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- How to remove your Google Web Data History
- Mayan Light Beam Photo: Message from Gods, or iPhone Glitch?
- President Obama Suggests Romney Shoveling 'A Load of You-Know-What'
- Fighting drugs and border violence at Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: What about the ranger's M14 rifle, Yogi?
- Amazing time-lapse video captures the night sky
- Are Rich People Unethical?
- Apps for Apes: Orangutans using iPads to paint and video chat with other apes
- Chardon High School Shooting: Second Student Dies as Alleged Gunman Is Identified
- Banker's 1% Tip is a Hoax; Real Receipt Obtained
- Update: Banker's Insulting Waitress Tip Is a Hoax
- Romney wins pivotal Michigan primary as well as Arizona
- Investigators may have discovered earliest evidence of Christian iconography in Jerusalem
- The top 5 ways Republicans will use Obama's words against him
- Wyoming legislator David Miller introduces "doomsday" bill
- Prosecutor: School shooter chose random victims
- China to soften its one-child policy slogans, but not the law itself
- Ohio School Shooting Death Toll Rises to Three
- Israel Probably Won't Tell the U.S. If It's Going to Attack Iran
- As Republican nomination extends into March, candidates face weakening odds in general election
- Grizzly bear charges at Alaskan tourists (Video)
- Gay Marine's homecoming kiss goes viral
- Ohio School Shooting: Second Victim Brain Dead, Questions About Shooter
- Cautious confidence, and some exuberance, at Romney's election night rally: Scenes from the Michigan and Arizona primaries
- Secret meeting leads to Kid Rock jam session at Romney rally
- Dow closes above 13,000, first time since crisis
- Adolf Hitler's long-lost collection of paintings discovered
- Recreational marijuana measure to be put to voters
- 'Band of Brothers' soldier dies at 90 in Wash.
- FedEx truck hits NY Amish buggy; adults, kids hurt
- Banker's Insulting Waitress Tip Incites Class Warfare Between the 1% and the 99%
- 2 dating websites sued over soldier's photo in ads
- Police demote Arizona cop over Obama image on t-shirt
- Day of reckoning, "dirty tricks" as Michigan votes
- Kinect-enabled carts coming to a Whole Foods near you?
- The curious case of the missing iPad 3 home button
- People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
- Ohio shooting suspect's family 'devastated'
- Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future
- Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe to Retire
- Obama gains with women: Jobs, social issues help
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Mayan Light Beam Photo: Message from Gods, or iPhone Glitch?
Tue,28 Feb 2012 06:54 AM PST
LiveScience.com - When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to the Mayan god Kukulkan. A thunderstorm was brewing near the temple, and Siliezar was trying to capture lightning crackling dramatically over the ruins. Full Story | Top |
President Obama Suggests Romney Shoveling 'A Load of You-Know-What'
Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST
ABC News -  As Michigan Republicans headed to the polls Tuesday morning, President Obama delivered an aggressive defense of the bailout of the auto industry and his presidency in general, harshly criticizing GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney – though he never mentioned him by name. "I've got to admit,...
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Amazing time-lapse video captures the night sky
Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:20 PM PST
The Upshot - Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo Think you've seen the night sky? Not like this. Photographer Randy Halverson took months (when the weather was clear) to shoot the stars overhead of the White River in central South Dakota, Arches National Park in Utah, Canyon of the Ancients area of Colorado, and Madison, Wisconsin. He put [...] Full Story | Top |
Are Rich People Unethical?
Mon,27 Feb 2012 02:49 PM PST
ABC News - At last, an explanation for Wall Street's disgrace, Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and other high-society crimes and misdemeanors: A new study published in the Proceedings of that National Academy of Sciences found that wealthier people were more apt to behave unethically than those who had less money.... Full Story | Top |
Apps for Apes: Orangutans using iPads to paint and video chat with other apes
Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:44 AM PST
The Sideshow - Orangutans across the world may soon join the ranks of millions of humans as proud owners of new iPads. As strange as that may sound, a conservation group is testing its "Apps for Apes" program, allowing orangutans to communicate with each other remotely via the iPad's video chat technology. Orangutan Outreach founder Richard Zimmerman has [...] Full Story | Top |
Banker's 1% Tip is a Hoax; Real Receipt Obtained
Tue,28 Feb 2012 11:58 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending Yesterday we reported a story about a banker who allegedly left a $1.33 tip on a $133 lunch bill at True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach, California. In addition, he added a 'tip' to "get a real job." It was meant to be a dig from [...] Full Story | Top |
Update: Banker's Insulting Waitress Tip Is a Hoax
Tue,28 Feb 2012 08:55 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @Knowlesitall. UPDATE: Trending Now spoke with True Food Kitchen and they sent us an exclusive copy of the original receipt, which you can see below. Yesterday we reported a story about a banker who allegedly left a $1.33 tip on a $133 lunch bill at True Food Kitchen [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney wins pivotal Michigan primary as well as Arizona
Tue,28 Feb 2012 06:03 PM PST
The Ticket - DEARBORN, Mich.--Mitt Romney secured an important win Tuesday night over Rick Santorum in Michigan, in addition to handily winning Arizona one week before Super Tuesday. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough, and that's all that counts," Romney told a crowd gathered at his victory party in Novi, Mich. In Michigan, [...] Full Story | Top |
Investigators may have discovered earliest evidence of Christian iconography in Jerusalem
Tue,28 Feb 2012 03:17 PM PST
The Sideshow - Investigators using a robotic arm equipped with a remote-controlled camera have discovered what is being called the earliest evidence of Christian iconography in Jerusalem. The newly discovered ossuary carries a Greek inscription calling on God to "raise up" someone, which is being interpreted as an early reference to the biblical resurrection of Jesus. A second [...] Full Story | Top |
The top 5 ways Republicans will use Obama's words against him
Tue,28 Feb 2012 03:22 AM PST
Power Players - Spinners and Winners A few weeks ago Spinners and Winners went through the top five things Mitt Romney has said that Democrats would use against him if he wins the Republican nomination. Now the flip side: The top five things from Barack Obama you can be sure Republicans will use over and over again in [...] Full Story | Top |
Wyoming legislator David Miller introduces "doomsday" bill
Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:18 AM PST
The Sideshow - Wyoming Republican state legislator David Miller has introduced a bill to prepare his state for a doomsday scenario in which the nation's economy and social structure completely collapse. "Things happen quickly sometimes — look at Libya, look at Egypt, look at those situations," Miller told the Star-Tribune. "We wouldn't have time to meet as a [...] Full Story | Top |
China to soften its one-child policy slogans, but not the law itself
Tue,28 Feb 2012 12:07 PM PST
The Sideshow - The Chinese government isn't getting rid of its one-child policy currently in place. It's just making it sound better. China's communist party newspaper, People's Daily, reports that the government will revamp its abrasive-sounding slogans surrounding the policy. People's Daily cites several examples of "harsh slogans," including those "which sometimes even threaten criminal acts." The newly [...] Full Story | Top |
Israel Probably Won't Tell the U.S. If It's Going to Attack Iran
Tue,28 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST
The Atlantic Wire - Israeli officials have reportedly let it be known that they won't give their United States counterparts a heads up if the country decides to launch an airstrike against Iran. According to the Associated Press, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told this fact to every American official coming to Israeli hoping to talk them out of a pre-emptive strike of Iranian nuclear facilities. Officials say it's for the U.S.'s own good, since if they don't know about the strike in advance, they can't be blamed for failing to stop it. ... Full Story | Top |
Grizzly bear charges at Alaskan tourists (Video)
Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:05 PM PST
The Sideshow - In the above video, a wild Grizzly bear suddenly charges at a group of Alaskan tourists. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident. The group of 10 tourists was visiting Katmai National Park and was taking part in what was billed as a safe viewing of the Grizzly bears in their natural habitat, according [...] Full Story | Top |
Gay Marine's homecoming kiss goes viral
Mon,27 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST
The Lookout - Five months after the military's ban on openly gay service expired, a photo of a young gay Marine's homecoming kiss has gone viral. Nearly 15,000 people have liked the picture on Facebook, which was posted in a group for gay Marines on Saturday. The Marine, Brandon Morgan, posted a response on his Facebook wall according [...] Full Story | Top |
Dow closes above 13,000, first time since crisis
Tue,28 Feb 2012 04:42 PM PST
Associated Press -  The Dow Jones industrial average rode a surge of confidence in the economy Tuesday to close above 13,000, a threshold it last crossed four months before the financial crisis of 2008 and the darkest days of the Great Recession.
