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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines


2nd man arrested in slaying of Colo.prison chief

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:44 PM PDT

This Friday, April 5, 2013 photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old James Lohr. Lohr, a white supremacist prison gang member, was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief as authorities investigated whether the gang had any ties to the killing. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)Both of the suspected white supremacist prison gang members whose names surfaced during an investigation into the killing of Colorado's prisons chief are behind bars.


Retailers recall Buckyballs, Buckycubes magnet sets

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT

Retailers recall potentially dangerous magnet sets after manufacturer refuses

Two women shot at Virginia community college

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Two women were wounded in a shooting on Friday at a satellite campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, and the suspected shooter is in custody, police said in a statement. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone)

Obama asks Newtown victim's mother to deliver weekly address

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., meet with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after he announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. From left are David and Francine Wheeler, who lost their 6-year-old son Ben in the shooting, Katy Sherlach and her father Bill Sherlach, whose wife Mary Sherlach was killed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Francine Wheeler, whose son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, will give her remarks.


White House releases Obama's tax returns

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:12 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Organizing for Action dinner in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid $112,214 in federal income taxes on adjusted gross income of $608,611 in 2012—for an effective rate of 18.4 percent. They also contributed $150,034 to 33 charities, or 24.6 percent. And they paid $29,450 in Illinois income tax. The White House released the first couple's tax returns [...]


Search for Gacy victims at mother's house comes up empty

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:42 AM PDT

FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his officers and the FBI using high tech equipment and two dogs trained to sniff out human remains, went to the apartment complex of Gacy's late mother in march 2013 and found nothing to indicate the serial killer stashed any bodies there. Dart has been investigating the serial killer who was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 young men in the 1970s on a number of fronts the last couple years, including the exhumation of bodies of unidentified Gacy victims in the hopes DNA testing could identify them. (AP Photo/File)CHICAGO (AP) — If serial killer John Wayne Gacy murdered more young men in the 1970s than the 33 whose bodies he stashed under his house or tossed in a river, detectives now know one thing for sure: He didn't bury any at his mother's residence.


Has 'mainstream' media ignored Gosnell tragedy?

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:26 AM PDT

In this March 8, 2010 photo, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is seen during an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News at his attorney's office in Philadelphia. Three years after drug agents stumbled upon a gruesome medical clinic in West Philadelphia, abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is going on trial on eight counts of murder. Jury selection is set to start Monday, March 4, 2013 in the death penalty case. Opening statements are scheduled for March 14. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALESThe grand jury report in the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is among the most horrifying I've read. "This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women. What we mean is that he regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy - and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors," it states. ...


FDA uncovers safety problems at specialty pharmacies

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, foreground, with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and others, speaks during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services (HHS) Department in Washington, to discuss the Health Department's fiscal 2014 budget. The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs. In a blog post to the FDA's website Thursday, April 11, Hamburg noted that four pharmacies initially refused to admit the agency's inspectors. In two cases the agency had to return with search warrants and U.S. marshals to complete the inspections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Issues include mold in supposedly clean rooms, bad ventilation, and non-sterile lab coats.


Facing succession, aristocrats still face 'Downton' dilemma

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:55 AM PDT

Timothy Torrington the 11th Viscount Torrington stands with a painting of his ancestor Admiral Sir George Byng the 1st Viscount Torrington, in Mere, Somerset, England, Monday, April 8, 2013. Viscount Timothy Torrington's story reads like a real-life version of Viscount Timothy Torrington has to give his estate away because he has no sons.


Sheriff Joe says he's used to threats

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:40 AM PDT

FILE-This Jan.9,2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. Authorities say law officers in Arizona have intercepted an explosive device that was earmarked for Arpaio. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)"I'm getting many threats. This isn't the first time," he said.


Search on for gunman at U.S. college, no shots fired

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:24 AM PDT

A university in Greensboro, North Carolina, issued a campus-wide lockdown alert.

Paul Ryan says it's time to work with pro-choice groups

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 07:38 AM PDT

Paul Ryan Tells Anti-Abortion Advocates to Broaden Their ReachRep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,  called for anti-abortion rights advocates to reach out to pro-abortion rights advocates Thursday evening, making him the latest Republican to urge like-minded voters to be open to a group not traditionally viewed  as conservative. "To advance the pro-life cause, we need...


