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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: $3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina TV's most powerful moments: 9/11, Katrina, O.J., Nielsen study finds Romney to NAACP: Economy is 'worse for African-Americans in almost every way' Eric Holder on voter ID laws: 'We call those poll taxes' Outrage over Lennox: Dog put to sleep for looking like a pit bull in Northern Ireland Superbug Dangers in Chicken Linked to 8 Million At-Risk Women Five Democrats side with Republicans to repeal Obamacare GOP offers health care repeal without alternative Tigers kill man who scaled fence at Danish zoo British billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing held in connection with wife's death House Obamacare Repeal: Thirty-Third Time's the Charm? What child prodigies and autistic people have in common Marriage gap fuels Obama's lead over Romney: poll Extreme Tanner Says Skin Cancer Wouldn't Stop Her Single women put Obama on top in new poll Romney says he 'expected' NAACP boos Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP Scranton mayor slashes pay for all city workers—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage Obama says Hugo Chavez not 'serious' threat, Rubio pounces Whipping Boy During Game of Catch Was 'Discipline,' Lawyer Says Obama team targets Mitt Romney's private finances The First Image Ever Uploaded to the Internet Taliban Commander Says Taliban Cannot Win Afghan War: Report Ancient 'New York City' of Canada Discovered Hoard of gold coins found at Israel Crusades site DNA found at Occupy Wall Street protest linked to unsolved murder In historic visit, Clinton reaches out to Laos U.S. Episcopal Church approves blessing of gay unions Cookie Monster sings a 'Call Me Maybe' spoof, 'Share It Maybe' (VIDEO) How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote Doctor says Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for 'mood disorder' Stunning vortex appears on Saturn's moon, puzzles scientists Heads up, LinkedIn users: 93% of recruiters are looking at you Justin Bieber 911 Call: Police Were 'Not Nice' About Speeding Ticket Stop 3,000-year-old 'Frankenstein' mummies discovered in Scotland Obama camp: Mitt Romney is 'scared' of Venezuela's Chavez Massachusetts Man to Plead Guilty in Model Plane Terror Plot Ranch becomes focus for Russian adoption outrage Shipwrecked cruise liner's captain admits distraction, says destiny played role in crash High-powered lesbians create a PAC of their own $3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina Tue,10 Jul 2012 03:53 PM PDT Associated Press - Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night. Full Story Top TV's most powerful moments: 9/11, Katrina, O.J., Nielsen study finds Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:10 AM PDT Click the image to see more photos. The Sept. 11 tragedy was the most powerful event in television history, according to a new study released Wednesday by Sony Electronics and Nielsen. According to Nielsen's survey of 1,077 American adults, 9/11 was the most "universally impactful" televised moment of the last 50 years, followed by Hurricane [...] Full Story Top Romney to NAACP: Economy is 'worse for African-Americans in almost every way' Wed,11 Jul 2012 07:15 AM PDT Mitt Romney offered a direct appeal to African-American voters on Wednesday, arguing in a speech at the NAACP's annual meeting that the black community has been hardest hit by the bad economy and that if elected, he'll seek to improve the quality of life for all Americans, regardless of color. "I believe that if you [...] 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 Outrage over Lennox: Dog put to sleep for looking like a pit bull in Northern Ireland Wed,11 Jul 2012 07:59 AM PDT Despite a global outcry from animal rights activists, a dog was put to sleep in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday because city officials said he looked like a pit bull. The 7-year-old pug-nosed dog, Lennox, was at the center of a two-year legal battle between his owners and the Belfast City Council. The city's dog [...] Full Story Top Superbug Dangers in Chicken Linked to 8 Million At-Risk Women Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:28 AM PDT A growing number of medical researchers say more than 8 million women are at risk of difficult-to-treat bladder infections because superbugs – resistant to antibiotics and growing in chickens – are being transmitted to humans in the form of E. coli. "We're finding the same... Full Story Top Five Democrats side with Republicans to repeal Obamacare Wed,11 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT Five House Democrats Wednesday bucked their party and voted with Republicans to repeal Obamacare. The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated at least 30 prior votes to fully or partially kill or defund the president's health care law. All passing efforts have [...] Full Story Top GOP offers health care repeal without alternative Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:59 PM PDT Associated Press - House Republicans generally avoided talk of replacement measures on Tuesday as they mobilized for an election-season vote to repeal the health care law that stands as President Barack Obama's signature domestic accomplishment. Full Story Top Tigers kill man who scaled fence at Danish zoo Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:16 AM PDT Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A man was killed by tigers at a zoo on Wednesday after he scaled a fence and crossed a moat to get into their enclosure in the Danish capital Copenhagen, police said. The man, in his early 20s, was savaged by three tigers after he broke