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- Mayor's Bizarre Family Christmas Photo Goes Viral
- Driver sent or got 11 texts in 11 min before crash
- Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out
- Illinois Teen Learns About Bank Fees the Hard Way
- Woman Leaves $13M Fortune to Pet Cat
- Long-Sought 'God Particle' Cornered, Scientists Say
- Video: UFO filmed hovering over Russian protesters
- Driver was texting in Missouri traffic pileup
- Critics on Chelsea Clinton's 'Rock Center' debut: Boring!
- Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery "shocking"
- Famous photo of female Pearl Harbor firefighters debunked
- 2 students shot, wounded at Texas middle school
- Michelle Obama helps break world record for jumping jacks
- New Stratolaunch plane will take people into Earth's orbit
- Florida county will throw parents of truant kids in jail
- Alabama Republican leading secret life as sperm donor in New Zealand
- Jerry Sandusky Abruptly Waives Preliminary Hearing
- Republicans muscle tax cut bill through House
- U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained
- Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone
- Record exec dies after Hollywood street rampage
- Obama: Headed for a Landslide?
- Video: Puppy eats while sitting upright in chair
- Iran army declines comment on MP's Hormuz exercise remarks
- Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers
- No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges
- When tech goes wrong: Man who wins $57m on slot machine told it's a software error, offered $100
- Dutch Architects Spark Outrage with Design Resembling Twin Towers
- Man Sentenced to Life Forgot He Was in Jail at Time of Crime
- House and Senate agree on sweeping defense bill
- 'Elvis' monkey, psychedelic gecko found in SE Asia
- Gingrich would end Fed's emphasis on jobs, focus only on inflation
- Video: Dogs look out car windows, in slow motion
- Duggars Plan Memorial Service For Baby Jubilee Shalom; Michelle Hospitalized
- Forgotten Treasure: Library Janitor Discovers Silver Coin Cache
- Corpse found near NY beach is likely prostitute's
- Army helicopters crash on Washington base, 4 dead
- Saudi Arabia executes woman convicted of 'sorcery'
- NTSB recommends ban on driver cell phone use
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Mayor's Bizarre Family Christmas Photo Goes Viral
Tue,13 Dec 2011 08:52 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! Right about now, you're probably starting to receive Christmas cards from friends and family. It's pretty safe to assume that most of them are adorned with candid shots of smiling faces, and some even have a picture of the newest addition to the family: a [...] Full Story | Top |
Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:49 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Some conservatives don't believe in Newt-mentum. Popular right-wing talk-radio host Michael Savage has offered Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination because he doesn't believe the former Speaker of the House can beat President Barack Obama. "While it's true that (Mitt) Romney is not a strong a conservative as many would like him to be, the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama. And that is something Newt Gingrich cannot do," the nationally syndicated Savage said on his blog. ...
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Woman Leaves $13M Fortune to Pet Cat
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:21 AM PST
ABC News Blogs -  A 4-year-old stray cat that was rescued from the streets of Rome has inherited a $13 million fortune from its owner, the wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon. Maria Assunta left the fortune to her beloved kitty Tommaso when she died two weeks ago...
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Video: UFO filmed hovering over Russian protesters
Tue,13 Dec 2011 08:19 AM PST
The Sideshow - Some 25,000 pro-democracy protesters in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square had an unexpected participant in their demonstrations on Saturday when a UFO was spotted hovering above the crowd. Here is a somewhat blurry video capture of the scene, taken by a person in the crowd: Several demonstrators in the crowd espied the hovering object, with reflecting blue [...] Full Story | Top |
Driver was texting in Missouri traffic pileup
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST
AP -  A 19-year-old driver was texting just before his pickup truck, two school buses and a tractor truck collided in a deadly pileup on an interstate highway in Missouri last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.
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Critics on Chelsea Clinton's 'Rock Center' debut: Boring!
Tue,13 Dec 2011 08:22 AM PST
The Cutline - Chelsea Clinton made her first appearance on NBC's "Rock Center With Brian Williams"--and ostensibly her debut as a journalist--on Monday, delivering a short video report on poverty in her home state of Arkansas. And television critics, while polite, were unimpressed. "Chelsea Clinton didn't electrify broadcast journalism with her debut," the Washington Post's Hank Steuver wrote, [...] Full Story | Top |
Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery "shocking"
Tue,13 Dec 2011 01:18 AM PST
Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has described as "deeply shocking" Saudi Arabia's beheading of a woman convicted on charges of "sorcery and witchcraft," saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom. Saudi national Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was executed on Monday in the northern province of al-Jawf after being tried and convicted for practicing sorcery, the interior ministry said, without giving details of the charges. "The citizen... ... Full Story | Top |
Famous photo of female Pearl Harbor firefighters debunked
Mon,12 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST
The Sideshow - A photograph of three women reportedly fighting fires in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been debunked. Katherine Lowe, 96, who is the woman standing second from the right in the picture, says that while the photo is real, it wasn't actually taken on December 7, 1941. On the morning of [...] Full Story | Top |
Michelle Obama helps break world record for jumping jacks
Mon,12 Dec 2011 10:06 AM PST
The Sideshow - Michelle Obama has earned her family another place in history. This time, Mrs. Obama will share the honor with more than 300,000 other participants on Sunday who set the record for most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. The previous world record was just 20,000. In a video from the White House, seen [...] Full Story | Top |
New Stratolaunch plane will take people into Earth's orbit
Tue,13 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST
The Sideshow - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is teaming up with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan to build a giant machine that is part airplane and part spaceship. The new vehicle will be able to transport people and cargo into Earth's orbit and is scheduled to be commercially available by 2016. Unlike traditional rockets, the Stratolaunch will not require [...] Full Story | Top |
Florida county will throw parents of truant kids in jail
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:54 AM PST
The Lookout - A new truancy court in Palm Beach, Florida aims to cut down on the state's absentee rate for young children by punishing parents who don't take their kids to school. Florida law says parents of children under 16 who let their kids miss 15 days of school within three months can be sent to jail [...] Full Story | Top |
Alabama Republican leading secret life as sperm donor in New Zealand
Mon,12 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST
The Sideshow - A former top state official in Alabama has been discovered to be leading a secret life in New Zealand as a sperm donor for lesbian couples. David Fisher of the New Zealand Herald unearthed the story of Bill Johnson, 52, who as recently as 2010, ran in the Republican gubernatorial primary and is the former [...] Full Story | Top |
Republicans muscle tax cut bill through House
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:40 PM PST
AP -  Defiant Republicans pushed legislation through the House Tuesday night that would keep alive Social Security payroll tax cuts for some 160 million Americans at President Barack Obama's request — but also would require construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that has sparked a White House veto threat.
