Thursday, June 14, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 14/06/2012





Ron Barber, former Giffords aide, wins In Giffords' old district
Ron Barber, Former Giffords Aide, Wins In Giffords Old DistrictRon Barber, the former district director for Gabby Giffords, will win the special election for his old bosses seat, the AP projects. For Barber, 66, victory is bittersweet. The top aide to Giffords was also injured in the grocery store shooting in January, 2011- he...



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Auburn shootings suspect surrenders
This undated photo provided by the Auburn Police Division shows Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery, Ala., the suspect wanted for fatally shooting three people, including two former Auburn University football players, and wounding three others during a party at an apartment complex near the school, Sunday, June 10, 2012, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said that current football player Eric Mack was among those wounded and was being treated at a hospital. The two slain former players were identified as Edward Christian and Ladarious Phillips. The other person killed was identified as Demario Pitts. (AP Photo/Auburn Police Division)Alleged triple murderer said to have turned himself in to U.S. marshals



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Euro 2012 fans and more great photos of the day
Euro 2012 fans and more great photos of the dayPolish football fans cheer and shout in the Warsaw Fanzone during the Euro 2012 championships football match Poland vs Russia held at the National Stadium in Warsaw. (AFP Photo/Wojtek Radwanski)


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Y! Big Story: Syria's 'civil war'
Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Assad in KafranbelSyria protesters (REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout) It took 15 months, more than 14,000 lives, and shots fired at United Nations monitors investigating a massacre before the U.N. called Syria's conflict a civil war. The acknowledgment came June 12 from the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous. Of course, unless the words "Syrian civil war" comes [...]



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Clinton: Russian attack helicopters headed to Syria
This video image taken from amateur video and broadcast by Bambuser/Homslive shows a series of devastating explosions rocking the central Syrian city of Homs, Syria, Monday, June 11, 2012. Live streaming video caught the devastation during one of the heaviest examples of violence since the uprisings began over a year ago. (Photo/Bambuser/Homslive via AP video) MANDATORY CREDIT: BAMBUSER/HOMSLIVESecretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russia is sending Syria choppers and warns it could escalate the country's conflict.



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Witness in trial tells of Sandusky in shower with boy
Former Penn State assistant football coach Sandusky arrives at the Centre County courthouse to attend the second day of his child sex abuse trial in BellefonteBELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A former Penn State assistant football coach testified in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse trial on Tuesday that he saw Sandusky naked in a campus locker room shower sexually molesting a young boy.



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Zimmerman's wife arrested for perjury
ShellieZimmermanPolice allege she spoke in code with her husband and lied to the judge about their finances.



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Four primary races set in fight for Senate control
George Allen declared winner of Republican primary(Reuters) - Virginia Republican George Allen easily won his primary race on Tuesday in the first step of his bid to reclaim the U.S. Senate seat he narrowly lost in 2006, as voters in four states set the stage for hotly contested battles that could shift control of the Senate. Allen, also a former Virginia governor, lost by barely 9,000 votes in 2006 to Democrat Jim Webb, who is retiring at the end of his term next year. In the November 6 elections, Allen will face another ex-governor, Tim Kaine, who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. ...



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'Dead' al-Qaida leader appears in 'new' video
FILE - This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A CIA drone strike Monday, June 4, 2012, targeted al-Qaida's second in command, Abu Yahia al-Libi, in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials say fewer than five people were hit, although Pakistani officials say more than a dozen people were killed in two days of strikes in Pakistan. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEOA new video surfaced online Tuesday featuring al Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi -- the same terrorist that American officials declared dead last week -- but the video doesn't appear to reveal whether it was made before or after his reported death.



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Yahoo!, CNBC announce online alliance
Yahoo! (YHOO) and CNBC are joining forces in an alliance that will provide a broadcast platform for original content from Yahoo! Finance in the U.S. while also expanding CNBC's Web presence. Beginning Wednesday, CNBC will be the premier content provider … Continue reading

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Tweet from France's first lady shocks the nation
France's new first lady hasn't been at her post for long, but already, she's causing a stir. Valérie Trierweiler, a journalist with the French magazine Paris Match, ascended to the public role when her companion, Francois Hollande, was elected president earlier this year. The avid Twitter user posted a statement of support to Olivier Falorni, the [...]

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Mexican cartel accused of laundering cash in U.S. horse racing
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities said they arrested seven members of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels on Tuesday and accused them of laundering money in the United States by buying, breeding and racing American racehorses.

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