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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Scranton mayor slashes pay for all city workers—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage Jordanian parliament member throws shoe, pulls gun on critic on live TV House Gears Up to Repeal Obamacare (Again) As murder rate climbs, Chicago mayor makes 'values' appeal Alligator bites off swimming teen's arm in Fla. Ancient 'New York City' of Canada Discovered Who is Kim Jong Un's mystery woman? Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions From hot dogs to slick ads: Unions spent $4.4 billion on politics in past 6 years Sitting Ourselves to Death? Study Says Cutting Couch and TV Time Could Bump Up Life Expectancy Dead Heat in Vote Preferences Presages an Epic Battle Ahead What child prodigies and autistic people have in common Romney on his finances: 'There's nothing hidden there' Eric Holder on voter ID laws: 'We call those poll taxes' Romney says it's Obama who is the 'outsourcer in chief' Pa. mayor cuts city workers' pay to minimum wage Obama's hut-dwelling half-brother interviewed in new movie Sen. Durbin: Jesse Jackson Jr. should explain his health situation Biden to Latino group: Romney 'wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his' How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote Politically vulnerable Democrats plan to back Obamacare repeal Romney Says There's Nothing Hidden in His Unreleased Tax Returns Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged 'Fast and Furious' Killers Celebrities and Cyberstalkers: The Dark Side of Fame in the Internet Age Unruly Passenger, 81 and Blind, Causes 12-Hour Emergency Landing Justin Bieber 911 Call: Police Were 'Not Nice' About Speeding Ticket Stop Romney: Cabinet won't be 'filled with academics and politicians' Who is flooding campaigns with secret millions? Youth Joblessness: No End in Sight, Says Report Georgia Little League Brawl Caught on Tape, Two Men Arrested Opossum protein neutralizes nearly all poisons, could have benefits for humans Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years in prison Report: Some lose homes over as little as $400 N.Y. Parents of Teen Lost at Sea Blame Hawaii Tour Group Obama says Romney should be an 'open book' on personal finances Obama: Let Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest expire 'Obama pays your bills' scam claims more victims US military buries airmen killed in 1965 crash First half of year: hottest on record 'Buxom bandit' turns herself over to authorities Scranton mayor slashes pay for all city workers—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:02 AM PDT Cash-strapped Scranton, Pa., has slashed pay for all city employees—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage, sparking furor among unions that now say they plan to sue in federal court. A lawyer representing three unions told Scranton's Times-Tribune he will file several motions, including one to hold Mayor Chris Doherty in contempt of court for violating [...] Full Story Top Jordanian parliament member throws shoe, pulls gun on critic on live TV Mon,9 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT Talk about must-see TV. In Jordan, a furious TV debate turned into a YouTube moment when a member of parliament threw a shoe and pulled a gun on his rival. The scene has been replayed on the Web more than 110,000 times, and counting. Luckily, nobody was hurt, although the gun-drawing parliamentarian, identified by the [...] Full Story Top House Gears Up to Repeal Obamacare (Again) Tue,10 Jul 2012 03:01 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court upheld the president's health care reform law, the House of Representatives is set to vote to repeal the legislation again in what Democrats have decried as a political show vote while also embracing it as another opportunity... Full Story Top As murder rate climbs, Chicago mayor makes 'values' appeal Tue,10 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a warning for gangs: Stay away from our kids. Emanuel--formerly President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff and a Chicago-area congressman--is asking that even gang members show some regard for innocent children, and take their brawls "away to the alley." Since coming into office 13 months ago, Emanuel has [...] Full Story Top Alligator bites off swimming teen's arm in Fla. Tue,10 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT Associated Press - An alligator at least 10 feet long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen's right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Full Story Top Ancient 'New York City' of Canada Discovered Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:12 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Today New York City is the Big Apple of the Northeast but new research reveals that 500 years ago, at a time when Europeans were just beginning to visit the New World, a settlement on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Canada, was the biggest, most complex, cosmopolitan place in the region. Full Story Top Who is Kim Jong Un's mystery woman? Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT Who is she? That's what people around the world want to know about a mysterious young woman who appeared with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a pair of events over the weekend. The woman first appeared with Kim on North Korean state television on Sunday at a ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of [...] Full Story Top Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions Tue,10 Jul 2012 02:04 PM PDT Associated Press - Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing. Full Story Top From hot dogs to slick ads: Unions spent $4.4 billion on politics in past 6 years Tue,10 Jul 2012 08:10 AM PDT A Wall Street Journal analysis of political spending unveiled Tuesday found that organized labor groups dropped a combined $4.4 billion on political activities between 2006 and 2011, about four times more than previously estimated. The Journal cast a wide net to determine what counted as "political spending," including activities that range from traditional candidate donations [...] Full Story Top Sitting Ourselves to Death? Study Says Cutting Couch and TV Time Could Bump Up Life Expectancy Mon,9 