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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Obese Third Grader Taken From Mom, Placed in Foster Care SWAT team's shooting of Marine causes outrage Woman alleges long affair with Cain Wandering wolf inspires hope and dread New Mass translation launches in American parishes Ohio puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor Kansas teen won't apologize to Gov. Brownback over 'you suck' tweet Barney Frank Retiring From Congress Newt Gingrich on drug laws, entitlements and campaigning: The Yahoo News interview RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan alleges conspiracy theory, seeks release from prison Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement War drawdowns wreak havoc on Guard soldiers' lives Wyclef Jean squandered Haitian relief funds: report China's school bus donation to Macedonia derided Camera lost at sea returned with the help of social networking Conn. asset managers claim $254M Powerball jackpot Feds seize 150 websites in counterfeit crackdown AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies at 85 Sydney man convicted of killing mother's lover Man Makes Homemade iPad to Surprise his Girlfriend, and a Teen in Trouble over Negative Tweet about Kansas Governor Arizona gun club lets children hold high-powered guns while posing for Christmas pictures NYPD cop intervenes in scuffle on JetBlue flight Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp New "sun worship" sites found at Stonehenge Putin warns West as he launches presidential bid Archaeologist traces Pocahontas wedding site Pakistan says NATO ignored its pleas during attack Utah-to-Boston passenger denies child porn charge The other student loan problem: too little debt 6th earthquake in 4 days recorded in Oklahoma Tracey Gold Puts Anorexia in Reality TV Spotlight DNC ad targets Romney over flip-flops Doris Day sings out for first time in 17 years Euro in danger, Europe races for debt solution Senate Democrats push Obama payroll tax cut US student says he was beaten after Cairo arrest Haiti's Wyclef Jean defends charity Parents say to sue after Florida band drum major dies Obese Third Grader Taken From Mom, Placed in Foster Care Sun,27 Nov 2011 12:17 PM PST ABC News - A Cleveland third grader who weighed more than 200 pounds was taken from his mother after officials reportedly said she did not do enough to help the boy, who suffered from a weight-related health issue, to lose weight. "They are trying to make it seem... Full Story Top SWAT team's shooting of Marine causes outrage Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST AP - Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12-hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4-year-old son, Joel, asked to watch cartoons. Full Story Top Woman alleges long affair with Cain Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:46 PM PST AP - In an explosive allegation, a Georgia woman said Monday she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former businessman announced his candidacy for the White House several months ago. Full Story Top Wandering wolf inspires hope and dread Mon,28 Nov 2011 09:11 AM PST AP - A young wolf from Oregon has become a media celebrity while looking for love, tracing a zigzag path that has carried him hundreds of miles nearly to California, while his alpha male sire and a sibling that stayed home near the Idaho border are under a death warrant for killing cattle. Full Story Top New Mass translation launches in American parishes Mon,28 Nov 2011 03:31 PM PST AP - English-speaking Roman Catholics who have regularly attended Mass for years found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing printed cards or sheets of paper to follow along with a ritual many have known since childhood. Full Story Top Ohio puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care Sun,27 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST AP - An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care after county social workers said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight. Full Story Top Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor Mon,28 Nov 2011 05:17 AM PST AP - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology. Full Story Top Kansas teen won't apologize to Gov. Brownback over 'you suck' tweet Mon,28 Nov 2011 06:52 AM PST The Lookout - Shawnee Mission East teen Emma Sullivan insulted Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback over Twitter while on a school field trip to the state capitol last week. "Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot," she wrote to her 60 followers who tuned in to her sporadic updates about the [...] Full Story Top Barney Frank Retiring From Congress Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PST ABC News - Barney Frank, the first openly gay serving member of Congress and powerful Democrat whose name is attached to a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, announced today he does not plan to seek reelection. Frank became the first openly gay member of Congress six years... Full Story Top Newt Gingrich on drug laws, entitlements and campaigning: The Yahoo News interview Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:29 AM PST The Ticket - NAPLES, Fla. -- The staff at Books-a-Million didn't know what hit them. In preparation for a Saturday morning book signing with Newt