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| Gadgets that made a splash at CES Friday, Jan 11, 2013 05:13 PM PST  With so much to see at the Consumer Electronics Show, it’s hard to pick favorites, but here are some of our favorite finds. Full Story | Top |
| 3 hurt in blast that levels North Texas house Friday, Jan 11, 2013 05:28 PM PST  An explosion Friday in a North Texas neighborhood leveled a home that is part of a nonprofit group's affordable housing program, injuring three men and scattering debris. Full Story | Top |
| Communities, families offer glimpse into flu outbreak Friday, Jan 11, 2013 03:23 PM PST  On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said influenza was widespread in 47 states. Yahoo News asked readers to share how the epidemic is affecting their families and communities. Here are excerpts from first-person [...] Full Story | Top |
| RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:57 PM PST  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the Warren Commission report was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship." Full Story | Top |
| Afghan war hero to get Medal of Honor Friday, Jan 11, 2013 03:42 PM PST  Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, 31, becomes only the fourth living recipient of the nation’s highest award for valor from the Iraq and Afghan wars. Full Story | Top |
| Palms casino in Vegas faces $1M fine in drug sting Friday, Jan 11, 2013 08:17 PM PST  The company that owns the Palms Casino Resort said Friday it will pay $1 million in fines after employees of casino nightclubs accepted payments to supply prostitutes, cocaine and pain pills in a series ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. speeding up Afghan withdrawal plan Friday, Jan 11, 2013 12:17 PM PST  But Obama hedged on the much-discussed possibility of a U.S. military presence after the benchmark date of 2014. Full Story | Top |
| Top porn producer sues to overturn Los Angeles condom law Friday, Jan 11, 2013 06:10 PM PST  A top adult film producer sued Los Angeles County on Friday over a voter-approved measure requiring porn actors to wear condoms, saying the law infringes on their First Amendment rights and was driving the industry out of southern California. Vivid Entertainment, which was joined in the lawsuit by porn stars Kayden Kross and Logan Pierce, claims the mandate is both an unconstitutional prior restraint on freedom of expression and a financial burden that studios could not bear. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer says suspect in Oregon bomb plot was entrapped Friday, Jan 11, 2013 08:03 PM PST  An attorney for a Somali-born man charged with trying to blow up a crowd of people at a Christmas tree-lighting event in Oregon told a court on Friday his client was a hard-partying college student manipulated by FBI agents posing as Islamist militants. But a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements in the federal trial of Mohamed Osman Mohamud that he acted on his own volition in what he thought was a plan for a mass killing. Mohamud, a former Oregon State University student and a naturalized U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Defense: Move Ohio football players' rape trial Friday, Jan 11, 2013 06:27 PM PST STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) â€" The attorney for one of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl says he's seeking to get the trial moved and close it to media and the public. Full Story | Top |
| Kobe Bryant reconciling with his wife of 12 years Friday, Jan 11, 2013 03:14 PM PST A year after they first split, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant have decided to work things out. “We are pleased to announce that we have reconciled,†the Los Angeles Lakers star and his wife of nearly 12 years tell “omg! Insider’s†… Continue reading â†' Full Story | Top |
| Air Force memo outlines grim cuts if Congress fails to pass budget Friday, Jan 11, 2013 04:31 PM PST  Air Force leaders will cut flying hours by nearly 20 percent and prepare for a possible end to all noncombat or noncritical flights from late July through September if Congress can't agree on a budget and billions of dollars in automatic cuts are triggered. Full Story | Top |
| Calif. cold snap threatens $2 billion citrus harvest Friday, Jan 11, 2013 05:37 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arctic air mass has sent temperatures plunging across California, threatening the state's lucrative citrus harvest, its winter vegetables and its more cold-sensitive strawberry crop, weather and agricultural experts said on Friday. Temperatures throughout the state fell by as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit (11 degrees Celsius) below normal on Thursday and Friday as snowfall and sub-freezing conditions forced a 17-hour closure of a key highway, Interstate 5, through the mountains north of Los Angeles. ... Full Story | Top |
| Would you pay $100 to message Mark Zuckerberg? Friday, Jan 11, 2013 05:00 PM PST Facebook isn't charging for poking, and "liking" a photo is still free on the social networking site. But these days, sending a private message to someone can cost anywhere from $1 to $100 - if you're sending to someone like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, that is. Full Story | Top |
| Biden: ‘No silver bullet’ against gun violence Friday, Jan 11, 2013 01:25 PM PST  The vice president said on Friday he was “shooting for Tuesday†to get President Obama his recommendations on how to battle gun violence, but warned “there’s no silver bullet." Full Story | Top |
| Is the U.S. economy stuck in second gear? Friday, Jan 11, 2013 01:46 PM PST  The economy may have managed to avoid the fiscal cliff, but debates still loom and risks to the economy are skewed to the downside. Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: 'Zero Dark Thirty' opens wide to controversy Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:53 AM PST  "Zero Dark Thirty"â€"the military term for half past midnight, the time Navy SEALs landed in bin Laden's compound in Pakistanâ€"has renewed questions about the government manhunt and torture. Full Story | Top |
| Dread Somali pirate retiring from the business Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:15 AM PST  The pirating business apparently isn’t what it used to be. In fact, one dread Somali pirate has decided to put an end to his kidnappings and ransacking. Full Story | Top |
| Land ho: New island emerges off German coast Friday, Jan 11, 2013 12:26 PM PST Germany has sprouted an island. The hook-shaped land is 16 miles off the coast of Germany, and it is 34 acres long. Dubbed Norderoogsand, the island, which lies in the German North Sea coast, has already become the home to more than 50 plant species and a variety of sea birds. Amazingly, 10 years ago, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Georgia Rep. Gingrey ruffles feathers with gun control, rape comments Friday, Jan 11, 2013 08:29 AM PST Speaking at a local Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday morning in his home state, Georgia Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey addressed some heavy issues, including the need for gun control in the wake of deadly shootings throughout the country, and former Missouri Rep. Todd Akin's controversial comments on the campaign trail last year about rape, [...] Full Story | Top |
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