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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Another 'Heart Attack Grill' customer collapses while eating 'bypass burger' Obama picture with student at Colorado bar goes viral Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her N. Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking US Staying put in Arizona after the immigration law: Not all undocumented immigrants joined the exodus In Arizona immigration case, Supreme Court justices cast doubt on government's argument Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores N.Y. Mom Fired After Donating Kidney to Help Her Boss Once Obama's, younger voters in play this election Madeleine McCann Investigation: 'Best Opportunity' Yet to Find Missing Girl, Says Detective Leading Review Whale found dead in Wash. had swallowed golf ball The Yahoo News election outlook: 100 electoral votes will decide contest Dogs get $5,000 wedding with all the amenities Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot 'Justice for Trayvon': Alabama Man in Critical Condition After Mob Beating Mia Love: black, conservative, Mormon, GOP House candidate from Utah Feds: Crooked TSA Screeners Arrested in Drug Trafficking Scheme Top vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears Fox News 'Mole' served with search warrant; laptop, iPhone seized Egypt's Most Popular Comedian, Adel Imam, Guilty of Insulting Islam Ohio man's fossil find in Kentucky stumps experts Donald Trump demands Scotland nix wind turbines First Lady Says Election Could Hinge on 'Few Thousand Folks' Mysterious Objects Punching Holes In Weird Saturn Ring Colbert Raises More Than PAC Backing Ron Paul Supreme Court Set to Hear Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law Y! Big Story: What an e-book might really cost, for all of us Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals' Pizza Hut unveils cheeseburger crusted pizza July 9: Doomsday for Your PC or Mac If It Has This Malware Hugh Hefner declares war on bedroom politics Obama on Fallon: POTUS 'slow jams' the news (VIDEO) Can world's 'most threatened' tribe be saved? New Saturn video created from Voyager and Cassini spacecraft images How To Get Free Wi-Fi Almost Anywhere Watchdog: Pentagon Buys Weapons Backwards Romney shifts focus to Obama, vowing to unveil a 'better America' if elected Salton Sea: Is it drying up? White House party crasher Tareq Salahi running for Virginia governor Another 'Heart Attack Grill' customer collapses while eating 'bypass burger' Tue,24 Apr 2012 12:16 PM PDT The Sideshow - No one can accuse The Heart Attack Grill of false advertising. A woman collapsed into unconsciousness at the Las Vegas restaurant while eating a "double bypass burger," drinking a margarita and smoking a cigarette. The unnamed customer was the second in just over two months to collapse at the restaurant while eating one of the [...] Full Story Top Obama picture with student at Colorado bar goes viral Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:03 PM PDT The Upshot - When University of Colorado student Madalyn Starkey posed for a picture with President Barack Obama, she had no idea the hilarious image would go viral. While traveling through Colorado on Tuesday, Obama stopped in at a local pub known as the Sink. In the photograph, Obama is grinning with his arm around Starkey while the [...] Full Story Top Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT Associated Press - A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon's policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active duty military personnel, the Marine Corps said Wednesday. Full Story Top Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her Tue,24 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT The Sideshow - A Florida couple was on a weekend camping trip that ended in an airlift to the emergency room. Steven Egan, 52, was hunting with his girlfriend, Lisa Simmons, in the northern part of the state when he mistook her for a hog and shot her. "He saw a hog and thought he shot it and [...] Full Story Top N. Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking US Tue,24 Apr 2012 09:52 PM PDT Associated Press - A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with "powerful mobile weapons" capable of striking America. Full Story Top Staying put in Arizona after the immigration law: Not all undocumented immigrants joined the exodus Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:53 PM PDT The Lookout - Erika Andiola still remembers the day Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration bill, known as SB1070, passed. She had been protesting outside the state capitol for days, sleeping on the ground and fasting, when the word spread through the crowd. She got a call from her mother, who, like Andiola, is undocumented. She told her daughter not [...] Full Story Top In Arizona immigration case, Supreme Court justices cast doubt on government's argument Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:11 AM PDT The Lookout - It was a tough day for U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who argued on behalf of the government against Arizona's stringent anti-illegal immigration law at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The justices seemed deeply skeptical of the government's contention that Arizona cannot require police officers to ask about immigration status during routine stops. But, even [...] Full Story Top Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores Tue,24 Apr 2012 10:46 PM PDT The Daily Caller - A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district member of Congress. But now it's attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. Full Story Top N.Y. Mom Fired After Donating Kidney to Help Her Boss Mon,23 Apr 2012 09:23 AM PDT Good Morning America - Giving a Kidney Helped Her Boss Move Higher on the Organ Donor List Full Story Top Once Obama's, younger voters in play this election Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:18 AM PDT Associated Press - Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt are being aggressively wooed by the Democrat and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Full Story Top Madeleine McCann Investigation: 'Best Opportunity' Yet to Find Missing Girl, Says Detective Leading Review Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:43 AM PDT Good Morning America - New age Progression Image Shows Missing Girl at Nine; Police Make Appeal Full Story Top Whale found dead in Wash. had swallowed golf ball Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:51 AM PDT Associated Press - A gray whale found dead in Washington state's Puget Sound had been feeding on shrimp and also had some debris, including a golf ball, in its stomach, but scientists don't know what killed the animal. Full Story Top The Yahoo News election outlook: 100 electoral votes will decide contest Wed,25 Apr 2012 06:41 AM PDT The Ticket - Economic growth may be stagnating, high-dollar donors may be harder to woo than they were four years ago, and Mitt Romney may be narrowing the gap in public-opinion polls, but President Barack Obama has one key thing going for him at the outset of this general election season: a significant advantage in the battle for 270 electoral votes. Full Story Top Dogs get $5,000 wedding with all the amenities Tue,24 Apr 2012 10:10 AM PDT The Sideshow - In this canine love story, ring around the collar was the intended effect. Scruffy Rubin and Snickers Carter had a wedding many couples dream of, featuring 100 guests, a wedding cake, open bar, receptionist and even security. But while the newlyweds are reportedly happy together, that are not actually human. The Desert Sun reports that [...] Full Story Top Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:12 AM PDT Associated Press - We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim. Full Story Top 'Justice for Trayvon': Alabama Man in Critical Condition After Mob Beating Mon,23 Apr 2012 10:32 PM PDT The Blaze - "Racial comments from both sides may have made the confrontations more toxic." Full Story Top Mia Love: black, conservative, Mormon, GOP House candidate from Utah Tue,24 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT The Ticket - Amid the crowded field of House candidates across the country in 2012, expect to hear a lot about Mia Love, a Republican who is an African American and a Mormon and who on Saturday defeated a handful of rivals to clinch the party nomination in the campaign for Utah's fourth congressional district. Love is preparing to [...] Full Story Top Feds: Crooked TSA Screeners Arrested in Drug Trafficking Scheme Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:43 PM PDT ABC News - Four Current, Former Screeners Got Thousands To Watch Drugs Slip Through Security, Feds Say Full Story Top Top vet rushes to soothe mad cow fears Wed,25 Apr 2012 03:59 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after confirming to reporters that the United States had found its fourth-ever case of mad cow disease, John Clifford was ready to answer the world's questions about the safety of U.S. beef. Clifford, the government's chief veterinary officer at the agriculture department, had quickly called his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, the first and second-largest buyers of U.S. beef, to tell them about a California cow found to have an "atypical" type of the brain-wasting disease. Having taken up his post in May 2004, just six months after the first U.S. ... Full Story Top Fox News 'Mole' served with search warrant; laptop, iPhone seized Wed,25 Apr 2012 09:22 AM PDT The Cutline - Joe Muto, the former Fox News associate-producer-turned-infamous-"Fox Mole," was served with a search warrant by police early Wednesday. Investigators seized his laptop, Muto said. "I just got search warranted at 6:30 a.m. by a very polite crew from the DA's office," Muto tweeted. "Took my iPhone, laptop, some old notebooks." Gawker published several columns by [...] Full Story Top Egypt's Most Popular Comedian, Adel Imam, Guilty of Insulting Islam Wed,25 Apr 2012 08:27 AM PDT ABC News - The verdict of a popular Egyptian comedian convicted of offending Islam has been upheld by a Cairo court, raising fears among Egyptian liberals and secularists about the Islamic tide rising since the downfall of former President Hosni Mubarak last year Imam, one of the Arab... Full Story Top Ohio man's fossil find in Kentucky stumps experts Wed,25 Apr 2012 10:17 AM PDT Associated Press - Experts are trying to figure out what a fossil dubbed "Godzillus" used to be. Full Story Top Donald Trump demands Scotland nix wind turbines Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:08 PM PDT Associated Press - He came, he saw, he blustered. Full Story Top First Lady Says Election Could Hinge on 'Few Thousand Folks' Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:32 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Seeking to build a sense of urgency for November, First Lady Michelle Obama told a group of 400 campaign supporters in Iowa today that the election could come down to only a "few thousand folks." "I just want you to remember that in the end,... Full Story Top Mysterious Objects Punching Holes In Weird Saturn Ring Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT SPACE.com - Mysterious objects appear to be doing some damage to Saturn's "weirdest ring," scientists say. Full Story Top Colbert Raises More Than PAC Backing Ron Paul Wed,25 Apr 2012 10:36 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Stephen Colbert's political action committee has enough cash to play jokes and pull pranks through the presidential campaign,  but for now the comedian is mum on how he plans to spend that money. Colbert's Super PAC, Americans for A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has $794,000 cash-on-hand... Full Story Top Supreme Court Set to Hear Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law Wed,25 Apr 2012 03:01 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Less than a month after hearing a challenge to