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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Romney calls on Obama to apologize for Bain attacks Australia surfer bitten in half by shark Cause elusive in death of Stallone son in LA home Tennessee man charged $85,000 for a tank of gas Obama unrelenting on bashing Romney's job record Obama spending on attack ads soars President Obama: 'When We Get Virginia, We Will Win This Election' Obama staffer dies after collapsing at campaign's Chicago HQ Chavez: Venezuela is no threat, Obama is a "good guy" Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work Boss Gives Employees $7,500 for Vacations Bain far from fading, Obama keeps after Romney Judge upholds child support in Russian adoption Prisoner Files Lawsuit After Denied Jigsaw Puzzle in Jail Is it just the economy? Other issues may play role 'Skinny' Blogger Under Fire for Calling Kate Upton Fat 'Piggie' Unique cat beginning to grace world of Internet video Gay Couple Eyes Lawsuit After Finding Pic on 'Hate Group' Mailer Asteroid Crashes Likely Gave Earth Its Water Indiana father accidentally shot dead by 3-year-old son Sylvester Stallone devastated as authorities investigate sudden death of son in US home GOP governor calls on Romney to release more tax returns Calgary Stampede horse deaths anger animal rights activists Obama mocks House Republicans for health care repeal vote Autistic man survives 3-week ordeal in Utah desert Obama presses Congress again to pass his tax plan It's D-Day for Ron Paul's 2012 Insurgency Cop's alleged threat against Michelle Obama being investigated by Secret Service Rare Sight: Black Bear Photographed at Grand Canyon Mary Kennedy reburied away from Kennedy family Obama rallies supporters in rainy battleground Virginia Clinton in Egypt for first meeting with president Trayvon Martin's killer seeks new judge in murder case Poles honor Reagan, John Paul II with new statue Obama to Romney: Come clean on Bain role Penn Staters tire of unhappy scandal in the valley Uzbek man gets more than 15 years for Obama threat Colorado says dentist put thousands at HIV risk from reused syringes Son of Sylvester Stallone dies in LA Ron Paul's delegate insurgency ends in Nebraska Romney calls on Obama to apologize for Bain attacks Fri,13 Jul 2012 03:16 PM PDT Mitt Romney disputed reports that he worked for Bain Capital longer than he had publicly suggested, insisting Friday he had no role "whatsoever" in managing the company after February 1999 when he left to run the Winter Olympics. Public filings from the company suggest otherwise. In consecutive interviews with all five television news networks, Romney [...] Full Story Top Australia surfer bitten in half by shark Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:34 AM PDT AFP - A surfer was bitten in half in a savage shark attack off Australia's west coast Saturday, witnesses and officials said, the fifth such fatality in the region in less than a year. Full Story Top Cause elusive in death of Stallone son in LA home Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:05 AM PDT Associated Press - There were no signs of foul play or trauma in the death of Sage Stallone, whose sudden passing at the age of 36 left his father Sylvester Stallone devastated, a publicist and investigators said. Full Story Top Tennessee man charged $85,000 for a tank of gas Fri,13 Jul 2012 11:39 AM PDT Feel like gas prices are making a dent in your budget? Imagine how Ray Crockett felt when he received a bill for nearly $85,000 after filling his gas tank. Nashville's News Channel 5 reports that Crockett charged about $30 in gas from a local station to his Citibank debit card last week during a seemingly [...] Full Story Top Obama unrelenting on bashing Romney's job record Sat,14 Jul 2012 07:10 AM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney insists that he stepped down from his private equity firm years earlier than federal records indicate, but President Barack Obama is more than a little skeptical and says his Republican rival has much to explain. Full Story Top Obama spending on attack ads soars Sat,14 Jul 2012 10:44 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama's campaign has spent nearly $100 million on television commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing a sustained early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Republican Mitt Romney before he and his allies ramp up for the fall. Full Story Top President Obama: 'When We Get Virginia, We Will Win This Election' Fri,13 Jul 2012 05:46 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - HAMPTON, Va. – Seeking to hold on to the state he turned from solidly red to blue, President Obama told Virginia voters tonight that they hold the key to victory in November. "If I win Virginia, I'm going to get four more years, that I... Full Story Top Obama staffer dies after collapsing at campaign's Chicago HQ Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:06 PM PDT Tragedy struck President Barack Obama's campaign on Friday as a young staffer, 29-year-old Alex Okrent, collapsed in the Chicago headquarters and died, according to campaign officials. Obama, campaigning in Virginia, telephoned Okrent's family to express his condolences and later spoke with other campaign aides by conference call. The aide had been with Obama since 2004 [...] Full Story Top Chavez: Venezuela is no threat, Obama is a "good guy" Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:45 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Friday that Venezuela was a threat to anyone, after U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama for playing down the risk posed by the socialist leader. Obama told a Spanish-language television station in an interview screened this week that Chavez's actions over recent years had not had a serious impact on the national security of the United States. Romney said Obama's comments were "stunning and shocking" and showed a pattern of weakness in the Democratic president's foreign policy. ... Full Story Top Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work Sat,14 Jul 2012 12:50 AM PDT Associated Press - After years of following the paper trail of $51 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars provided to rebuild a broken Iraq, the U.S. government can