jeudi 25 juillet 2013

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Obama: House GOP budget is 'bad bargain'

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo. Seeking to focus public attention on the problem he was sent to the White House to solve, Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says are still treading water years after the financial meltdown. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the House Republican budget is a "bad bargain" for the middle class.

SAC Capital: Firm doesn't tolerate insider trading

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:12 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, photo, S.A.C. Capital Partners headquarters is shown,in Stamford, Conn. The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen was hit with white-collar criminal charges Thursday, July 25, 2013, that accused the fund of making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, and a related government lawsuit said insider trading was pervasive and unprecedented at the firm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — The hedge fund founded by billionaire Steven A. Cohen says it doesn't tolerate insider trading.

UN: More 100,000 now dead in Syria's civil war

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, a man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking from U.N. headquarters on Thursday, July 25, 2013, raised the death toll in Syria's 2 1/2 year civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The number of dead in Syria's civil war has passed 100,000, the U.N. chief said Thursday, calling for urgent talks on ending 2½ years of violence even as President Bashar Assad's government blasted the United States as an unsuitable peace broker.

Weiner admits to sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Anthony Weiner admitted that he exchanged sexual messages with at least three more women after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress two years ago.

Four Russians, one Ukrainian charged in massive hacking attack

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken Tuesday, May 3, 2011 shows a Visa card in a wallet in Richardson, Texas. A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred people from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes on Sunday, April 1, 2012, the company said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that over seven years penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations, stealing and selling at least 160 million credit and debit card numbers, resulting in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Reid: Hillary would be better president than Bill

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:26 AM PDT

ClintonTop Senate Democrat Harry Reid says not only will Hillary Clinton win in 2016, she'll also be a better president than Bill Clinton.

Afghan insurgents find new opening for IED attacks

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:26 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo shows transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Tyler J. Orgaard, left case, and Army Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde sit on a loader during a prayer at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Orgaard, 20, of Bismark, N.D., and Linde, 41, of Sidney, Mont., both died Dec. 3, 2012 in Lashkar Gah City, Helmand province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. The shrinking US combat role in Afghanistan has had the unwanted effect of giving insurgents more time and space to plan deadlier attacks using bigger improvised bombs. So while the number of attacks has declined, attacks are more lethal, Pentagon officials say. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials say the shrinking U.S. combat role in Afghanistan has given insurgents an opening to devise and carry out deadlier attacks.

Criticism alters US drone program in Pakistan

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, April 23, 2011 file photo, women supporters of a political party rally against the U.S. drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas, in Peshawar, Pakistan. The U.S. has drastically scaled back the number of drone attacks against militants in Pakistan and limited strikes to high-value targets in response to growing criticism. Those actions appear to have temporarily appeased Pakistan's powerful generals, but some U.S. are still worried about pushback from Pakistan's new civilian leaders, who took power in June with a strong stance on ending the attacks altogether. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has drastically scaled back the number of drone attacks against militants in Pakistan and limited strikes to high-value targets in response to growing criticism of the program in this country.

Justice Dept. to challenge states on voting rights

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Urban League annual conference, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Philadelphia. Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to voter protections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voter protections, a response to the Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to the Voting Rights Act.

Prosecutors: Manning wanted attention for leaks

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse for his court marial at Fort Mead, Md, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WIkiLeaks. He faces up to life in prision. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen))FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning betrayed his country's trust and gave military secrets to WikiLeaks to make a name for himself.

AP analysis of video: Spanish train was speeding

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:23 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATE - This image taken from security camera video shows a train derailing in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wedmesday July 24, 2013. Spanish investigators tried to determine Thursday why a passenger train jumped the tracks and sent eight cars crashing into each other just before arriving in this northwestern shrine city on the eve of a major Christian religious festival, killing at least 77 people and injuring more than 140. (AP Photo)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of video images shows that a Spanish train was traveling well above the speed limit when it derailed, killing 80 people.

'Slum pope' returns to slum with message of hope

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:07 AM PDT

People line the roads to greet Pope Francis as he arrives in his popemobile to the Varginha slum, part of the Manguinhos slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Pope Francis on Thursday visited one of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, or favelas, a place that saw such rough violence in the past that it's known by locals as the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The "slum pope" returned to the slum.

