Saturday, February 16, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 17/02/2013


World Press Photo's jaw-dropping images World Press Photo's jaw-dropping imagesIn this photo provided on Friday Feb. 15, 2013 by World Press Photo, the 1st prize Sports – Sports Action Single by Wei Seng Chen, Malaysia, a jockey, his feet stepped into a harness strapped to the bulls and clutching their tails, shows relief and joy at the end of a dangerous run across rice fields. The Pacu Jawi (bull race) is a popular competition at the end of harvest season keenly contested between villages in Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Wei Seng Chen) Read More ...
Can we protect against dangerous space rocks? Asteroid-Targeting System Could Vaporize Dangerous Space RocksScientists unveil a system that could vaporize meteors that threaten Earth. Read More ...
Dorner was hiding in nearby condo during manhunt FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows fugitive former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner. Officials say the burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as Dorner's. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 that the identification was made through Dorner’s dental records. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department, File)Fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner hid in a mountain condominium as a door-to-door manhunt took place outside and, after he finally made his break, apparently killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head amid a fierce gunbattle with police. Read More ...
Biden lobbies as Colo. approves gun-control measures Rep. Dickey Lee Hullingworst, center, D-Boulder, shows House Minority Leader Mark Waller, left, R-Colorado Springs and Rep. Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, her whistle as the debate over gun control bills goes on at the Capitol in Denver on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Colorado Democrats advanced ammunition limits, expanded background checks, and other gun measures during a debate that drew the attention of Vice President Joe Biden, who called four lawmakers. Read More ...
Cruise passengers became comrades on trip home The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is moored at a dock in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The ship, which docked Thursday in Mobile after drifting nearly powerless in the Gulf of Mexico for five days, was moved Friday from the cruise terminal to a repair facility. The ship carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew members had been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)As ship conditions worsened, travelers formed Bible study groups and traded supplies. Read More ...
Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife to plead guilty to fraud Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. appears on the U.S. Capitol steps in WashingtonThe Jacksons were once considered one of the most powerful couples in Chicago. Read More ...
Boatswain: HMS Bounty captain asked what went wrong Laura Groves, boatswain of the Bounty, describes the width of a plank that was repaired during a hearing into the sinking of the HMS Bounty Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 in Portsmouth, Va. Sixteen people were aboard the ship when it sank. Crew member Claudene Christian, 42, died, and Capt. Robin Walbridge, 63, was never found. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham, Pool )PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — With the HMS Bounty taking on water and the decision to abandon ship in the middle of Hurricane Sandy nearing, Capt. Robin Walbridge gathered the crew to ask the same question federal officials are now investigating: What exactly went wrong? Read More ...
Havana restores monument to victims of USS Maine In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 photo, a youth rides his bicycle past the restored USS Maine monument in Havana, Cuba. The monument was erected in 1925 in honor of U.S. sailors who died in 1898 when the USS Maine ship sank off the Havana Harbor. The years since have been unkind to the twin-columned monument, and to U.S.-Cuba ties. But while relations between Washington and Havana remain in deep freeze, the monument, at least, is now getting a facelift. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)The ship sank to the bottom of the bay 115 years ago after a fiery explosion. Read More ...
Facebook says it was a target of sophisticated hacking A man uses an iPad with a Facebook app in this photo illustration in SofiaSAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday hackers had infiltrated some of its employees' laptops in recent weeks, making the world's No.1 social network the latest victim of a wave of cyber attacks, many of which have been traced to China. It said none of its users' data was compromised in the attack, which occurred after a handful of employees visited a website last month that infected their machines with so-called malware, according to a post on Facebook's official blog released just before the three-day U.S. President's Day weekend. ... Read More ...
Russian meteor shook ground like an earthquake Russian Meteor Shook Ground Like An EarthquakeA meteor explosion in the skies above Russia also walloped the Earth. Read More ...
