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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies Hollande defeats Sarkozy to win French election Cheetahs Mauls Woman on 60th Birthday Trip AT&T to pay Muslim woman $5M in harassment case Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image Ukraine 'Death Match' film hits nerve before Euro 2012 Marco Rubio Avoids VP Questions, Hammers Obama for Losing his Spark Angry Greeks reject bailout, risk euro exit Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader in Yemen Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP Indy police: Girl, 14, charged in cousin's killing "Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas '90210' Star AnnaLynne McCord Goes Without Makeup On Twitter: 'I'm Over Hollywood's Perfection Requirement' "Liking" Something on Facebook Not Protected by First Amendment Be afraid, exultant Greek neo-Nazis warn rivals Sen. John McCain's Advice to Mitt Romney: Pick a Running Mate You Trust 9/11 defendants ignore judge at Guantanamo hearing Man's death at Ky. Derby track called a homicide Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close 'Avengers' scores No. 2 opening day with $80.5M California Lottery Winner Sues Son for Commandeering Winnings Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting GOP leaders start to rally around Romney _ sort of 2 bodies found in MS during search for mom, girls Police say body of Calif. man's girlfriend located Biden on gay marriage: 'Absolutely comfortable with men marrying men, women marrying women' Sarkozy joins fallen leaders amid Europe crisis The Hindenburg Disaster: 75 years later Police: Homicide at Kentucky Derby track Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife Obama plunges into campaign, tears into Romney Bids for Neil Armstrong's Corvette Pass $250K on eBay, Collectors Concerned Thousands Turn Out for Obama, But Ohio Arena Goes Unfilled Bill Maher Wrong About Obama, Race and Conservatives Two American hikers jailed in Iran wed in California 'Avengers' smashes record: $200.3 million debut Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is 'Stronger' FBI works to ID 2 dead; mom, kids had been missing George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies Sun,6 May 2012 10:38 AM PDT Associated Press - George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83. Full Story Top Hollande defeats Sarkozy to win French election Sun,6 May 2012 11:23 AM PDT The Lookout - François Hollande won the French presidential election on Sunday, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and become France's new president, according French television. Sarkozy, who has held the French presidency since 2007, grabbed 48.1 percent, according to the polls. Hollande, the 57-year-old socialist challenger, narrowly edged Sarkozy, also [...] Full Story Top Cheetahs Mauls Woman on 60th Birthday Trip Sat,5 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - The trip of a lifetime to celebrate a Scottish woman's 60th birthday turned brutal when two supposedly tame cheetahs attacked the woman at a game reserve in South Africa. Violet D'Mello and her husband Archie were allowed to get up close and pet two brother... Full Story Top AT&T to pay Muslim woman $5M in harassment case Sat,5 May 2012 03:02 PM PDT Associated Press - A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair. Full Story Top Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image Sun,6 May 2012 04:09 PM PDT Associated Press - He's a smug, Harvard-trained elitist who doesn't get how regular Americans are struggling these days. More extreme than he lets on, he's keeping his true agenda hidden until after Election Day. He's clueless about fixing the economy, over his head on foreign policy. Who is he? Full Story Top Ukraine 'Death Match' film hits nerve before Euro 2012 Sun,6 May 2012 03:15 AM PDT AFP - A Russian film released on the eve of Ukraine's hosting of Euro 2012 tells the stirring story of the notorious "Match of Death" played between Soviet footballers and Nazi occupiers in Kiev during World War II. Full Story Top Marco Rubio Avoids VP Questions, Hammers Obama for Losing his Spark Sun,6 May 2012 07:36 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., deflected questions about the vice presidency in an interview Sunday morning and instead zeroed in on the failings of President Obama and the spark he's lost since 2008. "All the things that made him different and special four years ago are... Full Story Top Angry Greeks reject bailout, risk euro exit Sun,6 May 2012 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - Greek voters enraged by economic hardship caused by the terms of an international bailout turned on ruling parties in an election on Sunday, putting the country's future in the euro zone at risk and threatening to revive Europe's debt crisis. The latest official results, with over 61 percent of the vote counted, showed the only two major parties supporting an EU/IMF program that keeps Greece from bankruptcy would be hard pressed to form a lasting coalition. ... Full Story Top Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier Sun,6 May 2012 12:32 PM PDT Associated Press - An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said Sunday. Full Story Top Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader in Yemen Sun,6 May 2012 01:24 PM PDT Associated Press - An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it. Full Story Top Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP Sun,6 May 2012 04:23 PM PDT Associated Press - With Mitt Romney's GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory. Full Story Top Indy police: Girl, 14, charged in cousin's killing Sun,6 May 2012 09:38 AM PDT Associated Press - Indianapolis police say a 14-year-old girl found covered in blood faces a preliminary murder charge in her 4-year-old cousin's stabbing death. Full Story Top "Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas Sun,6 May 2012 10:46 AM PDT Associated Press - Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk. Full Story Top '90210' Star AnnaLynne McCord Goes Without Makeup On Twitter: 'I'm Over Hollywood's Perfection Requirement' Sat,5 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT Access Hollywood - AnnaLynne McCord always looks stunningly beautiful and put together as Naomi Clark on her CW hit, "90210."However, the 24-year-old beauty wants fans to know she doesn't wake up looking like a flawless vixen -- a lot of work goes into getting her camera ready. Full Story Top "Liking" Something on Facebook Not Protected by First Amendment Sat,5 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - It should go without saying that you should be careful of what you "like" on Facebook. You should try not to "like" anything embarrassing or incriminating, lest it come back to bite you. A judge has ruled that "liking" something on Facebook doesn't protect you under the First Amendment, which is bad news for at least one man in Virginia.  Full Story Top Be afraid, exultant Greek neo-Nazis warn rivals Sun,6 May 2012 01:36 PM PDT AFP - Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn warned rivals and reformers Sunday that "the time for fear has come" after exit polls showed them securing their entry in parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years. Full Story Top Sen. John McCain's Advice to Mitt Romney: Pick a Running Mate You Trust Sun,6 May 2012 09:19 AM PDT ABC OTUS News -   This morning on ABC's This Week, Sen. John McCain weighed in on Mitt Romney's hotly anticipated vice presidential pick.  The former presidential candidate's advice was clear. "The absolute, most important aspect is, if something happened to him, would that person be well qualified to... Full Story Top 9/11 defendants ignore judge at Guantanamo hearing Sat,5 May 2012 11:00 PM PDT Associated Press - The second attempt to prosecute the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four men accused of helping orchestrate the plot got off to a rough start, with the defendants disrupting their arraignment and forcing the proceedings to drag on late into the night. Full Story Top Man's death at Ky. Derby track called a homicide Sun,6 May 2012 10:59 AM PDT Associated Press - The discovery of a man's body Sunday in the stable area of Churchill Downs was being investigated as a homicide, but there appears to be no connection to the race track or the Kentucky Derby, police said. Full Story Top Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close Sun,6 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - France looked set to crown Francois Hollande as its first Socialist president in nearly two decades in an election on Sunday, marking a swing to the left at the heart of Europe and heralding a fight-back against German-led austerity. Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, swamped by anger at a surge in unemployment during his five-year term, would be the 11th euro zone leader to be swept away by economic crisis after final opinion polls put Hollande at least four points ahead. ... Full Story Top 'Avengers' scores No. 2 opening day with $80.5M Sat,5 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT Associated Press - Lots of superheroes add up to lots of money for "The Avengers." Full Story Top California Lottery Winner Sues Son for Commandeering Winnings Fri,4 May 2012 11:06 AM PDT Good Morning America - Etta May Urquhart Claims Her Son Left Chump Change, While He Took Lotto Cash Full Story Top Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing Sun,6 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT Associated Press - Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and co-defendants tried to undermine their arraignment on 3,000 counts of murder at a military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Full Story Top FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting Sat,5 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - The neo-Nazi founder of an anti-immigrant border militia was already the subject of an FBI domestic terrorism probe before he went on a shooting rampage and killed four people, officials and news reports said on Saturday. The Arizona Republic newspaper said federal agents seized numerous computers and munitions from the Phoenix valley home where white supremacist Jason Todd "J.T." Ready is believed to have killed his girlfriend and three others on Wednesday following a domestic dispute, before shooting himself. ... Full Story Top GOP leaders start to rally around Romney _ sort of Sun,6 May 2012 05:27 PM PDT Associated Press - Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee. Full Story Top 2 bodies found in MS during search for mom, girls Sat,5 May 2012 05:57 PM PDT Associated Press - Two bodies have been