IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 10/23/2013

Nev. student opens fire, kills teacher and himself

A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, October 21, 2013 in Sparks, Nev. A middle school student opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police said Monday. The lone suspected gunman was also dead, though it's unclear whether the student committed suicide. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)

Two 12-year-old boys are wounded; teacher tried to protect children from their classmate.

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Hurricane Raymond hits Acapulco with more rain

A view of a beach as waves move toward the shore during rainfall brought on by Hurricane Raymond, in Acapulco

By David Alire Garcia ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Ports were closed, school classes were suspended and hundreds of people were evacuated along Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Monday as a major hurricane loomed over a region still recovering from record flooding a few weeks ago. Raymond, a category three hurricane, weakened slightly on Monday night as it hovered about 145 km (90 miles) offshore. The major storm was moving in "a slow and erratic motion" with winds blowing up to 193 km per hour (120 mph) on Monday, Miami's National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. ...

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New talks fuel hopes for end to S.F. transit strike

With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters started the new work week on Monday with gridlocked roadways and long lines for buses and ferries as a major transit strike entered its fourth day. At the same time, federal investigators were searching for clues to a weekend train crash that killed two workers.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Representatives of the San Francisco Bay Area's rail transit system and its striking unions returned to the bargaining table Monday, raising hopes among the region's frustrated commuters that a four-day work stoppage that has gridlocked highways and doubled travel times is about to end.

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France joins list of allies angry over NSA spying

FILE - In this March 8, 2013 file photo, U.S Ambassador to France Charles H. Rivkin, stands as the US national anthem is played aboard US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Marseille, southern France. Le Monde newspaper says Monday, Oct.21, 2013 that documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the U.S. National Security Agency swept up 70.3 million French phone records in a 30-day period. The French government has summoned the Rivkin to explain why the Americans spied on one of their closest allies.(AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joining a growing list of angry allies, France on Monday demanded an explanation from Washington of a report that the U.S. swept up 70 million French telephone records and text messages in its global surveillance net, even recording certain private conversations.

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NJ governor ends gay marriage fight as couples wed
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to same-sex marriages on Monday, removing the possibility that the vows of couples who began getting married hours earlier could be undone by a court.

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Christians mourn Cairo shooting that killed 4

A relative of 8-year-old Mariam Ashraf Meseeha who was killed late Sunday, mourns over her coffin during her funeral with others in Warraq's Virgin Mary church in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Egypt's Christians were stunned Monday by a drive-by shooting in which masked gunmen sprayed a wedding party outside a Cairo church with automatic weapons fire, killing several, including two young girls, in an attack that raised fears of a nascent insurgency by extremists after the military's ouster of the president and a crackdown on Islamists. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

CAIRO (AP) — The elderly, silver-haired Christian could hardly speak Monday, sitting stunned in a church where the evening before, suspected Islamic militants on a motorcycle sprayed his family's wedding party with automatic weapons fire, killing his son, his wife's sister and two granddaughters aged 8 and 12.

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Thieves pose as truckers to steal huge cargo loads

In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 photo, bags of almonds are loaded into a truck at Hughson Nut, Inc., in Livingston, Calif. Hughson has joined a growing number of companies that have become victims of an increasingly common form of commercial identity theft that has allowed con men to make off each year with millions of dollars in merchandise. Thieves, posing as truckers, load freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — To steal huge shipments of valuable cargo, thieves are turning to a deceptively simple tactic: They pose as truckers, load the freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away with it.

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Strong hurricane meanders off Mexico's south coast

Mexican army soldiers on duty for emergency relief stand next to villagers as they watch workers reinforce a road with sandbags, not seen, in Acapulco, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The area is on alert as Hurricane Raymond gained more strength and threatened to hurl heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last month's Tropical Storm Manuel. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Raymond remained nearly stationary as it spun off Mexico's southern Pacific coast late Monday, threatening to spread heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last month's Tropical Storm Manuel.

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Bulgarian fugitive arrested in Seattle area
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities have arrested a Bulgarian fugitive described as the driver of a cargo truck in which 18 people died during a stiflingly hot journey.

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UN: Canada faces crisis over indigenous issues

In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 photo, indigenous people protest outside the National Energy Board public hearings on Enbridge Line 9 oil pipeline, in Toronto. Canada is facing a crisis over aboriginal issues despite years of efforts to overcome tensions and address social problems, a U.N. expert who recently visited the country said Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mark Blinch)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Canada is facing a crisis over aboriginal issues despite years of efforts to overcome tensions and address social problems, a U.N. expert who recently visited the country said Monday.

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AP PHOTOS: Indigenous fashion show in Bolivia

In this Oct. 18, 2013 photo, Aymara Indian women prepare to model clothing by local designers at a Chola fashion show in La Paz, Bolivia. In embroidered shawls, wide skirts, black bowler hats and gold and silver jewelry, Aymara models showed of creations designed to promote Andean style and beauty. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — In dazzling embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models strutted their stuff on the catwalk in Bolivia's capital in a fashion show designed to promote Andean style and beauty.

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Nev. student used handgun to kill teacher, himself

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Police say a Nevada middle school boy used a semi-automatic handgun to wound two students and kill a math teacher before turning the weapon on himself.

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Study: 15 percent of US youth out of school, work

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, a crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York. Almost 6 million young people, ages 16 to 24, are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, by The Opportunity Nation coalition. The study also finds that 49 states have seen an increase in the number of families living in poverty and 45 states have seen household median incomes fall in the last year. The dour report underscores the challenges young adults face now and foretell challenges they are likely to face as they get older. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday.

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Raymond becomes major hurricane as it nears Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Raymond gained more strength as it remained nearly stationary off Mexico's southern Pacific coast Monday, though it threatened to hurl heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last month's Tropical Storm Manuel.

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Student kills teacher, hurts 2 boys at Nev. School

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their gun-wielding classmate.

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France summons US ambassador over spying

U.S Ambassador to France Charles H. Rivkin, right, leaves the Foreign Ministry in Paris, after he was summoned Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The French government had summoned the ambassador to explain why the Americans spied on one of their closest allies. Le Monde newspaper said Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 that documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the U.S. National Security Agency swept up 70.3 million French phone records in a 30-day period. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

WASHINGTON (AP) — France joined a growing list of angry allies Monday who are demanding answers from the United States over aggressive surveillance tactics by the National Security Agency, this time, that it swept up — and in some cases recorded — 70.3 million French telephone calls and emails in one 30 day period.

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