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Monday, June 25, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: British spy chief: West faces 'astonishing' cyber spy threats Blast from the bench: The 'evil effects of illegal immigration' Readers' snapshots of Colorado wildfires Report: Norwegian terrorist trained in Yemen now 'operational' Intelligence director's weapon of choice in war on leaks: The lie detector Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Math anxiety in school? Scientists have it too Tropical Storm Debby drenches Florida Reports: Holder contempt vote to be held Thursday W.H. on upcoming health care ruling: We're ready for anything Canadian house bought in 1982 for $15,000 now worth $2 million U.S. will help Turkey hold Syria 'accountable' for jet shoot-down Interactive: Immigration from Mexico plummeted before Ariz. law British spy chief: West faces 'astonishing' cyber spy threats Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT ABC News - Britain's spy chief warns against "industrial-scale" proliferation of cyber espionage, mainly from China. Full Story Top Blast from the bench: The 'evil effects of illegal immigration' Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT In a stinging, 22-page dissent to Monday's decision striking down most of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, Justice Antonin Scalia criticized President Barack Obama's announcement earlier this month that he would stay the deportation of young illegal immigrants and suggested that the federal government does not want to enforce its immigration laws. "The president said [...] Full Story Top Readers' snapshots of Colorado wildfires Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire billows near Colorado Springs, Colo. By Monday afternoon, the fire was 5 percent contained. Authorities said the fire had burned nearly 3,500 acres. Full Story Top Report: Norwegian terrorist trained in Yemen now 'operational' Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:28 PM PDT ABC News - A Norwegian man who received terrorist training in Yemen is "operational" and is likely awaiting instructions to attack Western targets, according to a report by The Associated Press, which was confirmed by an ABC News intelligence source. Full Story Top Intelligence director's weapon of choice in war on leaks: The lie detector Mon,25 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT Employees at many of America's top intelligence gathering and analysis agencies will have to convince a lie detector that they haven't spilled any of the nation's secrets to the media. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper announced the plan Monday to plug up leaks of sensitive information. With a Department of Justice investigation under way [...] Full Story Top Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT Associated Press - As Jerry Sandusky insisted through a lawyer Monday that he is not guilty of sexually abusing children, a juror who voted to convict the retired Penn State assistant coach said she hoped the verdict would help his accusers heal. Full Story Top Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT Associated Press - Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. Full Story Top Math anxiety in school? Scientists have it too Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT ABC News - Tell us if this describes you.  You're a smart person who did well in school.  You were interested in science, but you didn't pursue it because you were worried about all the math you'd have to learn. Sound familiar?  Apparently biologists suffer from math anxiety... Full Story Top Tropical Storm Debby drenches Florida Mon,25 Jun 2012 05:36 PM PDT Associated Press - Practically parked off Florida's Gulf Coast since the weekend, Tropical Storm Debby raked the Tampa Bay area with high wind and heavy rain Monday in a drenching that could top 2 feet over the next few days and trigger widespread flooding. Full Story Top Reports: Holder contempt vote to be held Thursday Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:42 PM PDT Sources tell the Washington Post and CNN that the U.S. House has scheduled a vote for Thursday on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Holder is under fire for failing to turn over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, the failed gun-walking program that's under investigation. Last week, the [...] Full Story Top W.H. on upcoming health care ruling: We're ready for anything Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT President Barack Obama is "confident" that the health care overhaul he has described as his signature domestic achievement is constitutional but he will be "ready" for anything. "We remain confident that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and we are ready for whatever decision is rendered by the Supreme Court," press secretary Jay Carney told [...] Full Story Top Canadian house bought in 1982 for $15,000 now worth $2 million Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:12 PM PDT Photographer Sherman Hines purchased his Nova Scotia home for just CA$15,000 in 1982. Now, he and his wife are selling the restored 7-room home for CA$2 million. And he'd prefer you turn it into a museum. But it's not a case of ego run wild. In truth, the home itself is a piece of history. [...] Full Story Top U.S. will help Turkey hold Syria 'accountable' for jet shoot-down Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT The White House on Monday promised to work with Turkey and other NATO allies to hold Syria "accountable" for what American officials have described as the deliberate downing of a Turkish military jet, apparently in international airspace. Turkey said it would push NATO, whose governing body meets Tuesday to discuss the matter, to consider the [...] Full Story Top Interactive: Immigration from Mexico plummeted before Ariz. law Mon,25 Jun 2012 10:22 AM PDT To visualize how dramatically illegal immigration has abated, Yahoo News teamed up with Michael Gastner, a junior research fellow at Imperial College London, who specializes in creating maps that manipulate the shape of states to represent data. (One of his popular "cartograms," for example, uses physics equations to reshape the United States according to population density.) Full Story Top

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