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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Ga. GOP tries to rally behind Perdue

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:13 AM PST

Republican Georgia U.S. Senatorial candidate David Perdue, left, makes a point to Democrat Michelle Nunn as he calls Nunn a Senate primary weakened David Perdue, who is facing a surprisingly strong Democrat.


Arrests in L.A.-area Halloween crash that killed 3

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 04:22 PM PST

Brianna Diaz, 12, left, and Sandra Anderson, 13, of Orange, Calif. light a candle at a street-side memorial at North Jacaranda Street and Fairhaven Avenue in Santa Ana, Calif. on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 for three teenage trick-or-treaters killed in a Friday night hit-and-run accident. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have made multiple arrests in connection with the Halloween hit-and-run deaths of three teenage girls who were out trick-or-treating in a Los Angeles suburb, authorities said Sunday.


Maine nurse sees Ebola quarantines as 'abundance of politics'

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:14 AM PST

Nurse Kaci Hickox joined by her boyfriend Ted Wilbur speak with the media outside of their home in Fort Kent, Maine(Reuters) - A U.S. nurse who challenged quarantines of health care workers returning from treating West African Ebola patients said on Sunday she thought "an abundance of politics" lurked behind them. Kaci Hickox has fought a heated public battle over what she considers draconian measures to isolate her for 21 days after her return from Sierra Leone, in a case that highlights the dilemma over how to balance public health needs and personal liberty. In some U.S. ...


Branson determined to find cause of Virgin spaceship crash, pilots identified

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 09:51 PM PDT

Sheriff's deputies look at a piece of debris near the crash site of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near CantilBy Daina Beth Solomon and Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson vowed on Saturday to find out what caused his space tourism company's passenger spaceship to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other, but expressed a desire to press on with the dream of commercial space flight. U.S. ...


Kenya's Kipsang, Keitany win NYC Marathon crowns

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:47 AM PST

Wilson Kipsang of Kenya crosses finish line to win men's professional division of the 2014 New York City Marathon in Central Park in ManhattanBy Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wilson Kipsang won a lucrative duel to the finish to join compatriot Mary Keitany in a Kenyan sweep of the men's and women's races at a cold, windy New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipsang and Keitany both pulled away in the last Central Park stretch, with Kipsang's victory bringing him a $600,000 payday as the win also gave him the $500,000 World Marathon Majors bonus. "Of course I was thinking about it," Kipsang said about the bonus.


To salvage his presidency, Obama faces pressure to reboot - but will he?

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:32 AM PST

Obama campaigns for Democratic candidates at Wayne State University in Detroit, MichiganBy Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reshuffling of President Barack Obama's staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressional elections, which are likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency. Forecasters say that Republicans, who have made Obama's unpopularity a top issue in the elections, are in a strong position to capture the six seats they need to take over the Senate from Democrats. They are also expected to expand their majority in the House of Representatives. ...


Virgin Galactic CEO sees new spacecraft ready next year

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:55 AM PST

In this April 29, 2013 file photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo under rocket power, over Mojave, Calif. Virgin Galactic has reported an unspecified problem during a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket. The company tweeted Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, morning that SpaceShipTwo was flying under rocket power and then tweeted that it had "experienced an in-flight anomaly." The tweet said more information would be forthcoming. (AP Photo/Virgin Galactic, Mark Greenberg, File)Virgin Galactic could have a new spacecraft ready to fly by next year, the chief executive of Richard Branson's space tourism company said in an interview published on Sunday, reacting to concerns about the safety of technology used in the Virgin craft that crashed last week.


Suspected suicide bomber kills dozens on Pakistani-Indian border

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:20 AM PST

A woman mourns for her relative next to the bodies of bomb blast victims at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. A bomb exploded near a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint Sunday, killing scores of people near the country's eastern border with India in an attack suspected to be the work of a suicide bomber, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)At least 45 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the Pakistani-Indian border, police said, just after a daily ceremony when troops from both sides simultaneously lower the two nations' flags. Hundreds of people visit the Wagah border crossing near the Pakistani city of Lahore to witness the flags of both countries being lowered just before sunset. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place on the Pakistani side of the border. ...


After Maine fire, questions about victims, cause

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 03:24 PM PST

Friends of a victim of a fatal apartment building fire console each other Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, in Portland, Maine. Fire swept through a two-apartment building housing students from the University of Southern Maine on Saturday morning, killing four people and critically injuring one, authorities said. They were still trying to account for several people who had been at a Halloween party at the building the night before. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)After an intense blaze tore through an apartment house near the University of Maine, killing five people and critically injuring another, investigators were back at the scene Sunday hunting for clues to the cause of the state's deadliest fire in three decades.


Party leaders clash over Obama as election nears

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 02:20 PM PST

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rests the crowd as she appears on stage to speak at a campaign event for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., in New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)He is not on the ballot, but President Barack Obama was the focus in a final-weekend clash between candidates and party leaders as an increasingly confident Republican Party eyes control of Congress two days before Election Day.


Islamic State group kills 50 Iraqis

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:42 AM PST

Iraqi Officials: IS Extremists Line Up, Kill 50Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 Iraqi tribesmen, women and children Sunday, officials said, the latest mass slaying by militants who have killed some 150 members of the tribe in recent days.


Gunfire rings out at state TV station in Burkina Faso

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 08:24 AM PST

A pro-democracy protesters holds up a Burkina Faso flag at Place de la Nation in OuagadougouGunfire broke out on Sunday at the headquarters of state-run RTB Television in Burkina Faso's capital, a Reuters witness said, amid a power struggle in the wake of the resignation of the country's long-standing President Blaise Compaore. The shots were fired shortly after the arrival of Sara Sereme, the head of opposition party PDC, and about 100 of her supporters. (Reporting by Nadoun Coulibaly and Joe Penney; Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Louise Ireland)


Official: Debris sign of spaceship breaking up

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 10:09 PM PDT

This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday. (AP Photo/KABC TV)Investigators said a path of debris across the California desert indicates the aircraft broke up in flight.


Obama says wealthy don't need another champion

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, during a campaign event for US Senate candidate Gary Peters, right, and gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer, left, at Wayne State University, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 in Detroit, Mich. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)DETROIT (AP) — Yelling out a populist theme until his voice turned hoarse, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Michigan voters in the midterm campaign's final weekend to cast ballots for Democrats who support a higher minimum wage.


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