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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

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News - Latest News & Headlines: Loss of insurance mandate wouldn't kill health law Gingrich scales back his presidential campaign Americans angry with Obama over gas prices Pope, Raul Castro meet as official squashes reform hopes 'Incoherent' captain causes JetBlue flight diversion Video: Bernanke not ready to declare victory Photos: Western wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate Russell Simmons rips Geraldo's hoodie apology Boat sinks, Texas man survives 30 hours in Gulf Photos: Face transplant gives accident victim new life Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue Boy beaten near Paris Jewish school amid tensions FBI said to have gathered intelligence on California Muslims Video: The nightmare of living uninsured in America SAT cheating targeted in new rules for students School expels student for Twitter swearing outside of school Lorax statue stolen from California home of Dr. Suess Vermonters planning world's largest cowbell ensemble In French commune, 20,000 'doomsday cultists' await alien salvation Photos: Tiny puppy in California could be world's smallest Loss of insurance mandate wouldn't kill health law Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:40 PM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama's health care law would not automatically collapse if the Supreme Court strikes down the unpopular requirement that most Americans carry medical insurance or face a penalty. Full Story Top Gingrich scales back his presidential campaign Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Newt Gingrich has laid off a number of staff members in a last ditch effort to take his presidential campaign to the Republican convention. Full Story Top Americans angry with Obama over gas prices Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a new poll. Full Story Top Pope, Raul Castro meet as official squashes reform hopes Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:10 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict and Cuban President Raul Castro met on Tuesday for talks on a papal trip that has sparked hopes for economic and political change, but one national leader said there would be no political reform on the communist island. Cuban television showed the pope and Castro in the Palace of the Revolution at the beginning and end of an hour-long meeting, but they did not speak to the press. They were expected to affirm improving relations between the government and the Roman Catholic Church and discuss the Church's desire for a greater role in Cuba. ... Full Story Top 'Incoherent' captain causes JetBlue flight diversion Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:02 PM PDT The Sideshow - A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas was diverted to Texas on Tuesday after the plane's captain became incoherent and had to be subdued. Full Story Top Video: Bernanke not ready to declare victory Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PDT Newsmakers - The U.S. economy is "stronger and more stable" than it was a year ago and the financial stress in Europe is easing, but many challenges remain, he says. Full Story Top Photos: Western wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:07 PM PDT A trail of slurry is deposited by a bomber during a run over a smoldering ridge in the Lower North Fork Wildfire burning in the foothills community of Conifer, Colo., southwest of Denver on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Firefighters are now able to actively battle the blaze on the ground that started on Monday and has already destroyed at least 16 homes in the rugged terrain. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Full Story Top Russell Simmons rips Geraldo's hoodie apology Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PDT The Lookout - Geraldo Rivera offered something of an apology for controversial comments he made last week about the hooded sweatshirt Trayvon Martin was wearing he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman. Full Story Top Boat sinks, Texas man survives 30 hours in Gulf Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:03 PM PDT Associated Press - For hours after their boat sank, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen treaded water in the Gulf of Mexico, talking about life and death while struggling to survive. For more than 30 hours, it worked. Full Story Top Photos: Face transplant gives accident victim new life Mon,26 Mar 2012 08:38 PM PDT Yahoo! News - Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Mar. 27 detailed what they said was the world's most comprehensive face transplant - allowing a 37-year-old man to emerge from behind a mask 15 years after a gun accident almost killed him. Full Story Top Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PDT Associated Press - Syria accepted a cease-fire drawn up by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday, but the diplomatic breakthrough was swiftly overshadowed by intense clashes between government soldiers and rebels that sent bullets flying into Lebanon. Full Story Top Boy beaten near Paris Jewish school amid tensions Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT Associated Press - A 12-year-old boy was beaten outside his Jewish school in Paris by youths reciting anti-Semitic slogans, school officials said, amid high security and tensions in France following killings of Jewish children and a rabbi last week. Full Story Top FBI said to have gathered intelligence on California Muslims Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. civil liberties advocates said on Tuesday the FBI had engaged in secretly collecting intelligence about Muslims in the San Francisco Bay area in recent years, including details about a sermon delivered at a mosque. The American Civil Liberties Union called for an inquiry into the FBI's data collection, citing investigative practices from between 2004 and 2008 that it said raised the possibility of privacy violations. ... Full Story Top Video: The nightmare of living uninsured in America Tue,27 Mar 2012 08:18 PM PDT The Daily Ticker -Y! Finance - Hogan Gorman knows all too well what it is like to get seriously injured in the United State of America without health insurance. Full Story Top SAT cheating targeted in new rules for students Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:50 PM PDT The Upshot - New security measures to prevent cheating on the SAT and ACT college entrance exams were announced Tuesday, including a requirement that students submit a photo of themselves when they sign up for the tests. The measures are in response to a massive cheating scandal on Long Island last year, which is why the improved rules [...] Full Story Top School expels student for Twitter swearing outside of school Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:08 PM PDT Technology News Blog - From Facebook communications to tweets, you're no doubt already aware that nothing you do online is truly private. Full Story Top Lorax statue stolen from California home of Dr. Suess Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:48 PM PDT Reuters - A 300-pound bronze statue of the Lorax, a character from the Dr. Seuss book and hit movie of the same name, has been stolen from the late author's San Diego estate, police said on Tuesday. The 3-foot-high statue of the Lorax standing on a tree stump with his arms outstretched was reported missing from the hillside property on Monday morning, San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown said. Theodor Geisel, who wrote The Lorax and other best-selling children's books under the pen-name Dr. Seuss, died in 1991 at the age of 87. ... Full Story Top Vermonters planning world's largest cowbell ensemble Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:21 PM PDT The Sideshow - Taking Christopher's Walken's classic "Saturday Night Live" demands literally, residents of northern Vermont are planning to form the "World's Largest Cowbell Ensemble" next month. The gathering, slated for April 14 in Burlington, Vt., will be hosted by Ben & Jerry's and the WaterWheel Foundation, a nonprofit organization launched by local Vermont rock group Phish. The [...] Full Story Top In French commune, 20,000 'doomsday cultists' await alien salvation Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:09 PM PDT The Sideshow - An estimated 20,000 New Age believers who say the "upside down" mountain is home to aliens who will rescue them from an impending apocalypse have saturated a small French commune near the foot of the picturesque Pic de Bugarach. The Independent reports the growing flock, who locals refer to as "esoterics," believe the world will [...] Full Story Top Photos: Tiny puppy in California could be world's smallest Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:09 PM PDT Yahoo! News - A puppy named after one of the world's biggest pop stars could set the world's record for tiniest dog. Full Story Top

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