IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 07/04/2013

N. Korea could bolster U.S.-China bond

In this April 3, 2013, photo, South Korean Marine K-55 self-propelled howitzers are on positions during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. North Korea’s latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China _ a potential silver lining to the simmering crisis that could revitalize President Barack Obama's administration’s flagging policy pivot to Asia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The crisis gives the U.S. an opportunity to build bridges. Read More ...

China bird flu virus found in more markets

Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull poultry at a poultry wholesale market in Shanghai

Chinese authorities have found traces of a new bird flu virus that has killed six people in more areas in Shanghai, state media reported. Read More ...

Joint chiefs chairman in Afghanistan for talks

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey takes part in news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. Dempsey traveled to Afghanistan Saturday, April 6, 2013 to meet U.S. and allied commanders and consult with Afghan officials on winding down the war. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

A weekend visit to Afghanistan by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is aimed at assessing the type and level of additional training that U.S. troops could provide to Afghan defense forces after 2014. Read More ...

Army soldier recovering from TBI gets Silver Star

CORRECTS RANK TO SGT. 1ST CLASS INSTEAD OF STAFF SGT. - Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Loheide re-enlists in the Army on Friday, April 5, 2013, at Fort Campbell, Ky., while his daughter, Annabella, held by Marianne Loheide, points to his Silver Star. Loheide received the Silver Star for his actions to evacuate wounded soldiers while in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

A Fort Campbell soldier who suffered a traumatic brain injury has received the Silver Star. Read More ...

Death toll rises to 72 in Mumbai building collapse

Rescue workers look for trapped people after a residential building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013. At least 6 persons were killed and 40 were injured when an under construction residential building collapsed on Thursday evening according to local reports.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The death toll from a collapsed building in India's financial center Mumbai rose to 72 on Saturday, as an injured woman trapped for 36 hours was freed from the rubble ... Read More ...

Gang member arrested in corrections killing probe

This Friday, April 5, 2013 photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old James Lohr. Lohr, a white supremacist prison gang member, was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief as authorities investigated whether the gang had any ties to the killing. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)

A white supremacist prison gang member was arrested and another was still being sought. Read More ...

Trayvon Martin's parents settle with Fla. HOA

Martin and Fulton participate in a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of their son in New York

The parents of a teen who was fatally shot last year have settled a claim against a homeowners association. Read More ...

USGS: Earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude strikes Irian Jaya, Indonesia An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck 256 km (159 miles) east of Enarotali in Irian Jaya, Indonesia on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Read More ...

Search crews recount dramatic Calif. hiker rescue Two hikers were recovering Friday after a grueling, four-day hunt. Read More ...

Cuba culture official demoted after NY Times op-ed A leading Cuban cultural official said Friday that he has been demoted nearly two weeks after he published an opinion piece in the New York Times that criticized "blatant racism" on the island. Read More ...

Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water

Aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture

As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank. Read More ...

North Korea threats spark buzz on Guam, not panic

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, members of the 374th Airlift Wing of U.S. Air Force work on a C-130 aircraft during the Cope North military exercises at Andersen U.S. Air Force Base in Guam. There soon will be another military element to life on the U.S. territory _ a defense system will be installed to shoot down incoming missiles and warheads. Its deployment comes amid intensifying threats from North Korea, which recently listed Guam among its targets for a nuclear attack on the United States. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda, File)

The laid-back island is a named player in a nuclear showdown, but the population is taking it in stride. Read More ...

N. Korea: Can't guarantee diplomat safety

A North Korean soldier films military vehicles carrying missiles during a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang

The country has asked embassies to consider moving staff out. Read More ...

Food workers after as Mass. students denied lunch A food service company spokesman said Friday it has fired four employees after about two dozen students at a Massachusetts middle school were denied lunches this week because their prepaid meal accounts ... Read More ...

Mom of baby who froze to death sentenced to 50 years A northern Illinois woman who admitted leaving a newborn daughter to freeze to death along a rural roadway in 2004 was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. Read More ...

NASA to get $100M to lasso asteroid

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1crew module is seen in the Operations and Checkout building during a media tour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Senate Science and Space subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. Then astronauts would explore it in 2021. Nelson said the plan would speed up by four years an existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA will likely get $100 million next year to jump-start an audacious program to drag an asteroid into orbit around the moon for research and exploration purposes, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson says. Read More ...

Pope: Decisive action against sex abuse

Pope Francis waves as he tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in his popemobile prior to his weekly general audience, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

The new pontiff said the Catholic church's "credibility" was on the line. Read More ...

A soldier's story: Rare images of Vietnam War

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Miss. suspect used detective's gun in deaths

This 2008 image provided by the Jackson, Miss. Police shows Detective Eric Smith. Authorities say a murder suspect shot Smith inside the Jackson police headquarters and that both the suspect and detective are dead. A Mississippi murder suspect used a Smith's gun to kill the detective and then himself inside police headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jackson Police)

The police detective killed while interrogating a murder suspect at department headquarters in Mississippi's capital city was shot four times before the suspect shot himself in the head. Read More ...

Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for remarks on her appearance

FILE - This Nov. 16,2012 file photo shows California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaking during a news conference in Los Angeles. President Barack Obama praised Harris for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event Thursday, April 4, 2013. The president also commended Harris for being

He called her "by far, the best-looking attorney general" at a fundraiser in Calif. Read More ...

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IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 07/04/2013

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