2012年4月9日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

'#Facegram' news sparks Twitter storm

Posted:

A photo illustration shows a picture of a flower taken with the photo-sharing application Instagram on the screen of an Android mobile phone in Los AngelesFacebook's announcement on Monday it had agreed to acquire Instagram--the popular social photo application for iPhone and Android devices--for $1 billion cash sparked a loud reaction online.

U.S., Brazil uncork new booze protection deal

Posted:

Bottles of liquor are shown on shelves at a state-run liquor store, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Seattle. Washington state begins the process of fully privatizing its alcoholic beverage business on Thursday when a public auction of state-run liquor stores opens online, marking a historic change for a state that has tightly controlled its booze since the end of Prohibition. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)This calls for a toast: The United States and Brazil took a big step Monday toward protecting some of their best-known exports—Bourbon and Tennessee whiskeys and the sugarcane-derived cachaça.

Does cyberbullying law punish free speech?

Posted:

Cyberbullying has led to many unfortunate tragedies for teenagers.Arizona lawmakers will review a recently passed anti-cyberstalking bill after critics raised concerns that it's so broad it could authorize arrests for online "trolls" who write mean comments on social media and news sites.

Bella Santorum to be released from hospital

Posted:

Bella Santorum to be Released from HospitalRick Santorum's daughter, Bella, who suffers from a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18 is expected to be released from the hospital Monday pending doctor approval, a spokesman for Santorum said Monday. During an interview on MSNBC this morning, Hogan Gidley, national communications director for...

Trayvon Martin case: no grand jury for Zimmerman

Posted:

Members of the New York City Council wear Florida state attorney Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, said on Monday that the case will not go to a grand jury. The decision does not rule out the possibility that George Zimmerman, Martin's shooter, could be arrested. The grand jury had been set to meet Tuesday [...]

Maryland Mega Millions winner comes forward

Posted:

A woman holds cash and lottery tickets while standing in line to play the lottery in Los AngelesA Maryland winner of a share of the record U.S. $656 million Mega Millions lottery has come forward, the Maryland Lottery said on Monday.

Could political uncertainty cause a recession in 2013?

Posted:

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeDo party politics influence investors? Maybe -- maybe not. The S&P 500 (GSPC) has gained more than 62 percent since President Obama took office in 2009, and despite losses last week, the S&P is still up 11 percent year-to-date.

W.H. Easter Egg Roll: Where the wild kids are

Posted:

President Barack Obama helps a little boy roll his egg to the finish line during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 9, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. In the background, at left are Malia Obama and Sasha Obama. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, an annual rite of spring that drew some 30,000 parents and kids to frolic on the South Lawn. Obama, wearing a crisp light-blue-and-white check shirt and khakis in a sea of seasonal pastels, oversaw two of the miniraces, [...]

Team Obama skewers Romney on tax fairness

Posted:

Romney Wants Obama to Disclose Foreign Talks, but Wouldn't Do So With IsraelAs part of a weeklong campaign around the Buffett Rule, President Obama's re-election team is making Mitt Romney the face of income tax inequality.

Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion

Posted:

Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 BillionA picture is worth a thousand words, but a popular photo-sharing app is worth far more: Facebook announced it is purchasing Instagram for $1 billion.

Gingrich all but quits presidential campaign

Posted:

FILE - In this March 28, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, waits to speak at Georgetown University in Washington. Gingrich, who once led his rivals for the nomination in polls, is today millions in debt and describing Mitt Romney as This week, Newt Gingrich will hold events in North Carolina, New York, Delaware and Missouri as he maintains a packed 2012 campaign schedule. But the former House speaker's activity belies what is quickly becoming the certain end of his presidential bid. Asked by "Fox News Sunday" host Brit Hume Sunday if he's resigned to the idea of [...]

Iran signals possible nuclear compromise

Posted:

FILE -A file satellite image taken Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, provided by DigitalGlobe, shows a suspected nuclear enrichment facility under construction inside a mountain located north of Qom, Iran. Critical nuclear talks between Iran and world powers could begin this week in an atmosphere of impasse.(AP Photo/DigitalGlobe, File)Iran's top nuclear official has signaled that Iran could compromise on uranium enrichment by eventually only enriching to the low level needed for power. Fereidoon Abbasi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, told state television on Sunday that Iran doesn't need uranium enriched above...

Photos: Cruise ship retracing Titanic's voyage

Posted:

Photos: Cruise ship retracing Titanic's voyageIn this photo taken Sunday, April 8, 2012, wearing period costumes, British passenger Jacki Free holds her daughter, name not given, as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship sails from Southampton, England. A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago set sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

New GSA video released, puts agency in crosshairs -- again

Posted:

New GSA Video Puts GSA in Issa's CrosshairsThe House committee on Oversight and Government Reform released yet another new video clip today from the U.S. General Services Administration's big-spending conference in Las Vegas, extending the embarrassing episode for the agency and the Obama administration. In the newly surfaced clip, which is titled "POTUS [President of...

Birth-control pioneer says fight has personal cost

Posted:

In this April 5, 2012 photo, birth control pioneer Bill Baird, 79, poses by the bars of an old Charles Street Jail cell, currently in the lobby of the Liberty Hotel, in Boston. Forty-five years ago, Baird's arrest for giving spermicidal foam to an unmarried 19-year-old coed set up a constitutional challenge that sent his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Taunts of "baby killer" and "butcher" still echo in Bill Baird's ears, nearly five decades after he began fighting for birth control and abortion rights.

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign raises $6.9 million

Posted:

Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren announced Monday an impressive fundraising haul of $6.9 million, more than double the total raised by Republican Sen. Scott Brown over the same period. "The incredible enthusiasm we have seen from people across the Commonwealth who are contributing to this campaign shows the strong grassroots momentum behind Elizabeth's fight for [...]

Tiny 'factories' aim to make cancer drugs inside the body

Posted:

Cancer that has spread throughout a person's body is tough to kill without causing too much collateral damage. But tiny "protein-factory" particles could target tumors specifically by manufacturing cancer-killing drugs anywhere within the human body.

Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge

Posted:

Students wait across the street after being evacuated from buildings adjacent to the University Club on the University of Pittsburgh campus after a bomb threat was received Monday morning, April 9, 2012. Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh over the past two months have students on edge and professors offering courses online. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have made professors start holding classes outside and forced security officials to put in new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward for information.

Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow

Posted:

The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.

UFO or hoax? Aerial video over South Korean stirs speculation

Posted:

A new video has surfaced that some claim shows a saucer-shaped UFO zooming past the window of a passenger airplane flying over Seoul, South Korea. In the video, the unidentified passenger is filming the otherwise uneventful view from the plane's window. Suddenly he makes a startled sound as the white saucer-like image comes into view. [...]

British boy finds live grenade on Easter egg hunt

Posted:

British Boy Finds Live Hand Grenade on Easter Egg HuntA 3-year-old British boy on an Easter egg hunt Saturday morning discovered a live hand grenade. The device was on the side of a busy road next to the field where families were conducting their Easter ritual in Holford, Somerset. According to reports in the...

发贴者：iwvck16 时间 17:04 0 条评论

bnzv