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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies Billionaire Ty Warner gives woman $20,000 for her cause after asking her for directions Airlines can say: You can't wear that Ex-Navy SEAL behind bin Laden book faces threats, investigation Parents deported, what happens to US-born kids? AP Interview: Obama on Romney's 'extreme' views Obama's team seeks to counter GOP message Obama Campaign: 'America Doesn't Need a Birther-in-Chief' Legal marijuana backers raise $3 million in two states In Ohio, Romney and Ryan target women voters NYPD: Empire State victims hit by police gunfire N.Y. gunman described as quiet, friendly neighbor Romney turns to Ohio amidst distractions Anchor Accidentally Propositions Co-Worker on Live TV New Hover Vehicle Recalls 'Star Wars' Bike Romney makes a birther joke in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate' Isaac drenches Haiti, heads toward Cuba, Florida Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Norway jails "sane" Breivik for maximum 21 years Official: Kidney for Ohio transplant put in trash Mexico probe why federal cops fired at US gov car Eiffel Tower named Europe's most valuable monument: What else made the list? Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo Refinery blast kills 24 in Venezuela, dozens hurt Democrats deploy traveling billboard to Tampa featuring photo of Romney and Trump NYC Parks Worker Finds Lost Wedding Ring in Trash Armstrong takes part in bike race amid controversy US mimics take 2 top spots in air guitar contest Prosecutor: Teen held captive in 'deplorable' home Romney: No one's asked to see birth certificate Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won't be heard at Republican convention Romney open to sending troops to Syria Washed out bridge strands Missouri couple in their home Drone strike may have killed Haqqani network leader Tea party tries to balance ideology, constituents Ann Romney's convention speech moved to Tuesday Five things to watch at the Republican Convention Mexican Navy: Police fired on US gov't vehicle Police try to piece together why quiet loner killed ex-colleague outside Empire State Building Empire State Building Shooting: Police Release Surveillance Video Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies Sat,25 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT Associated Press - Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82. Full Story Top Billionaire Ty Warner gives woman $20,000 for her cause after asking her for directions Fri,24 Aug 2012 09:57 AM PDT A woman who helped a lost man ended up with a surprise $20,000 gift. That's what happened last month when Jennifer Vasilakos guided Ty Warner when he stopped and asked for driving directions in Santa Barbara, Calif. While Warner didn't know exactly how to get to where he was going, Vasilakos didn't realize who she [...] Full Story Top Airlines can say: You can't wear that Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:58 AM PDT Associated Press - Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stir as much debate as this: How you're dressed. Full Story Top Ex-Navy SEAL behind bin Laden book faces threats, investigation Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:36 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former U.S. Navy SEAL who authored a soon-to-be-published book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution. An official al Qaeda website on Friday posted a photograph and the name of the former Navy commando responsible for the book, calling him "the dog who murdered the martyr Sheikh Osama bin Laden." The head of U.S. ... Full Story Top Parents deported, what happens to US-born kids? Sat,25 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT Associated Press - Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life and his carefree childhood unraveled overnight. Full Story Top AP Interview: Obama on Romney's 'extreme' views Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at the biggest political moment of his life. Full Story Top Obama's team seeks to counter GOP message Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:59 PM PDT Associated Press - Democrats want to cause a stir — or at least stay in the conversation — while the spotlight is on Republicans next week at the GOP convention in Tampa. Full Story Top Obama Campaign: 'America Doesn't Need a Birther-in-Chief' Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT ABC News - The Obama campaign is branding Mitt Romney an aspiring "birther-in-chief," after the presumptive GOP nominee seemed to joke Friday about the long-debunked claim that President Obama was not born in the United States. In a 15-second web video produced nine hours after Romney made the remark... Full Story Top Legal marijuana backers raise $3 million in two states Sat,25 Aug 2012 11:12 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Campaigns to become the first U.S. states to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Washington and Colorado have raised $3 million ahead of a November vote, far outpacing the opposition. Proponents of pot legalization in Washington state have raised nearly $2 million since the initiative qualified for the ballot in January, and about $1 million in Colorado since its measure earned a place on the ballot the following month, according to the most recent state campaign figures. ... Full Story Top In Ohio, Romney and Ryan target women voters Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:23 AM PDT Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, made a direct appeal to female voters Saturday, telling supporters at an Ohio rally that, if elected, they would do more to help women in business. "Just a word to the women entrepreneurs out there," Romney said at a campaign event in Powell, Ohio. "If we [...] Full