Feds charge hedge fund SAC Capital in NY case

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:51 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, photo, S.A.C. Capital Partners headquarters is shown,i n Stamford, Conn. The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen was hit with white-collar criminal charges Thursday, July 25, 2013, that accused the fund of making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, and a related government lawsuit said insider trading was pervasive and unprecedented at the firm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen was hit with white-collar criminal charges Thursday that accused the fund of making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, and a related government lawsuit said insider trading was pervasive and unprecedented at the firm.

UN chief says over 100,000 people killed in Syria

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:36 AM PDT

Smoke rises after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in central HomsUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says more than 100,000 people have been killed in the escalating conflict in Syria.

Sediment clogs wild natural gas well in the Gulf

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:21 AM PDT

A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators say natural gas has stopped flowing from a well that has been ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico and remaining small flames are from gas still in the pipe.

Pope blesses Olympic flag, greets athletes

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims from his popemobile as he arrives to the Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. It was no coincidence that the first major event of his first foreign trip as pope was a Mass in Aparecida. The shrine, which draws 11 million pilgrims a year, hosted a critical 2007 meeting of Latin American bishops attended by then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) —

Death toll rises to 78 in Spanish train crash

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 06:18 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATE - This image taken from security camera video shows a train derailing in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wedmesday July 24, 2013. Spanish investigators tried to determine Thursday why a passenger train jumped the tracks and sent eight cars crashing into each other just before arriving in this northwestern shrine city on the eve of a major Christian religious festival, killing at least 77 people and injuring more than 140. (AP Photo)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like dominos, according to eyewitness accounts and video footage obtained Thursday.

NKorea's Kim leads tribute to fallen war heroes

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:33 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's Kim Jong Un led a remembrance for fallen war heroes Thursday as official commemorations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War got under way in Pyongyang with the opening of a new memorial for war veterans.

Relatives sob outside morgue made for Spain crash

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:47 AM PDT

Relatives of victims involved in a train accident wait for news at a victims information point in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Thursday July 25, 2013. The death toll in a passenger train crash in northwestern Spain rose to 77 on Thursday after the train jumped the tracks on a curvy stretch just before arriving in the northwestern shrine city of Santiago de Compostela, a judicial official said. (AP Photo/Salome Montes)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Relatives of victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain sobbed and hugged each other Friday near a makeshift morgue in a sports arena for the victims as the death toll rose to 78 and investigators tried to determine the cause.

Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal wife

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and his wife, Huma Abedin, aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, talk after a ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Abedin's name and face first started appearing in the media six years ago, lots of people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner. That's a question New Yorkers are asking themselves again. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)NEW YORK (AP) — When Huma Abedin first started getting media attention years ago, some people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class Rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner.

Korean War foes gather in NKorea to remember war

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:45 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony Thursday as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched the country's commemoration of the war's end 60 years ago.

Rand Paul: No one in Congress 'has a stronger belief in minority rights'

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Paul has introduced a bill to halt the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. aid to Egypt, the first such legislation since the military's overthrow of the government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Rand Paul defends his outreach to minority voters.

Rig owner eyes relief well to divert gas off coast

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:28 AM PDT

A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of a natural gas drilling rig aflame off of Louisiana's coast said preparations were underway for the possible drilling of a relief well to divert gas from the site and bring the well under control.

At least 77 people dead in Spain train accident

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:13 AM PDT

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured. (AP Photo/ El correo Gallego/Antonio Hernandez)MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court official says 77 people were killed when a passenger train derailed on a curvy stretch of track in northwestern Spain in what was one of the country's worst rail accidents in decades.

House narrowly rejects effort to halt NSA program

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:57 PM PDT

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. returns to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, after a meeting with constituents, before the vote on the Defense spending bill in the House containing his amendment to cut funding to the National Security Agency's program that collects phone records. The White House and congressional backers of the NSA's electronic surveillance program are warning that ending the massive collection of phone records from millions of Americans would put the nation at risk from another terrorist attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government's efforts to thwart terrorism.
Publié par à

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire

Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom)