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California soldier shot at his homecoming party
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST
Associated Press - A decorated Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he's paralyzed and in critical condition. Full Story | Top |
'Security Theater'? TSA Confiscates Woman's Frosted Cupcake
Sat,24 Dec 2011 08:10 AM PST
ABC News -  A Massachusetts woman who flew home from Las Vegas this week says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought its vanilla-bourbon icing could be a security risk. Rebecca Hains told ABCNews.com today that a Transportation Security Administration agent at Las Vegas-...
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Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs
Sun,25 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST
Reuters -  ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war. The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia law across the country, claimed responsibility for the three church bombs, the second Christmas in a row the group has caused mass carnage with deadly bombings of churches. Security forces also blamed the sect for two other blasts in the north. ...
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Abandoned Mystery 'Baby Noel' Miraculously Survives
Sat,24 Dec 2011 04:44 AM PST
ABC News Blogs -  In what appears to be a Christmas miracle, a five-hour old baby girl abandoned in a cardboard box on a Philadelphia sidewalk was discovered and rescued after almost being mistaken for trash. Today, the baby dubbed "Baby Noel" by police and nurses is in stable...
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Police find 7 dead in Fort Worth-area apartment
Sun,25 Dec 2011 06:46 PM PST
Associated Press -  Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday.
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Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan's whaling fleet
Sat,24 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PST
Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hardline whaling opponents attempting to stop Japan's annual whale hunt in the Antarctic said Sunday they had intercepted and photographed its whaling fleet using pilotless drone aircraft. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it located the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru off Australia's western coast Saturday using the drones, the first time this season it has made contact with the whalers. However, other Japanese ships shielded the vessel "to allow it to escape," Sea Shepherd said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
How to extend your smartphone's battery life
Fri,23 Dec 2011 04:38 PM PST
Today in Tech - No matter what type of smartphone you have, the device can serve as your MP3 player, digital camera, gaming system, and even your TV while you're out and about — as long as you have battery power. If it seems like smarter … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Ron Paul Is a Dangerous Tin Man Who Has No Heart
Sat,24 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | Less than two weeks remain before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. On Wednesday an Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll showed Texas Rep. Ron Paul leading the GOP presidential race with 27.5 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich placed second with 25.3 percent followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 17.5 percent. Full Story | Top |
Muslim sect claims Nigeria church attacks; 25 dead
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:56 AM PST
Associated Press -  An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people there, officials said. A radical Muslim sect claimed the attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city of Jos, as explosions also struck the nation's northeast.
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Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter
Sat,24 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST
Associated Press -  Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday's "superficial glitter" to discover its true meaning.
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Mentally ill flood ER as states cut services
Sat,24 Dec 2011 02:09 PM PST
Reuters -  CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - On a recent shift at a Chicago emergency department, Dr. William Sullivan treated a newly homeless patient who was threatening to kill himself. "He had been homeless for about two weeks. He hadn't showered or eaten a lot. He asked if we had a meal tray," said Sullivan, a physician at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago and a past president of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians. Sullivan said the man kept repeating that he wanted to kill himself. "It seemed almost as if he was interested in being admitted. ...
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Black Navy veteran to get medal for WWII actions
Sat,24 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST
Associated Press -  A black Navy veteran credited with saving the lives of some of his shipmates during a World War II battle will be getting a long-awaited medal for his heroism, a Northern California congresswoman said.
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Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed
Sun,25 Dec 2011 07:27 AM PST
Associated Press - For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets. Full Story | Top |
Romney machine rights ship after Gingrich bump
Sat,24 Dec 2011 02:34 PM PST
Reuters -  TILTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - - Ten days before the first votes in the 2012 Republican presidential race, Mitt Romney's well-funded campaign machine has held off the most serious challenge to his White House bid and is keeping him near the top of the pack. The denting of his main rival, Newt Gingrich, endorsements from respected Republicans and a series of well-received media interviews over the past couple of weeks have boosted the former Massachusetts governor's campaign. ...
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Three U.S. citizens killed in Mexico attacks
Sat,24 Dec 2011 12:43 AM PST
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three U.S. citizens were among those killed when gunmen attacked buses in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, said a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday. The three were traveling for the holidays when they and several other passengers on the bus were killed by gunmen on Thursday, according to the U.S. official and local media. The incident was one of several that day in which gunmen attacked busses in the eastern state, a major oil export hub that has lately become a flashpoint for drug gang violence. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. urges dialogue over Iraqi crisis
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:50 AM PST
Reuters -  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden spoke by telephone on Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about violence in Baghdad and a political crisis that has erupted in the week since the last American troops left Iraq. U.S. officials, diplomats and Iraqi politicians have been in a flurry of talks to calm a crisis that threatens to push Iraq back in the kind of sectarian strife that took the OPEC oil producer to the edge of civil war only a few years ago. Just a week after the last U.S. ...
