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Obama first two-term president to take oath of office four times
Diplomat named Algeria attack leader and captor, one-eyed "Jack"
Inauguration 2013: Readers’ hopes for the next four years
Journalist Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall at Washington party
Fire chief: Chaplain is 1 of 5 New Mexico shooting victims
San Francisco rallies to beat Atlanta, punches Super Bowl ticket
Tell us the TRUTH! What are your hopes, dreams, fears for the next four years?
Dreamliner probe widens after excess battery voltage ruled out
China's metrosexual men revive luxury shopping
Merkel's coalition loses German state vote
French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town
‘SNL’ skewers Lance Armstrong
Te'o to be interviewed by Katie Couric
Egypt police, protesters clash over uprising court case
U.N. report finds torture of Afghan detainees, secret sites
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body
Kindergartner Suspended Over Bubble Gun Threat
Former Secretary of State Rice joins CBS News

Obama first two-term president to take oath of office four times

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

Barack Obama was officially sworn in for a second term on Sunday, taking the oath of office in a short ceremony.

Diplomat named Algeria attack leader and captor, one-eyed "Jack"

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:11 PM PST

Veteran Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler is one of few westerners to have been taken captive by Islamist militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and to have lived to tell the tale.

Inauguration 2013: Readers’ hopes for the next four years

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Robert Craft writes: "In the next four years, what I want to see most is an education reform. My children mean everything to me. I work with them every day that I have with them to teach them. I don't want to depend on public education to educate them. It can't and for that matter it shouldn't be its sole responsibility. Public education should aid the learning of our children. We should not lean on it to do all of the work. We should be working in tandem to create future generations that can change our world. Until this fairy tale of mine that means so much to me comes to fruition all I can do is recognize that we have a problem. Educational reform is needed."

Journalist Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall at Washington party

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:25 PM PST

Veteran journalist Barbara Walters was admitted to a Washington. D.C., hospital over the weekend after she fell and cut her head at the British ambassador's residence, an ABC television spokesman said.

Fire chief: Chaplain is 1 of 5 New Mexico shooting victims

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 04:57 PM PST

Officials have identified one of the five people found shot to death in a New Mexico home as a Fire Department chaplain who also worked with jail inmates.

San Francisco rallies to beat Atlanta, punches Super Bowl ticket

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:06 PM PST

Defense doesn't win championships anymore. As the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers demonstrated conclusively in the NFC championship game on Sunday, defense is now flat-out optional for championships. This wasn't a football game. This was practice-squad … Continue reading →

Tell us the TRUTH! What are your hopes, dreams, fears for the next four years?

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

As President Barack Obama begins his second term, Yahoo News and NowThis News want to hear from you. How do you feel about the state of our nation, politics, democracy, Washington, and the world?

Dreamliner probe widens after excess battery voltage ruled out

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:58 PM PST

U.S. safety investigators on Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire last month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and said they were expanding the probe to look at the battery's charger and the jet's auxiliary power unit. Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan. ...

China's metrosexual men revive luxury shopping

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST

China's fashion-forward men are snapping up Gucci and Burberry bags, driving a rebound in the luxury market months after a slow down in spending by the world's biggest luxury goods buyers spooked global investors.

Merkel's coalition loses German state vote

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:50 PM PST

Germany's center-left opposition has won a wafer-thin victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition in a major state election — dealing her a setback as she seeks a third term later this year.

French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Backed by French air strikes, Malian forces appeared close to recapturing a key central town in Mali where bands of al-Qaida-linked fighters had holed up, France's defense minister said Sunday.

‘SNL’ skewers Lance Armstrong

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:34 AM PST

"Saturday Night Live" wasted no time in tackling the pair of scandals that transcended the sports world last week, using its cold-opening sketch to skewer both Lance Armstrong's doping confession and the hoax involving Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o and his fake dead girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. Armstrong, played by Jason Sudeikis, sat down for [...]

Te'o to be interviewed by Katie Couric

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax.

Egypt police, protesters clash over uprising court case

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:12 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Police and protesters clashed in the port city of Alexandria on Sunday after a judge investigating the killing of protesters in Egypt's 2011 uprising said he was transferring the case to another court, a court source and a Reuters witness said. Lawyers for the plaintiffs wanted the court to consider the report of a fact-finding committee investigating the case against six police officers accused of killing unarmed protesters during the 18-day uprising before proceeding with the defendants' hearings. ...

U.N. report finds torture of Afghan detainees, secret sites

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:09 AM PST

Almost a third of all detainees recently transferred to Afghan control have been tortured and Afghanistan's spy agency is operating secret facilities to avoid international scrutiny, a United Nations report released on Sunday said.

Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 04:31 PM PST

This year's flu season is drawing attention to the debate over mandatory paid sick leave for the 40 percent of American private-sector workers who don't have it.

SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:02 AM PST

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative answered the door and whispered: "He's got a rifle. He's going to kill y'all."

Kindergartner Suspended Over Bubble Gun Threat

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:46 AM PST

A 5-year-old girl was suspended from school earlier this week after she made what the school called a "terrorist threat." Her weapon of choice? A small, Hello Kitty automatic bubble blower. The kindergartner, who attends Mount Carmel Area Elementary School in Pennsylvania, caught administrators' attention...