Monday, December 1, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 02/12/2014





Congress crams unfinished agenda
FILE - This Nov. 13, 2014, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol Dome, in Washington, surrounded by scaffolding for a long-term repair project, and framed by the last of autumn's colorful leaves. Like a student who waited until the night before a deadline, lawmakers resuming work Monday will try to cram two years of leftover business into two weeks while avoiding a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Keeping the government running and renewing tax breaks are on the to-do list.



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Ferguson jurors faced safety fears, lots of work
Protest leader Brittany Ferrell marches through the Bed, Bath and Beyond in Brentwood at the start of a demonstration that started in The Promenade at Brentwood shopping center and moved down Eager Road and Hanley Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The grand jury responsible for reviewing the fatal shooting of Michael Brown faced "an awesome burden" and "an awful lot of work."



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Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead




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Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance -mayor
A protestor wearing a gas mask confronts police during an anarchist demonstration related to the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown in Seattle, WashingtonBy Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday. The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...



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Missing Ohio State football player found dead: police
(Reuters) - An Ohio State University football player who went missing earlier this week was found dead on Sunday not far from his apartment, authorities said. Kosta Karageorge, 22, a fifth-year senior who was last seen early Wednesday morning, died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Columbus Police Department said on its Facebook page. The department said Karageorge's body was found inside a dumpster and a gun was found at the scene near his the apartment. ...

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Wife of Ray Rice says he was candid with NFL about assault
Former Baltimore Ravens NFL running back Ray Rice and his wife Janay arrive for a hearing at a New York City office building(Reuters) - The wife of former Baltimore Ravens’ football player Ray Rice said in an interview that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was not truthful when he described Rice as ambiguous about striking her in an elevator early this year. Janay Rice said in an interview with NBC's "Today" show host Matt Lauer that her husband told Goodell the truth about the assault that left her unconscious in an New Jersey casino elevator in February, an incident that lead to his indefinite suspension by the league in September. ...



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Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Darren Wilson
Darren Wilson Resigns; Shoppers Ready for Cyber MondayThe officer who shot Michael Brown resigned from the Ferguson police force.



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Canada 'aware' of reports that citizen kidnapped in Syria
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter talks on a phone during fighting against Islamic State (IS) group in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on November 8, 2014Canada said Sunday it was "aware of reports" that one of its nationals may have been kidnapped in Syria, amid suggestions it could have been a woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Kobane.



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Pope calls on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn terrorism
Pope Francis touches his face during a press conference aboard the flight towards Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. Francis kicked off his final day in Turkey with a lengthy, two-hour liturgy alongside Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in the Orthodox Church of St. George, where incense mingled with hypnotic chants and prayers on an important feast day for the Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)Pope Francis on Sunday called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism, saying it would help to dispel the stereotype that equates Islam with terror.



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Hong Kong protesters, police clash; 40 arrested
Pro-democracy protesters scuffle with police officers on the main road outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov.30, 2014. Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city's streets for more than two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city's streets for more than two months.



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