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News: Boy's Garage-Sale Find Reveals Long-Lost Photo of Uncle He Never Met Huge Ancient Civilization's Collapse Explained Inside an al Qaeda stronghold in Yemen Menopause and Sleep Loss Pastor who gave anti-gay sermon draws hundreds of protesters in North Carolina Marina Keegan: Yale grad's final essay gets new life after writer's death States, federal government reduce length of jobless benefits Wolf Blitzer spars with Trump over birther comments: 'Donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous' Stray dog follows cyclists for 1,139 miles Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US Dewey files for Chapter 11 in record law firm collapse Girl, 6, is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee MSNBC's Chris Hayes apologizes for questioning use of 'heroes' to describe fallen soldiers Witness says naked attacker was chewing man's face Skydiver planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space Avoid these words to prevent Homeland Security from spying on your social networks Marriage proposal goes awry when brain surgeon loses ring in the sand Rep. Barney Frank apologizes over hoodie comments Nebraska couple wear matching outfits every day for 35 years Romney won't repudiate Trump on birther issue Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls hospitalized for third time in 2 weeks; Taliban blamed for 'poison attack' Romney's short list: Rubio, Pawlenty rising, Daniels sliding Arkansas Escaped Inmates Spur Manhunt Etan Patz Suspect's Sister Reportedly Told Police He'd Confessed to Boy's Murder Are offices headed for extinction? New deadly quake shakes northern Italy Police look for witnesses of face-chewing attack Spring revival for America's housing market Worst Acid Trip in History Blamed in Miami Face-Chewing Attack Leaks reveal bitter Vatican power struggle Obama's 'secret kill list' shows president is final word on terrorist killing missions Why do Hospitals Charge $4,423 for $250 CT Scans? Blame Arizona Republicans Seven-title chasing Nadal ready for French test NATO kills senior al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan Consumer confidence in the economy plunged in May Obama personally oversees Al-Qaeda 'kill list': report Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history Opera seen a Facebook fit but no "For Sale" sign Bitter primaries undercut GOP hopes in 3 states Elvis Presley crypt up for auction this month Boy's Garage-Sale Find Reveals Long-Lost Photo of Uncle He Never Met Tue,29 May 2012 09:32 AM PDT Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Addison Logan made a shocking discovery after buying an old Polaroid camera at a garage sale. When the 13-year-old opened the camera, there was a developed picture still in the film cartridge. Addison had bought the $1 camera because he thought it looked cool. When [...] Full Story Top Huge Ancient Civilization's Collapse Explained Tue,29 May 2012 05:34 AM PDT LiveScience.com - The mysterious fall of the largest of the world's earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is now India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh now appears to have a key culprit — ancient climate change, researchers say. Full Story Top Inside an al Qaeda stronghold in Yemen Tue,29 May 2012 04:35 AM PDT In southern Yemen, members of a group allied with al Qaeda control entire cities and towns ... and they're winning both support and recruits. Full Story Top Menopause and Sleep Loss Tue,29 May 2012 07:12 AM PDT Katie's Take Although it may be a bit TMI, I think for women my age this is worth sharing: about 6 in 10 of us have trouble sleeping, and the problem may be related to menopause. I must admit, over the past year I've had a few nights of staring at the ceiling around 3am.  [...] Full Story Top Pastor who gave anti-gay sermon draws hundreds of protesters in North Carolina Mon,28 May 2012 11:08 AM PDT The North Carolina pastor who gave a disturbing, anti-gay sermon—in which he suggested rounding up all "queers and homosexuals" and quarantining them inside an electric fence—drew hundreds of protesters on Sunday. Between 1,500 and 2,000 "peaceful" protesters demonstrated outside the Catawba County Justice Center, 12 miles from the Maiden, N.C., church where Rev. Charles Worley [...] Full Story Top Marina Keegan: Yale grad's final essay gets new life after writer's death Tue,29 May 2012 02:51 PM PDT A 22-year-old Yale graduate, Marina Keegan, who penned her life's lessons in a final column for the Yale Daily News, died just days after commencement. But the words of her work, "The Opposite of Loneliness," have lived on. The Massachusetts resident died in a car crash on her way to a vacation house on Cape [...] Full Story Top States, federal government reduce length of jobless benefits Tue,29 May 2012 07:44 AM PDT Hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans are losing their federal unemployment benefits earlier than they expected due to new rules passed in February that make it harder for states to qualify for extended jobless aid, the New York Times reports. At the height of the recession, Congress passed a law to boost unemployment assistance to up [...] Full Story Top Wolf Blitzer spars with Trump over birther comments: 'Donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous' Tue,29 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT Donald Trump, de facto leader of the so-called "birther" movement, called into "The Situation Room" on Tuesday for what quickly became a testy interview with Wolf Blitzer about Trump's continued skepticism over the authenticity of President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. Trump, in Las Vegas to host a fundraiser for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, took issue [...] Full Story Top Stray dog follows cyclists for 1,139 miles Tue,29 May 2012 09:16 AM PDT A stray dog in China has finally found a new home after following a team of cyclists for more than 1,100 miles. "She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," cyclist Zhang Heng, 22, told China Daily. