2013年8月4日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Tighter security at some US missions over al-Qaida

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 02:16 PM PDT

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Security forces closed roads, put up extra blast walls and increased patrols Sunday near some of the 22 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington had ordered closed for the weekend following warnings of a possible al-Qaida attack.


Hit-and-run driver accelerated onto LA boardwalk

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 02:46 PM PDT

In this still frame made from security camera footage from Snapchat, Inc. headquarters, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. A driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk in a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured 11 others. (AP Photo/Snapchat Inc.)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver parked outside a hotel and surveyed the leisurely summer scene at the Venice Beach boardwalk: Hundreds of people were sitting at cafes, walking along the seashore or shopping at vendors selling jewelry or art.


Ohio killer set for execution found hanged in cell

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 12:21 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Billy Slagle. Slagle, facing execution Wednesday was found hanged in his cell at the Chillecothe, Ohio Correctional Institution Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, File)CLEVELAND (AP) — A man condemned to death for fatally stabbing a neighbor during a Cleveland burglary was found hanged in his cell Sunday just days before his Wednesday execution.


Egypt says clock ticking on sit-in standoff

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 02:05 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against the Egyptian Army after "Iftar" during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest security body warned Sunday that the clock is ticking for a peaceful end to the standoff over sit-ins by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, suggesting that authorities will break up the protests unless mediation efforts produce results soon.


Israel expands subsidies to settlements

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 08:27 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat says that Israel will free the first batch of a promised 104 long-serving Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners on Aug. 13. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday expanded its list of West Bank settlements eligible for government subsidies, a decision that came just days after the resumption of long-frozen peace talks and drew quick Palestinian condemnation.


As PED-Day looms, will it deter drugs in baseball?

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2013 file photo, Detroit Tigers' Jhonny Peralta reacts as he ducks away from an inside pitch from Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer during the third inning of a baseball game in St. Petersburg, Fla. Major League Baseball has told the union which players it intends to suspend in its drug investigation and which ones will receive lengthier penalties for their roles in the Biogenesis case. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Baseball's PED-Day is set to launch. The question now is whether this will stop the drug cheats once and for all.


Peter Capaldi named as next 'Doctor Who' star

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 12:45 PM PDT

FILE- Glasgow-born actor and Oscar winner Peter Capaldi, as he appeared in London in this file photo dated May 12, 2013. Peter Capaldi is named late Sunday Aug. 4, 2013, as the next lead star for the long-running British science fiction TV series "Doctor Who." (AP Photo / Dominic Lipinski, PA, FILE) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESLONDON (AP) — Peter Capaldi is going from spin doctor to "Doctor Who."


Rescuers find body of Mt. Hood snowboarder

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 11:55 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Hood River County Sheriffs Office a hiker stands at the entrance to an ice tunnel that collapsed, trapping a snowboarder at Oregon's Mt. Hood Saturday Aug. 3, 2013. Rescue crews early Sunday morning will resume the search for a snowboarder who was trapped under the collapsing ice tunnel. The snowboarder has not been identified. He was traveling with five companions on Saturday afternoon when the tunnel collapsed. The five were uninjured and called police. (AP Photo/Hood River County Sheriffs Office)MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AP) — A dozen rescuers armed with chain saws and other tools chipped away at tons of ice and snow Sunday to the recover the body of a 25-year-old snowboarder killed when an ice tunnel collapsed on Oregon's Mount Hood.


Powerball jackpot at $400M after no weekend winner

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT

FILE- In this Nov. 28, 2012, file photo, Powerball numbers are chosen in the $579.9-million game drawing at the Florida Lottery in Tallahassee, Fla. No one hit the Powerball jackpot on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, so the $400-million prize will roll over for the next drawing on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No one hit the Powerball jackpot this weekend, so the money will roll over and create a roughly $400 million prize for Wednesday's drawing.


Sikh temple attack united victim's son, ex-racist

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 09:23 AM PDT

In this July 31, 2013, photo, Pardeep Kaleka, right, and Arno Michaelis pose for a photo at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wis. At left is a bullet hole from a shooting at the temple a year ago when a white supremacist shot and killed six temple members, including Kaleka's father, Satwant Singh Kaleka. Michaelis, a former skinhead, reached out to Kaleka after the shooting and since then the pair have formed an unlikely alliance, teaming up to preach a message of peace throughout Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — Six weeks after a white supremacist gunned down Pardeep Kaleka's father and five others at a Sikh temple last year, Kaleka was skeptical when a former skinhead reached out and invited him to dinner.


Police arrest suspect in deadly LA driving attack

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 11:20 AM PDT

In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. At least a dozen people were injured, two of them critically, according to police. (AP Photo/Snapchat)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder after a driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk, a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed an Italian woman on her honeymoon and injured 11 others.


Happy Birthday, Mr. President: Obama turns 52

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 11:09 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, second from right, leaves Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for a weekend in Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The President turns 52 Sunday and will be spending his birthday at Camp David. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Barack Obama most likely heard strains of "Happy Birthday" this weekend.


Lawyer shocked condemned Ohio killer found dead

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 11:56 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Billy Slagle. Slagle, facing execution Wednesday was found hanged in his cell at the Chillecothe, Ohio Correctional Institution Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, File)CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney for a condemned killer found hanged in his Ohio death row cell says the defense is shocked and saddened and had hoped to stop his Wednesday execution.


Longtime NBC News reporter John Palmer dies at 77

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 03:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, John Palmer attends the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom in New York. Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News over a span of 40 years, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at George Washington University Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — John Palmer, the longtime correspondent for NBC News who died Saturday after a brief illness, was remembered by former colleagues as a hardworking, gracious reporter who moved easily from war zones to the White House and who brought a reassuring voice to news broadcasts.


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