Saturday, April 5, 2014

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Chinese ship hunting for missing Malaysia jet detects 'ping'

Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:06 AM PDT
Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Chinese ship hunting for missing Malaysia jet detects 'ping' 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 10:59 AM PDT
Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force Commander Iwamasa is pictured in front of one of P-3C Orion aircraft currently at RAAF Base Pearce near PerthBy Siva Govindasamy and Swati Pandey KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - A Chinese patrol ship hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner detected a pulse signal in the south Indian Ocean on Saturday, the state news agency Xinhua reported, in a possible indicator of the underwater beacon from a plane's "black box". Australian search authorities said such a signal would be "consistent" with a black box, but both they and Xinhua stressed there was no conclusive evidence linking the "ping" to Flight MH370, which went missing on March 8 with 239 people aboard shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. A black box detector deployed by the vessel Haixun 01 picked up the "ping" signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second - the same as emitted by flight recorders - at about 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude, Xinhua said. Dozens of ships and planes from 26 countries are racing to find the black box recorders before their batteries run out.
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IRRATIONAL HATRED OF OBAMACARE IS HARD TO FATHOM 
Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:01 PM PDT
My friend Isatou has just received an invoice from Kaiser Permanente, testament to her new coverage through the Affordable Care Act -- usually called "Obamacare." She's thrilled to finally have health insurance so she can get regular checkups, including dental care. But before Obamacare, she struggled to pay for those things. She is one of more than 7 million people who have signed up for health insurance through the ACA, stark evidence of the overwhelming market demand. Despite a badly bungled initial roll-out, a multimillion dollar conservative media campaign designed to discourage sign-ups, and a years-long Republican crusade against it (50 votes to change the law), millions got health insurance.
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Now Muslim parents are complaining about flyers for Easter egg hunts 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 05:50 AM PDT
In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church. The Muslim parents assert that the flyers – emblazoned with the word "Eggstravaganza!" – violate the separation of church and state widely ascribed to the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, reports the Detroit Free Press. The "Eggstravaganza!" is scheduled to take place on April 12 event at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church in Dearborn. The flyer urges students to RSVP "to secure your free spot," note the Free Press.
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China ship hears 'signal'; unclear if jet-related 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:41 PM PDT
A woman ties a message card for passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Search teams racing against time to find the flight recorders from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crisscrossed another patch of the Indian Ocean on Saturday, four weeks to the day after the airliner vanished. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)PERTH, Australia (AP) — Officials on Sunday were trying to confirm whether a "pulse signal" reportedly picked up by a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean came from the missing Malaysian jetliner.
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Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 02:21 AM PDT
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2008 file photo the tower of a church is pictured between the smoke billowing chimneys of the brown coal power plant Frimmersdorf in Grevenbroich near Duesseldorf, Germany. After concluding that global warming is almost certainly man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)BERLIN (AP) — After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.
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Stroke Patient Hears Doctors Discuss Organ Donation 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 12:06 PM PDT
Stroke Patient Hears Doctors Discuss Organ DonationCase Reveals Difficulty in Diagnosing Stroke Patients
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APNewsBreak: Archbishop to sell Atlanta mansion 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 04:53 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 6, 2012, file photo, Rev. Wilton Gregory, the Archbishop of Atlanta holds a cross during the 32nd annual Good Friday Pilgrimage at Hurt Park in Atlanta. Gregory apologized Monday, March 31, 2014, for building a $2.2 million mansion for himself, a decision criticized by local Catholics who cited the example of austerity set by the new pope. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz, File)SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — Trying to appease angry parishioners, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Atlanta said Saturday that he will sell a $2.2 million mansion just three months after he moved in.
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How an American Couple Snuck the Last Adopted Orphan out of Crimea 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 11:31 AM PDT
How an American Couple Snuck the Last Adopted Orphan out of CrimeaMOSCOW – As the overnight train pulled up to Crimea's new border with Ukraine, Kristine Proctor held her breath. Armed soldiers outside the window peered inside. "Are there any foreigners?" they asked the conductor. He pointed at Proctor and her companions: the girl she was...
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Obama: Republican budget would shrink opportunity 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:45 AM PDT
President Barack Obama smiles as he stands with Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa, after speaking to the media, Friday, April 4, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Republican budget proposal would shrink opportunity and make it tougher for hard-working Americans to get ahead.
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Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:44 AM PDT
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, talks to Commander of U.S. Force Japan Lt. Gen. Salvatore "Sam" Angelella during a helicopter ride Saturday, April 5, 2014 from Yokota Air Force Base in Fussa, to Tokyo in Japan. Hagel is on an Asian trip, the fourth since he took office, to Japan, China and Mongolia. (AP Photo/Alex Pool, Pool)YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan (AP) — Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security.
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Mormon leader outlines opposition to gay marriage 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:36 PM PDT
Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Salt Lake City. More than 100,000 Latter-day Saints are expected in Salt Lake City this weekend for the church's biannual general conference. Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints give carefully crafted speeches aimed at providing members with guidance and inspiration in five sessions that span Saturday and Sunday. They also make announcements about church statistics, new temples or initiatives. In addition to those filling up the 21,000-seat conference center during the sessions, thousands more listen or watch around the world in 95 languages on television, radio, satellite and Internet broadcasts. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader reiterated the church's opposition to gay marriage Saturday during the church's biannual general conference.
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Illegal immigration: Is Obama 'deporter in chief'? A rundown of the numbers 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 05:35 AM PDT
Upset about families being split apart, the protesters are demanding that Mr. Obama end deportations until immigration reform gets through Congress. Meanwhile, House Republicans, who are stalling on reform, complain that Obama is not enforcing the law – that he's too weak on deportations. As reported by ICE, the president has indeed deported illegal immigrants at a higher rate than any other president. But according to Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonpartisan group that seeks lower immigration, ICE counts deportations differently than did past administrations, adding border crossers to its total.. This is why its numbers look bigger by historical comparison. 
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Tennessee close to approving free community college for all high school grads 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 02:23 PM PDT
A recent proposal from Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam would use state lottery funds to provide free community and technical college tuition for all high-school graduates.
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Navy warship en route to sick toddler on sailboat 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:44 PM PDT
This undated image provided by Sariah English shows Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters, Lyra, 1, and Cora, 3. Rescuers have stabilized the condition Lyra, with her family on a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the coast of Mexico, and a U.S. Navy warship was headed toward the vessel, officials said Friday night, April 4, 2014. Their boat, the 36-foot Rebel Heart, was about 900 nautical miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas when they sent a satellite call for help to the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday morning saying their 1-year-old girl aboard was ill. (AP Photo/Sariah English)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship was headed Saturday to rescue a 1-year-old girl who fell ill on a crippled sailboat that was attempting to circle the world.
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AirAsia withdraws inflight magazine, says sorry 
Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:54 PM PDT
Aircrafts of budget airlines JetStar and AirAsia sit on the tarmac at Singapore's Changi AirportSoutheast Asia's top budget carrier AirAsia on Saturday withdrew its latest inflight magazine and apologized for an offending article boasting that its well-trained pilots would never lose a plane. AirAsia ...
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TEEN SHARES IN FRIEND'S GRIEF WITHOUT SHEDDING ANY TEARS 
Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:00 PM PDT
DEAR ABBY: I'm 15. Yesterday, they told our class that one of my friend's parents had died suddenly. Every single person in our grade cried, except for me. I felt bad about not crying for my friend's loss, but I just didn't. Another friend told me that last night people were texting, and it had been mentioned several times that I wasn't crying and that it looked like I didn't care, even though I do. I feel bad about not crying, but I don't want to lie and say that I did. Please help me. ...
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Japan to intercept any North Korea missile deemed a threat 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 06:56 AM PDT
Japan's Defence Minister Onodera reviews troops from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade during an annual new year military exercise in FunabashiBy Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will strike any North Korean ballistic missile that threatens to hit Japan in the coming weeks after Pyongyang recently fired medium-range missiles, a government source said on Saturday. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order, which took effect on Thursday and runs through April 25, the day that marks the founding of North Korea's army, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Following the order, meant "to prepare for any additional missile launches," a destroyer was dispatched to the Sea of Japan and will fire if North Korea launches a missile that Tokyo deems in danger of striking or falling on Japanese territory, the source said. Tensions have been building between North Korea and its neighbors since Pyongyang - in an apparent show of defiance - fired two Rodong missiles on March 26, just as the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the United States were sitting down to discuss containing the North Korean nuclear threat.
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Series of small earthquakes rock Oklahoma in record seismic activity 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 11:01 AM PDT
Earthquakes rattled residents in Oklahoma on Saturday, the latest in a series that have put the state on track for record quake activity this year, which some seismologists say may be tied to oil and gas exploration. One earthquake recorded at 3.8 magnitude by the U.S. Geological Survey rocked houses in several communities around central Oklahoma at 7:42 a.m. local time. Another about two hours earlier in the same part of the state, north of Oklahoma City, was recorded at 2.9 magnitude, USGS said. Those two were preceded by two more, at 2.6 magnitude, and 2.5 magnitude, that also rolled the landscape in central Oklahoma early Saturday morning.
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How a wedding cake became a cause 
Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 01:13 PM PDT
In this March 10, 2014 photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store, in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips is appealing a recent ruling against him in a legal complaint filed with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission by a gay couple he refused to make a wedding cake for, based on his religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The encounter at Jack Phillips' Masterpiece Cakeshop lasted less than a minute.
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