IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 7/12/2013

Lawyers for Holmes: He did it

File-This June 4,2013 file photo shows Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes in court in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is scheduled Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at a hearing where the judge overseeing the Colorado theater shooting case will reconsider the timing of the trial and other proceedings. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Andy Cross, Pool,File)

For the first time, lawyers for the accused theater shooter say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more in Colorado.

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Boston bombing suspect pleads not guilty

Boston Marathon bombing suspect pleads not guilty

His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April.

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Defense rests case in George Zimmerman trial

Assistant state attorney John Guy, front center, uses a foam dummy to describe the altercation between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin to defense witness and law enforcement expert Dennis Root, right, during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman's defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer's second-degree murder trial.

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Bush nudges GOP on immigration as lawmakers meet

Mario Melgar, 5, who was born in Prince Georges County, Md., joins his Guatemalan mother, not in picture, during a rally for citizenship on Capitol Hill in in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, coinciding with the GOP House Caucus meeting. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Divided on immigration, House Republicans bluntly challenged President Barack Obama's willingness to secure the nation's borders on Wednesday, and appeared unimpressed by George W. Bush's advice to carry a "benevolent spirit" into a debate that includes a possible path to citizenship for millions.

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Chief: Family member arrested in autistic boy case

A photo released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department is of Terry Dewayne Smith Jr., 11, an autistic boy who went missing from his Manifee, Calif., home on Saturday, July 6, 2013. Hundreds of people will resume the search today Tuesday July 9,2013, for Smith in Riverside County, where temperatures have topped 100 degrees. (AP Photo/Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

MENIFEE, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old family member was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the case of a missing 11-year-old autistic boy in Southern California, police said Wednesday.

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NY judge: Apple colluded to raise e-book prices

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. milked the popularity of its iTunes store to form an illegal cartel with publishers to raise electronic book prices, a federal judge decided in a case swayed by the words of the late Steve Jobs.

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Singer Randy Travis out of surgery, still critical

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Publicist Kirt Webster on Wednesday night, July 10, 2013 said that the 54-year-old Travis is in surgery after suffering a stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis is out of surgery but remains in critical condition after suffering a stroke while at a Texas hospital, the singer's publicist said late Wednesday.

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Trades, new contracts become official around NBA

Los Angeles Clippers' Matt Barnes, Darren Collison, Jared Dudley, Ryan Hollins, Chris Paul and J.J. Redick holds jerseys as the Clippers announce updates and additions to their NBA basketball roster, at their headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Just about every NBA team would like Dwight Howard.

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Marathon suspect's hearing frustrates some

This courtroom sketch depicts Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev standing with his lawyer Miriam Conrad, left, before Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler, right, during his arraignment in federal court Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Boston. The 19-year-old has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)

BOSTON (AP) — Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings got little satisfaction from suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's first public appearance since the deadly attacks. "Not guilty" was all he said, over and over.

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Police: Quebec train crash death toll now at 20

Rail World Inc. president Edward Burkhardt speaks to the media as he tours Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. A Rail World train crashed into the town killing at least 15 people. Burkhardt blamed the accident on an employee who he said had failed to properly set the brakes. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Canadian officials told distraught families Wednesday that 30 people still missing after the fiery crash of a runaway oil train are all presumed dead.

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10 Things to Know for Thursday

Tsarnaev family members and others depart the federal courthouse in Boston following the arraignment of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Boston. The April 15 attack killed three and wounded more than 260. The 19-year-old Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

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Singer Randy Travis in surgery after stroke

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis suffered a stroke while at a Texas hospital and was in surgery late Wednesday, the singer's publicist said.

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Publicist: Randy Travis suffers stroke in hospital

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Travis has been hospitalized in Texas with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Dallas. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis suffered a stroke while at a Texas hospital and was in surgery late Wednesday, the singer's publicist said.

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Employers offer pet insurance as employee perk

This Dec. 11, 2012 photo provided by MGM Resorts International shows MGM Grand poker dealer Dar Reike holds her adopted dog, Alexia, next to her husband, Rick Reike. They adopted the dog, at a company adoption fair last year. However, they decided against getting pet insurance. Through MGM Resorts International, they could have gotten a major medical policy for $25 to $35 a month. With one dog, she would have also gotten a 5 percent discount. (AP Photo/MGM Resorts International, Victoria Gonzalez)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Melissa Yoakam jokingly calls her dog Shadow her "car payment" because she pays $250 a month for the 12-year-old's cancer treatments.

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 7/12/2013

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