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News - Latest News & Headlines: 'Very nervous': Dad's big chance More details emerge on secret meeting Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies at age 47 Obama's rose-colored glasses: 'Good news' about jobs Romney says he wanted gay spokesman to stay on job Japan to switch off final nuclear reactor Americans favor limited U.S. role in Afghanistan Spirit Airlines to refund cancer-stricken flyer's fare Five Philadelphia priests sanctioned in sex abuse probe Boris Johnson re-elected mayor of London Woman accuses son of taking $51 million lottery ticket Five wild animals back on Ohio farm; safety debated Arrest made in deadly 2011 Yale tailgating crash Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in U.S. Escort says Secret Service agents 'showed no respect' The Hindenburg disaster: 75 years later Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces tribunal 'Loch Ness Monster' ordered to leave Wisconsin river Dubai plans underwater hotel made of submerged discs Could the Navy ever build a flying aircraft carrier? 'Very nervous': Dad's big chance Fri,4 May 2012 03:18 PM PDT Remake America - After a hard job search, John overhauls his image — and lands a crucial interview. Full Story Top More details emerge on secret meeting Fri,4 May 2012 02:54 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - More details are coming out from the one-on-one 90 minute meeting held earlier today in Pittsburgh between presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Longtime Santorum advisor John Brabender tells ABC News that the meeting between men who until last month were fierce rivals... Full Story Top Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies at age 47 Fri,4 May 2012 05:06 PM PDT Yahoo! Music - Founding Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch died Friday, May 4, according to published reports. The cause of death has not yet been revealed, but the musician and activist announced in 2009 that he was battling cancer. He was 47. Full Story Top Obama's rose-colored glasses: 'Good news' about jobs Fri,4 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT The Ticket - President Barack Obama on Friday emphasized the "good news" in the otherwise dreary April 2012 jobs figures: a drop in the national unemployment rate from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent. "The unemployment rate ticked down again," the president said in a speech to a raucous and friendly crowd of students at Washington-Lee High School in [...] Full Story Top Romney says he wanted gay spokesman to stay on job Fri,4 May 2012 05:45 PM PDT Associated Press - Walking a careful line, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday he had wanted an openly gay spokesman who resigned from his campaign this week to stay on. Hours later, he worked to court the party's conservative wing by meeting with former rival Rick Santorum. Full Story Top Japan to switch off final nuclear reactor Fri,4 May 2012 06:33 PM PDT AFP - The last working reactor in Japan is to be switched off Saturday, leaving the country without nuclear power just over a year after the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century. Full Story Top Americans favor limited U.S. role in Afghanistan Fri,4 May 2012 05:39 PM PDT Reuters - Most Americans want U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and oppose a significant long-term commitment to support that nation's economy and security, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Friday. But the poll also indicated that most Americans favor keeping some U.S. forces in Afghanistan to help train that nation's troops, and to continue missions targeting al-Qaeda. Taken together, the findings suggest "Americans essentially want to be done with Afghanistan," said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson. ... Full Story Top Spirit Airlines to refund cancer-stricken flyer's fare Fri,4 May 2012 03:27 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - Spirit Airlines said Friday afternoon that it will make an exception to its refund policy and reimburse the fare of a terminally ill man who had bought a ticket on the carrier, but was then told by his doctor not to fly. Full Story Top Five Philadelphia priests sanctioned in sex abuse probe Fri,4 May 2012 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput stripped five priests of their duties and apologized to their victims on Friday following an investigation into a pedophilia scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic archdiocese. The sanctions come as the archdiocese nears the end of its investigation into 27 priests who were put on leave when a January 2011 grand jury report raised questions about their possible involvement in abusing children. ... Full Story Top Boris Johnson re-elected mayor of London Fri,4 May 2012 04:02 PM PDT Associated Press - London's rumpled, comic and often outright offensive Boris Johnson has been declared the winner of a surprisingly close mayoral race in the British capital. Full Story Top Woman accuses son of taking $51 million lottery ticket Fri,4 May 2012 05:35 PM PDT Reuters - A California woman has sued her son and accused him of making off with her $51 million Mega Millions lottery ticket, and then racking up expenses on houses, cars and cash gifts. The legal dispute between Etta May Urquhart, 76, and her son Ronnie Orender, who had been a truck driver, centers on who owns the ticket. She admits he signed it, but she is the one who lottery officials acknowledge bought the slip of paper. ... Full Story Top Five wild animals back on Ohio farm; safety debated Fri,4 May 2012 06:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Five exotic animals are back on the eastern Ohio farm where they lived months ago before their owner abandoned them and released dozens of other wild animals into the rural community, then killed himself. Full Story Top Arrest made in deadly 2011 Yale tailgating crash Fri,4 May 2012 05:21 PM PDT Associated Press - The 21-year-old driver of a U-Haul truck that struck and killed a woman in a tailgating area at the Yale-Harvard football game in 2011 was arrested Friday, charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and reckless driving. Full Story Top Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in U.S. Fri,4 May 2012 07:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs, federal officials said Friday. Full Story Top Escort says Secret Service agents 'showed no respect' Fri,4 May 2012 08:43 AM PDT Good Morning America - One of the Colombian escorts at the center of the Secret Service scandal emerged from hiding today, recounting in detail her night in Cartagena with a member of President Obama's protective detail and saying she fears for her safety. 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 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces tribunal Fri,4 May 2012 01:48 PM PDT The Upshot - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is facing a military tribunal in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday. Mohammed, born in 1965, stands accused of a slew of horrific crimes, including terrorism and murder. A statement from the U.S. Defense Department claims that Mohammed and four co-defendants are "responsible for the planning [...] Full Story Top 'Loch Ness Monster' ordered to leave Wisconsin river Fri,4 May 2012 02:11 PM PDT The Sideshow - The Loch Ness Monster has finally surfaced—in Wisconsin's Chippewa River. And state officials want it to go. To be clear, the object in question is actually a sculpture meant to resemble "Nessie," the mythological creature supposedly navigating a deep body of water in Scotland. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokesman Dan Baumann says the sculpture [...] Full Story Top Dubai plans underwater hotel made of submerged discs Fri,4 May 2012 03:44 PM PDT Technology News Blog - To say that the city of Dubai — located in the United Arab Emirates — is a playground for the wealthy would be a gross understatement. The urban wonderland is home to some of the most extravagant displays of affluence on Earth, … Continue reading → Full Story Top Could the Navy ever build a flying aircraft carrier? Fri,4 May 2012 03:23 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Moviegoers can easily recognize flights of fancy when they see the Avengers assemble aboard the flying "Helicarrier" aircraft carrier in Hollywood's latest superhero blockbuster. But could the U.S. Navy ever build the fantastical military marvel if it wanted a flying air base? Full Story Top

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