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team. The small white dog, named [...] Full Story Top Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US Mon,28 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance. Full Story Top Dewey files for Chapter 11 in record law firm collapse Tue,29 May 2012 04:23 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - The crippled law firm Dewey & Leboeuf LLP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday night and will seek approval to liquidate its business after failing to find a merger partner, marking the biggest collapse of a law firm in U.S. history. Once one of the largest law firms in the U.S., Dewey has been hit by the loss of the vast majority of its roughly 300 partners to other firms amid concerns about compensation and a heavy debt load. ... Full Story Top Girl, 6, is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee Mon,28 May 2012 11:19 AM PDT Associated Press - The youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee was running around in a stream with a friend, hunting for rocks. Suddenly, she came charging up the bank and headed straight for her mother. Full Story Top MSNBC's Chris Hayes apologizes for questioning use of 'heroes' to describe fallen soldiers Tue,29 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's weekend morning talk show "Up," has apologized for comments he made on Sunday about use of the word "hero" to describe fallen U.S. soldiers. After an interview with Lt. Col. Steve Beck, a former Marine whose job was to notify military families of the death of a loved one, Hayes [...] Full Story Top Witness says naked attacker was chewing man's face Mon,28 May 2012 04:23 PM PDT Associated Press - A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a downtown highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who fatally shot him to make him stop. Full Story Top Skydiver planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space Tue,29 May 2012 01:03 PM PDT This summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for the longest jump, plummeting more than 23 miles from the Earth's stratosphere. "I've done a lot of test jumps, so I'm good," Baumgartner confidently told Fox News before adding that he would "probably say a little prayer" before making the jump [...] Full Story Top Avoid these words to prevent Homeland Security from spying on your social networks Tue,29 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT With the FBI reportedly forming a new internet surveillance unit and the National Security Agency building a data center in Utah that will be able to sift through communications between private citizens, you can assume that the government can readily spy on you … Continue reading → Full Story Top Marriage proposal goes awry when brain surgeon loses ring in the sand Tue,29 May 2012 09:48 AM PDT A man and a woman are enjoying time on a beach, when the surprised woman finds a beautiful engagement ring buried in the sand. Then the  man turns and proposes to her. Well ... that would have been a romantic story. Instead, Dr. Steve Carr forgot where he buried the ring. Carr, a brain surgeon [...] Full Story Top Rep. Barney Frank apologizes over hoodie comments Tue,29 May 2012 07:44 AM PDT Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is apologizing for a joke he made about the Trayvon Martin case at a weekend graduation ceremony. During an address at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, he said of an honorary hooded robe given to civil rights leader Hubie Jones: "You now got a hoodie you can wear and no one [...] Full Story Top Nebraska couple wear matching outfits every day for 35 years Tue,29 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT Mel and Joey Schwanke have been married for nearly 65 years. And for more than half that time, they have been wearing matching outfits every single day. "We don't dare go somewhere without having matching outfits," Mel told Fremont, Neb., affiliate KETV. The couple reportedly have 146 custom-made matching outfits, which they've been rotating over [...] Full Story Top Romney won't repudiate Trump on birther issue Mon,28 May 2012 06:12 PM PDT Associated Press - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney isn't taking a position on supporter Donald Trump's return to the controversy over where President Barack Obama was born. Full Story Top Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls hospitalized for third time in 2 weeks; Taliban blamed for 'poison attack' Tue,29 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT Police in northern Afghanistan say 160 schoolgirls were admitted to a local hospital after they were thought to be poisoned by the Taliban. It's the third such poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls in less than two weeks. The girls "complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting before being taken to the hospital," Hafizullah Safi, director of the [...] Full Story Top Romney's short list: Rubio, Pawlenty rising, Daniels sliding Tue,29 May 2012 03:23 AM PDT Spinners and Winners The search for a Romney running mate is well underway, but whose stock is up, and whose is down? Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the top tier of potential VP nominees, is showing he can play the number one role of a running mate: attack dog. In a blistering speech in South [...] Full Story Top Arkansas Escaped Inmates Spur Manhunt Tue,29 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT Good Morning America - Two Accused Killers Escape Arkansas Jail, Spur Manhunt Full Story Top Etan Patz Suspect's Sister Reportedly Told Police He'd Confessed to Boy's Murder Tue,29 May 2012 12:47 AM PDT Good Morning America - Pedro Hernandez Reportedly Confessed to the Crime to a Church Group Full Story Top Are offices headed for extinction? Tue,29 May 2012 09:17 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Whether you love or hate the idea of working from home, the numbers are showing that the practice has grown significantly of late.  