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How to keep strangers from sitting next to you: a study
Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT
A new study offers some helpful hints on navigating our "culture of social isolation in public places," better known as, how to keep people from sitting next to you on the plane, bus or train. Yale University's Esther Kim spent three years traveling thousands of miles across U.S. bus systems to compile her observations. "I [...] Full Story 		Top

University professor to study life after death
Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:17 PM PDT
Pop quiz: Does life exist after death? A University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, John Martin Fischer, has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant by the John Templeton Foundation to study just this topic—and yes, students can take his class. Fischer noted in an email to Yahoo News, "Both I and my post-doc, Benjamin [...] Full Story 		Top

Alaskan fishermen save bear cub from whirlpool (VIDEO)
Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT
A boat  of Alaskan fishermen documented their successful, and risky, attempt to rescue a bear cub who was struggling against the river current and in danger of being pulled into a nearby whirlpool. Mike Polocz tells the Anchorage Daily News that the bear was struggling to stay afloat in the Kenai River when Polocz, his [...] Full Story 		Top

Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed?
Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT
Tune in to the Yahoo! live-stream on Sunday, August 5, at 10:31 p.m. PT or 1:31 a.m. ET. On Sunday night, millions of miles away, a nail-biter of a landing will be executed—or not—on Mars. The Mars rover, Curiosity, which has been traveling to the distant planet for the past eight-and-a-half months, will land on [...] Full Story 		Top

New plug-in blurs your Facebook photos so strangers can't see them
Fri,3 Aug 2012 12:06 PM PDT
While most of us have a Facebook profile by now, not all of us are keen on making every aspect of our life public knowledge as participation. Given how Facebook is built around sharing just about every detail about our … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Man texts "I need to quit texting" before crashing car
Fri,3 Aug 2012 12:01 PM PDT
By now we all know that texting and driving is dangerous business — heck, even texting while walking has its pitfalls. But don't take our word for it: One 21-year-old Texas driver wound up typing out how dangerous it is … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake
Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:27 AM PDT
President Barack Obama's Republican critics are celebrating his birthday, tongue-in-cheek style. On the eve of his 51st birthday, the Republican National Committee delivered this cake on Friday to its Democratic counterpart. "Since President Obama's birthday is tomorrow, we actually wish him a happy 50.99726 years with this 'you didn't bake that' cake," said RNC spokesman [...] Full Story 		Top

Long Island man may have faked own drowning to claim life insurance
Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:08 AM PDT
An aggrieved New York woman has told police that her husband faked his own drowning to collect on a life insurance policy and to abandon his marriage. "This is a terrible nightmare that I just want to wake up from,'' 43-year-old Evana Roth told the New York Post. "Why did he do this? I think [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama, after jobs figures, hits Republicans on taxes
Fri,3 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT
Fighting to become the first president since World War II to win re-election with unemployment above 8 percent, Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged "more work to do" to boost job growth. The Democrat also accused Republicans of practicing "upside-down economics" that help the wealthy but neglect the middle class. Obama defended his economic record shortly [...] Full Story 		Top

NASA forms $1.1 billion partnership with private space flight companies
Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:41 AM PDT
Though many of us dream of exploring the stars or starting a human colony on Mars, that dream is not shared by the government. If the United States is going to return to the stars, it's going to need the … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Windows 8′s UI isn't Metro any longer, so stop calling it that
Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:34 AM PDT
If you've become accustomed to calling Windows 8's new, smartphone-like interface by its given name "Metro," you'll want to erase that portion of your tech vocabulary rather quickly. Microsoft has revealed via an internal memo that the name just doesn't … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

White House: 8.3 percent unemployment? No! 8.254 percent!
Fri,3 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT
Your daily technically-accurate-but-politically-cringe-inducing spin moment came courtesy of the chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, who took issue Friday with reports that the unemployment rate rose in July from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent. "More precisely, the rate rose from 8.217% in June to 8.254% in July," Krueger wrote on [...] Full Story 		Top

Report: Rep. Lois Capps failed to report rental income
Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:53 AM PDT
From 2001 to 2005, Rep. Lois Capps rented a room in her home to a staffer, but failed to report the income to the IRS until this year, the Daily Caller first reported. Jeremy Tittle, a "case worker" in the California Democrat's district office, took a room in Capps' Santa Barbara home, paying $41,480 during [...] Full Story 		Top

Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney
Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:37 AM PDT
Retired adult film actress Jenna Jameson voiced support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a strip club Thursday, CBS San Francisco reports: "I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. "When [...] Full Story 		Top

Crash survivor preaches dangers of texting while driving
Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT
Chance Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving. The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, "I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel ..." A few seconds later, Bothe's pickup veered off [...] Full Story 		Top

