harvard University in CambridgeMany Americans say they wish they would have studied harder and networked more.


Walker: Activision’s animated ‘face man’ has human flaws

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:47 PM PDT

Behind Bungie's Deal with ActivisionThe computer game maker's computerized head spouts some oddly eerie dialog.


Caroline Kennedy to be nominated as ambassador to Japan

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 03:42 PM PDT

Caroline Kennedy to Be Named Ambassador to JapanObama is to appoint the only living child of President John F. Kennedy, a source says.


Employee groups competing may produce more weight loss

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Employees offered financial incentives to lose weight may drop more pounds when they're competing as part of a group of colleagues, a new study suggests.

Prosecutor asks for death in Colo. theater shooting

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. Prosecutors say they are not are ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. In a court filing Thursday, March 28, 2013 prosecutors criticized defense attorneys for publicizing Holmes' offer to plead guilty. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)The accused Colo. movie theater gunman's trial is set for February 2014.


Look mom: Two wheels

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Look mom: Two wheelsSaudi youths demonstrate a stunt known as "sidewall skiing" (driving on two wheels) in the northern city of Hail, in Saudi Arabia March 30, 2013. Performing stunts such as sidewall skiing and drifts is a popular hobby amongst Saudi youths. REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hwaity (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXY2R3

Obama comforts 5-year-old at White House Easter Egg Roll

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama consoles Donovan Frazier, 5, who lost during his easter egg roll event during in the 135th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in WashingtonWith a hug for the youngster, the president plays the role of comforter-in-chief.


Ariz. won't change tune on gay marriage, despite his gay son

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

A Republican congressman from Arizona told a local news station that his son's sexual orientation hasn't changed his view that same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry. Rep. Matt Salmon, from Arizona's 5th Congressional District, told 3TV that he loves his son and does not believe he chose to be gay, but that he [...]

Judge grants California city bankruptcy protection

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, a light standard rests at the dilapidated entrance to city hall in Stockton, Calif. A judge accepted Stockton's bankruptcy application on Monday, April 1, 2013, making the city of nearly 300,000 people the most populous city in the nation to enter bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The people of Stockton will feel financial fallout for years after a federal judge ruled Monday to let the city become the most populous in the nation to enter bankruptcy.


Newtown parents make an emotional plea on gun

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Assault weapons ban sidelined in the Senate"The most dangerous part of the assault weapon is the magazine," says one mother.


Oldest person in the United States dies at age 113

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The oldest person in the United States has died at age 113, just weeks before her 114th birthday.

Jessica Lynch is ‘happy to put Iraq in the past’

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 08:08 AM PDT

Jessica Lynch Looks BackTen years ago, the 19-year-old was captured and later rescued.


Supreme Court won't hear airline appeal of ad rule

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Passengers disembark a Southwest Airlines 737-700 at Bob Hope Airport in BurbankBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal government rule that requires airlines to advertise the full cost of tickets. Allegiant Travel Co, Southwest Airlines Co and Spirit Airlines Inc had all challenged the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulation, which prohibits airlines from leaving taxes and government fees out of their advertised rates. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the rule in July on a 2-1 vote. ...


Teen Sex Fears Overblown

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:55 AM PDT

Despite periodic media scares, young teens are remarkably unlikely to be sexually active, new research finds. And even older teens are delaying sex more frequently than in the past.

Questions in China on how H7N9 flu strain killed 2

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:16 AM PDT

A vendor waits for customers near chicken cages at a market in Fuyang city, in central China's Anhui province, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said Sunday that it wasn't clear how they were infected, but that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. A third person, a woman in the nearby province of Anhui, also contracted the H7N9 strain of bird flu and was in critical condition, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a report on its website. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — Health officials say they still don't understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it's unlikely that it can spread easily among humans.


Pattycake, gorilla at NYC's Bronx Zoo, dies at 40

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 07:28 AM PDT

Pattycake, the first gorilla born in New York City, sits in the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx ZooNEW YORK (AP) — Pattycake, the first gorilla born in New York City, has died at the Bronx Zoo. She was 40 years old and suffering from chronic cardiac problems.


South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. positions destroyer

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 03:24 PM PDT

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new president vowed on Monday to strike back quickly if North Korea stages any attack, but the United States said it has seen no worrisome mobilization of armed forces by the North Koreans despite their bellicose rhetoric. "If there is any provocation against South Korea and its people, there should be a strong response in initial combat without any political considerations," South Korean President Park Geun-hye told the defense minister and senior officials at a meeting on Monday. ...

India study says sex attacks scared off tourists

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 05:48 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi in December followed by two attacks on foreign female travelers has altered how tourists view India and led to a sharp fall in the numbers of foreign tourists, especially women, a study said.

'Breakfast at Tiffany's' manuscript up for auction

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 08:52 AM PDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is rife with the author's handwritten edits — most notably changing the femme fatale's name from Connie Gustafson to the now-iconic Holly Golightly.

Afghan teenager fatally stabs U.S. soldier

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2013 file photo, U.S. Army carry team move a transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Michael Cable, 26, of Philpot, Ky., at Dover Air Force Base, Del. An Afghan teenager killed Cable in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck while he played with a group of local children, officials said Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply last month with an uptick in fighting due to warmer weather.


Hillary Clinton to give first paid speech

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:45 AM PDT

Clinton bids farewell to the State Department in WashingtonThe former Secretary of State will speak in Dallas, a report says.


Immigration deal at hand, focus turns to details

Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:13 AM PDT

Immigration deal at hand, focus turns to detailsBig business and big labor have settled on a political framework for an immigration overhaul. Now, the lawmakers writing bipartisan legislation need to resolve the nitty-gritty — and keep their parties' ...


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