Story Top NYPD: Empire State victims hit by police gunfire Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT Associated Press - All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by gunfire from the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence. Full Story Top N.Y. gunman described as quiet, friendly neighbor Fri,24 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Neighbors of Jeffrey Johnson assumed the man who greeted them as he left home in a suit each morning was on his way to work -- until Friday when police say he started a gunfight near the Empire State Building that left him and a former co-worker dead. It turns out that Johnson, 58, had not been heading off all those mornings to his job as an accessories designer at Hazan Imports. He lost that position a year ago, police said. On Friday, armed with a loaded .45-caliber handgun, he returned to his old workplace on West 33rd Street near the Empire Street Building. ... Full Story Top Romney turns to Ohio amidst distractions Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:24 AM PDT Associated Press - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared Saturday that "women need our help" as he promised to help promote women-led businesses should he defeat President Barack Obama in November's election. Full Story Top Anchor Accidentally Propositions Co-Worker on Live TV Fri,24 Aug 2012 09:52 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Watching reporter outtakes and flubs on blooper reels is all fun and games -- that is, until you become a part of the latest viral blooper yourself. That's the case with a pair of journalists from the Vancouver Island CTV station. Anchor Andrew Johnson was [...] Full Story Top New Hover Vehicle Recalls 'Star Wars' Bike Mon,20 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT LiveScience.com - A resurrected hover vehicle won't fly through dense forests as effortlessly as the "Star Wars" speeder bikes from "Return of the Jedi," but its intuitive controls could someday allow anyone to fly it without pilot training. Full Story Top Romney makes a birther joke in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate' Fri,24 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT Mitt Romney made a joke about the so-called "birther" conspiracies that question whether President Barack Obama is an American citizen, telling a crowd in his home state of Michigan that no one has ever questioned his birthplace. "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate," Romney said at a rally in Commerce, Mich., [...] Full Story Top Isaac drenches Haiti, heads toward Cuba, Florida Sat,25 Aug 2012 09:23 AM PDT Associated Press - Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula, where it brought flooding and at least three deaths, adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the terrible 2010 earthquake. Full Story Top Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT TAMPA -- The events planned for the Republican National Convention on Monday will be postponed due to severe weather predictions near the conference's host city, Republican officials said Saturday. "The Republican National Convention will convene on Monday August 27th and immediately recess until Tuesday afternoon, August 28th," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in [...] Full Story Top Norway jails "sane" Breivik for maximum 21 years Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term on Friday when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year, drawing a smirk of triumph from the self-styled warrior against Islam. An unrepentant Breivik, 33, gave the Oslo court a stiff-armed, clench-fisted salute before being handed the steepest possible penalty, 21 years. His release, however, can be put off indefinitely should he still pose a threat to a liberal society left traumatized by his bomb and shooting rampage last July. ... Full Story Top Official: Kidney for Ohio transplant put in trash Sat,25 Aug 2012 12:02 AM PDT Associated Press - A health commissioner says a nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor at an Ohio hospital that later suspended its kidney transplant program. Full Story Top Mexico probe why federal cops fired at US gov car Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT Associated Press - Mexican authorities are trying to sort out why a U.S. Embassy vehicle was shot up by federal police on a rural back road in mountains south of the capital, leaving two U.S. government workers wounded. Full Story Top Eiffel Tower named Europe's most valuable monument: What else made the list? Fri,24 Aug 2012 12:55 PM PDT The Eiffel Tower isn't just the most widely known landmark in Paris. It's also just been rated the most valuable landmark in all of Europe. A new study by Italy's Monza and Brianza Chamber of Commerce values the Eiffel Tower at about $544 billion, placing it far ahead of other historic locations, including Rome's Coliseum [...] Full Story Top Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT Associated Press - A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, police said. Full Story Top Refinery blast kills 24 in Venezuela, dozens hurt Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:27 AM PDT Associated Press - A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery early Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 80 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country's key oil industry. Full Story Top Democrats deploy traveling billboard to Tampa featuring photo of Romney and Trump Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:12 PM PDT As part of its counter-convention activities, the Democratic National Committee will send a truck to Tampa emblazoned with campaign material painting Romney as an agent of the rich. One side shows generic middle class Americans juxtaposed with