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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Will the U.N. pull the plug on observers in Syria? Megabus crash in Illinois kills at least one Romney hires PR vet to hit back on Bain attacks IRS may have sent out $5B in refund checks to identity thieves Oklahoma is so hot that street lamps are melting Fewer than 50 followers on Twitter? You probably support Obama Congress stalls on summer drought assistance Boehner: Obama 'has never had a real job, for God's sake' Komen charity overstating value of mammograms, researchers say Photos: Arctic waves call California wave riders Cash rewards keep people on their medications Same-sex couple invites Chick-fil-A CEO to dinner Share your memories: 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death 'Excited Train Guy' puts 'Double Rainbow' dude to shame (VIDEO) Senate fails to approve cybersecurity legislation Detroit boy sells snacks to save Motor City Buying home beats renting after just 3 years in much of U.S. Chinese teen kills eight in knife attack: Reports Vampire bat bites make jungle dwellers immune to rabies Nuke ops halted after protesters enter TN complex Will the U.N. pull the plug on observers in Syria? Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - The Security Council will most likely not renew the mandate of the U.N. observer mission in Syria later this month, which would require it to pull out of the conflict-torn country, France's envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday. Full Story Top Megabus crash in Illinois kills at least one Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT ABC News - Police Say They Believed a Blown Tire Caused Wreck Full Story Top Romney hires PR vet to hit back on Bain attacks Thu,2 Aug 2012 03:45 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - The Romney campaign is hiring a corporate public relations specialist to help guide their response to questions about the candidate's time in the private sector with Bain Capital, Buzzfeed's Ben Smith reports. Michele Davis, currently with the D.C.-based Brunswick Group, has a long and colorful résumé... Full Story Top IRS may have sent out $5B in refund checks to identity thieves Thu,2 Aug 2012 06:57 PM PDT Associated Press - The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said Thursday. Full Story Top Oklahoma is so hot that street lamps are melting Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:36 PM PDT It's hard to not be concerned with global warming when its effects are right in front of your eyes. KFOR TV in Stillwater, Oklahoma is reporting that temperatures are so high that the street lamps have begun melting. Full Story Top Fewer than 50 followers on Twitter? You probably support Obama Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT When it comes to preferences in the 2012 presidential campaign, Twitter follows a familiar political narrative. The Democrat, Barack Obama, draws his support from large numbers of people with limited influence, while the Republican, Mitt Romney, relies on tweets from a smaller, more powerful set of people. And by power, of course, we mean one's [...] Full Story Top Congress stalls on summer drought assistance Thu,2 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT ABC News (RSS) - By Summer Delaney While the House of Representatives and the Senate have both voted to aid livestock producers affected by the extreme droughts plaguing the nation, that drought aid is unlikely to reach those who need it soon. The two houses passed different versions of... Full Story Top Boehner: Obama 'has never had a real job, for God's sake' Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT Republican House Speaker John Boehner ripped into President Barack Obama during an interview Thursday with Fox News Radio's "Kilmeade and Friends," accusing him of never having "a real job." From the interview transcript: Boehner: "Sometimes I have to catch my breath and slow down because the rhetoric in this campaign is just so over the [...] Full Story Top Komen charity overstating value of mammograms, researchers say Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:19 PM PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The breast cancer charity that brought the world the pink ribbon exaggerates the benefits of mammography while minimizing its harms, researchers claim. Full Story Top Photos: Arctic waves call California wave riders Thu,2 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT Full Story Top Cash rewards keep people on their medications Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weekly rewards of as little as $5 could keep people on track with their medications, says a new study. "It helps the patient understand that we are serious about helping them get treated," said Dr. Deb Sodt, who leads the Minnesota Department of Health Tuberculosis Prevention & Control Program and was not involved in the new work. Recent studies suggest that fewer than half of people don't follow doctors' medication orders, even for life-threatening conditions. ... Full Story Top Same-sex couple invites Chick-fil-A CEO to dinner Thu,2 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT ABC News (RSS) - After hundreds of thousands of people ate dinner at his restaurants on Wednesday for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, one Georgia family, a same-sex couple and their two daughters, has invited Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy to have dinner at their house. But the dinner invitation from Marci... Full Story Top Share your memories: 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT Click image to see more photos of Marilyn Monrow. (J.R. Eyerman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) "I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time." - Marilyn Monroe Sunday marks 50 years since American icon Marilyn Monroe died, and fans across the country will be remembering the star's life, legacy and legend. Famous for [...] Full Story Top 'Excited Train Guy' puts 'Double Rainbow' dude to shame (VIDEO) Thu,2 Aug 2012 02:07 PM PDT A man who apparently really, really likes trains shot a video of a vintage locomotive pulling out of a roadside station in North Creek, N.Y., an Adirondack town north of Saratoga Springs. The man, a self-described "foamer," provided the kind of wide-eyed commentary that only the "Double Rainbow Guy" could love. "Oh my god! Listen [...] Full Story Top Senate fails to approve cybersecurity legislation Thu,2 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT Associated Press - The Senate has failed to pass legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic espionage. Full Story Top Detroit boy sells snacks to save Motor City Wed,1 Aug 2012 10:34 AM PDT ABC News - Joshua decided to figure out what he could do to help the city, and wound up deciding on what Americans have done for years: Start a small business. Full Story Top Buying home beats renting after just 3 years in much of U.S. Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:05 PM PDT Good Morning America - The shortest breakeven horizons occur in markets such as Florida's, where home values fell farthest during the recession. Full Story Top Chinese teen kills eight in knife attack: Reports Thu,2 Aug 2012 06:12 AM PDT AFP - A teenager has been arrested after killing nine people and wounding four others in a knife attack in northeast China, state media reported Thursday. Full Story Top Vampire bat bites make jungle dwellers immune to rabies Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:44 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Rabies has been thought of as virtually 100-percent fatal unless treated immediately, but new research shows that a small number of isolated Peruvians have natural immunity from the animal-transmitted disease. Full Story Top Nuke ops halted after protesters enter TN complex Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:49 PM PDT Associated Press - Nuclear operations were temporarily halted Wednesday at a Tennessee complex that stores and processes uranium after three protesters, including a nun, were able to intrude into a high-security area over the weekend. The Y-12 National Security Complex said all nuclear material is safe. Full Story Top

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