Sunday, November 17, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 11/18/2013





Mother of fallen Ariz. firefighter seeking $36M
Mother of Fallen Yarnell Hill Firefighter Files Claim Seeking $36 MillionClaim says authorities were negligent and tried to "whitewash" investigation.



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Outrage over photo of hunter posing with prey
Hunter Stirs Outrage After Posting Photo of Dead LionA Petition has Been Started to Ban the Hunter From South Africa



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PlayStation 4 launch results in series of game thefts
A customer walks out of an Illinois Best Best buy store with their new PlayStation 4 (AP)The Playstation 4 was released on Friday and unfortunately, several customers found themselves victimized by thieves taking advantage of the event.



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Army scrapping 4 US chemical weapons incinerators
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, workers continue the process of demolishing chemical waste incinerator at the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Ala. The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning chemical weapons stored in four states. Now, with those chemicals up in smoke and communities freed of a threat, the Army’s in the middle of another, $1.3 billion project: Demolishing the incinerators that destroyed the toxic materials. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill.



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Newborn babies fight for life in chapel-hospital
Genia Mae Mustacisa pumps oxygen into the lungs of her three-day-old infant in front of the altar of a Catholic chapel inside the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban on Saturday Nov. 16, 2013. The chapel is now being used to care for infants after Typhoon Haiyan destroyed the original facility of the hospital. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Althea Mustacisa was born three days ago in the aftermath of the killer typhoon that razed the eastern Philippines. And for every one of those three days, she has struggled to live.



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Legal wrangling ahead in Mich. porch shooting case
Monica McBride, center, and Walter Ray Simmons, right, the parents of Renisha McBride address the media with attorney Gerald Thurswell, left, during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Their daughter was shot on Nov. 2 in the face on Theodore P. Wafer's front porch in Dearborn Heights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT (AP) — The way Renisha Marie McBride's young life ended Nov. 2 is not in dispute: A homeowner in suburban Detroit fatally shot the 19-year-old in the face as she stood on his porch before the sun came up.



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FDA issues stern warning on Medtronic devices
Federal health officials say that defects in some Medtronic devices used in heart procedures are severe enough that they could cause serious injury or death.



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Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks
An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The explosion came just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced that U.S. and Afghan negotiators had finished a draft to be presented to the Loya Jirga, whom Kabul says must approve the document before Afghanistan signs it. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber tore through the Afghan capital Saturday, just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced U.S. and Afghan negotiators had agreed on a draft deal allowing U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond a 2014 deadline.



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Toronto mayor in crisis; some backers stay loyal
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holds a bobblehead doll depicting him at Toronto City Hall. An electoral map of the 2010 mayoral election shows that Ford's voter base resides mainly in a more conservative constituency than the downtown electorate. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)TORONTO (AP) — When Rob Ford was elected mayor of Toronto in 2010, his bluster and checkered past were widely known. A plurality of voters backed him anyway, eager to shake things up at a City Hall they viewed as elitist and wasteful.



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Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom
Visitors to the forbidden city carry children holding the Chinese national flags in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Some 15 million to 20 million Chinese parents will be allowed to have a second baby after the Chinese government announced Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 that couples where one partner has no siblings can have two children, in the first significant easing of the country’s strict one-child policy in nearly three decades.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING (AP) — Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's strict one-child policy in three decades.



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No. 7 Auburn survives No. 25 Georgia, 43-38
Auburn wide receiver Ricardo Louis (5) makes the catches the to score the game-winning touchdown as Georgia strong safety Josh Harvey-Clemons (25) looks on late in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Auburn won 43-38. (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Amanda Sowards) NO SALESAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — With Auburn's title hopes hanging in the balance, the ball deflected into the air and into Ricardo Louis' hands.



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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold after another and triumphantly planting the two-starred Syrian government flag amid shattered buildings and rubble-strewn streets.

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Geithner to join private equity firm
FILE - This Feb. 2, 2012 file photo shows then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. The former U.S. Treasury Secretary is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The firm announced Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, that Geithner will serve as president and managing director of the firm starting March 1, 2014. Geithner played a central role in devising the U.S. government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a central role in the government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009, is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC.



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White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
Another milestone is passing in America's racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife.

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France's Pleyel piano maker plays final note
A Pleyel piano is displayed in a piano store, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France’s Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France's Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition.



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Family seeks answers in deadly Mich porch shooting
Monica McBride, center, and Walter Ray Simmons, right, the parents of Renisha McBride address the media with attorney Gerald Thurswell, left, during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Their daughter was shot on Nov. 2 in the face on Theodore P. Wafer's front porch in Dearborn Heights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face on the porch of a suburban Detroit home say they find it hard to believe their daughter posed a threat to the man charged in her death.



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