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Ad agency turns Google Street View into a first-person shooter
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:07 PM PST
Technology News Blog - One Dutch digital ad agency gives Google Street View a sinister twist by equipping you with a virtual M4A1 rifle. Yes, the Street View that bona fide couch tourists commonly use to take virtual trips across the globe has become a first-person … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

YouTube grants schools special access to 400,000 educational videos
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:58 PM PST
Technology News Blog - YouTube has an enormous collection of educational clips that could be used by teachers, but many schools choose to block the site so that kids won't be able to access unsavory videos. Even if the site can be accessed, teachers … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Just Show Me: How to change the registration on your Kindle Fire
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:36 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to change the registration on your Kindle Fire. Changing the registration … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Remembering Noriega's infamous ouster
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:29 PM PST
The Upshot - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega returned to his home country on Sunday after spending 22 years in prisons in the United States and France on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. The 77-year-old still isn't a free man, though. Immediately upon arrival, he was taken to Panama's El Renacer prison to serve more time. [...] Full Story 		Top

Alabama Republican leading secret life as sperm donor in New Zealand
Mon,12 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST
The Sideshow - A former top state official in Alabama has been discovered to be leading a secret life in New Zealand as a sperm donor for lesbian couples. David Fisher of the New Zealand Herald unearthed the story of Bill Johnson, 52, who as recently as 2010, ran in the Republican gubernatorial primary and is the former [...] Full Story 		Top

Playboy releases Lindsay Lohan issue from custody a week early
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:59 PM PST
The Cutline - After photos from Lindsay Lohan's upcoming Playboy pictorial were purportedly leaked last week, founder Hugh Hefner has decided to go ahead and release the whole January/February issue featuring the troubled actress a week early. A day after the cover made its way to the Internet, the entire 11-page pictorial was posted via a digital magazine [...] Full Story 		Top

Disagreement over Keystone oil pipeline may prevent payroll tax cut from being extended
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST
The Ticket - Republicans have suggested that getting a payroll tax cut extension through Congress is dependent on adding language to the bill that begins the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. But the Obama administration said Monday that Republicans won't earn sufficient Democratic support using that tactic. In order to secure passage of a payroll tax cut [...] Full Story 		Top

New York Times photographer clashes with NYPD while covering Occupy arrests
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:37 PM PST
The Cutline - A freelance photographer for the New York Times covering an Occupy Wall Street protest at the World Financial Center on Monday clashed with police officers there. At least 17 protesters on the scene were arrested in the atrium of the building, according to the Times. A video uploaded to YouTube shows several NYPD officers repeatedly [...] Full Story 		Top

U.K. riot police to be equipped with laser rifles, Terminator not included
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:37 PM PST
Technology News Blog - The summer of 2011 marked a trying time for much of the United Kingdom. Social unrest sparked riots in the country's population centers and local law enforcement agencies were largely unprepared for the amount of looting and wanton destruction that took … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Michele Flournoy, No. 3 official at Pentagon, to step down
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:02 PM PST
The Envoy - Michele Flournoy, a key architect of Obama's national security policy and the most senior female Pentagon official in history, plans to step down from the number 3 job at the Defense Department in February, she told the Associated Press Monday. Flournoy, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, said she "feels compelled to 'rebalance' her personal [...] Full Story 		Top

Newt Gingrich takes his fourth 'no-adultery pledge'
Mon,12 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST
The Ticket - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich this week signed a pledge to uphold conservative values from the Iowa-based group The Family Leader and vowed to restrict federal dollars from paying for abortion overseas, uphold the Defense of Marriage Act and stay true to his wife, Callista. "I will also oppose any judicial, bureaucratic, or legislative effort [...] Full Story 		Top

Famous photo of female Pearl Harbor firefighters debunked
Mon,12 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST
The Sideshow - A photograph of three women reportedly fighting fires in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been debunked. Katherine Lowe, 96, who is the woman standing second from the right in the picture, says that while the photo is real, it wasn't actually taken on December 7, 1941. On the morning of [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama: We asked Iran to give us our drone back
Mon,12 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST
The Envoy - President Obama has a message for Iran: He would like America's downed spy drone back. Obama revealed the request for the return of the drone--which fell to earth in Iran recently, and has since been flaunted in video footage by the Iranian government--during a Monday White House news conference. The president shared the podium with [...] Full Story 		Top

Michelle Obama helps break world record for jumping jacks
Mon,12 Dec 2011 10:06 AM PST
The Sideshow - Michelle Obama has earned her family another place in history. This time, Mrs. Obama will share the honor with more than 300,000 other participants on Sunday who set the record for most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. The previous world record was just 20,000. In a video from the White House, seen [...] Full Story 		Top

