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| April Fools’ Day viewing: the top 10 prankster channels on YouTube Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:49 PM PDT YouTube trends expert Kevin Allocca, who keeps track of what's clicking on YouTube over at"4 at 4am," posts, chatted with Yahoo News today to tell us about how the ever-growing and evolving online video community has transformed April Fools' Day. "I'm a big comedy fan. April Fools' Day is especially nice in the tech world [...] Full Story | Top |
| Newtown parents call for ban on high-capacity gun magazines Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:15 PM PDT Parents of the victims in the Newtown school shootings made an emotional plea Connecticut lawmakers on Monday, urging a "complete limit" on high-capacity gun magazines like the ones Adam Lanza used to carry out the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. "The horrible, brutal truth is that 154 bullets were fired in four minutes, killing our [...] Full Story | Top |
| Colorado prosecutors seeking death penalty against James Holmes Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:14 PM PDT [Updated at 1:16 p.m. MT] CENTENNIAL, Colo.—Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler wasted little time Monday morning in announcing he will seek the death penalty against the man accused of shooting 70 people, killing 12, during a midnight attack at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last summer. "Justice is death," Brauchler told the court, minutes [...] Full Story | Top |
| Gay son doesn’t change Arizona congressman’s position against same-sex marriage Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:13 PM PDT A Republican congressman from Arizona told a local news staton that his son's sexual orientation hasn't changed his view that same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry. Rep. Matt Salmon, from Arizona's 5th congressional district, told 3TV that he loves his son and does not believe he chose to be gay, but that he [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.S.: North Korea not backing up threats with military moves Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:53 AM PDT The White House on Monday denied provoking North Korea with unusual military maneuvers while playing down the seriousness of the Stalinist regime's threats, saying in effect that Pyongyang has been all talk and no action. "I would note that -- despite the harsh rhetoric we're hearing from Pyongyang -- we are not seeing changes to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Time-lapse video of northern lights gets buzz on the Web Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:27 AM PDT Skygazers in Sweden recently had front-row seats to an out-of-this-world light show: The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. For those who didn't make the trip, check out a time-lapse video of the sky in Östersund, Sweden, made over four hours by freelance photographer Göran Strand, and surfaced by Mashable. The video has gotten [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama comforts 5-year-old at White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, Apr 01, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Taking a turn as comforter-in-chief, President Barack Obama on Monday consoled a 5-year-old boy, distraught after losing his Easter egg roll, with a hug and a kind, "Shake it off." The boy, Donovan Frazier, and his dad, Donnie Frazier, 35, came from Scranton, Pa., for the annual celebration. They joined some 30,000 Americans from all [...] Full Story | Top |
| Australian ambulance dispatchers complain about lollipop ban Monday, Apr 01, 2013 10:22 AM PDT Ambulance dispatchers in Brisbane, Australia, under fire for bungling a call to save a critically injured man last year, say they are being "micro-managed" to death—and not even allowed to eat lollipops at work. Documents published by the Courier-Mail on Saturday revealed that a Brisbane man who was pinned under a truck in his driveway [...] Full Story | Top |
| Great Scott! ‘Time travel’ footage probably not what it seems Monday, Apr 01, 2013 10:18 AM PDT A video—apparently shot in the 1930s—depicts a young woman carrying what looks like a cell phone. Is the clip evidence that the woman was a time traveler from the 21st century who forgot to leave her mobile at home? Keep your DeLoreans in the garage, because the answer is probably no. According to the Daily [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fans show off their best costumes at Wondercon (PHOTOS) Monday, Apr 01, 2013 10:13 AM PDT ANAHEIM, Calif. - The last weekend in March marked the 28th annual Wondercon. The convention is best known as Comic-Con's smaller sibling. And while Wondercon doesn't bring out the same barrage of Hollywood stars or the ensuing tidal wave of attendees, it has become a large and important setting for diehard fans of fantasy and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama goes 2-22 on White House basketball court Monday, Apr 01, 2013 09:10 AM PDT So apparently the White House basketball court is part of red-state America. President Barack Obama went 2-of-22 on his home court Monday as he took part in the White House's fitness-themed Easter Egg Roll. How rough was it out there? Here's part of the pool report from Alex Leary of the Tampa Bay Times (the [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Kid President’ stars in White House April Fools’ joke video Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:37 AM PDT It's no "U.S. Army training special cat unit," but the White House on Monday rolled out an April Fools' joke video starring "Kid President"—9-year-old viral video maker Robby Novak. "It looks like you were expecting somebody else," Novak, dressed in a dark suit and wearing a red power tie, says from the podium in the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Jessica Lynch, 10 years after her rescue: ‘Happy to put Iraq in the past’ Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:08 AM PDT Ten years, ago, 19-year-old Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued with multiple injuries after her supply unit had come under fire and she was taken captive in Iraq. Lynch was the only POW in her unit to come out alive, and the first woman POW to be rescued in war. Lynch, on the 10th anniversary [...] Full Story | Top |
| Disfigured cancer survivor gets 3-D-printed face Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:06 AM PDT A British man whose cancer surgery four years ago left his face disfigured has been given a new face that was created using a 3-D printer. Eric Moger, a 60-year-old restaurant manager, lost "the entire left side of his face, including his eye, his cheek bone and most of his jaw, leaving a gaping hole [...] Full Story | Top |
| Democrats hit ‘vulnerable’ House Republicans with digital ad buy Monday, Apr 01, 2013 07:06 AM PDT Offering a taste of the political ads sure to saturate television markets next year, House Democrats are launching a paid digital commercial buy against "vulnerable" Republicans pointing to their support for the House GOP budget. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is going after Republicans in 17 districts with an online video that highlights cuts [...] Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton to give first paid speech Monday, Apr 01, 2013 06:45 AM PDT Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hitting the paid speaking circuit. A source tells CNN that Clinton has been hired to speak at an April 24 conference in Dallas sponsored by the National Multi Housing Council, a trade group that represents apartment owners, developers and lenders. It's the first paid speech that has been [...] Full Story | Top |
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