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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Titanic photo shows evidence of human remains Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum Before and after makeup: Reddit user's startling photo Exclusive: Secret Service Bragged About Protecting Obama While Partying At Colombian Brothel Secret Service looking into Ted Nugent violent anti-Obama message Mother shot dead, newborn taken near Houston Girl in Pulitzer-winning picture still has nightmares Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of Searching How is the GSA spending your money? Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia: Photos of dancing, beer-slugging secretary of state cause stir Granny 'Drug Kingpin' Busted in Oklahoma Boy to school officials: Mom, sister dead at home The third name on your ballot in November will be….. Romney's top-five vice presidential nods: Who's the potential time bomb? 6-year-old's lemonade stand raises $10,000 for Dad's cancer treatment Michigan lotto winner charged with welfare fraud Newt Gingrich bitten by penguin at zoo, a place where he loves to go George Zimmerman attorney wants judge in murder case tossed and records to remain sealed Romney tells Obama to 'start packing' in interview with Diane Sawyer Mitt Romney Shows Record Shortfall in Personal Popularity in ABC News/Washington Post Poll 83-year-old model Daphne Selfe says she's never had cosmetic surgery Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane Dog Seamus 'Loved' Trips Atop Family Car, Says Ann Romney Spectacular Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun Samantha Brick: I know I'm beautiful—Daddy told me so Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff Loyal Labrador Braves Traffic to Wait by Friend's Side How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy? Christie Would Listen if Romney Asks Him to Be Running Mate Ahmadinejad warns against aggression on Iran Exclusive: Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife The Vatican's Mob Murder Mystery 6-year-old girl handcuffed by police over 'tantrum' Check that bought Superman rights for $130 sells for $160,000 We're Finally Going to Meet a Mega Millions Winner The end of the Minutemen: Tea party absorbs the border-watching movement Citigroup Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan Norway killer: 'I would have done it again' New Dating Trend Matches Singles Based on Smell Newt nipped by zoo penguin, gets Band-Aid Titanic photo shows evidence of human remains Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT The Upshot - A newly released photo from the North Atlantic site of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic shows evidence of human remains, federal officials are saying. In observance of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking, a 2004 image was reissued to the public in an uncropped version, which shows a coat and boots buried in the mud at [...] Full Story Top Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum Tue,17 Apr 2012 06:56 AM PDT Associated Press - Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action. Full Story Top Before and after makeup: Reddit user's startling photo Mon,16 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT The Sideshow - In an upload titled "The power of makeup," Reddit user "munner83" publicly posted a picture of herself showing one side of her face with makeup and the other side makeup-free. The photo was originally uploaded last December but has jumped to Reddit's rankings today. Reaction to the photo has been mixed, with about 5,000 Reddit [...] Full Story Top Exclusive: Secret Service Bragged About Protecting Obama While Partying At Colombian Brothel Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:01 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce Report: CARTAGENA, Colombia — ABC News has learned exclusively that the Secret Service officials accused of misconduct in Colombia revealed their identities by boasting at a Cartagena brothel that they worked for President Obama. Partying at... Full Story Top Secret Service looking into Ted Nugent violent anti-Obama message Tue,17 Apr 2012 03:51 PM PDT The Ticket - The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a violent rant by "Catch Scratch Fever" rocker Ted Nugent  in which he denounced President Barack Obama and his top advisers as "evil" and urged National Rifle Association members to help "chop their heads off in November." "I'll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the [...] Full Story Top Mother shot dead, newborn taken near Houston Tue,17 Apr 2012 06:05 PM PDT Associated Press - A newborn boy was abducted from his dying mother after she was repeatedly shot outside a suburban Houston pediatric center on Tuesday, according to investigators searching for the suspected shooter who sped off with the infant in a blood-stained Lexus. Full Story Top Girl in Pulitzer-winning picture still has nightmares Tue,17 Apr 2012 03:21 AM PDT AFP - Down a rutted dirt alley in Old Kabul, the "Girl in the green dress" -- the subject of AFP's Pulitzer-winning photograph -- still has nightmares about the day a suicide bomber made her image world famous. Full Story Top Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of Searching Tue,17 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT LiveScience.com - An elusive particle that is its own antiparticle may have been found, and, if confirmed, would be the first time a phenomenon predicted decades ago has been seen in a real system. Full Story Top How is the GSA spending your money? Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:53 PM PDT The Upshot - Dropping $822,751 on a conference for about 300 people would be a scandalous waste in the private sector (maybe not if you're Instagram)—but put that bill on a government tab, and it's unfathomable: In fact, that sum is the amount of taxpayer dollars dropped on a Las Vegas junket by an agency that most Americans [...] Full Story Top Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia: Photos of dancing, beer-slugging secretary of state cause stir Mon,16 Apr 2012 07:28 AM PDT The Ticket - Over the weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cut loose during her trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, partying at a local club early Sunday morning. And while the outing may be fairly typical of visitors to Latin American countries, photos showing Clinton dancing and throwing back a bottle of beer proved [...] Full Story Top Granny 'Drug Kingpin' Busted in Oklahoma Sun,15 Apr 2012 07:22 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - ABC News' Alex Perez reports: Silver haired and sweet faced, Darlene Mayes looks like many grannies but according to police, she is one of Oklahoma's biggest drug kingpins. Her operation went up in smoke this week, when police entered her home and found 4 pounds... Full Story Top Boy to school officials: Mom, sister dead at home Mon,16 Apr 2012 05:27 PM PDT Associated Press - A 9-year-old boy arrived at school Monday with a grisly story: His mother and sister were dead at their home four blocks away. Full Story Top The third name on your ballot in November will be….. Tue,17 Apr 2012 03:19 AM PDT Power Players - Spinners and Winners Americans will soon have their choice for the 2012 presidential race: Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama. But one group, Americans Elect, is determined to give voters a third choice for president. Americans Elect is out to shake up the voting process, taking nominations and votes for a third party candidate online, and promising [...] Full Story Top Romney's top-five vice presidential nods: Who's the potential time bomb? Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:53 PM PDT The Signal - Now that the race for the Republican nomination is effectively over, Mitt Romney's campaign is speaking publicly about who they might choose as his running mate. While the prediction markets we rely on for forecasting elections also take action on vice-presidential nominees, this is a different type of race, decided by a small council of insiders [...] Full Story Top 6-year-old's lemonade stand raises $10,000 for Dad's cancer treatment Tue,17 Apr 2012 09:53 AM PDT The Sideshow - Three months ago, Randy Cox was diagnosed with seminoma, a rare form of cancer. That's when his 6-year-old Drew decided to use his lemonade stand to help raise money for his father's medical bills. "He is so important to me, we love to play with each other," Cox told Texas TV station KLTV. "Lots of [...] Full Story Top Michigan lotto winner charged with welfare fraud Tue,17 Apr 2012 09:42 AM PDT Associated Press - A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a lottery jackpot was arraigned Tuesday on welfare fraud charges. Full Story Top Newt Gingrich bitten by penguin at zoo, a place where he loves to go Tue,17 Apr 2012 08:49 AM PDT The Sideshow - Newt Gingrich was bitten by a penguin at the Saint Louis Zoo on Friday during a private tour, zoo officials said. The candidate was on the tour before giving a speech to the National Rifle Association convention when "he was nipped on the finger" by a Magellanic penguin, Susan Gallagher, the zoo's public relations director, told Reuters on [...] Full Story Top George Zimmerman attorney wants judge in murder case tossed and records to remain sealed Tue,17 Apr 2012 07:30 AM PDT The Cutline - The attorney for George Zimmerman filed a motion late Monday asking the court to recuse the judge in the case over a possible conflict of interest. Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's attorney, requested that Seminole Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler be removed after she revealed that her husband works with Mark NeJame, a CNN legal analyst. Last week, [...] Full Story Top Romney tells Obama to 'start packing' in interview with Diane Sawyer Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT Acting very much like the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney sent a curt message to President Barack Obama today: "Start packing." Full Story Top Mitt Romney Shows Record Shortfall in Personal Popularity in ABC News/Washington Post Poll Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:55 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Obama Outscores Republican Rival in Favorability Full Story Top 83-year-old model Daphne Selfe says she's never had cosmetic surgery Tue,17 Apr 2012 11:48 AM PDT The Sideshow - 83-year-old model Daphne Selfe is making headlines this week for her age-defying beauty. But unlike so many of her younger contemporaries, Selfe says she has never taken part in any cosmetic surgery. "I've never had anything done to my face," she told the Daily Mail. "Not that poison, not a facelift. I think it's a [...] Full Story Top Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - A sleepy Air Canada pilot first mistook the planet Venus for an aircraft, and then sent his airliner diving toward the Atlantic to prevent an imaginary collision with another plane, an official report said on Monday. Sixteen passengers and crew were hurt in the January 2011 incident, when the first officer rammed the control stick forward to avoid a U.S. plane he wrongly thought was heading straight toward him. ... Full Story Top Dog Seamus 'Loved' Trips Atop Family Car, Says Ann Romney Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:01 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Seamus, Mitt Romney's Irish setter who traveled with his young family strapped to the roof of their station wagon, "loved" those trips, despite once getting ill, Ann Romney told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview. Seamus' 1983 trip from Boston to a summer cottage... Full Story Top Spectacular Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun Mon,16 Apr 2012 02:14 PM PDT SPACE.com - The sun erupted in an amazing solar flare today (April 16), unleashing an intense eruption of super-heated plasma that arced high above the star's surface before blasting out into space. Full Story Top Samantha Brick: I know I'm beautiful—Daddy told me so Tue,17 Apr 2012 11:10 AM PDT The Cutline - Samantha Brick, the British writer who sparked a firestorm of criticism over a column titled "Why Women Hate Me for Being Beautiful," is back with more fodder for her critics. In a new column published in the Daily Mail, Brick identifies the reason she says she knows she's beautiful: Her father told her she was. "Ever [...] Full Story Top Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:03 AM PDT Associated Press - After three decades of space service, NASA's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff. Full Story Top Loyal Labrador Braves Traffic to Wait by Friend's Side Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending Time and again, dogs have proved that "man's best friend" is more than just an expression. A black Labrador