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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Missy Franklin: The 'Female Phelps'? NBC, Twitter silence media critic Drought disaster: Share your story Author resigns from New Yorker, admits fake quotes Troubled California nuke plant maps comeback Arizona 20-week abortion ban upheld by U.S. judge Should Congress have the power to audit the Fed? Syrian envoy to London defects amid Aleppo fight President Obama related to country's first enslaved man Ohio Rep. LaTourette to issue surprise retirement announcement Eye injection gives a blind mouse the ability to see Lifelong Mets fan dies 'though, surprisingly, that wasn't what killed her' Photos: Rare early images of Marilyn Monroe 'Zombies' show up to counter Westboro Baptist Church protestors Missy Franklin: The 'Female Phelps'? Mon,30 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - We know how this "Female Phelps" label works. It's dangerous, like dropping an anvil on an Olympic backstroker. Full Story Top NBC, Twitter silence media critic Mon,30 Jul 2012 05:23 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - Guy Adams works as a writer for The Independent, a national newspaper in Great Britain. He lives in Los Angeles. Throughout the Olympics, he's taken to Twitter and ripped NBC repeatedly for its coverage of the Games in America. Full Story Top Drought disaster: Share your story Mon,30 Jul 2012 04:36 PM PDT While the current drought may feel less dramatic than, say, a Colorado wildfire or Florida hurricane, it is indeed affecting millions of Americans: the farmer with dried-up crops, the rancher whose land swelters in the summer sun, the suburban family under watering restrictions or the urban couple [...] Full Story Top Author resigns from New Yorker, admits fake quotes Mon,30 Jul 2012 04:51 PM PDT Jonah Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker Monday after Tablet Magazine revealed that he fabricated Bob Dylan quotes in his book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works." Full Story Top Troubled California nuke plant maps comeback Mon,30 Jul 2012 06:26 PM PDT Associated Press - The operator of California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant estimates that the damaged twin reactors could be running by the end of the year. Full Story Top Arizona 20-week abortion ban upheld by U.S. judge Mon,30 Jul 2012 05:24 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - A federal judge on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a tough new abortion law in Arizona, which imposes restrictions on doctors seeking to end a pregnancy well before a fetus can survive on its own outside a mother's womb. Full Story Top Should Congress have the power to audit the Fed? Mon,30 Jul 2012 02:35 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - It is often said that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve is the second most powerful person in the world, with unrivaled influence and clout domestically and abroad. Full Story Top Syrian envoy to London defects amid Aleppo fight Mon,30 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT Associated Press - Syria's top diplomat in London said he could no longer represent the regime and defected Monday, as civilians fled the commercial hub of Aleppo in droves amid 10 days of fierce battles between rebels and government forces. Full Story Top President Obama related to country's first enslaved man Mon,30 Jul 2012 03:02 PM PDT A study from Ancestry.com has determined that President Obama is related to John Punch, the first black African enslaved for life in America--which would make Punch the 11th great-grandfather of Obama. The connection is made through Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunhan. The website's records say she had ancestors who were white landowners in Colonial Virginia [...] Full Story Top Ohio Rep. LaTourette to issue surprise retirement announcement Mon,30 Jul 2012 04:21 PM PDT Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio has decided to retire rather than seek re-election, the Columbus Dispatch first reported Monday evening. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports LaTourette has scheduled a "major announcement" for 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday. A source told the newspaper the nine-term lawmaker was prompted to leave Congress over a dispute with House leadership regarding committee [...] Full Story Top Eye injection gives a blind mouse the ability to see Mon,30 Jul 2012 06:13 PM PDT Losing the use of your eyes via retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration — diseases that effect your ability to sense light — can be absolutely traumatizing. But thanks to new research on lab mice, these types of blindness may soon be reversible through … Continue reading → Full Story Top Lifelong Mets fan dies 'though, surprisingly, that wasn't what killed her' Mon,30 Jul 2012 11:54 AM PDT In what will likely be the second-best obituary you'll read this month, a Connecticut woman died on July 13 "after giving cancer the finger for 27 years." According to her death notice published in the Daily Courier-Observer, Friday the 13th was a "perfect day" for Marylou Cunningham Belles to die "for the Stephen King fan [...] Full Story Top Photos: Rare early images of Marilyn Monroe Fri,1 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT Full Story Top 'Zombies' show up to counter Westboro Baptist Church protestors Mon,30 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT After reading this story, you may begin to see zombies in a whole new light. While they get a lot of criticism for their love of human flesh, it turns out that some zombies also go out of their way to support the troops. The Westboro Baptist Church had recently announced that it would be [...] Full Story Top

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