Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News:
- Newark mayor saves woman from house fire
- Essential apps for an epic road trip
- No use for your old CDs? Amazon will take them off your hands
- US denounces North Korea over failed rocket launch
- Obama says Air Force One travel is 'not my choice' in sharp exchange
- North Korea launches long-range missile; launch fails
- Fox News threatens Gawker's 'Fox Mole' with legal action: 'A crime has been committed'
- Romney campaign fundraises off Ann Romney stay-at-home mom criticism
- Taste testers enlisted to sample fish exposed to Scottish gas leak
- George Zimmerman buys $79.84 worth of items from jail store
- Gawker gets 'Fox Mole' legal threat, responds with photo of Bill O'Reilly and topless woman
- This video game will cost you $1,300
- Snackman: New York City's snack-eating subway hero a Web hit
- Amazing video shows 100 years of ocean travel in 1 minute
- What kind of car would President Obama be?
- George Zimmerman charged with 2nd-degree murder: Trayvon Martin shooter to remain in jail (LIVE coverage)
- Obama administration to Syria's Assad: 'Stop killing your people'
- How to know if your Mac is infected with the Flashback virus (and how to fix it)
- Don't go in the Water: Jaws coming to Blu-ray August 14
- Six bulldog puppies rescued from locked suitcase
- Sorry, Hilary Rosen: Ann Romney works really hard, Democrats insist
- Canada issues glow-in-the-dark dinosaur quarter
- Novelty grenade in package causes World Financial Center building to evacuate
- More Than Mere Magic Mushrooms
- Ann Romney responds to claim she has 'never worked a day in her life'
- Arden's Garden: Atlanta juice maker takes on national brands and wins
- Happy Birthday, Romneycare! XOXO, Obama campaign
- Newt Gingrich: 'CNN is less biased than Fox'
- Obama says Kanye West is 'very talented' but still a 'jackass'
- Joe Muto, Gawker's 'Fox News Mole,' fired by network: 'They nailed me'
- Trayvon Martin mom Sybrina Fulton retracts 'accident' comment: 'George Zimmerman stalked my son and murdered him in cold blood'
- North Korea: The Impossible State
- Ann Romney speaks up on Twitter, Obama has more to say on 'Buffett Rule,' plus more to watch for Thursday in politics
- 7 smart toys for today's connected kids
- Just Show Me: How to use your iPhone as a stopwatch
- Mourdock, Lugar share common ground at Indiana Senate debate amid fiery primary
- Why is Charles Manson back in the news?
- Mike Tyson on sex, drugs and Trayvon Martin
- Mike Tyson on George Zimmerman: 'It's a disgrace he hasn't been shot yet'
- Zimmerman charged with second-degree murder in Trayvon Martin shooting
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Newark mayor saves woman from house fire
Thu,12 Apr 2012 11:13 PM PDT
The Lookout - Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark rescued a woman trapped in a burning house Thursday night and carried her to safety. Booker was treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital and released. He also suffered second-degree burns on his hand. The New York Times reports that Booker arrived at his Newark home after taping [...] Full Story | Top |
US denounces North Korea over failed rocket launch
Thu,12 Apr 2012 06:34 PM PDT
The Ticket - The White House late Thursday denounced North Korea's failed effort to launch a rocket, condemning the attempt as a severe breach of its international obligations and warned that the secretive regime's "pattern of aggressive behavior" had only succeeded in further isolating itself from the international community. "Despite the failure of its attempted missile launch, North Korea's [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama says Air Force One travel is 'not my choice' in sharp exchange
Thu,12 Apr 2012 04:47 PM PDT
The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) President Barack Obama on Thursday firmly rejected any criticism that his worldwide travel on Air Force One or his family's vacations have left him out of touch with Americans' struggles, saying flying aboard the famed official plane is "not my choice." "The fact of the matter [...] Full Story | Top |
North Korea launches long-range missile; launch fails
Thu,12 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT
The Upshot - UPDATE: [9:20pm ET]: This story will be updated as events unfold. U.S. officials say they believe the launch failed. U.N. Security Council is meeting Friday to discuss a response. This is the third failed attempt at an orbital launch since 1998. Defying international pressure, North Korea launched a long-range missile Friday morning. However, U.S. officials [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney campaign fundraises off Ann Romney stay-at-home mom criticism
Thu,12 Apr 2012 03:29 PM PDT
The Ticket - Democrats devalue stay-at-home moms. That's the message of a Mitt Romney campaign fundraising email issued Thursday afternoon seeking to capitalize on the bipartisan outrage over Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comments about Ann Romney. Democrats from the White House on down Thursday strongly opposed Rosen's comments that Mrs. Romney can't represent female voters because she's never [...] Full Story | Top |
Taste testers enlisted to sample fish exposed to Scottish gas leak
Thu,12 Apr 2012 02:51 PM PDT