the controversial Obama health care law brought by 26 states, the Supreme Court today will explore the relationship between the federal government and the states on another hot-button issue: immigration. At issue is S.B. 1070 —... Full Story Top Y! Big Story: What an e-book might really cost, for all of us Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:47 PM PDT Trending Now - Just why are e-books so expensive, and should they be? The knee-jerk answer to the second question is of course not. Does it make sense to pay a higher price for a digital title than for its print counterpart, especially after factoring in the cost of an e-book reader? (Tangential aside: Purchasing an e-book reader [...] Full Story Top Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals' Tue,24 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT Associated Press - The retired top CIA officer who ordered the destruction of videos showing waterboarding says in a new book that he was tired of waiting for Washington's bureaucracy to make a decision that protected American lives. Full Story Top Pizza Hut unveils cheeseburger crusted pizza Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:18 PM PDT The Sideshow - Not content to shock customers with its hot dog stuffed crust fare, Pizza Hut has just unveiled two new decidedly odd pizza creations, including one surrounded by mini cheeseburgers. What's arguably most interesting about the pizza mashups (there's also one featuring chicken fingers) is that none of them are currently being offered in the U.S. [...] Full Story Top July 9: Doomsday for Your PC or Mac If It Has This Malware Tue,24 Apr 2012 09:05 AM PDT Mashable - There's a trojan out there that tricks computers -- both PCs and Macs -- into redirecting all their Internet traffic through malicious servers. Even though the trojan's creators have been stopped and arrested, millions of PCs could still be infected. For those machines, the Internet will cease to exist on July 9. Full Story Top Hugh Hefner declares war on bedroom politics Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:44 AM PDT The Lookout - Hugh Hefner is ready for war—not against his former wives or girlfriends, but against conservative politicians who he says are thrusting their viewpoints into other people's bedrooms. In a rare move, the founder of Playboy magazine picks up his pen and writes an editorial in the May issue of the men's magazine. The politics website [...] Full Story Top Obama on Fallon: POTUS 'slow jams' the news (VIDEO) Wed,25 Apr 2012 05:36 AM PDT The Ticket - President Barack Obama appeared on Tuesday's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," which taped at the Univ. of North Carolina where the "POTUS with the most-us"--as a member of the Fallon's house band, the Roots, called him--was courting the youth vote. Obama sat for the standard late-night interview ("A couple of knuckleheads shouldn't detract from what [...] Full Story Top Can world's 'most threatened' tribe be saved? Wed,25 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT LiveScience.com - A new international campaign hopes to save a group of people who have been dubbed "the most threatened tribe in the world" — the Awá tribe of Brazil — from encroaching outsiders who are gobbling up their land. Full Story Top New Saturn video created from Voyager and Cassini spacecraft images Wed,25 Apr 2012 09:44 AM PDT The Sideshow - Netherlands-based director Sander van den Berg has taken images from NASA's Cassini orbiter and Voyager spacecraft to create an amazing new video of Saturn entitled "Outer Space." At first, the compilation of images looks like relatively simple computer-generated imagery of the gas giant. But the images become awe-inspiring when you realize they are all actual [...] Full Story Top How To Get Free Wi-Fi Almost Anywhere Wed,25 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT Upgrade Your Life - You work in your car; you practically live in it. And when you need to maximize the mobile office otherwise known as the front seat, sometimes you need to access Wi-Fi without schlepping all your papers and gear into a cafe. But how can you tap into the best signal from the parking lot? Plenty [...] Full Story Top Watchdog: Pentagon Buys Weapons Backwards Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT ABC News - The federal agency charged with catching U.S. government waste said in a new report that the Pentagon has squandered millions in taxpayer dollars on expensive and complex weapons systems by spending first and asking questions later. The new report, prepared by the Government Accountability Office... Full Story Top Romney shifts focus to Obama, vowing to unveil a 'better America' if elected Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) MANCHESTER, N.H--Coming off a clean sweep of all five primaries up for grabs Tuesday, including Pennsylvania and New York, Mitt Romney kicked off his general election pitch, insisting the upcoming campaign will be about the "very different visions" he and President Obama have for the country. [...] Full Story Top Salton Sea: Is it drying up? Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:55 PM PDT The Upshot - The once-thriving sea in southeastern California that was a resort mecca is in danger of becoming an environmental disaster. Interest in the water body, along with a BBC report, caused searches on "Salton Sea" to surge on the Web. The inland sea, close to Coachella, which may have caught the eye of festival attendees, stretches [...] Full Story Top White House party crasher Tareq Salahi running for Virginia governor Wed,25 Apr 2012 10:39 AM PDT The Upshot - Former "Real Housewives of D.C." star and alleged White House party crasher Tareq Salahi announced he is running for governor of Virginia. "As a Virginia native for the last 42 years, I am troubled to see how our current political figure heads continue to waste tax payer dollars during these difficult economic times!" Salahi said [...] Full Story Top

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