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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Live blog: London Olympic Games open in style Photos from the Opening Ceremony Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist Jesse Jackson Jr. in Mayo Clinic for depression Head of Romney's VP teases on Twitter Drink lobby gears up to fight soda tax plan in Calif. city Surgeons banned from human research Seattle, federal officials agree to police reforms Explorers find sunken German U-boat off Mass. Photos: A roundup of the best images from today Rally drives S&P 500 to highest close since May 3 Fla. ethics commission tosses out case against Rubio D.C. tops list of cities where people curse at work Video: Returning military dad throws surprise party for son Live blog: London Olympic Games open in style Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:33 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - The wait to see the Opening Ceremony on TV is over. Join our experts in a chat. Full Story Top Photos from the Opening Ceremony Fri,27 Jul 2012 01:55 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - Photos: Olympics Opening Ceremony Full Story Top Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist Fri,27 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT Shooting suspect James Holmes was seeing a psychiatrist at the University of Colorado-Denver, where he was a first-year graduate student in neuroscience, according to court documents released Friday. His psychiatrist Lynne Fenton, a professor at CU's medical school and the director of student mental health services, specializes in [...] Full Story Top Jesse Jackson Jr. in Mayo Clinic for depression Fri,27 Jul 2012 07:31 PM PDT Associated Press - The Mayo Clinic says Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated for depression at its hospital in Rochester, Minn. Full Story Top Head of Romney's VP teases on Twitter Fri,27 Jul 2012 02:35 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Beth Myers, the head of Mitt Romney's secretive vice presidential search, kept the mystery alive Friday when she gave a "Friday Follow" shout out to a number of potential running mates for the presumptive Republican nominee. Tweeting from the handle @BethMyers2012, Myers, who only has... Full Story Top Drink lobby gears up to fight soda tax plan in Calif. city Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - Beverage industry groups are planning ways to oppose a proposed soda tax in the California city of El Monte because of fears other U.S. cities across America might adopt similar taxes on sugary drinks. The El Monte city council on Tuesday approved a measure that would add a 1 cent tax for every ounce of "sugar sweetened" drinks. The proposal is scheduled to be voted on by city residents in November's election. ... Full Story Top Surgeons banned from human research Fri,27 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT ABC News - Two University of California at Davis surgeons have been banned from doing human research after they injected bacteria into the head wounds of consenting terminally ill patients without university authorization, according to a letter sent from the school to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Full Story Top Seattle, federal officials agree to police reforms Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Seattle officials agreed to an independent monitor and court oversight of the city's police department as part of an agreement announced Friday with the Justice Department following a damning report that found officers routinely used excessive force. Full Story Top Explorers find sunken German U-boat off Mass. Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Divers have discovered a World War II-era German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under withering U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket. Full Story Top Photos: A roundup of the best images from today Fri,27 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT Aerial photo of sunbathers and swimmers enjoying the sunny and hot weather on the shores of lake Wannsee in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Oliver Lang) Full Story Top Rally drives S&P 500 to highest close since May 3 Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:19 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - Stocks surged on Friday, driving the S&P 500 to its highest close since May 3 as hopes increased that the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank may provide further stimulus. Full Story Top Fla. ethics commission tosses out case against Rubio Fri,27 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a complaint against Sen. Marco Rubio that accused him  of breaching the public's trust and misusing his political position for personal gain. The complaint, filed in 2010 by  Michael Ryan, a Democratic donor from Fort Lauderdale, , charged that... Full Story Top D.C. tops list of cities where people curse at work Fri,27 Jul 2012 10:46 AM PDT A new survey finds that employees who swear frequently on the job are less likely to get a promotion. And the worst offenders are workers in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The CareerBuilder study found some interesting and often conflicting results in their survey of 2,298 hiring managers and 3,892 nongovernment employees. For example, 81 [...] Full Story Top Video: Returning military dad throws surprise party for son Fri,27 Jul 2012 02:07 PM PDT U.S. Air Force Col. Rob Kiebler had been in Afghanistan for 14 months, serving a tour of duty and performing training exercises. The Portland, Oregon, native was not scheduled to come home to visit his wife and young son, Danny, until the end of the summer. But Kiebler was able to schedule an early return [...] Full Story Top

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