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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Romney promises 'a better America' 3 more ousted in Secret Service scandal Top U.S. vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals' Does Facebook's Zuckerberg have too much power? Watchdog: Pentagon buys weapons backwards Santorum, Romney to meet, but don't expect endorsement soon First lady: Election could hinge on 'few thousand folks' Apple crushes Street targets, dispels iPhone fears Edwards trial: Ex-aide who helped cover up affair takes the stand Mia Love: Conservative, black, and Mormon Utah House candidate Empire State Building about to lose status as tallest in NYC Does asteroid mining violate space law? South Korea retailers halt U.S. beef sales, government may act Longest-serving Pa. congressman loses in primary Staying put in Arizona after the anti-immigration bill Chuck Grassley: Were the Secret Service prostitutes Russian spies? Court mulls dismissing charges against alleged Wikileaker NASA's new quake monitoring network uses GPS for improved accuracy How a smile can help you get a job Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her Y! Big Story: What an e-book might really cost, for all of us Hundreds of iPhones smuggled into China inside beer bottles Spying on your teens via Facebook? Most parents are Pizza Hut unveils cheeseburger crusted pizza Romney promises 'a better America' Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Coming off a clean sweep of all five primaries up for grabs Tuesday, including Pennsylvania and New York, Mitt Romney kicked off his general election pitch, insisting the upcoming campaign will be about the "very different visions" he and President Obama have for the country. Speaking [...] Full Story Top 3 more ousted in Secret Service scandal Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:48 PM PDT The Ticket - The Secret Service announced that two more agents connected to the embarrassing Cartagena, Colombia prostitution scandal had chosen to resign and that the agency was moving to fire a third. Full Story Top Top U.S. vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:06 PM PDT Reuters - Hours after confirming to reporters that the United States had found its fourth-ever case of mad cow disease, John Clifford was ready to answer the world's questions about the safety of U.S. beef. Clifford, the government's chief veterinary officer at the agriculture department, had quickly called his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, the first and second-largest buyers of U.S. beef, to tell them about a California cow found to have an "atypical" type of the brain-wasting disease. Having taken up his post in May 2004, just six months after the first U.S. ... Full Story Top Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals' Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT Associated Press - The retired top CIA officer who ordered the destruction of videos showing waterboarding says in a new book that he was tired of waiting for Washington's bureaucracy to make a decision that protected American lives. Full Story Top Does Facebook's Zuckerberg have too much power? Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:46 PM PDT Breakout - Y! Finance - Google, LinkedIn, Zynga, and, coming soon, Facebook: four companies among the "new breed," where shareholders have effectively no rights other than the chance to ride along with the founders. Full Story Top Watchdog: Pentagon buys weapons backwards Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT ABC News - The federal agency charged with catching U.S. government waste said in a new report that the Pentagon has squandered millions in taxpayer dollars on expensive and complex weapons systems by spending first and asking questions later. Full Story Top Santorum, Romney to meet, but don't expect endorsement soon Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT The Ticket - Rick Santorum plans to meet with Mitt Romney on Friday, May 4, although an official endorsement is not likely to immediately follow, Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley tells Yahoo News. Full Story Top First lady: Election could hinge on 'few thousand folks' Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:32 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Seeking to build a sense of urgency for November, First Lady Michelle Obama told a group of 400 campaign supporters in Iowa today that the election could come down to only a "few thousand folks." "I just want you to remember that in the end,... Full Story Top Apple crushes Street targets, dispels iPhone fears Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - Apple Inc's quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates on stronger-than-expected demand for the iPhone, especially in the greater China region where sales jumped five-fold. Full Story Top Edwards trial: Ex-aide who helped cover up affair takes the stand Tue,24 Apr 2012 12:46 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Day two of the John Edwards trial featured testimony from a key witness in the prosecution's conspiracy case: Andrew Young. Full Story Top Mia Love: Conservative, black, and Mormon Utah House candidate Tue,24 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT The Ticket - Amid the crowded field of House candidates across the country in 2012, expect to hear a lot about Mia Love, a Republican who is an African American and a Mormon and who on Saturday defeated a handful of rivals to clinch the party nomination in the campaign for Utah's fourth congressional district. Love is preparing to [...] Full Story Top Empire State Building about to lose status as tallest in NYC Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - One World Trade Center, being built at the site of the fallen twin towers, could surpass the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York as soon as next week, an official said on Tuesday. The iconic Empire State Building, built in 1931, was the city's tallest at a height of 1,545 feet to the tip of its broadcast antenna until 1972 when it was overtaken by the original World Trade Center towers. It then regained the title after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which destroyed the complex. ... Full Story Top Does asteroid mining violate space law? Tue,24 Apr 2012 11:52 AM PDT SPACE.com - Several well-known billionaires are forming the new company Planetary Resources with plans to send a robotic spacecraft to mine precious metals from an asteroid and bring them back to Earth. Full Story Top South Korea retailers halt U.S. beef sales, government may act Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Two major South Korean retailers halted sales of U.S. beef after an outbreak of mad cow disease as the country's agriculture ministry looked set to move towards banning quarantine inspections, a move that would effectively end imports. Lotte Mart, a unit of Lotte Shopping Co., said it had suspended sales due to what it said was "customer concerns", as did Home Plus, a unit of Britain's Tesco PLC. South Korea imported 107,000 tonnes of U.S. beef last year, or 37 percent of total imports, according to agriculture ministry data. ... Full Story Top Longest-serving Pa. congressman loses in primary Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:19 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, the longest-serving member of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, has lost his re-election bid in a Democratic primary race in a newly redrawn district. Full Story Top Staying put in Arizona after the anti-immigration bill Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:53 PM PDT The Lookout - Erika Andiola still remembers the day Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration bill, known as SB1070, passed. She had been protesting outside the state capitol for days, sleeping on the ground and fasting, when the word spread through the crowd. She got a call from her mother, who, like Andiola, is undocumented. She told her daughter not [...] Full Story Top Chuck Grassley: Were the Secret Service prostitutes Russian spies? Tue,24 Apr 2012 11:32 AM PDT The Ticket - Chuck Grassley, the Republican senator from Iowa, isn't ruling anything out in the Secret Service prostitution scandal--even the chance that the working girls in Colombia could be Russian spies. "We're looking at something that is very, very serious when national security might not be protected properly," Grassley said during an interview with Radio Iowa on Tuesday, [...] Full Story Top Court mulls dismissing charges against alleged Wikileaker Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:07 AM PDT ABC News - Alleged Wikileaker Army PFC Bradley Manning is back in a Ft. Meade, Md., courtroom today for the third time this year, where a judge is expected to decide whether to dismiss charges against him. Full Story Top NASA's new quake monitoring network uses GPS for improved accuracy Tue,24 Apr 2012 06:48 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Satellites in orbit will soon help scientists and first responders on the ground more accurately pinpoint the location and severity of earthquakes in the Western United States.  Full Story Top How a smile can help you get a job Tue,24 Apr 2012 01:02 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Though it's natural to feel down while searching for a job after a layoff, a new study shows just how critical it is to keep your spirits up. Full Story Top Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her Tue,24 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT The Sideshow - A Florida couple was on a weekend camping trip that ended in an airlift to the emergency room. 52-year-old Steven Egan was hunting with his girlfriend Lisa Simmons in the northern part of the state when he mistook her for a hog and shot her. "He saw a hog and thought he shot it and [...] Full Story Top Y! Big Story: What an e-book might really cost, for all of us Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:47 PM PDT Trending Now - Cheaper reads in store? Just why are e-books so expensive, and should they be? The knee-jerk answer to the second question is of course not. Does it make sense to pay a higher price for a digital title than for its print counterpart, especially after factoring in the cost of an e-book reader? (Tangential aside: [...] Full Story Top Hundreds of iPhones smuggled into China inside beer bottles Tue,24 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Border patrol offers in China got a surprise recently when they inspected a cart full of beer bottles entering the country from Hong Kong. Some of the bottles — being transported by an elderly woman who stated they were for … Continue reading → Full Story Top Spying on your teens via Facebook? Most parents are Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:52 PM PDT Technology News Blog - How much do you trust your children online? According to computer security company AVG, most parents go by the Ronald Reagan adage of "trust, but verify": Approximately 61% of U.S. parents secretly spy on their children via Facebook. The study of … Continue reading → Full Story Top Pizza Hut unveils cheeseburger crusted pizza Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:18 PM PDT The Sideshow - Not content to shock customers with its hot dog stuffed crust fare, Pizza Hut has just unveiled two new decidedly odd pizza creations, including one surrounded by mini cheeseburgers. What's arguably most interesting about the pizza mashups (there's also one featuring chicken fingers) is that none of them are currently being offered in the U.S. [...] Full Story Top

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