say with certainty that too much was wasted. But it can't say how much. Full Story Top Boss Gives Employees $7,500 for Vacations Sat,14 Jul 2012 07:34 AM PDT Bart Lorang may be the best boss ever. The CEO of Denver-based internet start-up FullContact API said in a market that is competitive for top talent,  he wants to keep his employees happy and refreshed. The flip-flop wearing founder offers his employees $7,500 for what... Full Story Top Bain far from fading, Obama keeps after Romney Sat,14 Jul 2012 12:39 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama is keeping up a drumbeat of skepticism over Mitt Romney's insistence — displayed in a blitz of TV interviews — that he stepped down from his private equity firm years earlier than federal records indicate. Full Story Top Judge upholds child support in Russian adoption Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:45 PM PDT Associated Press - The Tennessee woman who ended her adoption of a 7-year-old Russian boy by putting him on a plane to Moscow by himself lost her bid Friday to keep from paying $150,000 in child support. Full Story Top Prisoner Files Lawsuit After Denied Jigsaw Puzzle in Jail Fri,13 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT ABC News - A prison inmate alleges his First Amendment rights are being violated because he cannot have access to jigsaw puzzles. Alan Berkun, who is serving six years for stock fraud, said he was "unconstitutionally barred from ordering a jigsaw puzzle from Amazon.com to the Metropolitan Detention... Full Story Top Is it just the economy? Other issues may play role Sat,14 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT Associated Press - As the economy colors and polarizes voters' attitudes, the Election Day outcome for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney may be decided on the margins by narrower issues that energize small but crucial slivers of the population. Full Story Top 'Skinny' Blogger Under Fire for Calling Kate Upton Fat 'Piggie' Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:24 AM PDT Kate Upton is known for her lush figure, but a blogger who acknowledges preferring the "skinny aesthetic" has likened the curvy swimsuit model to a cow and a pig. In a June 10 post on the website "Skinny Gurl," the unnamed female blogger wrote: "Did... Full Story Top Unique cat beginning to grace world of Internet video Fri,13 Jul 2012 01:43 PM PDT In the Internet world where cat videos are all the fancy, Bub the "perma-kitten" could be on the edge of viral stardom. "She's the best living thing on the planet," says Bub's owner, Bub (yes, the same name) Bridavsky of Bloomington, Ind., who says a rare genetic disorder has produced a one-of-a-kind cat. According to [...] Full Story Top Gay Couple Eyes Lawsuit After Finding Pic on 'Hate Group' Mailer Thu,12 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT Good Morning America - 'Hate Group' Doctors Photo to Defeat Colorado State Senator Full Story Top Asteroid Crashes Likely Gave Earth Its Water Thu,12 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT SPACE.com - Asteroids from the inner solar system are the most likely source of the majority of Earth's water, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Indiana father accidentally shot dead by 3-year-old son Sat,14 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - An Indiana father watching television with his children was accidentally shot to death by his 3-year-old son after the boy found a loaded handgun nearby, police said on Saturday. Michael Payless, 33, was found dead in the southern Indiana town of Salem on Friday night. Payless was watching television with two of his children when the other child, a 3-year-old boy, found the gun. "The child accidentally discharged the loaded handgun ... Michael A. Payless was pronounced dead at the scene," an Indiana state police statement said. ... Full Story Top Sylvester Stallone devastated as authorities investigate sudden death of son in US home Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:45 AM PDT Associated Press - LOS ANGELES, Calif. - There were no signs of foul play or trauma in the death of Sage Stallone, whose sudden passing at the age of 36 left his father Sylvester Stallone devastated, a publicist and investigators said. Full Story Top GOP governor calls on Romney to release more tax returns Sat,14 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Michael Falcone and Arlette Saenz report: WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — In an interview with ABC News on Saturday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley called on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to release additional years of his tax returns in order to show voters that he... Full Story Top Calgary Stampede horse deaths anger animal rights activists Fri,13 Jul 2012 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The debate between cowboy tradition and animal rights at the Calgary Stampede was reignited late Thursday when three horses were killed and a fourth seriously injured during a chuckwagon race at the huge annual rodeo and exhibition of Western Canadian culture Chuckwagon racing, the marquee event of Calgary's famous 10-day festival, is inspired by pioneering cowboys' practice of breaking camp and racing away. The thrilling sport is a Stampede symbol but it has claimed dozens of animals over the years. ... Full Story Top Obama mocks House Republicans for health care repeal vote Fri,13 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT On a campaign swing through the political battleground of Virginia, President Barack Obama on Friday mocked House Republicans for holding yet another vote against his landmark health care law. Thursday's action was the 33rd time the president's foes in the House of Representatives voted to repeal or defund Obamacare in whole or in part. "I [...] Full Story Top Autistic man survives 3-week ordeal in Utah desert Fri,13 Jul 2012 04:59 PM PDT Associated Press - The father of a 28-year-old autistic man who barely survived three weeks in remote southern Utah says his son was an experienced mountaineer but was out of his element in the harsh desert. Full Story Top Obama presses Congress again to pass his tax plan Sat,14 Jul 2012 07:31 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama is prodding Congress to "skip the unnecessary drama" and pass his proposal to extend Bush-era tax cuts to families earning less than $250,000 a year but not for those who earn more. Full Story Top It's D-Day for Ron Paul's 2012 Insurgency Sat,14 Jul 2012 03:31 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Today will mark the end, or the ultimate success, of Ron Paul's delegate insurgency. After a primary campaign in which Paul's team focused on the most ignored parts of the GOP process, winning delegates in overlooked caucus states and organizing around delegate votes at state... Full Story Top Cop's alleged threat against Michelle Obama being investigated by Secret Service Fri,13 Jul 2012 05:37 AM PDT A Washington, D.C., police officer has been removed from his unit and placed on administrative duty over remarks he allegedly made about first lady Michelle Obama—but the Secret Service is downplaying the controversy, msnbc.com reports. The officer, who worked as a motorcycle escort for White House officials, "allegedly said he would shoot the first lady [...] Full Story Top Rare Sight: Black Bear Photographed at Grand Canyon Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:57 AM PDT LiveScience.com - A hidden camera caught a rare picture of a large black bear roaming near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon last month.  The picture was recently released by park officials. Full Story Top Mary Kennedy reburied away from Kennedy family Sat,14 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT Associated Press - Seven weeks after she hanged herself, Mary Richardson Kennedy was reburied in a Cape Cod cemetery 700 feet from her original grave near other Kennedy family members. Full Story Top Obama rallies supporters in rainy battleground Virginia Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - GLEN ALLEN, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, soaked to the skin as he rallied supporters during a downpour in the election battleground state of Virginia on Saturday, kept up his attack on Republican Mitt Romney as the rhetoric hardened on both sides. Standing before about 900 people at the Walkerton Tavern & Garden who stood cheering and chanting despite the drenching rain, Obama attacked Romney's record as head of a private equity firm and contrasted his middle class childhood with Romney's wealth. "I don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. I want some insourcing. ... Full Story Top Clinton in Egypt for first meeting with president Sat,14 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hoped to use her first meeting with Egypt's new Islamist president on Saturday to steer Mohammed Morsi toward opening a dialogue with the military that could end the country's political crisis. Full Story Top Trayvon Martin's killer seeks new judge in murder case Fri,13 Jul 2012 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida man charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin asked for a new judge in his case on Friday, accusing the current judge of bias. Lawyers for George Zimmerman filed a motion requesting that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester withdraw from the trial. Zimmerman alleged in the filing that Lester made "gratuitous" and "disparaging remarks" about him during a July 5 bond hearing and offered "a personal opinion" in the case. "In doing so, the Court has created a reasonable fear in Mr. ... Full Story Top Poles honor Reagan, John Paul II with new statue Sat,14 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT Associated Press - Polish officials unveiled a statue of former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II on Saturday, honoring two men widely credited in this Eastern European country with helping to topple communism 23 years ago. Full Story Top Obama to Romney: Come clean on Bain role Fri,13 Jul 2012 03:16 PM PDT President Barack Obama pressed Mitt Romney on Friday to address questions about when he left Bain Capital, calling the escalating political fight over Romney's role at the firm "a legitimate part of the campaign." Obama's reelection campaign has accused Romney of misleading the country on when he severed ties to Bain. Romney has long said [...] Full Story Top Penn Staters tire of unhappy scandal in the valley Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:22 PM PDT Associated Press - They've had to reconcile the school whose sports programs vow "success with honor" with one of the worst scandals in sports history. Full Story Top Uzbek man gets more than 15 years for Obama threat Fri,13 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT Associated Press - An Uzbek man who came to America pursuing an Ivy League medical degree but wound up working seven days a week at a mall kiosk in Alabama was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Colorado says dentist put thousands at HIV risk from reused syringes Fri,13 Jul 2012 09:32 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - A suspended Colorado dentist reused syringes and needles in his now-shuttered practice, potentially exposing thousands of patients to HIV and hepatitis infection, health officials warned on Friday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent letters to 8,000 patients of dentist Stephen Stein, urging them to seek tests for the diseases after learning of "unsafe injection practices" at two Denver-area clinics he owned between September 1999 and June 2011. ... Full Story Top Son of Sylvester Stallone dies in LA Fri,13 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT Associated Press - The 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone was found dead in his Los Angeles home Friday, leaving the actor grief-stricken as authorities investigated the cause, a publicist and authorities said. Full Story Top Ron Paul's delegate insurgency ends in Nebraska Sat,14 Jul 2012 03:18 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Ron Paul's delegate insurgency has come to an end. Supporters of the libertarian GOP presidential candidate fell short at the Nebraska GOP convention, where they had hoped to out-organize Mitt Romney's delegates and push Paul over a critical threshold that would have ensured him an... Full Story Top

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