Looking for new music? Check out Third Rock — America's Space Station
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:45 AM PST
Technology News Blog - There are a lot of good options for listening to internet radio, but sometimes you're looking to explore something with a bit more range. Starting today, NASA's got you covered. You may be wondering what the space agency has to do … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro will have 480-hour battery life, available February 7
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:40 AM PST
Technology News Blog - Gamers let out a collective groan when Nintendo announced that a new peripheral was on the way to give its new 3DS handheld console an additional circle pad. This pad provides better control by making it easier for players to look around … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

BuzzFeed makes buzzy hire of Politico's Ben Smith, to add 12 more journalists in 2012
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:35 AM PST
The Cutline - Here's an outside-the-box media move from inside the Beltway: Ben Smith, the well-regarded Politico writer, is leaving the influential D.C. publication to become editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, a site focused on highlighting buzzy social content on the Web. Smith starts at BuzzFeed Jan. 1. John Harris, Politico's editor-in-chief, says the Brooklyn-based Smith--who has been with publication [...] Full Story 		Top

Kagan recused herself from Arizona immigration law case
Mon,12 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST
The Lookout - The Supreme Court has agreed to arbitrate the battle between the Obama administration and Arizona on the state's tough immigration law. The law, known as SB 1070, passed in 2010 but lower courts had blocked its full implementation. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the court's review of Arizona's immigration law because of [...] Full Story 		Top

Video: Puppy eats while sitting upright in chair
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST
The Sideshow - In this video, 7-month-old Bella races into her very own doggy chair, pulls down her feeding tray and begins to eat her dinner … sitting upright. Bella's owners say that she is forced to eat this way because she was diagnosed with congetical megaesophagus, which prevents her from being able to swallow food while standing [...] Full Story 		Top

Florida county will throw parents of truant kids in jail
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:54 AM PST
The Lookout - A new truancy court in Palm Beach, Florida aims to cut down on the state's absentee rate for young children by punishing parents who don't take their kids to school. Florida law says parents of children under 16 who let their kids miss 15 days of school within three months can be sent to jail [...] Full Story 		Top

Dutch Architects Spark Outrage with Design Resembling Twin Towers
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:49 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! The design of a residential high-rise in South Korea is stirring an uproar across America. The Dutch architecture firm MVRDV calls the building's design 'The Cloud', however it bears a striking resemblance to the World Trade Center during its collapse on 9-11. In 'The Cloud' [...] Full Story 		Top

In Republican debate, Gingrich and Romney make big bets
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST
The Signal - Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich placed prominent wagers in Saturday night's Republican Presidential debate. Romney's was spontaneous and flip while Gingrich's was calculated and quite cold. Meanwhile, prediction market traders bet on whose bet was best, giving Gingrich a significant edge. Romney, denying an allegation that he endorsed mandatory national health insurance in the [...] Full Story 		Top

Man prints fake obituary of own mom to get day off work
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:22 AM PST
The Sideshow - A 45-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with a crime after publishing a fake obituary of his own mother in order to get time off work. It sounds like the sort of unfeeling stunt worthy of "Seinfeld" character George Costanza, but Scott Bennett has been charged with disorderly conduct after sending in the fake obituary [...] Full Story 		Top

Americans give Congress lowest ethics rating in Gallup history
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:09 AM PST
The Ticket - A record 64 percent of American adults surveyed by Gallup in a poll released Monday rated the honesty and ethical standards for members of Congress as "low" or "very low." Those numbers mark the lowest rating that Gallup  has measured for any profession since it began polling the question in 1976. The 64 percent rating [...] Full Story 		Top

Brave new world: Russian president faces Facebook backlash after pledge to probe election fraud
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:04 AM PST
The Envoy - Responding to the largest protests Russia has seen in two decades, Russia's social-networking president Dmitry Medvedev took to Facebook on Sunday to announce a new public inquiry into the country's disputed parliamentary elections. Critics of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party allege that it engaged in widespread voter fraud to win a parliamentary majority [...] Full Story 		Top

Murder conviction overturned after juror tweets about coffee
Mon,12 Dec 2011 07:46 AM PST
The Sideshow - An Arkansas man who was sentenced to death for the murder of a 17-year-old boy has had his conviction overturned after a juror tweeted about pending deliberations--and the poor quality of  courthouse coffee. In granting a request for the convicted 26-year-old defendant in the case, Erickson Dimas-Martinez, the Arkansas Supreme Court also found the verdict [...] Full Story 		Top

Rick Perry admits back pain hindered early debate performances
Mon,12 Dec 2011 07:40 AM PST
The Ticket - Rick Perry's uneven early debate performances, which ranged from stiff to lethargic, have long fueled rumors that the candidate was struggling with pain stemming from back surgery he underwent last summer. In an interview with the Des Moines Register's Kathie Obramovich, the Texas governor finally admitted back pain was a factor in his dismal debate [...] Full Story 		Top

Video: See the Milky Way from a historic Chilean desert
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:47 AM PST
The Sideshow - In this clip of time-lapse photography from Stéphane Guisard, you'll see  breathtaking views of the Milky Way from Chile's Atacama desert on a perfectly clear night. Clear skies are not unusual in this 600 mile stretch of desert, which includes what National Geographic calls the "driest place on Earth"--a stretch of land that has not [...] Full Story 		Top

