Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Utah man's confessional obituary owns up to life of pranks Tue,17 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT Val Patterson said his life motto was "Anything for a laugh." And after the 59-year-old died of throat cancer last week, he owned up to a few humorous events from his life. Patterson's obituary in The Salt Lake Tribune begins like many others, with a loving tribute to his wife, Mary Jane, and recollections of [...] Full Story | Top | Sununu: The Obama campaign is a 'bunch of liars' Tue,17 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT IRWIN, Pa.—John Sununu, a top surrogate to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, issued a withering attack against President Barack Obama Tuesday, accusing him and his campaign of being "a bunch of liars" for their attacks on the presumptive GOP nominee. Speaking on a Tuesday conference call with reporters, the former New Hampshire governor, who has emerged [...] Full Story | Top | Romney gets aggressive against Obama: 'He wants Americans to be ashamed of success' Tue,17 Jul 2012 12:01 PM PDT IRWIN, Pa.—Mitt Romney unveiled an aggressive new stump speech Tuesday, accusing President Barack Obama of being too cozy with political donors and suggesting the president wants Americans to be "ashamed of success." Speaking to several hundred supporters at a wireless services company outside Pittsburgh, Romney took aim at Obama's comments at a campaign event in [...] Full Story | Top | Study says Obama tax proposals could cost 700,000 jobs—Boehner pounces Tue,17 Jul 2012 07:50 AM PDT Republican House Speaker John Boehner hammered President Barack Obama on Tuesday after accounting firm Ernst and Young released a study funded by pro-business groups hostile to the Democrat's agenda. The firm's results showed that Obama's proposed tax hikes on the wealthy could cost the already sputtering economy more than 700,000 jobs. "Our economy is still [...] Full Story | Top | Report: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout Mon,16 Jul 2012 09:39 PM PDT Associated Press - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time winning at least three battleground states in November should black voter turnout fall at least 5 percentage points below the record levels that helped to put him in the White House. Full Story | Top | Indian fishermen say U.S. boat fired without warning Tue,17 Jul 2012 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Indian fishermen who survived a hail of gunfire from a U.S. Navy boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates disputed U.S. claims that their boat drew fire after ignoring warnings to steer clear of the American vessel. One Indian was killed and three others injured on Monday when the USNS Rappahannock, a refueling ship, fired on the fishing vessel, which the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said approached at high speed and ignored repeated warnings. The incident highlighted the potential for a rapid escalation of tensions in Gulf waters, where U.S. ...
Full Story | Top | Luke Skywalker knocks Romney as 'not human' Tue,17 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT Luke shot first? Actor Mark Hamill—still, decades later, best known for his turn as Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" trilogy—is warning voters that Mitt Romney "only imitates human behavior. He's not actually human himself." No word from Hamill on whether the Republican standard-bearer is more machine, now, than man, twisted and evil. Or whether [...] Full Story | Top | JetBlue Pilot Suffers Eye Injury From Green Laser Tue,17 Jul 2012 05:43 AM PDT ABC News' John Schriffen reports: A JetBlue pilot suffered an eye injury when a green laser was pointed directly into the cockpit as the plane was en route to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. The FAA says the incident took place Sunday when the... Full Story | Top | Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years Mon,16 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT National polls show that voters all over the country are losing faith in their elected leaders. But the 900 residents of Talkeetna, Alaska, say their mayor is doing a great job bringing in tourist dollars and has served in office for over a decade. "He's good. He's probably the best we've ever had," resident Lauri [...] Full Story | Top | Romney to go on the attack in Pennsylvania, but Democrats beat him to it Tue,17 Jul 2012 05:50 AM PDT PITTSBURGH—Mitt Romney returns to Pennsylvania today, where he's expected to debut a more aggressive message against President Barack Obama's policies and his ties to political donors. The move comes after days of blistering attacks from Democrats on Romney's resume at Bain Capital and the Republican nominee's refusal to release additional years of tax returns. But [...] Full Story | Top | Minnesota man accidentally destroys 40,000-square-foot lawn Mon,16 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT Rob Olson wanted his lawn to look nice as he prepared to host a fundraiser meant to benefit individuals with Cystic Fibrosis. But the Lake Elmo, Minn., man accidentally killed all of the grass on his 40,000-square-foot lawn after using a pesticide he thought would kill only weeds. "I think the packaging should say right [...] Full Story | Top | Report: 2M jobs lost if automatic cuts kick in Tue,17 Jul 2012 12:02 AM PDT Associated Press - Automatic cuts in federal spending will cost the economy more than 2 million jobs, from defense contracting to border security to education, if Congress fails to resolve the looming budget crisis, according to an analysis released Tuesday. Full Story | Top | New York Man Catches Girl Falling From Window Tue,17 Jul 2012 05:18 AM PDT A 7-year-old New York City girl escaped injury after she fell from a third-story window when she was caught by a neighbor. Cell phone video taken by a resident in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn shows Keyla McCree standing on an air conditioning unit... Full Story | Top | For first couple, second time's a charm on 'Kiss Cam' Mon,16 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama gave the people what they wanted today while cheering on the USA Basketball Olympic team in Washington, D.C. They were caught by the "Kiss Cam" not once but twice, and it seems they may have needed a little urging from the audience to smooch in front of [...] Full Story | Top | George Zimmerman defense team responds to cousin's molestation claims Mon,16 Jul 2012 02:37 PM PDT [Updated at 5:30 p.m. EDT] A family friend of George Zimmerman told investigators he sexually molested her on and off for nearly a decade, newly released audio tapes in the Trayvon Martin shooting case reveal. "He would reach under the blankets and try to do things," the woman—identified as Witness 9—told investigators. Zimmerman's defense team [...] Full Story | Top | Rick Santorum says nominating pro-life VP candidate is "non-negotiable" Tue,17 Jul 2012 04:25 AM PDT Spinners and Winners Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum bested ABC News' Jonathan Karl in a bowling showdown, rolling his way to a 125-109 victory. Oh, and he also talked politics. Asked if he thought choosing former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — who describes herself as "pro-choice" — as Romney's vice presidential pick would [...] Full Story | Top | Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on gays Tue,17 Jul 2012 08:35 AM PDT Associated Press - After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics. Full Story | Top | Assad will use chemical weapons: top defector Mon,16 Jul 2012 04:40 PM PDT AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect, told the BBC on Monday.
Full Story | Top | White House blasts study critical of Obama's tax-plan Tue,17 Jul 2012 02:42 PM PDT The White House hit back hard late Tuesday at a study by accounting firm Ernst and Young that charged President Barack Obama's signature tax proposal could cost 710,000 jobs, claiming it's chock full of "major flaws, errors and misleading statements." Obama has called for extending Bush-era tax cuts on income up to $250,000, a move [...] Full Story | Top | Hillary Clinton calls Romney ads featuring her a 'waste of money' Mon,16 Jul 2012 04:15 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mitt Romney is wasting his money running ads using footage of her scolding her former rival Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In an interview with CNN's Elise Labott, Clinton says she hasn't personally seen Romney ads but predicts they'll have little impact on voters ahead of November's election. [...] Full Story | Top | Star of an Pro-Obama Ad Isn't a Big Obama Fan Tue,17 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Supporters of President Obama have learned a valuable lesson from a laid-off steelworker in a popular anti-Bain ad who has gone off the reservation: just because someone doesn't like Mitt Romney doesn't make them Obama supporters.
Full Story | Top | UK government releases 'X-Files' UFO documents Tue,17 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. In a move that seems to have come straight from 'The X-Files,' the British government recently released a trove of data relating to the U.K.'s response to the possible existence of UFOs. The 25 files and 6,700 pages of data document UFO [...] Full Story | Top | In new abortion battle, Planned Parenthood sues Arizona Mon,16 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood sued the state of Arizona on Monday in an effort to overturn a law that blocks funding for its health clinics because the organization also performs abortions. The law, signed by Governor Jan Brewer in May, is part of a national campaign against Planned Parenthood orchestrated by conservative Republican lawmakers who oppose abortions. In the past two years, 13 states have taken steps to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, and the organization has filed lawsuits in six of them, including Arizona. ...
Full Story | Top | Suspect charged in Alabama bar shooting that wounded 17 Tue,17 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - A 44-year-old man surrendered to police and was charged with attempted murder Tuesday after an assault-rifle attack at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, bar left at least 17 wounded. Authorities said 44-year-old Nathan Van Wilkins was taken into custody at a store in Jasper, about an hour north of Tuscaloosa. "He had confessed to his family, and his sister called us," Jasper Police Captain Larry Cantrell told Reuters. "The minute we walked in, he threw up his hands. Earlier, Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven Anderson said the motive was unclear. ...
Full Story | Top | Romney slams Obama's 'dishonest' attacks, rejects calls to release more tax returns Mon,16 Jul 2012 06:11 AM PDT Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of running a campaign based on "falsehood and dishonesty" and brushed aside suggestions—including from some Republicans—that he should release more years of tax returns. In a Monday interview with "Fox & Friends," the presumptive Republican nominee rejected a claim from Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayor and former White House chief [...] Full Story | Top |
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