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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Romney taking credit for auto industry success Presidential Perks: Paying for Carter's postage, Bush's bills, and Clinton's rent Julia Orayen, former Playboy Playmate, steals the show at Mexican debate Maurice Sendak dead: 'Where The Wild Things Are' author was 83 4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens Man jumps into vat of acid to save co-worker Fighter Pilots Claim Intimidation Over F-22 Raptor Jets Woman 'Quite Traumatized' by Cheetah Attack, Husband Is Angry FBI: Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, daughter found Fat Forecast: 42% of Americans Obese by 2030 Sacred white buffalo killed in Texas; reward offered by ranch for killer New Jersey tanning mom inspires action figure City of Detroit is paying $65,000 for a 2004 Dodge Intrepid that it doesn't even own Mt. Rushmore land should be returned to Native American tribes, UN official says Taking Your Daughter to the Gynecologist George Zimmerman waives right to speedy trial Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme by SEC 'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies Four reasons Obama's 2012 re-election campaign had a bad week Austria's 'upside down house' becomes tourist attraction Rick Santorum Formally Endorses Mitt Romney Monster Sunspot Threatens to Unleash Powerful Solar Flares South Korea seizes capsules containing powdered flesh of dead babies Obama's gay marriage balancing act gets awkward Testimony to continue at hearing for CA officers Scott Brown Challenges Elizabeth Warren's Native-American Ancestry Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant Chelsea Clinton's Childhood: No Pizza, Cartoons on Weekdays On gay marriage, Obama will make a change you can believe in—in 2013 Border Patrol chief unveils new plan to address illegal immigration $31.5 million bid for New York apartment denied by building's co-op board Al Qaeda Bomb Cell Infiltrated By Insider Who Foiled New Airline Plot: Officials Excuse me: Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth Boy on a Bike Becomes Moscow's Tiananmen Image First Monthly Budget Surplus in Three Years Obesity fight must shift from personal blame-U.S. panel Maurice Sendak's 'Where The Wild Things Are,' as read by Christopher Walken (VIDEO) Rare 270-year-old book found in SC library vault Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans Yahoo CEO apologizes for bogus college degree Romney taking credit for auto industry success Tue,8 May 2012 09:16 AM PDT Associated Press - Campaigning in the backyard of America's auto industry, Mitt Romney re-ignited the bailout debate by suggesting he deserves "a lot of credit" for the recent successes of the nation's largest car companies. Full Story Top Presidential Perks: Paying for Carter's postage, Bush's bills, and Clinton's rent Tue,8 May 2012 03:05 AM PDT Power Players - Spinners and Winners You could call it welfare for former Presidents. It's a little-noticed part of the federal budget:  Each year U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab for the expenses of our former Presidents.  For the likes of Carter, Clinton and Bush that means free rent, postage, phone and office staff — all courtesy of [...] Full Story Top Julia Orayen, former Playboy Playmate, steals the show at Mexican debate Mon,7 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT The Upshot - The buzziest moment during the first debate among Mexico's four candidates for president this Sunday happened before anyone had said a word. At the debate's start, a curvy model wearing a form-fitting white dress with a revealing cutout showing off her generous cleavage, presented a box for candidates to draw papers that would determine who [...] Full Story Top Maurice Sendak dead: 'Where The Wild Things Are' author was 83 Tue,8 May 2012 06:10 AM PDT The Cutline - Maurice Sendak, the renowned children's author whose books captivated generations of kids and simultaneously scared their parents, has died. He was 83. Sendak passed away on Tuesday from complications caused by a recent stroke, his editor told the New York Times. He lived in Ridgefield, Conn., with his German shepherd Herman (named after Melville) and [...] Full Story Top 4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens Mon,7 May 2012 11:40 AM PDT Today in Tech - One of the running jokes in the 1980s was how the former Soviet Union spied on its private citizens. As comedian Yakov Smirnoff used to joke: "In Soviet Russia, TV watches you!" But here in America, we were all safe from … Continue reading → Full Story Top Man jumps into vat of acid to save co-worker Tue,8 May 2012 05:56 AM PDT The Sideshow - How far would you go to save a co-worker? A roofer in New Jersey reportedly jumped into a vat of nitric acid on Monday to save a co-worker who had fallen in. Martin Davis was working at Swepco Tube LLC, a metal tube manufacturing plant in Clifton, N.J., when he fell 40 feet into the [...] Full Story Top Fighter Pilots Claim Intimidation Over F-22 Raptor Jets Mon,7 May 2012 05:38 AM PDT ABC News - Defiant Airmen Say Their Careers Threatened Over Troubled $420M Fighters, Air Force Says Whistleblowers Protected Full Story Top Woman 'Quite Traumatized' by Cheetah Attack, Husband Is Angry Mon,7 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - ABC News' Suzan Clarke and Alyssa Newcomb report: The woman who was mauled by cheetahs at a South African game preserve said she was "quite traumatized" by the  incident. The woman tried to play dead as the two supposedly tame animals bit and clawed her... Full Story Top FBI: Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, daughter found Mon,7 May 2012 07:49 PM PDT Associated Press - The bodies of a Tennessee mother and her oldest daughter were found behind an alleged kidnapper's house in north Mississippi, the FBI said Monday, and authorities believe the woman's two other daughters are still with the man accused in their abduction. Full Story Top Fat Forecast: 42% of Americans Obese by 2030 Mon,7 May 2012 12:27 PM PDT ABC News - The report also predicts that the proportion of Americans who are severely obese, meaning more than 100 pounds overweight, will reach 11 percent, about double the current rate. The report's authors give a sobering price tag for these predictions: such an increase would create $550... Full Story Top Sacred white buffalo killed in Texas; reward offered by ranch for killer Tue,8 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT The Sideshow - A North Texas ranch is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest in the killing of its sacred white buffalo. The rare white buffalo, a male calf named Lightning Medicine Cloud, was found slaughtered and skinned on April 30 on Lakota Ranch near Greenville, Texas, just shy of its first birthday. Its mother [...] Full Story Top New Jersey tanning mom inspires action figure Tue,8 May 2012 11:21 AM PDT The Sideshow - The overly tan New Jersey mom accused of taking her young daughter tanning has inspired an action figure. The $29.95 "Tanorexic" mom doll is available from HeroBuilders.com, the custom doll retailer behind the Michaele Salahi action figure, Anthony Weiner doll and other attention-grabbing toys. Patricia Krentcil, the real "tanning mom," pleaded not guilty to child [...] Full Story Top City of Detroit is paying $65,000 for a 2004 Dodge Intrepid that it doesn't even own Tue,8 May 2012 10:34 AM PDT Technology News Blog - For drivers who don't want to commit to a new car purchase, leasing has become a popular option. But for a police department in a city with a struggling economy, running up a $65,000 bill for what amounts to renting an … Continue reading → Full Story Top Mt. Rushmore land should be returned to Native American tribes, UN official says Mon,7 May 2012 03:48 PM PDT The Upshot - The four granite faces of American presidents on Mt. Rushmore could be on land that is returned to native tribes. At least, that is one of the recommendations from a United Nations Commission that some of Native American tribal lands be restored, including  the Black Hills of South Dakota, home to Mt. Rushmore. James Anaya, a U.N. [...] Full Story Top Taking Your Daughter to the Gynecologist Tue,8 May 2012 06:57 AM PDT Katie's Take - Katie's Take Thanks for all the great feedback on our first episode of Katie's Take!  It was nice to hear from so many of you, and please continue to send along your ideas for show topics or questions you'd like to see answered. This new episode comes from an actual question I have had as [...] Full Story Top George Zimmerman waives right to speedy trial Tue,8 May 2012 11:06 AM PDT The Lookout - George Zimmerman's attorney filed motions to waive his client's right to a speedy trial and to request more time to ready a defense, The Orlando Sentinel reports. Zimmerman would have been guaranteed a trial within six months if he hadn't waived that right. Now, it's unclear when the trial will begin. Zimmerman, who is accused [...] Full Story Top Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme by SEC Tue,8 May 2012 08:53 AM PDT ABC News - Victims Lost Life Savings in Megachurch Scams, SEC Says Full Story Top 'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies Tue,8 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT Associated Press - Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn. Full Story Top Four reasons Obama's 2012 re-election campaign had a bad week Tue,8 May 2012 09:40 AM PDT Yahoo! News - If you don't believe rigid mathematical formulas can tell you who will win a presidential election--and I don't—you should be even more dubious about hunches divined from a stray incident or two. Full Story Top Austria's 'upside down house' becomes tourist attraction Mon,7 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT The Sideshow - The western Austrian village of Terfens has unveiled a house that is literally upside down, both on the inside and out. The house was designed by two Polish architects, Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski, and is meant to be a tourist attraction. The house is open for public viewing and includes an upside down garage, [...] Full Story Top Rick Santorum Formally Endorses Mitt Romney Mon,7 May 2012 08:47 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney, and notified his supporters in an email sent Monday night. In the email, the former presidential candidate cited his Friday meeting with Romney in his hometown of Pittsburgh as a reason he finally got behind the presumptive GOP... Full Story Top Monster Sunspot Threatens to Unleash Powerful Solar Flares Tue,8 May 2012 10:26 AM PDT SPACE.com - An enormous sunspot group has taken shape on the surface of the sun, hinting that our star may soon start spouting off some powerful storms. Full Story Top South Korea seizes capsules containing powdered flesh of dead babies Mon,7 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT The Sideshow - The South Korean government revealed Monday that it recently seized thousands of capsules filled with the powdered flesh of dead babies. Reportedly, some people believe the powder has medicinal purposes and was created in northeastern China. South Korea has reportedly been reluctant to criticize China directly over the incident, out of fears of creating diplomatic [...] Full Story Top Obama's gay marriage balancing act gets awkward Mon,7 May 2012 11:24 AM PDT The Lookout - Ever since Vice President Joe Biden appeared on "Meet the Press" on Sunday and described his own journey to accepting gay