Friday, July 6, 2012

Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance

Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance

Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2012 file photo, a Yahoo sign stands outside the company's offices in Santa Clara, Calif. A report in the tech blog AllThingsD says Facebook and Yahoo have reached a deal that settles their patent squabbles and expands their licensing and advertising partnership, according to reports, Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute. This averts a potentially bitter battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations.

US economy adds 80,000 jobs in another weak month

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

FILE-In this June 13, 2012 file photo, job seekers have their resumes reviewed at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif. U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said in its report Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)The American job machine has jammed. Again.

Huge swaths of U.S. swelter amid prolonged outages, new storms

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:20 PM PDT

A girl runs through a spray of water leaking from a hose outside the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington MallLEWISBURG, West Virginia (Reuters) - Weary West Virginians dumped rotting food from their refrigerators and tried to clear fallen trees from the roads on Friday as new storms prolonged the power outages that have already lasted a week. The forecast for the weekend called for more record-breaking heat across the Midwest and into the Eastern United States, with heavy rains and severe storms in the upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said. The temperature in Chicago hit 100 Fahrenheit (37. ...

Oil falls 3 pct. on signs of more economic trouble

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT

The price of oil fell Friday on more signs of trouble for the global economy.

Seventeen magazine: We celebrate all shapes, sizes

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT

In this May 2, 2012 photo, Julia Bluhm of Waterville, Maine, holds up a copy of "Seventeen" magazine as she leads a protest outside Hearst Corp. headquarters in New York. Bluhm delivered a petition of about 25,000 names and met with officials from the magazine urging them to publish one spread a month of model photos that have not been altered. She says images of young girls in the magazine present an impossible ideal for today's teens. Seventeen's Editor-in-Chief Ann Shoket responded to the campaign in the August issue with a letter acknowledging readers' concerns and vowing never to alter girls' bodies or faces, giving Bluhm more than she'd asked for. (AP Photo/Leanne Italie)Score one for girl power.

Yahoo and Facebook announce they have settled patent dispute, forged advertising alliance

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Yahoo and Facebook settle patent dispute, forge advertising alliance.

Trayvon Martin's killer leaves Florida jail on bond

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released on Friday from a Florida jail on $1 million bail, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Zimmerman walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida, at 2:49 p.m. EDT (1849 GMT), fitted with an electronic monitoring device, the Seminole County Sheriff's spokeswoman said. ...

US stocks plunge after weak June jobs report

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 3, 2012 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks dropped sharply on Wall Street, Friday, July 6, 2012, after the U.S. government reported that only 80,000 jobs were created in June, the third straight month of weak hiring. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street after the U.S. government reported that only 80,000 jobs were created in June, the third straight month of weak hiring.

Boy dies after tombstone falls, hits him in Utah

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT

A 4-year-old boy is dead after a large tombstone toppled onto him while he and his family were visiting a historic cemetery in a Utah ski resort town.

SFO agrees to probe Libor affair

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT

A sign is displayed in an unmarked Serious Fraud Office vehicle parked outside a building, in Mayfair, central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's fraud-busting agency on Friday said it had agreed to investigate the Libor interest rate-rigging scandal, which on Tuesday led to the departure of Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond. "The SFO Director David Green QC has today decided formally to accept the Libor matter for investigation," the Serious Fraud Office said in a brief statement. ...

Syrian defector _ regime insider from Sunni family

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2002 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, with Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, right, and Hassan Turkmany, Chief of Staff, visit the tomb of the unknown soldier, in Damascus, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of their Liberation War, when Syria and Egypt launched surprise attacks against Israel on Oct. 6, 1973. A top general who has abandoned President Bashar Assad's regime was a longtime friend from Syria's most powerful Sunni family, and his break with the inner circle signals crumbling support from a privileged elite. Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass was a commander in the powerful Republican Guard and the son of former defense minister Mustafa Tlass, who held the post for 32 years until he retired in 2004.(AP Photo/Sana, File)A top general who has abandoned President Bashar Assad's regime was a longtime friend from Syria's most powerful Sunni family, and his break with the Alawite-dominated inner circle signals crumbling support from a privileged elite.

Fort Hood suspect's lawyers discuss jury screening

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Less than two months before the high-profile murder trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, defense attorneys Friday continued questioning the jury screening process but received access to some documents.

