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Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Mitt Romney still seeking an elusive campaign reset CNN questioned over use of slain Libya ambassador's journal Obama: Romney 'sure can afford to pay a little more' in taxes Chick-fil-A CEO denies making 'concessions' Second Libya revolution? Anti-militia protests show nation's frailty Mauled N.Y. man: I wanted 'to be one with the tiger' Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84 Beer flows as Oktoberfest begins Apple, Samsung demand changes to $1B verdict First lady: Voting rights is 'movement of our era' Gas drilling protests held in U.S., other countries Somali lawmaker killed, al Shabaab claim attack Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair Ryan visits Miami to woo Cuban-American voters Free Syrian Army rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria Endeavour readies for road trip to L.A. museum Drunken driver kills seven at Moscow bus stop Why White House changed its story on Benghazi attack Mitt Romney still seeking an elusive campaign reset Sat,22 Sep 2012 07:16 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: In a letter released by his campaign on Friday, Mitt Romney's doctor gave him more than just a clean bill of health. His personal physician called the Republican presidential candidate a "vigorous man" with "reserves of strength, energy and stamina... Full Story Top CNN questioned over use of slain Libya ambassador's journal Sat,22 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT A personal journal belonging to U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was obtained by CNN, and The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it "broadcast reports based on its contents against the wishes of the Stevens family, according to relatives and State Department officials who were asked to intervene by the family." The cable news [...] Full Story Top Obama: Romney 'sure can afford to pay a little more' in taxes Sat,22 Sep 2012 04:57 PM PDT MILWAUKEE—President Barack Obama visited Wisconsin for the first time in seven months Saturday, moving to head off a possible last-minute surge of support for his opponent Mitt Romney in this pivotal swing state. Appearing before several thousand rain-soaked but cheering supporters, Obama argued Romney's policies wouldn't make things better for the middle class. And he [...] Full Story Top Chick-fil-A CEO denies making 'concessions' Sat,22 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Chick fil-A has "made no … concessions" regarding its support of groups that oppose gay marriage, company CEO Dan Cathy said in a statement that was posted online by Mike Huckabee, denying a statement by a Chicago alderman that the company said it would reevaluate... Full Story Top Second Libya revolution? Anti-militia protests show nation's frailty Sat,22 Sep 2012 02:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Residents of Libya's second-largest city warned on Saturday of a "revolution" to get rid of armed militias and Islamic extremists after protests spurred in part by the killing of the U.S. ambassador left four dead in an unprecedented eruption of public frustration. Full Story Top Mauled N.Y. man: I wanted 'to be one with the tiger' Sat,22 Sep 2012 03:12 PM PDT Associated Press - Before his now-infamous tangle with a Bronx Zoo tiger, David Villalobos adorned his Facebook page with New Age odes to Mother Earth and affirmations like, "Be love and fearless." Full Story Top Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84 Sat,22 Sep 2012 06:20 PM PDT Associated Press - Edwin Wilson set up front companies abroad for the CIA, made millions in the arms trade and entertained generals and congressmen at his sprawling Virginia farm. Full Story Top Beer flows as Oktoberfest begins Sat,22 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT A waiter carries beer after the opening of the 179th Oktoberfest in Munich September 22, 2012. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital over the next two weeks for the 179th Oktoberfest, which starts today and runs until October 7, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) Full Story Top Apple, Samsung demand changes to $1B verdict Sat,22 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT Associated Press - Neither side in a bitter patent battle is satisfied with Apple Inc.'s $1 billion jury verdict over Samsung Electronics Co. after a three-week trial this summer. Full Story Top First lady: Voting rights is 'movement of our era' Sat,22 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT Associated Press - Michelle Obama says protecting the right to vote has become the nation's most important civil rights issue. Full Story Top Gas drilling protests held in U.S., other countries Sat,22 Sep 2012 04:52 PM PDT Associated Press - Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking that they say threatens public health and the environment. Full Story Top Somali lawmaker killed, al Shabaab claim attack Mon,16 Jul 2012 04:53 AM PDT Reuters - MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb killed a Somali lawmaker allied to the president, an official said on Monday, in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab militant group that is fighting the Western-backed government. The insurgents, who want to implement their strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) across Somalia, have been under increased pressure since African Union troops and Western-backed government soldiers drove them out of the capital Mogadishu last year. ... Full Story Top Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair Sat,22 Sep 2012 03:26 PM PDT Associated Press - A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen. Full Story Top Ryan visits Miami to woo Cuban-American voters Sat,22 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - MIAMI — Paul Ryan, flanked by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney's son Craig, greeted a boisterous crowd of voters at a packed Cuban restaurant here at an event targeted heavily at Hispanic and specifically Cuban-American voters and told them a Romney-Ryan administration... Full Story Top Free Syrian Army rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria Sat,22 Sep 2012 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by rebels, the group's commander-in-chief said on Saturday. The FSA has been based in Turkey for more than a year as fighters have struggled to battle forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Although rebels now control large swathes of Syria, they face air and artillery attack from Assad's forces. ... Full Story Top Endeavour readies for road trip to L.A. museum Sat,22 Sep 2012 01:08 PM PDT SPACE.com - Space shuttle Endeavour, now a permanent resident of the state of California, has traded its winged chariot for a set of custom wheels. Full Story Top Drunken driver kills seven at Moscow bus stop Sat,22 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT Reuters - A drunken driver ploughed his car into a bus stop in Moscow on Saturday, killing seven people and injuring three others, police said. The driver, who was detained and could face nine years in jail, had his license suspended in 2010 for drunk driving, police said. Interfax news agency quoted a police official as saying he was driving at about 200 km per hour (125 mph). "As a result of a test that was conducted, it was determined that at the time of the accident the driver was in a state of alcoholic intoxication," a statement on the Moscow police website said. ... Full Story Top Why White House changed its story on Benghazi attack Sat,22 Sep 2012 10:37 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has been forced to reassess his view of what caused the attack in Benghazi, Libya that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, raising questions about whether the White House has a solid grasp on the underpinnings of the angry convulsions rocking the Middle East and the impact of the so-called "Cairo doctrine" laid out by Obama shortly after he took office in 2009. Full Story Top

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