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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama's Cinco de Mayo wish: Signing the DREAM Act How strongly will Santorum back Romney? Chinese dissident wants 'face-to-face' meeting with Clinton Christie: Education reform is led by GOP Junior Seau's friends didn't see any warning signs How embarrassing is it to be president? Gingrich still thinks Romney lied during campaign Edwards' mistress yet to appear at trial, but her prescence is felt When will Romney choose a vice presidential candidate? Seau suicide turns up focus on brain injuries Sen. Mark Kirk home, 3 months after stroke Lawmakers push for vote to limit post office closures New Galaxy S III phone is bigger and smarter New spray makes you 'instantly drunk,' then wears off Facebook facts at a glance 13-year-old finds mistake in Metropolitan Museum of Art map Y! Big Story: Scandals plague China's leadership transition Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial 37% of teens are video chatting, and that number's growing: study Man flies across Rio de Janeiro using a jet pack he built himself Prison's 'Cuddly Catz' program pairs felons and felines Obama's Cinco de Mayo wish: Signing the DREAM Act Thu,3 May 2012 03:24 PM PDT The Ticket - President Barack Obama hosted a Cinco de Mayo party at the White House -- "even though it's only tres de mayo, we just like to get the fiesta started early around here" -- and promised to push for a comprehensive overhaul of America's immigration policies if [...] Full Story Top How strongly will Santorum back Romney? Thu,3 May 2012 02:16 PM PDT The Ticket - Rick Santorum plans to endorse Mitt Romney in the general election against President Barack Obama, that much is clear. The question is, how strongly will he support his former rival after months of brutal back-and-forth attacks during the Republican primary season? The answer could become more clear [...] Full Story Top Chinese dissident wants 'face-to-face' meeting with Clinton Thu,3 May 2012 01:58 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Chen Guangcheng told Congress today that he wants to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton face-to-face and he requested to have his "freedom of travel guaranteed" as he looks to leave China with his family and come to the United States. "I want to... Full Story Top Christie: Education reform is led by GOP Thu,3 May 2012 02:05 PM PDT The Ticket - Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, said Thursday that Republican politicians are leading the way for better educational opportunities for poor and minority children through voucher programs for private schools, while Democrats passively stand by or obstruct their efforts. The partisan framing of his education agenda is a bit of a departure from [...] Full Story Top Junior Seau's friends didn't see any warning signs Thu,3 May 2012 06:51 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - Those who knew and loved Junior Seau say they didn't see this coming. Full Story Top How embarrassing is it to be president? Thu,3 May 2012 12:35 PM PDT Power Players - Bottom Line Exactly how embarrassing is it to be President of the United States? That's the question we tackled today on the Bottom Line. And of course it's the recent Vanity Fair article by David Maraniss that raises the topic. Maraniss authored a soon-to-be released biography on the president and it includes stories from two [...] Full Story Top Gingrich still thinks Romney lied during campaign Thu,3 May 2012 06:25 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Mitt Romney "said things that weren't true," over the course of the campaign. Shown a new ad from the Obama campaign during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer Thursday - a clip reel of Gingrich's slams on Romney during the... Full Story Top Edwards' mistress yet to appear at trial, but her prescence is felt Thu,3 May 2012 01:08 PM PDT The Ticket - Rielle Hunter, John Edwards' former mistress and mother of his now 4-year-old child, has yet to appear at the candidate's criminal conspiracy trial in Greensboro, N.C., which is nearing the end of its second week. But her presence has nonetheless been felt. Hunter's name—which is on the witness list for both the prosecution and defense—has [...] Full Story Top When will Romney choose a vice presidential candidate? Thu,3 May 2012 12:16 PM PDT The Ticket - Using recent history as an indicator, there's plenty of time left to speculate about who Mitt Romney will choose as his running mate. A trend analysis by Geoffrey Skelley of the University of Virginia Center for Politics shows that in modern politics, nominees almost always wait until the final days before the party convention to [...] Full Story Top Seau suicide turns up focus on brain injuries Thu,3 May 2012 06:47 PM PDT Associated Press - Dave Duerson made it easy to understand why he was ending his tortured life. Full Story Top Sen. Mark Kirk home, 3 months after stroke Thu,3 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., who suffered a stroke in late January, has recovered enough to leave the rehabilitation center he's been living at for the last three months and will continue his recovery from home, his Senate office announced today. "Mark has progressed to the... Full Story Top Lawmakers push for vote to limit post office closures Thu,3 May 2012 05:57 PM PDT Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to drum up support in the House of Representatives to vote on a Senate-passed bill that would make it tougher for the Postal Service to close some facilities, in part by targeting representatives who may lose postal facilities and jobs in their districts. The group hopes representatives who are concerned about the planned closures of post offices or mail processing sites under the Postal Service's own cost-cutting plan will join them in pressing House leadership to hold a vote on the Senate bill. ... Full Story Top New Galaxy S III phone is bigger and smarter Thu,3 May 2012 03:11 PM PDT Tech It Up! - At a press event in London on Thursday that it described as an "unpacking," Samsung indeed rolled out an impressive array of hardware and software enhancements that the company hopes will help it retain its ranking as the top cell phone maker in the world. Full Story Top New spray makes you 'instantly drunk,' then wears off Thu,3 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT The Sideshow - A French American scientist has invented a new alcohol spray that instantly intoxicates the user. Full Story Top Facebook facts at a glance Thu,3 May 2012 05:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Facebook, which said Thursday that it expects its initial public stock offering to price between $28 and $35 for a potential take of $13.58 billion, took the unusual step of posting its IPO "roadshow" online. A look at some facts about the social media phenomenon: Full Story Top 13-year-old finds mistake in Metropolitan Museum of Art map Thu,3 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT The Sideshow - New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is one of the world's premier destinations for artistic and historical exhibitions. But this epicenter of worldly culture is not above admitting the occasional mistake. Even when the correction comes from one curious 13-year-old boy. The Hartford Courant reports that 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady found an [...] Full Story Top Y! Big Story: Scandals plague China's leadership transition Thu,3 May 2012 02:22 PM PDT Trending Now - An escaped dissident (a blind one at that), running from house arrest and straight into the arms of Hillary Clinton—if he can get to her. A political rock star's downfall. A mysterious poisoning. Are these cases of power-mad provincials on the loose? The clash of national economic reform and upstart Maoist loyalists? Just nasty but [...] Full Story Top Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial Thu,3 May 2012 06:12 PM PDT Associated Press - A federal court jury is having a difficult time reaching a verdict in a complex copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google. Full Story Top 37% of teens are video chatting, and that number's growing: study Thu,3 May 2012 02:29 PM PDT Technology News Blog - How do your kids stay in touch with their friends online? Do they use video chat programs? If so, they're in good company — according to a study of American teenagers, nearly 4 our of 10 kids are using video chat. … Continue reading → Full Story Top Man flies across Rio de Janeiro using a jet pack he built himself Thu,3 May 2012 06:13 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Looking for an exciting way to spend your summer vacation? Forget the world's largest free fall swing, and don't even bother gassing up the hovercraft. The only real way to get your adrenaline fix this summer is to streak across the skies of … Continue reading → Full Story Top Prison's 'Cuddly Catz' program pairs felons and felines Thu,3 May 2012 05:47 PM PDT The Sideshow - A prison in Washington State has begun testing out a new program, "Cuddly Catz," matching inmates with cats who have been rescued from shelters. The Associated Press reports that inmate Joey Contreras, 28, was transferred from a 40 man dorm into a two-person cell in March. But it's the cell's third occupant, "Princess Natalie," who [...] Full Story Top

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