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Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Jaw-dropping switch saves 'Obamacare' GOP: Ruling will hurt swing-state Dems in November House holds Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress How the health care ruling could affect hiring Colorado Springs fire is state's most destructive on record Asteroid hunters announce first private deep space mission Eurozone leaders discuss emergency market measures Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85 Gruesome killings by Mexican drug cartel Tests find traces of alcohol in Coke, Pepsi and other sodas Body of missing 4-year-old Mich. boy found Rep. Gutierrez uses Bieber to rip Ariz. immigration law Plane, crew missing for 60 years discovered on Alaska glacier Audio: Two little girls explain the 'worst haircut ever' Jaw-dropping switch saves 'Obamacare' Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT In his White House memoir, "Courage and Consequence," Karl Rove recalls being the lone non-lawyer among the group of George W. Bush aides who initially interviewed John Roberts for the Supreme Court in 2005. Rove asked Roberts to go back in history to name the justice whom he most revered. Roberts' answer, Robert Jackson, intrigued and reassured Rove. When appointed in 1941, Jackson was serving as Franklin Roosevelt's attorney general and had been expected to be a pro-New Deal rubber-stamp on the court. But, as Rove put it, Jackson "instead demonstrated a fidelity to the Constitution that Roberts admired." Full Story Top GOP: Ruling will hurt swing-state Dems in November Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:22 AM PDT The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the individual mandate in the president's health care law solidified health care as the cornerstone for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign. But it remains a tricky issue for Democrats running for Senate in conservative and competitive states. Already facing attacks over their ties to and alleged support for "Obamacare," [...] Full Story Top House holds Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:49 PM PDT The full House of Representatives voted on Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department's decision to withhold documents related to the failed Fast and Furious gunwalking operation. By a vote of 255 to 67, House members voted to hold Holder in contempt, disregarding a protest walkout led [...] Full Story Top How the health care ruling could affect hiring Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - For American businesses, uncertainty over the health care law is anything but over. Full Story Top Colorado Springs fire is state's most destructive on record Thu,28 Jun 2012 06:22 PM PDT Reuters - A fierce Colorado wildfire that has forced the evacuation of some 35,000 people while raging for six days at the edge of the state's second-most populous city has destroyed 346 homes, Mayor Steve Bach said on Thursday, citing preliminary damage reports. If those figures hold up, the tally of lost homes in and around Colorado Springs would make the so-called Waldo Canyon Fire the state's most destructive on record, surpassing the 257 homes consumed in recent weeks by a much larger blaze north of Denver near Fort Collins. ... Full Story Top Asteroid hunters announce first private deep space mission Thu,28 Jun 2012 12:40 PM PDT ABC News - Asteroids could be heading for Earth right now, and the world should not have to live in fear. At least that's the message of a group of scientists and former astronauts working on the issue.  They announced plans today to launch the first privately funded... Full Story Top Eurozone leaders discuss emergency market measures Thu,28 Jun 2012 07:03 PM PDT Associated Press - Increasingly desperate Italy and Spain drove leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro into an emergency overnight meeting Friday to seek agreement on urgent measures to lower their borrowing costs. The success of a summit meant to reassure markets hung in the balance. Full Story Top Michael Sokolski, creator of Scantron, dies at 85 Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:46 PM PDT The name Michael Sokolski might not be of the household variety, but if you've ever filled in the little bubbles of a standardized test with a No. 2 pencil, you're familiar with his work. Sokolski, the man who invented the Scantron test format, died earlier this month at the age of 85 of congestive heart [...] Full Story Top Gruesome killings by Mexican drug cartel Thu,28 Jun 2012 09:25 AM PDT ABC News - 'This Is How All Your Filthy People Are Going to End,' Vows Narrator Full Story Top Tests find traces of alcohol in Coke, Pepsi and other sodas Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT Scientists who tested 19 different kinds of cola found trace amounts of alcohol in 10 of the samples. However, the amounts were so small that you'd have to consume nearly 13,000 cans to qualify for a DUI. The Sun reports that the amounts were as low as 10mg per liter, or, 0.001 percent. In other [...] Full Story Top Body of missing 4-year-old Mich. boy found Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:58 PM PDT Associated Press - The body of a 4-year-old boy missing for a week was found buried Thursday at his home, a family spokesman said. Full Story Top Rep. Gutierrez uses Bieber to rip Ariz. immigration law Thu,28 Jun 2012 12:18 PM PDT Justin Bieber is many things: Singer, actor ... Canadian? It's true! And Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) used the Bieb's Canadian ancestry to make a point about the controversial Arizona immigration law. [Related: Arizona implements immigration law as feds push back] Gutierrez, who is against the law that allows Arizona law enforcement officials to ask [...] Full Story Top Plane, crew missing for 60 years discovered on Alaska glacier Thu,28 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT A U.S. Air Force plane that disappeared 60 years ago in Alaska has been found on a glacier, 14 miles from where it originally crashed into a mountain. The C-124 Globemaster and its crew of 52 servicemen were lost when the plane crashed in November 1952. A military spokeswoman said that a recovery team is [...] Full Story Top Audio: Two little girls explain the 'worst haircut ever' Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:14 PM PDT When five-year-old Sadie Cohen decided to give her younger sister a free haircut, the results weren't quite what either of the girls expected. Not only did they get screamed at by their parents, but they also were then interviewed by their journalist father. After Sadie emerged from "hiding under the radiator," WNPR reporter Jeff Cohen [...] Full Story Top

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