2012年12月17日星期一

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Newtown boy remembered as 'old soul'

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:02 PM PST

Handout photo of Daniel BardenThough he was only in first grade, Daniel Barden was displayed an empathy for others remarkable for a child so young.

Democratic Sen. Inouye of Hawaii dies at 88

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 file photo, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, president pro temper of the Senate, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, attends a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he is presented a commemorative coin marking the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Medal of Honor by Congress. Inouye has died of respiratory complications, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. He was 88. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii has died at age 88 after battling a respiratory illness, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday. Inouye won the Medal of Honor in World War II—a conflict that cost him his right arm—and later became the first Japanese-American House member and then senator. His last word was [...]

Golden retrievers sent to comfort shooting survivors

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST

dogsA Lutheran charity group has sent about 10 golden retrievers to comfort the survivors of Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Neighbor took six survivors into his home

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST

Gene Rosen gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. On the day of the shooting, Rosen took in four girls and two boys that were sitting at the end of his driveway; they had just run from the school, among the first to escape Friday's deadly shooting. He ran upstairs and grabbed an armful of stuffed animals he kept there. He gave those to the children, along with some fruit juice and sat with them as the two boys described seeing their teacher being shot. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Six children who escaped Friday's deadly shooting ran to Gene Rosen's house. "We can't go back to school," a boy told him.

White House highlights ‘obstacles’ to taking action on guns

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Carney pauses as he speaks about U.S. President Obama's response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings during a media briefing in WashingtonThe White House tamped down suggestions that it will act quickly on gun control issues.

How parents explained Newtown to their children

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST

Mark Sorrentino, of Naugatuck, Conn., pays respects near a U.S. flag donning the names of victims on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., as the town mourns victims killed in a school shooting, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Authorities say a gunman killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life, on Friday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Parents across the country soaked in the news of Friday's shootings in Newtown, Conn., to return home to their own children--many the same ages as the victims--to talk frankly about the tragedy. Yahoo News asked parents to share some of those conversations they had over the weekend and how they're children are responding. Here are some excerpts from what they wrote Monday.

Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Fla., leaves federal court in Los Angeles. Chaney has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet, according to court documents filed Thursday, March 22, 2012. Long before Christopher Chaney made headlines by hacking into the email accounts of such stars as Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera, he honed his craft at the expense of two women who say he harassed them and stalked them online. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)The hacker broke into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted their revealing photos.

Parents, students on edge about returning to school

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:29 PM PST

Volunteer parents welcome school children arriving at the Theodore Roosevelt School in Burbank, Calif., early Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Teachers, parents and students are making an anxious return to school this week after a gunman stormed into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, shooting to death 26 people before killing himself. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Lilly Rosell contemplated keeping her 7-year-old daughter at home on the first day of classes since the Connecticut elementary school massacre.

Sandy Hook school aide's boyfriend was set to propose

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:37 PM PST

Rachel D'AvinoRachel D'Avino, one of the adult victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School was finishing her doctorate, and her boyfriend was getting ready to propose to her on Christmas Eve.

White House says open to changing Sandy aid package

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST

Holiday decorations are seen on the front porch of a damaged home on Bay Avenue in Mantoloking.The White House pushed Congress to approve a $60.4 billion aid package but indicated it would be open to make changes to the measure amid sharp conservative criticism.

Guinness world's oldest person dies in Iowa at 115: family

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:19 PM PST

(Reuters) - Dina Manfredini, a 115-year-old Iowa woman who was crowned the world's oldest person less than two weeks ago by Guinness World Records, died on Monday, her granddaughter told Reuters. Lori Logli said Manfredini, who was born in Pievepelago, Italy, died at the retirement center in Johnston, Iowa, where she was living. Guinness said the world's oldest living person is now a Japanese man named Jiroemon Kimura, who is also 115 years. Although Manfredini claimed the title for just 13 days, her reign as the world's oldest person was not the shortest on record, Guinness said. ...

Top senator hints at last-minute fiscal cliff action

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:03 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned his colleagues on Monday not to make any plans for the day after Christmas.

Clinton gets accountability report on Benghazi attacks

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestThe findings are expected to cover questions on whether enough attention was given to potential threats and how Washington responded to security requests from U.S. diplomats in Libya.

'Historic day': Rep. Tim Scott to replace Sen. DeMint

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 08:19 AM PST

U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) addresses the crowd during the second session of the Republican National Convention in TampaScott will become the first black Southern senator since the late 1800s. He first won election to the U.S. House in 2010 by beating out Paul Thurmond, son of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Syrian rebels take control of Damascus Palestinian camp

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 file photo, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa talks to journalists during a joint press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi at Chigi palace, in Rome. Syria's longtime vice president said the army cannot defeat the rebels fighting to topple the regime, the first admission by a top government official that a victory by President Bashar Assad is unlikely. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)Farouq al-Sharaa has rarely been seen since the revolt erupted and is not part of the president's inner circle. But he is the most prominent figure to say in public that Assad will not win.

Deadly Bangladesh factory fire was sabotage

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2012 file photo, Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. About a year before the fire, which killed 112 people, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big clothing companies met nearby in the country's capital to discuss a legally binding contract that would govern safety inspections. But after a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, got up and said the proposal wasn't "financially feasible," the effort quickly lost momentum. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) (AP Photo/Hasan Raza, File)A gov't panel investigating the garment factory fire that killed 112 people last month said that the blaze was sabotage and the owner of the factory should be punished because he neglected worker safety.

Dingo unchained: Dog photographed stealing woman’s purse

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:05 PM PST

Australia's dingo population is no stranger to getting blamed for crimes. But this time there is irrefutable evidence that a dingo stole a British woman's bag containing thousands in cash and jewelry. Australian network ABC reports that the 58-year-old woman was walking along a beach in New South Wales on Wednesday when the dingo made [...]

Ohio governor spares obese killer on death row

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:26 PM PST

Handout of condemned convict Ronald PostOhio Gov. John Kasich on Monday spared a condemned inmate who says he's too fat to be humanely executed.

Five Mayan apocalypse myths debunked

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST

5 Mayan Apocalypse Myths DebunkedOn Friday, Dec. 21, some say, the Mayan apocalypse will arrive and the world will end. Fortunately, it won't.

Photos: Strangers and their doppelgangers

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Photos: Strangers and their doppelgangersMarie Chantal (left) and Nancy Paul, pictured in Montreal in 2004, share remarkably similar features. (Photo by François Brunelle)

Photos: Striking close-ups of the human eye

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST

Photos: Striking close-ups of the human eyes

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