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| Nuclear Threats: North Korea and Beyond Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 09:14 PM PDT With the increasingly bellicose rhetoric from North Korea, the world is waiting to see whether what has so far been a war of words will turn to one of force. But North Korea is only one of several nuclear hotspots around the world that bear watching. In the latest salvo, the North Korean army issued [...] Full Story | Top |
| Join Yahoo and ABC News tech writers and editors as Facebook releases its Android platform Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:50 PM PDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce its first foray into the cellphone market during a 10 a.m. Pacific Time press event Thursday at his Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters. ABC News technology editor Joanna Stern will anchor our live chat from Facebook headquarters and will be joined by Yahoo News columnist Rob Walker and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Moviegoer complains about missing ‘Jack Reacher’ explosion, gets refund Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:49 PM PDT Trailers are supposed to give moviegoers a taste of the full film. And to a large extent, they do the job. Sure, there are exceptions. Sometimes a comedy puts all the good jokes in the trailer or an explosion gets cut from an action film. Most of the time, moviegoers don't care. Most of the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Stay classy, U.K.: ‘Class calculator’ tells people where they fit into British society Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:52 PM PDT The British social class system isn't what it once was, and most people would say that's a good thing. Nonetheless, unofficial economic and cultural tiers still exist in the country. To address the ever-evolving stratification in the U.K., the BBC has launched its Great British class calculator. The online tool lets people (even Americans) find [...] Full Story | Top |
| Screaming goat mistaken for man yelling for help Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:49 PM PDT A person in Putnam County, Tenn., heard a man screaming for help from somewhere nearby. The sheriff's department was called. Even the dispatcher could hear the screams through the telephone. According to the Herald-Citizen, which cites an incident report, Deputies Will Page and Gary Davis were sent to investigate. When they arrived, the two spoke [...] Full Story | Top |
| Virginia’s Cuccinelli asks court to reconsider anti-sodomy law Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:20 PM PDT Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has petitioned an appeals court to reconsider its decision to strike down the state's anti-sodomy law. Cuccinelli is asking the full 15-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold the state's sodomy ban, the Washington Blade first reported, after a three-judge panel invalidated the law last [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man accused of phoning in threat related to Texas DA killings Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:11 PM PDT Police investigating the shooting deaths of two Texas prosecutors have arrested a man for allegedly phoning in a threat to a hotline dedicated to the case. Authorities say Nick Morale, 56, called a Crime Stoppers tip line Monday afternoon and said another county official would be the next victim. Police did not reveal who Morale [...] Full Story | Top |
| Carnival Triumph cruise ship breaks away from shipyard Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:45 PM PDT The bad news just keeps coming from the seemingly cursed Carnival cruise ship Triumph. Strong winds unmoored the Triumph from a dock in Mobile, Ala., where it was undergoing engine repairs, and blew a guard shack two docks over into the water. "Due to strong winds in Mobile, Ala., Carnival Triumph, which was docked at [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Vadering’ takes the Web by Force Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:46 PM PDT Who among us hasn't daydreamed about performing the infamous "Vader choke" on someone? For those who haven't, a quick primer: In the "Star Wars" saga, Darth Vader uses his Force abilities to choke another person (usually one of his inept colleagues) into submission. And now, "Vadering" has become the day's most-popular Internet meme, with thousands [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sequestration: Obama to return 5 percent of pay Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:40 PM PDT President Barack Obama will pay back 5 percent of his annual government salary to the U.S. Treasury. It's a move meant to signal solidarity with federal workers facing furloughs because of automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, the White House said Wednesday. Obama makes $400,000 in presidential pay (though, thanks in part to book royalties, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Can Modem Lights Warn of Danger? Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:34 PM PDT Your modem and router lights are blinking all the time – even when you know that no one is using the Internet. Is that a warning that something's wrong? Full Story | Top |
| U.S. puts up $5 million reward for Joseph Kony Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:43 AM PDT One day after Uganda suspended its hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony, hampering the search for the notoriously brutal warlord, the U.S. on Wednesday offered up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction. The State Department said it would also pay for similar help in catching two of Kony's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Kayakers paddle alongside erupting volcano (VIDEO) Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:04 AM PDT In the new "Star Trek" movie, Spock traverses an active volcano. It looks like pretty heralding stuff, but still, it's only a movie—and three real-life adventurers have done it for real. According to the video above, posted by Barcroft TV, three documentary adventurers paddled their kayaks alongside an active volcano—even stepping out for a hike [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama heads to San Francisco for fundraising swing Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 10:38 AM PDT President Barack Obama was headed West Wednesday to deliver a speech in Denver promoting gun control measures. But in the evening, Obama shifts to fundraising. The president is scheduled to attend two fundraisers in San Francisco for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which assists Democrats running for the House. Both events will have limited [...] Full Story | Top |
| Video: Footage shows Florida sinkhole the morning after Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 09:44 AM PDT A newly released video offers a stomach-churning look at the 60-foot sinkhole that swallowed a man in his sleep earlier this year. Jeff Bush was killed when the sinkhole opened up underneath his bed in Seffner, Fla. Though no video could properly illustrate the terror Bush must have felt, the footage does give viewers an [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Most Americans want stricter gun laws Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:51 AM PDT A majority of Americans say they want stricter gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons and tougher background checks, a new poll released Wednesday shows. According to the survey of 1,219 adults conducted by Marist College for MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 60 percent said the laws covering the sale of firearms should be more strict, [...] Full Story | Top |
| The same-sex marriage Senate endorsement tracker Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:47 AM PDT The cascade of senators announcing or clarifying their support for same-sex marriage in the past two weeks has somewhat obscured the fact that more than half of the Democrats in the Senate backed the policy before it became fashionable. By the time Vice President Joe Biden abruptly announced his own support for the policy on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Where in the world is it safe to travel? Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 07:03 AM PDT Reports of brutal rapes of foreign tourists in India and Brazil in recent months have rocked the international travel industry. According to data cited by The Atlantic, visitors to India have dropped 25 percent since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in the capital of New Delhi, and 35 percent among [...] Full Story | Top |
| America’s North Korea response: It’s all about Kim Jong Un Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:21 AM PDT OK, it's not "all" about the tightly closed Stalinist regime's 30-year-old supreme leader and noted Dennis Rodman pal. There are allies like South Korea to reassure, global markets to calm, and rivals and foes to impress. But President Barack Obama's muscular response to North Korea's escalating saber-rattling—a response that has included ordering nuclear-capable bomber flights [...] Full Story | Top |
| Gay couples, employers could face legal maze if Supreme Court strikes down DOMA Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:20 AM PDT If, as many legal experts predict, the Defense of Marriage Act is struck down by the Supreme Court, advocates behind the decadeslong movement for gay rights will have won a major victory. But the decision could also create a dense legal maze for gay and lesbian married couples, one that would surely lead to more [...] Full Story | Top |
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