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Hackers target US security think tank
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:49 AM PST
Associated Press - Hackers on Sunday claimed to have stolen a raft of e-mails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets. Full Story | Top |
Gingrich fails to qualify for Va. primary ballot
Sat,24 Dec 2011 05:45 PM PST
Associated Press -  Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich failed to qualify for Virginia's Super Tuesday primary ballot, the latest setback for a candidate whose standing in polls has been slipping. Gingrich's campaign said he would pursue an aggressive write-in campaign, though state law prohibits write-ins on primary ballots.
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Judge rules against Arizona sheriff in immigrant stops
Fri,23 Dec 2011 09:42 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday barred high profile Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio from detaining people simply for being in the country illegally, in a ruling that faulted the local lawman for enforcing federal immigration law. The 40-page written opinion by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow came on the same day he issued legal sanctions against Arpaio over destroyed documents. The decisions come as a further blow for the controversial sheriff, who already has faced rebukes from the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security. ...
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Tens of thousands of protesters pressure Putin
Sun,25 Dec 2011 11:45 AM PST
Reuters -  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun and an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, increasing pressure on the Russian leader as he tries to win back the presidency. The protesters shouted "Russia without Putin" and "New elections, New elections" as one speaker after another called for an end to Putin's 12-year domination of the country at the second big opposition rally in two weeks in central Moscow. "Do you want Putin to return to the presidency?" novelist Boris Akunin asked from a large stage. ...
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Top 5 island getaways
Tue,20 Dec 2011 03:04 PM PST
Wanderlust - No man is an island, but sometimes it sure is nice to be on one. But there's no need to fly to Fiji or move to the Maldives; there are plenty of great island getaways here in the States. 5) Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: It may the source of many a nice (or naughty) limerick, but [...] Full Story | Top |
Christmas Miracle for Dad Locked in Custody Battle
Sun,25 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST
ABC News -  It's a very Merry Christmas for one Wisconsin man, whose four year battle to regain custody of his daughter from his wife, who had taken her to Japan, ended when he returned to the United States with the 9-year-old girl. Moises Garcia, whose story was...
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Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging
Sun,25 Dec 2011 08:47 AM PST
Associated Press -  Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.
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Web gambling gets boost from Obama administration
Sun,25 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration cleared the way for states to legalize Internet poker and certain other online betting in a switch that may help them reap billions in tax revenue and spur web-based gambling. A Justice Department opinion dated September and made public on Friday reversed decades of previous policy that included civil and criminal charges against operators of some of the most popular online poker sites. ...
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Michelle Obama confirms Santa is on his way
Sun,25 Dec 2011 12:43 AM PST
AFP -  US First Lady Michelle Obama surprised excited kids Saturday by answering an air defense hotline set up to track Santa's Christmas Eve trek around the globe with Rudolph and his reindeer.
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IMF's Lagarde warns global economy threatened
Sun,25 Dec 2011 04:49 AM PST
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system. In Nigeria last week, IMF Christine Lagarde said the IMF's 4 percent growth forecast for the world economy in 2012 could be revised downward, but gave no new figure. "The world economy is in a dangerous situation," she told France's Journal du Dimanche in an interview published on Sunday. ...
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California to stop towing unlicensed drivers
Sun,25 Dec 2011 01:35 PM PST
Associated Press -  Delfino Aldama was fixing a customer's brakes this month when his smartphone chimed with a text message that tipped him to a police checkpoint more than an hour before officers began stopping motorists. The self-employed auto mechanic frantically called friends with the location and drove an alternate route home.
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Father's Christmas miracle: US girl returned
Sat,24 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST
AFP - For the first time since his ex-wife spirited their daughter away to Japan nearly four years ago, a Wisconsin doctor was able to tuck his little girl into bed after a bitter court battle that brought her home just in time for Christmas. Full Story | Top |
NH parents: Sick son ordered out of safety seat
Sun,25 Dec 2011 09:36 AM PST
Associated Press - A New Hampshire couple said Saturday that Southwest Airlines flight attendants put the couple's terminally ill son at risk by ordering him out of a safety seat and into a regular passenger seat for a flight home from Florida. Full Story | Top |
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