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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Eastern storms kill 13, cut power to millions Syria agreement leaves open Assad question National Guard helps patrol Colo. fire damage Y! Big Story: 'Fast and Furious' meets 'The Wire' Rodney King remembered at funeral as forgiving man Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir dies Morsi sworn in as Egypt's president Transcendent win still not assured for Obama June buzz: Judgment calls and Judgment Days Eastern U.S. storm hobbles Netflix and Instagram Colombia volcano erupts, prompts evacuations Stolen Salvador Dali drawing mysteriously returned by mail Use caution when exercising in hot weather Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is 'unrealistic' Miss. may be only state without abortion clinic Eastern storms kill 13, cut power to millions Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:15 PM PDT Associated Press - Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3 million without power during a triple-digit heat wave. Full Story Top Syria agreement leaves open Assad question Sat,30 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT Associated Press - An international conference on Saturday accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan for Syria, but left open the key question of whether the country's president could be part of a transitional government. Full Story Top National Guard helps patrol Colo. fire damage Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT Associated Press - Making steady progress Saturday against the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, crews kept a wary eye on weather that was getting warmer and drier as National Guard troops were deployed to help local police get things back to normal. Full Story Top Y! Big Story: 'Fast and Furious' meets 'The Wire' Sat,30 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT The federal investigation into Mexican gun-trafficking was dubbed Operation Fast and Furious, because the suspects involved liked a little auto-sideshow action. The better analogy might be "The Wire"—to cover a roiling case of vindictive office politics, cowboy agents, sensationalized reporting, the clash of Second Amendment rights and gun crimes, and election-year bickering that has resulted [...] Full Story Top Rodney King remembered at funeral as forgiving man Sat,30 Jun 2012 06:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Rodney King was remembered in Los Angeles on Saturday as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity. Full Story Top Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir dies Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who balked at the idea of trading occupied land for peace with the Palestinians, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. He was twice prime minister in the 1980s and early 1990s. Rather than seek accommodation with the Palestinians, Shamir championed new Jewish settlements. Full Story Top Morsi sworn in as Egypt's president Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:32 AM PDT Associated Press - Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a "new Egypt" as he took the oath of office Saturday to become the country's first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago. Full Story Top Transcendent win still not assured for Obama Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:53 AM PDT Associated Press - Presidents live in a world of wins and losses quickly forgotten. Rarely are they presented with the kind of defining moment that President Barack Obama experienced when the Supreme Court upheld his health care law. Full Story Top June buzz: Judgment calls and Judgment Days Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:29 AM PDT Decisions, decisions. About halfway through the year's a good time to make them, and many were laid out judicially (although to some thinking, not judiciously), politically, competitively, and romantically. Some decisions though are beyond that of man and instead are up entirely to Mother Nature: Disastrous floods, roiling heat, vicious winds, and heart-stopping wildfires afflicted [...] Full Story Top Eastern U.S. storm hobbles Netflix and Instagram Sat,30 Jun 2012 01:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest are using Twitter and Facebook to update subscribers after violent storms across the eastern U.S. caused server outages for hours. Full Story Top Colombia volcano erupts, prompts evacuations Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia evacuated people from communities close to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano after an eruption on Saturday that spewed smoke and ash from its crater, bringing back memories of avalanches that in 1985 buried tens of thousands under rocks. President Juan Manuel Santos said on his Twitter account that the area around the Nevado del Ruiz, in the central spine of Colombia's Andean mountain range, had been put on red alert and people should leave the area. ... Full Story Top Stolen Salvador Dali drawing mysteriously returned by mail Sat,30 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT ABC News - A stolen drawing by surrealist artist Salvador Dali was mailed back to New York City without explanation just in time for the final day the gallery show it was stolen from 10 days earlier in Manhattan. The Venus Over Manhattan gallery had received an email... Full Story Top Use caution when exercising in hot weather Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:12 PM PDT HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- During hot weather, people who exercise outdoors need to take steps to avoid heat injury, according to the American Council on Exercise. Full Story Top Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is 'unrealistic' Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Minority leader Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are happy to debate dismantling Obamacare, but repeal is unrealistic. Full Story Top Miss. may be only state without abortion clinic Sat,30 Jun 2012 01:26 PM PDT Associated Press - Mississippi could soon become the only state without an abortion clinic because of a new law taking effect this weekend. Critics say the law would force women to drive hours across the state line to obtain a constitutionally protected procedure, or could even force some to carry unwanted pregnancies to term. Full Story Top

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