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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Viral photo helps 19-year-old arthritic dog recover Stingray photobomb goes viral Suspect in killing of Los Angeles woman was actor Netanyahu says world must draw "red line" for Iran Afghan Baby 'Happiness,' Found Beside Road, Gets a Family Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology Mitt Romney tells voters: If I'm elected, don't expect huge tax cuts Romney talks polls, 'character assassination,' and Mass. health law Suitors bombard Hong Kong tycoon's gay daughter after dowry Romney: Bain Builds up, Then Harvests Companies Obama flubs line on jobs, says he's "channeling" Romney NJ woman accused of cancer scam for wedding, cash Four ways Mitt Romney can still win the election Russian dash-cam captures lightning striking SUV roof Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio' ABC News Tracks Missing iPad To Florida Home of TSA Officer Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space Army General Charged with Forcible Sodomy During Tour in Afghanistan Tycoon Offers $65M to Man Who Woos Gay Daughter Conservative fund backs Akin despite rape comments Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program Teen bitten by 'world's most venomous snake' Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts What do Ohio's white working-class voters want? Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray Settlement Paul Ryan Says President Obama's Policies 'Project Weakness' Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog Taunted San Diego Teen Dropped Out but Alleged Bullying Continued Online 'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Johnny Lewis Found Dead Rights group: isolation units in California prisons cruel 'Britishisms' Creeping into American English Romney slams Obama on defense cuts AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes Mexico catches Zetas drug capo 'El Taliban' Hillary Clinton drops strong hint that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attack Obama: Time for 'new economic patriotism' Police checking out Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb Air Force mystery plane set for next mission Viral photo helps 19-year-old arthritic dog recover Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:09 AM PDT A photograph of a man wading in Lake Superior with his 19-year-old arthritic dog captured the hearts of millions when it was posted online last month--an outpouring that inspired the dog's owner to launch a foundation to help low-income families care for their aging canines. John Unger says Schoep's Legacy Foundation has raised more than [...] Full Story Top Stingray photobomb goes viral Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT A photo of three seemingly terrified women being greeted by a giant stingray is making the rounds online. The "photobomb," posted to Reddit.com on Wednesday, appears to show a man in the water behind the women lift the stingray onto their backs just as the photo was taken. Several commenters pointed out that the undated [...] Full Story Top Suspect in killing of Los Angeles woman was actor Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT Associated Press - Los Angeles police say they don't know whether a "Sons of Anarchy" actor jumped or fell to his death after apparently killing his landlady. Full Story Top Netanyahu says world must draw "red line" for Iran Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT Associated Press - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world to draw a clear "red line" to stop it in its tracks. Full Story Top Afghan Baby 'Happiness,' Found Beside Road, Gets a Family Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:03 AM PDT ABC News' Aleem Agha reports: KABUL, Afghanistan – A newborn girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been adopted by a childless Afghan couple. "We have named her Arya [which means happiness], and we will take care of her... Full Story Top Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:10 AM PDT ABC News - Is a $15 gift card enough to compensate for public humiliation at your local grocery store? According to one Georgia woman, the answer is absolutely not. Cindy Nerger, 28, who relies on food stamps to feed her family, said she was brought to tears after... Full Story Top Mitt Romney tells voters: If I'm elected, don't expect huge tax cuts Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney says Americans shouldn't expect a big tax cut from him if he's elected president, because the nation also has to think about how to tame out-of-control federal deficits. Full Story Top Romney talks polls, 'character assassination,' and Mass. health law Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney took part in three network TV interviews Thursday night that veered in wildly different directions. With ABC, Romney addressed polls that show him trailing President Obama, with NBC he promoted the Massachusetts health law that was a model for the national law he... Full Story Top Suitors bombard Hong Kong tycoon's gay daughter after dowry Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - The newly married lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon who offered a $65 million "marriage bounty" to any man able to win her love, on Thursday said she'd been flooded by marriage proposals but harbored no animosity towards her father. ... Full Story Top Romney: Bain Builds up, Then Harvests Companies Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - In a video made public today, but recorded sometime in the summer of 1985, Mitt Romney explains in frank terms how his then newly-minted private equity firm planned on making money. "Bain Capital is an investment partnership which was