lundi 11 mars 2013

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Hagel takes cautious steps on Afghan trip

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:34 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel is greeted by U.S. General Breedlove upon Hagel's arrival at Ramstein Air Base in GermanyA suicide bombing and accusations complicate the defense secretary's debut.

Judge throws out NYC’s ban on large sugary drinks

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:18 PM PDT

File photo of a 64-ounce drink displayed alongside other soft drink cup sizes at a news conference at City Hall in New YorkA New York state judge on Monday threw out a ban on large sugary drinks set to go into effect in New York City on Tuesday, calling the new regulation "arbitrary and capricious." Championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a way to fight the city's growing obesity epidemic, the new regulation was to limit the [...]

Judge puts the kibosh to NYC sugary drink ban

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:46 PM PDT

A 64-ounce drink is displayed alongside other soft drink cup sizes at a news conference at City Hall in New YorkThe new regulation was "arbitrary and capricious," says State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling.

Convicted ex-Detroit mayor jailed until sentencing

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court after being convicted Monday, March 11, 2013, in Detroit, of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)Kwame Kilpatrick was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, bribery, and tax crimes.

White House is concerned with 'North Korea's bellicose rhetoric'

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:15 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers attend military training in an undisclosed locationPyongyang's threats raise tensions and intimidate others, said an Obama spokesman.

Long to-do list awaits the next pope

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PDT

A view of the balcony on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica where the newly elected Pope will make his first appearance to salute the cheering crowd, at the Vatican Monday, March 11, 2013. Cardinals have gathered for their final day of talks before the conclave to elect the next pope amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs a manager pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful and make Catholicism relevant again. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)The moment Cardinal Albino Luciani learned his colleagues had elected him pope, he responded: "May God forgive you for what you've done." The remark, by the man who became Pope John Paul I, was seen as an expression of humility — but also a commentary on the mammoth task ahead.

Photos: Japan marks tsunami anniversary

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:28 AM PDT

Photos: Japan marks tsunami anniversaryJapan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leave after attending the national memorial service for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo March 11, 2013. Japan honoured the victims of its worst disaster since World War Two on Monday: the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that killed almost 19,000 people and stranded 315,000 evacuees, including refugees who fled radiation from the devastated Fukushima atomic plant. REUTERS/Junji Kurokawa/Pool (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS ANNIVERSARY ROYALS)

Ohio wraps up case in Craigslist murder trial

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PDT

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Placing phony Craigslist job offers proves the alleged triggerman planned the killing of three "easy prey" men desperate for work, a prosecutor said Monday in his closing argument to jurors.

Earthquake shakes southern California

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 10:40 AM PDT

A series of tremors could be felt in downtown Los Angeles and Orange County.

Fidel Castro laments loss of 'best friend' Chavez

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 10:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Cuba's President Fidel Castro, left, talks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Barinas, Venezuela, near Chavez's hometown of Sabaneta. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)The retired Cuban leader breaks his silence on the death of the Venezuelan president.

Shipowner: Somali pirates free Greek oil tanker after 10 months

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:51 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Somali pirates released a Greek-owned crude oil tanker and its 26 crew members who were seized 10 months ago in the Arabian Sea, the vessel's owner Dynacom Tankers Management said on Monday. The MT Smyrni, which was carrying one million barrels of oil, was hijacked in May last year off Oman. MT Smyrni is the second tanker to be freed by Somali pirates within the last few days. A chemical tanker hijacked a year ago with more than 20 crew on board was also released last week. (Reporting by Renee Maltezou in Athens and Abdiqani Hassan in Bosasso, editing by Deepa Babington)

Two performers want paid for 'Harlem Shake' sampling

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:36 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two performers who say their songs have been used in Baauer's No. 1 hit "Harlem Shake" are seeking compensation because their vocals have been used without permission.

Extremists post video of bodies of foreign hostages in Nigeria

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 09:21 AM PDT

European diplomats said Sunday that the men had been killed.

Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor of corruption

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:48 AM PDT

In this Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court in Detroit. A jury has convicted Kilpatrick, on Monday, March 11, 2013, on corruption charges after a five-month trial that portrayed him as a greedy politician who took bribes, fixed contracts and lived far beyond his salary. The verdict is another defeat for the man who left office in 2008 amid an unrelated scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an affair with an aide. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a "private profit machine" out of Detroit's City Hall.

Boy who threatened suicide on Instagram gets hope from strangers

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:17 AM PDT

A seventh grade boy who threatened suicide in a post on Instagram has received thousands of letters from strangers telling him not to give up hope. Noah Brocklebank of Columbia, Md., posted a photo of his cut-up arm to Instagram on Jan. 26 along with a chilling note: "Day of scheduled suicide, February 8th, 2013, [...]

Jury convicts ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick of racketeering

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PDT

In this Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court in Detroit. A court spokesman says Monday, March 11, 2013, that jurors have reached a verdict in Kilpatrick's corruption trial. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — Jury convicts ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of racketeering conspiracy charge.

Thousands of dead pigs found in Shanghai's water supply

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 07:44 AM PDT

Dead pigs float in a branch of Huangpu River in Pinghu, Zhejiang provinceThe government says the discovery won't impact health in the city.

Stonehenge was a graveyard for elites

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 06:57 AM PDT

FILE - People embrace by the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, in southern England, as access to the site is given to druids, New Age followers and members of the public on the annual Winter Solstice, in this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 file photo. British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C. New studies of cremated human remains excavated from the site suggest that some 500 years before the Stonehenge we know today was built, a larger stone circle was erected at the same site as a community graveyard, researchers said Saturday March 9 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)Researchers studied the cremated bones of 63 individuals from around 3,000 B.C.

3,000 dead pigs found in Shanghai's drinking water

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 06:41 AM PDT

Authorities insisted there was no risk drinking water supplies would be contaminated.

Mountain climber’s scary fall caught on video

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 06:25 AM PDT

Fall"I was a little dazed but, critically, not unconscious," Mark Roberts said.

Report says Americans are training Syrian rebels in Jordan

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:23 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Americans are training Syrian anti-government fighters in Jordan, the German weekly Der Spiegel said on Sunday, quoting what it said were participants and organizers. Spiegel said it was not clear whether the Americans worked for private firms or were from the army but said some wore uniforms. The training focused on use of anti-tank weaponry. Some 200 men have already received such training over the past three months and there are plans in the future to provide training for a total 1,200 members of the "Free Syrian Army" in two camps in the south and the east of the ...

Family of Delhi gang rape suspect doubts jail suicide story

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012 file photo, Indian students shout slogans during a protest rally in Hyderabad, India. The main suspect in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified Indians and set off national protests, committed suicide in jail Monday, March 11, 2013 police officials said. The brutal attack on Dec. 16 2012 set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a new package of laws to protect them. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)The man was one of five on trial for a fatal rape on a bus.

Online betting site InTrade abruptly shuts down

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 04:21 AM PDT

The popular however inevitably controversial online betting site InTrade shut down abruptly on Sunday, citing an ongoing investigation and casting skepticism on Irish law in a vaguely worded statement. "With sincere regret we must inform you that due to circumstances recently discovered we must immediately cease trading activity on www.intrade.com," the statement says, detailing that all trading on the site must cease, accounts must be settled and all transactions stopped immediately. ...

Speed cited in Ohio crash that killed 8 teens

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 04:06 AM PDT

Mindy Morgan reads a note at the memorial where six teens were killed in a car crash on Park Ave. in Warren, Ohio on Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin)WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Investigators were focused on speed as a key factor in the crash of a sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers that smashed into a guardrail and flipped over into a swampy pond, killing five boys and the young woman driving.

Insider attack kills 2 U.S. troops, 3 Afghans

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:51 AM PDT

Nine dead in Afghan blast during Hagel visitOfficials say an Afghan police officer opened fire inside a police station while U.S. forces were visiting.
Publié par à

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire

Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom)