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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Top Al Qaeda ops chief killed in Pakistan, US says Live updates: Hurricane Irene belts the East Coast Tecca TV: TechLife on holographic flight attendants, beer can cars, the end of a Steve Jobs era, and more Just Show Me: How to change your inbox view in Gmail 'Where were you?' News outlets crowdsource their 9/11 coverage East Coast braces for hurricane-strength snark from Southern storm 'veterans' LAST TICKET: Cain worth $6.6 million; Chuck Norris takes on the UN Arms Treaty Judge blocks Missouri's 'Facebook law' If they find Gadhafi, what will they do with him? President cuts Martha's Vineyard vacation short ahead of Hurricane Irene Lawyers warn illegal immigrants against turning themselves in on false amnesty rumors Hurricane Irene latest videos IBM building largest drive ever, can hold 24 million HD movies Comcast employees are Obama's biggest donors Tampa Bay football team swaps paper playbooks for iPads this season In new poll, Ron Paul rates with front-runners Romney and Perry Libya coverage turns CNN's Sara Sidner into a star 'Where were you?' News outlets crowdsource their 9/11 coverage New York City orders the evacuation of a quarter million people amid frenzied preprations for Hurricane Irene Conservative columnists Peggy Noonan and David Brooks worry about Rick Perry 4 websites and apps for local weather information Cheney reveals his 'undisclosed location' Waves from Hurricane Irene sweep eight off Florida jetty Gender stats show that women flock to e-readers, men to tablets Cheney reveals his 'undisclosed location' The Web Reacts To Gadhafi's Strange American Crush, a 3-Foot-Long Rat Found In Brooklyn, and A Bridesmaid Goes Virtual Does Bernanke's speech portend more stimulus from the Fed? 18 states have changed their teacher tenure laws this year Obama's fund-raising is boosted by Comcast employees and Californians Daily Planet: Car bomb strikes UN in Nigeria; Japan PM Kan resigns Bernanke offers no new measures on economy FIRST CUTS: Hurricane Irene coverage; how Jobs changed journalism FIRST LOOK: Bomb attack on U.N. building in Nigeria Diamond planet discovery is an astronomer's gem Jaw-droppingly gorgeous video captures the Milky Way as Earth spins Republican running to replace Weiner criticizes 9/11 compensation law ESPN asks, 'What if Michael Vick were white?' How the Libyan rebels bought a miniature drone on the Internet LAST TICKET: Cracks in the Washington Monument; Rove v. Palin spat continues Just Show Me: How to block someone on Twitter Top Al Qaeda ops chief killed in Pakistan, US says Sat,27 Aug 2011 12:41 PM PDT The Envoy - A senior al Qaeda operations commander, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, the Obama administration said Saturday. "It's been confirmed that al Qaeda's number two, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, was killed earlier this week in Waziristan, Pakistan," a senior U.S. official told the Envoy Saturday by email, describing Atiyah's death as "a tremendous loss [...] Full Story Top Live updates: Hurricane Irene belts the East Coast Sat,27 Aug 2011 02:57 AM PDT The Lookout - Hurricane Irene, a Texas-sized tropical storm packing massive amounts of rains, has begun its assault on the East Coast.  Yahoo! News will be updating the latest developments through staff reports and social media in the live blog below. Let us know what's happening your area by commenting in the chat player below. Share your storm [...] Full Story Top Tecca TV: TechLife on holographic flight attendants, beer can cars, the end of a Steve Jobs era, and more Fri,26 Aug 2011 07:04 PM PDT Technology News Blog - In this episode Hologram flight attendants serve Paris airport: Orly International plays host to futuristic gate staff This beer can car could be yours: Complete with keg storage, this roadster could be yours on eBay New high-tech gel could fix … Continue reading → Full Story Top Just Show Me: How to change your inbox view in Gmail Fri,26 Aug 2011 06:56 PM PDT Technology News Blog - 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. In today's episode we'll show you how to customize your inbox view in Gmail. If you're getting a … Continue reading → Full Story Top 'Where were you?' News outlets crowdsource their 9/11 coverage Fri,26 Aug 2011 03:25 PM PDT The Upshot - Media outlets have been pouring resources into their 9/11 coverage as the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches. Among the most valuable resources, it turns out, are readers. From the Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. to the Bulletin of South Washington County, Minn., news organizations nationwide are asking readers to share their memories [...] Full Story Top East Coast braces for hurricane-strength snark from Southern storm 'veterans' Fri,26 Aug 2011 03:24 PM PDT The Cutline - After withstanding sniping from the West Coast for their reaction to the 5.9-magnitude earthquake earlier this week, East Coast residents are now facing Category 5 ridicule from hurricane "veterans" in Southern states. And, as it was during Tuesday's earthquake, Twitter was the place to find excitable East Coasters bracing for a direct hit from Hurricane [...] Full Story Top LAST TICKET: Cain worth $6.6 million; Chuck Norris takes on the UN Arms Treaty Fri,26 Aug 2011 02:30 PM PDT The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • John Edwards wants the charges that he took illegal campaign contributions dropped. (Reuters) • Newt Gingrich closes shop on his national group, American Solutions. (Washington Post) • Herman Cain is worth up to $6.6 million. (Daily Caller) • [...] Full Story Top Judge blocks Missouri's 'Facebook law' Fri,26 Aug 2011 02:08 PM PDT The Lookout - A Missouri judge temporarily blocked a controversial law that prohibits teachers from talking to students over Facebook and other sites, ruling that it is an unacceptable infringement on free speech. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem's injunction prevents the law from going into effect until at least February, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reports, "allowing time [...] Full Story Top If they find Gadhafi, what will they do with him? Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:59 PM PDT The Envoy - As the Libyan rebels continue their hunt for Moammar Gadhafi, the United States has moved to distance itself from the search for Libya's four-decade-long ruler. "Neither the United States nor NATO is involved in this manhunt," Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman, told journalists at a press conference Thursday, Reuters reported. "If attacks on civilians [...] Full Story Top President cuts Martha's Vineyard vacation short ahead of Hurricane Irene Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:41 PM PDT The Ticket - President Obama will leave Martha's Vineyard one day early because of Hurricane Irene's expected touchdown on the nation's east coast this weekend, the White House announced Friday. The president thought it would "be more prudent for him to be in Washington, D.C., and at the White House," deputy press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters, so [...] Full Story Top Lawyers warn illegal immigrants against turning themselves in on false amnesty rumors Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:37 PM PDT The Lookout - Lawyers are warning illegal immigrants not to turn themselves in to the federal government in the hopes of benefiting from the Obama administration's plan to dismiss certain deportation cases. "We were getting a lot of reports of people thinking that a new amnesty had just been declared," Crystal Williams, the president of the American Immigration [...] Full Story Top Hurricane Irene latest videos Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:19 PM PDT The Newsroom - Hundreds of thousands of residents and vacationers in Hurricane Irene's path are fleeing inland or stocking up on supplies to ride it out. Officials along the East Coast declared emergencies, shut down public transit systems and urged people to heed evacuation orders. The storm is expected to cause power outages, dangerous floods and high winds that could amount to millions of dollars in damage. Full Story Top IBM building largest drive ever, can hold 24 million HD movies Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:19 PM PDT Technology News Blog - It wasn't that long ago that desktop and notebook computers came with just enough hard drive space to get you by. These days, however, most new systems come with ample storage space for the majority of the population, but power users … Continue reading → Full Story Top Comcast employees are Obama's biggest donors Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT The Cutline - Comcast employees have Barack Obama's back in 2012. People who work at the nation's largest Internet provider and the parent company to NBC Universal donated more money to the Obama Victory Fund--a joint fund-raising committee for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee--than employees at any other organization, The Ticket's Chris Moody [...] Full Story Top Tampa Bay football team swaps paper playbooks for iPads this season Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT Technology News Blog - This season, one football team is bringing a time-honored ritual of the game into the digital era. After Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris used an iPad to watch video footage of draft prospects, he was sold on the tablet as … Continue reading → Full Story Top In new poll, Ron Paul rates with front-runners Romney and Perry Fri,26 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT The Ticket - In yet another sign that perhaps the news media ought to think about treating his presidential campaign more seriously,  Ron Paul was viewed about as favorably as Rick Perry and Mitt Romney by Americans in a new poll. In an Associated Press-GfK telephone survey of the general population, 37 percent of the respondents said they [...] Full Story Top Libya coverage turns CNN's Sara Sidner into a star Fri,26 Aug 2011 12:27 PM PDT The Cutline - During the news coverage of Libya over the weekend, women took center stage. As the Huffington Post's Jack Mirkinson noted on Monday, three of the top networks providing coverage--Sky News, Al Jazeera, and CNN--all had female correspondents on the ground offering "intense, riveting accounts." CNN's Sara Sidner has become something of a celebrity in journalism [...] Full Story Top 'Where were you?' News outlets crowdsource their 9/11 coverage Fri,26 Aug 2011 11:54 AM PDT The Cutline - Media outlets have been pouring resources into their 9/11 coverage as the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches. Among the most valuable resources, it turns out, are readers. From the Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. to the Bulletin of South Washington County, Minn., news organizations nationwide are asking readers to share their memories [...] Full Story Top New York City orders the evacuation of a quarter million people amid frenzied preprations for Hurricane Irene Fri,26 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT The Lookout - Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City ordered the mandatory evacuation of around 250,000 residents as ordinarily jaded New York City residents threw themselves into a frenzy of preparation for Hurricane Irene. The National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch for the city and much of the surrounding region, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a [...] Full Story Top Conservative columnists Peggy Noonan and David Brooks worry about Rick Perry Fri,26 Aug 2011 10:43 AM PDT The Ticket - Even as Republicans across the country cheered Rick Perry's entrance into the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination, some prominent conservatives expressed serious reservations last week about the Texas governor's candidacy. Today, two of the most well-known conservative columnists in the country joined the doubters. Peggy Noonan, writing in her Wall Street Journal column on [...] Full Story Top 4 websites and apps for local weather information Fri,26 Aug 2011 10:42 AM PDT Technology News Blog - With both unusual earthquakes and a hurricane bearing down on the east coast of the United States, not to mention a record heatwave for much of the country this summer, the weather is on a lot of people's minds lately. … Continue reading → Full Story Top Cheney reveals his 'undisclosed location' Fri,26 Aug 2011 09:56 AM PDT The Upshot - Vice President Dick Cheney reveals where his "undisclosed location" was the morning of 9/11. Full Story Top Waves from Hurricane Irene sweep eight off Florida jetty Fri,26 Aug 2011 09:42 AM PDT The Lookout - As Hurricane Irene makes it way toward North Carolina, where it's expected to make landfall early Saturday morning, video footage of the storm is beginning to surface. The storm weakened to a Category 2 as it reached Florida's waters, the Associated Press reported, but it could pick up steam again. The video below appears to [...] Full Story Top Gender stats show that women flock to e-readers, men to tablets Fri,26 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Technology News Blog - A new report from the Nielsen research group reveals an interesting gender gap in the way men and women adopt new gadgets. According to the report, 61% of e-reader owners are female, a statistic that's grown steadily from last year. … Continue reading → Full Story Top Cheney reveals his 'undisclosed location' Fri,26 Aug 2011 09:26 AM PDT The Ticket - Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney disappeared and was whisked off to a "secure, undisclosed location" to protect his safety. But Cheney never confirmed where exactly he hunkered down. That is, until now. Cheney confirms in his new memoir, "In My Time," that some of the speculation was correct--one of his [...] Full Story Top The Web Reacts To Gadhafi's Strange American Crush, a 3-Foot-Long Rat Found In Brooklyn, and A Bridesmaid Goes Virtual Fri,26 Aug 2011 08:52 AM PDT Trending Now - To get my updates all day like me on Facebook.com/AdrianaDiazNews and follow me on Twitter @AdrianaTweeting. File this first story under, "Strange things found in a dictator's lair." During the ransacking of Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Libya, rebels uncovered a photo album filled with images of an famous American woman. She's none other than former [...] Full Story Top Does Bernanke's speech portend more stimulus from the Fed? Fri,26 Aug 2011 08:45 AM PDT The Lookout - Financial analysts, economists and writers have been filing their instant reactions to Ben Bernanke's big speech, in which the Federal Reserve chairman announced no new measures to jolt the flagging economy. There's a split decision: Some observers focus on the Fed's decision to take no immediate action. But others see suggestions from Bernanke that the [...] Full Story Top 18 states have changed their teacher tenure laws this year Fri,26 Aug 2011 08:37 AM PDT The Lookout - Lawmakers in 18 states have passed bills changing the tenure laws for teachers in public schools this year, according to a new report from the Education Commission of the States. Idaho politicians eliminated tenure for the state's teachers altogether this year, arguing that it makes it too difficult to fire ineffective teachers. (Education Week points out [...] Full Story Top Obama's fund-raising is boosted by Comcast employees and Californians Fri,26 Aug 2011 08:08 AM PDT The Ticket - Employees at Comcast, the nation's largest Internet provider and the parent company to NBC Universal, donated more money