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Yahoo! readers rate the debate: '$10,000 is more than some people make in a year'
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:48 PM PST
The Ticket - For the Republican candidates' debate in Iowa on Saturday night, Yahoo News posed real-time questions to those watching the event live stream to gauge their feelings about candidates' responses to moderators (and each other), and solicited comments on a live blog of the event. Here are the key takeaways from our audience feedback, along with [...] Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Newt Gingrich survives first big night of attacks
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:04 PM PST
The Ticket - In his first debate Saturday as the polling Republican frontrunner, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich bore the brunt of the attacks from every contender on the stage on a host of issues. But after two hours of attacks in the forum, co-sponsored by Yahoo News, ABC News and the Des Moines Register, he appeared to [...] Full Story | Top |
What now? Why the next 10 days are the most critical of the GOP campaign
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST
The Ticket - Six months ago, political junkies were deriding this year's Republican presidential race as one of the slowest and least exciting nomination battles in recent memory. Mitt Romney looked hard to beat. Newt Gingrich's campaign appeared all but dead. And several key Republicans whom many party insiders had begged to run—including Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Mike [...] Full Story | Top |
Artist Finds New Hidden Images in Mona Lisa Painting
Wed,7 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! An artist in New York has found a series of hidden images in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the "Mona Lisa." Artist Ron Piccirillo says that if you turn the painting sideways, you can see an outline of a lion, an ape, and a buffalo around [...] Full Story | Top |
Mysterious planet-sized object spotted near Mercury
Thu,8 Dec 2011 08:03 AM PST
The Sideshow - Is a giant, cloaked spaceship orbiting around Mercury? That's been the speculation from some corners after a camera on board NASA's STEREO spacecraft caught a wave of electronically charged material shooting out from the sun and hitting Mercury. Theorists have seized on the images captured from the "coronal mass ejection" (CME) last week as suggestive of alien [...] Full Story | Top |
Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012
Sun,11 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST
AP -  After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama's political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans.
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Fact Checking the Debate in Iowa
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:42 PM PST
ABC News -  Fact or Fiction Number 1 - We'll lose 1.6 million jobs over five years under the affordable healthcare act. ABC News' Amy Bingham reports: GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann came out swinging at the ABC News Iowa debate Saturday night, but rather than taking a jab...
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Northeast states cut heating aid to poor
Sun,11 Dec 2011 05:56 PM PST
AP -  Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can't afford enough heating oil to stay warm.
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Is iPad 3 Worth Waiting For?
Wed,7 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST
Upgrade Your Life - Tablets are shaping up to be THE big-ticket gift item this year. Fifteen percent of respondents to a ChangeWave survey said they want one. Top on the tablet wish list is the iPad 2, with 65% of respondents voting for it over the next contender, the Amazon Kindle Fire. What's more, analyst Gartner Inc. predicts [...] Full Story | Top |
Rick Perry's ad moves the Web
Fri,9 Dec 2011 11:48 AM PST
The Upshot - Rick Perry's latest ad has divided his campaign and gone viral on the Web. The TV spot shows Rick Perry wearing a jacket that could have been swiped from the "Brokeback Mountain" set (as former "Star Trek" star and gay activist George Takei has pointed out), as the candidate criticizes Obama for reversing the ban on [...] Full Story | Top |
Newt Gingrich 'Ignorant,' 'Racist' Say Palestinians
Sat,10 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST
ABC News -  Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has been slammed by Palestinians for telling a Jewish television channel that they are an "invented" people. "These are extremely trivial, demeaning and ridiculous remarks," Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said, according to the Ma'an News Agency . "Even the most...
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Mo. officials: Ex-deputy shot ex-wife, boyfriend
Sun,11 Dec 2011 06:28 PM PST
AP -  A former rural Missouri sheriff's deputy is suspected of killing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend before leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended with a shootout at an upscale hotel hosting a Christmas party for hundreds of doctors, nurses and their families, authorities said Sunday.