retriever named Grace is exemplifying that in an entirely new way and being hailed as more than just good companion. She is being called a loyal [...] Full Story Top How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy? Tue,17 Apr 2012 08:28 AM PDT LiveScience.com - It turns out, money might buy happiness after all. And, it might not cost as much as you think. According to a new poll, an annual household income of $50,000 is enough to increase the likelihood of people feeling an overall sense of happiness and satisfaction in life. Full Story Top Christie Would Listen if Romney Asks Him to Be Running Mate Tue,17 Apr 2012 10:36 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - BEDMINSTER, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said today he's "not looking to become vice president," but left the door open to a conversation about being Mitt Romney's running mate if the presumptive GOP nominee comes calling. "I love this job (governor) and I'm... Full Story Top Ahmadinejad warns against aggression on Iran Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:35 AM PDT Associated Press - Iran's armed forces will make its enemies regret any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Tuesday as Iranians marked National Army Day with a military parade near the capital Tehran. Full Story Top Exclusive: Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife Mon,16 Apr 2012 08:17 PM PDT Reuters - CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in China was poisoned after he threatened to expose a plan by a Chinese leader's wife to move money abroad, two sources with knowledge of the police investigation said. It was the first time a specific motive has been revealed for Neil Heywood's murder last November, a death which ended Chinese leader Bo Xilai's hopes of emerging as a top central figure and threw off balance the Communist Party's looming leadership succession. ... Full Story Top The Vatican's Mob Murder Mystery Tue,17 Apr 2012 01:45 AM PDT The Daily Beast - What does the Vatican know about the disappearance of a teenage girl 30 years ago—and is she buried with a Mafia don? By Barbie Latza Nadeau. Full Story Top 6-year-old girl handcuffed by police over 'tantrum' Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:12 PM PDT The Sideshow - It's been quite the day for 6-year-olds in the news. Earlier, we told you about the courageous, 6-year-old Texas boy who has already raised $10,000 for his Dad's cancer treatment. In less positive news, a 6-year-old girl in Georgia was handcuffed by police and charged with assault after throwing a "tantrum" in her elementary school. [...] Full Story Top Check that bought Superman rights for $130 sells for $160,000 Mon,16 Apr 2012 06:59 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Decades after two young cartoonists from Cleveland sold the rights to Superman for $130, their 1938 paycheck fetched $160,000 on Monday in an online auction. The winning bid landed the check that Detective Comics, later known as DC Comics, wrote to Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster for the comic-book character with the "S" emblazoned on his chest. "The concept of the superhero was born with Superman," said Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of New York-based ComicConnect, which held the online auction. ... Full Story Top We're Finally Going to Meet a Mega Millions Winner Tue,17 Apr 2012 02:21 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The third and final winner of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot has come forward in Illinois, the only one of the three who won't be protected by anonymity laws. Lottery officials in that state say the winner will be revealed on Wednesday, when they are presented with a check for their share of the gargantuan $656 million jackpot. The other winning tickets were purchased in Maryland and Kansas where state law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous. ... Full Story Top The end of the Minutemen: Tea party absorbs the border-watching movement Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT The Lookout - Back in 2004, Jim Gilchrist, a retired Marine and the founder of the California Minutemen Project, emailed a few dozen friends and family suggesting that concerned civilians personally combat illegal immigration by traveling to the Arizona border with him. Gilchrist lives in Orange County, Calif., but the Arizona border was the most heavily trafficked and [...] Full Story Top Citigroup Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan Tue,17 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT ABC News - Citigroup shareholders voted to reject the company's executive compensation plan during an annual stockholders meeting in Dallas on Tuesday after critics complained that top officials including CEO Vikram Pandit collect rewards all too easily. The proposal received just 45 percent of votes cast and followed Citigroup's... Full Story Top Norway killer: 'I would have done it again' Tue,17 Apr 2012 09:08 AM PDT Associated Press - Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik insisted Tuesday he would massacre 77 people all over again, calling his July rampage the most "spectacular" attack by a nationalist militant since World War II. Full Story Top New Dating Trend Matches Singles Based on Smell Tue,17 Apr 2012 09:16 AM PDT Trending Now - Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending The newest trend in matchmaking has little to do with physical attraction. People are being paired based on the way they smell. Skeptical? Well, you might want to try attending a pheromone party. Pheromones are chemicals secreted by the body's glands, and they influence the [...] Full Story Top Newt nipped by zoo penguin, gets Band-Aid Mon,16 Apr 2012 06:41 PM PDT Reuters - ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Things have not been going all that well for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lately, even at one of his favorite places - the zoo. Newt was nipped on the finger by a penguin during a private tour of the famous St. Louis zoo on Friday before he spoke to the National Rifle Association convention, zoo officials confirmed on Monday. Gingrich, who is trailing in the Republican race for the White House and is under pressure to withdraw, passed unscathed through Big Cat Country and avoided contact with the crocodiles in the Herpetarium. ... Full Story Top

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