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Yahoo’s board has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging site Tumblr, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal first reported the news on Sunday via Twitter.
More to come.
Yahoo board approves $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr — WSJ
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Yahoo’s board has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging site Tumblr, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal first reported the news on Sunday via Twitter.
More to come.
Heatwave deaths in New York city could rise by up to 22%, study shows
New York city could experience up to 22% more deaths from extreme summertime heat in the coming decade under global warming, according to a study of the impact of climate trends.
The higher deaths will be partially offset by a reduction in deaths due to the milder winters predicted in Manhattan.
Overall, however, the net effect of the new temperature norms under climate change would be to increase weather-related deaths in New York city by up to 6.2% a year by the 2020s, according to the scientists.
The study, published in Nature Climate [...]
Arsenal pip Tottenham to final Champions League place
Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Parker, Huddlestone, Dempsey, Bale, Adebayor.
Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Defoe, Dembele, Sigurdsson, Holtby, Caulker.
Sunderland: Mignolet, Cuellar, O’Shea, Colback, McClean, Larsson, Vaughan, N’Diaye, Johnson, Wickham, Graham.
Subs: Westwood, Marrs, Mandron, Knott, Mitchell, Ferguson, Harrison.
Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands)
Pruitt: Subpoenas unconstitutional
Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt said on Sunday the Justice Department subpoenas of phone records was unconstitutional and is already impacting news gathering.
“Their rules require them to come to us first,” Pruitt said on CBS’s ”Face the Nation.” But instead of trying to work with the AP, the Justice Department claimed an exception that informing the news organization would have posed a substantial threat to their investigation. The Justice Department sought phone records for 21 AP phone lines [...]
Shooting of gay man in New York was a hate crime, police say
The fatal shooting of a gay man just blocks from New York‘s historic Stonewall Inn was a hate crime and could be linked to a rash of recent homophobic attacks, police said.
Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village, yelling: “What are you, gay wrestlers?”. The suspect then asked if the pair “want to die here” before shooting victim Marc Carson in the face.
Carson, 32, was taken to hospital but died of his wounds. The gunman, identified as 33-ye [...]
Stocks on a roll: Yahoo, Microsoft stoke appetite
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Stocks are on a roll.
For the fourth week in a row, the stock market climbed to fresh record highs last week on signs of improvement in the U.S. economy. The SP 500 added 2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq advanced 1.7%.
This week will be chock-full of company news and announcements to fuel investors’ appetites to buy or sell stocks.
Tuesday is judgment day for JP Morgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) CEO Jamie Dimon. At the bank’s annual shareholders me [...]
Hull KR 44-18 Wakefield
Hull KR produced a dominant second-half display against Wakefield to end a three-match losing run and climb into Super League’s top eight.
Rovers trailed 18-16 at half-time but scored 28 points without reply in the second period.
Luke George, Rhys Lovegrove and Graeme Horne all crossed twice for the hosts while Michael Dobson was on target with six goals from eight attempts.
Ben Cockayne, Dean Collis and Lee Smith notched the Wakefield tries.
The result relieves some of the pressure on Hull KR coach Craig San [...]
McConnell: Tale ‘made up’ about Benghazi
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged on Sunday the Obama administration “made up a tale” about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in fall 2012 because it “was inconvenient within six weeks of the election for the administration to, in effect, announce that it was a terrorist attack.”
NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory also asked McConnell about the talk of impeachment from some Republicans over Benghazi and their accusation it was a “massive cover-up.”
“I don’t think I’ve said any of those thi [...]
Syria army storms rebel-held town
19 May 2013
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Syrian troops have stormed the rebel stronghold of Qusair and now control the town centre, state media say.
State TV says 70 “terrorists” have been killed while activists say 40 people have died including many rebels.
The town, near the Lebanese border, has been under siege for weeks [...]
Lord’s proves a treacherous place for New Zealand’s batsmen | Vic Marks
So Lord’s is the new Headingley. OK, the pavilions do not have much in common and the maroon trouser with cheeks to match are seldom in evidence at Leeds. But Lord’s is a place where mystical forces can suddenly coincide to make batting seemingly impossible. Now it can be a more treacherous place than Yorkshire’s ground, where the two sets of players, surprisingly well-rested, will reconvene for the second Test.
It would have been a reasonable proposition for the punter to have a Sunday-morning lie-in, to potter down to [...]
IRS special counsel debated
Several members of Congress appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” discussed whether the administration’s current attempts to handle the IRS controversy will be enough or if a special counsel is needed.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said the new acting IRS commissioner may be conducting a 30 day, top-down review, but that’s simply not enough to tackle what’s been happening in the IRS.
“I think a special counsel is going to wind up being necessary,” he said.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), meanwhile, said he doesn’t believe a special co [...]
Obama to address Guantánamo and drones in major defence speech
President Barack Obama will use a major speech on counter-terrorism this week to address the failure to shut down Guantánamo Bay and push the legal case for targeted drone strikes, according to reports.
The Washington Post, citing White House officials, said the speech Thursday at the National Defence University would serve to review the administration’s security policy. In particular he is is due to focus on how the use of unmanned aircraft to kill terrorist targets fits into the legal framework.
He will also further outline the Wh [...]