2013年5月10日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Unexpected twists in Texas plant blast

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

File picture shows the site of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, as pictured from the air as Obama assesses the damage from Marine OneA paramedic was charged with possessing bomb-making materials.


White House rebuffs Boehner on Benghazi-related emails

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

Boehner demands release of Benghazi emailsPresident Barack Obama's standoff with congressional Republicans over Benghazi escalated on Friday as the White House rebuffed House Speaker John Boehner's demand that it turn over unclassified internal emails linked to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack. Press secretary Jay Carney rejected the request and again accused Republicans of trying to milk the tragic death [...]


Neighborhood of Cleveland's last gruesome crime still struggling

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Cleveland neighborhoodCLEVELAND—The neighborhood around the dilapidated home where three women were held prisoner for a decade continued to bustle with police and media activity on Friday amid a steady stream of curious onlookers. Police stand guard over the vicious crime scene on Seymour Avenue, where the women—Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus—were allegedly raped, beaten [...]


SAT tests canceled in all of South Korea

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:37 PM PDT

A student attends a class at Samsung Art and Design Institute in SeoulIt's the first time the college prep exam has been called off in an entire country.


Shapiro: Obama’s Bush-league mistakes, from Benghazi to Syria

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speak during his visits Manor New Technology High School, Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Manor, Texas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)It's simple: Don't make threats until you've worked out how they'll be enforced.


Relatives: Castro used life-size manneqin to scare people

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:27 PM PDT

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro, 52, after he was ordered to be held on $8 million bail Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a former school bus driver, is accused of imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over a decade in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County)Nobody was ever allowed past the living room at his house, say family members.


White House calls for IRS investigation

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and the Senate GOP leadership answer questions following a Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. From left are Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The agency apologized for placing heavier scrutiny on conservative groups.


200 sick after dining at popular Vegas restaurant

Posted: 10 May 2013 03:25 PM PDT

It's the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in a decade.

Man, angry with neighbors, takes bulldozer to homes

Posted: 10 May 2013 03:38 PM PDT

Sheriff's deputies say a man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation, and cutting power to thousands of people.

Ahead of Mother's Day, Obama rallies women around health law

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers remarks on jobs during a visit to Manor New Tech High School in AustinThere is 'so much misinformation' surrounding the law, the president said.


Cop reunites with man he saved on Golden Gate Bridge

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:15 AM PDT

BriggsOn March 11 2005, Kevin Berthia wanted to take his own life.


Analyst who questioned Hispanic intelligence resigns

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:28 PM PDT

Jason RichwineJason Richwine, a Heritage Foundation analyst and the co-author of a study that measured the cost of an immigration reform bill, resigned from the conservative public policy organization after news organizations reported he had authored a dissertation asserting that Hispanics had lower IQs than whites and wrote for a website founded by white nationalists. "Jason [...]


Poachers kill at least 26 elephants in Central Africa

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:56 AM PDT

At Least 26 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Central AfricaAll the elephants, including four calves, had their tusks removed.


Man awarded $59K for incorrect death diagnosis

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:16 AM PDT

It's everyone's worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Of course, there's always the extremely rare chance it was all a mistake. Luckily for a traumatized Mark Templin, it was an incorrect diagnosis—one that resulted in an almost $60,000 settlement. In 2009, Templin had gone to the Fort [...]

Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:28 AM PDT

The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters hired an actor to dress in full tactical gear (complete with a fake gun) and walk into the movie theater during the [...]

American Heart Association: Dogs are good for the heart

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:37 PM PDT

American Heart Association: Dogs are good for the heartThe American Heart Association (AHA) has declared that pets, especially dogs, are good for a person's heart. Further proof that dogs are among the best friends a person could have. Dr. Glenn N. Levine, director of Baylor University's cardiac care unit, was quoted in a press release from the AHA saying, "Pet ownership, particularly dog [...]


Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, dies

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:56 AM PDT

FILE - In July 29, 1999 file photo, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X, leaves Family Court in Yonkers, N.Y., after a detention hearing. In 1997, Shabazz, then 12, set a fire at the Yonkers home of his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm Xís widow. She died from severe burns. U.S. officials say Shabazz was killed Thursday, May 10, 2013 in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)In 1997, Shabazz set a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty Shabazz.


Uncle: Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a police shootout, was buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie, File) MANDATORY CREDITRuslan Tsarni said that the body was buried with the help of a "faith coalition."


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