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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama: JPMorgan is 'one of the best-managed banks' Edwards trial: Defense shifts focus from salacious affair details Amid VP rumors, Rubio looking forward to 'years' in Senate Groupon makes first profit, shares surge The right and wrong ways to buy Facebook stock Euro zone finance ministers dismiss Greek exit "propaganda" NY seeks to deny murderers spousal burial rights Space shuttle Enterprise time-lapse shows painstaking process Calif. gov. proposes billions in cuts amid major budget shortfall Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names Obama cheers capture of top Kony commander Romney ad touts steel mill boosted by Bain investment Obama: 'Americans are on our side' on same-sex marriage Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign Rhode Island recognizes gay marriages, but not its own Rep. Michele Bachmann's fundraising whopper Have a nice colonoscopy: New test eliminates probing, laxative Obama faces questions on federal fight for gay marriage Mississippi couple rehabs wrong foreclosed house Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart Feuding couples use spy gadgets to snoop Obama: JPMorgan is 'one of the best-managed banks' Mon,14 May 2012 02:43 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Mary Bruce, Aaron Katersky and Christina Ng Report: Just hours after a top JPMorgan Chase executive retired in the wake of a stunning $2 billion trading loss, President Obama told the hosts of ABC's "The View" that the bank's risky bets exemplified the... Full Story Top Edwards trial: Defense shifts focus from salacious affair details Mon,14 May 2012 01:47 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (AP/File) After two weeks of testimony from witnesses to his affair, lawyers for John Edwards opened their defense case in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, by shifting attention away the salacious details to something entirely less sexy—campaign finance law—arguing that the nearly $1 million the former presidential candidate is accused [...] Full Story Top Amid VP rumors, Rubio looking forward to 'years' in Senate Mon,14 May 2012 02:56 PM PDT The Ticket - WASHINGTON -- Despite months of speculation about who presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may choose as his running mate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio isn't taking anything for granted. Speaking to a crowd of about 150 chardonnay-sipping small business owners Monday on Capitol Hill, Rubio emphasized that he's looking ahead to the next several "years" [...] Full Story Top Groupon makes first profit, shares surge Mon,14 May 2012 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - Groupon Inc posted its first quarterly profit by reining in marketing spending and signing up more customers and merchants, sending its stock about 18 percent higher. The fledgling company started by music graduate Andrew Mason, which had lost half its value this year on concern about waning demand for its daily deals and persistent accounting problems, on Monday surpassed Wall Street's expectations for earnings and revenue growth. ... Full Story Top The right and wrong ways to buy Facebook stock Mon,14 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT Breakout - Y! Finance - After months of hype Facebook is expected to become a publicly traded stock at the end of this week. Full Story Top Euro zone finance ministers dismiss Greek exit "propaganda" Mon,14 May 2012 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers dismissed talk of Greece leaving the euro zone as "propaganda and nonsense" on Monday, but said the country had to respect the terms of the bailout program agreed with the EU and the International Monetary Fund. If Greece can form a government and that government signs up to the bailout agreement, then it is possible some of the targets in the program could be softened, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said. "I don't envisage, not even for one second, Greece leaving the euro area. ... Full Story Top NY seeks to deny murderers spousal burial rights Mon,14 May 2012 02:22 PM PDT Associated Press - As Constance Shepherd's family grieved over her death at the hands of her husband, they had hoped to find some comfort by giving her a proper funeral. Full Story Top Space shuttle Enterprise time-lapse shows painstaking process Mon,14 May 2012 03:27 PM PDT The Upshot - Last month, the space shuttle Enterprise arrived at New York City's JFK International Airport on the back of a 747 jumbo jet. Its ultimate destination: The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan. [Photos: Last journey continues for Enterprise] NASA recently posted a time-lapse video of the shuttle being removed from the back of [...] Full Story Top Calif. gov. proposes billions in cuts amid major budget shortfall Mon,14 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - California Gov. Jerry Brown is facing the music. Hit with a soaring state budget shortfall of $15.7 billion – up from $9.2 billion as recently as January – Governor Brown announced proposals Monday to make $8.3 billion in painful, cross-the-board cuts that quickly elicited outcries from those affected. Full Story Top Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names Mon,14 May 2012 01:24 PM PDT Associated Press - Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011. Full Story Top Obama cheers capture of top Kony commander Mon,14 May 2012 03:19 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (Reuters/James Akena) The White House on Monday hailed the capture of one of African warlord Joseph Kony's top commanders, amid hopes that the arrest could be a big step on the road to catching the infamous Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader himself. "The capture of Major General Ceasar Acellam is [...] Full Story Top Romney ad touts steel mill boosted by Bain investment Mon,14 May 2012 12:55 PM PDT The Ticket - Hours after Obama's campaign tied Mitt Romney to the bankruptcy of a Missouri steel company, the Romney campaign is out with its own video highlighting a steel company it says Romney helped save. Full Story Top Obama: 'Americans are on our side' on same-sex marriage Mon,14 May 2012 03:15 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (Reuters/Larry Downing) Scooping up dollars for his campaign at a New York fundraiser, President Barack Obama told supporters on Monday that "the American people are on our side" when it comes to issues like same-sex marriage. The president spoke at an event hosted by openly gay singer Ricky Martin, [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign Mon,14 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT The Ticket - Ron Paul announced Monday that his campaign will no longer spend money on presidential nominating contests due to lack of funds, effectively ending his campaign for the Republican nomination. Paul wrote the following in an open letter to supporters: Our campaign will continue to work in the state convention process. We will continue to take leadership [...] Full Story Top Rhode Island recognizes gay marriages, but not its own Mon,14 May 2012 12:48 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - You can't marry your same-sex partner in Rhode Island, but as of Monday if you marry him or her in another state, the Ocean State will fully recognize the marriage. Full Story Top Rep. Michele Bachmann's fundraising whopper Mon,14 May 2012 01:27 PM PDT FactCheck.org - In several urgent fundraising appeals, Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claims that biased "liberal judges" redrew her congressional district "in retaliation for repeatedly standing up to President Obama." Full Story Top Have a nice colonoscopy: New test eliminates probing, laxative Mon,14 May 2012 02:37 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Colonoscopies could be made a bit more comfortable for people if they involved lying in a CT scanner, rather than being probed with an endoscope, and at the same time didn't require drinking upward of a gallon of laxative fluid beforehand — current requirements that most consider unpleasant. Full Story Top Obama faces questions on federal fight for gay marriage Mon,14 May 2012 02:32 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Just days after affirming his support for same-sex marriage, President Obama Monday declined to say whether he would go a step further and publicly take up the fight to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. While the administration has already stopped defending the legislation, which... Full Story Top Mississippi couple rehabs wrong foreclosed house Mon,14 May 2012 12:12 PM PDT ABC News - Terry Jordan and her husband, of Senatobia, Miss., thought they had found the  perfect fixer-upper, complete with a dining room and barn. They got to work, investing thousands of dollars in renovations in hopes that they could flip the property for a profit. But, as... Full Story Top Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart Mon,14 May 2012 06:49 PM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand. The Friday encounter with a rattlesnake sent Craig, 47, to the hospital, where he said he remained in excruciating pain and may lose feeling in two fingers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc has apologized. "I reached down to grab the stick to move it out of the way, and the snake stretched out, turned around and got its fangs in my right hand," he said. ... Full Story Top Feuding couples use spy gadgets to snoop Mon,14 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT ABC News - Couples Use Hidden Cameras and Tape Recordings as Evidence in Divorce Court Full Story Top

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