Huge Ancient Civilization’s Collapse Explained- 12 hours agoThe mysterious fall of the largest of the world's earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is now India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh now appears to have a key culprit — ancie...
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Seven-title chasing Nadal ready for French test- 23 hours agoRafael Nadal gets his bid for an historic seventh French Open title under way on Tuesday when he faces Italy's Simone Bolelli on Philippe Chatrier Court.
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US military denies parachuting into N.Korea- 20 hours agoThe US military Tuesday vehemently denied a media report that special forces had been parachuted into North Korea on intelligence-gathering missions, saying a source had been misquoted.
Phillies ace Halladay out for 6 to 8 weeks (Yahoo! Sports)- 3 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of a strained right shoulder, the latest major setback for the five-time NL East champions.
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Angels ace Weaver to DL with lower-back woes (Yahoo! Sports)- 56 minutes agoANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels put ace Jered Weaver on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a lower-back injury, likely forcing last season's AL Cy Young runner-up to miss at least t...
Donald Trump, de facto leader of the so-called "birther" movement, called into "The Situation Room" on Tuesday for what quickly became a testy interview with Wolf Blitzer about Tru...
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Folk musician Doc Watson dies in NC hospital at 89- 49 minutes agoDoc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at a hospital in Winston-...
Why would Britney Spears get paid to judge a live singing competition like The X Factor when she's known for not always singing live herself?
—James L.,...
Sprinklr and Spredfast tools aim to serve big corporations that need multi-brand social media management.
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FBI Busts Mayor For Hacking Recall Website- 8 hours agoNew Jersey mayor and son arrested and accused of targeting website and email account associated with a campaign to recall the mayor.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada only has until the end of this decade to build up its liquefied natural gas industry or face being overtaken by other countries looking to cash in on booming demand...
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Canada aims to restore CP Rail service Thursday- 1 day agoOTTAWA/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian government will force striking workers at Canadian Pacific Railway back to work with fast-track legislation aimed at restoring rail service by Thursday, Labou...
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Canada Tories appear to have been sent a human foot- 5 hours agoOTTAWA (Reuters) - Ottawa police are investigating what they say appears to be a human foot that was sent on Tuesday to the headquarters of the governing federal Conservative Party. Police said they f...
Canada rail bill to impose binding arbitration- 1 day agoOTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government's legislation to force striking employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd back to work will impose binding arbitration on the parties. Provisions of the ...
Someone who is in authority right now might not be the person you would have chosen for the big boss chair, but the fact remains that she or he is in charge -- and you have to deal with it. The sooner you set aside any resentment or doubt, the better. There is a larger goal at stake here, and a bruised ego will only get in the way. Buck up and be mature. If you give this person the respect that the authority position deserves, things will become a lot more pleasant.
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Human foot sent to Conservative Party HQ- 42 minutes agoAn Ottawa coroner has confirmed a package delivered to the Conservative Party of Canada's headquarters in downtown Ottawa contained a human foot.
Western premiers back Redford's call for national energy strategy- 59 minutes agoEDMONTON - Canada's western premiers threw their support Tuesday behind Alberta Premier Alison Redford's vision of a national strategy to jointly develop, lobby, sell and sustain the country&#...
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Upgrade Your Life: Tips and Tricks for Managing Your Email- 3 months agoCheck out the latest episode of Upgrade Your Life on Yahoo! News where you can get the latest tips and tricks for managing your emails! Learn about how best to protect yourself from spam and bacn, un...
Introducing the New Yahoo! Calendar- 3 months agoIn the coming weeks, we will be launching an all-new Yahoo! Calendar. The new design is based on the latest version of Yahoo! Mail and has a more intuitive design with improved navigation capability....
Joining Together in the Fight Against Phishing- 3 months agoToday Yahoo! Mail and the email industry took a big, collective step towards helping end phishing. Phishing is when someone misrepresents their identity and sends you a fake email that is designed to ...
What’s your favorite holiday theme?- 5 months agoWhite Elephant parties, Ugly sweater contests, holiday dinners, mad dashes to the mall and more! Yes, it’s that time of the year again and here at Yahoo! Mail we thought we’d help get you into the hol...
Snow White & the Huntsman opens June 1st, 2012 (wide)- 18 hours agoSnow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen, who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been trainin...
