Monday, December 14, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 15/12/2015





Donald Trump: The problem with Ted Cruz is he’s ‘a bit of a maniac’
Donald Trump: The problem with Ted Cruz is he’s ‘a bit of a maniac’Donald Trump says Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is “a bit of a maniac” who doesn’t have the “right temperament” to be president.



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Police: Man fatally shot by L.A. deputies kept holding gun
CORRECTS CREDIT TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF - In this image made from security video footage provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff, Nicholas Robertson is stretched out on the ground with a gun in his hand after he was shot by Los Angeles deputies, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 in Lynwood, Calif. He died at the scene Saturday morning. Authorities released the video Sunday in response to questions about why they continued to fire on the man after he fell to the pavement. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Lynwood, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)A black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies kept holding a gun as he lay dying on the ground, authorities said Sunday in response to questions about why they continued to ...



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Planned Parenthood sues Ohio in dispute over fetal tissue
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 file photo, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine answers questions during a news conference in Steubenville, Ohio. Attorney General Mike DeWine on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, criticized the agency for disposing of fetal remains in landfills. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Planned Parenthood sued Ohio's health director on Sunday in a dispute over how the organization's affiliates handle the disposal of fetal tissue in the state.



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FBI ends search of lake for clues in San Bernardino attack
An FBI diver searches the water at Seccombe Lake Park after a shooting earlier this month in San Bernardino, CaliforniaBy Brendan O'Brien and Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - FBI divers wrapped up a three-day search of a California lake where authorities suspect a couple inspired by Islamic State may have dumped evidence linked to their massacre of 14 people, an official said on Sunday, adding the team retrieved some objects. The search at the lake in a public park 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the site of the Dec. 2 shooting at a regional center in San Bernardino, began on Thursday after reports the suspects were spotted nearby either before or after the attack. ABC News and other news organizations had reported that the divers at San Bernardino Lake were looking for a computer hard drive that belonged to the married couple, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29.



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Planned Parenthood files federal lawsuit against Ohio health department
A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New YorkAttorneys for Planned Parenthood sued Ohio on Sunday, asking a judge to block what it argues is an attempt by the state's top attorney to stop the organization from providing abortion services, court filings showed. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Cincinnati on behalf of three Planned Parenthood locations where abortions are performed, is seeking a restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the state of Ohio. It comes two days after Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he would file his own injunction to block those facilities from sending fetal remains to companies that then disposed of them in landfills.



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Five killed in fire in abandoned California house
Fresno, about 170 miles south of Sacramento, has had four deadly fires this year, with eight fatalities. The house had not had a legal tenant for years, and boards had been fixed over the windows and doors, media reported, citing Fresno Fire Department spokesman Pete Martinez.

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Obama optimism over climate pact tempered by GOP opposition
President Barack Obama speaks about the Paris climate agreement from the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The president gets a quick reminder that Republicans will fight the agreement all the way.



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Reactions to the climate deal adopted by 190 countries
The global climate talks that ran into overtime have been a massive undertaking both diplomatically and logistically, with some 40,000 daily participantsThe latest related to the U.N. climate conference that took place outside Paris (all times local): 2:20 p.m. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he was stunned by the Paris climate agreement adopted ...



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French far right collapses in regional runoff elections
A torn poster of French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen is seen in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Le Pen is in the race for the presidency of the French northern region. The second round of the regional elections will take place Sunday. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front collapsed in French regional elections Sunday, failing to take a single region after dominating the first round of voting, pollsters projected. The conservatives surged against the governing Socialists, changing the political map of France.



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'Proud' women win seats in historic Saudi vote
A Saudi woman casts her ballot in the capital Riyadh on December 12, 2015 as the nation allowed women to vote for the first timeAt least 14 women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said Sunday, far exceeding expectations in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Honestly, we weren't expecting anyone to win," said Sahar Hassan Nasief, a women's rights activist in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. "We need more," said Aljazi al-Hossaini, who was defeated in Diriyah on the edge of Riyadh, where three women won seats, according to Saudi news channel Al-Ekhbaria.



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