Tuesday, February 19, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 20/02/2013


Colorado lawmakers pass gun 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)Limits on the size of ammunition magazines and universal background checks passed the Colorado House on Monday, during a second day of emotional debates that has drawn attention from the White House as lawmakers try to address recent mass shootings. Read More ...
Report: Newtown shooter wanted to top Norway death toll Members of the Rutter family of Sandy Hook, Conn., embrace early Christmas morning as they stand near memorials by the Sandy Hook firehouse in Newtown, Conn.,Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)The man who shot dead 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school wanted to kill more people than the 77 slain by a Norwegian man in a 2011 rampage, CBS News reported on Monday, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. A Connecticut state police spokesman dismissed the report as inaccurate speculation. ... Read More ...
Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. A leak in a fuel oil return line caused the engine-room fire that disabled a Carnival cruise ship at sea, leaving 4,200 people without power or working toilets for five days, a Coast Guard official said Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)A leak in a fuel oil return line caused the engine-room fire that disabled a Carnival cruise ship at sea, leaving 4,200 people without power or working toilets for five days, a Coast Guard official said Monday. Read More ...
Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 file photo, Mike Brown of Boston cross country skis past snow-covered cars through the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston. Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential signs of global warming. It may seem like a contradiction, but the explanation lies in atmospheric physics. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit. Read More ...
Ex-boyfriend: Mindy McCready left rehab too soon FILE - In this undated file photo, country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)Mindy McCready threatened suicide after losing custody of her sons earlier this month, yet she was allowed to leave a court-ordered drug rehabilitation program just days before she apparently killed herself at her Arkansas home, her ex-boyfriend said Monday. Read More ...
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at Caracas' military hospital. Read More ...
Two charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, bystanders watch as a woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea police charged two people on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, with the grisly killing of a woman who was burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children, after being accused of witchcraft.(AP Photo/Post Courier, File) PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUTPapua New Guinea police have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was tortured and burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children, after being accused of witchcraft. Read More ...
N.Y. TV anchor accused of choking wife at Conn. home DARIEN, Conn. (AP) — A New York television news anchor fought with his wife and then choked her at their home and threatened her even after he was arrested, police said. Read More ...
McDonald’s claims innocence in Burger King Twitter hacking This frame grab taken Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, shows what appears to be Burger King's Twitter account after it was apparently hacked. Starting just after noon Eastern time on Monday, the fast-foot company's Twitter picture was changed to a McDonald's logo, and the account tweeted that it had been sold to rival McDonald's. (AP Photo)Don’t blame the Hamburglar. Burger King’s official Twitter account was McHacked about noon EST on Monday and changed to resemble their rival. The pranksters swapped the page's profile image to include a photo of McDonald's iconic golden arches and rewrote the account description to claim Burger King, “Just got sold to McDonald's because the whopper [...] Read More ...
Nestle finds horsemeat in beef pasta meals A Nestle logo is pictured on a factory in OrbeLONDON (Reuters) - Nestle , the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labeled as beef has spread across Europe since last month, prompting product withdrawals, consumer anger and government investigations into the continent's complex food-processing chains. Swiss-based Nestle, which just last week said its products had not been affected by the scandal, said its tests had found more than 1 percent horse DNA in two products. ... Read More ...
32 Myanmar nationals rescued at sea off Sri Lanka In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 and released by Sri Lankan Navy, Myanmar nationals rescued off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Saturday lie on the floor at a hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka. The navy said it has rescued 32 Myanmar nationals whose wooden vessel began sinking while making a perilous journey to Australia. The group comprising 31 adult males and a boy had been at sea without food for 21 days when the navy rescued them after being informed by a local fishing boat. (AP Photo/Sri Lanka Navy) EDITORIAL USE ONLYCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's navy says it has rescued 32 Myanmar nationals whose wooden vessel began sinking while making a perilous journey to Australia. Read More ...
Russia asks: How do you stop space objects hitting Earth? Russian police work near an ice hole at lake Chebarkul, said by the Interior Ministry department for Chelyabinsk to be the point of impact of a meteoriteWhat can man do to prevent Earth being hit by meteorites and asteroids? Russia has found, to its cost, that it has no answers. But U.S. and European experts may be able to help with a few ideas that at first glance seem straight out of science fiction, including smashing spacecraft into asteroids, using the sun's rays to vaporize them, or blasting them with nuclear bombs. ... Read More ...
European Union slaps more sanctions on North Korea BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union imposed trade and economic sanctions on North Korea while condemning "in the strongest terms" the nation's latest nuclear test. Read More ...
Parties agree on the greatest president STX06 WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES), 12/02/2013.- Miembros de la guardia de honor rinden un homenaje por el 240 aniversario del nacimiento de Abraham Lincoln, en la estatua levantada en su honor, en Washington, EE.UU. hoy, martes 12 de febrero de 2013. Lincoln fue presidente de marzo de 1861 hasta su asesinato, en abril de 1865. EFE/Shawn ThewScholars give Abraham Lincoln the highest marks most often. Read More ...
Winning python from Florida hunt released Biggest Python in Fla. Snake Hunt Released Into the WildThe snake could help scientists find where thousands more are hiding. Read More ...
Tragedy strikes teen after attending Obama gun speech Obama's Speech Doesn't Stop Ill. KillingA Chicago teenager whose sister saw the president was shot while visiting her dad. Read More ...
Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies Foto de archivo del 17 de agosto de 2010 del dueño de los Lakers de Los Angeles, Jerry Buss. Buss fue hospitalizado con cáncer, se informó ell jueves, 14 de febrero de 2103. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)The flamboyant owner made the Forum the place to be. Read More ...
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