Washington state fifth graders plotted to kill girl, authorities say SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two fifth-grade boys are in custody in Washington state after they brought a knife and gun to school with the goal of killing a schoolmate in a foiled murder plot that shocked their rural town because of their youth, prosecutors said on Friday. The boys, accused of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder despite their tender ages of 10 and 11, also planned to harm other students by luring them away one at a time, said Tim Rasmussen, a Stevens County prosecuting attorney. ... Read More ...
Rhode Island records show inner workings of Legion of Christ FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2004 file photo, Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ, during a special audience at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI took over the Legion in 2010 after a Vatican investigation determined that Maciel had sexually molested seminarians and fathered three children by two women. Following a decision Thursday Feb. 14, 2013, by the Rhode Island Supreme Court, documents have been unsealed related to a lawsuit contesting the will of Gabrielle Mee, who left $60 million to the Legion. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)Documents released Friday shed light on the inner workings of a secretive and now-disgraced Roman Catholic order called the Legion of Christ, including new details on how the organization solicited money from an elderly widow, eventually persuading her to bequeath it $60 million. Read More ...
Mexico: Bird flu outbreak hits 582,000 chickens Mexico's animal health agency says a bird flu outbreak at seven farms in central Mexico has affected as many as 582,000 chickens.The Agriculture Department says more than a half million birds were exposed, ... Read More ...
Would you use sugar to get your kids to eat their veggies? Fellmer, a supporter of the foodsharing movement has lunch with his partner Muntaner, with food cooked from wasted vegetables from an organic supermarket in BerlinNew research shows a mist of sugar might make vegetables tastier to kids. Read More ...
Man arrested in Alaska Coast Guard base deaths FILE - This July 2, 2011 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Richard Belisle, second from left, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins, second from right, with Jim Wells, left, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Cody Beauford as they help erect a communications antenna on Shemya Island, Alaska. The Coast Guard on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 said James Michael Wells, a Kodiak man arrested in last year's shooting deaths of Hopkins and Belisle, was a co-worker of the victims. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, File)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man was arrested Friday in last year's shooting deaths at a Coast Guard communications station on Kodiak Island that left two employees dead, the U.S. attorney said. Read More ...
Rare shooting in Mexico City tourist zone kills 1 MEXICO CITY (AP) — A rare shooting in broad daylight in one of Mexico City's most crowded tourist zones has killed a man. Read More ...
North Korea uses cash couriers, false names to outwit sanctions North Korean people visit in front of bronze statues of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong-il at Mansudae in PyongyangSEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Kim Kwang-jin says that when he worked for North Korea's state insurance company in Singapore in 2003, he stuffed $20 million into two suitcases one day and sent it to Pyongyang as a special gift for then leader Kim Jong-il. He received a medal for that, Kim Kwang-jin said. ... Read More ...
Iowa Dems lose top-tier potential Senate candidate Iowa Democrats lost a top-tier potential candidate on Friday when U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's staff confirmed he would not run for U.S. Senate in 2014. The former Iowa governor's decision, first reported by the Des Moines Register, clears a path for Rep. Bruce Braley in the Democratic race to succeed Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, [...] Read More ...
Man suspected of stealing lemur, holding it for ransom arrested A missing primate. Hapless crooks. A big reward. A no-nonsense sheriff. Behold the tale of Gizmo, the ring-tailed lemur. When Gizmo was stolen—along with a TV—from his owner, Julie Harris, in Mobile, Ala., last month, the alleged thief, James Edward Welborn Jr., asked his unsuspecting sister to look after it. (He told her it belonged [...] Read More ...
Google removes asteroid doodle after Russian meteor injuries Asteroid 2012 DA14 Google Doodle Removed After Russian Meteor Shower InjuriesLate last  night some might have noticed a fun animation on the Google homepage. Thursday’s  Google Doodle of a Valentine’s Day-themed Ferris Wheel had been replaced with an animated doodle of the Asteroid 2012 DA14. The second “G” in Google moved out of the way as the... Read More ...
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