According to a new report, the number of full-time remote workers nationwide has almost doubled in the past decade. That report also found that 84 percent of workers who worked remotely did so at least once a week.  Full Story Top New deadly quake shakes northern Italy Tue,29 May 2012 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - CAVEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - An earthquake killed 16 people and injured about 350 in northern Italy on Tuesday, spreading fear among thousands of residents living in tents after a similarly strong tremor in the same region flattened their homes nine days ago. Rescuers were searching through the rubble of houses and warehouses in the Emilia-Romagna region, where several building sites had just reopened after the previous quake on May 20. ... Full Story Top Police look for witnesses of face-chewing attack Tue,29 May 2012 08:42 AM PDT Associated Press - Authorities were seeking more witnesses Tuesday to help explain what led a naked man to start chewing another man's face and whose only response when confronted by police was to growl and keep attacking - even after being shot. Full Story Top Spring revival for America's housing market Mon,28 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kate Carpenter and her husband waited for two years before sensing the time was right to look to buy a home in the suburbs of New York. "This is the first time homes are at an affordable point," said the freelance writer, 35. She hopes to move her two young daughters out of their rented New York City apartment soon, taking advantage of record low mortgage rates and signs the slump is over. Six years after the housing market began its slide, dragging the U.S. ... Full Story Top Worst Acid Trip in History Blamed in Miami Face-Chewing Attack Tue,29 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The Miami Zombie has a name: Police told local press that the naked man they shot to death when he wouldn't stop eating another guy's face is 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, and that he was in the depths of the world's worst acid trip when it happened. Full Story Top Leaks reveal bitter Vatican power struggle Mon,28 May 2012 08:19 PM PDT AFP - The flood of secret Vatican documents leaked to the press, enraging the Holy See, aims to oust the Church's powerful number two and maybe to replace the pope himself, experts say. Full Story Top Obama's 'secret kill list' shows president is final word on terrorist killing missions Tue,29 May 2012 08:12 AM PDT When it comes to the "secret kill list"—a regularly updated chart showing the world's most wanted terrorists—President Barack Obama is the "final moral calculation" in the kill or capture debate, according to the third in a series of New York Times articles assessing his record. And despite his liberal background, Obama has taken an aggressive [...] Full Story Top Why do Hospitals Charge $4,423 for $250 CT Scans? Blame Arizona Republicans Sun,27 May 2012 08:43 PM PDT Forbes - One of the main criticisms of consumer-driven health care is that, today, consumers have no way of figuring out how much a particular health care service costs. Indeed, one of the reasons that health care is so expensive in America is because people have no idea what they're paying for it. Hence, it's important for reformers to encourage hospitals and doctors to become more transparent about the prices they charge for these services. But an Arizona bill to do just that was killed—by the state's Republican legislature. Full Story Top Seven-title chasing Nadal ready for French test Mon,28 May 2012 06:35 PM PDT AFP - Rafael Nadal gets his bid for an historic seventh French Open title under way on Tuesday when he faces Italy's Simone Bolelli on Philippe Chatrier Court. Full Story Top NATO kills senior al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan Tue,29 May 2012 02:15 AM PDT Associated Press - The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said Tuesday. Full Story Top Consumer confidence in the economy plunged in May Tue,29 May 2012 08:46 AM PDT Associated Press - Americans confidence in the economy fell the most in eight months as worries about the weak jobs, housing and stock markets continue to rattle them. Full Story Top Obama personally oversees Al-Qaeda 'kill list': report Tue,29 May 2012 04:19 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama has personally overseen a top-secret process for determining which Al-Qaeda suspects should be placed on a "kill list," the New York Times reported Tuesday. Full Story Top Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history Sat,26 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT Associated Press - Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Full Story Top Opera seen a Facebook fit but no "For Sale" sign Tue,29 May 2012 11:01 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Facebook is under pressure to make money from the increasing number of users who access the social networking site from mobiles, making Norway's Opera a good fit for it, bankers familiar with the technology industry said. Shares in the mobile browser maker soared by as much as 26 percent on Tuesday. Tech blogs reported recently that it was in the sights of Facebook, which was criticized at the time of its $100 billion initial public offering for failing to have an effective mobile advertising strategy. ... Full Story Top Bitter primaries undercut GOP hopes in 3 states Tue,29 May 2012 08:33 AM PDT Associated Press - Mutual admiration was the rule for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's listening session at the University of South Florida. Full Story Top Elvis Presley crypt up for auction this month Mon,28 May 2012 02:35 AM PDT Associated Press - For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King. Full Story Top

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