Glenview couple named as train derailment victims

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT

This undated family photo via the Fisher & LaMonica law firm in Chicago, shows Burton Lindner, 69, right, and Zorine Lindner, 70 of Glenview, Ill. A law firm representing relatives of the Burtons has identified them as the victims of a Wednesday, July 4, 2012, freight train derailment north of Chicago. The derailment threw 31 rail cars hauling coal off the tracks. Nearly all of them piled up on a rail bridge, causing it to collapse over a road between the suburbs of Glenview and Northbrook. (AP Photo/Family photo via the Fisher & LaMonica law firm)A Chicago law firm on Friday identified a lawyer and his wife as the victims of a suburban freight train derailment that collapsed a railroad bridge and sent hundreds of tons of coal crashing down onto the road below.

Pettersen leads, Wie makes big move at Open

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Michelle Wie waves to fans after her 18th hole during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Kohler, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)Suzann Pettersen of Norway is atop the leaderboard at 5 under and Michelle Wie made a big move to get into contention among the early finishers in the second round of the U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run on Friday.

Wall Street ends lower on jobs report

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday as another month of tepid jobs growth underlined fears the economy was stalling, though not to the point that would make more stimulus from the Federal Reserve imminent. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 124.43 points, or 0.96 percent, at 12,772.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 12.89 points, or 0.94 percent, at 1,354.69. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 38.79 points, or 1.30 percent, at 2,937.33. (Reporting By Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

Jobs data force delicate balancing act for Obama

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT

FILE-In this June 13, 2012 file photo, job seekers have their resumes reviewed at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif. U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said in its report Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)A third straight month of weak hiring shows the U.S. economy is still struggling three years after the recession officially ended.

@#$%&! What did that politician just say?

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT

What the (at)(hash)$!%& is going on with our politicians?

Jobs report allows Romney to get back on message

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Romney crosses the street as he takes part in the Wolfeboro Fourth of July Parade in WolfeboroWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to shift the campaign focus back to the economy on Friday, jumping on a weak jobs report that he described as a "kick in the gut" indictment of President Barack Obama's economic leadership. After a week of struggling to define a position on healthcare, the jobs debate was a welcome respite for Romney, who trails the Democratic incumbent slightly in national polls. A Labor Department report for June that portrayed the economy as static, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 8. ...

George Zimmerman leaves Fla. jail on $1M bond

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

FILE -In this Friday, June 29, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. A Florida judge on Thursday, July 5, 2012, granted bond for a second time to George Zimmerman. Bail was set at $1 million. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Source: Yahoo, Facebook have settled patent fight

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2012 file photo, a Yahoo sign stands outside the company's offices in Santa Clara, Calif. A report in the tech blog AllThingsD says Facebook and Yahoo have reached a deal that settles their patent squabbles and expands their licensing and advertising partnership, according to reports, Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute and avert a potentially bitter battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Pena Nieto's win confirmed by Mexico vote count

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Friday, July 06, 2012. The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded Friday with results showing that presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, got about 3.3 million more votes than his closest rival, Lopez Obrador, giving him a 6.6 percent lead in the former ruling party's bid to regain power. Lopez Obrador said Friday he will challenge the results.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded Friday with results showing that presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto got about 3.3 million more votes than his closest rival, giving him a 6.6 percent lead in the former ruling party's bid to regain power.

Facts about Libya's nationwide elections

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT

A Libyan election official works at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections - the first free election since 1969-will take place on July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)Facts about Libya's election Saturday for a 200-member General National Congress, the first nationwide vote since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi last year:

Hamas man's Syria death accident not murder: source

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - A Hamas member whose charred body was found in his Damascus apartment was not assassinated as first thought but died from inhaling smoke, an official of the Islamist group said on Friday. The body of Kamal Husni Ghanaja was found on June 27 in a cupboard above the ceiling of his ransacked apartment in the Qudsia neighborhood of Damascus and Hamas launched an investigation into what it had said was a "cowardly murder". But a Hamas official with direct knowledge of the investigation, said on Friday that the group has found that Ghanaja was not assassinated. ...

Libya on edge before first post-Gadhafi election

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

A Libyan man walks near National Assembly election campaign posters at Martyr's Square in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, July 5, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections will take place on July 7, 2012, the first free elections since 1969. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)The killing of an electoral worker and calls for a boycott on the eve of Libya's first vote since the overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi raised fears of election violence even as campaigning came to an end Friday for a contest seen as a milestone on the country's bumpy path toward democracy.

ND oil town's prosperity doesn't reach teachers

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

In this June 8, 2012, McVay Elementary school in Williston, N.D., is shown. To keep pace with the expected influx of students, school officials are hiring 52 new teachers, adding dozens of modular classrooms and reopening McVay Elementary that shuttered a dozen years ago due to declining enrollment after the region's first oil boom went bust. (AP Photo/Williston Herald, Jackson Bolstad)Jobs paying $80,000 or more abound in North Dakota's booming oil patch, but when Molly Lippert came home from college, she gladly accepted a $31,500-a-year position teaching first grade.

