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Yahoo! News: World - China

A flip-flop on gay marriage

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:32 AM PDT

Harry Reid on a mission to make the sequester hurt?Democrats now backing same-sex unions weren't always so supportive.

A smartphone solution to childhood obesity

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:55 AM PDT

This Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, shows the Blackberry Z10 in Toronto. BlackBerry delivered a US$98-million profit in its fourth quarter of 2012, surprising analysts who had expected the smartphone maker to report a loss as it launched its new high-end touchscreen smartphone. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company, which spent much of the quarter rolling out its BlackBerry Z10 in the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere, said it shipped about one million of the smartphones during the reporting period. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)The best weapon in the battle against obesity may already be in the hands of children and teenagers. That's the thinking behind the work of several researchers and technologists around the country who hope to turn cell phones into devices that can help young people make healthier food and lifestyle choices. A recent Pew Internet [...]

Dozens indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 04:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2011 file photo, outgoing schools superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, center, arrives for her last Atlanta school board meeting at the Atlanta Public Schools headquarters in Atlanta. Hall and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday, March 29, 2013, in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUTTeachers allegedly wrongly promoted students for bonus payments.

When cash is no longer legal tender

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:26 AM PDT

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, a clerk poses for a photo showing cash in the register at Vidler's 5 & 10 store in East Aurora, N.Y. U.S. consumers earned more and spent more in February, helped by a stronger job market that offset some of the drag from higher taxes, according to the Commerce Department, Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/David Duprey)Ever wondered what happens to all of the damaged dollar bills?

NYC to resume search for remains from September 11 attacks

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:48 PM PDT

People walk by the World Trade Center site before ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New YorkThe medical examiner's office tells families of the dead about a new operation.

Sex offenders in Texas could catch a break

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PDT

File - In This May 18, 2001 file photo, Nueces County Texas District Attorney Carlos Valdez looks at one of the signs that District Judge Manuel Banales ordered 21 registered sex offenders to place in their yards in Corpus Christi, Texas. While statehouses nationwide work on legislation aimed at curbing how and where sex offenders can live and work, a proposal in Texas that would strip employment information from the state's sex offender registry is being cheered by those on the list as a minor but extraordinary easing of the law. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Paul Iverson, File)State lawmakers consider a bill to remove certain data from an online registry.

South America's 'gaucho' cowboys take wild ride

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT

South America's 'gaucho' cowboys take wild rideA gaucho falls from a wild horse during the annual celebration of Criolla Week in Montevideo, March 27, 2013. Throughout Easter Week, "gauchos", the Latin American equivalent of the North American cowboy, from all over Uruguay and neighboring Argentina and Brazil will visit Montevideo to participate in the Criolla Week to win the best rider award. The competition is held from March 24 to March 30 this year. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) RELIGION)

Airports challenging FAA's planned tower shutdowns

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PDT

Airport operators are mounting a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to cut funding for 149 air traffic control towers, accusing the agency of violating federal law meant ...

Man accused of smuggling more than 10 percent of an entire species

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:29 AM PDT

A man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok after authorities discovered he was attempting to claim a piece of luggage full of extremely rare tortoises. Traffic.org, a self-described wildlife trade monitoring network, reports that the man was trying to pick up 54 ploughshare tortoises. "The wild population of Ploughshare Tortoises, considered among the [...]

Navy SEAL dies in training accident

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:26 PM PDT

Another man also is injured during the parachute exercise, authorities say.

It's a bird, it's plane...no, it's a drone

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:27 AM PDT

This photo taken March 26, 2013, shows an Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft launched at the airport in Arlington, Ore. It's a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans' everyday lives, performing countless useful functions. A far cry from the killing machines whose missiles incinerate terrorists, these generally small unmanned aircraft will help farmers more precisely apply water and pesticides to crops, saving money and reducing environmental impacts. They'll help police departments to find missing people, reconstruct traffic accidents and act as lookouts for SWAT teams. They'll alert authorities to people stranded on rooftops by hurricanes, and monitor evacuation flows. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)As unmanned aircraft technology goes mainstream, privacy concerns fester.

New York City appeals ‘soda ban’ ruling

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:47 AM PDT

Fox News Sugary drinks: Does size matter?Officials argue a ban on large sugary drinks is crucial to stopping a "serious health crisis."

Weekend linkdown: Fukushima, drunken bets and Bruce Willis chuckling

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:12 AM PDT

Bruce Willis Die HardYahoo!'s Rob Walker helps you finish the work week on the right note.

New York, New Jersey transit systems get $1.4B in federal aid

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:16 PM PDT

The funding will be used to rebuild in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Fire destroys Newtown survivors' home

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 08:40 AM PDT

This Thursday, March 28, 2013 photo shows a house belonging to the Barth family on Berkshire Road in Newtown, Conn., the day after it was destroyed by fire. The fire left Hans and Audra Barth and their three children homeless. Two of the children attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, including a first-grader in teacher Kaitlin Roig's classroom. Roig barricaded her students in a bathroom as Adam Lanza shot 26 people dead in the school in December. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Tyler Sizemore) MANDATORY CREDIT: THE NEWS-TIMES, TYLER SIZEMOREHans and Audra Barth and their three children are homeless after the blaze.

UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probe

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:49 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shipping company UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to its work for online pharmacies.

Judge denies transgender pregnant man's divorce

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:35 AM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender Arizona man who gave birth to three children after beginning to change his sex from female.

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