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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Syria pleads with Russia for aid in sign of desperation Ex-federal prosecutor to probe Colo. shooting Jobs report has something for Obama and Romney The white world of sports: What Gabby Douglas' vault into Olympic history means Wind-whipped Oklahoma wildfires destroy homes Chick-fil-A protests: Have they gone too far? U.S. to weigh gay relationships in deportation cases 'Plain Jane Bandit' believed caught after eight heists Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed? Professor wins $5 million grant to study life after death How to keep strangers from sitting next to you Alaskan fishermen save bear cub from whirlpool (VIDEO) Photo reveals giant Greenland iceberg heading to sea Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers Drew Peterson threatened to kill wife, her sister claims Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama's program Woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives Text before horrible car crash warned of texting while driving N. Korea gives refrigerators for medals, labor camp for losing NASA forms $1.1B partnership with private space companies Police out in force for Jerusalem Gay Pride Singer of U.S. heavy metal band released in Prague Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney Drought diaries: 'There is no sign of relief' Cheetah shows up Olympians, breaks land speed record Will world's hunger for sushi cause tuna extinction? Syria pleads with Russia for aid in sign of desperation Fri,3 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT Associated Press - an indication that international sanctions are squeezing President Bashar Assad's regime. Full Story Top Ex-federal prosecutor to probe Colo. shooting Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - The University of Colorado has hired a former federal prosecutor to probe its handling of a former graduate student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 in a shooting spree at a movie theater in a Denver suburb, the school said on Friday. Robert Miller was retained to conduct an internal review of the university's dealings with accused gunman and former neuroscience graduate student James Holmes, the university said in a written statement. ... Full Story Top Jobs report has something for Obama and Romney Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - With higher-than-expected job creation in July, President Obama avoided a major blow in Friday's unemployment report. But the rise in the jobless rate to 8.3 percent, up from 8.2 percent, mitigated the positive news – and handed campaign fodder to Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Full Story Top The white world of sports: What Gabby Douglas' vault into Olympic history means Fri,3 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT The 16-year-old's triumph—not to mention her poise, her maturity, her focus, her elegance—will help recalibrate what young females of color believe is within their reach. Full Story Top Wind-whipped Oklahoma wildfires destroy homes Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT Associated Press - A wildfire whipped by gusty, southerly winds swept through rural woodlands south of the Oklahoma City area Friday, burning several homes as firefighters struggled to contain it in 113-degree heat. Full Story Top Chick-fil-A protests: Have they gone too far? Fri,3 Aug 2012 03:20 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - It seems that a sandwich has become the target of partisan political debate. Ever since Dan Cathy, the president of chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, voiced his opposition to gay marriage, opinions about the company have caused a lot of indigestion. Full Story Top U.S. to weigh gay relationships in deportation cases Fri,3 Aug 2012 05:31 PM PDT Associated Press - Amid pressure from Democratic lawmakers, Homeland Security officials reiterated Friday that a foreigner's longstanding same-sex relationship with a U.S. citizen could help stave off the threat of deportation. Full Story Top 'Plain Jane Bandit' believed caught after eight heists Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT ABC News - The "Plain Jane Bandit," who is believed to be responsible for eight bank heists or attempted bank robberies in Southern California, has been arrested, officials said. Full Story Top Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed? Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT Tune in to the Yahoo! live-stream on Sunday, August 5, at 10:31 p.m. PT or 1:31 a.m. ET. On Sunday night, millions of miles away, a nail-biter of a landing will be executed—or not—on Mars. The Mars rover, Curiosity, which has been traveling to the distant planet for the past eight-and-a-half months, will land on [...] Full Story Top Professor wins $5 million grant to study life after death Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:17 PM PDT Pop quiz: Does life exist after death? A University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, John Martin Fischer, has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant by the John Templeton Foundation to study just this topic—and yes, students can take his class. Fischer noted in an email to Yahoo News, "Both I and my post-doc, Benjamin [...] Full Story Top How to keep strangers from sitting next to you Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT A new study offers some helpful hints on navigating our "culture of social isolation in public places," better known as, how to keep people