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- Y! Big Story: After Zimmerman arrest, questions about 'stand your ground'
- Artist makes George Zimmerman mug shot out of Skittles
- Forecasters warn of life-threatening storms
- Obama pledges immigration reform early in 2nd term
- Ohio girl shot by dad in restaurant still critical
- Obama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011
- The rise of atheism in America
- Rare Bay Bridge lightning strike captured on camera
- Midwest storms: Tornadoes reported in Midwest
- Adopted Russian Boy Rejected by U.S. Mother Adjusts in Foster Care
- Titanic discoverer says ship's wreckage site being destroyed by tourists; how he plans to save it
- US Secret Service agents sent home from Obama duty over misconduct allegations
- Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents
- Best Buy announces locations for store closings
- Lionel Richie, Pamela Anderson among tax scofflaws
- 'Life-threatening' storms feared for Midwest
- Secret Service scandal widens to U.S. military
- U.S. military staff face Colombia misconduct probe
- Family Flees 'Haunted House,' Sues Landlord
- Queen Elizabeth II grants Camilla new honor
- Obama cites potential of billion consumers in the Americas
- Holocaust violins play again
- Airlines cancel activists' flights to Israel
- U.S. stops food aid to North Korea after missile launch
- With new heart, Cheney speaks over an hour in Wyo.
- Reports: Robin Gibb gravely ill in hospital
- Obama Open to Debate on Drug War, But Legalization Is 'Not the Answer'
- How NASA Moves Space Shuttles: The Ultimate Piggyback Ride
- Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test
- Ex-Reporter Sues After Alleged Police Brutality Deleted Off Camera
- Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking
- Goldman Sachs CEO gets $16.2 million pay package
- Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
- Bill Dispute Alerted Hotel to Secret Service and Prostitutes Cavorting, WH Official Says
- More Than Mere Magic Mushrooms
- Canada's newest coin glows in the dark
- Singer Robin Gibb of Bee Gees fame in coma
- Romney Scares the Hell Out of Obama
- U.N. votes to send Syria monitors, killings continue
- Hidden stories: SF Fleishhacker pool, now a zoo parking lot
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Y! Big Story: After Zimmerman arrest, questions about 'stand your ground'
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:37 PM PDT
Trending Now - The fatal encounter between a 17-year-old black teenager and a mixed-race neighborhood watch volunteer has created a furor over "stand your ground" laws, which have been enacted in more than 20 states; legislation is pending in others. That Florida, the epicenter of the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case, was the first to pass the law in [...] 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 |
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 |
Obama pledges immigration reform early in 2nd term
Sat,14 Apr 2012 03:13 PM PDT
Associated Press -  In his most specific pledge yet to U.S. Hispanics, President Barack Obama said Saturday he would seek to tackle immigration policy in the first year of a second term. But he cautioned that he would need an amenable Congress to succeed.
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Obama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:38 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama released tax forms on Friday that reveal he will probably pay a higher tax rate on much lower income than likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney in 2011, adding fuel to a Democratic election-year effort to raise taxes on the rich. Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid an effective tax rate of 20.5 percent on income of $789,674 last year, the White House said. Romney has estimated he will pay a 15.4 percent tax rate on income of $20.9 million. ...
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Rare Bay Bridge lightning strike captured on camera
Fri,13 Apr 2012 11:54 AM PDT
The Upshot - Phil McGrew (Flickr) The San Francisco Bay Area has been buffeted by bad weather lately, and as a rare thunder storm rumbled through, photographer Phil McGrew thought to set up his camera and snapped rare sight: Eight bolts of lightning hitting the Bay Bridge. The San Francisco currency trader, who took up photography two years ago, [...] Full Story | Top |
Midwest storms: Tornadoes reported in Midwest
Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:44 PM PDT
The Lookout - Below are continuing updates tracking the severe weather battering parts of the Midwest. A round of severe weather which included tornadoes, heavy winds and baseball-sized hail has passed through Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas. The area around Wichita, Kan. has been impacted. Officials continue to track the storm as it moves northeast toward Illinois and Minnesota. All [...] Full Story | Top |
US 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 |
'Life-threatening' storms feared for Midwest
Sat,14 Apr 2012 09:14 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Tornado sirens sounded across Oklahoma City early Saturday as the nation's midsection braced for what forecasters cautioned could be a day of "life-threatening" storms, with the most dangerous weather expected to develop in the afternoon.
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Secret Service scandal widens to U.S. military
Sat,14 Apr 2012 04:32 PM PDT
Associated Press -  An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents widened Saturday when the U.S. military confirmed five service members staying at the same hotel in Colombia may have been involved in misconduct as well. The allegations overshadowed President Barack Obama's diplomacy in Latin America and threatened to bruise America's image.
