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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:18 AM PDT
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Scientists devise a method to create waterproof, magnetic, and antibacterial paper
Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:16 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Thanks to scientists from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, time may come when you don't have to worry about spilling water on books. The researchers have come up with a way to make paper impervious not only to liquid but also to bacteria … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Just Show Me: How to set your iCloud options on Mac
Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:10 PM PDT
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. Today we'll show you how to set your iCloud options on your Mac. You can choose to sync your … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

How is the GSA spending your money?
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:53 PM PDT
The Upshot - Dropping $822,751 on a conference for about 300 people would be a scandalous waste in the private sector (maybe not if you're Instagram)—but put that bill on a government tab, and it's unfathomable: In fact, that sum is the amount of taxpayer dollars dropped on a Las Vegas junket by an agency that most Americans [...] Full Story 		Top

'Buffett Rule' is rejected by Senate in symbolic vote
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT
The Ticket - Senate Republicans on Monday voted to block the advancement of "Buffett Rule" legislation, offering Democrats new political fodder as they continue to paint the Republican party as the protectors of America's wealthiest earners at the expense of the middle-class. "Republicans in Congress would rather end Medicare as we know it and slash education funding than [...] Full Story 		Top

Secret Service strips security clearances from agents in Colombia prostitution scandal
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:36 PM PDT
The Ticket - The Secret Service has stripped 11 agents tied to a prostitution scandal in Colombia of their "Top Secret" clearances and taken away their badges and guns, an agency spokesman told Yahoo News on Monday. "They've had their security clearances suspended pending the outcome of the investigation," Special Agent in Charge Edwin Donovan said by telephone. [...] Full Story 		Top

Before and after makeup: Reddit user's startling photo
Mon,16 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT
The Sideshow - In an upload titled "The power of makeup," Reddit user "munner83" publicly posted a picture of herself showing one side of her face with makeup and the other side makeup-free. The photo was originally uploaded last December but has jumped to Reddit's rankings today. Reaction to the photo has been mixed, with about 5,000 Reddit [...] Full Story 		Top

Don't Miss Video of the Day: Watch this amazing dog jump rope double dutch
Mon,16 Apr 2012 02:06 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - We'll be honest: We haven't jumped rope for a really long time. And even when we did, those of us here at Tecca weren't very good at it. That's why we're both amazed and — to be honest — put … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Watch this robot prove it's a real stair master
Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - Boston Dynamics has been fueling our imaginations (and, in some cases, nightmares) for years now with its multitude of robots capable of running, covering difficult terrain, and staying upright despite every attempt to knock them over. While it's shown ones that … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

At congressional GSA hearing, Jeff Neely targeted for scandal
Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:48 PM PDT
The Ticket - Amid unwavering public apologies Monday from former employees of the General Services Administration (GSA), one official chose to remain mum. Jeff Neely, the GSA official who organized a lavish 2010 conference for the agency, sat motionless--save for several eyebrow raises--as ranking House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-M.D.) accused him, a regional commissioner, and his [...] Full Story 		Top

Thanks for pushing our Odd News Facebook page past 100 thousand fans
Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:47 PM PDT
The Sideshow - We'd like to give a special thanks to the readers of Yahoo!'s Sideshow blog. Over the weekend, the Facebook fan page we share with our friends at Yahoo!'s Odd News channel surpassed 100,000 fans. The Odd News Facebook page was first launched in October 2010 and has grown by over 60,000 fans in the past [...] Full Story 		Top

Romney tells Obama to 'start packing' in interview with Diane Sawyer
Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Acting very much like the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney sent a curt message to President Barack Obama today: "Start packing." Full Story 		Top

Romney's top-five vice presidential nods: Who's the potential time bomb?
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:53 PM PDT
The Signal - Now that the race for the Republican nomination is effectively over, Mitt Romney's campaign is speaking publicly about who they might choose as his running mate. While the prediction markets we rely on for forecasting elections also take action on vice-presidential nominees, this is a different type of race, decided by a small council of insiders [...] Full Story 		Top

Gallup poll: Romney, Obama statistically tied in 2012 matchup
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:21 PM PDT
The Ticket - A new Gallup poll finds Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama statistically tied among registered voters heading into November's general election. According to Gallup, 47 percent of voters polled are backing Romney, compared to 45 percent who prefer Obama. That's well within the poll's margin of error, which is plus or minus 3 percent. While [...] Full Story 		Top

Pulitzer Prize winners announced: Patriot-News honored for reporting on Penn State scandal
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:15 PM PDT
The Cutline - The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists were announced on Monday. The New York Times won a pair of Pulitzers—for explanatory writing (David Kocieniewski's series on tax loopholes for the wealthy) and international reporting (Jeffrey Gettleman's "vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa")—while the Associated Press was recognized [...] Full Story 		Top

Cardboard cathedral planned for earthquake-devastated New Zealand city
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:46 AM PDT
The Sideshow - A famous church in New Zealand that was destroyed in an earthquake last year will be replaced by a cathedral made of cardboard. Anglican leaders in the city of Christchurch say the proposed 82-foot-high cathedral, made of 104 tubes of cardboard, will cost upward of $4.1 million, will house 700 people, and is expected to [...] Full Story 		Top

Gingrich walks out of interview with UNC Daily Tar Heel, reporter says; Newt's campaign responds: 'Facts not fiction, kid'
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:26 AM PDT
The Ticket - Newt Gingrich walked out of an interview with a Univ. of North Carolina newspaper on Saturday after a student reporter tried to ask him about Fox News chief Roger Ailes, the paper said. Memet Walker, a reporter for the Daily Tar Heel, claimed that Gingrich agreed to an interview with him following a campaign stop [...] Full Story 		Top

Titanic photo shows evidence of human remains
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT
The Upshot - A newly released photo from the North Atlantic site of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic shows evidence of human remains, federal officials are saying. In observance of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking, a 2004 image was reissued to the public in an uncropped version, which shows a coat and boots buried in the mud at the [...] Full Story 		Top

Ann Romney calls stay-at-home-mom controversy 'an early birthday gift'
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:12 AM PDT
The Ticket - Speaking to supporters the day before her 63rd birthday, Ann Romney called a Democratic consultant's criticism last week of her decision to be a stay-at-home mom "an early birthday gift." "It was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment, and I [...] Full Story 		Top

Teller of 'Penn and Teller' fame suing alleged magic-trick thief
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:09 AM PDT
The Sideshow - He's almost as famous for refusing to speak publicly as he is for his magic tricks, but world-renowned illusionist Teller is ready to speak out in court in order to stop an alleged thief he says stole a signature act from the duo Penn and Teller. Raymond Joseph Teller, 64, filed a federal complaint against [...] Full Story 		Top

The end of the Minutemen: Tea party absorbs the border-watching movement
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT
The Lookout - Back in 2004, Jim Gilchrist, a retired Marine and the founder of the California Minutemen Project, emailed a few dozen friends and family suggesting that concerned civilians personally combat illegal immigration by traveling to the Arizona border with him. Gilchrist lives in Orange County, Calif., but the Arizona border was the most heavily trafficked and [...] Full Story 		Top

Deceased rapper Tupac Shakur plays one final concert … as a hologram
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT
Technology News Blog - That's not a ghost you're seeing. This weekend's Coachella music festival indeed finished with a beyond-the-grave performance from a hologram of rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur died in 1996, but computer experts used advanced CGI and an old magic trick to bring him back … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

World's most expensive flash drive is a $37,000 sparkly mushroom
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:21 AM PDT
Technology News Blog - Some flash drives are expensive because they have 1TB storage capacities; others are extremely pricey because they're mushroom-shaped gadgets covered in diamonds and other precious stones. Swiss jewelry maker La Maison Shawish recently launched its luxury Magic Mushroom USB flash drives that … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Katie Roiphe's Newsweek cover story reveals Tina Brown's S&M editing of women writers
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT
The Lookout - If every era gets the sadist it deserves—wait, what does that mean?—then it makes sense we got Tina Brown, the wicked, high-spirited and slightly out-of-it editor of Newsweek and the Daily Beast. That's our Tina: She's made dupes of her readers—as well as of the highly suggestible writer Katie Roiphe—once again. This time, Tina's whips [...] Full Story 		Top

Mitt Romney's tax musings suggest he wants the rich to pay more
Mon,16 Apr 2012 09:57 AM PDT
The Ticket - Mitt Romney offered new details Sunday on how he might pay for the 20 percent income tax cut he's proposed for all Americans if he's elected president. Speaking at a private fundraiser in Palm Beach, Fla., Romney told supporters he would eliminate tax deductions for wealthy people who own second homes. His comments were overheard [...] Full Story 		Top

Pro-Obama super PAC puts Romney's wealth in spotlight
Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:48 AM PDT
The Ticket - It's back. That now infamous photo of Mitt Romney and his colleagues at Bain Capital in 1985 celebrating the closing of their first fund with money coming out of their pockets is the only visual in a new 30-second television ad from a super PAC that supports the re-election of President Barack Obama. Priorities USA [...] Full Story 		Top

Congressman Edolphus Towns to retire in New York
Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:46 AM PDT
The Ticket - Facing a potentially bitter primary battle, Democratic Rep. Edolphus Towns confirmed Monday that he will not run for re-election to his Brooklyn, N.Y.-area district this year. "After months of long family discussions, I have decided not to seek reelection for my seat in the United State House of Representatives," Towns, who was first elected in 1982, [...] Full Story 		Top

Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has already started
Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT
The Ticket - Mitt Romney isn't wasting any time looking for a GOP running mate. The presumptive Republican nominee tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer that he's appointed Beth Myers, one of his closest advisers, to oversee the vetting process for his vice presidential running mate. "I have selected someone who has been a counselor of mine for a [...] Full Story 		Top

Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia: Photos of dancing, beer-slugging secretary of state cause stir
Mon,16 Apr 2012 07:28 AM PDT
The Ticket - Over the weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cut loose during her trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, partying at a local club early Sunday morning. And while the outing may be fairly typical of visitors to Latin American countries, photos showing Clinton dancing and throwing back a bottle of beer proved [...] Full Story 		Top

