2012年7月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Colo. gun sales spike after shooting

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Background checks carried out on customers as they buy guns were up 41% in ColoradoGun sales in Colorado have spiked since last week's massacre, The Denver Post reports. Background checks jumped more than 41 percent since Friday's shooting that left 12 dead and 58 injured during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at an Aurora movie theater. Over the weekend, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation approved background [...]


Romney: Obama 'diminished leadership' around the world

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Romney addresses the 113th VFW National Convention in RenoMitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of having "diminished American leadership" around the world with his foreign policy approach and suggested his administration had put the lives of American service members at risk by leaking classified national security details to the media. In a hard-hitting speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, [...]


How much would repealing Obamacare cost?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Doctors protest against individual mandate in President Obama's health care reform in front of U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonRepealing the health care law passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court in June would increase the federal deficit by $109 billion over 10 years, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis estimates. The CBO on Tuesday rated the health care repeal bill passed by the House earlier this month and found that "the [...]


'The Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley dies at 74

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:26 PM PDT

File photo of Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford, the stars of the popular television series "The Jeffersons"Actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role as George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died at the age of 74 of natural causes at his home in El Paso, Texas.


Donors give nearly $2 million to help Aurora shooting victims

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Signs drawn on fabric are seen hanging from a tree at a memorial for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in AuroraAURORA, Colo.—A horde of mostly anonymous donors has contributed nearly $2 million to a network of nonprofits that are helping those injured in the Aurora movie theater shooting that occurred on Friday. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are among the contributors, but most who gave have asked to remain anonymous, according to Colorado Gov. John [...]


Why the country doesn’t need a nail-biter election in 2012

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Obama, Romney ease back into fighting modeA close or contested election would deal a body blow to the nation's political health, Yahoo!'s Jeff Greenfield writes.


Eagle Scouts return medals over organization’s anti-gay stance

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Boy Scouts Receive Petition On Gay RightsThe Boy Scouts of America's stance of not allowing openly gay people to serve as troop leaders or members has inspired several Eagle Scouts to return their hard-earned medals and renounce their membership. Boing Boing writer Maggie Koerth-Baker first posted a story about how her husband, Christopher Baker, a former Eagle Scout, returned his medal [...]


Obama has ‘no tolerance for leaks,’ White House insists

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Jay Carney speaks about the situation in Syria during a briefing at the White House in WashingtonThe White House insisted on Tuesday that President Barack Obama "has no tolerance for leaks" of national security secrets as Mitt Romney accused the Administration of disclosing sensitive information for political gain. "There are two experienced federal prosecutors investigating the leaks in question," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One as Obama [...]


Company recalls more than 200,000 strollers; 1 death reported

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT

Peg Perego recalled hundreds of thousands of strollers Tuesday because children can become trapped and strangled between trays on them. One death has already been reported.

Colo. shooting victim in ICU as wife gives birth to first child

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Colorado Shooting Victim Caleb Medley Showing Small Signs of Progress as Wife Gives BirthA woman whose husband was critically wounded in the Colorado movie theater shooting has given birth to the couple's first child.


Ghana president dies after illness, successor sworn in

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama (C) signs documents after taking the oath of office as head of stateGhana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday, hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in a country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa.


Cheetah cubs make their debut at National Zoo

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT

A pair of three-month-old cheetah cubs made their inaugural appearance at Washington's National Zoo on Tuesday. As part of their public debut, the Smithsonian announced it will hold a contest to name the cheetah brothers. Zoo officials say they use the cheetah's tails to separate them, noting that a cheetah's tail is similar to a [...]

Jack Daniel’s lawyer cease and desist letter goes viral

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:27 AM PDT

It's customary for big companies to protect their brands and to use lawyers to tamp down any trademark-infringement issues. It's not customary to do so in a gentlemanly fashion. But when lawyers for Jack Daniel's, the whiskey brand, sent author Patrick Wensink a cease-and-desist letter regarding the cover art for his book "Broken Piano for [...]

Man reunited with wallet lost at bottom of lake 15 years later

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:12 AM PDT

If you misplace your wallet constantly, listen up! It can still make its way back to you -- even 15 years later. Don Golightly lost his wallet in 1997 while cliff jumping into Utah's Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Why he didn't just take his wallet out of his pocket is a story for another time. Golightly [...]

Hacker: I can open a keycarded hotel room door in seconds

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:44 AM PDT

Between jewelry, passports, laptops, and even tablets, a lot of us carry some very expensive things when we travel. And we expect the hotel we're staying at to do all they reasonably can to keep us and our belongings safe. … Continue reading →
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