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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Wal-Mart scandal lifts lid on culture of bribery in Mexico Lawmakers call for wider probe, more female agents No new clues in search for missing 6-year-old Tucson girl Newspaper delivers powerful anti-bullying message French presidential election headed for runoff Dowd: Secret Service, GSA gaffes erode faith All eyes on Fla. jail as Zimmerman awaits release Search for long missing New York boy fails to find remains Ariz. sheriff played federal investigation for laughs 'One Day on Earth:' Film with footage from every country debuts Fla. woman going on trial in 2009 Novack killings Police: 4 kids die in La. home fire, mom charged American author Doris Betts dies at 79 of lung cancer Hollande victory could impact U.S. markets this week Soccer ball swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska Afghanistan, U.S. agree on strategic pact text Police hope grainy photos catch banker's shooter What causes 'brain freeze' headaches? New answers More firings likely coming in Secret Service scandal Iran says it recovered data from captured U.S. drone Photos: World celebrates Earth Day Millions of books to be donated Monday night Wal-Mart scandal lifts lid on culture of bribery in Mexico Sun,22 Apr 2012 06:45 PM PDT Reuters - Whether you are the world's No. 1 retailer or a humble street vendor, paying public officials a bribe may be the quickest way to get your business growing in Mexico. The New York Times reported this weekend that Wal-Mart Stores Inc investigators probing its Mexican operations found a paper trail of hundreds of suspect payments worth more than $24 million made to grow its business there, and that the company then quashed the investigation. ... Full Story Top Lawmakers call for wider probe, more female agents Sun,22 Apr 2012 05:12 PM PDT The Ticket - As you would expect, the Secret Service sex scandal was a big topic of discussion on the Sunday morning talk shows, where several members of Congress called for a broader probe in the wake of prostitution allegations that have rocked the agency. Rep. Peter King, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, told "Meet The Press" [...] Full Story Top No new clues in search for missing 6-year-old Tucson girl Sun,22 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT Associated Press - The parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl asked their parish priest for prayers Sunday as volunteers passed out fliers across Tucson and more than 150 law enforcement officers tried to figure out whether she had been abducted. Full Story Top Newspaper delivers powerful anti-bullying message Sun,22 Apr 2012 02:05 PM PDT Associated Press - In a rare and forceful act of advocacy, an Iowa newspaper devoted the entire front page of its Sunday edition to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide. Full Story Top French presidential election headed for runoff Sun,22 Apr 2012 12:23 PM PDT The Envoy - The French presidential election appears to be headed to a runoff. Exit polls cited by French television in Sunday's first round of voting show President Nicolas Sarkozy losing by a thin margin to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. According to CNN, Sarkozy captured 25.5 percent of the vote, while Hollande took 28.4 percent. Marine Le Pen, [...] Full Story Top Dowd: Secret Service, GSA gaffes erode faith Sun,22 Apr 2012 11:24 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the recent scandals involving the Secret Service and GSA reflect a declining trust in American institutions at all levels. "The American public has lost faith in every single institution in this country," Dowd said this morning on the... Full Story Top All eyes on Fla. jail as Zimmerman awaits release Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:03 PM PDT Associated Press - All eyes remain on the Florida jail where the man charged with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is awaiting release on bail, and it could be several days before he leaves. Full Story Top Search for long missing New York boy fails to find remains Sun,22 Apr 2012 05:21 PM PDT Reuters - Investigators searching a New York basement for clues about the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old boy have ended their digging at the scene after "nothing conclusive was found" from a four-day excavation, a law enforcement source said on Sunday. Etan Patz was one of the first missing children in the United States to have his photograph printed on milk cartons after he disappeared, and his case helped fuel an intense national campaign in search of missing children in the 1980s. ... Full Story Top Ariz. sheriff played federal investigation for laughs Sun,22 Apr 2012 05:19 PM PDT Associated Press - An audio recording has surfaced of an Arizona sheriff playing his refusal to cooperate in a racial profiling investigation for laughs at a fundraiser for an anti-illegal immigration group in Texas. He ridicules politicians who sought the probe and displayed contempt toward federal authorities who were — and are still — investigating him on two fronts. Full Story Top 'One Day on Earth:' Film with footage from every country debuts Sun,22 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT The Sideshow - On Oct. 10, 2010, a pair of aspiring American filmmakers--who had never made a film before--asked people in every country in the world to document something they saw that day and submit footage for inclusion in an ambitious film project. "It was a big idea," Kyle Ruddick, the first-time director, told Yahoo News in a [...] Full Story Top Fla. woman going on trial in 2009 Novack killings Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Sneaky breast implants. Naked amputees. The Batmobile. Full Story Top Police: 4 kids die in La. home fire, mom charged Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT Associated Press - Four unattended children died in a mobile home fire in Louisiana and their mother was charged Sunday with four counts of negligent homicide for allegedly leaving them alone, authorities said. Full Story Top American author Doris Betts dies at 79 of lung cancer Sun,22 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Doris Betts, who wrote novels set in her native South and taught creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has died, her son said Sunday. She was 79. Full Story Top Hollande victory could impact U.S. markets this week Sun,22 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT Associated Press - A strong showing by Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in the first round of France's presidential election Sunday may rattle U.S. and global financial markets in the coming weeks. Full Story Top Soccer ball swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska Sun,22 Apr 2012 06:39 PM PDT Reuters - A soccer ball that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris from last year's Japanese tsunami that could be returned to its owner, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ball, found on Alaska's Middleton Island, bears writing that identifies its place of origin, said Doug Helton, operations coordinator for NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, which is tracking debris from the tsunami. ... Full Story Top Afghanistan, U.S. agree on strategic pact text Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:21 PM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan and the United States on Sunday agreed on a draft of a long-awaited deal that will define the scope and nature of a U.S. presence in the country for up to a decade after the pullout of most NATO combat troops in 2014. The U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, and Afghan national security adviser, Rangin Spanta, initialed copies of the agreement, paving the way for President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to review it. ... Full Story Top Police hope grainy photos catch banker's shooter Sun,22 Apr 2012 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - The police released grainy photos on Monday of a man suspected of shooting a former Russian banker near London's Canary Wharf financial district in a case that has raised fears that Russian gangland violence could be spreading to Britain. Financier German Gorbuntsov, 45, was shot five times as he entered a block of flats where he lives near the River Thames in the east of the capital on March 20. He survived the attack, but was critically injured and is recovering in hospital where his condition was described as stable. ... Full Story Top What causes 'brain freeze' headaches? New answers Sun,22 Apr 2012 02:02 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it, until now. Full Story Top More firings likely coming in Secret Service scandal Sun,22 Apr 2012 11:59 AM PDT Associated Press - The chairman of a House committee investigating an alleged Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings as key lawmakers and a top adviser to President Barack Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the agency will effectively deal with the incident. Full Story Top Iran says it recovered data from captured U.S. drone Sun,22 Apr 2012 11:20 AM PDT Associated Press - Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the drone. Full Story Top Photos: World celebrates Earth Day Sun,22 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT Indonesian environmental activists parade during a protest to mark Earth Day in Malang. "One Day on Earth" -- touted as the first film with footage from every country taken on the same day -- was to be screened for the first time Sunday around the world, including at the UN. (AFP Photo/Aman Rochman) Full Story Top Millions of books to be donated Monday night Sun,22 Apr 2012 11:51 AM PDT Associated Press - You won't need to visit a store or library Monday night to see a book change hands or receive a free copy yourself. Full Story Top

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