IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 06/02/2013

Accused sniper killer had mental issues

Records show Eddie Ray Routh had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past five months. Read More ...

Alabama hostage standoff ends

Police trying to make Alabama hostage suspect feel safe

Authorities kill the gunman holding a 5-year-old boy inside a tiny bunker. Read More ...

A roundup of the best photos of the day

Baltimore Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl XLVII Most Valuable Player Joe Flacco rides with Mickey Mouse in a parade through the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida rides in this handout provided by Walt Disney World Company February, 4, 2013. REUTERS/Matt Stroshane/Walt Disney World/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL ENTERTAINMENT TRAVEL) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Read More ...

New research station sets up shop in icy Antarctica

New Antarctica Research Station Sets Up Shop

The station can be hydraulically elevated to avoid being crushed by heavy snow. Read More ...

Obama's new favorite phrase to woo the public

The president isn’t just promoting legislation on guns and immigration. Read More ...

Bus passenger describes terror before Calif. crash

Authorities work Monday Feb. 4, 2013, at the scene of Sunday's fatal tour bus crash on Highway 38 north of Yucaipa, Calif., that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured. The cause of the Sunday crash east of Los Angeles remained under investigation. (AP Photo/The Sun, Rick Sforza)

YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) — The bus full of tired tourists returning to Tijuana, Mexico, was slowly winding down a mountain road from the ski resort town of Big Bear when it suddenly picked up speed. The driver shouted to call 911 — the brakes had failed. Read More ...

Monkey business? U.S. unsure of Iran's space claims

CAPTION CORRECTION, REMOVES SECOND SENTENCE AND ADDS NEW INFORMATION THAT THE MONKEY DEPICTED IN THE PHOTO IS NOT THE SAME ONE THE IRANIANS SENT INTO SPACE - In this picture obtained from the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, scientists surround a monkey ahead of a space launch in an undisclosed location in Iran. One of two official packages of photos of Iran's famed simian space traveler depicted the wrong monkey, but a primate really did fly into space and return safely to Earth, a senior Iranian space official confirmed Saturday. One set of pictures showed a relatively dark-haired monkey. Another showed a different monkey, the one shown in this photo, strapped in a pod, that had light gray hair and a distinctive red mole over its right eye. State TV pictures seen by AP show the dark-haired monkey before and after the space flight, but a package of still pictures released by authorities showed the above monkey with the mole. (AP Photo/ISNA, Mohammad Agah)

The United States expressed doubt about Iran's claim that it safely returned a monkey from space. Read More ...

Photos: Dogs strut their stuff at Rio carnival parade

Dogs wear Brazil's national soccer team jerseys during the "Blocao" dog carnival parade during pre-carnival festivities along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro February 3, 2013. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (BRAZIL - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY SPORT SOCCER) Read More ...

McCain cool to suggestion of Hagel filibuster

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell leader is raising the possibility of a filibuster of President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain, a sharp critic of Chuck Hagel's nomination as defense secretary, said Monday he will not support a filibuster of President Barack Obama's pick, even though he declined to say whether he intends to vote for confirmation. Read More ...

Report: 'Wild Thing' singer dies in U.K. Reg Presley, lead singer of The Troggs, reportedly died at his home after a battle with cancer. Read More ...

Kerry warns of punishment for NKorea nuclear test

In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 photo, the USS San Francisco, a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, is docked before South Korea and U.S. joint military exercises, at Jinhae naval base, South Korea. South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon carry out a threat to conduct its third atomic test. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test. Amid signs that such a test is coming, South Korea's president also speculated that Pyongyang may detonate multiple atomic devices simultaneously. Read More ...

New BlackBerry to be released in U.S. in mid-March TORONTO (AP) — The chief executive of Research In Motion said he's disappointed the new BlackBerry won't be released in the United States until mid-March, but he said early data suggests sales in the U.K. are above expectations. Read More ...

Arkansas couple twice win lottery on fishing trip LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas couple who set out for a day of fishing came home with quite the fish story: Two winning lottery tickets, including a $1 million prize. Read More ...

Foreigners' accounts in U.S. banks next target in tax crackdown

A sign for a Bank of America office is pictured in Burbank, California

Obama may soon ask Congress for the power to get more info about accounts held by foreigners. Read More ...

Alaska brewery powered by … beer

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, Brandon Smith, the Alaskan Brewing Co.'s brewing operations and engineering manager, speaks to reporters about the company's new boiler system. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company's spent grain the accumulated waste from the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant's operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)

A brewery is Alaska is being fueled by its own beer – in a manner of speaking. The Alaskan Brewing Co. (ABC) plans to use spent grain from the brewing process to help power the majority of the brewery’s functions and reduce energy costs by 70 percent. "We had to be a little more innovative [...] Read More ...

Eerie rock towers provide clues about past earthquakes

Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors

Researchers studied rusty spires of rock called hoodoos 120 miles north of Los Angeles. Read More ...

Permission to wear pants? Odd laws still on the books

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22 2013 file photo, models wear creations by French fashion designer Alexandre Vauthier as part of his Women's Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris. If it isn’t already daunting enough to pack for a trip to fashionable Paris, female visitors, beware: It’s illegal to wear pants. So says a law dating from 1800 that has never been taken off the books _ only relaxed to allow women the comfort of two legs when riding bicycles or horses. (AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon, File)

In Paris, women are technically banned from wearing pants. Read More ...

Tagg Romney says no thanks to Senate race

Tagg Romney speaking on behalf of his father in Augusta, Maine, on Feb. 4, 2012.

Mitt Romney’s son says he’s not interested in running for John Kerry's now-open seat. Read More ...

Great debate: Best Super Bowl ever?

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs (55), linebacker Ray Lewis (52) and defensive end Haloti Ngata (92) face San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore (21), defensive back C.J. Spillman (27) and linebacker Patrick Willis (52) before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

"It was the greatest ever," Terrell Suggs said, "It was everything you could ask for." Read More ...

Al-Qaida group back on Twitter after ban

Just two weeks after Twitter shut down its account, the Somali-based terror group al Shabaab has set up a new Twitter account and resumed tweeting out propaganda in English. Read More ...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 06/02/2013

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