IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 11/11/2012

How 'poor judgment' felled military star Petraeus

FILE - In this March 1, 2008 file photo, then-top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, center left, talks to players during a youth soccer tournament in central Baghdad, Iraq. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP photo/Dusan Vranic, File)

David Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director. Just two days after his 60th birthday, Petraeus stepped down from the spy agency where he had held the top office since September 6, 2011. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. ... Read More ...

Will feds allow new marijuana laws?

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a medical marijuana plant grows at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, in Seattle. Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could be a turning point in the nation's conflicted and confusing war on drugs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could be a turning point in the nation's conflicted and confusing war on drugs. Read More ...

'Tunnel of lights' dazzles spectators

Was Petraeus affair linked to lax Libya response?

File photo of General David Petraeus gesturing during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington

The CIA director abruptly resigned, citing an extramarital affair and needing to sort out “personal and professional issues." Read More ...

'Disaster after the disaster': Unwanted donations

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, volunteers at Hoboken High School sort through clothing donations intended for distribution to the public, in Hoboken, N.J. Donations are rolling into New York and New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy, but some relief experts say the things being given are not always what’s needed. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo, File)

Superstorm Sandy has brought out generosity far and wide in the biggest U.S. relief effort for the American Red Cross and other groups since Hurricane Katrina swamped the Gulf Coast in 2005. Read More ...

Gas rationing, shortage fray nerves in NYC

A New York City Police Department officer manages the line of cars waiting for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

A gasoline shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy forced 1970s-era rationing on New Yorkers Friday, adding a fuel-gauge obsession to their frayed nerves and dwindling patience. Read More ...

Citigroup to pay former executives $15.5 million each

Citigroup's CEO Vikram Pandit gives an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Citigroup said it will pay $15.5 million to Vikram Pandit, its former chief executive who resigned from company last month, as well as to his top deputy. The bank said on Friday the payments to Pandit and former Chief Operating Officer John Havens reflect the progress the bank made in 2012 and work they did in some earlier years. The statement came less than a month after board members led by Chairman Michael O'Neill told Pandit privately that his work was not satisfactory, sources said at the time. ... Read More ...

He called it, and now Silver's a pop-culture star

CORRECTS DATELINE TO NEW YORK - This undated image released courtesy of Brian Silver shows author and statistician Nate Silver in New York. The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers geek, author, and creator of the much-read FiveThirtyEight blog at the New York Times, correctly predicted the presidential winner in all 50 states, and almost all the Senate races. (AP Photo/Robert Gauldin)

The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012. Read More ...

Statue of Liberty lit for first time since Sandy

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, the Statue of Liberty is illuminated for the first time since it was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, Friday evening, Nov. 9, 2012. The statue, one of the city's top tourist attractions, has been closed because of damage resulting from the storm that hit New York Oct. 29, with no estimate on when it will reopen to visitors. (AP Photo/National Park Service, Mike Litterst) MANDATORY CREDIT

The Statue of Liberty was illuminated Friday evening for the first time since it was closed due to damage on Liberty Island caused by Superstorm Sandy. Read More ...

Victims to testify in Afghan massacre hearing

File-In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, center, is shown Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state. An Afghan National Army guard who reported seeing a U.S. soldier outside a remote base the night 16 civilians were massacred in March said the man did not stop even after being asked three times to do so. The guard, named Nematullah, testified by live video from Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Friday Nov. 9, 201 during an overnight session for a hearing in the case against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. At right is Investigating Officer Col. Lee Deneke, and at left is Bales' attorney, Emma Scanlan. (AP Photo/Lois Silver) TV OUT

An Afghan National Army guard who reported seeing a U.S. soldier outside a remote base the night 16 civilians were massacred in March said the man did not stop even after being asked three times to do so. Read More ...

Husband held in killing of Iraqi-American woman

FILE - In this March 27,2012 file photo showing Kassim Alhimidi, right, speaks alongside his son, Mohammed Alhimidi, during a memorial for his wife, Shaima Alawadi at a mosque in Lakeside, Calif. Southern California police have arrested the husband of the Iraqi-American woman whose beating death last March initially raised fears of a hate crime. El Cajon police Chief Jim Redman said Friday that Kassim al-Himidi was booked on suspicion of murder in the death of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi in her home. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull,File)

The husband of an Iraqi-American woman whose beating death initially appeared to be a hate crime was arrested on suspicion of murder in what police described Friday as an act of domestic violence. Read More ...

Democrat Jay Inslee elected Washington state governor Former Democratic U.S. Representative Jay Inslee will be Washington state's next governor after Republican state Attorney General Rob McKenna conceded defeat on Friday. Inslee, who was first elected to Congress in 1999, resigned in March to run for the governorship after Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire said she would not seek a third term. "It's time for all of us to unite across the state of Washington to build a working Washington," Inslee said following McKenna's concession. "Let's get to work. ... Read More ...

Governors warn of long recovery from storms

Customers fill their cars at a gas station in Brooklyn

Residents of New York and New Jersey were told on Friday to prepare for a long recovery from Superstorm Sandy. Read More ...

After 3 bumpy years, Europe turns corner on crisis

FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, speaks with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, left, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a round table meeting at a EU Summit in Brussels. The worst of Europe’s financial crisis appears to be over. European leaders have taken steps to ease the panic that has plagued the region for three turbulent years. Much of the credit for easing Europe’s financial crisis goes to the European Central Bank, which has become more aggressive over the past year under the leadership of Mario Draghi. Merkel has also helped ease financial tensions across the region by speaking more forcefully about the need to hold the euro together. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The worst of Europe's financial crisis appears to be over. Read More ...

Lockheed CEO Stevens says company 'not in crisis'

File photo of the final F-22 Raptor fighter jet rolling out of the assembly plant during a ceremony marking the occasion at the Lockheed Martin Plant in Marietta

The departing chief executive of Lockheed Martin said on Friday the company was "not in crisis." Read More ...

Madonna fan guilty in NYC resisting arrest trial

Madonna performs at the Joe Louis Arena on Thursday Nov. 8, 2012, in Detroit. (Photo by Gary Malerba/Invision/AP)

A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been convicted of resisting arrest outside her former New York City apartment building as he spray-painted poster boards with love notes. Read More ...

How Oregon almost became a pot-dealing state

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, in Seattle. Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could be a turning point in the nation's conflicted and confusing war on drugs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Oregon's law was kind of wacky: It would have turned the state, effectively, into a pot dealer. Read More ...

‘Farm Town’ game helps woman find a new kidney Lisa Miller has a powerful retort to anyone who says the Facebook game "Farm Town" is a waste of time; it literally helped her save a woman's life. "We just started chatting away and she started telling me about her daughter," Miller told CBS Atlanta. As it turned out, the Idaho woman's daughter was in [...] Read More ...

New timeline shows military response to Benghazi attack

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the consulate. New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack was over. Read More ...

Tentacled snakes born at National Zoo Indiana Jones and Samuel L. Jackson may need to start their own group therapy session: Eight tentacled snakes were recently hatched at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. These babies belong to an aquatic species of snake native to Southeast Asia, formally known as Erpeton tentaculatus, according to the Mother Nature Network. Scientists say it is the [...] Read More ...

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