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT Good Morning America - Half Hour of Daily Exercise Not Enough, Experts Say Full Story Top Dead Heat in Vote Preferences Presages an Epic Battle Ahead Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Economic discontent and substantial dissatisfaction with Barack Obama's performance in office are keeping Mitt Romney competitive in the presidential race – but not by enough of a margin to overcome Obama's stronger personal profile. The result: A dead heat in voter preferences at the midsummer... Full Story Top What child prodigies and autistic people have in common Tue,10 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Time.com - Child prodigies evoke awe, wonder and sometimes jealousy: how can such young children display the kinds of musical or mathematical talents that most adults will never master, even with years of dedicated practice? Lucky for these despairing types, the prevailing wisdom suggests that such comparisons are unfair — prodigies are born, not made (mostly). Practice alone isn't going to turn out the next 6-year-old Mozart. Full Story Top Romney on his finances: 'There's nothing hidden there' Tue,10 Jul 2012 06:11 AM PDT Mitt Romney responded to attacks from President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies who have suggested he's hiding details about his personal finances, calling the accusations nothing more than an attempt to distract voters. In an interview with Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson, the Republican nominee insisted he has little to do with his personal [...] Full Story Top Eric Holder on voter ID laws: 'We call those poll taxes' Tue,10 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT Click image to view more photos. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Speaking before the NAACP, Attorney General Eric Holder departed from his prepared speech on Tuesday, decrying voter ID laws that have been proposed in 10 states so far. Talking Points Memo reports: "Under the proposed law, concealed handgun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo ID, [...] Full Story Top Romney says it's Obama who is the 'outsourcer in chief' Tue,10 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT Mitt Romney pushed back on Democratic claims he outsourced jobs while head of Bain Capital, suggesting that President Barack Obama is more guilty of sending jobs out of the country than he is. "If there's an outsourcer in chief, it's the president of the United States, not the guy who is running to replace him," [...] Full Story Top Pa. mayor cuts city workers' pay to minimum wage Tue,10 Jul 2012 04:23 PM PDT Associated Press - A fiscal and political crisis in the nearly-broke northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton deepened Tuesday as public employee unions sought to have the mayor held in contempt of court after he defied a judge and slashed workers' pay to minimum wage. Full Story Top Obama's hut-dwelling half-brother interviewed in new movie Tue,10 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT President Barack Obama's half-brother, George Obama, lives in a hut in Kenya. He will be featured in the upcoming anti-Obama film "2016: Obama's America," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, based on Dinesh D'Souza's book "The Roots of Obama's Rage," features a conversation between D'Souza and George Obama. From The Hollywood Reporter: D'Souza and [...] Full Story Top Sen. Durbin: Jesse Jackson Jr. should explain his health situation Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:19 AM PDT Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday put public pressure on fellow Illinois Democrat Jesse Jackson Jr. to explain what is preventing him from serving in the House. "As a public official, there comes a point when you have a responsibility to tell the public what's going on," Durbin said at an event in Chicago. "If there [...] Full Story Top Biden to Latino group: Romney 'wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his' Tue,10 Jul 2012 09:24 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden told the Latino rights group National Council of La Raza on Tuesday that "Mitt Romney wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his." Biden's brutal broadside blended two regular Obama campaign attacks on the Republican standard-bearer, touching on his hard-line immigration policy and his refusal to release past [...] Full Story Top How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote Tue,10 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT Four years after Barack Obama won the support of 66 percent of voters aged 18 to 29, Republicans are working on a fresh approach to bring younger voters and candidates into the fold, using a coalition of traditional campaign organizations, super PACs, nonprofit advocacy groups and policy-based think tanks. And even Republicans organizing these efforts [...] Full Story Top Politically vulnerable Democrats plan to back Obamacare repeal Tue,10 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT The House's planned vote Wednesday to fully repeal Obamacare ultimately amounts to little more than political theater, given that House Republicans have made 30 previous attempts to repeal all or part of the law, all of which have gone nowhere in the Democrat-controlled Senate. But this week's vote does offer several politically vulnerable members a [...] Full Story Top Romney Says There's Nothing Hidden in His Unreleased Tax Returns Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:22 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Mitt Romney said there is "nothing hidden" in his tax returns that have yet to be released, responding to a question during a radio interview set to air later today regarding an onslaught of criticism from Democrats – including President Obama... Full Story Top Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged 'Fast and Furious' Killers Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT ABC News - Brian Terry Killed with ATF Gun by Mexican 'Border Bandits' Full Story Top Celebrities and Cyberstalkers: The Dark Side of Fame in the Internet Age Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT Good Morning America - Where Fame Can Come So Easy, So Can the Downside Full Story Top Unruly Passenger, 81 and Blind, Causes 12-Hour Emergency