Gingrich, the bookstore printed numbered cards for the first 500 people looking for an autograph from the former House speaker and Republican presidential candidate. The store gave out its first card at 8 [...] Full Story Top RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan alleges conspiracy theory, seeks release from prison Mon,28 Nov 2011 08:06 AM PST The Sideshow - Attorneys for Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968, have asked that he be released from prison, alleging that he was a victim of "mind-control" and never actually shot Kennedy. Less than a week after the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Sirhan's lawyers have presented their own Kennedy [...] Full Story Top Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement Mon,28 Nov 2011 01:41 PM PST AP - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts announced his retirement Monday effective at the end of next year, closing out a congressional career of more than three decades capped by passage of legislation imposing new regulations on Wall Street. Full Story Top War drawdowns wreak havoc on Guard soldiers' lives Mon,28 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST AP - Two months ago, Demetries Luckett left his job in Michigan, turned in his cable box, sent his daughter to live with her mother, and headed for Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Full Story Top Wyclef Jean squandered Haitian relief funds: report Sun,27 Nov 2011 01:41 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Less than a third of the $16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on Sunday. According to the exclusive report, Jean's charity, Yele Haiti, doled out millions in questionable contracts -- in fact, $1 million was paid to a Florida firm that doesn't seem to exist. The Post also reported that a company called P&A Construction -- which is run by Warnel Pierre, Jean's brother-in-law -- received $353,983 from the group. ... Full Story Top China's school bus donation to Macedonia derided Mon,28 Nov 2011 05:42 AM PST AP - China's donation of school buses to tiny Macedonia has touched off derision online, where Chinese have called the gift ill-considered given their country's poor safety record and a recent crash that killed 19 preschoolers. Full Story Top Camera lost at sea returned with the help of social networking Mon,28 Nov 2011 09:41 AM PST Technology News Blog - Just how tough is your average DSLR memory card? Apparently tough enough to survive a year at the bottom of the ocean. Naturalist and aspiring photographer Markus Thompson was scuba diving in Deep Bay near Vancouver, British Columbia, when he found a Canon … Continue reading → Full Story Top Conn. asset managers claim $254M Powerball jackpot Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST AP - Three asset managers from Connecticut's affluent New York suburbs claimed a $254 million Powerball jackpot on Monday off a $1 ticket. Full Story Top Feds seize 150 websites in counterfeit crackdown Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:53 AM PST AP - Federal authorities have shut down 150 websites accused of selling knock-off or pirated merchandise to unsuspecting online bargain hunters. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states Mon,28 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PST AP - A rising number of parents in more than half of states are opting out of school shots for their kids. And in eight states, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners do not get all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found. Full Story Top Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies at 85 Mon,28 Nov 2011 05:51 PM PST AP - Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a best-selling author, has died. She was 85. Full Story Top Sydney man convicted of killing mother's lover Sun,27 Nov 2011 10:02 PM PST AP - A Sydney man accused of killing his mother's lover in a bid to protect his family's honor has been convicted of murder. Full Story Top Man Makes Homemade iPad to Surprise his Girlfriend, and a Teen in Trouble over Negative Tweet about Kansas Governor Mon,28 Nov 2011 08:43 AM PST Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! What would inspire you to make a computer from scratch? When Wei Jin-Long wanted to get an iPad for his girlfriend, but couldn't afford it, he decided to build one himself.  Jin-Long, who is a student at the Art & Design Department at Northeast Normal [...] Full Story Top Arizona gun club lets children hold high-powered guns while posing for Christmas pictures Mon,28 Nov 2011 09:30 AM PST The Sideshow - A local gun club in Scottsdale, Arizona is hosting an event for parents and their children to pose for pictures with Santa Claus while holding machine guns they would not be allowed to legally own. Even toddlers are permitted to hold high-powered firearms in the photos. Organizers say the event has so far attracted hundreds of [...] Full Story Top NYPD cop intervenes in scuffle on JetBlue flight Sun,27 Nov 2011 09:06 PM PST AP - An off-duty New York City police officer subdued and handcuffed an intoxicated passenger who attacked a flight attendant Sunday during a scuffle aboard a JetBlue plane. Full Story Top Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp Mon,28 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in riot gear closed in before dawn on Monday