Yahoo accepting requests for inactive email IDs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Yahoo is allowing people to place claims on inactive email addresses that are being given a second life.

The opportunity to request the identifications began Monday and will extend through Aug. 7. Up to five different names can be submitted at http://wishlist.yahoo.com .

Yahoo Inc. says a substantial number of old email IDs are being made available, but isn't providing specifics. All the deactivated accounts haven't been used in at least a year.

The dormant email IDs are being released a month after the Sunnyvale, Calif., company notified users that they would have 30 days to log into an inactive account if they wanted to keep it.

People awarded the rights to the recycled email addresses will have a 48-hour period to activate the accounts beginning Aug. 15.

Yahoo is hoping the inactive IDs will be claimed by people who will use them to log into its website and discover a series of changes to its email, home page and other services that have been made since Marissa Mayer became the company's CEO a year ago.

The resurrection of inactive email addresses, however, could be exploited by computer hackers hoping to use the IDs to pry into sensitive information about the former accountholders. There's a risk because many people use their email accounts as logins at a different password-protected websites, including Facebook, Twitter and Amazon.com. That raises the specter of some people trying to use the recycled email IDs to request the passwords of former accountholders.

Yahoo says it has taken a series of security measures to minimize the chances of any mischief. Among other things, Yahoo says emails are now being bounced back from the inactive email accounts. The company says it has also developed a system that will help other websites identify email addresses that have been transferred to new accountholders after the recycling is completed.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-accepting-requests-inactive-email-ids-205604767.html

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A July advance slows on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) ? The stock market took a pause Monday after a scorching start to July.

Stocks inched higher in midday trading on Wall Street as the Standard & Poor's 500 index came off its best week since January.

The S&P 500 surged 3 percent last week and reached another record high on Friday, bouncing back from a slump in June on concern that the Federal Reserve was poised to start easing back on its stimulus to the economy. The central bank is currently buying $85 billion of bonds a month to keep interest rates low and to encourage borrowing and hiring.

"The market is consolidating its gains from last week," said Jim Russell, a regional investment director at US Bank.

Investors may also standing pat before testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who will be giving his semi-annual testimony to Congress on Wednesday, Russell said. Comments from Bernanke late on Wednesday that the Fed would not ease its stimulus before the economy was ready helped power last week's surge in stocks.

A closely watched report on U.S. retail sales Monday morning had some disappointments for investors. Americans spent more at retail businesses in June, buying more cars and trucks, furniture and clothes, but they cut back on many other purchases, a mixed sign for economic growth. Retail sales rose just 0.4 percent from May, less than analysts had forecast and less than the 0.5 percent increase the previous month.

Stocks fluctuated between small losses and gains in the early going.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 15,478 as of 12:03 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose two points, or 1,682 and the Nasdaq Composite rose six points to 3,606.

Small-company stocks had the biggest gains Monday. The Russell 2000 rose six points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,042, bringing its gains for the year to 22.8 percent. That's far ahead of the S&P's gain of 18 percent.

The market's advance was held back by news that economic growth in China, the second-biggest economy in the world, fell to the lowest since 1991, hurt by weak trade and efforts to cool a credit boom. China's economy expanded at an annual rate of 7.5 percent in the second quarter, down from 7.7 percent in the same period a year earlier.

Slowing global growth is one of the biggest threats to this year's stock rally, said Uri Landesman, President of Platinum Partners. He predicts that stock markets may be poised to slump as much as 15 percent in coming months as this year's gains overstate the outlook for the economy.

"Most of the world's economies are sucking wind," Landesman said. "It's going to be very difficult to keep (the U.S. economy) going with weak exports."

In commodities trading, the price of oil fell 8 cents to $105.86 a barrel. Gold rose $6.30, or 0.5 percent, to $1,284 an ounce. The dollar rose against the euro and the Japanese yen.

In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.57 from 2.58 percent Friday.

Among stocks making big moves:

? Leap Wireless soared $8.96, or 112 percent, to $16.94 after the carrier agreed to be acquired by AT&T for $1.19 billion, or $15 a share. The deal was announced late Friday. AT&T fell 22 cents, or 0.6 percent, $35.59.

? Citigroup rose 64 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $51.46 after the bank reported earnings that beat analyst's expectations for the second quarter as investment banking profits surged.

? Boeing gained $3.19, or 3.2 percent, or $105.10 after an analysts at Sterne Agee recommended buying the stock. Boeing slumped 2 percent Friday following a fire on an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 parked at London's Heathrow airport.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/july-advance-slows-wall-street-150835489.html

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Last-minute rush as India stops telegram service

An employee poses with the Morse code telegraph machine

THOUSANDS of Indians crammed into telegram offices on Sunday (July 14) to send souvenir messages to friends and family in a last-minute rush before the service shuts down after 162 years.

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Sunday is the last day that messages will be accepted by the service, the world?s last major commercial telegram operation, and the Central Telegraph Office in New Delhi said it was geared up to tackle the expected rush.

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?We have increased the number of staff in the expectation that the number of people will grow at our counters,? telegraph senior general manager Shameem Akhtar told reporters.

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?We will take the final telegram at 10:00 pm (1630 GMT) Sunday and try to deliver them all the same night and the remaining would be sent on Monday,? he added as dozens waited to hand over messages handwritten on slips of paper.

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Leave for all staff has been cancelled in a bid to handle the volume of messages, which cost a minimum of 29 rupees (50 US cents) and are hand-delivered by delivery workers on bicycles.

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On Sunday morning joggers, housewives and students were among those sending messages to loved ones. Many were seen making calls on their mobile phones to get the postal addresses of their friends so they could send the last dispatch.