DCCC issues retraction for Sheldon Adelson comments
Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:10 AM PDT
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) late Thursday issued a public retraction and apology for comments made about billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. From the DCCC email: In press statements issued on June 29 and July 2, 2012, the DCCC made unsubstantiated allegations that attacked Sheldon Adelson, a supporter of the opposing party. This was [...] Full Story 		Top

Getting a reprieve: Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama's deferred action program
Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT
A month ago, Gabriela Tepe was almost out of hope. An immigration appeals court told the 21-year-old Oklahoma State University student that she and her 20-year-old brother, Angel, would need to leave the country by July 3 or face deportation. The siblings, who have lived in Oklahoma City since they were 4 and 2 years [...] Full Story 		Top

The weekend in politics: July unemployment rate, and more
Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:17 AM PDT
The biggest story in Washington on Friday is the release of the July unemployment rate. No matter what the monthly Labor Department report shows, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will each try to frame the rate as a reason to support his economic policy. Obama has a late-morning White House event focusing on middle-class [...] Full Story 		Top

Just Show Me: How to install and use Google Drive on your Mac
Thu,2 Aug 2012 07:16 PM PDT
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. You probably keep hundreds of precious pictures, thrilling movies, and many more important documents on your Mac. Who … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

This $1,000 pair of headphones is for cats only
Thu,2 Aug 2012 07:01 PM PDT
A pair of good headphones can be expensive — Bose QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones, for example, will set you back $350. Sadly, though, they're for humans only. If you've got a cat who needs the finest in audiophile tech, … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Marilyn Monroe: Share your memories of an American icon
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Click image to see more photos of Marilyn Monrow. (J.R. Eyerman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) "I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time." - Marilyn Monroe Sunday marks 50 years since American icon Marilyn Monroe died, and fans across the country will be remembering the star's life, legacy and legend. Famous for [...] Full Story 		Top

Vermont man arrested after crushing five police cruisers with giant tractor
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:01 PM PDT
A Vermont farmer, apparently unhappy with his arrest last month, crushed five police cruisers parked at a police station with a giant tractor on Thursday. The man, 34-year-old Roger Pion, was arrested by Newport police two miles away after he abandoned the red tractor and attempted to flee on foot. According to the Burlington Free [...] Full Story 		Top

World's longest yard sale stretches 690 miles from Michigan to Alabama
Thu,2 Aug 2012 03:29 PM PDT
The self-proclaimed World's Longest Yardsale kicked off on Thursday, stretching a reported 690 miles down the U.S. 127 corridor from Addison, Mich., to Gadsden, Ala. Along with the thousands of individual vendors selling their goods, the giant outdoor sale is meant to highlight the character and culture of the region, featuring musical performances, food and [...] Full Story 		Top

With George Clooney, shirtless Putin, Republicans wish not-so-happy birthday to Obama
Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:46 PM PDT
A shirtless Vladimir Putin? A birthday cake captioned "You Didn't Bake That"? A mocking reference to Vogue magazine? Warm words from Hugo Chavez? George Clooney offering to "party at my house again?" Welcome to the world of Republican birthday cards for President Barack Obama. Obama, who turns 51 on Saturday, has joked that his birthday [...] Full Story 		Top

New Jersey man finds second python in yard in less than a week
Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:16 PM PDT
High school teacher James Geist was shocked when what he thought was a fallen tree branch in his backyard turned out to be a 16-foot albino python. "Dispatch told me to stay away, and I'm not a fan of snakes so I wasn't going to go near the thing," Geist told The Bergen Record. But [...] Full Story 		Top

'Excited Train Guy' puts 'Double Rainbow' dude to shame (VIDEO)
Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:07 PM PDT
A man who apparently really, really likes trains shot a video of a vintage locomotive pulling out of a roadside station in North Creek, N.Y., an Adirondack town north of Saratoga Springs. The man, a self-described "foamer," provided the kind of wide-eyed commentary that only the "Double Rainbow Guy" could love. "Oh my god! Listen [...] Full Story 		Top

Drought diaries: How no water, extreme heat are hurting Americans
Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT
The dry Truckee Canal near Teresa Pena-Raney's peach orchard in western Nevada. (Teresa Pena-Raney) Along the 195-mile Embarras River, a tributary of the Wabash in southeastern Illinois, rancher Jim Gardner worries about his 200 head of Angus cattle. There's enough hay--for now. But in July, the cattle started eating winter's food, and this year's drought [...] Full Story 		Top