on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles who defied a midnight deadline to vacate a camp outside City Hall, but stopped short of clearing the encampment. Police managed to reopen blocked streets for morning rush-hour commuters after a tense standoff with protesters who had taken over a downtown intersection, but remnants of a crowd that had swelled to 2,000 overnight remained at City Hall. ... Full Story Top New "sun worship" sites found at Stonehenge Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:14 AM PST The Sideshow - Archeologists have discovered two new pits at the mysterious Stonehenge site that shed potential light on its ritual use. The pits are aligned in a celestial pattern, suggesting that they could have been used for sunrise and sunset rituals; the pits pre-date the construction of the famous rock formations more than 5,000 years ago. The [...] Full Story Top Putin warns West as he launches presidential bid Sun,27 Nov 2011 07:52 AM PST AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sternly warned the West not to interfere in Russia's elections, as he launched his campaign to reclaim the presidency in a speech Sunday before thousands of flag-waving supporters. Full Story Top Archaeologist traces Pocahontas wedding site Mon,28 Nov 2011 04:41 PM PST AFP - Archeologist William Kelso is certain he's discovered the remains of the oldest Protestant church in the United States, standing between two holes he insists once held wooden posts. Full Story Top Pakistan says NATO ignored its pleas during attack Mon,28 Nov 2011 09:34 AM PST AP - The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers lasted almost two hours and continued even after commanders at the bases pleaded with coalition forces to stop, Pakistan's military claimed Monday, charges that could further inflame anger in Pakistan. Full Story Top Utah-to-Boston passenger denies child porn charge Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:07 AM PST AP - A University of Utah professor pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he viewed child pornography on his laptop during a flight from Salt Lake City to Boston. Full Story Top The other student loan problem: too little debt Sun,27 Nov 2011 02:24 PM PST AP - Jesse Yeh uses the University of California-Berkeley library instead of buying textbooks. He scrounges for free food at campus events and occasionally skips meals. He's stopped exercising and sleeps five to six hours per night so he can take 21 credits — a course load so heavy he had to get special permission from a dean. Full Story Top 6th earthquake in 4 days recorded in Oklahoma Sun,27 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST AP - Another small earthquake has been reported in Oklahoma. Full Story Top Tracey Gold Puts Anorexia in Reality TV Spotlight Mon,28 Nov 2011 10:23 AM PST ABC News Blogs - Actress Tracey Gold's battle with anorexia began when she was under the national TV spotlight as a star of the 1980s hit sitcom "Growing Pains." Taking on the role of the nerdy Carol Seaver at the age of 16, the actress was put over the... Full Story Top DNC ad targets Romney over flip-flops Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:31 AM PST AP - Democrats are using humor to try to undermine Republican Mitt Romney, pushing a movie trailer-style ad that portrays his candidacy as "the story of two men trapped in one body." Full Story Top Doris Day sings out for first time in 17 years Mon,28 Nov 2011 05:06 PM PST AP - Doris Day, America's pert, honey-voiced sweetheart of the 1950s and 1960s, beguiled audiences with her on-screen romances opposite top Hollywood leading men Cary Grant, Rock Hudson and Jack Lemmon. Full Story Top Euro in danger, Europe races for debt solution Mon,28 Nov 2011 06:14 PM PST AP - European leaders rushed Monday to stop a rampaging debt crisis that threatened to shatter their 12-year-old experiment in a common currency and devastate the world economy as a result. Full Story Top Senate Democrats push Obama payroll tax cut Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST AP - Senate Democrats are pressing ahead on President Barack Obama's plan to cut in half every worker's payroll taxes next year — paid for by a 3.25 percent tax surcharge on the very wealthy. Full Story Top US student says he was beaten after Cairo arrest Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:18 AM PST AP - Forced to lie still for hours in the dark, the American students held during protests in Egypt were told they would be shot if they moved or made any noise, one of them said Sunday on his first full day home. Full Story Top Haiti's Wyclef Jean defends charity Mon,28 Nov 2011 05:18 AM PST AP - Haiti hip hop star Wyclef Jean says he's proud of the way his charity responded after the earthquake almost two years ago. Full Story Top Parents say to sue after Florida band drum major dies Mon,28 Nov 2011 07:15 PM PST Reuters - TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - The parents of the Florida A&M University drum major who died after suspected hazing said on Monday they will file a lawsuit against the school to stop what they say is a violent initiation rite. "This is not going to go away like other incidents," said the family's attorney, Christopher Chestnut. "The culture of hazing within the FAMU band has got to be eradicated. ... Full Story Top

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