Monday, May 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 07/05/2013






Uncle arranging Boston Marathon bomb suspect's burial rites
Ruslan Tsarni, right, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, prepares to speak with reporters in front of the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, Mass., as funeral director and owner Peter Stefan, left, stands nearby, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Stefan has pleaded for government officials to use their influence to convince a cemetery to bury Tsarnaev, but so far no state or federal authorities have stepped forward. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)A Cambridge city official is urging the family of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the funeral director who has Tsarnaev's body not to request a burial permit in the city.



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Patrol: Five women die in limo fire on Calif. bridge
5 women killed in limo fire on San Mateo bridgeA limousine taking nine women to a bachelorette party erupted in flames, killing five of the passengers, including the bride-to-be, authorities and the mother of one of the survivors said Sunday.



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Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger
In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke and fire fill the the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday, May 5, 2013 after an Israeli airstrike. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near the Syrian capital and caused casualties. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war.



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Family of Utah soccer referee who died holds vigil
FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 file photo, Jose Lopez points to an undated photo of Ricardo Portillo, center, his brother-in-law, following a news conference, at Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah. Portillo, a 46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma died Saturday night, May 4, 2013, police said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)The family of a Utah soccer referee who died after being punched by a teenager player called on soccer players worldwide to respect referees to prevent the same thing happening to somebody else.



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Cause of California wildfire appears accidental
Firefighters from Riverside, Calif. work to extinguish a brush fire at Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)Investigators say the cause of a huge wildfire burning through Southern California's coastal mountains appears to be accidental.



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LeBron James wins NBA MVP, 1 vote shy of unanimously
Miami Heat's LeBron James speaks as his sons Bryce, left, and LeBron Jr., stand by during an NBA basketball news conference, Sunday, May, 5, 2013, in Miami. James was formally announced as having won his fourth Most Valuable Player award Sunday. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)LeBron James was at his best this season, and the voters tasked with selecting the NBA's Most Valuable Player took notice.



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Utah cabin swarmed with 60,000 honeybees
In this early April 2013 photo provided by Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman, Bachman, left, and partner Nate Hall prepare to remove a 12-foot-long beehive from an A-frame cabin in Eden, Utah. It was the biggest beehive the Utah beekeepers have ever removed, containing about 60,000 honeybees. (AP Photo/Courtesy Vic Bachman)It was the biggest beehive that that Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman has ever removed — a dozen feet long, packed inside the eaves of a cabin in Ogden Valley.



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Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital
Somali security force members carry away a wounded civilian following a suicide car bomb blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Somali police official at the scene said four civilians and a soldier were killed after the suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.



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Buffett devotees stick by him even as growth slows
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Buffett sings the national anthem at a 5km race sponsored by Brooks Sports Inc. in OmahaHas Berkshire Hathaway Inc become so big that it will find it hard to grow?



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Durbin brings Boston into immigration debate
Dick Durbin Brings Boston into the Immigration DebateSenate majority whip Dick Durbin is trying to frame the upcoming immigration debate in the context of the Boston bombings. They would be prevented if the attacks happened after the bill is adopted, he argued on CNN's State of the Union.



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Obama dares Ohio State graduates to reject cynical voices
President Barack Obama arrives at the Ohio State University spring commencement in the Ohio Stadium, Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Obama is the third sitting president to give the commencement speech at Ohio State University. At left is Annie Leibovitz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government and break through relentless cynicism about the nation's future.



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New York’s Five Boro Bike Tour: Over 32,000 ‘ride for Boston’
Big Security Changes Planned For 5-Boro Bike TourIn another show of intercity solidarity, more than 32,000 riders were expected in New York City on Sunday for the Five Boro Bike Tour to help raise money for the Boston Marathon bombing victims.



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Forget Sanford and Colbert Busch, Glover rules SC's lowcountry
Host Ryan Seacrest (left) and contestant Candice Glover onstage at FOX's American Idol Season 12 Top 4 To 3 Live Performance Show on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for FOX/AP Images)Campaign fever has swept the lower region of South Carolina's first congressional district, but the anticipation for next week's election has little to do with Mark Sanford or Elizabeth Colbert Busch.



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CNN's Kurtz apologizes for errors in Collins story
NEW YORK (AP) — Media critic Howard Kurtz used his CNN show on Sunday to point a finger at himself, apologizing for a story on gay basketball player Jason Collins that he said was riddled with errors and shouldn't have been written in the first place.



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