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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Governors seek flexibility in sequestration Second blizzard bearing down on Plains region Movies for the masses, straight to the Web House Intel chair: Chinese cyber attacks 'unprecedented' Egypt's Morsi calls for dialogue on elections Chinese company reveals 'fastest smartphone in the world' Cuban leader Raul Castro announces he will retire in 2018 Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program South Korea's new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions Survey shows China manufacturing at 4-month low Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales Afghanistan: U.S. special forces must leave province Pistorius' brother facing charge in traffic death Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit On Sunday talk shows, automatic budget cuts find few fans Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas In South Carolina, disgraced former governor seeks a resurrection Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large

Governors seek flexibility in sequestration  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:38 PM PST "We believe in what we call flexible federalism," Markell of Delaware said. Full Story	Top
Second blizzard bearing down on Plains region  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:43 PM PST A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains Sunday, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region. Full Story	Top
Movies for the masses, straight to the Web  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:17 PM PST The Oscars still ignore Internet video. Don’t let that stop you from watching, or making, Sunday’s Best Vine. Full Story	Top
House Intel chair: Chinese cyber attacks 'unprecedented'  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:00 AM PST Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said “we are losing” the war to prevent the attacks. Full Story	Top
Egypt's Morsi calls for dialogue on elections  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:39 PM PST The Islamist president wants forces to join to ensure "integrity and transparency." Full Story	Top
Chinese company reveals 'fastest smartphone in the world'  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:02 PM PST Huawei, the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, wants to expand its brand. Full Story	Top
Cuban leader Raul Castro announces he will retire in 2018  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:30 PM PST He named a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice president and most visible successor. Full Story	Top
Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:40 AM PST Obama's former press secretary called the proposition "inherently crazy." Full Story	Top
South Korea's new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:36 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and to stop wasting its scarce resources on arms development, less than two weeks after the country carried out its third nuclear test. Park, 61, the daughter of South Korea's former military ruler Park Chung-hee, is the first female president of prosperous South Korea and one of her campaign promises was to engage with the North if it halted its nuclear weapons plans. ... Full Story	Top
Survey shows China manufacturing at 4-month low  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:40 PM PST A survey shows China's manufacturing activity this month has declined to a four-month low in a reminder of possible threats to its shaky economic recovery.HSBC Corp. said Monday the preliminary version ... Full Story	Top
Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:35 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic senators over expanding background checks for firearms transactions, one of President Barack Obama's top gun control priorities, people familiar with the private talks said Sunday. Full Story	Top
Afghanistan: U.S. special forces must leave province  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:38 PM PST Afghanistan's president on Sunday ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans. Full Story	Top
Pistorius' brother facing charge in traffic death  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:19 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The murder case involving Olympic star Oscar Pistorius took another unexpected turn Sunday with the news that his older brother, Carl, is himself facing charges for the death of a woman in a traffic accident. Full Story	Top
Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 01:03 PM PST NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - As BlackBerry launches the first smartphone from its make-or-break BB10 line in India, one of its most loyal markets, the company faces new competition from a formidable rival that has long had a minimal presence in the country. More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz. ... Full Story	Top
McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:36 AM PST Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep budget cuts set to start taking effect at week's end.The ... Full Story	Top
On Sunday talk shows, automatic budget cuts find few fans  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:36 AM PST The automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $85 billion reduction in government ... Full Story	Top
Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:02 AM PST Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping. Full Story	Top
In South Carolina, disgraced former governor seeks a resurrection  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:01 PM PST CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The appearance by a candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District here last week was delayed. The event's co-host, an undertaker, had been detained at his funeral home by an unexpected "delivery." A couple of people in the audience laughed as they realized what sort of delivery a funeral home receives. Questions of life and death seemed oddly appropriate because the afternoon's guest of honor was a man who is trying to undergo a political resurrection: former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. ... Full Story	Top
Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:11 AM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that left three people dead and several others injured. Full Story	Top

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