Flavored vodka takes a hit: Obama budget's new taxes

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:35 AM PDT

Obama habla sobre economía e inmigración en una reunión con banquerosThe president gets to $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction with revenue enhancers.


Calvin Coolidge, a president who actually lowered debt

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:03 AM PDT

What Washington Could Learn from President Calvin Coolidge"Silent Cal" stayed quiet as a way to build political trust.


TV show 'Glee' depicts school shooting

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:33 AM PDT

An episode titled "Shooting Star" started with a warning to viewers.

'Hundreds of thousands' excluded in immigration bill

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:18 AM PDT

FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference on immigration legislation with a members of a bipartisan group of leading senators, including, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., in Washington. After months of arduous closed-door negotiations, the WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming U.S. citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals.


Kerry: N. Korean launch would be 'huge mistake'

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:47 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry gestures to South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun shortly before arrival of South Korean's President Park in Seoul"Our hope is we can get back to talks," the secretary of state said in Seoul.


French upper house backs same-sex marriage law

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:17 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande stands on the steps of the Elysee Palace in ParisThe move is France's most important social reform since the 1981 abolition of the death penalty.


Federal officials probe cause of fatal bus crash

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 02:01 AM PDT

Map locates fatal bus crash near DallasA charter bus loaded with elderly casino-goers crashed near Dallas, killing two and injuring 41.


2nd man arrested in probe of prison chief's death

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:45 AM PDT

This Friday, April 5, 2013 photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old James Lohr. Lohr, a white supremacist prison gang member, was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief as authorities investigated whether the gang had any ties to the killing. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Both of the white supremacist prison gang members whose names surfaced during an investigation into the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief are now behind bars.


Kerry visits S. Korea amid missile fears

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:30 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Moon upon his arrival at a military airport in SeongnamThe secretary of state arrives as the region braces for a possible North Korean missile test.


Rick Warren: Son used unregistered gun in suicide

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:58 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Saddleback Valley Community Church shows Matthew Warren, the son of Pastor Rick Warren. Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif., said in a statement Saturday, April 6, 2013, that Warren's 27-year-old son, Matthew Warren, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness and deep depression. (AP Photo/Saddleback Valley Community Church)Pastor Rick Warren said his son bought the gun through the Internet.


New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:55 PM PDT

Officials from the Centre for Food Safety get a blood sample from a chicken imported from mainland China at a border checkpoint in Hong KongEven as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China - typically the first step in making a flu vaccine - government-backed researchers had already begun testing a "seed" strain of the virus made from the genetic code posted on the Internet. This new, faster approach is the result of a collaboration among the government, vaccine maker Novartis and a unit of the J. ...


3 Calif. teens arrested for assault after girl's suicide

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:54 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by her family via attorney Robert Allard shows Audrey Pott. A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered the 15-year-old girl who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jose Cardoza says the teens were arrested Thursday, April 11, 2013, two at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard) NO SALES MAGS OUT FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLYEight days after allegedly being sexually battered while passed out at a party, and then humiliated by online photos of the assault, 15-year-old Audrie Pott posted on Facebook that her life was ruined, "worst day ever," and hanged herself.


Bat-swinging store owner fends off gunmen

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 06:52 PM PDT

In this image taken from Tuesday, April 9, 2013 surveillance video provided courtesy of Quizhpe Gifts & Fashion, an armed robber, right, holds shop owner Luis Quizhpe's brother-in-law at gunpoint, while another robber, second left, appears to struggle with Quizhpe, on floor at left, during a robbery attempt in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. The gunman fired multiple shots at Quizhpe, hitting him in the leg. But the wound failed to stop the shop owner's vigorous counterassault with a baseball bat against the pair of robbers. One man was charged with attempted murder and armed robbery and officers are searching for a second suspect in the incident. (AP Photo/Courtesy Quizhpe Gifts & Fashion)Bail is set at $750,000 for one of two men facing charges in the shooting of a Chicago shop owner whose resistance with a baseball bat was captured by a security camera.


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