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Family Flees 'Haunted House,' Sues Landlord
Sat,14 Apr 2012 09:52 AM PDT
ABC News Blogs - A New Jersey couple is suing their landlord for a refund after they said paranormal activity caused them to flee their rental home. Michele Callan and her fiance, Josue Chinchilla, moved into the home in Toms River, N.J., with Callan's two children on March 1... Full Story | Top |
Obama cites potential of billion consumers in the Americas
Sat,14 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT
Reuters -  U.S. President Barack Obama stressed on Saturday the "great promise" for business growth in the Americas, seeking to play up the economic heft of the region he has paid little attention to in his first three years in office. In remarks prepared for a meeting of corporate chief executives in Cartagena, Colombia, where he is attending the 33-nation Summit of the Americas, Obama described U.S.-Latin American ties as "one of the world's most dynamic trade relationships. ...
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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 |
Airlines cancel activists' flights to Israel
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A Palestinian activist said Saturday that a number of international airlines canceled flights for at least 100 people scheduled to arrive in Israel's main airport for a mass fly-in of pro-Palestinian activists, while Israel said those activists who manage to make it to the airport would be deported.
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U.S. stops food aid to North Korea after missile launch
Sat,14 Apr 2012 06:42 AM PDT
Reuters - The United States will not go forward with planned food aid to North Korea, the White House said on Friday, after the impoverished nation's unsuccessful launch of a long-range missile which Washington had warned would have consequences. "Their efforts to launch a missile clearly demonstrates that they could not be trusted to keep their commitments," White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama to Florida. ... Full Story | Top |
With new heart, Cheney speaks over an hour in Wyo.
Sat,14 Apr 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Former Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without any assistance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart transplant three weeks ago.
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Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test
Fri,13 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT
Reuters -  PYONGYANG/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces international outrage over the attempt. The isolated North, using the launch to celebrate the 100th birthday of the dead founding president Kim Il-sung and to mark the rise to power of his grandson Kim Jong-un, is now widely expected to press ahead with its third nuclear test to show its military strength. ...
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Ex-Reporter Sues After Alleged Police Brutality Deleted Off Camera
Sat,14 Apr 2012 04:01 AM PDT
ABC News -  A former reporter is suing the city of Albuquerque, N. M., and a police officer for allegedly deleting evidence of police brutality and tampering with evidence during a story she was covering. Cristina Rodda, a former anchor and reporter for the Albuquerque NBC affiliate station...
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Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking
Sat,14 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT
Reuters -  Iran and six world powers began rare talks on Saturday to try to halt a downward diplomatic spiral over Tehran's nuclear program and ease fears of a new Middle East war. The talks, in Istanbul, the first between Iran and the six powers in 15 months, are unlikely to yield any major breakthrough but Western diplomats hope to see readiness from Tehran to start to discuss issues of substance. ...
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Goldman Sachs CEO gets $16.2 million pay package
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein's compensation increased 14.5 percent to $16.2 million in 2011 despite a sharp decline in profits and share price during the year, leaving the bank open to more attacks on its pay policies. Blankfein's pay boost includes stock awards from previous years that vested in 2011, and therefore does not reflect the amount that Goldman's board awarded him strictly for the company's performance last year. Goldman offered another figure, $12 million, as the amount Blankfein received for his performance last year. ...
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Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
Sat,14 Apr 2012 04:51 PM PDT
Reuters -  Forecasters are warning of a major tornado outbreak in Kansas and Oklahoma this weekend, and Oklahoma got a first taste of it on Friday as a twister touched down near the National Weather Service office in Norman. A tornado was seen near the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman just after 4 p.m. local time - the same town that holds the National Storm Prediction Center, according to a Twitter post from Rick Smith, a National Weather Service meteorologist. ...
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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 |
Singer Robin Gibb of Bee Gees fame in coma
Sat,14 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  Singer Robin Gibb, a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, is in a coma surrounded by members of his family in a London hospital, British media reported on Saturday. A spokesman for the 62-year-old, who has been battling cancer and recently contracted pneumonia, was not immediately available to comment on the reports. "Our prayers are with Robin," an unnamed family friend told the Sun newspaper, which first reported the news. "He has kept so positive and always believed he could beat this. ...
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Romney Scares the Hell Out of Obama
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network -  COMMENTARY | In the aftermath of Rick Santorum's decision to drop out of the GOP race a curiously fact-less post appeared on President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign website.
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U.N. votes to send Syria monitors, killings continue
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:34 AM PDT
Reuters -  Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shelled the battered Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, killing one person, opposition activists said, in the first such shelling since a ceasefire began two days ago. The United Nations Security Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on a Western-Arab draft resolution authorizing an advance U.N. team to monitor the fragile ceasefire which aims to end 13 months of bloodshed during the uprising against Assad. ...
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