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'Then came the Beatles!' — how one TV appearance altered music, communities and a country
Before the Beatles played six songs in two sets before 73 million Americans on the Feb. 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan Show, the secret was already out. The group’s biggest hit at the moment — “I Want to Hold Your Hand” — was just leaked, played relentlessly on local radio and spread virally (before that was a thing) across the United States.
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Wildlife photo wins first place in Yahoo News and Flickr winter scenes contest
David Renwald’s patience in freezing temperatures and snow in Yellowstone National Park in January paid off. His photograph captured a coyote sitting among grass poking from the snow in a moment that evokes seclusion, concentration and calm.
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Atlanta's 'Snowpocalypse' turned ordinary commutes into chaos, confusion
Tales from this week’s storm that dumped three inches of snow on metro Atlanta, iced roads, forced the cancellation of almost 800 flights, caused roughly 1,200 accidents, injured at least 130 people, killed two, wrecked countless commutes and stranded thousands in local schools and business.
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Obama's remarks on minimum wage, wealth imbalance strike nerves, stir hopes
Yahoo News invited voters to react and respond to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address. Here are lightly edited excerpts we received shortly after his speech ended.
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Dear Mr. President: Let's hear about jobs, economy, wealth imbalance ... and 20 more issues
Jobs, the economy, health care, Iran, the environment, education, Syria, gun control, gay marriage, domestic spying, marijuana… The list of topics President Barack Obama could tackle in his State of the Union address seems to grow each day.
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Is the 'clock turning back' on American women?
Hillary Clinton cautions that opportunities for American women could vanish if the United States does not prioritize their economic advancement.
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Why does an unpopular Congress win re-election? Look in the mirror
Just 13 percent of Americans, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, pat Congress on the back and say, “Good job!” It’ll thus be disgruntling for many voters to see most of the 435 U.S. House of Representatives members celebrate their re-election come November. Indeed, historical House re-election rates hover around 90 percent, not dropping below 85 percent since at least 1964.
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'I'm desperate for clean water' — and other worries from West Virginia
Charleston, W.V., residents — about 300,000 near the state capital without access to clean water since a chemical spill on Thursday from the Freedom Industries plant into the Elk River — share their apprehension in first-person accounts with Yahoo News on Friday.
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While Chris Christie's 'heartbroken,' New Jerseyans see mix of 'leadership,' 'denial' and 'cronyism'
Bridgegate? Or just water under the bridge? That’s what Yahoo News asked New Jerseyans and Chris Christie constituents on Thursday after the governor first fired his deputy chief of staff and then pondered at a lengthy news conference why some in his administration would have orchestrated the shutdown of lanes in Fort Lee near the George Washington Bridge. We asked residents: Does this affect their views of their governor? How will this impact the 2016 presidential race?
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Bad weather, great photos: Yahoo News, Flickr want your winter scene shots
In our latest photography contest, Yahoo News and Flickr are accepting your photos of winter scenes. Possibilities include shots of wintery landscapes and streetscapes, snow sports, newsworthy storm photography or anything you think best showcases the season’s splendor.
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The joyful, sad and funny stories behind our Christmas photos
Matt Holland begged for super powers. Susan Durham sought a fresh start. Caden Anderson just needed his father. Their wishes exemplify how, for each of us, Christmas is intensely personal and, when we peer back at holiday seasons past, we recall different details and memories.
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Want a stranger's half-eaten pizza? Need to rent a treehouse? Technology can help
Social media and smartphone apps — that same ubiquitous tech we routinely pillory for pushing us further apart and damaging our relationships — are somewhat ironically helping us forge local communities again.
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Technology altered charitable and volunteering industries in 2013
In 2013, Americans helped those who suffered tremendous loss after tragedies and disasters. And this year saw plenty of need: continued Sandy cleanup, the Boston bombings, western U.S. wildfires, Midwestern tornadoes, the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, the typhoon in the Philippines and more.
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Cold-snap stories: From frozen Vegas to the frigid Midwest, residents commiserate
Areas further east are bracing for the frigid blast as the storm creeps into the Southern plains, the Tennessee Valley and the Northeast later this week. Yahoo News is collecting anecdotes from residents in the storm’s path. Below are lightly edited excerpts from stories they shared with us this week.
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After Virginia and New Jersey, voters offer GOP advice for 2014
Do two high-profile gubernatorial elections from Tuesday furnish the GOP a strategy going forward?
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Pumpkin-carving passion keeps the trick-or-treaters lined up
Pumpkin-carver extraordinaire Mark Ratliff upped his game when he tired of Halloween trick-or-treaters seeing his simple designs and lamenting: “I saw this pumpkin two blocks over.”
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Embattled in the House, John Boehner draws mostly sympathy, support back home
Significantly farmland — its largest cities are Hamilton with 62,447 residents, and Springfield with 60,608 — Ohio's 8th Congressional District eschews the Cincinnati and Dayton metro areas, and it provides an incumbent like John Boehner plenty of political flexibility for his stances in Congress and re-election bids back home.
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Shutdown stories: How congressional quarreling is affecting us
As the shutdown starts, Yahoo News is cataloging anecdotes Americans are sharing with us.
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Judge orders list of 4,000 potential witnesses trimmed in Aurora movie massacre case
A judge told prosecutors in the Aurora theater massacre case Monday to pick up the pace cutting down the staggering number of possible witnesses in the murder trial of James Holmes.
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Pop quiz: What’s wrong with the tea party?
Twenty-two percent of Americans, Gallup says, back the tea party. That’s down from 32 percent shortly after the 2010 midterm elections, when the GOP captured the U.S. House. Half of respondents said they neither support nor oppose the tea party, or simply have no opinion.