http://news.yahoo.com/rss-bailey/ en-US Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:31 -0400 5 http://news.yahoo.com/rss-bailey/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif The parents of two young children killed last fall allegedly by their nanny announced on Thursday that they are expecting a baby this fall. Kevin and Marina Krim broke the news on a Facebook page established in the memory of their children, Lulu, 6, and Leo, 2, who were found stabbed to death in their [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/parents-kids-allegedly-killed-nanny-expecting-baby-214131294.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 17:41:31 -0400blogs/lookout/parents-kids-allegedly-killed-nanny-expecting-baby-214131294Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is apparently close to making his run for New York City mayor official. According to WNBC-TV, the former congressman was spotted filming what appeared to be a campaign ad on the front steps of his childhood home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Thursday. Weiner was joined by his wife, Huma Abedin, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/anthony-weiner-spotted-filming-campaign-ad-amid-rumors-211527295.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 17:15:27 -0400blogs/ticket/anthony-weiner-spotted-filming-campaign-ad-amid-rumors-211527295SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.—They lined up by the dozens on Tuesday, cameras and iPhones in tow, taking their place along the balcony of a pizzeria recently reopened just off the beach. Nearby, construction workers hammered lumber into place to rebuild the boardwalk destroyed in October by Superstorm Sandy. But just after noon, all work stopped and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/seaside-heights-roller-coaster-iconic-sandy-image-torn-185858197.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 14:58:58 -0400blogs/lookout/seaside-heights-roller-coaster-iconic-sandy-image-torn-185858197INVERNESS, Calif.—It is coming up on planting season at Drakes Bay Oyster Company, a tiny family-owned oyster farm located on a inlet nestled within the lush grassy cliffs that run along the Pacific Ocean here just north of San Francisco. For more than 50 years, the modest farm, which looks like nothing more than a [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/fight-close-california-oyster-farm-divides-community-gains-100654275.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 06:06:54 -0400blogs/ticket/fight-close-california-oyster-farm-divides-community-gains-100654275OAKLAND, Calif.—Teddy usually spends most weekends lounging around the house, drifting in and out of long luxurious naps. But on Saturday, he made a rare exception to his routine--taking a ride in what his owners called his “Kitty SUV,” a fancy caged pet stroller with duel front wheels said to be tough enough to climb [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/laughter-meows-oakland-internet-cat-video-festival-042953440.htmlSun, 12 May 2013 00:29:53 -0400blogs/lookout/laughter-meows-oakland-internet-cat-video-festival-042953440SAN FRANCISCO—Turns out even high-art museum goers appreciate a good cat video. So much so, a full night of such digital shorts, shown in a festival at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center last year, not only returns but is also going on the road. This Saturday, the Internet Cat Video Festival lands in Oakland, Calif., one [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/feline-film-festival-makes-stars-cats-143826954.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 10:38:26 -0400blogs/lookout/feline-film-festival-makes-stars-cats-143826954When the legendary downtown music club CBGB closed its doors in New York City in 2006, its many obituaries were quick to pay homage to its infamous bathrooms—facilities so vile even rock stars, who presumably have seen everything, struggled to find the right adjectives to describe their disgust. “Legendarily nasty,” David Byrne of the Talking [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/punk-nyc-met-museum-celebrates-rebel-influenced-fashion-092907917.htmlWed, 08 May 2013 05:29:07 -0400blogs/lookout/punk-nyc-met-museum-celebrates-rebel-influenced-fashion-092907917New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery in February amid concern from his family and friends over his weight. “I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” Christie told the New York Post, which broke the story. The move comes after years of concern and criticism over Christie’s girth, especially as he [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/chris-christie-undergoes-major-weight-loss-surgery-115300442.htmlTue, 07 May 2013 07:53:00 -0400blogs/ticket/chris-christie-undergoes-major-weight-loss-surgery-115300442NEW YORK—Former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new climate initiative Monday to help cities measure their risk for severe weather and natural disasters. The hope is to help curb the impact of deadly storms like Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of New York City last October. The project [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/bill-clinton-bloomberg-unveil-climate-risk-project-214502570.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 17:45:02 -0400blogs/ticket/bill-clinton-bloomberg-unveil-climate-risk-project-214502570Federal investigators are searching various sites around Dartmouth, Mass., near where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went to college as authorities continue to look for evidence related to the attack. Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston, confirmed the searches in an email amid local reports that law enforcement officials [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/authorities-search-woods-near-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-164758069.htmlFri, 03 May 2013 12:47:58 -0400blogs/lookout/authorities-search-woods-near-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-164758069It’s been more than six months since Superstorm Sandy ravaged the coastal areas of New York and New Jersey, but the deadly storm is on the verge of claiming another high profile victim. Coney Island’s famed Mermaid Parade, an annual event dating back to 1983 in which thousands of people dress up like fantastical sea [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/coney-island-mermaid-parade-danger-superstorm-sandy-155001734.htmlFri, 03 May 2013 11:50:01 -0400blogs/lookout/coney-island-mermaid-parade-danger-superstorm-sandy-155001734Cue the 2016 buzz: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton will be among the featured speakers at next month’s meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative America conference. Sponsored by former President Bill Clinton, the gathering kicks off June 13 in Chicago and will focus on how to create jobs and improve the U.S. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/chris-christie-hillary-clinton-address-bill-clinton-forum-200917932.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 16:09:17 -0400blogs/ticket/chris-christie-hillary-clinton-address-bill-clinton-forum-200917932In Kathryn Bigelow’s movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” Jessica Chastain played Maya, a young CIA operative whose stubborn pursuit of Osama bin Laden played a major role in the al-Qaida leader’s death. The film garnered both awards (including a Golden Globe for Chastain) and controversy—largely because of graphic scenes depicting the CIA’s use of torture on [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hbo-documentary-focuses-women-searched-bin-laden-124822316.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 08:48:22 -0400blogs/lookout/hbo-documentary-focuses-women-searched-bin-laden-124822316Click image to see more photos. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) DALLAS—President Barack Obama praised his predecessor George W. Bush as a “good man” who should be commended for his resolve in trying to keep the country safe after the 9/11 attacks, and for his foresight in leading the fight for immigration reform. Obama’s remarks came as [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-predecessors-mark-opening-george-w-bush-library-165532698--politics.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 12:55:32 -0400blogs/ticket/obama-predecessors-mark-opening-george-w-bush-library-165532698--politicsDALLAS—Just hours before her son George W. Bush formally opens his presidential library here, former first lady Barbara Bush dismissed talk of a presidential run by another son, Jeb, in 2016. In an interview with NBC’s ‘Today" show, Barbara Bush said she believed Jeb, a former Florida governor, was “the best qualified” to seek the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/barbara-bush-says-jeb-bush-shouldn-t-run-133118766--politics.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 09:31:18 -0400blogs/ticket/barbara-bush-says-jeb-bush-shouldn-t-run-133118766--politicsDALLAS—Even among his friends, George W. Bush always has been known as the man who can’t sit still—a guy so fidgety he could barely make it through the long ceremonies he was required to attend as president. So it was to some a surprise when an email began making the rounds among Bush’s friends and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/president-painter-george-w-bush-artistic-pursuits-surprise-130211666--politics.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 09:02:11 -0400blogs/ticket/president-painter-george-w-bush-artistic-pursuits-surprise-130211666--politicsDALLAS—More than four years after George W. Bush left the White House, there seems to be one word the former president has adopted to describe how he feels about the decisions he made in office: “comfortable.” Bush has repeatedly used the word in interview after interview over the last several days as he returned to [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/library-opens-bush-hopes-reassessment-legacy-111102605--politics.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 07:11:02 -0400blogs/ticket/library-opens-bush-hopes-reassessment-legacy-111102605--politicsDALLAS—Former first lady Laura Bush formally unveiled the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum to the media on Wednesday, saying she hopes the facility will help Americans “really learn and relearn” about her husband's presidency. Speaking on the eve of the library’s dedication ceremony, Bush emphasized that her husband’s goal was not to create [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/laura-bush-library-not-monument-her-husband-182824927--politics.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 14:28:24 -0400blogs/ticket/laura-bush-library-not-monument-her-husband-182824927--politicsDALLAS—As former President George W. Bush prepares to officially open his presidential library on Thursday, a question arises as it has for his predecessors: How objective will it be about his time in the White House? Bush left office five years ago as one of the most unpopular presidents in history, his poll numbers weighed [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/bush-past-presidents-faces-scrutiny-over-library-version-122739710--politics.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 08:27:39 -0400blogs/ticket/bush-past-presidents-faces-scrutiny-over-library-version-122739710--politicsCRAWFORD, Texas—As President George W. Bush’s adopted hometown, this used to be the most famous small city in America. Crawford, located about 25 miles west of Waco, was often the center of the world during the eight years Bush was in the White House. Bush spent nearly 500 days of his presidency here, where he [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/without-bush-texas-town-struggles-survive-181221698--politics.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2013 14:12:21 -0400blogs/ticket/without-bush-texas-town-struggles-survive-181221698--politicsWEST, Texas—City officials warned that hundreds of residents here could be without water for at least a week or more because pipes and other utility infrastructure were "severely damaged" in last Wednesday’s deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant. "At this time, there is no access to water," Steve Vanek, a West City Council member and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/texas-town-could-without-water-more-week-deadly-213155860.htmlMon, 22 Apr 2013 17:31:55 -0400blogs/lookout/texas-town-could-without-water-more-week-deadly-213155860WACO, Texas—President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service Thursday for victims of last Wednesday’s deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. The service is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. CT at Baylor University in Waco. A city official in West said the president is also expected to [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-attend-memorial-victims-texas-explosion-170141563--politics.htmlMon, 22 Apr 2013 13:01:41 -0400blogs/ticket/obama-attend-memorial-victims-texas-explosion-170141563--politicsThree years ago, the U.S. was stunned by a horrific story that emerged from the front lines of the war in Afghanistan: Several members of an Army platoon had killed at least three unarmed Afghan civilians, apparently for sport. The soldiers referred to themselves as ‘the Kill Team”—a nickname that seemed tailor-made for television news, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/kill-team-examines-moral-dilemmas-facing-young-soldiers-155420443.htmlMon, 22 Apr 2013 11:54:20 -0400blogs/lookout/kill-team-examines-moral-dilemmas-facing-young-soldiers-155420443WEST, Texas—For the second day in a row, more than 100 displaced residents here lined up to gain access to their homes near the site of Wednesday’s deadly fertilizer explosion that killed 14 and injured at least 200. City officials began allowing residents in homes farthest away from the center of the blast site late [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/residents-return-homes-near-texas-explosion-uncertainty-reigns-142025348.htmlSun, 21 Apr 2013 10:20:25 -0400blogs/lookout/residents-return-homes-near-texas-explosion-uncertainty-reigns-142025348WEST, Texas—Residents displaced by a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant here will be allowed to return to their homes for the first time since Wednesday’s blast. Steve Vanek, a West City Council member, announced residents will be escorted to their homes within the five-block blast site beginning Saturday but will only be allowed into [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/residents-allowed-return-homes-near-texas-explosion-194112916.htmlSat, 20 Apr 2013 15:41:12 -0400blogs/lookout/residents-allowed-return-homes-near-texas-explosion-194112916WEST, Texas—Wednesday’s deadly blast at a fertilizer plant here that left at least 14 dead and injured more than 160 came just days before the anniversary of another fiery explosion in Central Texas that captivated the world. Twenty years ago this week, on April 19, 1993, a federal raid on a cult compound in nearby [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/20-years-since-waco-raid-explosion-nearby-fertilizer-161223083.htmlSat, 20 Apr 2013 12:12:23 -0400blogs/lookout/20-years-since-waco-raid-explosion-nearby-fertilizer-161223083Bending Steel Official Movie Trailer from Bending Steel Movie on Vimeo. New York is a city fueled by eccentric personalities, but when Dave Carroll encountered his neighbor Chris Schoeck in the basement of their apartment building in Queens two years ago, it was an experience that was more than a little unusual. Carroll’s dog, Gizmo, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/bending-steel-explores-lost-art-old-time-coney-142929659.htmlSat, 20 Apr 2013 10:29:29 -0400blogs/lookout/bending-steel-explores-lost-art-old-time-coney-142929659WEST, Texas—Investigators recovered two more bodies from the site of a massive fertilizer plant explosion on Friday, bringing the official death toll of Wednesday’s blast to 14 people. At the same time, Mayor Tommy Muska discounted Sen. John Cornyn’s declaration earlier Friday that at least 60 residents remain unaccounted for after the blast. Speaking at [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/officials-two-more-bodies-texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-225901213.htmlFri, 19 Apr 2013 18:59:01 -0400blogs/lookout/officials-two-more-bodies-texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-225901213WEST, Texas--If there’s one absolute truth in life, it’s that very few things can stop a little old lady from getting her hair done. Not ill health—and, it turns out, not even a deadly explosion. On Wednesday a fire and subsequent explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant here leveled five city blocks, killing at least [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/west-texas-residents-look-normalcy-deadly-explosion-182747549.htmlFri, 19 Apr 2013 14:27:47 -0400blogs/lookout/west-texas-residents-look-normalcy-deadly-explosion-182747549BOSTON—The FBI postponed and then ultimately canceled a planned 5 p.m. ET news conference about updates in the investigation of Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon. A Boston Police Department spokesman made the announcement to more than 100 reporters already gathered at the Westin Hotel near Copley Square where Gov. Deval Patrick and other state [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/news-conference-boston-marathon-bombings-postponed-205741087.htmlWed, 17 Apr 2013 16:57:41 -0400blogs/lookout/news-conference-boston-marathon-bombings-postponed-205741087BOSTON—One victim of Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon has been identified: 8-year-old Martin Richard of nearby Dorchester, who was attending the race with his family. His mother, Denise, and his 6-year-old sister, Jane, were severely injured. Richard's father, Bill, was hit in the leg by fragments of the bomb, while his older brother escaped [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/eight-old-marathon-victim-mother-severely-injured-154456313.htmlTue, 16 Apr 2013 11:44:56 -0400blogs/lookout/eight-old-marathon-victim-mother-severely-injured-154456313BOSTON—Arlene Caruso had just cheered on her husband as he ran past the 25-mile mark of Monday’s Boston Marathon when she saw a flash followed by a loud boom a few blocks down Boylston Street near the finish line. “At first, we thought, ‘Wow, there’s a celebration canon,” recalled Caruso, who was standing with her [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/witnesses-describe-terrifying-scene-blasts-boston-marathon-033009465.htmlMon, 15 Apr 2013 23:30:09 -0400blogs/lookout/witnesses-describe-terrifying-scene-blasts-boston-marathon-033009465Tim Hetherington is trying to explain why he's drawn to documenting wars. “There are all sorts of generalizations made up about [war]. But in going to these extremities, what’s interesting is that you see that—even in these terrible times, in these terrible moments and in these terrible extremities—people are still human. That for me is [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sebastian-junger-pays-tribute-tim-hetherington-documentary-140752344.htmlMon, 15 Apr 2013 10:07:52 -0400blogs/lookout/sebastian-junger-pays-tribute-tim-hetherington-documentary-140752344For the last 29 years, thousands of members of the nation’s armed services have sailed into New York Harbor every May to mark the city’s annual Fleet Week celebration. But this year, due to the federal budget sequestration, much of the party may be off. The U.S. Navy announced this week it would comply with [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/sequestration-cuts-threaten-york-fleet-week-165236963--politics.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 12:52:36 -0400blogs/ticket/sequestration-cuts-threaten-york-fleet-week-165236963--politicsThere’s at least one person in New York who isn’t caught up in the frenzy over whether former Rep. Anthony Weiner might run for mayor: Michael Bloomberg, the man who currently holds the seat. Per the New York Post, Bloomberg didn’t respond kindly to reporters asking him for his reaction to Weiner’s possible return to [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/bloomberg-scolds-media-focusing-anthony-weiner-past-201007786--politics.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 16:10:07 -0400blogs/ticket/bloomberg-scolds-media-focusing-anthony-weiner-past-201007786--politicsFeminist icon Gloria Steinem formally endorsed New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s bid for mayor. The backing comes after Steinem, who lives in Manhattan, had publicly threatened to withhold her support of Quinn over the speaker’s opposition to a bill that would require businesses to give paid sick time to its employees. Two weeks [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gloria-steinem-backs-christine-quinn-nyc-mayor-152700004--politics.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 11:27:00 -0400blogs/ticket/gloria-steinem-backs-christine-quinn-nyc-mayor-152700004--politicsFormer President George W. Bush has raised more than $500 million for his presidential library set to open later this month. “It was our goal to raise $500 million by the time the George W. Bush Presidential Center was dedicated, and we reached that goal,” Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Center, tells [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/george-w-bush-raises-more-500-million-library-143020106--politics.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 10:30:20 -0400blogs/ticket/george-w-bush-raises-more-500-million-library-143020106--politicsAnthony Weiner, the former congressman who was forced out of office after he was busted sexting with women who were not his wife, says he’s considering a run for New York City mayor this year. In an interview with the New York Times magazine, Weiner, who resigned under pressure in 2011, says he wants a [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/anthony-weiner-weighing-run-nyc-mayor-111242379--election.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 07:12:42 -0400blogs/ticket/anthony-weiner-weighing-run-nyc-mayor-111242379--electionThe candidates vying to succeed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this year insist the city cannot back away from redeveloping its waterfront in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. But with many parts of New York still struggling to recover almost six months after Sandy's devastation, there’s little consensus on how to rebuild—and how it [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/nyc-mayoral-candidates-debate-future-post-sandy-waterfront-183810918--politics.htmlTue, 09 Apr 2013 14:38:10 -0400blogs/ticket/nyc-mayoral-candidates-debate-future-post-sandy-waterfront-183810918--politicsAfter years of refusing to talk to the press, Chelsea Clinton has gradually raised her public profile over the past year, inking a deal as a special correspondent for NBC News and taking on a more prominent role in the Clinton Foundation—run by her father, former President Bill Clinton. Not surprisingly, that has led to [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/chelsea-clinton-doesn-t-rule-bid-public-office-154327810--politics.htmlMon, 08 Apr 2013 11:43:27 -0400blogs/ticket/chelsea-clinton-doesn-t-rule-bid-public-office-154327810--politics