Mitt Romney and Donald Trump and reads "End Medicare for us ... to fund tax cuts for them." The [...] Full Story Top NYC Parks Worker Finds Lost Wedding Ring in Trash Fri,24 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT A needle-in-a-haystack search by a New York City Parks Department worker willing to go the extra mile turned up a diamond in the rough, literally. It also saved the day for Danielle Hatherly Carroll, an Australian artist who lost the diamond, her wedding ring, while... Full Story Top Armstrong takes part in bike race amid controversy Sat,25 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT Associated Press - For a few hours, Lance Armstrong was back in his element — on a bike and in a race. Full Story Top US mimics take 2 top spots in air guitar contest Fri,24 Aug 2012 04:43 PM PDT Associated Press - Shaggy bearded "Nordic Thunder" has outmimed his American compatriot "Airistotle" at playing the air guitar to become this year's world champion in northern Finland. Full Story Top Prosecutor: Teen held captive in 'deplorable' home Fri,24 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT Associated Press - A Missouri teen reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in a decaying, crime-ridden Illinois village where she was held captive and subjected to sexual assaults that resulted in a child. Full Story Top Romney: No one's asked to see birth certificate Fri,24 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT Associated Press - Wading into a debunked conspiracy theory, Mitt Romney raised the issue of President Barack Obama's citizenship Friday by joking that "no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate." Full Story Top Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won't be heard at Republican convention Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When they convene in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president next week, Republicans will not hear a note from the city's most notable musical exports: death-metal bands such as Deicide and Obituary. The South Bronx hatched hip-hop and Seattle birthed grunge rock. Tampa gave the world death metal, a boundary-pushing style of heavy rock that features lyrics that can be decidedly anti-Christian. ... Full Story Top Romney open to sending troops to Syria Fri,24 Aug 2012 05:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday that he would send U.S. troops to Syria if needed to prevent the spread of chemical weapons. Full Story Top Washed out bridge strands Missouri couple in their home Thu,23 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT For Bob and Connie Bushner, a trip to the grocery store involves a trek on a four-wheel ATV down a creek bank, across the creek, up another steep bank and then to a car parked away from their home. It's been that way since December of 2010, when a storm washed away a small bridge [...] Full Story Top Drone strike may have killed Haqqani network leader Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone in Pakistan may have killed a top commander of Haqqani insurgents behind some of the biggest attacks on Western and Afghan government targets in Afghanistan, sources said on Saturday, but this was denied by a senior Haqqani leader. Pakistani intelligence officials and militant sources said Badruddin Haqqani, the network's head of operations who is also believed to handle its vital business interests and smuggling operations, may have been killed during the strike this week in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan. ... Full Story Top Tea party tries to balance ideology, constituents Sat,25 Aug 2012 01:29 AM PDT Associated Press - Twenty months into a Congress they have tilted rightward, tea party loyalists are finding that ideological purity can be elusive for conservative lawmakers trying to balance their convictions against constituents' election-year needs. Full Story Top Ann Romney's convention speech moved to Tuesday Fri,24 Aug 2012 04:57 PM PDT Organizers of the Republican National Convention are moving Ann Romney's speech to Tuesday night after the three major television networks opted against airing convention coverage on Monday. According to GOP officials, Romney, the wife of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, will swap speaking slots with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who had been set to [...] Full Story Top Five things to watch at the Republican Convention Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT National Constitution Center - Will Hurricane Isaac, Sarah Palin or Joe Biden be the biggest gate crasher at the GOP convention in Tampa? And who could steal the scene as a speaker? Here's a brief look at what could be a wild week in Tampa. Full Story Top Mexican Navy: Police fired on US gov't vehicle Fri,24 Aug 2012 07:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Mexican federal police fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle and wounded two U.S. government employees Friday after their vehicle drove into a rural, mountainous area outside the capital where the officers were looking for criminals, Mexican and U.S. officials said. Full Story Top Police try to piece together why quiet loner killed ex-colleague outside Empire State Building Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:08 AM PDT Associated Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - A gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police after he turned his gun on them spent long hours in the quiet of Central Park, photographing hawks and marveling over nature's beauty. Full Story Top Empire State Building Shooting: Police Release Surveillance Video Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT ABC News - Jeffrey Johnson Allegedly Pointed Gun at Police Full Story Top

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