Thursday, February 28, 2013

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Journalist Bob Woodward Clashes With White House Over Sequester Report

Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 07:33 AM PST
Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Journalist Bob Woodward Clashes With White House Over Sequester Report 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 07:33 AM PST
White House at war with legendary journalist Bob Woodward?Veteran journalist Bob Woodward is embroiled in an extraordinary public clash with the White House over his reporting on the sequester. Woodward has been making the rounds to cable TV and print outlets accusing a “very senior person” in the administration of threatening him last...
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Bloomberg Businessweek editor regrets publishing controversial housing cover 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:34 AM PST
Bloomberg Businessweek is taking a beating from critics who say the magazine's recent coverâ€"featuring a cartoon illustration of what appears to be a black family rolling in cash from a housing reboundâ€"is racist. "Our cover illustration got strong reactions, which we regret," Josh Tyrangiel, Bloomberg Businessweek's editor in chief, said in a statement to Yahoo [...]
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Vegas shooting suspect arrested in Los Angeles 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 07:23 PM PST
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police Capt. Chris Jones says Ammar Harris was arrested Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 by a team of police and federal agents in North Hollywood, Calif. The 26-year-old is a self-described pimp who was the subject of a multi-state manhunt following the Feb. 21 gunfire and chain-reaction crash that killed three and injured at least five. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" A self-described pimp was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles, ending a weeklong manhunt that began after a shooting and spectacular, fiery crash that killed three people on the Las Vegas Strip, police said.
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Civil rights leaders outraged over Scalia’s ‘racial entitlement’ argument 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:23 AM PST
Civil rights leaders are up in arms over Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's skeptical questions about a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement that brought an end to Jim Crow-era racial discrimination at the polls in the South. In oral arguments over the law on Wednesday, Scalia, [...]
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Spending cuts fact or fiction: The “half-truths” about tomorrow’s budget cuts 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 04:29 AM PST
Top Line With looming across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect tomorrow if Congress and the White House fail to reach a deal, there have been a lot of “apocalyptic” warnings coming from Washington. While the significance of the cuts should not be "belittled," fact-checker Bill Adair tells Top Line the truth has been twisted [...]
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Michelle Obama: Obesity fight is ‘generational’ campaign 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 04:39 PM PST
What dishes would first lady Michelle Obama like to magically turn into guilt-free health foods? What’s her personal fitness regimen? What does she think of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial restrictions on big sodas? And why are the Obamas “a broccoli household”? The first lady answered those questions and more about fitness in [...]
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Sequestration is coming. Now what? 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 12:39 PM PST
The Senate on Thursday voted to reject all proposals for an alternative deficit-reduction plan that would avoid sequestration, a process that will trim $85 billion in across-the-board spending from the federal budget this year. Barring a sudden and unexpected outbreak of bipartisan cooperation (LOL) over the next 12 hours, most federal departments on Friday will [...]
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Benedict promises obedience to successor 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 07:10 AM PST
In this image taken from video as Pope Benedict XVI deliveres his final greetings to the assembly of cardinals at the Vatican Thursday Feb. 28, 2013, before he retires in just a few hours. Benedict urged the cardinals to work in unity and promised his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor in his final words to his cardinals Thursday in a poignant and powerful farewell before he becomes the first pope in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Vatican TV)VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI promised his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor on Thursday in a poignant and powerful farewell speech to cardinals delivered hours before he becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.
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‘Marijuana cannon’ fires pot across border fence 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 06:10 AM PST
Mexican police have confiscated an improvised cannon that they say was used to fire packages of marijuana across a border fence into California. The makeshift cannon was made of plastic pipe and powered by compressed air sourced from an old car engine, police in the border city of Mexicali said. The device was able to [...]
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Clint Eastwood Joins Republicans for Gay Marriage, Highlighting Growing GOP Rift 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 05:10 PM PST
Clint Eastwood Joins Republicans for Gay Marriage, Highlighting Growing GOP RiftModerate Republicans Fighting for a Stake in the GOP
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Rodman tells Kim Jong Un he has 'friend for life' 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 05:20 PM PST
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Rodman arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series. (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â€" Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out with North Korea's Kim Jong Un during his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him.
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Pope, in final message, says he's a simple pilgrim 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:16 AM PST
Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful from his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where Pope Benedict XVI will spend his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) â€" Benedict XVI greeted the faithful for the last time as pope on Thursday, telling tearful well-wishers that he is beginning the final stage of his life as "simply a pilgrim," hours before he becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.
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All The President's 'Threats' 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 06:52 AM PST
White House Denies Threatening Bob WoodwardBy MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES CLASH OF THE TITANS: Veteran journalist Bob Woodward is embroiled in an extraordinary public clash with the White House over his reporting on the sequester, reports ABC’s Devin Dwyer. Woodward has been making the rounds accusing a “very senior person”...
