IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 11/04/2013

S. Korea increases surveillance vs. North

South Korean soldiers walk past Howitzers during an artillery drill as part of the annual joint military exercise by the U.S. and South Korea, near the DMZ which separates the two Korea, in Goseong

South Korea has asked China to rein in the hermit state. Read More ...

Student charged in college stabbings

Dylan Quick, who is a suspect in the multiple stabbings on the Lone Star Cy-Fair Campus, right, is escorted by Harris County Sherrif's Office investigators after being questioned, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Houston. Quick, a student at the school, allegedly went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at the Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people — many in the face and neck — before being subdued and arrested, authorities and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)

A 20-year-old is accused in an attack that hurt at least 14 people. Read More ...

Senate to cast first gun-control votes Thursday

Senator Manchin takes a call outside a party policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington

Democratic aides said they expect to defeat Republican efforts to block the bill from reaching the Senate floor. Read More ...

2 bodies found in charred Detroit medical facility

Fire department personnel are at the scene of a fire at a Detroit building containing medical offices on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The Detroit Fire Department responded to a 911 call about the blaze, and shooting also was reported at the building, which housed a number of offices. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

A former maintenance worker opened fire, sending visitors rushing for the doors. Read More ...

Cuba to turn over Florida couple and children

This photo combination made from undated images provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shows 35-year-old Joshua Michael Hakken, left, and his wife, 34-year-old Sharyn Patricia Hakken. Cuba says it will turn over to the United States the Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother’s parents and fled by boat to Havana. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)

The couple are accused of kidnapping their own children and fleeing by boat to Havana. Read More ...

Bill Clinton (sort of) joins Twitter on 'Colbert Report'

Stephen Colbert is doing his part to influence national leaders. Or maybe he’s just looking for a laugh. Read More ...

Louisiana lawmakers weigh options on eliminating income tax

Louisiana Governor Jindal makes remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland

Lawmakers questioned the wisdom of eliminating the state's income tax without raising sales taxes. Read More ...

Francis Crick letter may fetch millions at auction

Francis Crick Letter to Son May Fetch $2 Million in Auction

The handwritten note contains diagrams that outline the scientist's theory on DNA. Read More ...

Govt. says Beyoncé, Jay-Z took ‘educational’ trip to Cuba

Beyonce, Jay-Z Take Cuban Vacations: Investigation Launched

The visit was to sponsor and organize programs to promote "people-to-people contact in Cuba." Read More ...

911 audio released from manhunt of ex-LA cop Authorities have released audio of a 911 call from a California couple tied up by fugitive ex-police officer Christopher Dorner, who would die during a shootout with deputies hours later. Read More ...

UnitedHealth units hit with $500 million verdict in hepatitis case A Nevada jury awarded $500 million in punitive damages in a closely watched case against two affiliates of UnitedHealth Group stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak in the state, according to a spokeswoman for a law firm in the case. The case involves two patients who claimed they became infected with hepatitis C, a disease that attacks the liver, because their gastroenterologist used allegedly unsafe injection practices for an endoscopy. ... Read More ...

4 year old shoots playmate in apparent fatal accident 4-year-old New Jersey boy shot and killed a 6-year-old playmate with a rifle he found in his family's home, police said. Read More ...

NYC museum gets renowned $1B Cubist collection

FILE - This March 19, 2013 file photo showsthe exterior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The museum announced Tuesday, April 9, 2013 cosmetics executive and philanthropist Leonard Lauder has pledged his renowned collection of Cubist works. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is getting a billion-dollar Cubist collection it says will "transform" it. Read More ...

Ex-lawmaker elected to succeed Jackson Jr.

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr. She faces Republican challenger Paul McKinley in the April 9, 2013 special election. Kelly, will have quite a challenge ahead after Tuesday's election in the overwhelmingly Democratic district, if she wins as expected: She'll have to fill the shoes of Jackson, whose name and seniority allowed him to bring home lots of bacon, and she'll have to withstand the spotlight of having won with the help of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun money. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Former state Rep. Robin Kelly won a special election for the Illinois congressional seat. Read More ...

Calif. ruling throws hope to fracking foes $A man works at an oil fracking pump site in McKenzie County outside of Williston, North Dakota$ The U.S. government must consider the environmental impact of "fracking" on federal lands leased to oil companies offers opponents of the technique a useful weapon in the fierce public debate in California and other parts of the country. Read More ...

Father may face charges in collapse that killed kids

Fire and rescue personnel make their way down Cedarbrook Court, Monday, April 8, 2013, to the end of the road where two children died when a wall of dirt fell on them while they were playing in a hole at a construction site behind their home, on Sunday, in Stanley, N.C. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)

People say the pit was everything from a doomsday bunker to a hole for illegal activity. Read More ...

Gambling nun pleads guilty to theft from New York churches By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic nun with an admitted gambling addiction faces up to six months in prison for stealing about $128,000 from two churches where she worked in western New York, prosecutors and her attorney said on Tuesday. Sister Mary Anne Rapp, 68, pleaded guilty on Monday to grand larceny in Orleans County, just west of Rochester, New York. In addition to time in prison, she will make partial restitution of the stolen money, prosecutors said. Sentencing is scheduled for July 1. ... Read More ...

Chrysler recalls more than 247,000 cars, SUVs Chrysler Group LLC is recalling more than 247,000 SUVs and cars for several problems, including faulty gas tank hoses, broken drive shafts and air bag warning lights that illuminate when there's no problem. ... Read More ...

Iran says 37 killed in earthquake in south TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. Read More ...

Tentative Deal on Immigration Farm Workers Tentative deal reached on farm workers, hang-up to immigration bill; industry approval needed Read More ...

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IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 11/04/2013

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