mardi 4 décembre 2012

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Paralyzing L.A. port strike to go to federal mediation

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

Clerical workers carry signs in protest at the Port of Long Beach, Calif. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says both sides in a strike at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation. However, the union representing clerical workers says the strike now in its eighth day will continue. Clerical workers are striking 10 terminals at the nation's busiest port complex and dockworkers won't cross picket lines. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)The ports handle more than 40 percent of the cargo arriving in the U.S. by water. The clerical workers' strike is now in its 8th day.

Obama: Republicans must raise rates to create revenue

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST

U.S. President Obama meets with members of the National Governors Association Executive Committee in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama and the White House on Tuesday continued to pressure Republicans to agree to raise tax rates on the nation's highest earners, saying a "fiscal cliff" deal is impossible without it. Their "math doesn't work," the president, in his first post-election interview, told Julianna Goldman of Bloomberg TV. "We're going to have to have [...]

DNA from 'In Cold Blood' killers may help solve '59 murder

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida detective trying to crack a 53-year-old unsolved murder case will ask a Kansas judge for permission to exhume and extract DNA from the bodies of two notorious killers made famous in Truman Capote's 1966 true-crime novel, "In Cold Blood." Sarasota County Sheriff Detective Kim McGath told Reuters she believes the two men convicted for the 1959 murder of Herbert Clutter, his wife and two children in Holcomb, Kansas, might be responsible for a similar killing one month later of a family in Osprey, Florida. ...

Conservative Republicans booted from House budget panel

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as the lame duck 112th Congress session began. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Reps. Tim Huelskamp and Justin Amash are among those Republicans voting most often against Speaker Boehner.

Ashley Judd for Senate: Could she win?

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST

Ashley Judd attends Ashley Judd in Conversation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at the United Nations in New York City on March 14, 2012 -- Getty ImagesIt's true: Kentucky Democrats are talking up actress/activist Ashley Judd as a possible candidate for Senate in 2014. So far, Judd isn't saying "yes" to a run, but she isn't saying "no," either.

Greenfield: Use Lotto fever to fix the federal budget

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:44 AM PST

Powerball Jackpot At $220 MillionSo another mega-lottery has come and gone, another spate of news reports and long lines at convenience stores, the same inane question by reporters ("What are you going do with all the money?"), the same closing shots of reporters with their own tickets, promising the chuckling anchors that "with any luck, you won't be seeing me Monday."

Barefoot NYC homeless man not actually homeless

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:21 AM PST

The homeless man who was given a pair of boots by a kindhearted New York City police officer apparently isn't homeless. According to New York Daily News, Jeffrey Hillman, 54, has an apartment in the Bronx that is paid for via a combination of rent vouchers, Social Security, and military veteran benefits. Hillman and Officer [...]

Mortar attack on Syrian school kills 29 children

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. A mortar slammed into a ninth-grade classroom in the Damascus suburbs on Tuesday, killing 29 students and a teacher, according to state media, as the civil war closed in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power. (AP Photo/SANA)A mortar slammed into a ninth-grade classroom in the Damascus suburbs on Tuesday, killing 29 students and a teacher, according to state media, as the civil war closed in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power.

Conservatives make Boehner's life difficult

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:48 AM PST

John BoehnerHouse Republicans are being warned that they won't receive support in the future if they "cave" during debt talks.

Trust cost two soldiers' lives in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:22 AM PST

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo shows transfer cases containing the remains of Army Capt. Drew E. Russell, right, and Army Spc. Ricardo Cerros Jr., sitting on a loader during a prayer, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Russell and Army Capt. Joshua Lawrence were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, when an exploding grenade was followed in seconds by bursts of gunfire. Before any of the Americans could raise a hand to defend themselves, Lawrence was dead, one 5.56mm bullet to the head, and Russell was dying, shot three times in the back. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were killed in a 'calculated' attack by Afghan soldiers.

Egyptian protesters breach presidential palace cordon

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:05 AM PST

A protester chants anti-Mursi slogans in front of the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against President Mohamed Mursi's drive to hold a snap referendum on a new constitution and some broke through police lines around his palace, live television footage showed. Several thousand protesters had gathered nearby in what they dubbed "last warning" protests against Mursi, who has angered opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," chanted the protesters. ...

Egypt protesters, riot police clash near presidential palace

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:48 AM PST

A protester chants anti-Mursi slogans in front of the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian riot police fired teargas at protesters demonstrating against President Mohamed Mursi near the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday and demonstrators broke through police lines, live television footage showed. Several thousand protesters had gathered near the palace in what they called "last warning" protests against Mursi, who angered opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," chanted the demonstrators. (Cairo Bureau; Editing by Pravin Char)

Like Pinocchio, your nose may show when you lie

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:26 AM PST

Like Pinocchio, Your Nose Shows When You LieMuch like Pinocchio, your nose could reveal that you're lying, though unlike the beloved character, your nose will heat up instead of growing longer when you tell a fib, new research claims.

Criticism of Dutch "Black Pete" tradition grows

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:09 AM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 persons dressed as Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas' helpers have their faces painted black, wear Afro wigs and have thick red lips — in short, a racist caricature of a black person.