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Adolf Hitler's long-lost collection of paintings discovered
Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:43 AM PST
The Sideshow - A Czech historian has discovered a long-lost collection of paintings belonging to Adolf Hitler. The Telegraph reports that the unearthed works of art include a "massive" painting entitled "Memories of Stalingrad." Even though the battle of Stalingrad was one of the German army's most brutal defeats in World War II, the painting is said to [...] Full Story | Top |
Recreational marijuana measure to be put to voters
Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:45 PM PST
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado voters will be asked to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in a November ballot measure, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government over America's most commonly used illicit drug. The measure, which would legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults, is one of two that will go to voters in November after a Washington state initiative to legalize pot earned enough signatures last month to qualify for the ballot there. ... Full Story | Top |
Banker's Insulting Waitress Tip Incites Class Warfare Between the 1% and the 99%
Mon,27 Feb 2012 08:46 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending. UPDATE: According to The Smoking Gun, the restaurant says they found the original merchant copy, and the receipt going around the Web is Photoshopped. You can see our update on the story here. Just when you may have thought the ongoing battle between the 99% and [...] Full Story | Top |
2 dating websites sued over soldier's photo in ads
Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:17 AM PST
Associated Press - The picture of a handsome, uniformed soldier accompanying online ads that proclaim "Military Man Searching for Love" is an Army lieutenant who was killed in Iraq in 2007, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents Monday against two dating websites. Full Story | Top |
Police demote Arizona cop over Obama image on t-shirt
Tue,28 Feb 2012 06:15 PM PST
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona police sergeant who posted a photo on his Facebook account showing youths with guns posing with an apparently bullet-ridden t-shirt with a picture of President Obama on it has been demoted, authorities said on Tuesday. Patrick Shearer, a 25-year-veteran of the Peoria, Arizona, police department, will be dropped in rank to officer and receive a two-week unpaid suspension for the incident that sparked a U.S. Secret Service investigation, Police Chief Roy Minter said. ... Full Story | Top |
Day of reckoning, "dirty tricks" as Michigan votes
Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:28 PM PST
Reuters -  SOUTHFIELD/GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - Mitt Romney condemned rival Rick Santorum for urging Democrats to vote against him and "kidnap" the Michigan Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, as voters determined whether Romney would get a big win or a humiliating defeat. Santorum, running neck-and-neck with Romney in opinion polls, is trying to snatch an upset win in his rival's home state, where the Republican primary is open to both parties. ...
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Kinect-enabled carts coming to a Whole Foods near you?
Tue,28 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST
Technology News Blog - The Kinect motion-sensing game peripheral is a lot of fun when it comes to family-friendly entertainment. But Whole Foods, in connection with a third-party developer, believes that Kinect may be the future of shopping. The Kinect-enabled shopping cart experience begins with you scanning … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
Tue,28 Feb 2012 10:56 AM PST
LiveScience.com - The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it. But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the human psyche that would seem to disprove this notion, and imply instead that democratic elections produce mediocre leadership and policies. Full Story | Top |
Ohio shooting suspect's family 'devastated'
Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST
Associated Press -  The family of a teenager suspected of opening fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Cleveland high school, killing one student and wounding four others, says it is "devastated" by the shootings.
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Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future
Tue,28 Feb 2012 04:59 AM PST
Reuters -  ISHINOMAKI, Japan (Reuters) - The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance. Behind her hulks twisted metal and splintered wood left by the tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki, her hometown. The photograph, taken by Tadashi Okubo at the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, was picked up by Reuters and other agencies around the world, becoming an iconic image of the March 11 disaster that killed 20,000 people. The woman's name is Yuko Sugimoto. She is now 29 years old. When the photo was taken, around 7 a.m. ...
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Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe to Retire
Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:40 PM PST
ABC News - Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, a three-term veteran from Maine, will not stand for re-election this fall. Snowe, one of the handful of moderates left in the Senate, said she is tired of the gridlock that has paralyzed Congress. Snowe, 65, was one of just three... Full Story | Top |
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