Thursday, April 12, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 4/12/2012





Clinton on bin Laden death: No one 'could breathe for 30 minutes'
Hillary Clinton on Bin Laden Death: No One Watching 'Could Breathe for 35 Minutes'Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reveals that none of those watching the operation that killed the al Qaeda leader last year "could breathe for 30-35 minutes."



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Santorum surrenders, but can Romney capitalize?
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of Massachusetts Romney speaks during a campaign event in Wilmington, DelawareIf he can manage to keep doing that in the general election, he may thwart many of Team Obama's plans to knock him off balance.



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Zimmerman attorneys quit as counsel
Hal Uhrig, right, and Craig Sonner, former attorneys for George Zimmerman, speak to reporters during a news conference to announce that both attorneys had quit as Zimmerman's legal representatives in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Zimmerman is a neighborhood watch volunteer who authorities say fatally shot an unarmed teenager. The men said have withdrawn as his counsel because they haven't heard from him in days and he is taking actions related to the case without consulting them. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)Zimmerman's attorneys announced they have "lost contact" with Zimmerman and are withdrawing as counsel. Attorneys say they still believe former client is innocent and acted in self-defense.



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New low in support for Obama health law
FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Arguments in the Supreme Court failed to yield clear hints how the justices would rule on the question of whether President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would be left standing if the high court were to strike down the linchpin provision that all Americans must have health insurance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Last month’s hearings on the constitutionality of health care reform didn’t help its popularity: Public support for Barack Obama’s signature domestic legislation has hit a new low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.



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North Korea says fuel being injected into rocket
The Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket is pictured on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of PyongyangPYONGYANG (Reuters) - Isolated North Korea said on Wednesday it was injecting fuel into a long-range rocket "as we speak" ahead of a launch condemned by its neighbors and the West as a disguised long-range ballistic missile test. The launch, set to take place between Thursday and next Monday, has prompted neighbors such as the Philippines to re-route their air traffic just in case. Regional powers also worry it could be the prelude to another nuclear test, a pattern the hermit state set in 2009. Japan said it would shoot down the rocket if it crossed its airspace. ...



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The fate of Rick Santorum's delegates
Santorum quit the race just two weeks before a primary vote in PennsylvaniaNow that Rick Santorum is out of the race, what happens to his delegates? Santorum has 285 delegates, according to the latest ABC News estimate, second to Mitt Romney’s 661. But some of those delegates were never really "his."



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Heroic man dies saving child from powerful riptide
Heroic Man Dies Saving Child from Powerful RiptideA heroic 65-year-old man jumped directly into a powerful Florida riptide and rescued a little girl before suffering a "cardiac event" in the water that led to his death.



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Newt Gingrich's Utah primary check bounces
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Gingrich speaks at Wisconsin Faith and Freedom Coalitions presidential kick-off in WaukeshaRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich may not be on the Utah primary ballot on June 26 after a check his campaign wrote bounced.



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Bobby Petrino fired at Arkansas after 4 seasons
File photo of Arkansas head coach Petrino reacting after Wright scored a touchdown against Kansas State in Arlington, TexasArkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino and scathingly dressed him down for hiring his mistress and intentionally misleading his boss about their secret relationship.



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Obama stumps for ‘Buffett Rule,’ slams Republicans
President Barack Obama speaks at Florida Atlantic University, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Rallying supporters at a campaign-style event in Florida, Obama stumped on Tuesday for the so-called "Buffett Rule."



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Man allegedly commits 10 felonies in 9 hours
One man traveling through Tennessee completed a crime spree with such urgency that even local police say they'd never seen anything like it. William Todd, 24, is accused of committing 10 felonies in just nine hours while going on a "terror" through Nashville. "He was just on a terror. I've never seen anything like this [...]

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Boy, 5, brings 50 packets of heroin to school for show and tell
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Police say a five-year-old Connecticut boy brought 50 packets of heroin to school for show and tell, and his stepfather has been arrested.

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Korean Air says jet diverted in Canada after threat
SEOUL (Reuters) - A Korean Air passenger jet made an emergency landing at a Canadian military airbase after a call centre in the United States received a threat by telephone late on Tuesday, the airline said. Korean Air flight 72, which was en route to South Korean capital Seoul, diverted to the Comox base on Vancouver Island in Canada's Pacific province British Columbia, soon after takeoff from Vancouver, the airline said in a statement released on Wednesday in Seoul. ...

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Obama: Voters face starkest contrast since 1964 race
President Barack Obama speaks at Florida Atlantic University, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)President Obama  said today that voters in the 2012 election face the starkest contrast in candidates seen since the 1964 race between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.



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East Coast wildfires whipped up by winds
Frank Sisler struggles to carry a burned cart out of a destroyed garage following a large wildfire in Manorville, New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Raging wildfires fueled by strong winds scorched thousands of acres (hundreds of hectares) in New Jersey and on New York's Long Island on Tuesday as firefighters scrambled aircraft to contain the blazes. A snowless winter and dry spring have transformed the New York City metropolitan area into a tinderbox, with recent strong winds fanning the flames, authorities said. Wildfires were also reported in several states along the eastern seaboard. ...



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DOJ may sue Apple over ebooks as early as Wednesday: sources
An Apple Store employee sells Apple's new iPad to a customer at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New YorkThe Justice Dept. could sue Apple Inc as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price-fixing, while settling with several publishers as early as this week.



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Mystery fireball actually a jet contrail, NASA scientist says
A bright object that streaked across the Texas sky during the day April 4, originally believed to be a meteor burning up as it entered Earth's atmosphere, was actually a flying jet and its contrail, a NASA scientist has confirmed.

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Retired Marine plays prank on amputation doctors
Kyle RemakeKyle planned on a full 20-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps until Oct. 16, 2006. On patrol in Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded under Kyle's humvee. He was pulled from the smoking wreck with a severe injury to his right hand.



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Norway shooter Anders Breivik 'regrets not going further'
Norway Shooter Anders Breivik 'Regrets Not Going Further'Anders Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people during a politically-motivated murder spree in Norway last summer, has been declared sane and fit to stand trial.



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Romney discusses family's horses in behind-the-scenes video
In a video released as part of a new column debuted on Tuesday by news and gossip website Gawker, Mitt Romney discusses his family's horses, using the word "dressage" and talking about why he prefers his Missouri foxtrotter to his wife Ann's Austrian warmbloods.The new column is called "The Fox Mole," and the site says it's written by a current Fox News employee "who will be providing Gawker with regular dispatches from inside the organization. ...

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5 real-life weapons straight out of a sci-fi movie
Forget the light saber; the flashy sword is but a part of the fictional Star Wars universe. These five crazy, futuristic, and veritably frightening weapons may sound like they come from epic sci-fi flicks, but they're no mere figments of the imagination … Continue reading

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