mardi 12 mars 2013

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L.A. archdiocese settles sex abuse cases for $10M

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2006 file photo, Cardinal Rogery Mahony celebrates mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four clergy sex abuse cases that alleged abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told Mahony nearly 30 years ago he had molested children, attorneys confirmed on Tuesday March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)A now-defrocked priest allegedly told Cardinal Roger Mahony 30 years ago he had molested children.

Washington D.C. sinkhole draws jaded jokes

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:12 PM PDT

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is used to being the brunt of jokes, particularly those centered around the action, or lack of it, on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, the focus moved to the Adams Morgan neighborhood, where some saw a symbol of Washington - a gaping sinkhole in the middle of a bustling sidewalk. Unlike the fatal sinkhole that swallowed a man as he slept in his Seffner, Florida, home on February 28, or the one a golfer fell into on an Illinois fairway earlier this month, the Washington sinkhole is more on the order of a large pothole. ...

Oklahoma executes man who killed 3

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:56 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 26, 2002 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Steven Ray Thacker. Convicted of three murders in three states, Thacker is set for execution this week after waiving his right to seek clemency from the state's parole board. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)Steven Ray Thacker, 42, was the fifth person put to death this year in the U.S.

George P. Bush running for Texas office

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, left, talks to businessmen prior to making the opening statements at the Texas Business Leadership Council in Austin, Texas. Ending months of speculation about what post the grandson of one former U.S. president and nephew of another planned to seek, spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to run for land commissioner, a popular stepping stone to higher office.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork to run for land commissioner next year.

FAA approves Boeing's 787 fix

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:23 PM PDT

A Japan Airlines aircraft takes off as All Nippon Airways' Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner plane parks on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in TokyoThe Dreamliner's batteries must pass rigorous testing before flying passengers again.

Obama meets with divided Senate Democrats

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 02:36 PM PDT

Obama arrives at the Capitol in WashingtonThe president took questions with the group behind closed doors for about an hour.

Survivors of Ohio crash say teen was driving crazy

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 01:35 PM PDT

Lisa Williamson, mother of Brandon A. Murray, hugs her son's friend Monday, March 11, 2013, in Warren, Ohio. Investigators spent Monday trying to piece together why eight teenagers were crammed into a speeding SUV without the owner's permission when it flipped over into a pond, killing six of them, including Murray. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)An 18-year-old man says he pleaded for the driver to slow down.

Bloomberg: NYC soda decision just 'temporary setback'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 01:19 PM PDT

NYC Super-Sized Soda Ban Halted by JudgeThe mayor asks businesses to "voluntarily" comply with the drink-size limits.

Four Illinois teens die after car plunges into icy creek

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:47 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The mayor of a rural community in northern Illinois says residents are still coming to terms with the deaths of four high school students whose car skidded off a bridge into an icy creek.

Feds bust up $100 million crop insurance fraud ring in N. Carolina

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, March 8, 2013, a tobacco warehouse owned by Roy Johnson Raynor is shown at 1441 S. Church Street in Rocky Mount, N.C. Raynor is one of 41 people who have either pleaded guilty or reached plea agreements after profiting from false insurance claims for losses of tobacco, soybeans, wheat and corn. Prosecutors say bulk tobacco supposedly destroyed by bad weather and pests was secretly sold under false by several brokers in eastern North Carolina, part of a massive crop insurance fraud conspiracy prosecutors say cost the government-backed program $100 million in false claims. Raynor pleaded guilty in 2010 to conspiring to make a false statement, making a material false statement and committing mail and wire fraud. He was sentenced to one year in federal prison for brokering $1.4 million in deals for the Dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers were involved, authorities say.

Black smoke after first papal vote

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican CityThe cardinals signal they have not picked a new leader.

Twinkies could be back on shelves this summer

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:00 PM PDT

A box of Hostess Brands The new owner of Hostess hopes to have the iconic snack cakes back soon.

