Saturday, June 9, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 6/9/2012





Ron Paul's revenge: Santorum predicts a convention fight
Ron Paul Wins in Nevada, So Romney and the RNC Buy a New PartyThe rivalry between the two candidates -- who both have delegates in the Republican National Convention -- could stretch on through the summer.



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Digging into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Garbage patchA visit to the "island of garbage" near the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.



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I'll Have Another is out of the Belmont Stakes
A leg injury has taken I'll Have Another out of the Belmont Stakes and out of the running for the Triple Crown.



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Limbaugh, Morrissey, Perry: The dumbest political quotes of the week
Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh poses with a bust in his likeness during a secretive ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Monday, May 14, 2012, in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith)Each week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing?



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NPR 'Car Talk' duo retiring; reruns to continue
The comic mechanics on NPR's "Car Talk" are pulling in to the garage.



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Boehner, Cantor say Obama’s playing ‘blame game’
FILE - In this June 1, 2012 file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The White House continues to push marginal jobs initiatives in the wake of the latest bleak economic reports. Republicans counter that acting now to extend all of the Bush tax cuts can best give the economy a summer jolt. But there's little common ground for doing much of anything before the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor responded Friday to President Obama's speech on the economy and the Euro crisis.



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Approval of the Supreme Court plummets
The state of Obama's health care lawOver the past quarter century, Americans' esteem of public institutions in general has fallen, but the Supreme Court has especially lost favor.



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Nightmare: Man gets George Zimmerman’s cell number
Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed teenagerAn Orlando man says his life has been turned upside down since May 7th when T-Mobile reportedly assigned him the cell phone number formerly used by accused Florida gunman George Zimmerman.



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Obama vows 'zero tolerance' for national security leaks
President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Friday, June 8, 2012, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Obama's comments addressed a series of news reports with national security program details.



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How to protect yourself from fake debt scammers
How to Protect Yourself From Fake Debt ScammersPhony overseas debt collectors are taking Americans for millions.



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Iraq ambassador nomination jeopardized by racy emails to journalist
Brett McGurk's support has suffered after emails of his wooing a female Wall Street Journal reporter - perhaps jokingly referencing favors of access and information - were leaked last weekend, Senate sources said.

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One a day: Suicide surge among U.S. troops
UPDATES CHART WITH JUNE 3 NUMBERS: Chart shows suicides across the military since 2008;Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war.



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‘You’re not special’ graduation speech sparks buzz
Wellesley High English teacher David McCullough Jr. told graduates "You are not special. You are not exceptional."

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U.S. cities struggle with blighted bank-owned homes
To match Feature USA-HOUSING/BLIGHTAcross America, bank-owned, blighted houses sit untouched, sometimes for years, disfiguring what in many cases are already troubled neighborhoods.



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Egyptians protest against ex premier ahead of vote
Protesters shout slogans against the verdict for deposed leader Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir SquareHundreds of activists gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demonstrate against presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik ahead of a run-off vote, saying they did not want to be ruled by another former military man.



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Obama’s intentional or accidental slip?
Obama's Intentional or Accidental Slip?Obama calls out Mitt Romney's dad, a cellphone interrupts a congressman, and a strip club gears up for the GOP's convention.



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Obama’s Bain Capital attacks may be working with battleground state voters
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has come under fire for its attacks on Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital—with several Democrats, including Bill Clinton and Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker, suggesting Obama's focus on private equity companies could backfire. But if a new poll of voters in key swing states is any judge, the Obama [...]

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GOP once tried to bury Clinton, now it praises him
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the second annual Clinton Global Initiative America, Thursday, June 7, 2012, in Chicago. Clinton urged those attending the two-day event to invest in projects that will create jobs. Among the goals, he said, were to share ideas in the areas of housing recovery, education, clean energy and helping returning war veterans find employment. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)Republicans who tried to strip Bill Clinton of his presidency have eagerly embraced the Democrat, taking his words on taxes and decisions on Bosnia and using them to pound another Democratic president, Barack Obama.



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Warmest U.S. spring on record: NOAA
People lay out on the grass in the sun along a pier facing the Hudson River in New YorkWASHINGTON (Reuters) - So far, 2012 has been the warmest year the United States has ever seen, with the warmest spring and the second-warmest May since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Thursday. Temperatures for the past 12 months and the year-to-date have been the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, NOAA said. The average temperature for the contiguous 48 states for meteorological spring, which runs from March through May, was 57.1 degrees F (13.9 C), 5.2 degrees (2. ...



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Mega Millions jackpot brings lawsuit from disgruntled baker
Mega Millions Jackpot Brings Another Lawsuit From Disgruntled BakerAnother man in Chicago claims he is one of now five bakers owed dough--their fair share of $118 million in winnings from the Illinois State Lottery.



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Race for Gabby Giffords' old seat shapes up for hard fight
On Tuesday voters in Arizona’s 8th congressional district  will go to the polls to cast their votes in the special election to fill the seat  left open after  former Rep. Gabby Giffords’ resignation.

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U.S. debt load falling at fastest pace since 1950s
Little by little, our economy is reducing its debt burden, slowly repairing the damage caused by 10, 20 or 30 years of excess.

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Adventurer rescued after failed solo ocean row
Japan's coast guard rescued British adventurer Sarah Outen early Friday, after a severe tropical storm damaged her boat and forced her to abandon a solo row across the ocean. "She was rescued at 5:45 pm (0845 GMT)" in waters about 960 kilometres (600 miles) east of Sendai, northeastern Japan, a Japanese coast guard officer told [...]

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Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch dead at 65
Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who went on to write songs and record several hits during a solo career, died Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 65.

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