from sitting next to you on the plane, bus or train. Yale University's Esther Kim spent three years traveling thousands of miles across U.S. bus systems to compile her observations. "I [...] Full Story Top Alaskan fishermen save bear cub from whirlpool (VIDEO) Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT A boat  of Alaskan fishermen documented their successful, and risky, attempt to rescue a bear cub who was struggling against the river current and in danger of being pulled into a nearby whirlpool. Mike Polocz tells the Anchorage Daily News that the bear was struggling to stay afloat in the Kenai River when Polocz, his [...] Full Story Top Photo reveals giant Greenland iceberg heading to sea Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT LiveScience.com - A massive iceberg that recently cleaved from one of Greenland's largest glaciers has made its way down the fjord that confines it and is poised to float out into an ocean strait, satellite photos reveal. Full Story Top Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers Fri,3 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT Full Story Top Drew Peterson threatened to kill wife, her sister claims Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT Good Morning America - Drew Peterson told his third wife Kathleen Savio he would kill her six months before she was found dead in a bathtub, Savio's sister testified in Peterson's murder trial today. Full Story Top Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama's program Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT For the estimated 1 million young illegal immigrants who may qualify for the new temporary legal status, Obama's new program represents their best shot at a normal life. Full Story Top Woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A soon-to-be wed gay couple, a retired teacher and his wife, and two pairs of fathers and sons were among those whose lives were changed one extraordinary day this week when a 35-year-old single mother of four from North Carolina donated a kidney to a stranger in New York. "I'm not losing nothing," Honica Brittman said this week, sitting in a blue and white hospital gown before surgery in which she would give, for free, the initial kidney in a chain of five kidney transplants at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. ... Full Story Top Text before horrible car crash warned of texting while driving Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT Chris Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving. The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, "I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel..." Full Story Top N. Korea gives refrigerators for medals, labor camp for losing Fri,3 Aug 2012 03:54 AM PDT ABC News - North Korea's Olympic athletes are thrilling their countrymen with surprising success in winning medals but according to defectors, these medals have a dark side. Full Story Top NASA forms $1.1B partnership with private space companies Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:41 AM PDT Though many of us dream of exploring the stars or starting a human colony on Mars, that dream is not shared by the government. Full Story Top Police out in force for Jerusalem Gay Pride Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT AFP - Thousands marched in central Jerusalem on Thursday for a milestone 10th anniversary Gay Pride parade, passing by the spot where an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three participants in 2005. Full Story Top Singer of U.S. heavy metal band released in Prague Fri,3 Aug 2012 02:48 PM PDT Associated Press - The frontman of the U.S. heavy metal band Lamb of God has been released from a Prague prison on $400,000 bail as police investigate him for allegedly pushing a fan off a stage who later died of his injuries, an official said Friday. Full Story Top Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT ABC News - A top official at the government agency charged with protecting America from incoming nuclear missiles recently had to order his employees to keep their eyes on the sky and off pornographic websites they had accessed on secure computers. Full Story Top Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:37 AM PDT Retired adult film actress Jenna Jameson voiced support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a strip club Thursday, CBS San Francisco reports: "I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. "When [...] Full Story Top Drought diaries: 'There is no sign of relief' Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT The dry Truckee Canal near Teresa Pena-Raney's peach orchard in western Nevada. (Teresa Pena-Raney) Along the 195-mile Embarras River, a tributary of the Wabash in southeastern Illinois, rancher Jim Gardner worries about his 200 head of Angus cattle. There's enough hay -- for now. But in July, the cattle started eating winter's food, and this [...] Full Story Top Cheetah shows up Olympians, breaks land speed record Thu,2 Aug 2012 01:19 PM PDT LiveScience.com - The fastest cheetah on Earth has done it again, breaking her previous world record for the 100-meter dash and setting a new best time of 5.95 seconds. Full Story Top Will world's hunger for sushi cause tuna extinction? Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT It's no secret that Americans loves sushi. What used to be a delicacy savored on special occasions has become a new kind of fast food, available in cafeterias and grocery stores, even baseball stadiums. Full Story Top

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