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Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatitis: study 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 01:05 PM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take a certain type of diabetes drug to lower blood sugar levels may be at an increased risk of developing an inflamed pancreas, according to a new study. Glucagonlike peptide 1(GLP-1) therapies that include exenatide - marketed as Byetta by an alliance between Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca - and sitagliptin - marketed as Januvia by Merck - have been linked to pancreatitis before in studies on animals and small groups of patients, said the study's lead author. "New therapies and risks are only evaluated when studies are done. ...
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Man Begins To Regret Giving His Ex-Wife A Place To Stay 
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 09:00 PM PST
DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife cheated on me five years ago. She ran off with a nonworking criminal type and has been bouncing from place to place with this bozo ever since.When they and their 3-year-old became homeless two weeks ago, all of a sudden she showed up at my door shoeless and with their son in a diaper. She said her boyfriend was abusive and asked to stay with me until she finds a place. I agreed under the provision that she not see this guy.I am a hard-working single father of two. I know my heart is two sizes too big for my own good sometimes, and I don't want to be taken advantage of. ...
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Police: All 3 women in SUV in Vegas attack found 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:36 AM PST
LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" A week after a shooting and spectacular fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip, police said Thursday they have found and talked with all three women who were in an SUV with driver and accused shooter Ammar Harris.
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Obama urges court to overturn gay marriage ban 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 04:51 PM PST
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Newport News, Va. With across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any public inconvenience or disruption in government services that result. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)WASHINGTON (AP) â€" In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban and turn a skeptical eye on similar prohibitions across the country.
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Obama administration files brief supporting gay marriage in California 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 03:32 PM PST
The Obama administration has waded into the legal battle over California's gay marriage ban, filing a brief with the Supreme Court Thursday evening that argues the state's voters did not have the right to decide gay couples cannot wed. In the brief, the Justice Department--which is not involved in the case--argues that the gay marriage [...]
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US: $60 million in new aid to Syria opposition 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 04:57 AM PST
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib, during an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama, Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The United States is looking for more tangible ways to support Syria's rebels and bolster a fledgling political movement that is struggling to deliver basic services after nearly two years of civil war, Kerry said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ROME (AP) â€" The Obama administration said Thursday that it will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $60 million in assistance and â€" in a significant policy shift â€" will for the first time provide nonlethal aid like food and medical supplies to rebels battling to oust President Bashar Assad.
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Bradley Manning pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 03:50 PM PST
Army Private First Class Manning is escorted in handcuffs as he leaves the courthouse in Fort MeadeFORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt "should become public," but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, entered the pleas prior to his court martial, which is set to begin on June 3, in a case that centers on the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history. Military judge Colonel Denise Lind accepted the guilty pleas late in the afternoon. ...
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Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:21 AM PST
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict ended his difficult reign on Thursday pledging unconditional obedience to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic Church at one of the most crisis-ridden periods in its 2,000-year history. The papacy became vacant at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT/2PM ET), marking the first time in six centuries a pope has resigned instead of ruling for life. ...
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106-year-old woman to get high-school diploma 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 08:13 AM PST
Reba Williams, a 106-year-old Pennsylvania woman, is finally getting her high-school diploma. The Mansfield News Journal explains that Williams completed her 12 years of education when she was a teen in the 1920s. However, Williams refused to read a book (unnamed, but we'd love to know what it was) assigned by her teacher senior yearâ€"and [...]
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White House issues veto threat on GOP fiscal plan 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:05 AM PST
The White House is threatening a presidential veto of a Senate Republican measure that would give President Barack Obama more authority and flexibility to find $85 billion in spending cuts this year. The ...
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Obama nears deadline on gay marriage decision 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:43 AM PST
President Barack Obama speaks at the Business Council dinner in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The next phase of President Barack Obama's evolving position on gay marriage may come Thursday, the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case that could determine whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.
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Pope flies in helicopter to papal retreat 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 08:31 AM PST
In this image taken from video as Pope Benedict XVI deliveres his final greetings to the assembly of cardinals at the Vatican Thursday Feb. 28, 2013, before he retires in just a few hours. Benedict urged the cardinals to work in unity and promised his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor in his final words to his cardinals Thursday in a poignant and powerful farewell before he becomes the first pope in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Vatican TV)VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as pontiff on Thursday, flying by helicopter to the Vatican's vacation retreat hours before becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.
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Pope Benedict quits Vatican with promise to obey successor 
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 09:20 AM PST
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict left the Vatican on Thursday after pledging unconditional obedience to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic Church at one of the most crisis-ridden periods in its 2,000-year history. The first pope in six centuries to step down, Benedict flew off in a white Italian air force helicopter for the papal summer villa south of the capital where he took up temporary residence. ...
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