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Monday, August 6, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Holmes' psychiatrist contacted university police before shooting Sikh temple shooting: Domestic terrorism or hate crime? Mars rover captures snapshop of mysterious mountain Obama camp: Romney fundraising edge means 'we're in trouble' Chris Christie illustrates worth of VP role with Biden joke Slideshow: Today's top photos Obama warns 'Romney Hood' will take from poor, give to rich Bank may lose NY license over ties to Iran Syrian prime minister defects, fighting goes on Son of man accused of faking his death arrested Obama's Hollywood backers linked to outsourced jobs Key U.S. informant Khan testifies at insider trial Cheney seeks to clarify Sarah Palin 'mistake' remark Train derails; rail cars full of alcohol burst into flames Apple Senior VP: Steve Jobs considered building an iCar Holmes' psychiatrist contacted university police before shooting Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT ABC News - Contacted University of Colo. Officer With Concerns About Patient's Behavior Full Story Top Sikh temple shooting: Domestic terrorism or hate crime? Mon,6 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT The FBI is treating a mass shooting on Sunday at a Milwaukee-area Sikh Temple as a possible act of domestic terrorism, officials announced in a press conference Monday. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran and suspected white supremacist, is believed to be the gunman and was killed at the scene of the crime. Domestic [...] Full Story Top Mars rover captures snapshop of mysterious mountain Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:55 PM PDT SPACE.com - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has beamed back an incredible image of its surroundings, showing a spectacularly clear view of the enormous mountain that it will clamber up in the next few years. Full Story Top Obama camp: Romney fundraising edge means 'we're in trouble' Mon,6 Aug 2012 06:18 PM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign warned supporters in an email plea for cash on Monday that Mitt Romney's vast fundraising edge means "we're in trouble" with scarcely three months to go before Election Day. "We got beat three months in a row," the campaign said in the unsigned message. "If we don't step it up, [...] Full Story Top Chris Christie illustrates worth of VP role with Biden joke Mon,6 Aug 2012 06:44 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - With speculation resuming about just who will be Mitt Romney's running mate, one potential veep pick says it doesn't really matter. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told reporters today it's a battle between the top of the two tickets. "In the end nobody votes for... Full Story Top Slideshow: Today's top photos Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT People release balloons into the air during the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Omarska detention camp in Omarska, August 6, 2012. Hundreds of former inmates released balloons with names of missing persons into the air during a ceremony marking its closure, commemorating around 800 people who died in the camp which housed approximately 5,000 people during the 1992 Bosnian war. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS OBITUARY CONFLICT) Full Story Top Obama warns 'Romney Hood' will take from poor, give to rich Mon,6 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT President Barack Obama told cheering supporters at a fundraiser in Connecticut on Monday that Mitt Romney's tax plan would raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for a tax cut benefiting the very rich: "It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood." His remarks drew laughter and applause. Obama pointed to a recent study [...] Full Story Top Bank may lose NY license over ties to Iran Mon,6 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - In a rare move, New York's top bank regulator threatened to strip the state banking license of Standard Chartered Plc, saying it was a "rogue institution" that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran, in violation of U.S. law. ... Full Story Top Syrian prime minister defects, fighting goes on Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:57 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces pressed on with their offensive against rebels in the largest city Aleppo after the prime minister fled the country, denouncing the "terrorist regime" of Bashar al-Assad. The defection of Riyad Hijab - who like most of the opposition hails from the Sunni Muslim majority - was a further sign of the isolation of Assad's government around an inner core of powerful members of his minority Alawite sect. ... Full Story Top Son of man accused of faking his death arrested Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT Good Morning America - Jonathan Roth Was Arrested in Connection to His Father's Alleged Disappearance Full Story Top Obama's Hollywood backers linked to outsourced jobs Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:52 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Another week, another Hollywood fundraiser for President Obama. And why not? From George Clooney's house in Los Angeles to Sarah Jessica Parker's townhouse in Manhattan, the Hollywood crowd has been a virtual ATM for the Obama campaign. All that Hollywood cash has helped pay for... Full Story Top Key U.S. informant Khan testifies at insider trial Mon,6 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roomy Khan, a onetime technology stocks trader known as "Tipper A" and an FBI informant in a U.S. government crackdown on insider trading, testified on Monday to giving confidential information to a California hedge fund manager on trial for securities fraud. Khan, who is in her early 50s, is a former Intel Corp and Galleon hedge fund employee who taped conversations with Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam to help prosecutors convict him in May 2011. Rajaratnam is serving an 11-year prison term. ... Full Story Top Cheney seeks to clarify Sarah Palin 'mistake' remark Mon,6 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - In an interview to air tonight on Fox News, former Vice President Dick Cheney tries to clarify what he told me 10 days ago about Sarah Palin. In our interview, Cheney said John McCain's decision to pick Sarah Palin as his running was "a mistake"... Full Story Top Train derails; rail cars full of alcohol burst into flames Mon,6 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT A train traveling through Montana derailed on Sunday, and eight of its cars carrying alcohol burst into flames. The Billings Gazette reports that no one was injured in the derailment and subsequent fire, which spread to eight of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train's 15 derailed rail cars. Fourteen of those cars are said [...] Full Story Top Apple Senior VP: Steve Jobs considered building an iCar Mon,6 Aug 2012 12:58 PM PDT Apple has made some pretty revolutionary new products over the last decade. It absolutely owned the MP3 player market with the release of the iPod. Then, it dominated of the phone market with its incredibly popular iPhone. Soon after, Apple … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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