into Copenhagen Zoo in the early hours. He was dead when staff arrived for work. "We received an emergency call at about 7:30 a.m. that a person had been found lying in the tiger pen and that three tigers were surrounding that person," police Superintendent Lars Borg told Reuters. "The tigers attacked him and killed him. ... Full Story Top British billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing held in connection with wife's death Tue,10 Jul 2012 05:28 PM PDT An American heiress is dead, and a man matching her British husband's description is being held on drug charges. The details are still emerging, but ABC News reports that British billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, 49, is being held on drug charges in connection with the death of his wife, Eva Rausing. Ms. Rausing, 48, was [...] Full Story Top House Obamacare Repeal: Thirty-Third Time's the Charm? Wed,11 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Today when the House votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a vote decried by Democrats as a political charade, it will mark the 33rd time that Republicans have acted to defund, dismantle or repeal the health care law. Leading into the Supreme Court's health... 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 Marriage gap fuels Obama's lead over Romney: poll Wed,11 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's slim lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney in the White House race is fueled by a broad marriage gap, with Obama enjoying a big advantage among single voters - particularly women, a Quinnipiac University poll found on Wednesday. Obama leads among single voters by 54 percent to 34 percent, while married voters back Romney 51 percent to 38 percent, the poll found. Obama has a huge advantage with single women, 60 percent to 31 percent, while Romney leads among married women 49 percent to 42 percent. ... Full Story Top Extreme Tanner Says Skin Cancer Wouldn't Stop Her Wed,11 Jul 2012 05:44 AM PDT For many women, summertime means hitting the beach and getting a sun-kissed look. For others, like Trisha Paytas, her obsession with being tan consumes everyday life. Paytas, a model from Los Angeles, says she hasn't missed a day of tanning in 10 years and doesn't... Full Story Top Single women put Obama on top in new poll Wed,11 Jul 2012 08:17 AM PDT If President Barack Obama wins a second term, he may have to thank all the single ladies: A new poll out Wednesday shows Obama crushing Mitt Romney among unmarried women by a lopsided 60 percent-31 percent margin. Overall, though, the Quinnipiac University survey found the incumbent barely edges out the Republican standard-bearer 46 percent-43 percent. [...] Full Story Top Romney says he 'expected' NAACP boos Wed,11 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT Mitt Romney says he wasn't surprised by the negative response to his speech Wednesday before the NAACP convention in Texas. "I think we expected that," the Republican nominee tells Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto in an interview to air Wednesday night. Romney was booed by NAACP audience several times, including when he repeated his pledge [...] Full Story Top Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP Tue,10 Jul 2012 11:53 PM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney isn't going to win the black vote. But he's making a pitch to African-Americans at the NAACP's annual meeting, giving a major speech that's also aimed at showing independent and swing voters that he's willing to reach out to diverse audiences — and demonstrating that his campaign and the Republican Party he leads are inclusive. Full Story Top 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 Obama says Hugo Chavez not 'serious' threat, Rubio pounces Wed,11 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez—a leftist leader who flaunts close ties with Iran and has become a bugbear for American conservatives—has not posed a "serious" threat to American national security. Obama, speaking to Miami's America TeVe, also played down prospects that he would ease American [...] Full Story Top Whipping Boy During Game of Catch Was 'Discipline,' Lawyer Says Wed,11 Jul 2012 04:06 AM PDT Good Morning America - Official Accused of Beating his Stepson During a Game of Catch Is Now Out on Bail Full Story Top Obama team targets Mitt Romney's private finances Wed,11 Jul 2012 06:03 AM PDT Associated Press - The Obama election campaign has a politically loaded question it wants voters to think about: What is Mitt Romney hiding? Full Story Top The First Image Ever Uploaded to the Internet Wed,11 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Every day millions of photos are uploaded to the Internet on countless blogs, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, etc. But have you ever wondered what the very first image upload looked like? Well look no further, because the tech site Motherboard has done the digging for you. [...] Full Story Top Taliban Commander Says Taliban Cannot Win Afghan War: Report Wed,11 Jul 2012 06:12 AM PDT ABC News - Unidentified Taliban Leader Speaks With Former Diplomat, Calls Al Qaeda a 'Plague' 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 Hoard of gold coins found at Israel Crusades site Wed,11 Jul 2012 04:43 AM PDT Reuters - HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - A 1,000-year-old hoard of gold coins has been unearthed at a famous Crusader battleground where Christian and Muslim forces once fought for control of the Holy Land, Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday. The treasure was dug up from the ruins of a castle in Arsuf, a strategic stronghold during the religious conflict waged in the 12th and 13th centuries. The 108 coins - one of the biggest collections of ancient coins discovered in Israel - were found hidden in a ceramic jug beneath a tile floor at the cliff-top coastal ruins, 15 km (9 miles) from Tel Aviv. ... Full Story Top DNA found at Occupy Wall Street protest linked to unsolved murder Wed,11 Jul 2012 06:20 AM PDT Investigators in New York say they may have stumbled onto a break in the unsolved murder case of Sarah Fox, a Juilliard student who was found dead in a Manhattan park in 2004. According to an unnamed law enforcement official, DNA found at an Occupy New York-affiliated protest matches genetic material found at the crime [...] Full Story Top In historic visit, Clinton reaches out to Laos Wed,11 Jul 2012 07:10 PM PDT Associated Press - Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Laos in more than five decades, gauging whether a place the United States pummeled with bombs during the Vietnam War could evolve into a new foothold of American influence in Asia. Full Story Top U.S. Episcopal Church approves blessing of gay unions Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:17 PM PDT Reuters - INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The U.S. Episcopal Church on Tuesday approved a liturgy for clergy to use in blessing same-sex unions, including gay marriages in states where they are legal, becoming the largest U.S. religious denomination to approve such a ritual. Delegates to its triennial convention voted 171-50 to approve the liturgy, titled "the Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant." Episcopal bishops had voted overwhelmingly on Monday in favor of the text. The U.S. Episcopal Church, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, is the 14th largest U.S. ... Full Story Top Cookie Monster sings a 'Call Me Maybe' spoof, 'Share It Maybe' (VIDEO) Tue,10 Jul 2012 02:09 PM PDT There have been plenty of "Call Me Maybe" spoofs, including Jimmy Fallon's, Colin Powell's and Yahoo!'s very own Nikki Boyer's. But only one, to this point, has featured Cookie Monster. Watch Sesame Street's version, above, of the Carly Rae Jepsen song, replete with kid-friendly lyrics about sharing your cookies. Milk not included. 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 Doctor says Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for 'mood disorder' Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:19 PM PDT Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s doctor announced Wednesday that the Illinois Democrat has been absent from Congress in order to receive treatment for a mood disorder. "The Congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder," Jackson's physician said in a statement provided to Yahoo News via the congressman's congressional [...] Full Story Top Stunning vortex appears on Saturn's moon, puzzles scientists Wed,11 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT NASA's Cassini orbiter has already taken some stunning photos of Saturn and its moons, but the latest snapshot from the multi-billion-dollar mission might be its most impressive yet. After swinging down to the southern hemisphere of Titan — Saturn's largest … Continue reading → Full Story Top Heads up, LinkedIn users: 93% of recruiters are looking at you Tue,10 Jul 2012 12:39 PM PDT CNET.com - The professional network leads the list as the top social media site scoured by professional recruiters to track down job applicants. 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 3,000-year-old 'Frankenstein' mummies discovered in Scotland Tue,10 Jul 2012 11:26 AM PDT Researchers say that a pair of 3,000-year-old mummified corpses that were recently discovered in Scotland are actually composed of body parts originating from six different people. The mummified corpses were discovered in Cladh Hallan, an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is the only location in [...] Full Story Top Obama camp: Mitt Romney is 'scared' of Venezuela's Chavez Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:39 PM PDT President Barack Obama's reelection campaign mocked Mitt Romney late Wednesday as being "scared" of Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez "like he's ten feet tall," the latest rhetorical broadside in an escalating war of words. "Hugo Chavez has become increasingly marginalized and his influence has waned," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement. "It's [...] Full Story Top Massachusetts Man to Plead Guilty in Model Plane Terror Plot Tue,10 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT ABC News - Rezwan Ferdaus Allegedly Plotted Attack on Capitol, Pentagon Full Story Top Ranch becomes focus for Russian adoption outrage Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:44 PM PDT Associated Press - On one side of the gate stood a group of Russian government officials with a Moscow television crew in tow, demanding entry into the ranch that one of them had called "a trash can for unwanted children." Full Story Top Shipwrecked cruise liner's captain admits distraction, says destiny played role in crash Tue,10 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Associated Press - ROME - The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he was distracted by a phone conversation shortly before the cruise liner crashed into a reef off an Italian island and capsized, killing 32 people. Full Story Top High-powered lesbians create a PAC of their own Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT Associated Press - As a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, her politically active family's sole Democrat, and a sister with three brothers, Laura Ricketts is comfortable being the odd woman out. Full Story Top

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