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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Christie's tongue-in-cheek video: I don't want any more VP questions Zimmerman medical report shows injuries after shooting Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 Warren Buffett's firm buys 10M shares of GM Nebraska GOP chooses Senate challenger for Bob Kerrey Obama financial forms reveal big JP Morgan account Leon Panetta demands fixes for fighter planes Prominent Legion of Christ priest admits to fathering kid Groom sought after bride slain in wedding dress Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier Father: Ga. woman with flesh-eating bug wants book Perkins: Romney 'going to need help' wooing social conservatives Sugar can make you dumb, U.S. scientists warn Romney: Federal debt 'threatens what it means to be an American' Merkel, Hollande press to keep eurozone together Rare 'ring of fire' eclipse to appear on Sunday Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women Historic diamond sold for $9.7 million at auction Easter Island statues have full bodies and ancient petroglyphs Man builds Tesla gun that can shoot 20,000 volts of electricity Christie's tongue-in-cheek video: I don't want any more VP questions Tue,15 May 2012 06:38 PM PDT The Ticket - In a lighthearted video posted Tuesday on his official YouTube channel, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jokes that he's finished with town hall meetings, in part, because he's sick of the vice presidential questions. The tongue-in-cheek video opens with two of his aides discussing the governor's outreach strategy, and they agree to put Christie through [...] Full Story Top Zimmerman medical report shows injuries after shooting Tue,15 May 2012 01:49 PM PDT ABC News - Could Details Help Back Up Claims of Self-Defense? Full Story Top Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 Tue,15 May 2012 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83. Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His most famous novels include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier." "The Old Gringo" was the first U.S. bestseller by a Mexican author and was made into a 1989 movie starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda. ... Full Story Top Warren Buffett's firm buys 10M shares of GM Tue,15 May 2012 06:36 PM PDT Associated Press - Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry. Full Story Top Nebraska GOP chooses Senate challenger for Bob Kerrey Tue,15 May 2012 07:18 PM PDT Associated Press - Bob Kerrey won the Democratic nomination for Nebraska's open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday while Republicans decided a tight three-way race that reflected the divisions within the GOP. Full Story Top Obama financial forms reveal big JP Morgan account Tue,15 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT The Ticket - Maybe it's a case of putting your mouth where your money is. President Barack Obama praised JP Morgan Chase in an interview recorded Monday as "one of the best managed banks there is" and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, as "one of the smartest bankers we got." On Tuesday, the White House made public financial disclosure [...] Full Story Top Leon Panetta demands fixes for fighter planes Tue,15 May 2012 11:04 AM PDT ABC News - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demanded the Air Force take measures to make America's most expensive fighter plane, the F-22 Raptor, safer for its pilots in light of an ongoing, potentially deadly problem with the plane's oxygen system, a Pentagon spokesperson said today. Full Story Top Prominent Legion of Christ priest admits to fathering kid Tue,15 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT ABC News - A prominent American priest in the Legionaries of Christ, a troubled Catholic order whose founder was denounced by the Vatican for sexual improprieties, has admitted having a sexual relationship with a woman and fathering her child. Full Story Top Groom sought after bride slain in wedding dress Tue,15 May 2012 07:21 PM PDT Associated Press - The groom is being sought in the stabbing death of his young bride hours after their marriage — his new wife's body found in a bathtub in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception and possibly at the wedding itself, police said Tuesday. Full Story Top Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier Tue,15 May 2012 04:29 PM PDT Associated Press - Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed. Full Story Top Father: Ga. woman with flesh-eating bug wants book Tue,15 May 2012 02:51 PM PDT Associated Press - A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Full Story Top Perkins: Romney 'going to need help' wooing social conservatives Tue,15 May 2012 02:24 PM PDT The Ticket - Mitt Romney could ease the concerns of conservative religious leaders who backed his rivals in the Republican primaries by selecting a strong social conservative to be his running mate, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. "I think Mitt Romney is going to need help," Perkins told Yahoo News in an interview, noting that Romney's [...] Full Story Top Sugar can make you dumb, U.S. scientists warn Tue,15 May 2012 01:39 PM PDT AFP - Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories. Full Story Top Romney: Federal debt 'threatens what it means to be an American' Tue,15 May 2012 01:48 PM PDT The Ticket - Mitt Romney warned Tuesday that out of control government spending "threatens what it means to be American" and pledged that if elected he'll lead the country out of "this debt and spending inferno." Speaking to supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, the presumptive Republican nominee called the growing federal deficit "America's nightmare mortgage" and likened it [...] Full Story Top Merkel, Hollande press to keep eurozone together Tue,15 May 2012 02:17 PM PDT AFP - French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. Full Story Top Rare 'ring of fire' eclipse to appear on Sunday Tue,15 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT LiveScience.com - When the sun vanishes behind the moon for the first time over the United States in this century, what better place to enjoy the view than from one of the 154 national parks that stand in its path? Full Story Top Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women Tue,15 May 2012 01:30 PM PDT Associated Press - Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs in once all-male units as the Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what has already happened in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Story Top Historic diamond sold for $9.7 million at auction Tue,15 May 2012 04:41 PM PDT Associated Press - Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby's auction. Full Story Top Easter Island statues have full bodies and ancient petroglyphs Tue,15 May 2012 04:56 PM PDT The Sideshow - Explorers have long known there was more to the 887 statues on Easter Island—some 2,000 miles west of Chile—than just the statue heads made famous in photographs. When most people think of the renowned monolithic statues, they think of the heads only. But in October 2011, the Easter [...] Full Story Top Man builds Tesla gun that can shoot 20,000 volts of electricity Tue,15 May 2012 02:39 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Add this to the increasing number of unusual weapons straight out of a sci-fi movie: A repurposed Nerf gun equipped with a Tesla coil that can shoot up to 20,000 volts of electricity. This electrifying gun created by Rob Flickenger was inspired by the fictional … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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