Jobless over the holidays? Tell Yahoo News your story
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:41 AM PST
The Lookout - Ah, the holidays! A time for reindeer, mistletoe and over-eating. But the season isn't all comfort and joy. Gifts for family and friends, entertaining, travel--the costs pile up quickly, for all of us. And if you're one of the more than 13 million Americans who are unemployed-- especially if you're among the roughly 5.7 million [...] Full Story 		Top

Gingrich would end Fed's emphasis on jobs, focus only on inflation
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:15 AM PST
The Lookout - If Newt Gingrich were president--something that has recently at least entered the realm of plausibility--the Federal Reserve would no longer worry about trying to create jobs, and would focus instead only on controlling inflation. And wealthy financial industry tycoons like Warren Buffett would likely get a big tax cut. When Gingrich released his economic plan [...] Full Story 		Top

Ratings: ABC/Yahoo News Republican debate drew biggest audience of 2012 race so far
Sun,11 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PST
The Cutline - The ABC News/Yahoo News Republican presidential debate drew 7.58 million total viewers on Saturday night, making it the most-watched GOP debate of the 2012 campaign season so far. The two-hour debate--moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos from Des Moines, Iowa--also drew 2.1 million 25-to-54-year-old viewers, according to Nielsen data, more from that age demographic [...] Full Story 		Top

What now? Why the next 10 days are the most critical of the GOP campaign
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST
The Ticket - Six months ago, political junkies were deriding this year's Republican presidential race as one of the slowest and least exciting nomination battles in recent memory. Mitt Romney looked hard to beat. Newt Gingrich's campaign appeared all but dead. And several key Republicans whom many party insiders had begged to run—including Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Mike [...] Full Story 		Top

Yahoo! readers rate the debate: '$10,000 is more than some people make in a year'
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:48 PM PST
The Ticket - For the Republican candidates' debate in Iowa on Saturday night, Yahoo News posed real-time questions to those watching the event live stream to gauge their feelings about candidates' responses to moderators (and each other), and solicited comments on a live blog of the event. Here are the key takeaways from our audience feedback, along with [...] Full Story 		Top

VIDEO: Mitt Romney offers Rick Perry a $10,000 bet on debate stage
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:25 PM PST
The Ticket - At the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, Mitt Romney bet Rick Perry $10,000 on stage that he was wrong when Perry said that Romney supported an federal individual mandate to buy health care in his book, No Apology. You can watch the exchange below: Romney's offer soon went viral in the social [...] Full Story 		Top

Analysis: Newt Gingrich survives first big night of attacks
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:04 PM PST
The Ticket - In his first debate Saturday as the polling Republican frontrunner, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich bore the brunt of the attacks from every contender on the stage on a host of issues. But after two hours of attacks in the forum, co-sponsored by Yahoo News, ABC News and the Des Moines Register, he appeared to [...] Full Story 		Top

Who are you watching the debate with?
Sat,10 Dec 2011 05:29 PM PST
The Ticket - Are you watching the Republican candidates this evening in Des Moines? We're streaming it here at Yahoo and you can also watch it on ABC. We'd like to see photos of who you're watching the debate with. You can upload them to our Flickr group or send them to showthecandidates@yahoo.com. We look forward to seeing [...] Full Story 		Top

Liveblogging the ABC News/Yahoo News GOP presidential debate in Iowa
Sat,10 Dec 2011 05:24 PM PST
The Ticket - With the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses less than a month away, don't expect the candidates to play nice when they take the stage for the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, sponsored by ABC News and Yahoo News. During the debate, read and contribute to our liveblog below, which will feature real-time discussion and [...] Full Story 		Top

Can Gingrich stay positive? Will Romney go negative? A preview of Saturday's Yahoo/ABC debate
Sat,10 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST
The Ticket - Come to Yahoo! at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday to watch the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, sponsored by Yahoo News and ABC News. You will be able to provide real-time feedback, and to read and watch live coverage and analysis. David Chalian is the Washington bureau chief for Yahoo News. Amy Walter is [...] Full Story 		Top

Juror's tweets become grounds to overturn death sentence
Fri,9 Dec 2011 06:28 PM PST
Technology News Blog - In 2010, Erickson Dimas-Martinez became a death row convict after he was found guilty of robbing and shooting a teen. Now, his sentence has been overturned because the Arkansas Supreme Court judges decided it was inappropriate for juror Randy Franco to have … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Crazy wheelchair attachment lets you cruise in electric style
Fri,9 Dec 2011 06:18 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Professor X take note: the WHILL is one snazzy wheelchair accessory. The latest in innovative solutions for people with physical disabilities, this crazy-looking device made by the Japanese company of the same name attaches to any standard wheelchair and turns … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top


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