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U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained
Tue,13 Dec 2011 01:39 AM PST
Reuters -  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further. Pakistan is one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid and the cutback announced is only a small proportion of the billions in civil and military assistance it gets each year. But it could presage even greater cuts. ...
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Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:44 AM PST
The Envoy - Iran has--unsurprisingly--rejected an American request to return its downed spy drone. President Obama, speaking at a news conference with the visiting Iraqi prime minister Monday, said the United States had asked Iran to give the downed American reconnaissance plane back. "We've asked for it back," President Obama said of the drone Monday. "We'll see how [...] Full Story | Top |
Video: Puppy eats while sitting upright in chair
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST
The Sideshow - In this video, 7-month-old Bella races into her very own doggy chair, pulls down her feeding tray and begins to eat her dinner … sitting upright. Bella's owners say that she is forced to eat this way because she was diagnosed with congetical megaesophagus, which prevents her from being able to swallow food while standing [...] Full Story | Top |
Iran army declines comment on MP's Hormuz exercise remarks
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:51 AM PST
Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - A member of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee said on Monday that the military was set to practice its ability to close the Gulf to shipping at the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil transit channel in the world, but there was no official confirmation. The legislator, Parviz Sarvari, told the student news agency ISNA: "Soon we will hold a military maneuver on how to close the Strait of Hormuz. If the world wants to make the region insecure, we will make the world insecure. ... Full Story | Top |
Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:54 PM PST
AP - The militant group Hezbollah has revealed the identities of CIA officers working undercover in Lebanon, a blow to agency operations in the region and the latest salvo in an escalating spy war. Full Story | Top |
No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:33 PM PST
AP -  Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies.
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Dutch Architects Spark Outrage with Design Resembling Twin Towers
Mon,12 Dec 2011 08:49 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! The design of a residential high-rise in South Korea is stirring an uproar across America. The Dutch architecture firm MVRDV calls the building's design 'The Cloud', however it bears a striking resemblance to the World Trade Center during its collapse on 9-11. In 'The Cloud' [...] Full Story | Top |
Man Sentenced to Life Forgot He Was in Jail at Time of Crime
Mon,12 Dec 2011 12:35 PM PST
ABC News - LaDondrell Montgomery had his conviction for armed robbery and a life sentence overturned thanks to his attorney discovering he was in jail at the time of the crime. But he's still not a free man. The Houston, Texas, felon remains in jail faced with five more... Full Story | Top |
House and Senate agree on sweeping defense bill
Tue,13 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST
AP - Congress is pressing ahead with a massive $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terrorism suspects linked to al-Qaida, including those captured within the U.S., with lawmakers hoping their last-minute revisions will mollify President Barack Obama and eliminate a veto threat. Full Story | Top |
Gingrich would end Fed's emphasis on jobs, focus only on inflation
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:15 AM PST
The Lookout - If Newt Gingrich were president--something that has recently at least entered the realm of plausibility--the Federal Reserve would no longer worry about trying to create jobs, and would focus instead only on controlling inflation. And wealthy financial industry tycoons like Warren Buffett would likely get a big tax cut. When Gingrich released his economic plan [...] Full Story | Top |
Video: Dogs look out car windows, in slow motion
Tue,13 Dec 2011 10:45 AM PST
The Sideshow - Documentary filmmaker Keith Hopkin has put together footage of various dogs sticking their heads out of car windows. He used the GoPro camera to capture the footage in slow motion, allowing the viewer to experience every nuance of cuteness and wonder on the dogs' faces: Dogs in Cars from keith on Vimeo. You can read [...] Full Story | Top |
Corpse found near NY beach is likely prostitute's
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:11 PM PST
AP -  After a yearlong search, police on New York's Long Island announced Tuesday that they believe they have discovered the skeletal remains of a New Jersey prostitute whose disappearance sparked an investigation into a possible serial killing spree.
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