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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines


If you're flying, get ready for long security lines

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PST

Travelers react to end of airport security body scannersU.S. spending cuts lead to bottlenecks at some security checkpoints.


U.S. cardinals seek answers on Vatican corruption

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:13 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, cardinals attend a meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, March 4, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)A scandal could lead to one of the most unpredictable papal elections.


Norman's story: Man losses life savings, home to scammers

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:57 AM PST

Norman's StoryDan Rather investigates Jamaican Lottery Fraud - scams totaling hundreds of millions of dollars affect thousands of U.S. elderly.


NYPD identifies suspect in deaths of expectant parents, baby

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:24 AM PST

Members of the Satmar Orthodox Jewish community grieve at the funeral of two expectant parents who were killed in a car accident, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A driver struck the car early Sunday morning, killing both parents while their baby, who was born prematurely, survived and is in critical condition. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)The driver of the BMW slammed into Nachman and Raizy Glauber's car, police say.


NRA chief vows court battle over any new gun laws

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:53 AM PST

Executive Vice President of the NRA LaPierre gives the keynote address at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah"The Second Amendment is one of our most basic freedoms," says Wayne LaPierre.


How that smartphone makes you less manly

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:35 AM PST

A woman holds BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software, used for governmental communication, at the booth of Secusmart during preparations at the CeBit computer fair in HanoverYahoo! News' new technology columnist Rob Walker shares his insights.


Staged murder: An experiment in human nature

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:19 AM PST

Staged murderTwo guys with hidden cameras capture people's reactions to a violent scene.


Biden: Obama is 'not bluffing' Iran

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:03 AM PST

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference, Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The U.S. will negotiate, but determined to halt the nation's nuclear plans.


Italian priest burns photo of Benedict during Mass

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:45 AM PST

Pope Benedict XIV Says Goodbye"It was wonderful," says the Rev. Andrea Maggi, defending his act of protest.


Biden: Obama is 'not bluffing' Iran

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:12 AM PST

US Vice President Biden makes remarks at the conclusion of a roundtable discussion on gun control at Girard College in Philadelphia PennsylvaniaThe U.S. will negotiate, but determined to halt the nation's nuclear plans.


Miners 'Harlem Shake,' get fired

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:56 AM PST

Harlem ShakeUp to 15 miners in Australia were fired after they put a video on the Web.


Florida imam convicted in Pakistani Taliban case

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:39 AM PST

MIAMI (AP) — An elderly Muslim cleric was convicted Monday of funneling thousands of dollars to support the Pakistani Taliban terror organization, which is blamed for suicide bombings and other attacks that have killed both Americans and Pakistanis.

Syrians killed on road in Iraq

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:06 AM PST

Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons in Al-Khalidiya neighbourhood of HomsA convoy carrying 40 Syrian soldiers was ambushed over the border.


Photographs: Unearthing history beneath St. Peter's

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:32 AM PST

Photographs: Unearthing history beneath St. Peter's

Queen Elizabeth leaves hospital after stomach complaint

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:17 AM PST

Members of the media wait outside the King Edward VII Hospital in central LondonThe queen looked well and was smiling as she walked to a waiting limousine.


Investigator urges U.S. to pursue Bush-era abuses

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:44 AM PST

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, VirginiaA U.N. official pushed for details of CIA's program of rendition and secret detention of terrorism suspects.


Jeb Bush won’t rule out 2016 run

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:27 AM PST

Jeb Bush isn't ruling out a run for the White House in 2016. "That's way off into the future," Bush, the former Florida Republican governor, responded on Monday's "Today" show when asked about a possible presidential bid. "I won't [rule it out] but I won't declare today either." Bush was on the NBC show to [...]

Mexico has world's richest man for 4th year in a row

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:11 AM PST

Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000.

Baby born after parents killed in NYC crash dies

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:37 AM PST

Members of the Satmar Orthodox Jewish community grieve over the coffins at the funeral for two expectant parents who were killed in a car accident, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A driver struck the car early Sunday morning, killing both parents while their baby, who was born prematurely, survived and is in critical condition. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — A baby delivered after his parents were killed in a Brooklyn hit-and-run accident died early Monday, a community spokesman said.


Obama to announce picks for EPA, Energy: official

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:04 AM PST

A worker cleans a sidewalk outside the White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce his intent on Monday to nominate air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy, a White House official said. McCarthy would likely become the face of Obama's latest push to fight climate change. Currently the assistant administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation, she would replace Lisa Jackson, who has stepped down as EPA chief. ...


Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:31 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has tapped Wal-Mart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington's heated partisan budget battles and is filling vacancies at the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency, an official says.

Swarm of locusts hits Egypt ahead of Passover holiday

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:14 AM PST

Israel is on alert as swarms of the destructive bugs hit their neighbor.

Everyone hates the spending cuts, but they're here for a while

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 03:58 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013, following a meeting with congressional leaders regarding the automatic spending cuts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)There's no evidence officials are moving to reverse the $85 billion in reductions.


Anti-gay marriage argument hinges on accidental pregnancies

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:36 AM PST

A gay marriage supporter carries a sign at the 41st LGBT Pride parade in San FranciscoThe Obama administration slammed the unusual argument in its Supreme Court brief.


At least 15 killed on Kenya coast on election day

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:49 AM PST

A woman with a child casts her ballot inside a polling station in Kenya's town of GatunduNAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Monday as Kenyans queued to vote in a presidential election they hope will rebuild the country's image after a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed. A few hours before the 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) start of voting and with long queues across the nation, at least nine security officers in Kenya's restive coastal region were hacked to death, and six attackers were also killed, a regional police chief Aggrey Adoli said. The total toll had earlier been put at 17. ...


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