mercredi 18 septembre 2013

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Surprise from Fed: No pullback in bond purchases

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy, saying it will continue to buy $85 billion a month in bonds because it thinks the economy still needs the support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise, the Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy because its outlook for growth has dimmed in the past three months.

Storm re-forms off Mexico, death toll rises to 60

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Hundreds of stranded tourists arrive at a military airbase in hopes of getting a seat on a Mexican Air Force jet flight, in Pie de la Cuesta, near Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. With roads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges, Acapulco was cut off from road transport after Tropical Storm Manuel made landfall on Sunday. The airport as well, was flooded. Emergency flights began arriving in Acapulco to evacuate at least 40,000 mainly Mexican tourists stranded in the resort city. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Desperation mounted Wednesday in the cut-off resort of Acapulco, where residents looted a store and thousands of exhausted, despondent tourists waited to be ferried out by air. The official death toll in massive flooding in southern and central Mexico rose to 60.

Stocks hit record high as Fed keeps stimulus

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:35 PM PDT

A television monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the decision of the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy, saying it will continue to buy $85 billion a month in bonds because it thinks the economy still needs the support. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The Federal Reserve made a surprise decision to keep its economic stimulus in place.

Egypt's ousted leader talks to family for 1st time

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:05 PM PDT

FILE- In this Friday, July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, spoke with his family by telephone for the first time since the military removed him from office and detained him in a secret location more than two months ago, one of his lawyers said Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, told his wife and children he is in good health in his first conversation with his family since the military removed him from office and detained him in a secret location more than two months ago, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

Romania: Camp commander accused of 103 deaths

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT

In this Monday Sept. 16, 2013 image provided by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes, investigators work around human remains at a grave site near the Periprava former communist labor camp in the Danube Delta region, eastern Romania. An institute investigating crimes of the communist era has asked Romania's general prosecutor on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, to bring charges of genocide against Ion Ficior, 85, former commander of the Periprava labor camp, between 1958 and 1963, saying he was responsible for 103 deaths. (AP Photo/ Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian institute urged prosecutors on Wednesday to bring genocide charges against the Communist commander of a former Romanian labor camp, saying he was responsible for 103 deaths.

Fed sticks to stimulus, worried about growth soft spots

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 11:17 AM PDT

The facade of the U.S. Federal Reserve building is reflected on wet marble during the early morning hours in WashingtonBy Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would continue buying bonds at an $85 billion monthly pace for now, surprising financial markets that were braced for a reduction in the central bank's economic stimulus. Citing strains in the economy from tight fiscal policy and higher mortgage rates, the Fed decided against the tapering of asset purchases that investors had all but priced into stock and bond markets. ...

Italian island ponders future after the Concordia

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 people take pictures of the Costa Concordia ship, on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. For more than a year, tourists flocked to this island off the Tuscan coast to gawk at the giant cruise ship lying on its side just outside the tiny harbor. Now that the shipwrecked luxury liner has been set upright in a daring engineering feat, the realization is sinking in for islanders in that the Costa Concordia will eventually be towed away, that hundreds of salvage workers who patronized Giglio's bars, trattorie and lodgings will leave, too, and that day-trippers who came on ferries to marvel at the vessel's dramatic profile no longer will have that attraction. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — The shipwreck saga that dominated their lives for the last 20 months is winding down — and residents of the Tuscan island of Giglio are waiting to see what the future will bring.

French Senate says 'non' to mini-Miss pageants

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 10:44 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Mini Miss committee shows Oceane Scharre, 10, elected Mini Miss France 2011, left, and Miss France 2011 Mathilde Florin. France's Senate voted Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2013, to ban beauty pageants for children under 16, in an effort to protect children — especially girls — from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two years in prison and 30,000 euros in fines, according to the measure. (AP Photo/Mini Miss Committee) FRANCE OUTPARIS (AP) — Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls' sexuality.

Storm reforms off Mexico, desperation grows

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 10:12 AM PDT

Hundreds of stranded tourists arrive at a military airbase in hopes of getting a seat on a Mexican Air Force jet flight, in Pie de la Cuesta, near Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. With roads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges, Acapulco was cut off from road transport after Tropical Storm Manuel made landfall on Sunday. The airport as well, was flooded. Emergency flights began arriving in Acapulco to evacuate at least 40,000 mainly Mexican tourists stranded in the resort city. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Desperation mounted Wednesday in the cut-off resort of Acapulco, where residents looted a store and thousands of exhausted, despondent tourists waited to be ferried out by air. The death toll in massive flooding in southern and central Mexico rose to 57.

Obama officials: Rule won't kill coal-fired power

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:39 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials say there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and the coal industry say will doom the fuel source.

6 killed as Canada passenger train, bus collide

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. An Ottawa Fire spokesman told CP24 television there are OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A double-decker bus collided with a passenger train in Canada's capital Wednesday, ripping off the front of the bus and killing six people, police said. Witnesses said the bus went through a closed crossing barrier, and passengers said they screamed "Stop, stop!" at the driver just before impact.

5 killed as Canada passenger train, bus collide

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:23 AM PDT

Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. An Ottawa Fire spokesman told CP24 television there are OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A passenger train collided with a double-decker bus in Canada's capital Wednesday, ripping off the front of the bus and killing five people, police said. Witnesses said the bus went through a closed crossing barrier, and passengers said they screamed "Stop, stop!" at the driver just before impact.

Starbucks boss wades into gun debate

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2013, file photo, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting,in Seattle, Wash. Starbucks Corp. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)CEO Howard Schultz asks customers to not bring weapons into stores.

A guide to understanding Fed's actions Wednesday

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 07:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 17, 2013, file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke taps the microphone, as he testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Economists and global investors expect the Fed to take its first step toward slowing the economic stimulus on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, many investors expect it to announce a shift in course. What they don't want are any surprises.

Desperation in Mexico resort as storm toll rises

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 07:37 AM PDT

Hundreds of stranded tourists gather around a Mexican Air Force jet as they wait to be evacuated, at the air base in Pie de la Cuesta, near Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. With roads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges, Acapulco was cut off from road transport after Tropical Storm Manuel made landfall on Sunday. The airport as well, was flooded. Emergency flights began arriving in Acapulco to evacuate at least 40,000 mainly Mexican tourists stranded in the resort city. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The death toll in massive flooding in southern and central Mexico rose to 57 on Wednesday as desperation mounted in the cut-off resort of Acapulco, where residents looted a store and thousands of exhausted, despondent tourists waited to be ferried out by air.

Train, bus crash in Canada; 'multiple fatalities' reported

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 07:21 AM PDT

Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. An Ottawa Fire spokesman told CP24 television there are OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police say there are multiple deaths after a Via Rail passenger train and a transit bus collided at a crossing in Canada's capital, Ottawa.

Report describes how Snowden took NSA documents

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:33 AM PDT

File photo of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, being interviewed by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong KongWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former security contractor Edward Snowden was able to obtain secret documents revealing a massive U.S. spying effort from the National Security Agency's internal website, U.S. officials said according to a report on Wednesday. The classified documents leaked by Snowden were posted internally, and Snowden's job allowed him to single-handedly make digital copies without his supervisors' knowledge, government officials told National Public Radio. They did not tell NPR how Snowden took copied files out of the office, citing an ongoing investigation. ...

Activists arrested, shots fired at Russian Arctic rig protest

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:20 AM PDT

According to Greenpeace, a man identified as a Russian coast guard officer points a knife at a Greenpeace International activist, during a protest near a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora SeaBy Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian coast guards fired warning shots and arrested two Greenpeace activists who scaled the Prirazlomnaya Arctic oil platform in a protest over the potential threat to the environment from operations slated to start this year. Production at the rig, owned by state group Gazprom and Russia's first such project in the Barents Sea, was delayed last year after similar actions. Gazprom said the delay was down to "technical reasons". ...

Gunman's path to DC emerges, but questions remain

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 05:15 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Kristi Kinard Suthamtewakul shows Aaron Alexis in Fort Worth, Texas. The FBI has identified Alexis, 34, as the gunman in the Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 shooting rampage at at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington that left thirteen dead, including himself. (AP Photo/Kristi Kinard Suthamtewakul)WASHINGTON (AP) — Through a wall at his Rhode Island hotel, Aaron Alexis could hear them — voices harassing him, wanting to harm him. He couldn't sleep. He believed people were following him, using a microwave machine to send vibrations to his body. He changed hotels once, then again. But he called police and told them he couldn't get away from the voices.

Obama turns to business leaders on debt

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:44 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about the economy at the White House in WashingtonThe president wants them to persuade Congress to raise the nation's debt limit.

Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:09 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says Syria has turned over material aimed at showing that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by rebels.

Russia says U.N. report on Syria attack preconceived, political

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:38 AM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem meets Russian deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, in DamascusBy Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia denounced U.N. investigators' findings on a poison gas attack in Syria as preconceived and tainted by politics on Wednesday, stepping up its criticism of a report Western nations said proved President Bashar al-Assad's forces were responsible. Russia, which has veto power in the Security Council, could cite such doubts about proof of culpability in opposing future efforts by the United States, Britain and France to punish Syria for any violations of a deal to abandon chemical weapons. ...

French Senate votes to ban child beauty pageants

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:22 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — France's Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16, in an effort to defend children's — especially girls' — rights.

AP sources: A revised GOP attack on 'Obamacare'

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 01:21 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters following a Democratic caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Reid claims that Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, has become obsessive, causing Congress to veer closer to gridlock. Reid said, WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving on to Plan B, House GOP leaders appear likely to give tea party lawmakers a chance to use a routine temporary government funding bill to try to muscle the Democratic-controlled Senate into derailing President Barack Obama's health care law.

What a trip: Timothy Leary's files go public in NY

Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:52 AM PDT

In this circa 1961 file photo provided by the New York Public Library, a curled-up Timothy Leary reads a book. Leary saved thousands of documents, correspondence and writings relating to his scientific research into psychedelic drugs in the 1960s, much of it never published but now available to scholars and the public at the New York Public Library, which purchased the collection in 2011 from the Leary estate. (AP Photo/File, New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division)NEW YORK (AP) — A trove of Timothy Leary files, much of it previously unpublished, could shed new light on the LSD guru, his controversial research into psychedelic drugs and the emergence of the '60s counterculture.
Publié par à

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire

Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom)