IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 9/16/2013

Hundreds missing in Colorado floods

A resident looks at his flooded home and property on September 14, 2013 in La Salle, Colorado

Hundreds of people were reportedly missing as floods devastated homes and businesses.

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McCain, Graham blast Syrian chemical weapons deal

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2013, file photo Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington after a closed-door meeting about Syria with President Barack Obama. In a statement released Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, McCain and Graham said a Syrian chemical weapons agreement is meaningless. They said friends and enemies of the U.S. will view the deal, reached between the U.S. and Russia Saturday, as

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators who are among President Barack Obama's sharpest foreign policy critics on Saturday blasted a Syrian chemical weapons agreement as "an act of provocative weakness" by America that will embolden enemies such as Iran as it continues its push for a nuclear weapon.

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World's oldest man dies in NY at age 112

This photo provided by Guinness World Records shows 112 year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez. Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world's oldest man has died. Sanchez-Blazquez was 112. Guinness consultant Robert Young says Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday Sept. 13,2013 at a nursing home in Grand Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/Guiness World Records, File)

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) — The world's oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112.

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Analysis: High costs keep Japan focus on nuclear

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows the No. 4 reactor, left, and the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. The No. 4 reactor restarted in July 2012, along with the plant’s No. 3 reactor, which went offline for maintenance on Sept. 2, 2013. Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor, the No. 4 reactor at Ohi plant, goes offline Sunday, Sept. 15 for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remained closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor goes offline Sunday for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remained closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima.

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Egypt's Mubarak waves, grins as his trial resumes

ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons, Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a courtroom at the Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Egypt's ousted long-time autocrat was back in court Saturday, grinning and waving for the resumption of his retrial on charges related to the killings of some 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law)

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian judge on Saturday named top security officials to testify in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak on charges related to the killings of around 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.

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After acquittal, Zimmerman still in spotlight

In this Monday, July 1, 2013 photo, George Zimmerman enters the Seminole County Courthouse, in Sanford, Fla., during his trial on second degree murder for the killing of Trayvon Martin. Whether they think he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer “standing his ground,” many Americans can’t seem to get enough of George Zimmerman. And he can’t seem to stop giving it to them. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Whether they think that he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer "standing his ground," many Americans can't seem to get enough of George Zimmerman. And he can't seem to stop giving it to them.

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Bus overturns in southwest Ohio; 35 injured

Ohio High Highway Patrol investigators on the scene of a Greyhound bus travailing from Cincinnati to Detroit Saturday Sept. 14, 2013, with 52 passengers on board left the highway and crashed in Liberty Township, between State Rt. 129 and the Monroe Exit at St. Rt.63, 34 passengers where taken to area hospitals, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office only 2 of 3 northbound of Interstate 75 are open. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Tony Jones)

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Greyhound bus drove off an interstate highway in southwest Ohio early Saturday, struck a tree and a fence and flipped on its side before sliding to a stop in a cornfield, injuring at least 35 people.

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Miss America contestants show off their shoes

Miss New York Nina Davuluri displays her shoes during the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss America contestants restarted a boardwalk tradition by showing off their shoes.

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AP Source: LeBron weds girlfriend in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — LeBron James has another ring..

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No. 1 Alabama beats Manziel, No. 6 Aggies 49-42

Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon (4) celebrates his 4-yard touchdown run against Texas A&M with Brian Vogler (84), and Ryan Kelly (70) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Unable to stop Johnny Manziel, Alabama answered Texas A&M the only way it could: The top-ranked Crimson Tide just kept on scoring, hoping to have the ball last.

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Danny Garcia outlasts Lucas Matthysse, keeps belts

Referee Tony Weeks sends Danny Garcia to his corner before giving Lucas Matthysse a standing eight count during a WBC and WBA super lightweight title fight, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Danny Garcia defended his WBC and WBA 140-pound titles with a unanimous decision over Argentina's Lucas Matthysse on Saturday night, remaining unbeaten with a gritty comeback victory.

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UAE leads Gulf front against Egypt's Islamists

In this Sunday Sept. 8, 2013 photo, Hasan al-Jaidah holds a photograph of his father, detained Qatari doctor Mahmoud al-Jaidah, at the family's home in Doha, Qatar. More than six months ago, Dr. al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility. UAE authorities have given no public statements on the case. But the family of the 52-year-old doctor has no doubt why he was detained: He has been caught up in the escalating pressures across the Western-backed Gulf states against the now-battered Muslim Brotherhood and its perceived Islamist allies. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility.

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Hurricane Ingrid forms off Mexico

A man walks through a flooded street during heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Ingrid in the Gulf port city of Veracruz, Mexico, Friday Sept. 13., 2013. Mexican authorities rushed to evacuate neighborhoods located near riverbanks in eight Veracruz townships as Ingrid lashed the coast with heavy rains, threatening more damage in a state where landslides and flooding have killed dozens of people in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico was threatened by storms on opposite coasts as it headed into the country's three-day Independence Day weekend, on the Gulf by Hurricane Ingrid and on the Pacific by Manuel, which also could strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall on Sunday.

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AP PHOTOS: A look back at New York Fashion Week

Anna Cleveland, of the Netherlands, poses for a photograph backstage before the Zac Posen Spring 2014 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

For fashion editors, writers, stylists and retailers, New York Fashion Week is a chance to spot trends and themes for the upcoming season. But giving form to those looks is a small army of models, makeup artists, hairstylists and of course, the designers.

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Rescuers issue stern warning to Colorado evacuees

Brian Guse, center, and Matt Bruce, right, clear mud and debris from the street that was flooded in Longmont, Colo., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Floodwaters have affected a 4,500 square-mile section of the state. National Guard helicopters have been evacuating residents from the hardest hit communities. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — As rescuers broke through to flood-ravaged Colorado towns, they issued a stern warning Saturday to anyone thinking of staying behind: Leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water and basic supplies.

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