The Sideshow - Scotland's government has brought in a team of taste testers to ensure the safety of fish potentially affected by an ongoing gas leak emanating from a North Sea oil platform owned by French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. The government brought to the Marine Scotland Science organization "specially trained sensory testers" who tasted [...] Full Story | Top |
George Zimmerman buys $79.84 worth of items from jail store
Thu,12 Apr 2012 02:47 PM PDT
The Upshot - George Zimmerman is cooling his heals in jail, where he recently purchased a collection of items from the Seminole County jail store to help pass the time. The Miami Herald recently tweeted a photo of a receipt from Zimmerman's $79.84 purchases that included playing cards, puzzle books, and Jolly Rancher candy. Zimmerman also bought socks, [...] Full Story | Top |
This video game will cost you $1,300
Thu,12 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Special editions of video games have been serious business in Japan for decades, often coming with soundtracks, art books, models, and other unique collectibles, and sometimes selling for hundreds of dollars. For its latest Resident Evil game, Capcom has put together a … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Snackman: New York City's snack-eating subway hero a Web hit
Thu,12 Apr 2012 02:07 PM PDT
The Upshot - Just a few days ago, Charles Sonder was an ordinary Everyman, who simply liked to enjoy a salty snack on the subway. Today, he's got a Facebook page, Web buzz, and a nickname: Snackman. The 24-year-old was captured on video munching cheddar Pringles while stepping in to break up a fight between two fellow riders [...] Full Story | Top |
What kind of car would President Obama be?
Thu,12 Apr 2012 01:21 PM PDT
The Ticket - Is President Barack Obama a conflicted crossover SUV? A doomed Corvair? An Edsel that is "out of touch with reality"? A solid Jeep that overcomes daunting obstacles? A family-friendly Toyota minivan? A reliable, safe Volvo? A conservative-leaning polling group asked 39 voters who cast ballots for him in 2008 but are unsure this time around [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama administration to Syria's Assad: 'Stop killing your people'
Thu,12 Apr 2012 11:45 AM PDT
The Ticket - The White House on Thursday bluntly told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "stop killing your people" as the Obama administration closely watched whether Syrian forces kept the terms of a fragile cease-fire brokered by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan. In an unusually direct statement to the regime in Damascus, Obama press secretary Jay Carney said [...] Full Story | Top |
Six bulldog puppies rescued from locked suitcase
Thu,12 Apr 2012 10:56 AM PDT
The Sideshow - What could be more adorable than six bulldog puppies sitting in a suitcase? As cute as the above photo is, it has a less-than-heartening beginning. An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after Humane Society authorities matched his name with a suitcase in which the six puppies had been trapped. The suitcase, allegedly [...] Full Story | Top |
Sorry, Hilary Rosen: Ann Romney works really hard, Democrats insist
Thu,12 Apr 2012 10:32 AM PDT
Update 5:10 p.m. ET: President Obama weighed in on the Hilary Rosen flap during an interview Thursday with Bruce Aune of ABC affiliate KCRG. "There's no tougher job than being a mom," the president said. "Anybody who would argue otherwise, I think, probably needs to rethink their statement." Obama also expressed his disdain for taking aim at [...] Full Story | Top |
Canada issues glow-in-the-dark dinosaur quarter
Thu,12 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT
The Sideshow - Less than two weeks after announcing it was removing the penny from circulation, the Royal Canadian Mint is back in the news after revealing plans for a glow-in-the-dark quarter featuring an illuminated dinosaur skeleton. When exposed to light, the quarter looks fairly ordinary, featuring the image of Queen Elizabeth on one side and an image [...] Full Story | Top |
Novelty grenade in package causes World Financial Center building to evacuate
Thu,12 Apr 2012 09:38 AM PDT
The Upshot - An inert World World II-era grenade, mounted on a plaque and delivered in the mail, caused the lower-Manhattan building 2 World Financial Center to evacuate this morning. The New York World Financial Center is located across the street from where the twin towers fell on 9/11. According to news reports, the Japanese bank Nomura Holdings was [...] Full Story | Top |
More Than Mere Magic Mushrooms
Thu,12 Apr 2012 08:42 AM PDT
This Could Be Big - This week we're talking about fungus two ways. One that can survive exclusively on polyurethane and another that can replace Styrofoam. Both polyurethane and styrofoam are not biodegradable, so without a solution, all the plastic bottles and old toys we throw out every year will be sitting in landfills for centuries. Yes, you can recycle [...] Full Story | Top |
Ann Romney responds to claim she has 'never worked a day in her life'
Thu,12 Apr 2012 08:01 AM PDT
The Ticket - Update 2:40p.m. ET: Hilary Rosen publicly apologized for her "poorly chosen words." "I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended," Rosen said in a widely-reported statement Thursday. "Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance." Ann Romney went on Fox News Thursday to rebut claims [...] Full Story | Top |
Arden's Garden: Atlanta juice maker takes on national brands and wins
Thu,12 Apr 2012 07:55 AM PDT
