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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines


Workers fired, furloughed at Hanford nuclear site

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:05 PM PDT

Cleanup at the nation's most contaminated site is likely to be slowed because of automatic budget cuts.

Winter storm slams travel in the Dakotas

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:49 PM PDT

A late-winter storm shut down schools and caused travel problems Monday throughout much of North Dakota and eastern South Dakota.

Ohio AG may target others from Stubenville party

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:04 PM PDT

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)Mike DeWine welcomes a new probe into possible wrongdoing connected with the rape.


Report: Concerns about full-powered Calif. nuke plant

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:17 PM PDT

It's too risky for the San Onofre station to remain at that level for more than 11 months.

No charges in death of adopted Russian boy

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:01 PM PDT

The Texas case adds to the debate over foreign adoption.

Congo warlord surrenders at U.S. Embassy in Rwanda

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:15 PM PDT

Indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Goma Democratic Republic of CongoBy Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - Fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda walked into the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Monday and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he faces war crimes charges racked up during years of rebellion. By surrendering in Kigali, where an embassy official said staff were "shocked" by his sudden arrival, Ntaganda ended a career that saw him fight as a rebel and government soldier on both sides of the Rwanda-Congo border during nearly 20 years of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region. ...


Why Apple ought not raise its dividend and 'hoard' its cash

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 01:59 PM PDT

There's been talk for months about what exactly Apple should do with its "hoard" of cash and investments, and it's only gotten louder as that mountain has grown to a remarkable $137 billion.

History Channel denies show’s Satan character resembles Obama

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 01:28 PM PDT

The History Channel miniseries "The Bible" has been generating heavenly ratings, with more than 14 million viewers tuning in to its debut episode. But the show generated some controversy with its Sunday-night episode when the character playing Satan made his debut. The controversy was not over anything happening on screen, but rather whether or not [...]

Suspect arrested, linked to Daniel Pearl slaying

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PDT

Suspect Arrested, Linked to Daniel Pearl SlayingThe Wall Street Journal reporter was kidnapped on his way to interview a Pakistani militant.


Bankruptcy court trustee wants to sell Casey Anthony's life story

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The trustee overseeing Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts.

Photos: Haunting underwater art gallery

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Photos: Haunting underwater art gallerys

Sandy Hook committee urges gun control

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Sandy Hook students tour new schoolThe panel wants military-style weapons banned and firearms registered.


At least 25 dead after blasts at Nigerian bus park

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:38 AM PDT

KANO (Reuters) - Five explosions at a bus park in northern Nigeria's main city of Kano killed at least 25 people on Monday in an area where Islamist sect Boko Haram is waging an insurgency against the government, a Reuters reporter who counted the bodies said. The blasts destroyed several buses in the Sabon Gari area of Kano, an area mostly inhabited by immigrants from Nigeria's largely Christian south, the Reuters witness said. Military and police cordoned off the area after the blasts. ...

Rwanda claims war crimes suspect at U.S. Embassy

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:07 AM PDT

Indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Goma Democratic Republic of CongoThe government says warlord Bosco Ntaganda turned himself in.


Biden better make his appointment with U.S. cardinals—or else

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 10:36 AM PDT

ROME—Vice President Joe Biden joked Monday he'd pay a high price if he skipped a scheduled reception with America's cardinals in Rome: "I'd better show up or I'll lose my soul." Biden's quip came as he met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at the Villa Aurelia in Rome a day before Pope Francis's installation mass, [...]

Why so much discontent over EA's SimCity?

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this file image provided by Electronic Arts/Maxis, concept art for a waterfront city is shown for the video game Can we have a calm conversation about SimCity for a moment? If not, by all means take your preformed opinion to the comment section below and hammer away (I can take it). But if you'd like to have an adult conversation about what's been happening here and why channeling your outrage measuredly matters, keep reading.


Pakistan's education crisis: What ever happened to Malala's friends?

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 10:05 AM PDT

Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, sits in her hospital bed in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in BirminghamThe nation has 12 million school-age children who have never been to school.


Argentina asks pope to help on Falklands dispute

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:49 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis stands by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez showing a picture of a marble plaque commemorating the 1984 peace and friendship treaty between Argentina and Chile as they meet at the Pope's temporary apartments in the Santa Marta hotel at the Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2013. Inscription in Latin reads: President Cristina Fernandez wants Francis to help end the argument with Britain.


Store clerks in Maine aren't laughing over the 'Kwikie' lottery game name

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:34 AM PDT

Convenience-store owners in Maine are concerned that the state lottery wants to rebrand its scratch-off lottery tickets as "Kwikies." "That's going to be real uncomfortable for my girls behind the register to have guys come in and say, 'Hey, give me a Kwikie,'" David Welch, owner of Village Market in Fairfield, Me., told the Bangor [...]

Shapiro: Republican disarray on full display at CPAC

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:48 AM PDT

Sarah Palin CPAC Speech Steals the Show"CPAC was riotously off-message," the columnist writes.


Hillary Clinton publicly backs gay marriage

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:32 AM PDT

This undated publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of MAKERS, shows Hillary Clinton, first female major party presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State, as well as a pioneering and controversial former First Lady, in the film,The former Secretary of State said gays "deserve the rights of citizenship."


Hillary Clinton announces support for gay marriage

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:17 AM PDT

This undated publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of MAKERS, shows Hillary Clinton, first female major party presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State, as well as a pioneering and controversial former First Lady, in the film,The former Secretary of State said gays "deserve the rights of citizenship."


Leaders gather for Pope's first mass

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, shakes hands with Buenos Aires' archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Lujan, Argentina. Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis, was chosen as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. Pope Francis has honed his leadership skills in one of the most difficult classrooms on the planet: Argentina, where politics has long been a blood sport practiced only by the brave. (AP Photo/DyN, File)Francis lunched with the Argentine president he has clashed with.


Iraqi father tells UK panel about torture wounds on son's body

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:46 AM PDT

Mizal Karim Al-Sweady holds a photograph of his dead son Hamid Al-Sweady outside the Al-Sweady Inquiry headquarters in LondonAn inquiry is looking into 28 deaths during or after a battle at the Danny Boy in Iraq.


Israel's Netanyahu says he's willing to make concessions for 'real peace'

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:30 AM PDT

Israel's PM Netanyahu attends a Likud-Beitenu party meeting in JerusalemThe prime minister gave no indication of a specific offer to Palestinians.


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