to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fund-raising committee for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee, than employees at any other organization, according to a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics. [...] Full Story Top Daily Planet: Car bomb strikes UN in Nigeria; Japan PM Kan resigns Fri,26 Aug 2011 07:44 AM PDT The Envoy - • A car bomb at the UN headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria (video above) killed at least 16 people Friday. (Associated Press) • Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned Friday amid public dissatisfaction with government response to March 11 tsuanami, Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Washington Post) • U.S. condemns attack on Syrian cartoonist. (State Department) • Iran [...] Full Story Top Bernanke offers no new measures on economy Fri,26 Aug 2011 07:30 AM PDT The Lookout - In a highly anticipated speech Friday morning, Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke announced no new efforts to provide monetary stimulus, despite the flagging economy, instead saying the Fed would "continue to consider" the issue at its next meeting in September. At a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas [...] Full Story Top FIRST CUTS: Hurricane Irene coverage; how Jobs changed journalism Fri,26 Aug 2011 06:12 AM PDT The Cutline - Our list of stories that should be on your morning media menu: • The networks are ramping up their coverage of Hurricane Irene. (TV Newser) • The Weather Channel is expecting big ratings from its coverage. (Adweek) • What the networks are planning for their 9/11 coverage. (Hollywood Reporter) • The meaning of this week's [...] Full Story Top FIRST LOOK: Bomb attack on U.N. building in Nigeria Fri,26 Aug 2011 05:41 AM PDT The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • A car bomb ripped through the U.N. headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing several people. (Al Jazeera) • NATO is conducting airstrikes in the region around Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte. (AP) • Hurricane Irene weakened slightly Friday, but it's [...] Full Story Top Diamond planet discovery is an astronomer's gem Thu,25 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Diamonds are rare on Earth, but diamonds in space? That's rarer yet. Astronomers have just discovered a planet that's far smaller than Jupiter but has roughly the same mass, thanks to its superdense carbon composition. That ultracompact carbon means that the … Continue reading → Full Story Top Jaw-droppingly gorgeous video captures the Milky Way as Earth spins Thu,25 Aug 2011 04:46 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Tempest Milky Way requires very little exposition before you watch the video. It's essentially 3 minutes of incredible, jaw-dropping scenery as the Earth spins, the stars revolving through the night sky as if riding a conveyer belt. The clarity and … Continue reading → Full Story Top Republican running to replace Weiner criticizes 9/11 compensation law Thu,25 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT The Upshot - Bob Turner, the Republican running in the special election to replace Anthony Weiner, says the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provides health coverage to the first responders and others near Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, covers too many individuals. "I think it is a little too broad," [...] Full Story Top ESPN asks, 'What if Michael Vick were white?' Thu,25 Aug 2011 02:47 PM PDT The Cutline - What if Michael Vick were white? That's the question ESPN The Magazine asks in its Sept. 5 issue, dedicated entirely to the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback. "When Michael Vick plays," the column, by Brooklyn-based writer Touré, begins, "I see streetball. I don't just mean that sort of football where you have to count to four-Mississippi before [...] Full Story Top How the Libyan rebels bought a miniature drone on the Internet Thu,25 Aug 2011 02:30 PM PDT The Envoy - Although Libyan rebels have been celebrating their advance this week into the capital of Tripoli, just a few weeks ago, they had a problem. Outgunned and poorly trained, Libya's ragtag opposition forces were the object of pitying--if not unsympathetic--reports by the journalists covering their seemingly hapless efforts to advance and hold ground against Gadhafi's professional [...] Full Story Top LAST TICKET: Cracks in the Washington Monument; Rove v. Palin spat continues Thu,25 Aug 2011 02:11 PM PDT The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • Karl Rove says Sarah Palin needs to lose her "enormous thin skin." (Politico) • Former George W. Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino says Rick Perry should distance himself from ... George W. Bush (CBS) • Poll: Obama losing to [...] Full Story Top Just Show Me: How to block someone on Twitter Thu,25 Aug 2011 01:42 PM PDT Technology News Blog - 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. In today's episode we'll show you how to block someone on Twitter. Twitter, the micro-blogging social media service, … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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