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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Dentist pulls out all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after split Bronx Zoo SUV plunge: Father who lost family says, 'I want to die' Cannibal shrimp: The invasion has begun 2 teen girls sunbathing on Pa. road struck by car Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II Ted Nugent Booted From Army Concert US special forces help in hunt for warlord Kony $195 million Sea Shadow stealth ship for sale, only $10,000 deposit required New Obama campaign video unveils 'Forward' slogan, mostly ignores Romney Abducted generations? Top 5 Things that Cause Brain Farts President Obama Suggests the Public Look at Romney's Previous Statements on Going After OBL Obama and Bill Clinton campaign together on economy President Obama's 2012 Pitch in Focus: Firewall Against Romney EPA official resigns after 'crucify' comment outcry Obiwan Kenobi arrested on charge of hit-and-run Four-year old in make-up: How young is too young? Ex-CIA Interrogator: Obama's War on Terror Is Less Ethical Than Bush's Thomas Kinkade's Death Sparks Feud Over Family, Art Secrets SUV plunges more than 50 feet from highway near Bronx Zoo, killing 7, police say Hustler publisher Larry Flynt flips on earlier criticisms, plans to vote for Obama Obama nudges China on rights, stays mum on Chen More families building their own tornado shelters Yacht debris, bodies found off US-Mexico coast Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid New 007 film to depict spy's inner demons One World Trade Center, the 'Freedom Tower,' becomes New York's tallest building Key witness to RFK assassination says Sirhan Sirhan didn't act alone As America's waistline expands, costs soar 'Plus-Sized' College Student Claims Discrimination at Bar Obama, Clintons deepen political and policy ties Behind the scenes on Kimmel's big night Six $1 million Powerball tickets sold at one Arizona gas station 'Supermoon' Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Occurs This Week Hiker survives 4 days in Utah desert without food VP contenders help Romney fill cool gap Maher: Obama 'the first black president of the racist states of America' Wife of Edwards aide breaks down on witness stand White House Correspondents' Dinner: The party Twitter loves to hate Gaddafi-era Libyan oil chief drowned: Vienna police Dentist pulls out all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after split Mon,30 Apr 2012 02:08 PM PDT The Sideshow - If you're planning a trip to the dentist, it might not be the wisest decision to make your appointment with the person you just broke up with. A Polish woman is facing three years in prison after she removed all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth during dental surgery just days after their breakup. "I tried to [...] Full Story Top Bronx Zoo SUV plunge: Father who lost family says, 'I want to die' Mon,30 Apr 2012 06:16 AM PDT The Lookout - The SUV that plunged more than 50 feet from the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday, killing seven people from three generations of a Bronx family, was headed to a family reunion, stunned relatives said. "I lost my family," said Juan Gonzalez, whose 45-year-old wife and 10-year-old daughter were killed in the crash, according to the [...] Full Story Top Cannibal shrimp: The invasion has begun Mon,30 Apr 2012 09:55 AM PDT The Upshot - Do not be alarmed, but the cannibal shrimp invasion has begun. The tasty influx of the jumbo-sized shrimp (that looks more like a small-sized lobster than the little pink crustacea you see at the grocery store) have increased ten times in the last year, according to a report from the USGS — from 32 in [...] Full Story Top 2 teen girls sunbathing on Pa. road struck by car Sun,29 Apr 2012 07:05 PM PDT Associated Press - Police say two teenage girls who fell asleep while sunbathing on a rural Pennsylvania road have been struck by a car. Full Story Top Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II Sun,29 Apr 2012 11:46 PM PDT The Lookout - A new Titanic could be sailing the high seas within a few years. Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer announced plans Monday to build an ultra-modern, luxury version of the doomed ocean liner in China. Palmer, one of the richest people in Australia with an estimated worth of more than $5 billion, said he had commissioned [...] Full Story Top Ted Nugent Booted From Army Concert Mon,30 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT ABC News - Rocker Ted Nugent may have emerged unscathed from a Secret Service investigation, but his verbal attack of President Obama is now affecting his musical career. Commanders at the Fort Knox Army base in Kentucky cut Nugent from their annual summer concert after the controversial rocker... Full Story Top US special forces help in hunt for warlord Kony Sun,29 Apr 2012 10:25 PM PDT Associated Press - Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted warlords. Full Story Top $195 million Sea Shadow stealth ship for sale, only $10,000 deposit required Mon,30 Apr 2012 10:25 AM PDT The Sideshow - The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has placed its famous Sea Shadow stealth ship up for auction. And while the high-tech military sea vessel cost more than $195 million to develop, its opening bid was for the relatively tiny sum of $50,000, with only a $10,000 deposit required. The Courier [...] Full Story Top New Obama campaign video unveils 'Forward' slogan, mostly ignores Romney Mon,30 Apr 2012 07:04 AM PDT The Ticket - Against whom is President Barack Obama running in November? Mitt Romney has just one brief, silent cameo in the Obama campaign's new seven-minute ad. The presumptive Republican nominee gets about as much screen time as former President George W. Bush and less than tea party demonstrators or top congressional Republican leaders like House Speaker John [...] Full Story Top Abducted generations? Mon,30 Apr 2012 10:22 AM PDT Yahoo! News - On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 8 ET, Dan Rather