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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Join the conversation: What do you think about the RNC speeches? As Republicans nominate Romney, Ron Paul is a distant second Live-blog: Hurricane Isaac skirts the Gulf Coast Ann Romney: My husband will 'lift up America' TSA: Boston bag screeners distracted by cellphones Man at RNC protest camp arrested for battery Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California Year after Irene, celebration and mourning in Vt. GOP approves platform barring abortions, gay marriage Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising Just Explain It: Where do Obama, Romney stand on Bush-era tax cuts? France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning Curiosity belts out Will.i.am song from Mars in cosmic first Marines testing women in combat jobs Top seven tips on preparing for a natural disaster Meteor explodes over Great Britain with violent force Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics Photos: Remembering the March on Washington Can Twitter tell if you're a psychopath? Join the conversation: What do you think about the RNC speeches? Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:04 PM PDT Yahoo! News brings you live analysis of tonight's festivities at the Republican National Convention. Full Story Top As Republicans nominate Romney, Ron Paul is a distant second Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT Mitt Romney was born in Michigan, served as governor of Massachusetts, vacations in New Hampshire (and France), saved the Olympics in Utah—but on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, it was Chris Christie's New Jersey that gave him the number of delegates to formally nominate him to take on President Barack Obama. The Garden State [...] Full Story Top Live-blog: Hurricane Isaac skirts the Gulf Coast Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT Isaac, now a Category 1 hurricane packing 80-plus-mph winds and torrential rains, has begun its assault on the northern Gulf Coast. The center of the storm is scheduled to make landfall near flood-prone New Orleans late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Storm warnings and watches stretch across Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Yahoo News will be [...] Full Story Top Ann Romney: My husband will 'lift up America' Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT TAMPA—Ann Romney will tell the Republican National Convention Tuesday that she and her husband, Mitt Romney, have not had a "storybook marriage" but have gone through struggles just like other Americans—including health scares like her bouts with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. "I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in [...] Full Story Top TSA: Boston bag screeners distracted by cellphones Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:50 PM PDT Associated Press - The Transportation Security Administration has moved to fire six bag-screeners and suspend 14 others at Logan International Airport in Boston for performing inadequate luggage checks, some because they were distracted by their cellphones or other electronic devices. Full Story Top Man at RNC protest camp arrested for battery Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:39 PM PDT Associated Press - A man staying at a makeshift protest camp near the Republican National Convention has been arrested and charged with armed battery on a fellow camper. Full Story Top Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:27 PM PDT Associated Press - Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed at the park. Full Story Top Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unusual swarm of hundreds of mostly small earthquakes has struck Southern California over the last three days and shaken the nerves of quake-hardy residents, but scientists say the cluster is not a sign a larger temblor is imminent. The earthquakes, the largest of which measured magnitude 5.5, began on Saturday evening and have been centered near the town of Brawley close to the state's inland Salton Sea, said Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. ... Full Story Top Year after Irene, celebration and mourning in Vt. Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:26 PM PDT Associated Press - For some state residents, it's block parties and parades. For others, a moment of silence. For still others, just another day of cleaning up the mess. Full Story Top GOP approves platform barring abortions, gay marriage Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and reject federal spending as an antidote for the nation's ailing job market. Full Story Top Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Families of some of the 12 people killed in the Colorado theater shooting are upset with the way the millions of dollars raised since the tragedy are being distributed. Full Story Top Just Explain It: Where do Obama, Romney stand on Bush-era tax cuts? Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT Ben Franklin got it right when he wrote, 'nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.' This campaign season, though, we can bank on another certainty, the candidates battling to the death over taxes. Full Story Top France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT AFP - French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 2004 death near Paris, following claims he may have died of polonium poisoning. Full Story Top Curiosity belts out Will.i.am song from Mars in cosmic first Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:16 PM PDT SPACE.com - The first song ever played from Mars was broadcast today (Aug. 28) from NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet. Full Story Top Marines testing women in combat jobs Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT Associated Press - There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that historically have been open only to men, Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, said Tuesday. Full Story Top Top seven tips on preparing for a natural disaster Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:42 PM PDT Good Morning America - The Gulf Coast is bracing for an enormous wave of water and high winds as Hurricane Isaac bears down, headed for New Orleans. Full Story Top Meteor explodes over Great Britain with violent force Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT If you catch them at just the right time, a streaking meteor can be a stunning sight in the night sky. But when that meteor contains just a tiny bit of ice, a beautiful light show can turn into a … Continue reading → Full Story Top Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT Full Story Top Photos: Remembering the March on Washington Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT Full Story Top Can Twitter tell if you're a psychopath? Tue,28 Aug 2012 09:46 AM PDT You probably have at least a few people on your Twitter or Facebook friends list that you'd consider "crazy," and a new study by Florida Atlantic University and the Online Privacy Foundation says you might be right. According to the … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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