Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News:
- AI chatbots engage in an awkward showdown, bring laughs
- Fuel TV's Pat Parnell talks sports and tech
- Killed Al Qaeda figure was key communications link for terrorist network
- LAST TICKET: Bachmann book due in November; Romney's just 'doubling' his living space
- Candidates aren't waiting for Gabrielle Giffords to decide on 2012
- Seasteading Institute: Billionaire backer doesn't 'dictate' our island-state plans
- Just Show Me: How to quickly mute the volume on your iPad
- Science fiction becomes fact as filmmaker with bionic eye explores the technology of Deus Ex
- Gadhafi wife, children flee to Algeria
- Goolsbee: Krueger a 'tremendously good pick' for top White House econ adviser
- Has White House given up on the demand side of the jobs problem?
- No, Bachmann did not ask a crowd, 'Who likes white people?'
- The tricks to reporting a hurricane on live TV (without getting killed!)
- College presidents say online courses are just as good as in-person instruction
- Are members of Congress paid enough?
- iPhone 5: Everything we know so far
- Hurricane Irene Sweeps Across The Web
- US asks Libya rebels to review Lockerbie bomber case
- Was this weekend's hurricane coverage all wet?
- Bachmann creates firestorm for joking hurricane is God's message
- Videos show upstate New York, Vermont Irene flooding
- Man runs 13-mile Apple-shaped route in honor of Steve Jobs
- Labor economist picked as next top White House econ adviser
- What you missed while you were watching Hurricane Irene
- Daily planet: Karzai leak scuttles U.S.-Taliban talks
- FIRST CUTS: Covering Irene; Anonymous helps Time Warner
- Colin Powell criticizes Cheney for claims in memoir
- A different kind of college rankings: The top 10 that give back
- FIRST LOOK: Irene skips big cities, floods Vermont
- Irene aftermath: How to help
- 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
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Killed Al Qaeda figure was key communications link for terrorist network
Mon,29 Aug 2011 02:48 PM PDT
The Envoy - When senior American officials confirmed Saturday that a senior al Qaeda operative, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, had been killed in Waziristan, Pakistan last week, familiar headlines proclaiming that "al Qaeda #2 official killed" flashed around the world. But Atiyah abd al-Rahman was not a figure of global notoriety, like Osama bin Laden, who was killed by [...] Full Story | Top |
Candidates aren't waiting for Gabrielle Giffords to decide on 2012
Mon,29 Aug 2011 01:38 PM PDT
The Ticket - Party officials in Washington as well as their counterparts in Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' home state of Arizona have been eagerly awaiting news on whether the congresswoman will pursue a re-election bid in 2012 as she continues to recover from a January shooting attack at her town hall event. But candidates aren't waiting. Democrat Anthony [...] Full Story | Top |
Seasteading Institute: Billionaire backer doesn't 'dictate' our island-state plans
Mon,29 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT
The Lookout - A group that wants to create sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms in international waters is distancing itself from the libertarianism of PayPal founder Peter Thiel after a profile of him in Details Magazine drew attention to the effort. The Details profile described billionaire Thiel's $1.25 million donation to the Seasteading Institute, and speculated that the [...] Full Story | Top |
Gadhafi wife, children flee to Algeria
Mon,29 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT
The Envoy - As Libyan rebels continue to hunt for Moammar Gadhafi near his hometown of Sirte, the one-time Libyan strongman's wife and three of his children have entered Algeria, the official Algerian Press Agency reported Monday, citing an Algerian foreign ministry press release. Gadhafi's second wife "Safia, daughter Aisha, sons Hannibal and Mohamed, accompanied by their children [...] Full Story | Top |
Goolsbee: Krueger a 'tremendously good pick' for top White House econ adviser
Mon,29 Aug 2011 12:32 PM PDT
The Lookout - Alan Krueger, the Princeton economist who the White House plans to nominate as its next top economics adviser, is a "tremendously good pick," according to the man he'd be replacing. The Lookout spoke with Austan Goolsbee on Monday; he also ripped the "partisan, poisonous" atmosphere in Washington. Goolsbee, who stepped down earlier this month as [...] Full Story | Top |
Has White House given up on the demand side of the jobs problem?