Reports on HDNet investigates the disturbing accounts of forced adoptions. Here, Dan Rather gives an exclusive preview. Full Story Top Top 5 Things that Cause Brain Farts Mon,30 Apr 2012 08:48 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Our brains balk at the thought of four-dimensional hypercubes, quantum mechanics or an infinite universe, and understandably so. But our gray matter is generally adept at processing sensory data from the mundane objects and experiences of daily life. However, there are a few glaring exceptions. Full Story Top President Obama Suggests the Public Look at Romney's Previous Statements on Going After OBL Mon,30 Apr 2012 12:50 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Without mentioning his opponent by name, President Obama took clear political aim at Mitt Romney on Monday, continuing a line of attack from his campaign that Romney would not have given the go-ahead to the mission that ended in the death of Osama bin Laden.... Full Story Top Obama and Bill Clinton campaign together on economy Mon,30 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton campaigned alongside Barack Obama for the first time in the 2012 race on Sunday, making an impassioned appeal to re-elect the White House incumbent and helping his fellow Democrat raise more than $2 million. A white-haired and noticeably svelte Clinton, 65, pounded the podium with his fingers and palms and gestured vividly while addressing about 500 Obama supporters outside the Virginia home of his friend and Democratic advisor Terry McAuliffe. ... Full Story Top President Obama's 2012 Pitch in Focus: Firewall Against Romney Mon,30 Apr 2012 03:01 AM PDT ABC News - When President Obama holds his first public campaign rallies this week, he'll take direct control of a populist re-election narrative that Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama strategists have spent weeks honing on the campaign trail. The message: incumbent Obama is a firewall against... Full Story Top EPA official resigns after 'crucify' comment outcry Mon,30 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT The Lookout - Al Armendariz, the Environmental Protection Agency official at the center of a budding scandal surrounding a 2010 video in which he said the EPA should "crucify" polluters, has resigned. Armendariz, head of the EPA's South Central region in Dallas, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson late Sunday informing her of his decision to [...] Full Story Top Obiwan Kenobi arrested on charge of hit-and-run Mon,30 Apr 2012 01:23 PM PDT The Sideshow - Obi-Wan Kenobi was always a bit of a rogue Jedi, even lamenting his own former lack of patience during a dramatic exchange with Yoda in "The Empire Strikes Back." But a California man who legally changed his name to match that of the fictional "Star Wars" hero may have given in to the temptations of [...] Full Story Top Four-year old in make-up: How young is too young? Mon,30 Apr 2012 12:25 AM PDT Good Morning America - Mom Ignites a Debate About her Daughter's new Fascination With Cosmetics Full Story Top Ex-CIA Interrogator: Obama's War on Terror Is Less Ethical Than Bush's Mon,30 Apr 2012 06:45 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The former head of the CIA's Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez says President Obama is waging the nation's war against radical Islam in a far more brutal manner than his predecessor President George W. Bush.  Full Story Top Thomas Kinkade's Death Sparks Feud Over Family, Art Secrets Mon,30 Apr 2012 10:12 AM PDT ABC News - Painter Thomas Kinkade's Girlfriend Threatened to Expose Painting Secrets, His Family Claims Full Story Top SUV plunges more than 50 feet from highway near Bronx Zoo, killing 7, police say Sun,29 Apr 2012 11:02 AM PDT The Lookout - An SUV flew off an elevated portion of New York's Bronx River Parkway Sunday afternoon, falling more than 50 feet before landing in a horrific crash that left seven people dead, multiple news outlets reported. The accident, near the Bronx Zoo, happened at about 12:30 p.m. local time, authorities said. It's not clear what caused [...] Full Story Top Hustler publisher Larry Flynt flips on earlier criticisms, plans to vote for Obama Sun,29 Apr 2012 08:32 PM PDT The Daily Caller - Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who once ran for governor of California with the slogan "the smut peddler who cares," told The Daily Caller that he will vote to re-elect President Barack Obama in November. Full Story Top Obama nudges China on rights, stays mum on Chen Mon,30 Apr 2012 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - The United States faces a tense week in China as high-level talks on trade and global hot spots like Iran and North Korea open in the shadow of a blind Chinese activist's bold escape from house arrest to seek U.S. protection in Beijing. The trip to Beijing would have been challenging for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner even without a human rights dispute over Chen Guangcheng, who a U.S.-based group says is hiding in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. ... Full Story Top More families building their own tornado shelters Sun,29 Apr 2012 01:06 PM PDT Associated Press - When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers' paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time: adding tornado shelters to their homes. Full Story Top Yacht debris, bodies found off US-Mexico coast Sun,29 Apr 2012 10:53 PM PDT Associated Press - A 37-foot racing yacht was reduced to debris that looked it "like it had gone through a blender," a searcher said Sunday after the boat apparently collided with a larger vessel, killing three sailors and leaving a fourth missing. Full Story Top Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid Mon,30 Apr 2012 03:14 AM PDT Associated Press - A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. Full Story Top New 007 film to depict spy's inner demons Mon,30 Apr 2012 05:32 AM PDT Associated Press - The next James Bond movie, "Skyfall," promises the usual action, exotic