Daily News Digest: Top Stories

Yahoo! Alerts

Yahoo! News | My Alerts | Edit Alert

Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Today's Top Stories: St. Peter's jammed for John Paul II beatification NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes Volunteers tend to victims in storm-ravaged South Sony execs apologize for network security breach Mayor orders flood-threatened Ill. city evacuated Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions Huckabee criticizes Obama at NRA keynote address 1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure AP Source: Lohan wants to end necklace theft case Halischuk's goal in 2nd overtime lifts Predators Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government Obama ramps up recovery help for tornado-hit South Buffett admits error, says Sokol events inexcusable Syrians protest from rooftops after army action U.S. agency moves closer to blowing up levee Obama seeks end to oil industry tax breaks China manufacturing growth slows in April, hit by tightening Germany says al Qaeda suspects planned bomb attack Kadhafi son killed after talks offer rejected Syrian protesters plan new week of demonstrations St. Peter's jammed for John Paul II beatification Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:42 pm PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims jammed St. Peter's Square and the streets around it early Sunday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, a joyful celebration aimed at giving a morale boost to a church scarred by the priestly sex abuse scandal. Full Story Top NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:33 pm PDT AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said. Full Story Top Volunteers tend to victims in storm-ravaged South Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:48 pm PDT AP - Tornado victims in splintered Southern towns say volunteers are ensuring they're well-fed and warm at night, whether by refilling blood pressure medicine or patrolling neighborhoods in a grocery-filled pickup truck. At least a few, though, say they need more from the government: Help getting into their homes and cleaning up endless debris. Full Story Top Sony execs apologize for network security breach Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:57 pm PDT AP - Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company's PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 77 million accounts on the online service, and promised free help to customers. Full Story Top Mayor orders flood-threatened Ill. city evacuated Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:17 pm PDT AP - The mayor of a small southern Illinois city threatened by two swollen rivers ordered all residents to leave by midnight Saturday because a "sand boil," an area where river water was seeping up through the ground behind the levee, had become dangerously large. Full Story Top Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:21 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama exacted his revenge Saturday after weeks of attacks from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the billionaire businessman could bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden. Full Story Top Huckabee criticizes Obama at NRA keynote address Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:38 pm PDT AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called himself a "gun-clinger and a God-clinger" but didn't come close to saying whether he'll be a Republican presidential candidate next year when he delivered the keynote address Saturday at the annual National Rifle Association convention. Full Story Top 1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:40 pm PDT AP - One year after a militant from Connecticut spread panic by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, tourists and even the street vendor who alerted police to the smoking vehicle still descend on "The Crossroads of the World" as if it never happened. Full Story Top AP Source: Lohan wants to end necklace theft case Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:41 pm PDT AP - Lindsay Lohan wants to enter a no contest plea to end a criminal case filed over a $2,500 necklace reported stolen, a source close to the actress said Saturday. Full Story Top Halischuk's goal in 2nd overtime lifts Predators Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:51 pm PDT AP - Running out of time and chances, and stuck below the goal line, Nashville defenseman Ryan Suter threw the puck on net and hoped to get a whistle. Full Story Top Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:11 pm PDT Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Full Story Top Obama ramps up recovery help for tornado-hit South Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:45 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country's second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people. Full Story Top Buffett admits error, says Sokol events inexcusable Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:38 pm PDT Reuters - Warren Buffett said he was wrong not to press David Sokol about purchases of Lubrizol Corp stock while his former top lieutenant was pitching the chemicals company as a possible takeover target for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Full Story Top Syrians protest from rooftops after army action Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:26 pm PDT Reuters - Women and children in the besieged Syrian city of Deraa chanted "God is greatest against the tyrant" from rooftops in the night after troops backed by tanks intensified a crackdown on the city, a resident said. Full Story Top U.S. agency moves closer to blowing up levee Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:50 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. government agency moved a step closer on Saturday to blowing up a Mississippi River levee to control flooding after a court decision cleared the way for it to proceed. Full Story Top Obama seeks end to oil industry tax breaks Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:02 am PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday kept pressure on the Congress to end tax breaks for oil and gas companies, saying they were enjoying huge profits, as he sought to limit political fallout from rising gasoline prices. Full Story Top China manufacturing growth slows in April, hit by tightening Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:40 pm PDT Reuters - China's manufacturing growth slowed in April, a survey showed on Sunday, suggesting that the government's tightening efforts have weighed on the world's second-largest economy more heavily than expected. Full Story Top Germany says al Qaeda suspects planned bomb attack Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:10 am PDT Reuters - Three suspected al Qaeda members had been planning a bomb attack in Germany for four months when they were arrested, federal prosecutors said. Full Story Top Kadhafi son killed after talks offer rejected Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:07 pm PDT AFP - A NATO air strike killed Moamer Kadhafi's youngest son and three grandchildren but the strongman escaped unhurt, a Libyan spokesman said on Sunday, after rebels and NATO spurned an offer for talks to end the crisis. Full Story Top Syrian protesters plan new week of demonstrations Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:34 pm PDT AFP - Anti-regime protesters in Syria on Sunday planned the start of what they billed as a "week of breaking the siege" a day after troops killed six civilians in the southern flashpoint city of Daraa. Full Story Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.