Landing Mon,9 Jul 2012 03:15 AM PDT Good Morning America - Spirit Air Red-Eye Diverted to Houston After Blind Man Kicks, Screams Full Story Top Justin Bieber 911 Call: Police Were 'Not Nice' About Speeding Ticket Stop Mon,9 Jul 2012 07:42 PM PDT The 911 call Justin Bieber made when paparazzi were following him on Friday has been released, and in it the teen singing sensation can be heard telling a dispatcher that photographers were again pursuing him recklessly on a Los Angeles freeway. He also says police... Full Story Top Romney: Cabinet won't be 'filled with academics and politicians' Mon,9 Jul 2012 07:12 PM PDT Mitt Romney still isn't talking about his search for a vice presidential running mate, but he offered some hints in a radio interview Monday about how he would staff his potential White House. In an interview with conservative radio host Michael Medved, Romney said his potential Cabinet would be made up of people who have [...] Full Story Top Who is flooding campaigns with secret millions? Tue,10 Jul 2012 03:14 AM PDT Spinners and Winners An infusion of millions of dollars, unlike anything we have ever seen before may now be the single biggest force in American politics. Some of the players are well-known, such as conservative activist and former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business interest group long [...] Full Story Top Youth Joblessness: No End in Sight, Says Report Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:01 AM PDT ABC News - An analysis by the nonprofit, nonpartisan group YoungInvincibles asks what kind of employment prospects young Americans can look forward to over the next decade. Its conclusion: Prospects are bleak. The report, "No End in Sight? The Long-Term Youth Jobs Gap and What It Means for America,"... Full Story Top Georgia Little League Brawl Caught on Tape, Two Men Arrested Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:11 AM PDT A fun day at a Little League baseball diamond in Georgia turned into anything but this weekend after a dispute about music resulted in a Major League brawl between two men who are now headed to court. The fight started when Iram King, 36, asked... Full Story Top Opossum protein neutralizes nearly all poisons, could have benefits for humans Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT Opossums may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison, including everything from snakebites to ricin. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that the American opossum produces a protein known as Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF). And as the Boing Boing blog points out, the LTNF protein is exactly what it [...] Full Story Top Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years in prison Tue,10 Jul 2012 08:47 AM PDT Associated Press - The International Criminal Court condemned a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on Tuesday, the first time the 10-year-old tribunal has sentenced a convicted war criminal and a potential landmark in the struggle to protect children caught up in violent conflicts. Full Story Top Report: Some lose homes over as little as $400 Tue,10 Jul 2012 06:08 AM PDT Associated Press - The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group. Full Story Top N.Y. Parents of Teen Lost at Sea Blame Hawaii Tour Group Mon,9 Jul 2012 11:42 PM PDT Good Morning America - Parents of a New York teen who went missing in the waters off Hawaii blame a tour group for their son's disappearance after a wave swept him out to sea. Full Story Top Obama says Romney should be an 'open book' on personal finances Mon,9 Jul 2012 06:16 PM PDT President Barack Obama said Monday that Mitt Romney should disclose more of his personal financial information. Obama's appeal, delivered in an interview with New Hampshire's WMUR, came after weeks of Democratic attacks on the Republican standard-bearer for parking money overseas, including in a Swiss bank account. "What's important, if you are running for president, is [...] Full Story Top Obama: Let Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest expire Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:28 AM PDT Sounding every bit like the candidate he is, President Barack Obama called Monday for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts on annual income up to $250,000, while letting those that chiefly benefit the very wealthy expire on schedule at year's end. The proposal reignited an election-year fight designed to polish his credentials as a [...] Full Story Top 'Obama pays your bills' scam claims more victims Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT A multistate identity theft scam that claims President Barack Obama will pay your utility bills appears to have widened. According to MSNBC.com, more than 2,000 customers in Tampa, Fla., fell for the fake offer last week. The scheme was first reported in May, when Dallas-based Atmos Energy warned its 3 million customers in 12 states [...] Full Story Top US military buries airmen killed in 1965 crash Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Ever since Sherrie Hassenger's husband went missing with five other U.S. airmen over Laos in 1965, her purpose has been to wish and to hope he would come home. When those men's remains were buried in a single casket Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, she said, some of that purpose was taken away. Full Story Top First half of year: hottest on record Mon,9 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT Click image to view more photos. In what should come as no surprise to many people living in the United States in the last month or so, the first half of 2012 was officially the hottest ever recorded. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the period from January through June was "the [...] Full Story Top 'Buxom bandit' turns herself over to authorities Tue,10 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT After a week on the run, the "buxom bandit" has turned herself in. Twenty-two-year-old Tonee Walker was given the moniker after she wore a low-cut top while allegedly robbing an Australian gas station. Closed circuit television footage of the robbery became a viral sensation last week, with viewers focusing on Walker's partially exposed cleavage.  Her [...] Full Story Top

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