India's maids-to-order trafficking boom

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:52 AM PST

Kerketa poses for a picture at her residence on the outskirts of New DelhiInside the crumbling housing estates of Shivaji Enclave, amid the boys playing cricket and housewives chatting from their balconies, winding staircases lead to places where lies a darker side to India's economic boom. Three months ago, police rescued Theresa Kerketa from one of these tiny two-roomed flats. For four years, she was kept here by a placement agency for domestic maids, in between stints as a virtual slave to Delhi's middle-class homes. ...

GOP senator: Boehner’s budget proposal ‘will destroy American jobs’

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:35 AM PST

U.S. Senator DeMint speaks during the Republican Leadership Conference in New OrleansSouth Carolina Republican Jim DeMint gives Democrats a shiny new talking point when he blast the House speaker's $800 billion tax hike proposal.

Fox News exec urged Petraeus to run for president

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:17 AM PST

Petraeus speaks out about affair with BroadwellRoger Ailes send a correspondent to Afghanistan in the spring of 2011 to recruit the now-disgraced head of the CIA to run for president in 2012.

Bloomberg urged Hillary Clinton to run for New York City mayor

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:01 AM PST

Clinton, BloombergThe New York City mayor apparently has his own ideas on the future of the U.S. secretary of state and former senator.

Study: Lion ranges, populations dropping in Africa

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, April 10, 2010 file photon , a lion and lioness lay alongside one another in the Lion and Rhino Reserve near Johannesburg. The lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 percent of their habitat in the last 50 years as humans overtake their land and the lion population dwindles, said a study released by researchers at Duke University Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.(AP Photo Carley Petesch-File)The lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 percent of their habitat in the last 50 years as humans overtake their land and the lion population dwindles.

Turkey's request for missiles expected to get NATO approval

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:12 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the NATO headquarters in Brussels Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo / Kevin Lamarque)The nation wants the Patriot missiles to defend against possible retaliatory attacks by neighboring Syrian missiles with chemical warheads.

AARP introduces dating site for the over-50 crowd

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:38 AM PST

Most people think of Social Security, Medicare and senior discounts when talking about the organization.

Typhoon death toll climbs in the Phillippines

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:22 AM PST

Typhoon rips through PhilippinesA governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by a powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40.

Swiss spy agency warns U.S. about huge data leak

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:06 AM PST

Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for Switzerland's intelligence service.

Tuesday in politics: Obama discusses ‘fiscal cliff’ with governors

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:32 AM PST

U.S. President Obama hosts a bipartisan meeting with Congressional leaders in the Roosevelt Room of White HousePresident Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner meet with governors at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the economy — especially the "fiscal cliff." Governors attending include Democrats Jack Markell of Delaware, Mike Beebe of Arkansas and Mark Dayton of Minnesota,  and Republicans Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, [...]

Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:15 AM PST

Residents saw an uprooted tree to clear the road after Typhoon Bopha hit Tagum CityOne of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages.
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lundi 3 décembre 2012

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

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Dog helps firefighters remove damaged tree

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

Dogs are some of the most loyal nonhuman companions there are. They're known for their unconditional love and affection, and their ability to fetch and follow commands, but what about a dog who can help pull a rope? A dog in the Netherlands decided to volunteer his strength when he and his walker were passing [...]

Boehner makes counter-offer on debt talks

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

Boehner Makes Fiscal Cliff Counter-OfferThe deal offers $800B in revenue through tax reform, but no tax hike for top 2 percent of taxpayers.

Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:27 PM PST

Report: Intel shows Syria moving chemical weapons componentsU.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly warned the Assad regime against using them.

GOP proposes new 'fiscal cliff' offer to Obama

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, after private talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations. Boehner said no substantive progress has been made between the White House and the HouseHouse Republicans are proposing to increase the eligibility age for Medicare and to lower cost-of-living hikes in Social Security benefits.

Dear text message: Happy 20th birthday!

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST

Happy 20th B-Day, Text MessageIt was 20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was Dec. 3, 1992, and Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, sent the world's first short message service or SMS. It read "Merry Christmas."

New details of HMS Bounty's battle against Sandy

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 halted its search for 63-year-old Robin Walbridge, the captain of the tall ship that sank off the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Sandy after more than three days of around-the-clock effort. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski, File)Captain Robin Walbridge chose to ride out the storm at sea instead of keeping the ship docked, where it would most likely have sustained major damage, but without any loss of life.

Obama hosting Twitter chat today to discuss tax plan

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:49 AM PST

U.S. President Obama gestures during a news conference at the White House in WashingtonThe president is asking people to use the hashtag #My2k when posting a question or comment.

First Person: 'Expected salary' or what I think I'm worth?

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST

First Person: Application Dilemma: Expected Salary or What I Think I'm WorthFive million Americans are among the long-term unemployed and another 7.3 million are looking for work. Yahoo News asked unemployed workers to share their job-hunting stories.

Share the story behind your Christmas photo

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:16 AM PST

Heidi, Christmas 1982. Castle Grayskull, Christmas 1982. I don't remember Heidi, not really. She was our family's first dog, a Dachshund my parents adopted about 1968. Only two memories of Heidi linger for me. The second, and saddest, is of her last visit to the vet in the mid '80s when we had to put [...]

UN pulling out nonessential staff from Syria

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier aims his rifle at free Syrian Army fighters during clashes in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria. Syrian warplanes and artillery pummeled areas in and around Damascus, Aleppo and several other cities, on Sunday according to reports received by human rights activists. Intense fighting persists as rebels try to push their way back into the capital, where President Bashar Assad has his power base. (AP Photo/SANA)The United Nations says it is pulling out all non-essential international staff from Syria due to security issues in the civil war-struck Arab state.

Calif. 'maternity mansion' lured pregnant women from China

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:28 AM PST

'Maternity Mansion' Lures Pregnant Women From China

Watch out, Bieber -- the Pope is now on Twitter

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST

Watch out, Justin Bieber. Step aside, Rihanna. You've got competition for groupies: The pope. LOL! Yes, the pope has a Twitter account. Followers of Pope Benedict will be able to read his 140-character messages under his new handle, @pontifex. The Vatican's senior media adviser (the Vatican has a media adviser?!), Greg Burke, said at a [...]

Year in Review: Superstorms and scorchers

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:54 AM PST

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2012 file aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire. The tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast a month ago today after tearing through the Caribbean. In the weeks since, the storm's scope has come into sharper focus. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)Hurricane Sandy ranked at the top of weather searches on Yahoo!. Billions of dollars in destruction, more than 100 lives lost and storm surges that swallowed roller coasters trumped the focus on national elections.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting a baby

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:38 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit CambridgeLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, destined to be the country's future monarch, the prince's office said on Monday. "Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby," the office said in a statement. "The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news. ...

Year in Review: 'Gangnam Style'

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:28 AM PST

Gangnam StyleA South Korean rapper uploads his video to YouTube and his infectious dance catches on.

Norway princess secretly travels to India to play nanny

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:05 AM PST

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) in DavosThe nation's crown princess goes to India to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa.

News anchor ‘regrets’ negotiating live on air with man holding family hostage

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 07:32 AM PST

Jose Luiz Datena, host of a popular Brazilian crime show, became part of the unfolding story he was covering when a knife-wielding man holding his own mother and sister hostage demanded to speak with him.

Paul McCartney gets 'Dandy' comic strip wish

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 06:41 AM PST

Former Beatle Paul McCartney sings during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic GamesPaul McCartney will fulfill a lifelong dream to appear in Britain's longest-running children's comic The Dandy, a favorite of the ex-Beatle when he was growing up in Liverpool.

Syria denies plans to use chemical weapons

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 06:36 AM PST

Syrians run for cover as smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain after an air strike, as seen from the Turkish border town of CeylanpinarThe nation responds to a warning from the United States that it would take action against any such by the Assad regime.

Homeless man grateful for boots, but barefoot again

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 06:08 AM PST

This photo provided by Jennifer Foster shows New York City Police Officer Larry DePrimo presenting a barefoot homeless man in New York's Time Square with boots Nov. 14, 2012 . Foster was visiting New York with her boyfriend on Nov. 14, when she came across the shoeless man asking for change in Times Square. As she was about to approach him, she said the officer came up to the man with a pair of all-weather boots and thermal socks on the frigid night. She took the picture on her cellphone. It was posted Tuesday night to the NYPD's official Facebook page and became an instant hit. More than 350,000 users The man who was photographed in being given a pair of boots by a New York City police officer in Times Square on a bitterly cold night last month was spotted again – barefoot.

Clinton pushes U.S. bid for Czech nuclear project

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 05:40 AM PST

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, left, and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, arrive for their press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Secretary of State Clinton is lobbying the Czech Republic authorities to approve an American contract bid for an expansion of a nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lobbied the Czech government Monday to approve an American bid for a $10 billion expansion of a nuclear power plant, even as a rival Russian offer seems to be the favorite.

Pope Benedict seeks new followers – on Twitter

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 05:02 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead a Vespers mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the VaticanIt's official. The pope's handle will be @pontifex.

2012 Year in Review

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:29 AM PST

YIR screen grabYahoo News presents the standout news and pop culture obsessions gleaned from your search habits.

Residents unable to return home after N.J. train derailment

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:13 AM PST

A containment boom floats in Mantua Creek Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, near freight train tank cars that derailed Friday in Paulsboro, N.J. Residents in an area of about 12 blocks near the derailment remain out of their homes as officials continued their efforts to clear a hazardous gas that spewed from a ruptured freight train car. The precautionary evacuations were ordered late Friday, hours after a train derailment, and will likely remain in effect throughout the weekend and possibly longer. The order came after readings showed higher levels of vinyl chloride in the air. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)It's not clear how long it will take workers to clear a hazardous gas from a ruptured tank car that derailed from a freight train in southern New Jersey last week.

Rogue dentist’s wisdom teeth crusade gets results

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:02 AM PST

A dentist checks the teeth of a U.S. patient, at a dental clinic in San JoseAn 86-year-old dentist relishes his role as an advocate for not extracting third molars -- and bucking a common practice.
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