Monday, August 12, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 8/13/2013





Teen, suspect stood out in wilderness
Horseback Riders Describe Encounter With Hannah, DiMaggioHorseback riders say "red flags" went up when they encountered Hannah Anderson and James Lee DiMaggio.



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2-year-old boy abducted from R.I. home found safe
This undated photo released by the Rhode Island State Police through the Amber Alert website shows two-year-old Isaiah Perez. Perez was kidnapped from a Rhode Island home where police made an early morning discovery of two bodies was found Sunday Aug. 11, 2013 wandering around a housing project in Providence, police said. He was unharmed. Johnston Deputy Police Chief Daniel Parrillo told The Associated Press that a patrolman in Providence spotted Isaiah Perez walking around the Chad Brown housing project by himself around 8:15 p.m. The toddler was evaluated at Hasbro Children's Hospital and has no injuries, he said. (AP Photo)A 2-year-old boy kidnapped from a Rhode Island home where police made an early morning discovery of two bodies was found Sunday night wandering around a housing project in Providence, police said. He was unharmed.



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Egypt expected to act against protests
A poster with a caricature depicting Egypt's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that reads Egyptian police are expected to start taking action early on Monday against supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi who are gathered in crowded protest camps in Cairo, security and government sources said, a move which could trigger more bloodshed. The sites are the main flashpoints in the confrontation between the army, which toppled Mursi last month, and supporters who demand his reinstatement. ...



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Egypt police expected to besiege Morsi sit-ins
A newly-wed Egyptian couple show up on a stage to announce their marriage before hundreds of supporters for Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of Egypt's ousted president have dug in at their two Cairo sit-ins after security officials said police would besiege the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours — perhaps as early as Monday morning.



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Israel lists names of 26 Palestinians to be freed
An Israeli border police officer argues with an Israeli left wing activist as she holds a sign to protests during a ceremony to mark the resumption of the construction of housing units in an east Jerusalem neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Israel's housing minister on Sunday gave final approval to build nearly 1,200 apartments in Jewish settlements, just three days before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are to resume in Jerusalem. Hebrew on sign reads: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has published the names of 26 Palestinian prisoners who are to be released later this week as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that led to a resumption of Mideast negotiations.



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Chilly reception for Kerry in Brazil, Colombia?
In this photo taken Aug. 9, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry listens to translation as he meets with Russian Foreign and Defense ministers at the State Department in Washington, a sit-down tainted by the case of American National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, currently in Russia. This week on Kerry's first visit to South America as the Obama administration's chief diplomat, the disclosures by Snowden could chill talks on trade and energy, and even discussions about the Oct. 23 state dinner that President Barack Obama is hosting for Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to Colombia and Brazil this week builds on efforts to deepen relations with Latin America, but he can expect a curt reception from the two U.S. allies after reports that an American spy program widely targeted data in emails and telephone calls across the region.



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Missouri Fair clown draws criticism for Obama mask
This photo provided by Jameson Hsieh shows a clown wearing a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the rodeo at the State Fair in Sedalia on Saturday Aug. 10, 2013. State Fair officials apologized calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a Missouri State Fair rodeo this weekend and the announcer asked the enthusiastic spectators if they wanted to see "Obama run down by a bull."



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Michele dedicates Teen Choice Award to Monteith
Lea Michele speaks on stage at the Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, in Los Angeles. Pictured in background from left, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley and Kevin McHale. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)Lea Michele made her first public appearance following the death of her co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards.



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Dufner beats Furyk at PGA for 1st major title
Jason Dufner kisses the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, in Pittsford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Equipped with a two-shot lead at the turn, still carrying a few scars from his PGA Championship collapse two years ago, Jason Dufner never showed signs of cracking.



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Egypt police say they will besiege sit-in sites
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi walks through concrete barriers under construction at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi fortified their two Cairo sit-in sites as Egyptian security officials said their forces will move against the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours — perhaps as early as daybreak Monday.



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Malians return to polls for 2nd round of voting
An election worker demonstrates the correct procedure for marking a ballot to a voter in Bamako, Mali, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Voters trudged through red muddy roads in Mali's rainy capital Sunday to choose their next president, a leader who will be tasked with reconciling the country after a coup, separatist rebellion and an Islamic insurgency unraveled one of West Africa's most stable democracies. The presidential runoff vote between former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse is aimed at unlocking some $4 billion in aid that has been promised to help Mali recover.(AP Photo/Thomas Martinez)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — From the ancient desert town of Timbuktu to refugee camps in neighboring countries, voters chose Sunday who should lead Mali out of the political upheaval that left the country's north in the hands of al-Qaida-linked militants for much of last year.



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Israel approves nearly 1,200 more settlement homes
Israeli children play near a construction site during a ceremony to mark the resumption of the construction of housing units in an east Jerusalem neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Israel's housing minister on Sunday gave final approval to build nearly 1,200 apartments in Jewish settlements, just three days before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are to resume in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel approved building nearly 1,200 more settlement homes Sunday and agreed to release 26 long-held Palestinian security prisoners — highlighting an apparent settlements-for-prisoners trade-off that got both sides back to peace talks after a five-year freeze.



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In steady rain, Bolt reigns again in 100 at worlds
From right, Britain's James Dasaolu, France's Christope Lemaitre. Jamaica's Nickel Ashmeade, USA's Justin Gatlin, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Jamaica's Kemar Bailey-Cole and Jamaica's Nesta Carter start in the Men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)MOSCOW (AP) — His legs were hurting, the rain was pouring and he was trailing late in the race.



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Report: Kidnapped RI boy found in housing project
JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy kidnapped from a Rhode Island home where police found two bodies has been found wandering around a housing project in Providence.

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5 ways to get a Tea Party challenge in 2014
Ted Cruz Touts Anti-everything ApproachTea partiers are cropping up to challenge incumbent Democrats and Republicans in races across both houses of Congress.



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