Iran plans to sue Hollywood over 'Argo'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:44 AM PDT

FILE --In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, director and actor Ben Affleck poses for photographers at the premiere of his film Argo in Washington, DC, USA. Iranian media reported on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 that authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning A lawyer will campaign to show that the film is a lie.

Last survivor of 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler dies at 90

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1978 b/w file picture , Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist is photographed in Munich, Germany. Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last surviving member of the main plot to kill Adolf Hitler and who once volunteered to wear a suicide vest to assassinate the Nazi dictator, has died. He was 90. Von Kleist's wife, Gundula von Kleist said Tuesday March 12, 2013 her husband died at his home in Munich on March 8. (AP Photo/dpa, Hartmut Reeh)As a German lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest.

Eccentric Mississippi father gets 'best obituary ever'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Harry Weathersby StampsIt's safe to say Harry Weathersby Stamps won't be forgotten.

Colin Powell’s Facebook page hacked

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:39 AM PDT

Colin Powell on 'Hannity'A hacker posts unflattering comments about the former secretary of state.

Conservationists to regulate international shark trade

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:22 AM PDT

A scuba diver swims near a whale shark as it approaches a paddleboat off the beach of Tan-awanThe fish are harvested for their meat, liver oil, and cartilage, as well as their fins.

Senate panel OKs gun background check bill

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuesday March 12, 2013 meeting comes five days after the panel approved Congress' first gun control measure since December's carnage at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school that left 26 students and educators dead. That bill, by the Judiciary Committee's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and others, establishes long prison terms for illegal gun traffickers and straw purchasers, people who buy a firearm for criminals or others forbidden to buy one. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)The Judiciary Committee expands the required reviews for nearly all gun purchases.

Join the Yahoo! chat: Sugary drinks and the government

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:34 AM PDT

NYC Drink Ban Struck Down, City to AppealJoin Yahoo! News this Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. ET for a conversation with Beth Fouhy, Yahoo News senior editor for politics and national news; Holly Bailey and Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News reporters; and John Metcalfe, reporter at The Atlantic Cities, as we discuss Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to ban large sugary drinks and how far government should go to push people to protect their health.

Colo. judge enters not guilty plea for Holmes

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is charged with 166 counts, mostly murder and attempted murder, in the July 20 assault on moviegoers at a midnight showing of CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting case entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes on Tuesday after the former graduate student's defense team said he was not ready to enter one.

Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for vote

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:02 AM PDT

Cardinals attend a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)The church faces deep divisions and uncertainty.

NYC policeman convicted in cannibal-plot case

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:46 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo submitted into evidence by defense attorney Julia L. Gatto shows New York City police Officer Gilberto Valle with his daughter. Valle, accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women _ including his wife _ was convicted of conspiracy Monday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Provided by Attorney Julia L. Gatto, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was convicted Tuesday of charges he plotted to kidnap and cook women to dine on their "girl meat" — a macabre case that subjected jurors to often gory evidence and asked them to separate fantasy from reality.

Verdict reached in "cannibal cop" trial in New York: court official

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Former New York City police officer Gilberto Valle cries during his trial in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury in New York has reached a verdict in the so-called "cannibal cop" case charging New York police officer Gilberto Valle with conspiring to kidnap, cook and eat women, a court official said on Tuesday. The verdict was expected to be read shortly at District Court in Manhattan. (Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Daniel Trotta)

Ahmadinejad hug with Chavez’s mother angers Iranian clerics

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:40 AM PDT

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under fire from the country's clerics over a photo of him consoling the mother of Hugo Chavez at the late Venezuelan leader's funeral—physical contact that's considered a sin under Iran's strict Islamic codes. The photo, released by Venezuela's Miraflores Press Office, shows Elena Frías' right hand clutching Ahmadinejad's left, her [...]

Mo. golfer survives mid-round Illinois sinkhole

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:54 AM PDT

WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — When it comes to dealing with this divot, score one for golfer Mark Mihal.
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