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VIDEO: Mitt Romney offers Rick Perry a $10,000 bet on debate stage
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:25 PM PST
The Ticket - At the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, Mitt Romney bet Rick Perry $10,000 on stage that he was wrong when Perry said that Romney supported an federal individual mandate to buy health care in his book, No Apology. You can watch the exchange below: Romney's offer soon went viral in the social [...] Full Story | Top |
Pennsylvania priest arrested, accused of possessing child porn
Sun,11 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST
Reuters - PITTSBURGH, Pa (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on charges he viewed child pornography in the rectory of his Pittsburgh-area church, the diocese said on Sunday. The Rev. Bartley Sorensen, 62, pastor of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, Pennsylvania, was arraigned on charges of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, according to the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He was being held on Sunday in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond, jail officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
Strong quake shakes from Mexico City to Acapulco
Sun,11 Dec 2011 02:40 AM PST
AP - A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck in Mexico's western Guerrero state, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation's capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died, but there were no reports of widespread damage. Full Story | Top |
New Jersey 'Map' Goes Viral
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:51 AM PST
News - Local Philadelphia - Chris Lipczynski, AroundPhilly This must be a difficult time for New Jersey. You see, in addition to finding out that they're harboring the second most dangerous city in America (for the second year in a row), they've now got a … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Va. Tech gunman called quiet; went to small school
Sat,10 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST
AP -  The man who authorities say killed a Virginia Tech police officer was described as a typical college student in many ways, making it difficult to understand why he would commit an armed robbery and then, apparently at random, target the patrolman before killing himself.
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Strong earthquake rattles Mexico, killing two
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:27 PM PST
Reuters -  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, knocking out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets. There were no immediate reports of severe damage or injuries in Mexico City but emergency services said an 18-year-old man was killed when a roof collapsed in Iguala, a small city between the capital and the tourist resort of Acapulco. ...
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New U.N. climate deal struck, critics say gains modest
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST
Reuters -  DURBAN (Reuters) - Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming. A package of accords agreed after marathon U.N. talks in South Africa extended the 1997 Kyoto Protocol - the only global pact enforcing carbon cuts - allowing five more years to finalize a wider pact which has so far eluded negotiators. ...
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Noriega flown home to be punished once again
Sun,11 Dec 2011 10:03 AM PST
AP -  Former military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama on Sunday to be punished once again for crimes he committed during a career that saw him transformed from a close Cold War ally of Washington to the vilified target of a U.S. invasion.
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Raw Cookie Dough Linked to E. Coli Outbreak
Fri,9 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST
ABC News - Licking the spoon for a couple tastes of raw cookie dough is an added bonus to the baking process, but the risk of falling ill from the batter might be greater than once thought. New research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease found that the culprit... Full Story | Top |
Romney's $10,000 bet falls flat in Iowa debate
Sat,10 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PST
Reuters -  DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney put his money where his mouth was on Saturday in a quip at a presidential debate that may have backfired. Romney, a multi-millionaire and a frontrunner for the Republican nomination, offered a $10,000 bet to opponent Texas Gov. Rick Perry in an argument over what Romney wrote about healthcare in his book "No Apologies." Former Massachusetts governor Romney tried to bet that he had not supported implementing an individual healthcare mandate, mistrusted by conservatives. "Rick, I'll tell you what: 10,000 bucks?," Romney said. ...
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Gingrich fights off rivals in Iowa debate
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:05 PM PST
Reuters -  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Surging frontrunner Newt Gingrich fought off heavy attacks in a presidential debate in Iowa on Saturday from Republican rivals who portrayed him as a Washington insider and questioned his judgment. Gingrich, described by some critics as rash and petulant, kept his cool as his Republican rivals criticized him for making up to $1.6 million from housing giant Freddie Mac, for saying Palestinians were an "invented" people and for his troubled marital past. ...
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Airport search complaints prompt calls for on-site advocates
Sun,11 Dec 2011 02:43 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New York politicians urged the Transportation Security Administration on Sunday to provide passenger advocates on site at airport screenings after four elderly women complained of intrusive searches by security agents in recent months. Senator Charles Schumer and State Senator Michael Gianaris told Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano and TSA Administrator John Pistole in a letter that an on-site passenger advocate would help strike the right balance between security and protecting vulnerable travelers. ...
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Gingrich fuels more Mideast conflict: Palestinians
Sat,10 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST
Reuters -  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders said on Saturday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel. Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, described his comments in an interview as "despicable." Hanan Ashrawi, another top official, said Gingrich's "very racist comments" showed he was "incapable of holding public office. ...
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Friends say Hollywood gunman stung from breakup
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:04 PM PST
AP -  Authorities Saturday identified the gunman who was shot dead by police as he fired at cars on a Hollywood street — screaming he wanted to die. Friends said Tyler Brehm was stung by the breakup of a long relationship.
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