2012年8月3日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Syria pleads with Russia for aid in sign of desperation

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT

FILE - This June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Arab countries on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 pushed ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote is set for Friday morning. (AP Photo/SANA, File)an indication that international sanctions are squeezing President Bashar Assad's regime.


After jobs report, Obama hits GOP on taxes

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama talks while on White House complex in WashingtonFighting to become the first president since World War II to win re-election with unemployment above 8 percent, Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged "more work to do" to boost job growth. The Democrat also accused Republicans of practicing "upside-down economics" that help the wealthy but neglect the middle class. Obama defended his economic record shortly [...]


The white world of sports: What Gabby Douglas’ vault into Olympic history means

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Gabby Douglas Makes HistoryThe 16-year-old's triumph—not to mention her poise, her maturity, her focus, her elegance—will help recalibrate what young females of color believe is within their reach.


Drew Peterson threatened to kill wife, her sister claims

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2009 file booking photo provided by the Will County Sheriff's office in Joliet, Ill., former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson is shown. Peterson is charged with first-degree murder in the 2004 drowning death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. Opening statements in his trial are scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Will County Sheriff's Office, File)Drew Peterson told his third wife Kathleen Savio he would kill her six months before she was found dead in a bathtub, Savio's sister testified in Peterson's murder trial today.


Colorado theater shooting: Did Univ. of Colorado drop the ball?

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT

A University of Colorado Police officer gets into her patrol car on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at the University of Colorado Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. Suspected movie theater shooter James Holmes was studying neuroscience at the medical school and a psychiatrist there raised an alarm about his behavior. In the wake of a student's deadly attack at Virginia Tech five years ago, schools across the country put into place teams meant to bring together faculty and staff to notice and take action, when a student appears to be a threat. The school won't say if campus police ever were alerted to Holmes, or whether faculty or staff ivestigated his behavior.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, the University of Colorado and other schools created "threat assessment teams" to identify and take action against students who might turn violent. After Aurora, some are wondering whether the system broke down.


Chick-fil-A protests: Have they gone too far?

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:20 PM PDT

Gay rights groups and others protest and hold a "kiss-in" outside the Decatur, Ga., Chick-fil-A restaurant Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 as a public response to a company official who was quoted as supporting the traditional family unit. About two dozen protesters gathered on the busy corner to voice their views. (AP Photo/David Tulis)It seems that a sandwich has become the target of partisan political debate. Ever since Dan Cathy, the president of chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, voiced his opposition to gay marriage, opinions about the company have caused a lot of indigestion.


'Plain Jane Bandit' believed caught after eight heists

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT

'Plain Jane Bandit' Believed Caught After Eight HeistsThe "Plain Jane Bandit," who is believed to be responsible for eight bank heists or attempted bank robberies in Southern California, has been arrested, officials said.


Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers

Woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Brittman waits to take part in a five-way organ transplant swap in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - A soon-to-be wed gay couple, a retired teacher and his wife, and two pairs of fathers and sons were among those whose lives were changed one extraordinary day this week when a 35-year-old single mother of four from North Carolina donated a kidney to a stranger in New York. "I'm not losing nothing," Honica Brittman said this week, sitting in a blue and white hospital gown before surgery in which she would give, for free, the initial kidney in a chain of five kidney transplants at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. ...


Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed?

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT

Tune in to the Yahoo! live-stream on Sunday, August 5, at 10:31 p.m. PT or 1:31 a.m. ET. On Sunday night, millions of miles away, a nail-biter of a landing will be executed—or not—on Mars. The Mars rover, Curiosity, which has been traveling to the distant planet for the past eight-and-a-half months, will land on [...]

Alaskan fishermen save bear cub from whirlpool (VIDEO)

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT

A boat  of Alaskan fishermen documented their successful, and risky, attempt to rescue a bear cub who was struggling against the river current and in danger of being pulled into a nearby whirlpool. Mike Polocz tells the Anchorage Daily News that the bear was struggling to stay afloat in the Kenai River when Polocz, his [...]

Photo reveals giant Greenland iceberg heading to sea

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Photo Reveals Giant Greenland Iceberg Heading to SeaA massive iceberg that recently cleaved from one of Greenland's largest glaciers has made its way down the fjord that confines it and is poised to float out into an ocean strait, satellite photos reveal.


Romney aide slams press: The week's dumbest political quotes

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT

You Won't Have Rick Gorka's 'Anatomical Parts' To Kiss For A WhileEach week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing? Vote in our poll below!


Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama’s program

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT

For the estimated 1 million young illegal immigrants who may qualify for the new temporary legal status, Obama's new program represents their best shot at a normal life.

Text before horrible car crash warned of texting while driving

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT

Chris Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving. The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, "I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel..."

N. Korea gives refrigerators for medals, labor camp for losing

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:54 AM PDT

North Korea's Key to Olympic Medals: Refrigerators For Winners, Labor Camp Threat for LosersNorth Korea's Olympic athletes are thrilling their countrymen with surprising success in winning medals but according to defectors, these medals have a dark side.


NASA forms $1.1B partnership with private space companies

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, FloridaThough many of us dream of exploring the stars or starting a human colony on Mars, that dream is not shared by the government.


Police out in force for Jerusalem Gay Pride

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Israelis carry a rainbow coloured flag as they participate in the 10th anniversary Gay Pride ParadeThousands marched in central Jerusalem on Thursday for a milestone 10th anniversary Gay Pride parade, passing by the spot where an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three participants in 2005.


Singer of U.S. heavy metal band released in Prague

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:48 PM PDT

The frontman of the U.S. heavy metal band Lamb of God has been released from a Prague prison on $400,000 bail as police investigate him for allegedly pushing a fan off a stage who later died of his injuries, an official said Friday.

Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT

A top official at the government agency charged with protecting America from incoming nuclear missiles recently had to order his employees to keep their eyes on the sky and off pornographic websites they had accessed on secure computers.

Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Retired adult film actress Jenna Jameson voiced support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a strip club Thursday, CBS San Francisco reports: "I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. "When [...]

Drought diaries: 'There is no sign of relief'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT

Severe Midwest Drought ContinuesThe dry Truckee Canal near Teresa Pena-Raney's peach orchard in western Nevada. (Teresa Pena-Raney) Along the 195-mile Embarras River, a tributary of the Wabash in southeastern Illinois, rancher Jim Gardner worries about his 200 head of Angus cattle. There's enough hay -- for now. But in July, the cattle started eating winter's food, and this [...]


Cheetah shows up Olympians, breaks land speed record

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Wow! 11-Year-Old Cheetah Breaks Land Speed RecordThe fastest cheetah on Earth has done it again, breaking her previous world record for the 100-meter dash and setting a new best time of 5.95 seconds.


Will world’s hunger for sushi cause tuna extinction?

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

It's no secret that Americans loves sushi. What used to be a delicacy savored on special occasions has become a new kind of fast food, available in cafeterias and grocery stores, even baseball stadiums.
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