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Today's Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines: Yes, Virginia, there will be an Iran sanctions bill Prosecutor: no domestic charges against Zimmerman NASA: Cooling pump on space station shuts down Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela Health care sign-ups pick up but may not close gap Ukrainian leader offers talks, protesters say no Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year MLB intends to ban plate collisions Jury acquits ex-cop in fatal post-Katrina shooting Pilot who crashed at SFO worried about landing FDA takes steps to phase out antibiotics in meat Interpreter for deaf at Mandela event called fake Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope India's Supreme Court upholds anti-gay sex law

Yes, Virginia, there will be an Iran sanctions bill  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 03:05 PM PST Congress will act, whether the White House likes it or not. Full Story	Top
Prosecutor: no domestic charges against Zimmerman  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 02:02 PM PST MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman will not face domestic violence charges because his girlfriend did not wish to pursue the case and there was scant evidence of a crime, a state prosecutor said Wednesday. Full Story	Top
NASA: Cooling pump on space station shuts down  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 06:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA said Wednesday it was looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there was no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board. Full Story	Top
Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 03:05 PM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Black and white, old and young, South Africans by the thousands paid final tribute Wednesday to their beloved Nelson Mandela. In silence or murmuring, they filed past the coffin. Some glanced back, as if clinging to the sight, a moment in history. Full Story	Top
Health care sign-ups pick up but may not close gap  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 02:38 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running short, the nation's health care rolls still aren't filling up fast enough. Full Story	Top
Ukrainian leader offers talks, protesters say no  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 12:45 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Opposition leaders in Ukraine rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer of talks Wednesday, saying they will not sit down with him until he fires his government and releases all arrested demonstrators. Full Story	Top
Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 01:37 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church's new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time. Full Story	Top
MLB intends to ban plate collisions  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 06:28 PM PST LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Pete Rose sounded bowled over. Full Story	Top
Jury acquits ex-cop in fatal post-Katrina shooting  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 05:40 PM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans police officer whose 2010 manslaughter conviction was touted as a milestone in the city's healing after Hurricane Katrina was acquitted Wednesday by a different jury of charges he fatally shot a man without justification during the storm's chaotic aftermath. Full Story	Top
Pilot who crashed at SFO worried about landing  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 05:21 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of the jet that crash-landed at San Francisco's airport last summer worried privately before takeoff about handling the Boeing 777, especially because runway construction meant he would have to land without any help from a common type of guidance system. Full Story	Top
FDA takes steps to phase out antibiotics in meat  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 02:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat. Full Story	Top
Interpreter for deaf at Mandela event called fake  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 03:08 PM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As one world leader after another paid homage to Nelson Mandela at a memorial service, the man standing at arm's length from them appeared to interpret their words in sign language. But advocates for the deaf say he was a faker. Full Story	Top
Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 12:29 PM PST NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Having already lost her 6-year-old son, Nicole Hockley insists she won't lose the fight to reduce gun violence — no matter how long it takes. Full Story	Top
India's Supreme Court upholds anti-gay sex law  Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 12:19 PM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Supreme Court struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexual conduct, dealing a blow Wednesday to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society. Full Story	Top

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