Mon,29 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT
The Lookout - What does the newly announced choice of Princeton economist Alan Krueger to President Obama's next top economic adviser suggest about the package of job-creation ideas the White House plans be unveil next week? On the one hand, as we noted earlier today, much of Krueger's focus has been on issues of employment and wages. His [...] Full Story | Top |
No, Bachmann did not ask a crowd, 'Who likes white people?'
Mon,29 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT
The Ticket - An edited video that makes it appear as if Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann asked an Iowa crowd, "Who likes white people?" is quickly spreading around the Web. However, if you watch the full, unedited version of the video, it's clear the Minnesota congresswoman said something very different. Bachmann made a campaign stop at [...] Full Story | Top |
The tricks to reporting a hurricane on live TV (without getting killed!)
Mon,29 Aug 2011 11:24 AM PDT
The Cutline - When covering a hurricane live amid the torrential rains and skin-stinging wind, there is one crucial item no TV news crew member should be without: a condom. A handy latex prophylactic, it turns out, is just the thing for keeping a battery pack dry, as an audio engineer from the Weather Channel learned in the [...] Full Story | Top |
College presidents say online courses are just as good as in-person instruction
Mon,29 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT
The Lookout - Is taking a college course over the Internet just as good as attending an in-person seminar? The nation's college presidents think so. Slightly more than half of 1,055 presidents of public and private colleges said that an online-only course has the same educational value as an in-person class, according to the Pew Research Center and [...] Full Story | Top |
Are members of Congress paid enough?
Mon,29 Aug 2011 09:56 AM PDT
The Ticket - Everyone complains about their job now and then, and members of Congress are no exception. A few lawmakers have suggested in recent months that despite a $174,000 annual salary, generous health care and pensions, and perks for things like travel and mail, being one of the elite 435 ain't always what it's cracked up to [...] Full Story | Top |
iPhone 5: Everything we know so far
Mon,29 Aug 2011 09:54 AM PDT
Technology News Blog - Rumors about the iPhone 5 started flying nearly as soon as the iPhone 4 landed on the shelves last year. So far, many sources have strongly suggested that Apple's newest smartphone may be right around the corner. With a potential … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Hurricane Irene Sweeps Across The Web
Mon,29 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT
Trending Now - Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! When Hurricane Irene moved up the East Coast this weekend, not everyone hunkered down and waited for the storm. Adventurous New Yorkers turned an empty Times Square into a playground (here's a video). As the rain picked up, people ignored the potentially dangerous storm and turned [...] Full Story | Top |
US asks Libya rebels to review Lockerbie bomber case
Mon,29 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT
The Envoy - Libyan rebels are consolidating their hold in the capital city of Tripoli--but the end of Moammar Ghadafi's strong-arm rule may not create an opening to secure the extradition of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who'd been convicted for helping to plot the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. In August 2009, a Scottish prison [...] Full Story | Top |
Was this weekend's hurricane coverage all wet?
