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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Arizona sheriff: 'I am against anyone racial profiling' Obama gets personal in defensive ad L.A. City Council votes to ban marijuana shops Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air Colo. victim scholarship fund already reaches goal 'The Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley dies 6.6 quake hits off Indonesia; no tsunami or reports of damage Republican endorses Democrat in Hawaii Senate primary How much would repealing Obamacare cost? Report: Shooting survivor plans to sue theater Colorado gun sales spike after shooting Developer of loved-and-loathed home treadmill dies Iran nuclear facility hit with malware that plays AC/DC at full volume Dunkin' Donuts spritzes buses with coffee aroma to boost sales See's Candies creates 7,000-pound lollipop; world's largest Sally Ride's sexual orientation has nothing to do with space Arizona sheriff: 'I am against anyone racial profiling' Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - Veteran Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, self-described as "America's toughest sheriff," denied on Tuesday that his deputies targeted people because of the color of their skin in a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Arpaio, sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, was testifying in a class-action lawsuit that will test whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents. "I am against anyone racial profiling ... ... Full Story Top Obama gets personal in defensive ad Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:44 PM PDT In a new campaign ad, President Barack Obama hits back personally at Republican charges that he thinks entrepreneurs don't deserve credit for building their own businesses. Obama's direct-to-the-camera appeal may be a sign that the latest onslaught from his opponents has rattled reelection strategists in Chicago. "Those ads taking my words about small business out [...] Full Story Top L.A. City Council votes to ban marijuana shops Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Unable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation's second-biggest metropolis, the Los Angeles City Council banned them Tuesday until the state's highest court weighs in. Full Story Top Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:11 PM PDT Reuters - Syria sent thousands of troops surging towards Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, where its forces have been pounding rebel fighters from the air, engulfing the country's largest city in total warfare to put down a revolt. Recent days have seen Syria's 16-month-old uprising transformed from an insurgency in remote provinces into a battle for control of the two main cities, Aleppo and the slightly smaller capital, Damascus, where fighting exploded last week. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have launched massive counter assaults in both cities. ... Full Story Top Colo. victim scholarship fund already reaches goal Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:52 PM PDT A journalism scholarship fund set up by the family of Jessica Ghawi, one of the 12 people killed in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting during a screening of "Dark Knight Rises," has reached its goal of $20,000--a day after a campaign seeking donations was launched. The Jessica Redfield Sports Journalism Scholarship Fund "will be seed [...] Full Story Top 'The Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley dies Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:26 PM PDT Actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role as George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died at the age of 74 of natural causes at his home in El Paso, Texas. Full Story Top 6.6 quake hits off Indonesia; no tsunami or reports of damage Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:27 PM PDT Reuters - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but authorities said there was little chance of a tsunami. The quake was felt by residents on the island of Simeulue off Sumatra's northwest coast but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. "The quake has no tsunami potential," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. "Some people ran away from their houses. We don't have any house damage. ... Full Story Top Republican endorses Democrat in Hawaii Senate primary Tue,24 Jul 2012 01:33 PM PDT Rep. Don Young is anything but conventional. Still, the Alaska Republican appeared to take that reputation to a new level Tuesday by crossing oceans and party lines to make a very unusual endorsement. Young announced his endorsement of Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono in the Hawaii Democratic Senate primary. "Here's what's important, Hawaii: If you're looking [...] Full Story Top How much would repealing Obamacare cost? Tue,24 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT Repealing the health care law passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court in June would increase the federal deficit by $109 billion over 10 years, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis estimates. The CBO on Tuesday rated the health care repeal bill passed by the House earlier this month and found that "the [...] Full Story Top Report: Shooting survivor plans to sue theater Tue,24 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT A young man who survived Friday's shootings in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater is planning to file suit against Cinemark, TMZ reported Tuesday. Torrence Brown, Jr. was also close friends with one of the 12 people killed in the attack, 18-year-old A.J. Boik. Neither of Brown's parents would confirm the planned lawsuits Tuesday afternoon, referring [...] Full Story Top Colorado gun sales spike after shooting Tue,24 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT Gun sales in Colorado have spiked since last week's massacre, The Denver Post reports. Background checks jumped more than 41 percent since Friday's shooting that left 12 dead and 58 injured during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at an Aurora movie theater. Over the weekend, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation approved background [...] Full Story Top Developer of loved-and-loathed home treadmill dies Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:46 PM PDT Associated Press - William Staub, who took the treadmill — that ubiquitous piece of exercise equipment that is loved and loathed by millions — into homes and gyms, has died. He was 96 and had been spied on a treadmill as recently as two months ago. Full Story Top Iran nuclear facility hit with malware that plays AC/DC at full volume Tue,24 Jul 2012 01:38 PM PDT Malware can be a major pain for anyone with a computer or mobile device, as it can lead to security risks like identity theft. But when a virus targets a nuclear facility, the stakes are much much higher. According to … Continue reading → Full Story Top Dunkin' Donuts spritzes buses with coffee aroma to boost sales Tue,24 Jul 2012 01:41 PM PDT Here's some hot news from the land of the world's tallest Lego tower. It turns out that Dunkin' Donuts recently staged an all-out nasal assault in the war for South Korea's coffee consumers, and not even their city buses were … Continue reading → Full Story Top See's Candies creates 7,000-pound lollipop; world's largest Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:09 PM PDT See's Candies marked National Lollipop Day by crafted the world's largest lollipop, standing nearly six feet tall, 3 feet six inches wide, and weighing 7,003 pounds. The chocolate-flavored lollipop was constructed at the company's factory in Burlingame, California, before being displayed in San Francisco on July 20. The lollipop also includes an 11-foot 10-inch stick, [...] Full Story Top Sally Ride's sexual orientation has nothing to do with space Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:26 PM PDT Maybe the idea of gays in space is just so exciting that it has overwhelmed Sally Ride's eulogists, who really should be parsing her achievements in astrophysics, accident investigations and middle-school education, rather than trying to make hay out of her mellow lesbian romantic life. Commenters just seem like gay astronauts. After all, the first [...] Full Story Top

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