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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, dies at 82 Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Biden postpones Florida travel over Isaac Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela's biggest refinery NYPD: Empire State Building victims hit by police gunfire Apple's $1 billion patent verdict could corner market Romney and Ryan make pitch to women voters Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy Obama-Romney race is focused on seven states Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park Egypt PM says new constitution by late September Lance Armstrong takes part in bike race amid controversy Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash What happens to U.S.-born kids after parents deported? Legal marijuana backers raise $3 million in two states Wind patterns create pollution hotspots in cities Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, dies at 82 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 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 Biden postpones Florida travel over Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT Tampa - Vice President Joe Biden, who had scaled back planned campaign events in Florida this week because of the approach of Tropical Storm Isaac, has postponed his visit to the state altogether, the Obama campaign announced Saturday. "Due to the statewide state of emergency declared in Florida, Vice President Biden's travel to Orlando and [...] Full Story Top Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Sat,25 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels. More than 200 bodies were found in houses and basements around Daraya, a working-class Sunni Muslim town to the southwest of Damascus, according to activists who said most had been killed "execution-style" by troops on house-to-house raids. Due to restrictions on non-state media in Syria, it was impossible to independently verify the accounts. ... Full Story Top Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela's biggest refinery Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA/CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - An explosion tore through Venezuela's biggest refinery on Saturday, killing at least 39 people, wounding dozens and halting operations at the facility in the worst accident to hit the OPEC nation's oil industry. Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez told Reuters no production units at the Amuay refinery were affected and that there were no plans to halt exports, a sign that the incident will likely have little impact on fuel prices. ... Full Story Top NYPD: Empire State Building 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 Apple's $1 billion patent verdict could corner market Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT Associated Press - It was the $1 billion question Saturday: What does Apple Inc.'s victory in an epic patent dispute over its fiercest rival mean for the U.S. smartphone industry? Full Story Top Romney and Ryan make pitch to 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 Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff. "We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy," Correa said in a weekly media address. In a statement, Ecuador's government said it had received "a communication from the British Foreign Office which said that there was no threat to enter the embassy. ... Full Story Top Obama-Romney race is focused on seven states Sat,25 Aug 2012 05:02 PM PDT Associated Press - On the eve of their national party conventions, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a close race to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College votes for victory. And the contest is exactly where it was at the start of the long, volatile summer: focused on seven states that are up for grabs. Full Story Top Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first fatal attack in the park's history, officials said Saturday. Full Story Top Egypt PM says new constitution by late September Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:53 PM PDT Associated Press - Egypt will have a new constitution drafted by the end of September and ready to be submitted to a nationwide referendum, the country's prime minister said Saturday. Full Story Top Lance 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 Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash Sat,25 Aug 2012 01:15 PM PDT ABC News - Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash Full Story Top What happens to U.S.-born kids after parents deported? 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 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 Wind patterns create pollution hotspots in cities Sat,25 Aug 2012 05:50 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Urban breezes disperse pollutants in specific patterns, rather than randomly scattering the particles, suggesting that some parts of cities become natural hotspots for contamination, new research finds. 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

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