Tuesday, December 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 30/12/2015





Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014 file photo, Tomiko Shine holds up a picture of Tamir Rice, the 12 year old boy fatally shot by a rookie police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 22, during a protest in Washington, D.C. Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, that a grand jury declined to indict the police officer, Timothy Loehmann, in the killing of Rice, a black youngster shot while holding with what turned out to be a pellet gun. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Two Cleveland police officers in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.



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Texas 'affluenza' teen taken into custody in Mexico, official says
Ethan Couch is shown in this handout photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department in Fort WorthBy Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas teen from a wealthy family, a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been taken into custody in Mexico, a law enforcement official said on Monday. Ethan Couch, 18, nicknamed the "affluenza" teen, was serving 10 years probation for intoxication manslaughter in the 2013 incident. Texas, to place the teen on the county's most wanted list and issue a warrant for his apprehension.



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Trump campaign reportedly planning ‘major’ TV ad blitz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump displays a copy of the Union Leader newspaper while addressing an audience during a campaign event Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Trump's attacks against the news media. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Donald Trump has received plenty of free publicity from the media for his 2016 presidential bid, but the Republican frontrunner’s campaign is reportedly about to open the billionaire’s war chest for a major TV ad blitz to bolster his candidacy ahead of the Iowa caucuses.



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Storms snarl U.S. travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes
Damage caused by a tornado is seen in a neighborhood in BirminghamBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation across swaths of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel weeks, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were part of a wild worldwide weather system seen over the Christmas holiday period. More than 40 people were killed by tornadoes and floods in the United States during the holiday season, where rare winter tornado warnings were issued in Alabama on Monday. Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle were expected to bear the brunt of the of the day's strongest storms, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Michael Leseney said.



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Unprecedented security set for California's Rose Parade, Rose Bowl
A security camera is placed on a street light pole along the route of the parade on Colorado Boulevard in preparation for the Rose Parade in PasadenaMore than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with police to bring an unprecedented level of security to the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting this month in nearby San Bernardino. Extraordinary security measures planned for the New Year's Day event include more than a dozen armed tactical "rapid-response" teams to be posted along the parade route, along with dozens of surveillance cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs and radiation-detection devices, law enforcement officials said. Some 700,000 spectators are expected to turn out in Old Town Pasadena, north of the Los Angeles, for the 127th Tournament of Roses Parade, a 5 1/2-mile procession of flower-adorned floats, marching bands and equestrian teams.



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Researcher: Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet
No one is taking the blame for leaking the registration info of 191 million US votersThe database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, researcher Chris Vickery said in a phone interview. While voter data is typically considered public information, it would be time-consuming and expensive to gather a database of all American voters. A trove of all U.S. voter data could be valuable to criminals looking for lists of large numbers of targets for a variety of fraud schemes.



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Former Gov. Bush, in home-state Florida, pans Clinton, Trump
Former Gov. Bush, in home-state Florida, pans Clinton, TrumpHIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton "has no clue" about leading the country and GOP front-runner Donald Trump is "not serious about being a candidate."



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Violent weather in seven states takes deadly toll
Dozens of people were killed during a week of devastating tornadoes, flooding and storms.



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Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from IS, sweeps for bombs
IS control of territory in Iraq and SyriaIraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists. Pockets of jihadists may remain, but the army said it no longer faced any resistance in the city and that its main task was to defuse countless bombs and traps. "Ramadi has been liberated and the armed forces of the counter-terrorism service have raised the Iraqi flag above the government complex," Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said on television.



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