locations, scheming villains and beautiful women. For fans of the original novels by Ian Fleming, there's more: a journey into the troubled psyche of the iconic spy. Full Story Top One World Trade Center, the 'Freedom Tower,' becomes New York's tallest building Mon,30 Apr 2012 11:29 AM PDT The Lookout - One World Trade Center, the so-called Freedom Tower currently under construction in Lower Manhattan, technically became New York City's tallest building on Monday, as workers erected steel columns on the 100th floor, 1,271 feet above the street, to make it stand 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building's observation deck. The Freedom Tower, which [...] Full Story Top Key witness to RFK assassination says Sirhan Sirhan didn't act alone Mon,30 Apr 2012 03:39 PM PDT The Sideshow - A key witness to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy has retracted her official statements in the case and now claims that convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone. Nina Rhodes-Hughes, 78, tells CNN that the FBI "twisted" her original statements to authorities. In recent court filings led by California Attorney General Kamala [...] Full Story Top As America's waistline expands, costs soar Mon,30 Apr 2012 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact of heavier riders on steering and braking. Cars are burning nearly a billion gallons of gasoline more a year than if passengers weighed what they did in 1960. The nation's rising rate of obesity has been well-chronicled. ... Full Story Top 'Plus-Sized' College Student Claims Discrimination at Bar Sat,28 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT Good Morning America - A self-described "plus sized" college student who was told she was "obviously pregnant" and "not pretty enough" to dance on a platform in a bar in Iowa is claiming she was discriminated against by the bar's bouncers. Jordan Ramos, a 21-year-old University of Iowa student... Full Story Top Obama, Clintons deepen political and policy ties Mon,30 Apr 2012 12:15 AM PDT Associated Press - There were no bear hugs on display, but President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton looked relaxed and friendly as they began a summer fundraising blitz that demonstrates their shared hopes for Democratic victory despite past differences. Full Story Top Behind the scenes on Kimmel's big night Mon,30 Apr 2012 03:08 AM PDT Power Players - Political Punch This past weekend was what Washington, D.C. likes to call "nerd prom," more officially known as the White House Correspondents' Association's Dinner. Saturday's entertainment was none other than Jimmy Kimmel. Just before the big night, Kimmel opened up to ABC News' Jake Tapper about preparing the routine, lessons learned from past comedians, and deciding [...] Full Story Top Six $1 million Powerball tickets sold at one Arizona gas station Mon,30 Apr 2012 09:33 AM PDT The Sideshow - Six winning Powerball tickets worth $1 million each were purchased from a single Arizona gas station last week. KTVK reports that only one of the six tickets bought at the QuikTrip station has been redeemed so far. Last week, it was announced that there were eight $1 million winners in the Powerball drawing. "What we [...] Full Story Top 'Supermoon' Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Occurs This Week Mon,30 Apr 2012 11:02 AM PDT SPACE.com - Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. Full Story Top Hiker survives 4 days in Utah desert without food Sun,29 Apr 2012 08:35 PM PDT Associated Press - A hiker who endured four days with a broken leg and no food and shelter in the remote southern Utah high desert says her faith and medical background helped her pull through the ordeal. Full Story Top VP contenders help Romney fill cool gap Sun,29 Apr 2012 03:55 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Who needs to be cool when all your friends are? Welcome to the tryout stage of the Veepstakes race. Monday brings Mitt Romney to New Hampshire — alongside Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who follows the close-to-Romney footsteps of other VP contenders Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Paul Ryan. Full Story Top Maher: Obama 'the first black president of the racist states of America' Sat,28 Apr 2012 09:04 AM PDT The Daily Caller - On his Friday program, HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher called President Barack Obama "the first black president of the racist states of America," while criticizing a line regularly used by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney while on the campaign trail: "If people think there's something wrong with being successful in America, then they'd better vote for the other guy." Full Story Top Wife of Edwards aide breaks down on witness stand Mon,30 Apr 2012 07:32 PM PDT Associated Press - The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors' money to do it. Full Story Top White House Correspondents' Dinner: The party Twitter loves to hate Sun,29 Apr 2012 11:29 AM PDT The Cutline - Generally speaking, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who get invited to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner—the annual gathering of celebrities, politicians and media in Washington—and those who do not. Those who get invited to so-called "nerd prom" get drunk, get starstruck and get on Twitter to post photos of [...] Full Story Top Gaddafi-era Libyan oil chief drowned: Vienna police Mon,30 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - Libya's former prime minister and oil minister Shokri Ghanem, a prominent defector from Muammar Gaddafi's government, drowned in the River Danube, Vienna police said on Monday and a Libyan security source suggested he could have been murdered. Ghanem's fully-clothed body was found in the Danube in Vienna on Sunday, a few hundred meters from his home. According to a preliminary autopsy there were no indications of foul play or suicide, spokesman Roman Hahslinger told reporters. ... Full Story Top

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