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?I have never seen such a rush before. They are some people who are sending 20 telegrams in one go,? said Ranjana Das who is in charge of transmitting the telegrams.

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?The service would not have been killed had there been this kind of rush through the year,? added worker Vinod Rai.

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The service, known popularly as the ?Taar? or wire, will close on Monday (July 15) because of mounting financial losses.

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?While we communicate with improving modern means, let us sample a bit of history,? said one of the last telegrams sent.

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?Keep this safely as a piece of history. Mom,? read another.

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In the days before mobile phones and the Internet, the telegram network was the main form of long-distance communication, with 20 million messages dispatched from India during the subcontinent?s bloody partition in 1947.

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At its peak in 1985 the state-run utility sent 600,000 telegrams a day across India but the figure has dwindled to 5,000 at present, telegraph senior general manager Shameem Akhtar told reporters.

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Most of these are believed to be sent from government departments.

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?Since 2008 we started redeploying our telegraph staff and at present more than 90 per cent have been redeployed and only 968 telegraph staff remain,? Akhtar said.

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One five-word telegram sent from the centre summed up the change.

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?The End of an Era,? it read.

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Source: http://www.gg2.net/news/india-news/Last-minute+rush+as+India+stops+telegram+service/5439

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Pasco changes animal control policies, procedures

Pasco County, Florida -- Following the tragic incident where a 10-year-old family cat that got out of its home was put down by an animal control officer, Pasco County decided to re-evaluate its policies and procedures.

After its review, the County decided the officer had acted in accordance with their policies, however, they also decided to make some changes to their policies that will be implemented immediately.

They are as follows:

* There will be no euthanasia in the field by Animal Control officers.

* An attempt will be made to locate the owner in the immediate vicinity prior to transport.

* If unable to return the injured animal to its owner, the officer will either take the animal to the Land O' Lakes shelter or to a participating veterinarian, if closer, to be medically evaluated.

* If the owner is not identified through microchip, tag or neighborhood locale, and the animal has been severely injured, it will be humanely euthanized at the shelter.

* The remains of any such animals will be held at the shelter for seven days.

* We will also be conducting additional training for the staff on the new?procedures and will continue to look for additional improvements.

The County says it will evaluate the impact of these changes over the next 90 days and then determine if they will remain in effect or need further modifications. It is also inviting all Pasco County veterinarians to a forum to discuss creating a network of emergency care for when injured strays are found.

The County says it would like to use this sad experience as a teaching moment to remind all pet owners to tag, microchip or tattoo their pet, to help ensure they can be reunited if they are separated.

Right now, the shelter is currently closed as the County deals with overcrowding and lack of volunteers they desperately need to help staff care for abandoned animals. The County hopes to reopen the shelter for dog adoptions on July 23.

Source: http://zephyrhills.wtsp.com/news/news/388432-pasco-changes-animal-control-policies-procedures

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Watch Cris Cyborg get the win and belt at Invicta

Check out the complete fight between Marloes Coenen and Cris Cyborg from Invicta this weekend. The action starts around the three-minute mark, then continues until the fourth round. It looked like one stoppage was close to happening near the end of the second round, but Cyborg invited Coenen back to her feet. The same thing happened near the end of the third round, but Coenen did a better job defending herself. Finally, in the fourth round, Cyborg finishes to get the win.

As the announcers point out, Cyborg is more controlled and measured. She's not as wild as she once was. On more than one occasion, she stood up from the ground to restart the bout from the standing position. With the win, Cyborg became Invicta's first featherweight championship. Check out the complete fight card here.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/watch-cris-cyborg-win-belt-invicta-150447709.html

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Three Rivers Festival Parade

July 13th, 2013 at 9:37 am by Nicholas Ferreri under Weather

It?s not too late to head downtown to catch the annual tradition that is the Three Rivers Festival Parade!? It?s picture perfect parade weather with temperatures in the 70s, a nice mix of sun and clouds and comfortable humidity levels.

For a look at the parade route and all that?s in store at the festival today, check out the official Three Rivers Festival web site.

Three Rivers Festival Parade Forecast

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Source: http://blogs.wane.com/2013/07/13/three-rivers-festival-parade/

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D.C. Snubs Hundreds of Wal-Mart Jobs With ?Living Wage? Law

The new wage law is also punitive against companies such as Wal-Mart because it does not affect every company but only some companies that set up shop in Washington D.C.

As the Washington Post reports, only big box stores are required to pay the new ?living wage,? a sum that is 50% higher than the current minimum wage in the District.

?Should the bill be signed by Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and pass a congressional review period,? the Post reports, ?retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more and operating in spaces 75,000 square feet or larger would be required to pay employees no less than $12.50 an hour. The city?s minimum wage is $8.25, a dollar higher than the federal minimum wage.?

Wal-Mart spent three years attempting to convince the city council to allow its stores to be built in the Capitol, joining the Chamber of Commerce and launching hunger initiatives that the company paid for through its charitable organization.

But Wal-Mart executives warned that the ?living wage? law was a step too far.

A majority of the council members were not moved by Wal-Mart?s warnings, however.

?The question here is a living wage; it?s not whether Wal-Mart comes or stays,? said council member Vincent B. Orange (D-At Large), a lead backer of the legislation, who added that the city did not need to kowtow to threats. ?We?re at a point where we don?t need retailers. Retailers need us.?

Mayor Gray still has the power to veto the bill but has not said if he will. The mayor has been a big booster of the retailer and has celebrated the many jobs the company would bring, not to mention the development of blighted areas that building new stores would entail.

For now Wal-Mart is holding to its earlier stance on the matter awaiting a move by Mayor Gray. The final decision on all sides still has room to play out, but so far it isn?t looking good for the hundreds of new jobs that could be brought to Washington D.C.

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