Actress: TV show portrays 'positive black family'

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - This April 10, 2011 file photo shows actress Tempestt Bledsoe arriving at the 2011 TV Land Awards in New York. Bledsoe says she's thrilled to be returning to network television on a show that portrays "a positive black family" similar to the long-running hit sitcom she was a part of in her childhood _ "The Cosby Show." Bledsoe and co-star Anthony Anderson will star in a new NBC series called, Actress Tempestt Bledsoe says she's thrilled to be returning to network television on a show that portrays "a positive black family" similar to the long-running hit sitcom she was a part of for roughly eight years — "The Cosby Show."

U.S. welcomes move by Italy's Edison to quit Iran energy sector

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday welcomed what it said was a decision by Italy's Edison International to withdraw from Iran's energy sector and scrap a multi-million dollar contract to explore Iran's Dayyer natural gas field. "We commend the commitments made by Edison International, and we hope that other firms will follow its lead," the State Department said in a statement, adding that Edison had pledged not to engage in future business with Iran which might be subject to U.S. sanctions. ...

Iran blames France, Germany for atomic scientist assassinations

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Iranian worshippers carry a picture and coffin of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan during his funeral after Friday prayers in TehranDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's spy chief accused German and French intelligence agencies on Friday of involvement in assassinations of its nuclear scientists, sticking to a hard official line as sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic ambitions bite harder. The Islamic Republic has previously accused Israel, the United States and Britain of plotting the killings to set back its uranium enrichment program, which Western powers suspect is being used to develop nuclear weapons capability. ...

Pit collision sends 2 to hospital in Toronto

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT

A crew member is carried away on a stretcher after IndyCar driver Justin Wilson's car slipped through the pit box injuring two people and the car in front during practice sessions at the Indy Toronto auto race in Toronto on Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)IndyCar driver Justin Wilson blamed a faulty transmission for causing an accident in pit lane that sent two crew members to hospital during the Honda Indy Toronto's first practice session on Friday.

Romania: Lawmakers vote to impeach president

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Romanian President Traian Basescu is seen before addressing the country's parliament prior to a vote to impeach him in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, July 6, 2012. The governing coalition has vowed to go ahead with a vote to impeach President Traian Basescu, as the European Union expressed concern about Romania's rule of law. If Parliament suspends Basescu, there will be a referendum within 30 days.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Romanian lawmakers impeached President Traian Basescu in an overwhelming vote Friday, paving the way for a national referendum that could see the divisive and increasingly unpopular leader ousted from the powerful position he's held for eight years.

Serena Williams faces Radwanska in Wimbledon final

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Serena Williams of the United States reacts during a semifinals match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Thursday, July 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)More than once during the past fortnight, Serena Williams has won an important point at Wimbledon and then returned to the baseline, her clenched fist leading the way.

Caravaggio claims spark Italian art world spat

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Caravaggio was notorious for his brawling, so it might be fitting that a claim by two Italian art historians that they discovered as many as 100 drawings by the painter in his boyhood has sparked an art world uproar.

DARPA announces new phase of hypersonic program

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:13 PM PDT

The Defense Department's research arm will seek proposals next month for solutions to technology hurdles in super high-speed flight with a goal of testing a full-scale hypersonic X-plane in four years.

Tepid jobs data sets tone for presidential contest

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks about job numbers, Friday, July 6, 2012, at Bradley's Hardware in Wolfeboro, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Poor economic news intensified the presidential campaign Friday, with President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney offering distinctly different views of the nation's economic trajectory. Obama said job growth by private business "is a step in the right direction." Romney declared persistent high unemployment a "kick in the gut."

US drones kill 15 militants in Pakistan: officials

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

A US Predator drone sets off from its hangar at Bagram air base in AfghanistanA triple US drone attack on a militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area killed at least 15 insurgents late Friday, security officials said.

Retailers accuse Pfizer of delaying generic drugs

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Five large drug and grocery chains are suing Pfizer Inc. and a second drugmaker, alleging they conspired to delay sales of cheap generic versions of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor.

Ill. couple found in rubble of train derailment

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

A Chicago law firm has identified the victims of a freight train derailment as a couple who live in Glenview, a suburb north of the city.

Trayvon Martin's killer leaves Florida jail, CNN says

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:04 PM PDT

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Travyon Martin, was released on Friday from a Florida county jail on $1 million bail, CNN said. Zimmerman walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida, and is expected to be moved to a temporary safe house secured by his lawyer. (Reporting by Jane Sutton)

Federer, Murray set for Wimbledon final

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during a semifinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)For Roger Federer, it's Wimbledon final No. 8.
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