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Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: 1 dead, 7 hurt in Toronto mall shooting Was justice served in Egypt? Diamond jubilee is off to the races Wildfire tests wilderness work in New Mexico Cargo jet hits van in Ghana, at least 10 dead Long-sealed Watergate documents may be released Why American companies are too nervous to hire Elizabeth Warren goes on the offensive in Senate race Pot initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado U.S. and Iran dig in for long cyberwar Police: 'Canadian psycho' killed Chinese student Five bodies found in smoldering car in Arizona desert Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race Italian sailors freed on bail in India murder case Sudan army says 45 rebels killed in Darfur Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Small fire out quickly at World Trade Center Study: Experimental drug shrinks cancer tumors Three rare elephants found dead in Indonesia Joe Biden's daughter marries doctor in Delaware Ohio runner with cerebral palsy refuses to stop Phoenix police say mom forgot about baby on car roof 1 dead, 7 hurt in Toronto mall shooting Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:32 PM PDT Associated Press - A gunman fired shots in a crowded food court in one of Canada's busiest malls Saturday killing a man and injuring seven others, police said. Full Story Top Was justice served in Egypt? Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:30 AM PDT Time.com - In a run-down maze of slums with electrical wires and laundry tangled across Cairo's mustard sky, Umm Mohammed, 55, put her hands to her face and fell silently to her knees when she heard the news. An Egyptian court sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for his complicity in the killing of about 850 protesters during last year's uprising. Once the equivalent of a modern-day pharaoh, the 84-year-old Mubarak is the first Arab ruler to be brought to court by his own people. Full Story Top Diamond jubilee is off to the races Sat,2 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT AFP - Queen Elizabeth II received a rapturous welcome from a flag-waving crowd of more than 100,000 at a British racecourse Saturday as she kicked off four days of national celebrations for her diamond jubilee. Full Story Top Wildfire tests wilderness work in New Mexico Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:58 PM PDT Associated Press - A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation's wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago. Full Story Top Cargo jet hits van in Ghana, at least 10 dead Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - A cargo jet slammed into a minibus at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to a Reuters witness and an aviation official. The plane belonged to Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, according to a civil aviation authority official who asked not to be named. A Reuters witness at the airport said the plane had the words Allied Air on the side. A badly mangled minibus was beside the plane wreckage, and ten bodies lay nearby, the witness said. Ambulances, police and military were at the scene, he said. ... Full Story Top Long-sealed Watergate documents may be released Sat,2 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT Associated Press - The U.S. Department of Justice says at least some materials sealed as part of the court case against seven men involved in the 1972 Watergate burglary should be released. Full Story Top Why American companies are too nervous to hire Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:53 PM PDT Associated Press - The economy seems so gripped by uncertainties that many employers have decided to manage with the staff they have. They aren't convinced their customer demand will keep growing. Or they worry that Europe's festering debt crisis could infect the global economy. Or they aren't sure what Congress will do, if anything, about taxes and spending in coming months. Full Story Top Elizabeth Warren goes on the offensive in Senate race Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:21 PM PDT Reuters - Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took the offensive against Republican Senator Scott Brown on Saturday, attempting to put questions about her ethnic heritage in the rear-view mirror with a fiery speech at a state convention. Warren's attack came as two opinion polls showed the rivals locked in a tight race for Brown's Senate seat for Massachusetts, one of the most closely watched Congressional contests in the November election, in which the Democrats are seeking to protect a slim Senate majority. "Scott Brown is a Wall Street Republican. A big oil Republican. ... Full Story Top Pot initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn't exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but he has disappointed marijuana advocates by opposing its legalization, regulation and taxation like alcohol. And the Justice Department's occasional crackdown under his administration on medical marijuana dispensaries, which 17 states and the District of Columbia allow, has angered others. ... Full Story Top U.S. and Iran dig in for long cyberwar Sat,2 Jun 2012 10:34 AM PDT AFP - The United States and Iran are locked in a long-running cyber war that appears to be escalating amid a stalemate over Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Full Story Top Police: 'Canadian psycho' killed Chinese student Sat,2 Jun 2012 10:18 AM PDT AFP - A Canadian porn star suspected of cutting off and mailing his lover's limbs is also accused of harassing the country's prime minister and other lawmakers, according to an arrest warrant. Full Story Top Five bodies found in smoldering car in Arizona desert Sat,2 Jun 2012 05:49 PM PDT Reuters - The bodies of five people burned beyond recognition were found on Saturday inside a smoldering SUV in a desert between Phoenix and the Mexican border that is a popular route for smuggling migrants and drugs, a local sheriff said. The discovery came in the Vekol Valley in Pinal County, and investigators were looking for any possible suspect connected to the deaths, said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Early on Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted a white Ford Explorer in the area that was parked off the side of Interstate 8, Babeu said. ... Full Story Top Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - The battle over whether to recall Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, has sharply divided the state and become a nationally watched test of his party's push to limit government, slash spending and challenge public-sector labor unions. Tuesday's recall vote also has the attention of two very interested outsiders: Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, who are gearing up for their November 6 showdown for the White House. ... Full Story Top Italian sailors freed on bail in India murder case Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - Italian sailors charged with murdering two Indian fishermen were released on bail on Saturday to await trial, one step closer to the climax of a major diplomatic row between Rome and New Delhi. An Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the two marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, had moved to a hotel in the port city of Kochi in the western Indian state of Kerala, where they are obliged to stay under conditions of their bail. ... Full Story Top Sudan army says 45 rebels killed in Darfur Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:54 PM PDT AFP - Sudan's army said it killed 45 rebels who were looting in eastern Darfur on Saturday but the insurgents told a different story, saying they had seized an army compound. Full Story Top Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli on Saturday, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence. Mikati held talks with ministers and officials in the northern city, as gunmen a few miles (kilometers) away fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Residents and a doctor said 42 people had been wounded. ... Full Story Top Small fire out quickly at World Trade Center Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:23 PM PDT Associated Press - Firefighters responded to the 89th floor of One World Trade Center on Saturday to help construction workers put out a smoldering fire in some wooden decking. Full Story Top Study: Experimental drug shrinks cancer tumors Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:37 PM PDT Good Morning America - An experimental cancer drug successfully shrank tumors in patients with different kinds of cancer, including typically hard-to-treat lung cancers, according to a new study. Oncologists said the research was encouraging, but more study was needed to know whether the drug would prolong life for cancer patients. Full Story Top Three rare elephants found dead in Indonesia Sat,2 Jun 2012 10:45 AM PDT AFP - Three critically-endangered Sumatran elephants have been found dead in an oil palm plantation in western Indonesia and are believed to have been poisoned, an NGO said Saturday. Full Story Top Joe Biden's daughter marries doctor in Delaware Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:47 PM PDT Associated Press - Vice President Joe Biden's office has announced that his daughter has married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in Delaware. Full Story Top Ohio runner with cerebral palsy refuses to stop Sat,2 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT Associated Press - When John Blaine realized 11-year-old Matt Woodrum was struggling through his 400-meter race at school in central Ohio, the physical education teacher felt compelled to walk over and check on the boy. Full Story Top Phoenix police say mom forgot about baby on car roof Sat,2 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT Associated Press - Phoenix police have arrested a woman who allegedly drove off after forgetting that her 5-week-old baby was in a car seat on the roof of her vehicle. Full Story Top

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