“We promise not to screw it up”, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer blogged today from newly acquired Tumblr today. Yahoo purchased the blogging website for $1.1 Billion. Rumors began to circulate last week about the purchase.
Mayers said that Tumblrs current CEO and founder David Karp will remain in place. Yahoo plans on keeping Tumblr a separate company and brand.
Residents in Oklahoma, Iowa, and Kansas are cleaning up after 28 tornadoes’ ravaged their states Sunday and early Monday. So far only one fatality reported in Pottawatomie County Oklahoma. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency with her state being hit hardest.
Iowa & Kansas received the least amount of damage as the tornadoes missed most populated areas. All three states are reporting large power outages with crews working to restore power as soon as possible.
Iran has claimed that it has executed spies that were working for the CIA and the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
State media reports that Mohammad Heidari was accused of working with the Mossad and Kourosh Ahmadi was working with the CIA. Both were executing by hanging reportedly.
There has been no official verification of this, but Iran routinely "executes" spies who say are working to undermine its nuclear technology.
No dates were given as to when either men were executed or when they were arrested and put on trial.
France's defense minister, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, has confirmed that France has begun talks with the United States and Israel in an effort to buy unmanned drone aircraft as part of its war fighting capabilities.
The move comes after France learned during its military action into Mali that is has fallen behind in military capability and had to rely on the U.S. for transportation and intelligence.
Egyptian police have blocked the Nitzana border crossing with Israel, al-Awja as it is known in Egypt, after Islamist kidnap seven Egyptian police in the Sinai Peninsula.
This is the second border crossing, the first was Rafah, by Egyptian police who are protesting the kidnapping of fellow policemen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the government's lack of efforts to get their fellow officers back safely and to stop the kidnappings.
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Tensions have flared up again with North Korea after reports that a Chinese fishing vessel was boarded by North Koreans and detained that boat and crew demanding a ransom be paid.
The boat is owned by Yu Xuejun and it had 16 crew members on board during the incident in which the boat was in international waters when it was stormed by the North Korean maritime police agency.
Xuejun wrote on the Tencent Weibo website that North Korea is demanding 600,000 yuan ($100,000) by Sunday.
North Korea has reportedly claimed the boat was within its territorial waters.
The winning ticket to the record $590 million was sold in Zephyrhills, Florida. The winner numbers were 10-13-14-22-52, with the Powerball 11.
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North Korea launched three short-ranged guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula on Saturday. The announcement was made by South Korea’s Defense Ministry.
There has been on official comment from the North Korean government about the test. This latest test is in a series of provocation by the young communist leader Kim Jung Un.
According to the Arms Control Association, short-range guided missiles are generally classified as those traveling less than about 620 miles
International Soccer start David Beckham has announced that this will be his final year playing professional soccer. Beckham currently plays for the L.A. Galaxy in California.
"I wouldn't have achieved what I have done today without my family," said Beckham in a statement. "I'm grateful for my parents' sacrifice, which made me realise my dreams. I owe everything to Victoria and the kids, who have given me the inspiration and support to play at the highest level for such a long period."
Famed Ex-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle was found dead in a cemetery in Boger City North Carolina. His body was discovered early Thursday morning near his truck. Cemetery crews responded to a 911 call about a dead body lying in the cemetery.
Trickle appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71. In his early short track career he competed in more than 2,200 races wining half of them. His success did no completely follow him into NASCAR but he did compete in 303 races till his retirement in 2002.