Oklahoma is so hot that street lamps are melting
Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:36 PM PDT
It's hard to not be concerned with global warming when its effects are right in front of your eyes. Sure, it's one thing when the ocean begins to reclaim islands, but when you can see the effects in your home … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Note from Lincoln spares soldier's life
Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT
Abraham Lincoln declared the end of slavery with his Emancipation Proclamation. But he also reviewed death sentences of soldiers who were  court-martialed during the Civil War. Slate's David Plotz renewed interest in one such hand-written note he saw after he toured the National Archives' vaults recently. The document immortalizes Lincoln's decision to spare a soldier's [...] Full Story 		Top

Coming Soon: An iPad smart cover with a second screen?
Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT
Looking at the new iPad, you get the sense that the tablet is pretty much perfect. After all, it's processing punch, a Retina display screen, and enough apps that you can pretty much do anything you want with it. How … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

NRCC uses tax vote against 5 vulnerable House Democrats
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT
The National Republican Congressional Committee is using Wednesday's tax vote against five vulnerable Democrats, casting them as enemies of small business owners. "Garamendi and Obama want to raise taxes on California's small businesses in order to pay for more of their failed programs," the narrator of the ad attacking California Rep. John Garamendi states. "Garamendi's [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama's birthday wish: Win Florida
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT
World peace? A new car? Nope. President Barack Obama joked Thursday that his birthday wish this year would be to win Florida. "I'm going to be 51 on Saturday. Fifty-one. Michelle says I look 50. That's not bad," Obama told a cheering crowd of supporters at Rollins College in Orlando, Fla. In response, the crowd [...] Full Story 		Top

Got fewer than 50 followers on Twitter? You probably support Obama
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT
When it comes to preferences in the 2012 presidential campaign, Twitter follows a familiar political narrative. The Democrat, Barack Obama, draws his support from large numbers of people with limited influence, while the Republican, Mitt Romney, relies on tweets from a smaller, more powerful set of people. And by power, of course, we mean one's [...] Full Story 		Top

Boehner: President Obama 'has never had a real job, for God's sake'
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT
Republican House Speaker John Boehner ripped into President Barack Obama during an interview Thursday with Fox News Radio's "Kilmeade and Friends," accusing him of never having "a real job." From the interview transcript: Boehner: "Sometimes I have to catch my breath and slow down because the rhetoric in this campaign is just so over the [...] Full Story 		Top

Dolphins form social cliques and share hunting secrets, study finds
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT
A scientific study conducted over two decades has found that wild bottlenose dolphins form social cliques and share specific, personalized information, including how to use natural objects as tools. The Telegraph reports that these closed communities of dolphins keep their knowledge hidden from those outside their social circles, challenging previously held beliefs that "inclusive inheritability" [...] Full Story 		Top

Boehner 'feeling better' about Republicans keeping the House
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:47 AM PDT
Back in April, Speaker John Boehner said there was a 1 in 3 chance Republicans would lose their majority in the House. On Thursday, the Ohio Republican changed his tune. "I'm feeling better," Boehner said at a press briefing at the Capitol Thursday. "Listen, our team's in pretty good shape. Our members have worked hard. Frankly [...] Full Story 		Top

Watch graffiti artist paint a Brooklyn rooftop in 90 seconds (VIDEO)
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:36 AM PDT
'Combining two art forms especially popular in New York, filmmakers Dan Gingold and Andrew Morton shot a beautiful time-lapse video of graffiti artist ND'A painting a giant mural on a Brooklyn rooftop. The video distills several hours of ND'A's work in 90 seconds, set, appropriately, to some instrumental hip-hop. According to Gingold, they shot it [...] Full Story 		Top

Annan quits as Syria envoy, White House ups pressure on Assad to go
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT
The White House sped new humanitarian aid to Syria and heaped fresh pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to quit power on Thursday after Kofi Annan resigned as the top international mediator in the bloody 17-month crisis. In a parting shot, the former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote in the Financial Times [...] Full Story 		Top

Cinnabon is first U.S. franchise to open in Libya
Thu,2 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT
Just months after the country went through a dramatic revolution, Tripoli is welcoming Cinnabon, the first U.S. franchise to open in Libya. Mike Shattuck, president of the Atlanta-based company, Focus Brands International, tells CNN there are plans to open Cinnabon outlets in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco as well. Shattuck said the 7,500-square-foot Cinnabon store is [...] Full Story 		Top

In Colorado, Romney turns focus back to Obama's record
Thu,2 Aug 2012 10:11 AM PDT
In his first public event since his less-than-smooth overseas trip, Mitt Romney sought to return the focus back to President Barack Obama's record, arguing that Obama hasn't delivered on his promises to turn the country around. Ahead of Friday's much-anticipated monthly jobs report, Romney trashed Obama for the nation's high unemployment rate and for fostering [...] Full Story 		Top


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