found in Mississippi during the search for a missing Tennessee woman and her three children, but the identities are not known, authorities said Saturday. Full Story Top Police say body of Calif. man's girlfriend located Sat,5 May 2012 11:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Police said Saturday they located the body of the girlfriend of a Southern California man who led officers on a chase that shut down a busy freeway for an hour. Full Story Top Biden on gay marriage: 'Absolutely comfortable with men marrying men, women marrying women' Sun,6 May 2012 08:20 AM PDT The Ticket - Vice President Joe Biden is not convinced the economic recovery has flatlined, doesn't think Mitt Romney has a jobs plan and is "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage. During a wide-ranging interview with David Gregory on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, Biden weighed in on a wide array of topics--the economy, foreign policy, gay marriage, [...] Full Story Top Sarkozy joins fallen leaders amid Europe crisis Sun,6 May 2012 02:56 PM PDT Associated Press - Nicolas Sarkozy, defeated Sunday in France's presidential runoff by Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, joins a series of European leaders booted from office because of public anger over government spending cuts and economic crisis. Almost every crisis-hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its leader. Full Story Top The Hindenburg Disaster: 75 years later Fri,4 May 2012 01:38 PM PDT The Upshot - On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship burst into flames over a New Jersey field.  75 years later, the disaster remains a source of mystery and fascination. The Hindenburg was one of the first disasters caught on film, thanks to newsreel coverage. It had an unmistakable effect on the masses (it doomed travel by airship) [...] Full Story Top Police: Homicide at Kentucky Derby track Sun,6 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT Associated Press - The discovery of a man's body Sunday in the stable area of Churchill Downs was being investigated as a homicide, but there is no connection to the race track or the Kentucky Derby, police said. Full Story Top Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife Fri,4 May 2012 03:13 PM PDT Associated Press - The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. Full Story Top Obama plunges into campaign, tears into Romney Sat,5 May 2012 02:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager "rubber stamp" for conservative Republicans in Congress and an agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance power that big banks and insurers hold over consumers. Full Story Top Bids for Neil Armstrong's Corvette Pass $250K on eBay, Collectors Concerned Sun,6 May 2012 08:06 AM PDT SPACE.com - A beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, which astronaut Neil Armstrong purportedly first owned, has attracted astronomical bids on the online auction site eBay. But did the first man to walk on the moon ever drive it? Full Story Top Thousands Turn Out for Obama, But Ohio Arena Goes Unfilled Sat,5 May 2012 07:04 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - RICHMOND, Va. — Thousands turned out for President Obama today at his first re-election campaign rallies in Ohio or Virginia but there were no overflowing crowds — a distinct contrast with scenes from the 2008 campaign — which Republicans are gleeful to point out. In... Full Story Top Bill Maher Wrong About Obama, Race and Conservatives Sat,5 May 2012 06:59 AM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | Bill Maher, the mad cap HBO host, is best known for his issues with conservative women. But he also seems to have even more twisted views on politics and race as only a white liberal could possess. Otherwise, how could he say the following, according to the Daily Caller? Full Story Top Two American hikers jailed in Iran wed in California Sat,5 May 2012 09:44 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the three American hikers jailed in Iran after allegedly straying over the Iraq-Iran border in 2009 were to be married on Saturday in a private ceremony in California, according to a statement posted on their Facebook page. The wedding of Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd completes an engagement that began when Bauer tied a ring of thread around her finger while they were in prison in 2010. ... Full Story Top 'Avengers' smashes record: $200.3 million debut Sun,6 May 2012 01:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Hulk, smash. Full Story Top Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is 'Stronger' Sun,6 May 2012 01:20 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - As 10,000 U.S. troops prepare to leave the Afghanistan over the next six months, two top lawmakers, just back from a trip to the region, on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee said they are concerned that the Taliban is growing stronger. "I think we both say... Full Story Top FBI works to ID 2 dead; mom, kids had been missing Sun,6 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT Associated Press - Authorities worked Sunday to identify two people found dead at a home associated with a man suspected in the abduction of a woman and her three young daughters. Full Story Top

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