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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Senate leaders work to avoid New Year's fiscal cliff Woman charged with murder in NYC subway death Suspects in India rape case charged with murder Snowstorm hits Northeast, parts of Ohio George H.W. Bush moved out of intensive care Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security Four killed when Russian airliner crash lands Las Vegas police suspect casino worker killed young girl Missing Ga. boys located in Texas, father held 5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi road wreck 21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care Suspected U.S. drone kills three al-Qaida militants in Yemen New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012 Egypt president warns against new unrest U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria Drill ship, crew moving again in Gulf of Alaska Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year

Senate leaders work to avoid New Year's fiscal cliff  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 04:22 PM PST Congressional negotiators burrowed into their offices on Saturday to see if they could stop the U.S. economy from falling off of a "fiscal ... Full Story	Top
Woman charged with murder in NYC subway death  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 06:32 PM PST A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she has hated Muslims since Sept. 11 and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said. Full Story	Top
Suspects in India rape case charged with murder  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 07:42 PM PST Indian police have charged six men with murder, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped a woman on a New Delhi bus two weeks ago in a case that shocked the country. Full Story	Top
Snowstorm hits Northeast, parts of Ohio  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 07:40 PM PST A widespread winter storm dumped snow over the Northeast and parts of Ohio on Saturday, just days after the regions were hit by another storm moving from the nation's midsection. Full Story	Top
George H.W. Bush moved out of intensive care  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:22 PM PST Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said. Full Story	Top
Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 11:05 AM PST A lawyer who's asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school's intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. Full Story	Top
Four killed when Russian airliner crash lands  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 12:55 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian airliner flying without passengers broke into pieces after it slid off the runway and crashed onto a highway outside Moscow upon landing on Saturday, killing four of the eight crew on board and leaving smoking chunks of fuselage on the icy road. The crash during peak holiday travel ahead of Russia's New Year's vacation, which runs from Sunday through January 9, cast a spotlight on the country's poor air-safety record despite President Vladimir Putin's calls to improve controls. ... Full Story	Top
Las Vegas police suspect casino worker killed young girl  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:31 PM PST Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor blades. Full Story	Top
Missing Ga. boys located in Texas, father held  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 06:56 PM PST Police said two young boys from Georgia who were reported missing this week were found safe in Texas on Saturday and their father is in custody and facing charges. Full Story	Top
5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi road wreck  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 06:11 PM PST Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said. Full Story	Top
21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:28 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) â€" Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said. Full Story	Top
Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:33 AM PST Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Full Story	Top
Suspected U.S. drone kills three al-Qaida militants in Yemen  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 12:59 PM PST Three al-Qaida militants were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen, Yemeni security officials said, the fourth such attack this week and a sign attacks from unmanned aircraft are on the upswing in the country. Full Story	Top
New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 04:05 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals. Further names and addresses will be added as they become available to a map originally published on December 24 in the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, the newspaper said. The original map listed thousands of pistol permit holders in suburban Westchester and Rockland counties just north of New York City. ... Full Story	Top
Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 05:57 AM PST Rahm Emanuel’s first full year as Chicago mayor ends on a tragic note: The city marked its 500th homicide Thursday evening, making 2012 the deadliest year in the city since 2008. Full Story	Top
Egypt president warns against new unrest  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 06:58 AM PST CAIRO (AP) â€" Egypt's Islamist president warned against any unrest that could harm the drive to repair the country's battered economy in his first address before the newly convened upper house of parliament on Saturday, urging the opposition to work with his government. Full Story	Top
U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 08:13 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Attempts by the United Nations to end the bloody 21-month-old Syrian conflict through diplomacy have been a resounding failure and there is little reason to expect a quick change given the Russian-U.S. rift on Syria. After a year of intensive diplomatic efforts by the world body, U.N.-Arab League peace mediator Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria has made no more progress than his predecessor, former U.N. ... Full Story	Top
Drill ship, crew moving again in Gulf of Alaska  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:04 PM PST A Shell drill ship in the Gulf of Alaska has stopped drifting toward the Trinity Islands and company officials hope it will be moving toward safe harbor later on Saturday.Repair crews have restarted two ... Full Story	Top
Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 05:46 AM PST PASADENA, Calif. (AP) â€" Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. Repeat. Full Story	Top

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