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| Former first dog Barney Bush dies Friday, Feb 01, 2013 02:33 PM PST Former first dog Barney Bush, the black Scottish terrier who romped on the White House grounds in George W. Bush’s time there, has died at age 12, the former president said in a statement. The playful pooch had been suffering from lymphoma. Barney played a starring role in the presidential mansion, notably in “BarneyCam†holiday [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ed Koch’s legacy: A safer, cleaner New York Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:48 PM PST NEW YORKâ€"Greenwich Village, with its historic brownstones and close proximity to Washington Square Parkâ€"one of the city’s most famous public spacesâ€"has long been considered one of Manhattan’s most sought-after addresses. But 35 years ago, the area, despite also housing New York University, wasn’t so nice. The park was the epicenter of New York’s growing drug [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House: Hearings helped Hagel Friday, Feb 01, 2013 12:24 PM PST The White House on Friday claimed that the eight hours of brutal questioning former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel endured Thursday during his Senate confirmation hearing actually helped his prospects of becoming the next secretary of defense. "We expect the Senate to confirm Sen. Hagel to the position of secretary of defense," White House spokesman Jay [...] Full Story | Top |
| Applebee’s defends firing of waitress who posted pastor’s ‘God’ receipt Friday, Feb 01, 2013 11:21 AM PST Facing a public relations nightmare over the firing of a waitress who posted online a pastor's note complaining about an automatic gratuity, Applebee's released a lengthy statement on Facebook defending its actions on Friday. "The guests who visit Applebee’sâ€"people like youâ€"expect and deserve to be treated with professionalism and care in everything we do," read [...] Full Story | Top |
| Eric Cantor: I want my Spotify Friday, Feb 01, 2013 10:51 AM PST The official Twitter account for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Friday complained about music websites that are blocked on office computers in the U.S. Capitol building, and demanded the walls be torn down. "House blocked Spotify?" read his account, referring to the music-sharing website. "This is 2013. It is a legal service that should [...] Full Story | Top |
| Scott Brown decides to steer clear of Massachusetts U.S. Senate race Friday, Feb 01, 2013 10:50 AM PST Scott Brown announced Friday that he won't vie for a political comeback this year in the special Massachusetts U.S. Senate race, dashing Republican hopes of having the well-known former senator on the ticket. After a stunning 2010 special election victory that brought him to Congress, Brown was defeated last November by Democrat Elizabeth Warren in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Iowa governor to pardon pig for annual bacon celebration Friday, Feb 01, 2013 09:41 AM PST Bonnie is one lucky porker. Kicking off Iowa's Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival next week, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will literally save a pig's bacon by pardoning Bonnie, a Berkshire sow, on Friday. Like a president granting a pardon to a turkey at Thanksgiving time, Branstad will join Bonnie on the steps of the governor's mansion [...] Full Story | Top |
| Energy Secretary Chu steps down, blasts climate-change skeptics Friday, Feb 01, 2013 09:06 AM PST Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist frequently the target of Republican criticism, announced Friday that he was stepping down in the latest shake-up of President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Chu, who disclosed his decision in a letter to Energy Department staff, frequently clashed with GOP lawmakers over gas prices as well as government backing [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama administration offers religious colleges opt-out for contraception rule Friday, Feb 01, 2013 09:06 AM PST Religious universities and other nonprofits may opt out of requirements to provide no-cost contraception through their group health plans following a change announced Friday to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Nonprofits will not have to "contract, arrange, pay or refer for any contraceptive coverage to which they object on religious grounds," the Department of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Postal Service says it’s immune from local traffic laws Friday, Feb 01, 2013 08:59 AM PST A U.S. postal service truck. (AP) A government lawyer’s attempt to get dismissed nearly $700 in traffic tickets given to the U.S. Postal Service is being met with a hearty and humorous, Heck no. In a Jan. 22 letter sent to both the city of East Cleveland, Ohio, and the company that operates the city's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Descriptive Camera Trades Pictures for Text Friday, Feb 01, 2013 08:46 AM PST The Descriptive Camera is a novel idea. It’s the kind of idea someone who’s looking for new ways to approach photography comes up with, when, as a society, we’re oversaturated with digital cameras, Facebook and Instagram. Instead of revealing a picture, the camera prints a description of what’s in the image. And the description isn’t [...] Full Story | Top |
| Puppy Bowl IX preview: Meet the pups and chat with this year’s poop-scooping referee Friday, Feb 01, 2013 07:55 AM PST The Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet's furry fit of Super Bowl counterprogramming, returns for its ninth year of tail-wagging and terrier touchdowns on Sunday afternoon. Join Yahoo! News' Dylan Stableford and Dan Schachner, who is returning for his sophomore season as a Puppy Bowl referee, at 2:30 p.m. ET Friday to preview all the pup-on-pup action, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Unemployment rises to 7.9 percent, economy adds 157,000 jobs Friday, Feb 01, 2013 05:40 AM PST The unemployment rate rose from 7.8 in December to 7.9 percent in January, but the economy added 157,000 new jobs last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report released Friday morning. The report indicates that job gains were seen in retail trade, construction, health care and wholesale trade, while employment edged [...] Full Story | Top |
| Underground dentist not remorseful about illegal practice Friday, Feb 01, 2013 05:39 AM PST Jose Delao during a jailhouse interview with Yahoo News this week. (Jason Sickles) PLANO, Texasâ€"Inside the unassuming ranch-style house, investigators discovered things like an x-ray machine, grinders, syringes, surgical instruments and anesthetics. Police say the homeowner, 63-year-old Jose Santiago Delao, had been running an underground dental clinic in the aging suburban Dallas neighborhood for years: [...] Full Story | Top |
| Yahoo News interview: Mitch McConnell on immigration, guns, bourbon and Sen. Ashley Judd Friday, Feb 01, 2013 04:08 AM PST Yahoo! News Chief Washington Correspondent Olivier Knox sits down for an exclusive interview with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Full Story | Top |
| Weekend in politics: January jobs report, and more Friday, Feb 01, 2013 03:30 AM PST The Labor Department will release the January jobs report Friday morning. Economists forecast that the economy added 155,000 jobs in January and that the unemployment rate stayed at 7.8 percent, the Associated Press reports, citing a Factset survey. What is the White House likely to say about the monthly jobs report? That there are signs [...] Full Story | Top |
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