marriage, President Barack Obama's campaign has been insisting that Biden's comments are "entirely consistent" with Obama's own position on the issue. The vice president's office also walked back the statements, clarifying that Biden was [...] Full Story Top Testimony to continue at hearing for CA officers Tue,8 May 2012 11:04 AM PDT Associated Press - A video shows Officer Manuel Ramos and another officer swing at a shirtless Kelly Thomas with their batons and pin him to the ground as he pleads with them to stop. Full Story Top Scott Brown Challenges Elizabeth Warren's Native-American Ancestry Tue,8 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown issued a statement today calling on Elizabeth Warren – his likely Democratic opponent in the hotly contested Massachusetts Senate race – to release her law school applications in response to the questions about the recent revelations that she self-identified as Native... Full Story Top Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant Tue,8 May 2012 07:54 PM PDT Associated Press - The CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning. Full Story Top Chelsea Clinton's Childhood: No Pizza, Cartoons on Weekdays Mon,7 May 2012 01:38 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Bill and Hillary Clinton were, it seems, just as strict setting rules for their daughter Chelsea as they were pushing for policies in Washington. According to the only child, the former president and first lady vetoed sugary cereals, set a strict 30-minute per day limit... Full Story Top On gay marriage, Obama will make a change you can believe in—in 2013 Tue,8 May 2012 06:46 AM PDT Yahoo! News - "If there is one thing that we learned in 2008, it's that nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change." -- Barack Obama on Saturday at his campaign kickoff rally in Columbus, Ohio Full Story Top Border Patrol chief unveils new plan to address illegal immigration Tue,8 May 2012 09:48 AM PDT The Lookout - Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said at a House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing Tuesday that the country's 21,000 Border Patrol agents will refocus on information and intelligence gathering in the agency's new four-year strategy. The agency will also try to develop a better measurement for whether it is successfully keeping the border safe. Right now, [...] Full Story Top $31.5 million bid for New York apartment denied by building's co-op board Tue,8 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT The Sideshow - In today's housing market, good deals are waiting to be had. But for one New York co-op, a $31.5 million bid wasn't even enticing enough to merit an interview with the potential tenant. The prospective buyer also happens to be the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. He made [...] Full Story Top Al Qaeda Bomb Cell Infiltrated By Insider Who Foiled New Airline Plot: Officials Tue,8 May 2012 04:52 AM PDT ABC News - Advanced Underwear Bomb Carried Out of Yemen Through Saudi Arabia, Now at FBI Crime Lab in US Full Story Top Excuse me: Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth Mon,7 May 2012 02:41 PM PDT Associated Press - Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago. Full Story Top Boy on a Bike Becomes Moscow's Tiananmen Image Tue,8 May 2012 10:49 AM PDT ABC News - MOSCOW — As a bloody skirmish between police and opposition activists in central Moscow was drawing to a close on Sunday a small boy on a tiny bicycle pedaled through the crowd and approached a line of hulking riot police. He sat there for a... Full Story Top First Monthly Budget Surplus in Three Years Tue,8 May 2012 06:16 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - The Congressional Budget Office has  reporteda monthly budget surplus of $58 billion,  which would be a first in nearly three years. The improved numbers are attributed to a 10 percent increase in tax revenue.  The month of April coincides with tax season which typically results in a yearly... Full Story Top Obesity fight must shift from personal blame-U.S. panel Tue,8 May 2012 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday. In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part of individuals. Instead, it embraces policy proposals that have met with stiff resistance from the food industry and lawmakers, arguing that multiple strategies will be needed to make the U.S. ... Full Story Top Maurice Sendak's 'Where The Wild Things Are,' as read by Christopher Walken (VIDEO) Tue,8 May 2012 02:24 PM PDT The Sideshow - In the wake of Maurice Sendak's death on Tuesday, quotes, clips and interviews featuring the renowned children's author and his celebrated books are flying around the Internet. Like President Obama's 2009 reading of "Where The Wild Things Are" on the White House's South Lawn, this video of actor Christopher Walken (or a very good impersonator) [...] Full Story Top Rare 270-year-old book found in SC library vault Mon,7 May 2012 11:42 AM PDT Associated Press - A rare book almost 270 years old has been found in the vault of the oldest library in the South, but after all this time the library won't be able to keep it. Full Story Top Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans Mon,7 May 2012 03:25 AM PDT SPACE.com - The curtain of secrecy is being raised by Blue Origin, a private entrepreneurial space group designing both suborbital and orbital vehicles. Full Story Top Yahoo CEO apologizes for bogus college degree Mon,7 May 2012 08:28 PM PDT Associated Press - Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is sorry for allowing an inaccuracy about his education to appear in his official bio, but not remorseful enough to heed calls for him to resign. Full Story Top

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