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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Upset at the Kentucky Derby 9/11 defendants ignore judge at hearing Warren Buffett plays down health concern Obama: 'I'm asking you to keep believing in me' France on verge of first Socialist leader in 20 years Former GOP candidate Gary Johnson wins Libertarian nod 2 bodies found in Miss. during search for mom, girls Five killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo FBI had been investigating Arizona neo-Nazi before shooting Slideshow: The wildest hats at the Kentucky Derby Egypt military detains hundreds following violence Murdoch scandal follows classic media baron script Peru says stay off beaches after mass pelican deaths News agency: Putin ready to 'go far' in U.S. relations Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture AT&T to pay Muslim woman $5M in harassment case American hikers imprisoned in Iran set to marry Facebook 'Like' not protected by First Amendment Concordia cruise company unveils new vessel Upset at the Kentucky Derby Sat,5 May 2012 04:25 PM PDT Associated Press - I'll Have Another ran down Bodemeister in the final furlong Saturday to win the Kentucky Derby, entering the winner's circle despite a rookie jockey, a more famous stable pony, and a price tag of just $11,000 as a yearling. Full Story Top 9/11 defendants ignore judge at hearing Sat,5 May 2012 05:31 PM PDT Associated Press - They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and wouldn't listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3,000 counts of murder. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four co-defendants defiantly disrupted an arraignment that dragged into Saturday night in the opening act of the long-stalled effort to prosecute them in a military court. Full Story Top Warren Buffett plays down health concern Sat,5 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT Reuters - OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett tried to allay fears of Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders about the company's future after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and revealed that he recently tried to make one of the biggest acquisitions of his storied career. The question of who will succeed Buffett, 81, as chief executive became more of an imperative after Buffett disclosed the diagnosis on April 17. ... Full Story Top Obama: 'I'm asking you to keep believing in me' Sat,5 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT The Ticket - Fighting to recapture the magic of his history-making 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out his fullest-yet case for reelection, pleading with struggling Americans to "keep believing in me" and hitting out at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. "If people ask you what this campaign is about, you tell them 'it's still about [...] Full Story Top France on verge of first Socialist leader in 20 years Sat,5 May 2012 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - Campaigning ended on Saturday in France for a decisive second-round presidential vote expected to crown Francois Hollande the country's first Socialist leader in two decades despite polls showing President Nicolas Sarkozy clawing back some ground. Sunday's election, which coincides with parliamentary polls in Greece, may prove decisive for the direction of Europe as Hollande has promised he will try to temper a German-led austerity drive across Europe and reorientate the recession-struck euro zone towards growth. ... Full Story Top Former GOP candidate Gary Johnson wins Libertarian nod Sat,5 May 2012 01:20 PM PDT Associated Press - Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is campaigning to win the White House as a Libertarian after receiving scant attention in the Republican presidential race. Full Story Top 2 bodies found in Miss. 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 Five killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo Sat,5 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT Associated Press - A bomb struck a car wash Saturday in Aleppo, killing at least five people, a day after government troops opened fire to break up large protests against a violent university raid in Syria's largest city. Full Story Top FBI had been investigating Arizona neo-Nazi before shooting Sat,5 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT 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 Slideshow: The wildest hats at the Kentucky Derby Sat,5 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT A woman wears a fancy hat at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky before the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, May 5, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT HORSE RACING) Full Story Top Egypt military detains hundreds following violence Sat,5 May 2012 01:44 PM PDT Associated Press - Egypt's military officials moved swiftly Saturday to prosecute protesters they blamed for an attack on the Defense Ministry, in an attempt to put down increasingly violent protests against their authority just weeks before the country's presidential election. Full Story Top Murdoch scandal follows classic media baron script Sat,5 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT Associated Press - If the phone hacking scandal gripping Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire has a familiar ring, it might be because you've heard the story before. Scrappy outsider turns modest newspaper business into international media conglomerate. Ambition turns to hubris. Mogul dramatically falls from grace. Full Story Top Peru says stay off beaches after mass pelican deaths Sat,5 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - Peru's government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists alike to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. At least 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed up dead along a stretch of Peru's northern Pacific coastline in recent weeks, health officials said, after an estimated 800 dolphins died in the same area in recent months. ... Full Story Top News agency: Putin ready to 'go far' in U.S. relations Sat,5 May 2012 10:53 AM PDT Reuters - Russia's President-elect Vladimir Putin is ready to go far in developing ties between Russia and the United States provided the relationship is equal, Interfax news agency quoted Putin's foreign policy aide as saying on Saturday. Putin discussed bilateral relations at a closed-door meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama's top security aide Tom Donilon at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Friday, three days before his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin. ... Full Story Top Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture Sat,5 May 2012 09:38 AM PDT Associated Press - The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said Saturday. 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 American hikers imprisoned in Iran set to marry Sat,5 May 2012 11:01 AM PDT AFP - Two of the US hikers imprisoned in Iran on spying charges after straying across the border in July 2009 are set to marry over the weekend, a lawyer and friend of the couple said Friday. Full Story Top Facebook 'Like' 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 Concordia cruise company unveils new vessel Sat,5 May 2012 10:19 AM PDT AFP - A tragedy like the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner "will not happen again," the shipping line's boss said Saturday as he unveiled a new luxury vessel to the public. Full Story Top

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