Mon,29 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT
The Cutline - Now that cynical New Yorkers are grumbling about how they needlessly stocked up on Poland Spring and Clif Bars in preparation for Hurricane Irene--while other swaths of the East Coast remain powerless or under water--a discussion has begun over whether the news media's coverage of the hurricane was more severe than the storm itself. Irene [...] Full Story | Top |
Bachmann creates firestorm for joking hurricane is God's message
Mon,29 Aug 2011 08:50 AM PDT
The Ticket - Hurricane Irene and the recent East coast earthquake were directed at America's politicians, according to a statement from Michele Bachmann. The Minnesota congresswoman and presidential candidate told an audience gathered at a Shriner's temple in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday that God was trying to communicate a message about fiscal responsibility via the two recent natural disasters. [...] Full Story | Top |
Videos show upstate New York, Vermont Irene flooding
Mon,29 Aug 2011 08:35 AM PDT
The Lookout - Hurricane Irene failed to be the apocalyptic, big-city disaster scenario that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had spelled out late last week, but the storm still managed to leave 5 million homes and businesses without power and dozens dead. The storm caused some of the worst flooding in a century in Vermont, and also submerged [...] Full Story | Top |
Labor economist picked as next top White House econ adviser
Mon,29 Aug 2011 08:25 AM PDT
The Lookout - The White House has announced it plans to nominate Alan Krueger of Princeton University as the next top economic adviser to President Obama. If confirmed by the Senate, Krueger--who served as assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy during the first two years of the Obama administration--would chair the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He'd [...] Full Story | Top |
What you missed while you were watching Hurricane Irene
Mon,29 Aug 2011 07:45 AM PDT
The Ticket - Even if you live out Hurricane Irene's reach, there's a good chance the storm was all you heard about when you turned on the television over the weekend. But some big things happened outside the hurricane zone while it ripped along the coast. Here's the news you might have missed while you were watching local [...] Full Story | Top |
Daily planet: Karzai leak scuttles U.S.-Taliban talks
Mon,29 Aug 2011 06:44 AM PDT
The Envoy - • The killing of senior operative Atiyah abd al-Rahman in Pakistan last week is a "body blow" to al Qaeda. (David Ignatius) • Afghan president Hamid Karzai leaked international-Taliban talks because he wasn't at the table. (Associated Press) • Taliban leader Mullah Omar says Taliban won't participate in Bonn conference. (Tolo News) • EU foreign [...] Full Story | Top |
FIRST CUTS: Covering Irene; Anonymous helps Time Warner
Mon,29 Aug 2011 06:15 AM PDT
The Cutline - Our list of stories that should be on your morning media menu: • Hurricane Irene brought out "media's big guns." (AP) • Inside the Weather Channel's daring coverage: "The audio engineer wrapped his battery pack in a condom to keep it dry." (New York Times) • Meet the woman behind the popular ElBloombito Twitter account: [...] Full Story | Top |
Colin Powell criticizes Cheney for claims in memoir
Mon,29 Aug 2011 06:15 AM PDT
The Ticket - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday accused Dick Cheney of taking "cheap shots" for publicity in his new memoir "In My Time" and suggested that readers shouldn't believe everything the former vice president claims. "My head isn't exploding and I haven't noticed any other heads exploding in Washington, D.C.," Powell told CBS "Face [...] Full Story | Top |
A different kind of college rankings: The top 10 that give back
Mon,29 Aug 2011 05:41 AM PDT
The Lookout - We give colleges billions in public subsidies--but what are they doing for us? That's what editors at Washington Monthly aimed to find out with their unusual college rankings, released today. The Monthly's roster of schools rates them not on the basis of how exclusive they are, but on how much they help their communities and [...] Full Story | Top |
FIRST LOOK: Irene skips big cities, floods Vermont
Mon,29 Aug 2011 05:12 AM PDT
The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Irene has left parts of Vermont and New York severely flooded, but did not turn into a big-city disaster. (AP) • Travelers are still dealing with fallout from the delays of thousands of east-coast airline flights thanks to the storm. (New York Times) • But on [...] Full Story | Top |
Irene aftermath: How to help
Sun,28 Aug 2011 03:45 PM PDT
The Newsroom - As Tropical Storm Irene heads north, it leaves a trail of devastating destruction behind. High winds, heavy rain and flooding ravaged homes and businesses along the East Coast. The total cost of damage is estimated to be in the billions. Here's how to help: Full Story | Top |
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 - Irene, a tropical storm as of 9 a.m. ET, continues to churn across the upper Northeast. Yahoo! News is 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 pictures with our Flickr [...] 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 |
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