Yahoo Says Email Accounts Hacked, But Not How Many Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Yahoo Says Email Accounts Hacked, But Not How Many The company, which provides the world's second-largest email service, says that "the list of usernames and passwords that were used to execute the attack was likely collected from a third-party database compromise." Read this story Weeks Later, More Questions Than Answers In W.Va. Chemical Spill State officials in West Virginia say they can no longer detect any MCHM, the industrial chemical that spilled recently, in most areas. But other public health specialists say they don't trust those assurances. Read this story Commuting To Distant Oil Fields: Good Money, At A Price With thousands of oil-related jobs in western North Dakota, some of the region's new workers are putting down roots. But many more commute from states where jobs are hard to come by — and that can mean being separated from spouses and children for weeks at a time. Read this story No Breakthrough, But 'Bit Of Common Ground' In Syria Talks It's hoped that the talks will resume on Feb. 10. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says a "wide" gap remains between the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition. But he believes they may agree on more than they realize. Read this story Congressman's Exit Closes Book On 'Watergate Babies' It wasn't just the gargantuan size of the Democratic class of 1974 that made it historic. The members of the class were young, relatively new to public office and remarkably certain they could remake Washington in their own image. Read this story more news stories

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