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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Volunteers rescue 'memories' from Okla. tornado debris

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:02 PM PDT

recovered photosThey pick through rubble to find priceless photos for victims.

New York man, held captive for a month in warehouse, rescued by police

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Kidnappers had demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, police say.

Get ready for a ‘xxtremely active’ hurricane season

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

New Forecasting Tool Eyed for Hurricane SeasonPeople should prepare now for a doozy of a year, forecasters say.

More arrests after grisly London attack

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

An armed soldier stands guard at the gate of the Royal Artillery Barracks near the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, southeast London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Police remained at the scene throughout the night after a brutal attack in a London street Wednesday, which left one member of the armed forces dead and two injured, and the two attackers were also hospitalised. The British government Cabinet's emergency committee immediately called a meeting and Prime Minister David Cameron's office said security was stepped up at barracks across London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)Counterterrorism officers arrests a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Questions for Obama on drones, Guantanamo

Posted: 23 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida's top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)President Barack Obama will defend his counterterrorism policies in a speech at National Defense University on Thursday afternoon, looking to reassure Americans concerned about his hugely controversial targeted assassination strategy with drones and revive efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected extremists. Obama's remarks come as key lawmakers have begun debating whether to [...]

Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus

Posted: 23 May 2013 06:54 AM PDT

The total number of deaths in the kingdom is now at 17.

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

Posted: 23 May 2013 06:24 AM PDT

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tubeAn airway splint saved the life of a baby boy.

Russian court denies punk rocker's parole

Posted: 23 May 2013 06:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Alekhina went on hunger strike Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in protest at not being allowed to attend her own parole hearing in Perm province. In letters dated Monday and posted online by the group's supporters, McCartney asks for parole to be granted to Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, currently serving two-year sentences for an impromptu protest in Moscow's main cathedral. The judge in Mordovia province to whom the Beatles frontman Paul McCartney addressed two letters in Pussy Riot support, denied Tolokonnikova parole last month. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.

Feds investigate after plane parts hit Ga. home

Posted: 23 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house.

Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

Posted: 23 May 2013 05:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida's top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)The administration revealed a fourth American citizen had been killed in drone strikes.

Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:18 AM PDT

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London.

How to fix college

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:18 AM PDT

Graduate watches through rain-soaked glasses as U.S. President Obama delivers commencement address at Morehouse College in AtlantaTen things Washington, and you, could do to make college cheaper.

British PM seeks answers after brutal London attack

Posted: 23 May 2013 03:03 AM PDT

A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in WoolwichA soldier was hacked to death on a London street in an apparent terror attack.

Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:45 AM PDT

Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death sentence. Dunlap was scheduled to be executed in August for the murders of four people in 1993 at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Hickenlooper only referred to Dunlap as Offender NO. 89148. He would not use Dunlap's name. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)DENVER (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.

Families remember young tornado victims

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:45 AM PDT

Marvin Dixon, the grandfather of 8-year-old tornado victim Kyle Davis, glances down at a photo of his grandson while sitting for a portrait in the lobby of a funeral home where his grandson awaits burial, in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Nicknamed Nine-year-old Sydney loved softball, while eight-year-old Kyle loved soccer.

Urban renewal? Big U.S. cities showing strong growth

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:58 PM PDT

Chart shows 15 fastest-growing large citiesCensus estimates show most large U.S. cities further enhanced their allure last year.

Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facilityBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another development likely to worry the United States and its allies, the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran had added to its capacity to refine uranium, which can also provide the fissile core of a bomb if enriched to a high level. The IAEA also said Iran had asphalted a part of a military site, Parchin, that the U.N. ...

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:57 PM PDT

A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura stand on the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. The photo was taken with a telephoto lens from an altitude of 5,550 meters (18,208 feet). It is not clear which of the climbers in the photo is Miura. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAn 80-year-old man became the oldest person to conquer the 29,035-foot peak.

Woman praised for distracting attack suspects in London

Posted: 22 May 2013 07:39 PM PDT

The horrific attack that left a U.K. soldier dead on the streets of London could have been worse.

Frefighters unprepared for Texas blast

Posted: 22 May 2013 07:25 PM PDT

File phooto shows housing complex after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in WestA report shows responders didn't adequately train for the situation.

Arias jury adjourns for day after impasse

Posted: 22 May 2013 05:36 PM PDT

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

FBI make arrest in Wash. ricin letter scare

Posted: 22 May 2013 05:20 PM PDT

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant is in connection with ricin-laced letters intercepted at a Post Office facility in Spokane earlier in the week. (AP Photo/TheSpokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUTA 37-year-old man arrested Wednesday has pleaded not guilty to mailing a threatening communication, after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.

Chicago board approves largest school closing

Posted: 22 May 2013 05:05 PM PDT

The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods have drawn protests by parents and teachers union leaders who say the closures will expose children to greater gang violence in a city that recorded 506 murders in 2012. ...

Teen who penned web-hit farewell song dies

Posted: 22 May 2013 04:34 PM PDT

Zach Sobiech, left, walks with his girlfriend, Amy Adamle, between classes at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Minn., on Dec. 3, 2012. Zach Sobiech's "Clouds" became a YouTube sensation with more than 4 million views.

Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights

Posted: 22 May 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Couple Missing From Carnival Cruise ShipIt promises full refunds for trips that are canceled due to mechanical failure.
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