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News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama takes comedic turn at White House Correspondents' Dinner 1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent Police: Body found in Wash. mountain bunker L.A. riots hero: 'I was just helping a person' Blind lawyer's escape to overshadow US-China talks Why Obama, Romney are tweaking their strategies Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami 600-pound bomb defused in Northern Ireland Agent at the heart of Secret Service prostitution scandal Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance High court's stance could spur immigration laws Accused Oakland shooter, refusing food, to appear in court Odds of finding alien life boosted by slew of habitable worlds Fla. boy struck by SUV, killed at softball game Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California Tear gas used as 25,000 rally for Malaysia reforms Obama seeks better safeguard for military Child migrant surge to U.S. stresses support system Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging 'terrorists' U.S. sees South America as possible China counter Okla. blind dog gets new life with canine pal Rick Santorum to appear on 'The Tonight Show' Five mind-bending facts about dreams 'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction Obama takes comedic turn at White House Correspondents' Dinner Sat,28 Apr 2012 07:50 PM PDT Yahoo! News - Obama takes comedic turn at White House Correspondents' Dinner Full Story Top 1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent Sat,28 Apr 2012 06:58 PM PDT Associated Press - High winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people gathered after a Cardinals game Saturday, killing one and seriously injuring at least five others, authorities said. Full Story Top Police: Body found in Wash. mountain bunker Sat,28 Apr 2012 02:16 PM PDT Associated Press - After a nearly 23-hour standoff, police blew up the top of an elaborate bunker in the Cascade Mountains on Saturday and found the body of a man inside — believed to be that of a survivalist wanted in the deaths of his wife and daughter last weekend. Full Story Top L.A. riots hero: 'I was just helping a person' Sat,28 Apr 2012 03:52 AM PDT The Lookout - In one of the most disturbing images from the Los Angeles riots, six black assailants dragged Reginald Denny, a 33-year-old truck driver, out of his truck in South Los Angeles and bashed his head in with a brick. A television chopper broadcast the violence live. The attack happened shortly after not-guilty verdicts were handed down [...] Full Story Top Blind lawyer's escape to overshadow US-China talks Sat,28 Apr 2012 12:19 PM PDT Associated Press - Less than a week before annual U.S.-Chinese diplomatic and economic talks, relations between the powers risked sharply deteriorating Saturday with an escaped Chinese activist reportedly under American protection and a U.S. fighter jet sale to Taiwan now being considered. Full Story Top Why Obama, Romney are tweaking their strategies Sat,28 Apr 2012 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack Obama's campaign is calling Romney a far-right conservative - a contradictory set of messages that essentially invites voters to decide what they don't like about Romney. And Romney, who has built his campaign around declaring Obama a failure - particularly on the economy - began sounding a more positive note this week, offering hints about his vision for governing if he defeats the Democratic president in the November 6 election. ... Full Story Top Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami Sat,28 Apr 2012 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - A pair of lead actors from a prize winning film about escaping Cuba have emerged from hiding to confirm they are seeking political asylum in the United States. The young Cuban actors went missing last week while en route to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York where they were due to appear at the movie's U.S. premiere. Actress Anailin de la Rua and actor Javier Nunez, cast members of "Una Noche" ("One Night"), broke their silence Friday night in a TV appearance on the Miami-based Spanish language channel America TeVe. ... Full Story Top 600-pound bomb defused in Northern Ireland Sat,28 Apr 2012 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - BELFAST (Reuters) - Two bombs planted by militant Irish nationalists, including one packed with enough explosives to have killed anyone within a 50-metre (yard) radius, were defused in Northern Ireland on Saturday, police said. The 600-pound (270-kg) bomb, roughly the same size as one used to kill 29 people in the town of Omagh in the single deadliest attack of Northern Ireland's three decades of violence in 1998, was left in an abandoned vehicle in the town of Newry. ... Full Story Top Agent at the heart of Secret Service prostitution scandal Sat,28 Apr 2012 07:17 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Arthur Huntington is the Secret Service agent who allegedly started the dispute over pay with the escort in Colombia, and the scandal has cost him his job and forced his family to move.  