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| This is the end: Team of experts say humanity faces extinction Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:30 PM PDT The crazy man walking down the city street holding a sign that reads "The end is near" might just have a point. A team of mathematicians, philosophers and scientists at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute say there is ever-increasing evidence that the human race's reliance on technology could, in fact, lead to its demise. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dog helps alert owner to house fire Thursday, May 02, 2013 03:17 PM PDT  Oz the dog helped save his owner's life when a fire broke out in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. WNEP reports that Randy Merlo was fast asleep in his home when Oz sensed something was wrong. Merlo told WNEP that the 12-year-old cocker spaniel woke him up on purpose. "He was nudging me or whatever, what I [...] Full Story | Top |
| Weigh more than 260 pounds? NYC says you’re too heavy for bike-share program Thursday, May 02, 2013 03:10 PM PDT New York City has made international headlines with its efforts to curb obesity through proposals such as an attempted ban on large soda drinks. And the city has launched another effort that's also been enacted by several other U.S. cities, a bike-share program. But if you're hoping to peddle away the pounds, there's one catch: [...] Full Story | Top |
| Throw back a Jägerbomb with Mitch McConnell Thursday, May 02, 2013 02:58 PM PDT Shots all around, and Mitch McConnell's buying. The re-election campaign for the top Republican in the Senate launched a contest Thursday, and the winner gets to kick back some booze with the lawmaker. The contest is part of the launch of a new McConnell campaign Tumblr page that invites supporters to submit pictures of themselves [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton to address Bill Clinton forum Thursday, May 02, 2013 01:09 PM PDT Cue the 2016 buzz: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton will be among the featured speakers at next month's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative America conference. Sponsored by former President Bill Clinton, the gathering kicks off June 13 in Chicago and will focus on how to create jobs and improve the U.S. [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.S. urges North Korea to free American facing 15 years hard labor Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:41 PM PDT The United States pressed North Korea on Thursday to free an American citizen, Kenneth Bae, reportedly arrested for taking pictures of starving orphans. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for unspecified crimes against the state. "There is no greater priority for us than the welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad, and we [...] Full Story | Top |
| Giant rubber duck sails into Hong Kong harbor Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:09 PM PDT It was like something out of a Ducks Unlimited member's dreams: A 54-foot-tall rubber duck sailed into a Hong Kong harbor on Thursday. Hundreds gathered at Victoria Harbour to cheer the arrival of the duck, which was designed by Dutch artist Flortentijn Hofman. The enormous duckling was built in 2007 and has since traveled to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Share your story about student loan debt Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:57 AM PDT Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) If you are a college graduate, your degree significantly increases your chances at landing a job—and one that pays much better than those that require only a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man accused of shoplifting from Finders Keepers says store name misleading Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:42 AM PDT After being accused of shoplifting from a Derry, N.H., thrift store called Finders Keepers, Ruben Pavon is arguing that he was simply confused by the store's name. WMUR.com reports that surveillance video shows Pavon taking a grill from the store's porch. Pavon told WMUR, "I grabbed the box. It was a fire pit, something like [...] Full Story | Top |
| FBI adds first-ever woman to ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:14 AM PDT This is not the kind of barrier-breaking people typically cheer: The FBI announced Thursday that it has added the first-ever woman to its list of Most Wanted Terrorists, where she joined the ranks of extremists such as al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri. Joanne Chesimard—she may be using the name Assata Shakur—was convicted of several charges, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Red line crossed in Syria: What would intervention look like? Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:07 AM PDT Last week intelligence officials assessed "with varying degrees of confidence" that chemical weapons had been used in the country—a possible game changer because those actions crossed President Obama's red line. A lot of questions came in on Yahoo! answers this week about potential action by the United States: What would it look like? What would [...] Full Story | Top |
| Home care workers in wait-and-see over minimum wage proposal Thursday, May 02, 2013 09:18 AM PDT When Charlene Hess got sick with a digestive illness, she went to the hospital as an independent 67-year-old who lived alone in her gated community in Sacramento, Calif. When she left, she needed help -- doing everything. With help from her daughter, Jennifer Gunn, the two discovered there are people -- in this case two [...] Full Story | Top |
| Texas judge issues double-entendre-filled ruling in strip club case Thursday, May 02, 2013 08:12 AM PDT U.S. District Judge Fred Biery has spoken. The Texas judge issued a ruling in the case he called "The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Bikini Top v. the (More) Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Pastie." Yes, indeed. At issue was a strip club's request for a preliminary injunction that would block enforcement of a San Antonio ordinance [...] Full Story | Top |
| Emily’s List launches effort to elect female president; hopes for Hillary Clinton Thursday, May 02, 2013 07:57 AM PDT At the kickoff of a six-figure campaign to elect America's first female president in 2016, Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock addressed the question on everybody's mind: Will Hillary Clinton run? "There is one name that seems to be getting mentioned more than others," Schriock told reporters at the National Press Club Thursday. "We do not [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Creepy’ geometry homework assignment references serial killer Ted Bundy, peeping Tom Thursday, May 02, 2013 07:33 AM PDT A substitute teacher at a Tulsa, Okla., high school may be out of a job after including references to serial killer Ted Bundy and a peeping Tom in a homework assignment. Oklahoma City's KFOR-TV reports that the substitute was filling in for a geometry teacher at Nathan Hale High School, where he distributed the assignment. [...] Full Story | Top |
| FBI releases photos of 3 men wanted in Benghazi investigation Thursday, May 02, 2013 06:27 AM PDT The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking the Libyan people for help in identifying three individuals who were on the grounds of the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2012. The attack resulted in the death of Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans. The [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama nominates Pritzker for commerce secretary, Froman as trade rep Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:07 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Thursday morning nominated wealthy Chicago fundraiser and longtime supporter Penny Pritzker as the next commerce secretary and Michael Froman, his national security adviser for international economics, to the post of U.S. trade representative. Pritzker and Froman were believed to be in line for those jobs. Both require Senate confirmation. Pritzker, CEO [...] Full Story | Top |
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