formed to invest in startup companies... Full Story Top Obama flubs line on jobs, says he's "channeling" Romney Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - KENT, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama flubbed a line during a campaign speech on Wednesday, mistakenly saying he wanted to export U.S. jobs, before correcting himself and jokingly blaming Republican rival Mitt Romney. In the middle of remarks to an enthusiastic crowd in the battleground state of Ohio, Obama was describing a five-point plan to boost employment and lay a "stronger foundation" for the U.S. economy when he stumbled at a crucial word. "I want to see us export more jobs," Obama said, before catching himself quickly and saying, "Export more products. ... Full Story Top NJ woman accused of cancer scam for wedding, cash Thu,27 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT Associated Press - Authorities say a New Jersey woman scammed relatives and others out of cash, meals and even a wedding by falsely claiming she had bladder cancer. Full Story Top Four ways Mitt Romney can still win the election Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:46 AM PDT National Constitution Center - Despite recent trends in public opinion polls, Mitt Romney is far from out of the presidential race, if several historic trends break his way. Full Story Top Russian dash-cam captures lightning striking SUV roof Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT The National Weather Service reports that a person's odds of being struck by lightning are around 1 in 775,000. Meet the unfortunate "1" in that statistic. A driver captured footage of lightning striking the roof of another car on a rainy Russian day. In the video, an unidentified driver cruises along with a dashboard camera [...] Full Story Top Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio' Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:42 PM PDT TOLEDO, Ohio—Mitt Romney projected confidence Wednesday that he's going to win Ohio, in spite of a recent spate of polls showing him trailing President Barack Obama in this crucial swing state. "I'm going to win Ohio," Romney told NBC's Ron Allen in an interview. "I'm going to become the next president." In a separate interview [...] Full Story Top ABC News Tracks Missing iPad To Florida Home of TSA Officer Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:24 AM PDT Good Morning America - Investigation Reveals 381 TSA Officers Fired for Theft from Passengers; Agency Cites 'Zero Tolerance' Full Story Top Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT LiveScience.com - It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that likely fell 10,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border. Full Story Top Army General Charged with Forcible Sodomy During Tour in Afghanistan Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:12 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - An Army brigadier general has been charged with forcible sodomy, inappropriate relationships, and possessing alcohol and pornography while serving as a senior commander in Afghanistan earlier this year. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, a deputy commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, faces a possible court... Full Story Top Tycoon Offers $65M to Man Who Woos Gay Daughter Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT Cecil Chao Sze-tung is Hong Kong's perennial playboy. Call him the city's Hugh Hefner, minus the pajamas and add a pair of shades. Never married, real estate and shipping tycoon Chao, 76, has been a staple of the Hong Kong tabloid and social rags since... Full Story Top Conservative fund backs Akin despite rape comments Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A conservative fundraising group on Thursday endorsed Todd Akin in a key Senate race in Missouri and pledged over $290,000 to his campaign in a sign more Republicans are coming to his aid despite his inflammatory comments about rape. The backing from the Senate Conservatives Fund follows a loss of support from other Republican groups after Akin last month said women have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape", making legal abortion unnecessary. ... Full Story Top Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his "red line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year. By citing a time frame in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu - who has clashed with President Barack Obama over the urgency of military action against Iran - appeared to suggest no Israeli attack was imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. ... Full Story Top Teen bitten by 'world's most venomous snake' Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:16 AM PDT A 17-year-old Australian boy is in serious condition after being bitten by what most reptile experts believe is the world's most venomous snake. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the boy was admitted to a hospital in the town of Kurri Kurri with a snakebite on his left hand. He was later transferred to Calvary [...] Full Story Top Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT Associated Press - Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball. Full Story Top Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT Associated Press - Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race. Full Story Top What do Ohio's white working-class voters want? Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT Associated Press - To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of places where laborers, truck drivers, cooks, store clerks and business owners form the backbone of small-town life. Places where the deli cashes checks, cars and trucks are "vehicles" and the NFL takes a back seat to high-school football. Full Story Top Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT Good Morning America - Buyer of Exotic, Futuristic Table Claims He Was Snookered Full Story Top UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray Settlement Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT ABC News - The University of California regents will pay about $1 million to 21 UC Davis current and former students who were pepper-sprayed during a peaceful campus protest last November. A video of the incident that went viral shows an officer casually walking up to and aiming... Full Story Top Paul Ryan Says President Obama's Policies 'Project Weakness' Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:42 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — At a rally this evening here in the Rocky Mountain State, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan sharpened his criticism of President Obama's leadership as commander-in-chief, telling this military-friendly crowd that the president's policies "project weakness abroad." Obama proposals to cut... Full Story Top Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:49 AM PDT Associated Press - A drug-sniffing dog now is the only certified member of the police force in the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn. Full Story Top Taunted San Diego Teen Dropped Out but Alleged Bullying Continued Online Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:11 AM PDT Good Morning America - Katie Uffens Says Bullying Continued Online Through Social Media Full Story Top 'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Johnny Lewis Found Dead Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:15 AM PDT Good Morning America - Actor Found Dead in LA Along With an Elderly Woman Who Died in an Altercation Full Story Top Rights group: isolation units in California prisons cruel Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:06 AM PDT Reuters - SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The use of solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in California's Pelican Bay State Prison constitutes cruel and degrading treatment in violation of international law, according to Amnesty International report released on Thursday. The human rights group found that roughly 3,000 prisoners in the super maximum security Pelican Bay facility in Northern California and the Corcoran State Prison in the state's rural heartland were being held in "extreme" isolation, with no direct human contact, access to rehabilitation programs, sunlight or fresh air. ... Full Story Top 'Britishisms' Creeping into American English Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT LiveScience.com - British people have long bemoaned the gradual encroachment of Americanisms into everyday speech, via Hollywood films and sitcoms. Now, "Britishisms" are crossing the pond the other way, thanks to the growing online popularity of British media such as Harry Potter, Downton Abbey and The Daily Mail. Full Story Top Romney slams Obama on defense cuts Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT SPRINGFIELD, Va.—For the third straight day, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama campaigned in the same state, with Romney arguing before an audience of military veterans that potential cuts to the defense budget are "unthinkable and devastating." Speaking in the battleground state at an American Legion post outside Washington, D.C., Romney blamed Obama for planned [...] Full Story Top AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:40 PM PDT Associated Press - Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small circle of U.S. Air Force experts knew something was wrong with the prized stealth fighter jet. Full Story Top Mexico catches Zetas drug capo 'El Taliban' Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT Associated Press - Mexico appeared to strike a major blow against one faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, with the navy announcing it has captured one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban." Full Story Top Hillary Clinton drops strong hint that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attack Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:36 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday suggested a link between Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, going further than other Obama administration officials have previously in asserting that the deadly attack involved terrorists. Full Story Top Obama: Time for 'new economic patriotism' Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:35 AM PDT Forty-one days before Election Day, President Barack Obama made what sounded a lot like his closing arguments for a second term in a new two-minute television ad in which he criticizes Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and calls for "a new economic patriotism." "If I could sit down with you, in your living room or [...] Full Story Top Police checking out Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT Associated Press - Investigators will take soil samples from the ground beneath a suburban Detroit driveway after a man told police he believes he witnessed the burial of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa about 35 years ago, police said Wednesday. Full Story Top Air Force mystery plane set for next mission Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT ABC News - ABC News' Taylor Hom reports: The U.S. military's mysterious X-37B space plane is headed back into the great beyond to do… whatever it does up there. The X-37B is slated for its third launch in October, the Air Force said, but like its two orbital... Full Story Top

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