Full Story Top Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance Sat,28 Apr 2012 01:47 PM PDT Associated Press - The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Israel's turmoil over how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program. Full Story Top High court's stance could spur immigration laws Sat,28 Apr 2012 07:52 AM PDT Associated Press - Emboldened by signals that the U.S. Supreme Court may uphold parts of Arizona's immigration law, legislators and activists across the country say they are gearing up to push for similar get-tough measures in their states. Full Story Top Accused Oakland shooter, refusing food, to appear in court Sat,28 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - A former nursing student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting rampage at a tiny Christian college in Oakland is due to enter a plea on Monday after refusing food since his arrest almost four weeks ago. One Goh, 43, faces seven counts of murder with special circumstances allegations that make him eligible for the death penalty, and three counts of attempted murder. ... Full Story Top Odds of finding alien life boosted by slew of habitable worlds Sat,28 Apr 2012 05:24 AM PDT SPACE.com - A new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common type of stars in our galaxy could have huge consequences for the search for life. Full Story Top Fla. boy struck by SUV, killed at softball game Sat,28 Apr 2012 01:30 PM PDT Associated Press - The wife of the police chief in a central Florida community accidentally ran over a family friend's 22-month-old son in a parking lot, authorities said. Full Story Top Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California Sat,28 Apr 2012 10:56 AM PDT Associated Press - Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire region and caused buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles. Full Story Top Tear gas used as 25,000 rally for Malaysia reforms Sat,28 Apr 2012 08:23 AM PDT Associated Press - Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia's largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for national elections expected soon. Full Story Top Obama seeks better safeguard for military Sat,28 Apr 2012 07:20 AM PDT Yahoo! Finance - President Barack Obama, flashing his executive power in an election year, is promoting measures to safeguard veterans and members of the military against unscrupulous college recruiters. Full Story Top Child migrant surge to U.S. stresses support system Sat,28 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT Associated Press - An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry into the U.S. without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, legal representation and reunification services. On any given day this year, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement has been caring for more than 2,100 unaccompanied child immigrants. Full Story Top Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging 'terrorists' Sat,28 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT Associated Press - A Syrian state-run newspaper accused U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday of encouraging "terrorist" rebel attacks by focusing his criticism on the government, while other government media reported that the navy foiled an infiltration attempt by gunmen who tried to land on the Syrian coast in rubber boats. Full Story Top U.S. sees South America as possible China counter Sat,28 Apr 2012 12:44 PM PDT Associated Press - In these days of shrinking U.S. defense budgets, the Obama administration is looking to South America to help monitor and protect the Asia-Pacific region in the years ahead. Full Story Top Okla. blind dog gets new life with canine pal Fri,27 Apr 2012 11:53 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - Putting two dogs of different breeds and from different backgrounds together in a confined space will usually end up in a lot of bark and likely some bite.  Rarely does that pairing end up in the two pooches becoming an inseparable pair. That latter, more... Full Story Top Rick Santorum to appear on 'The Tonight Show' Sat,28 Apr 2012 06:14 AM PDT ABC News - Rick Santorum is scheduled to appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 8. The show announced the guest spot and it was also confirmed by his camp to ABC News. The stop to Leno's Burbank couch comes only 4 days after the... Full Story Top Five mind-bending facts about dreams Sat,28 Apr 2012 07:50 AM PDT LiveScience.com - When your head hits the pillow, for many it's lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid and sometimes downright haunted dreams that take place during the rapid-eye-movement stage of your sleep. Full Story Top 'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction Sat,28 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT AFP - The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is estimated to sell for at least $80 million at Sotheby's next week as the star of the New York spring art auctions. Full Story Top

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