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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Self-proclaimed messiah, Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92 Obama: Romney has no plan to end Afghan war Navy SEAL book excerpts claim Osama bin Laden was unarmed Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say Clint Eastwood gets cut from Romney RNC video Days after Isaac, flooding and outages remain Monster truck injures 3 in stands during Oregon show Biden calls Romney 'out of touch' on foreign policy Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care' Obama: After the White House beer, POTUS pizza Massive Great White shark washes ashore on New England beach N.Y. teen's death on party bus a warning to others Neb. wildfires burn more than 285 square miles U.S. Steel, union agree on pact for 16,000 workers Rebels hit Syrian army headquarters in Damascus Poll: 19 percent of New Jersey voters have tattoos Obama: 'I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan' Police: N.Y. man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague Self-proclaimed messiah, Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92 Sun,2 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT Associated Press - The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers around the world cherished him, while his detractors accused him of brainwashing recruits and extracting money from worshippers. Full Story Top Obama: Romney has no plan to end Afghan war Sun,2 Sep 2012 04:15 PM PDT President Barack Obama warned young voters on Sunday that Mitt Romney has no plan to end the war in Afghanistan. Obama has been hitting his Republican rival on the issue ever since Romney failed to mention the war in his nomination acceptance speech. "This November, you get to decide the future of [...] Full Story Top Navy SEAL book excerpts claim Osama bin Laden was unarmed Sun,2 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT The controversial book written by a member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden doesn't come out until Tuesday, but excerpts from the story have now been published. The U.K.'s Sun printed the prologue of the book, "No Easy Day," along with several excerpts [...] Full Story Top Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say Sun,2 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT Associated Press - Flinching in the face of economic weakness, President Barack Obama's top aides refused to say Sunday in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention if Americans are better off than they were four years ago. Full Story Top Clint Eastwood gets cut from Romney RNC video Sun,2 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - A video mash-up of speakers from last week's Republican National Convention does not include an appearance from the "mystery RNC speaker," Clint Eastwood. The two-and-a-half minute video posted today to the Romney campaign's YouTube account features former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, New Mexico Gov.... Full Story Top Days after Isaac, flooding and outages remain Sun,2 Sep 2012 07:32 PM PDT Associated Press - Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater Sunday and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn't have any power, five days after Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives. Full Story Top Monster truck injures 3 in stands during Oregon show Sun,2 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT Three people were injured at an outdoor sports complex in Oregon when a monster truck struck a barrier and plowed into the crowd during a Labor Day Weekend show. The injured, whose names and conditions had not been released today, were taken to the hospital... Full Story Top Biden calls Romney 'out of touch' on foreign policy Sun,2 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT ABC News (RSS) - Vice President Joe Biden went on the attack today against Mitt Romney's foreign policy positions, calling the Republican presidential candidate "out of touch." "Listen to what he says about foreign policy, you caught some of it in his speech. He said it was... Full Story Top Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care' Sun,2 Sep 2012 06:24 PM PDT Associated Press - Campaigning his way toward the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama slapped a "Romney doesn't care" label on his rival's health-care views Sunday and said Republicans want to repeal new protections for millions without offering a plan of their own. Full Story Top Obama: After the White House beer, POTUS pizza Sun,2 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT Courting young voters who are critical to his hopes for a second term, President Barack Obama urged a crowd of 13,000 at University of Colorado Boulder to eat a pizza named after him at a popular local spot. "I've been told that The Sink renamed one of their pizzas after me," Obama [...] Full Story Top Massive Great White shark washes ashore on New England beach Sun,2 Sep 2012 07:36 AM PDT A massive shark washed up on a New England beach this weekend, prompting officials to close down two nearby beaches. The Great White weighing about 1,600 pounds was discovered on the border of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. When fisherman Gary Severa first spotted the 13-foot... Full Story Top N.Y. teen's death on party bus a warning to others Sun,2 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT Associated Press - It's a familiar scene on city streets and in movies: dressed-up teenagers packed into a stretch limo, celebrating something important by jubilantly sticking their heads through the roof. Full Story Top Neb. wildfires burn more than 285 square miles Sun,2 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota. Full Story Top U.S. Steel, union agree on pact for 16,000 workers Sun,2 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers announced a tentative agreement Sunday on a three-year contract covering more than 16,000 workers at domestic facilities. Full Story Top Rebels hit Syrian army headquarters in Damascus Sun,2 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ... Full Story Top Poll: 19 percent of New Jersey voters have tattoos Sun,2 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT Nearly 20 percent of New Jersey's registered voters have at least one tattoo, a new poll conducted by Rutgers University ahead of the final season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" finds. According to the Rutgers-Eagleton Institute poll, 19 percent of nearly 1,000 registered voters in the state said they have at least one tattoo. And 37 [...] Full Story Top Obama: 'I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan' Sun,2 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT Consider him un-unforgiven? President Barack Obama shrugged off Clinton Eastwood's memorable Republican National Convention performance in part of a USA Today interview published Sunday, declaring: "I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan." "He is a great actor, and an even better director," the president told the paper aboard Air Force One on Saturday. "I think [...] Full Story Top Police: N.Y. man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face Sun,2 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT Associated Press - A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said. Full Story Top Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in Sun,2 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT ABC News - Detroit police are investigating why a murder suspect had to turn himself twice before he was arrested. The 36-year-old man walked into a fire station two hours after he allegedly shot four people at a party early Saturday morning, police said in a statement. Two... Full Story Top Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague Sun,2 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT Associated Press - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq Full Story Top

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