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Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Oklahoma crews battle expanding wildfires in torrid conditions Assad's planes pound vital prize of Aleppo Chick-fil-A 'kiss-in' draws peaceful protests Romney: America is 'poised to take off economically' Lollapalooza evacuated because of thunderstorm New study ties global warming to recent year heat China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea University brings capitalism to reclusive North Korea Southwest says computer glitch caused ticket woes Feds back NYC man's bid to reverse murder rap Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote? Late senator's FBI files reveal uproar over CIA leak Vast international child porn network uncovered Harry Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial Officials seek to preserve historic S.C. lighthouse Philanthropist's death sparks unusual lawsuit Oklahoma crews battle expanding wildfires in torrid conditions Sat,4 Aug 2012 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - Fire crews toiled in triple-digit heat around drought-stricken Oklahoma on Saturday to contain at least 15 blazes that have destroyed more than 120 structures and left a small town smouldering. Authorities said they were investigating whether the fire that devastated the town of Luther was deliberately set. Governor Mary Fallin on Saturday toured Luther, where 56 structures were destroyed, and described it as "total devastation." She said she had met with families who had little time to save anything but photos and pets. ... Full Story Top Assad's planes pound vital prize of Aleppo Sat,4 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad's forces used artillery, planes and a helicopter gunship to pound rebel positions in Syria's biggest city, witnesses said, in a battle that could determine the outcome of the 17-month uprising. After U.N. Security Council paralysis on Syria forced peace envoy Kofi Annan to resign last week, and with his ceasefire plan a distant memory, rebels were battered on Saturday by the onslaught they had expected in Aleppo and the capital Damascus. ... Full Story Top Chick-fil-A 'kiss-in' draws peaceful protests Sat,4 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT Scores of same-sex couples celebrated "National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A" by kissing each other outside some of the fast-food chain's 1,600 stores on Friday night in protest of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's controversial public comments against same-sex marriage. Full Story Top Romney: America is 'poised to take off economically' Sat,4 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney attacked what he calls "an extraordinary series of policy failures" from President Barack Obama, but said Saturday that America is "poised to take off economically." Full Story Top Lollapalooza evacuated because of thunderstorm Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT Police evacuated tens of thousands of concertgoers from the Lollapalooza music festival on Saturday before a powerful thunderstorm swept into downtown Chicago and pelted the outdoor venue with rain. Full Story Top New study ties global warming to recent year heat Sat,4 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT Associated Press - An analysis by a top government scientist says the extreme heat and drought seen in the U.S., Europe and other regions in recent years must be global warming. Specifically the study by NASA scientist James Hansen blames climate change for last year's drought in Texas and Oklahoma, the 2010 heat wave in Russia and the 2003 European heat wave that led to tens of thousands of deaths. Full Story Top China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:36 PM PDT Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry has called in a senior U.S. diplomat to protest remarks by the U.S. State Department raising concerns over tensions in the disputed South China Sea, in the latest political spat between the two countries. In a statement released late on Saturday, China's Foreign Ministry said Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng summoned the U.S. Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Wang to make "serious representations" about the issue. ... Full Story Top University brings capitalism to reclusive North Korea Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:22 PM PDT Reuters - Capitalism, in hermit North Korea, is normally associated with moral and economic ruin. The Korea-born American who heads Pyongyang's only private university is trying to change that. He believes he has the support of the man many think is emerging as the real power in the North, whose new leaders are pondering how to save their broken economy from collapse. The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, co-founded by Chan-mo Park, is teaching dozens of North Koreans the skills of a modern market economy, something the impoverished state has managed for decades to avoid. ... Full Story Top Southwest says computer glitch caused ticket woes Sat,4 Aug 2012 06:07 PM PDT Associated Press - Southwest Airlines' attempt to thank its Facebook friends with a half-price ticket sale backfired when customers were inadvertently billed multiple times for a single flight — they're not feeling the "luv.""No, ... Full Story Top Feds back NYC man's bid to reverse murder rap Sat,4 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT Associated Press - Earlier this year, a man locked up more than 15 years for murder wrote federal prosecutors in Manhattan telling them what he'd said all along and what authorities hear from inmates all the time: that he was wrongly convicted. Full Story Top Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote? Sat,4 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT Associated Press - Gone are the days when young voters weren't taken seriously. In 2008, they helped propel Barack Obama into the Oval Office, supporting him by a 2-1 margin. Full Story Top Late senator's FBI files reveal uproar over CIA leak Sat,4 Aug 2012 08:19 AM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two agencies in the 1960s, according to newly released FBI records. Full Story Top Vast international child porn network uncovered Sat,4 Aug 2012 07:45 AM PDT Associated Press - The men came from different walks of life on two continents: a children's puppeteer in Florida, a hotel manager in Massachusetts, an emergency medical technician in Kansas, a day care worker in the Netherlands. In all, 43 men have been arrested over the past two years in a horrific, far-flung child porn network that unraveled like a sweater with a single loose thread. Full Story Top Harry Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial Sat,4 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT Associated Press - A grandson of the former U.S. president, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims. Full Story Top Officials seek to preserve historic S.C. lighthouse Sat,4 Aug 2012 08:56 AM PDT Associated Press - The last major lighthouse built in the United States is showing its age at 50, but the National Park Service is reviewing a management plan to maintain the beacon that still shines 27 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean on clear nights. Full Story Top Philanthropist's death sparks unusual lawsuit Sat,4 Aug 2012 01:49 PM PDT Associated Press - When former model and philanthropist Phyllis Harvey died last year at the age of 59, little note was taken. Brief paid obituaries appeared in Los Angeles and her hometown paper in North Carolina. Full Story Top

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