Secret Service prostitution scandal: Obama calls for investigation; director should be fired, WaPo writer says
Mon,16 Apr 2012 06:29 AM PDT
The Ticket - Ron Kessler, the author who broke the Secret Service prostitution story in the Washington Post over the weekend, has been making the morning talk-show rounds, saying the director of the agency should be fired after agents were alleged to have solicited local prostitutes ahead of President Obama's trip to Colombia. "This is the worst scandal [...] Full Story 		Top

Mitt and Ann Romney give ABC interview, Senate takes up 'Buffett rule,' House hearing on GSA spending, plus more to look for Monday in politics
Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT
The Ticket - Mitt and Ann Romney give their first joint network TV interview Monday with ABC News' Diane Sawyer. Segments of the interview will be on "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Nightline" and right here on Yahoo! News. Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, also will swing through Pennsylvania Monday for some campaigning. The primary there is [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama raises $53 million in March
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:42 AM PDT
The Ticket - President Obama's re-election campaign pulled in $53 million in March, Obama for America announced Monday morning. The campaign, now required to report fundraising figures to the Federal Election Commission each month, featured individual, small donors in a video announcing the March figure. According to the announcement, 190,000 people gave to Obama's campaign for the first [...] Full Story 		Top

Fox News 'Mole' Joe Muto: 'It's pretty safe to say my career in cable news is over'
Sun,15 Apr 2012 02:41 PM PDT
The Cutline - Joe Muto, Gawker's so-called "Fox News mole" and former associate producer at Bill O'Reilly's "Factor," appeared on CNN in his first interview since being fired by the cable news network. Muto said that he probably committed career suicide by going rogue at the News Corp.-owned channel. "I think it's pretty safe to say my career [...] Full Story 		Top

Bill Cosby on George Zimmerman: Guns, not race, real issue in Trayvon Martin case
Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:46 AM PDT
The Cutline - Bill Cosby, the latest in a string of celebrities asked to publicly weigh in on the Trayvon Martin case, said the biggest issue in the 17-year-old's killing at the hands of 28-year-old neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman is not race--it's guns. "I believe that when you tell me that you're going to protect the neighborhood that [...] Full Story 		Top

Midwest storms: Severe weather, tornado warnings from Texas to Wisconsin
Sun,15 Apr 2012 09:39 AM PDT
The Lookout - A day after tornadoes and strong storms walloped the Midwest, killing at least five people in Oklahoma and causing massive damage throughout the region, forecasters warn that more severe weather is on the way. The National Weather Service is forecasting the development of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds over parts of the upper Mississippi [...] Full Story 		Top

Taliban attacks: Militant group claims responsibility for embassy assault in Kabul, prison raid in Pakistan
Sun,15 Apr 2012 04:44 AM PDT
The Envoy - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks on and near several foreign embassies rocked Kabul on Sunday, as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades into the residences of Western diplomats near the so-called "green zone" of the Afghan capital. The Taliban also were said to be behind a raid on a jail in northern [...] Full Story 		Top

Midwest storms: Tornadoes claim at least 5 in Oklahoma
Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:44 PM PDT
The Lookout - Below are continuing updates of the severe weather in parts of the Midwest. A round of severe weather which included tornadoes, heavy winds and baseball-sized hail has passed through the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Strong thunderstorms are expected as far east as Michigan, but forecasters say the storm system is weakening and additional tornadoes [...] Full Story 		Top

Artist makes George Zimmerman mug shot out of Skittles
Fri,13 Apr 2012 10:39 PM PDT
The Upshot - An artist in Denver has turned an infamous 2005 mug shot of George Zimmerman into a piece of pop art. Andy Bell, 31, used 12,250 Skittles to create a 3-by-4-foot portrait of Zimmerman, who was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Skittles have become a small but indelible [...] Full Story 		Top

Secret Service agents sent home from Obama duty over misconduct allegations
Fri,13 Apr 2012 07:45 PM PDT
The Ticket - An undisclosed number of Secret Service agents with President Barack Obama at an international summit in Colombia have been relieved of their assignments and face an investigation over alleged misconduct, a spokesman for the Secret Service said late Friday. The Associated Press, citing an anonymous tip, reported that the allegations involved prostitutes in Cartagena, the [...] Full Story 		Top

Forecasters warn of life-threatening storms
Fri,13 Apr 2012 06:18 PM PDT
The Lookout - In an unusual move, national weather forecasters have issued an early warning that conditions are ripe for violent tornadoes to rip through the Midwest this weekend. According to a story by the Associated Press, the expected weekend storms will stretch from Texas to Minnesota and could be a "high-end, life threatening event." On Friday, a [...] Full Story 		Top

Holocaust violins play again
Fri,13 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT
The Upshot - What did the Holocaust sound like? For many who came to the death camps, it sounded of violins. The exhibit of 18 stringed instruments from the Holocaust, "Violins of Hope," is now on display at University of North Carolina, Charlotte: College of Arts + Architecture. Israeli violin maker Amnon  Weinstein, who lost relatives in the [...] Full Story 		Top


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