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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: 'Student loans have basically ruined my life': Yahoo News readers tell their stories German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault Boehner Charges Ahead on Contempt Resolution for Holder 'Deserve to Die' posters pop up in some U.S. cities George Zimmerman Bullied Former Colleague, Complaint Says Rogue Dolphin, Alone After Katrina, Menaces Lake Area Colorado wildfires: 32,000 evacuated as blaze jumps perimeter near Colorado Springs Texas 'stand your ground' shooter headed to prison Obama prepping thousands of lawyers for election Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church Do women have themselves to blame for work-family imbalances? UFOs Exist, Say 36 Percent in National Geographic Survey Unemployed man who saved toddler from oncoming subway train in Brooklyn gets a job Romney Says if Obamacare is Struck Down, Obama's Term Was Wasted Health Care Law Lacks Support - But So Does the Status Quo Obama: (Insert Issue Here) 'It's the Right Thing to Do' Arizona implements immigration law as feds push back Colorado wildfire expands viciously, Obama plans visit Google reveals pint-sized Nexus 7 tablet for just $199 65 percent of Americans say Obama better suited to handle alien invasion than Romney Christian group backs away from ex-gay therapy Dad charged with assault for tossing McDonald's fries at stepdaughter Facebook just changed your default email without your consent: here's how to opt out Detective faulted George Zimmerman for not avoiding confrontation with Trayvon Martin Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' Pentagon's first-ever Gay Pride event U.S. seizes cargo ship in search for stowaways Apple quietly stops touting the fact that it has a virus-free platform As White House race heats up, so do GOP probes Gunnar, the U.S. Navy seal, dies at age 38 Tennessee man returns $13,000 in cash he found on trash can (VIDEO) Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system Thousands of vets flock to Detroit for hiring fair North Carolina Dad Battles Hospital For Guardianship Of Comatose Son Assailants attack Microsoft HQ in Athens Boehner: House will go ahead with contempt vote Steve Wynn Admits He Gave Secret $2 Million Charitable Donation, Ending the Mystery S.C. TV Reporter Loses Her Smile after a Bell's Palsy Attack Rebels storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel Fired Philly area teacher with controversial blog sues district 'Student loans have basically ruined my life': Yahoo News readers tell their stories Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:53 AM PDT Ah, the summer after graduation. With rented caps and gowns returned, most graduates are hitting the pavement to look for work, or trying to ace that final internship in the hopes that they'll be hired on. But even for those who find employment, there likely remains nagging bit of unfinished business: student loans. According to [...] Full Story Top German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT AFP - Circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious rights. Full Story Top Boehner Charges Ahead on Contempt Resolution for Holder Wed,27 Jun 2012 08:57 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - After a last-ditch appeal by the White House fell flat Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner told reporters this morning that he will proceed on a vote Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding certain documents related to the Fast... Full Story Top 'Deserve to Die' posters pop up in some U.S. cities Tue,26 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT A provocative advertising campaign that declares hipsters, cat lovers and crazy old aunts "deserve to die" is popping up in major American cities, including New York, Chicago, Seattle and New Orleans. The posters, placed on telephone booths and bus terminals, do not say what the campaign is for, but a quick online search leads to [...] Full Story Top George Zimmerman Bullied Former Colleague, Complaint Says Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:38 AM PDT Good Morning America - One of George Zimmerman's former colleagues at CarMax, where he worked in 2008, complained formally about him, alleging serial hazing that lasted for months. Full Story Top Rogue Dolphin, Alone After Katrina, Menaces Lake Area Wed,27 Jun 2012 06:26 AM PDT Good Morning America - Dolphin That Found Way Into Lake After Katrina Deemed Dangerous Full Story Top Colorado wildfires: 32,000 evacuated as blaze jumps perimeter near Colorado Springs Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:46 AM PDT A fast-moving wildfire near Colorado Springs forced as many as 32,000 residents to be evacuated on Tuesday, as the blaze—fueled by 65 mph winds—jumped a perimeter set by firefighters trying desperately to contain it. The Waldo Canyon fire—which was first spotted Saturday near Pikes Peak—doubled in size overnight to more than 24 square miles, according [...] Full Story Top Texas 'stand your ground' shooter headed to prison Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT A Texas man convicted of shooting and killing his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over loud music received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday. Raul Rodriguez, 47, faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of life in prison.  He claimed he shot schoolteacher Kelly Danaher in self-defense under Texas' version of the "stand [...] Full Story Top Obama prepping thousands of lawyers for election Tue,26 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama's campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year's election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Full Story Top Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Retired schoolteacher Dolores Rommel has followed the Rev. Robert H. Schuller almost her entire adult life: She was baptized in his church as a young woman, sent her children to his Sunday school and laid her husband to rest near the soaring, glass-paned Crystal Cathedral that was to be the televangelist's ultimate legacy. Full Story Top Do women have themselves to blame for work-family imbalances? Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:49 AM PDT TopLine Even with economic advantages, advanced degrees  and a husband dedicated to sharing the burden, why do some working moms still feel that a high-powered career is not possible? That is one of the central questions buzzing about the internet, our offices and dinner conversations since the Atlantic's current cover story "Women Still Can't Have [...] Full Story Top UFOs Exist, Say 36 Percent in National Geographic Survey Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:32 AM PDT Good Morning America - National Geographic Poll Shows High Level of Belief in UFOs Full Story Top Unemployed man who saved toddler from oncoming subway train in Brooklyn gets a job Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT An unemployed Brooklyn man who was hailed as a "superhero without a cape"—or a job—after he rescued a 9-month-old boy from an oncoming subway train on Tuesday now has a job. Delroy Simmonds, 30, was hired as a maintenance worker at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to the Daily News. "We read the story [...] Full Story Top Romney Says if Obamacare is Struck Down, Obama's Term Was Wasted Tue,26 Jun 2012 10:58 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - SALEM, Va. — Mitt Romney said today that President Obama's time in office will have been "wasted" if the Supreme Court rules his health care plan to be unconstitutional. "As you know, the Supreme Court is gonna be dealing with whether or not Obamacare's constitutional,"... Full Story Top Health Care Law Lacks Support - But So Does the Status Quo Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:01 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Americans are equally dissatisfied with the current health care system and with the federal law intended to improve it – suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on that law will by no means end the country's sharp political debate over health care policy. Just... Full Story Top Obama: (Insert Issue Here) 'It's the Right Thing to Do' Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Doing the right thing seems to be hard for everyone, except President Obama. He always seems to know the "right thing to do." Indeed, he uses his presidential remarks to instruct the American people on the right thing to do over and over again. At... Full Story Top Arizona implements immigration law as feds push back Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT Arizona began implementing the piece of its anti-illegal immigration law that survived the Supreme Court's ruling on Monday, requiring police officers to verify immigration status during routine stops if they have a "reasonable" suspicion that someone may be in the country illegally. Arizona tells police officers to look for specific signs that indicate they should [...] Full Story Top Colorado wildfire expands viciously, Obama plans visit Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:44 PM PDT Reuters - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled on Wednesday to beat back a wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that doubled in size overnight, forced more than 32,000 people from their homes and was nipping at the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The blaze, fanned by hot winds, has charred a number of homes on the wooded edges of the city and was prompting fresh evacuations on Wednesday. President Barack Obama plans to travel to the area on Friday to view the damage. ... Full Story Top Google reveals pint-sized Nexus 7 tablet for just $199 Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT Google revealed its long-rumored device today — a 7-inch Nexus tablet running Android's newest operating system flavor, 4.1 Jelly Bean. The pint-sized slate — which the company showed off at its annual Google I/O keynote event — is manufactured by Asus, … Continue reading → Full Story Top 65 percent of Americans say Obama better suited to handle alien invasion than Romney Wed,27 Jun 2012 10:11 AM PDT In the event that Bill Pullman isn't available, two-thirds of respondents to a new survey say that President Barack Obama would be better suited to handle an alien invasion than presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. "We wanted the pulse on people's opinions," said Brad Dancer, senior vice president of research and digital media for [...] Full Story Top Christian group backs away from ex-gay therapy Tue,26 Jun 2012 03:10 PM PDT Associated Press - The president of the country's best-known Christian ministry dedicated to helping people repress same-sex attraction through prayer is trying to distance the group from the idea that gay people's sexual orientation can be permanently changed or "cured." Full Story Top Dad charged with assault for tossing McDonald's fries at stepdaughter Tue,26 Jun 2012 02:08 PM PDT James Hackett, 26, is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly throwing an order of "hot and oily" McDonald's french fries at his 11-year-old stepdaughter, according to a Lowell, Massachusetts, police report posted on The Smoking Gun. Interestingly, the report states that the unnamed girl was not harmed in the incident but states the action [...] Full Story Top Facebook just changed your default email without your consent: here's how to opt out Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:11 PM PDT You'd be forgiven for not knowing that Facebook has an external email system built in to the site's familiar messaging system. After all, few of us have need for yet another email address. And given the way Facebook algorithms decide to hide messages that … Continue reading → Full Story Top Detective faulted George Zimmerman for not avoiding confrontation with Trayvon Martin Tue,26 Jun 2012 01:31 PM PDT [Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET] Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman missed two opportunities to try to peacefully approach Trayvon Martin before he fatally shot the unarmed teenager, according to an investigator's report released Tuesday. "The encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was ultimately avoidable by Zimmerman, if Zimmerman had remained in his vehicle and [...] Full Story Top Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:40 AM PDT ABC News - A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists. Jimmy Carter, America's 39th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of  the Universal... Full Story Top Pentagon's first-ever Gay Pride event Tue,26 Jun 2012 03:39 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - For the first time ever, the Defense Department held a ceremony honoring homosexual and transgender service members in honor of Gay Pride Month at the Pentagon. President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta each sent a taped video message for the standing-room only event.... Full Story Top U.S. seizes cargo ship in search for stowaways Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT Reuters - NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A cargo ship believed to be carrying stowaways was seized at a New Jersey port on Wednesday after it arrived in the United States following stops in India and Egypt to pick up freight, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Agents said they heard what sounded like people in a container buried beneath others in the ship's hold, Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe said. The container had not been opened hours after the ship was stopped and was being moved by crane to a dock so it could be checked, he said. ... Full Story Top Apple quietly stops touting the fact that it has a virus-free platform Tue,26 Jun 2012 05:49 PM PDT It's been one of the key selling points of Macs for years: Computers made by Apple simply don't get viruses, right? Well, unfortunately, recent computer virus outbreaks (yes, that's outbreaks with an "S") have proven Macs to be vulnerable, and as a result, … Continue reading → Full Story Top As White House race heats up, so do GOP probes Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT Associated Press - Contempt of Congress? Subpoenas? Stonewalling? Full Story Top Gunnar, the U.S. Navy seal, dies at age 38 Tue,26 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT He was a U.S. Navy seal best known for learning to use a screwdriver. And now Cold War veteran Gunnar has passed away on Monday. He was 38-years-old at the time of his death and enjoying some quiet living in Washington DC's National Zoo. To be clear, Gunnar was not a U.S. Navy SEAL, the [...] Full Story Top Tennessee man returns $13,000 in cash he found on trash can (VIDEO) Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:20 AM PDT When Kenneth Allen picked up the paper bag sitting atop a trash can outside a Tennessee convenience store, he found two things: A bottle of cologne and nearly $13,000 in cash. "It never crossed my mind to take it, because that's not the right thing to do," Allen told local affiliate Fox4KC about the $12,764.73 [...] Full Story Top Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system Wed,27 Jun 2012 06:50 PM PDT Associated Press - Lab tests detected only marijuana in the system of a Florida man shot while chewing on another man's face, the medical examiner said Wednesday, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the stimulants known as "bath salts." Full Story Top Thousands of vets flock to Detroit for hiring fair Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:43 AM PDT Associated Press - Staff Sgt. Michael Burton's 20-year Army career has taken him all over the globe — from Panama to Somalia, and Haiti to Iraq. Full Story Top North Carolina Dad Battles Hospital For Guardianship Of Comatose Son Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:51 AM PDT ABC News - WakeMed Hospital Wants to Take Over for Dad Whose Son Is In a Coma Full Story Top Assailants attack Microsoft HQ in Athens Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:44 AM PDT Associated Press - Assailants attacked the offices of Microsoft in Athens early Wednesday, driving a van through the front doors and setting off an incendiary device that burned the building entrance, police said. Full Story Top Boehner: House will go ahead with contempt vote Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:17 PM PDT Associated Press - The Obama administration and House Republicans refused to find a middle ground in a dispute over documents related to a botched gun-tracking operation, and the GOP plunged ahead with plans for precedent-setting votes Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in civil and criminal contempt of Congress. Full Story Top Steve Wynn Admits He Gave Secret $2 Million Charitable Donation, Ending the Mystery Tue,26 Jun 2012 07:08 AM PDT Good Morning America - A Mystery for 4,000 Families in Southern Nevada Has Been Solved Full Story Top S.C. TV Reporter Loses Her Smile after a Bell's Palsy Attack Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:44 AM PDT Good Morning America - Bell's Palsy Paralysis Similar to Stroke Full Story Top Rebels storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state. More than 150 people were killed in fierce fighting across Syria on Wednesday, 86 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Intensified fighting in the country have driven up the death toll averages to around 100 people per day in the past week. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was "at war". U.S. ... Full Story Top Fired Philly area teacher with controversial blog sues district Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:12 PM PDT Natalie Munroe, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School in Doylestown, Pa., was fired Tuesday night after a long controversy over the content of her foul-mouthed, tell-all blog, "Where are we going & why are we in this hand basket." In it, the honors English teacher complained of "disengaged, lazy students" and of feckless faculty [...] Full Story Top

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