Driven - By: Aaron Task Across the country, Americans are trying to eat better and live a healthier lifestyle. With everything from a quick fresh juice pick-me-up to a 21-day "cleanse" program, Arden's Garden is a must-stop for the health-conscious in Atlanta. Arden's Garden is a family-owned business, but this is no ordinary family. The company was [...] Full Story | Top |
Happy Birthday, Romneycare! XOXO, Obama campaign
Thu,12 Apr 2012 07:43 AM PDT
The Ticket - Turn your head and cough: President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Thursday marked the sixth anniversary of Mitt Romney's health care overhaul in Massachusetts with an online ad touting it as the inspiration for Obamacare. Never mind that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has vowed to kill Obamacare on "day one" if he wins the [...] Full Story | Top |
Newt Gingrich: 'CNN is less biased than Fox'
Thu,12 Apr 2012 07:15 AM PDT
The Ticket - In what some might consider an act of GOP political suicide, Newt Gingrich slammed Fox News earlier this week, saying that the cable news channel has favored Mitt Romney throughout the 2012 Republican race—and that CNN has been the more "fair-and-balanced" network this cycle. "I think Fox has been for Romney all the way through," [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama says Kanye West is 'very talented' but still a 'jackass'
Thu,12 Apr 2012 06:43 AM PDT
The Ticket - President Barack Obama has told The Atlantic he prefers Jay-Z over Kanye West, who he called "very talented" but still a "jackass." Obama memorably dubbed West a jackass in September 2009 after the hip-hop superstar's notorious and rambling interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at that year's MTV Video Music Awards. "I like Kanye," Obama told [...] Full Story | Top |
Joe Muto, Gawker's 'Fox News Mole,' fired by network: 'They nailed me'
Thu,12 Apr 2012 06:12 AM PDT
The Cutline - A little more than 24 hours after Gawker published a post purportedly written by a current, anonymous Fox News employee, the cable channel caught the "mole." "They nailed me," Joe Muto, an associate producer on Bill O'Reilly's "The Factor" wrote on Gawker late Wednesday. "Two hours ago I was called into a meeting with Dianne [...] Full Story | Top |
North Korea: The Impossible State
Thu,12 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT
Around the World - It was only early March when North Korea agreed to halt nuclear and missile testing in return for 240,000 metric tons of food assistance from the United States. Just a month later, the offer of food is in doubt and North Korea is set to launch a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit. [...] Full Story | Top |
7 smart toys for today's connected kids
Wed,11 Apr 2012 08:04 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - The price of admission to this year's hottest toys list is a touch of tech. Not that old double-A battery and an on-switch kind — today's toys come equipped with capacitive screens, augmented reality, and the assumption that you already have an iPad, … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Mourdock, Lugar share common ground at Indiana Senate debate amid fiery primary
Wed,11 Apr 2012 06:50 PM PDT
The Ticket - Instead of creating fireworks at Wednesday night's Indiana Republican Senate debate, Sen. Dick Lugar, a longtime incumbent first elected in 1976, and challenger Richard Mourdock found themselves agreeing on many issues, cordially referring to one another as "friend" and veiling their most virulent attacks as they met for their only debate prior to the May [...] Full Story | Top |
Why is Charles Manson back in the news?
Wed,11 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT
The Upshot - Charles Manson, the cult leader from the 1960s who instructed his followers to murder actress Sharon Tate and six others, is a gruesome reminder of a horrific event in American history. The 77-year-old was just denied parole for the 12th time and did not attend the hearing. It is unlikely he will ever get out [...] Full Story | Top |
Mike Tyson on sex, drugs and Trayvon Martin
Wed,11 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT
The Upshot - Mike Tyson is singing to me—poorly—his version of "Cocaine," the J.J. Cale song popularized by Eric Clapton in 1980. "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright … cocaine!" Tyson sings, unprompted, in a recent interview from his home in Las Vegas, where he's rehearsing for his new one-man show, "The Undisputed Truth: Live on Stage." It [...] Full Story | Top |
Mike Tyson on George Zimmerman: 'It's a disgrace he hasn't been shot yet'
Wed,11 Apr 2012 03:11 PM PDT
The Lookout - Mike Tyson thinks that George Zimmerman deserves violent retribution for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. In an interview with Yahoo News about his upcoming one-man show in Las Vegas, the former heavyweight champion sounded off on the polarizing case: "My personal feeling is that, as a young kid that was beat on by a bully, [...] Full Story | Top |
Zimmerman charged with second-degree murder in Trayvon Martin shooting
Wed,11 Apr 2012 03:03 PM PDT
The Lookout - Click here to view more photos George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., has been charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old's death. Zimmerman has been transferred to Seminole County jail, according to news reports, and is being held without bail. "Just moments ago [...] Full Story | Top |
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