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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama: Libya attack 'wasn't just a mob action' Split on spanking: Parents wrestle with punishment in schools, at home Ryan: Want Obama to be re-elected? Then don't vote for Ron Paul Clinton offers more U.S. help as Libya battles militias Images show North Korea halted construction on rocket launch pad Ex-prof gets life in prison for meeting rampage Nepal avalanche hit climbers as they were sleeping Helicopters, hounds search for convicted killer Six reasons this year's U.N. General Assembly is must-see TV Royal Society to help female scientists, engineers get their due on Wikipedia Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NY for fraud Report: Ohio nurse didn't realize she took kidney See the stars who want you to register and vote Man killed, at least 20 homes lost in brush fire east of San Diego Romney: 'There is no question in my mind. We're going to win.' Share your photos of fall color Video: Sheep storm through Austrian sports shop Parole hearing set for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel How video game statistics could transform war Obama: Libya attack 'wasn't just a mob action' Mon,24 Sep 2012 04:33 PM PDT The president's comments came as he taped an interview with "The View" during a brief trip to New York to address the annual United National General Assembly. He had been asked whether the attack on the U.S. Consulate compound in the city of Benghazi was a terrorist act. Full Story Top Split on spanking: Parents wrestle with punishment in schools, at home Mon,24 Sep 2012 03:43 PM PDT The way Heidi Drake remembers it, punishment in school never varied. Caught chewing gum? Swat. Pass a note? Swat. Tardy to class? Swat. "Mr. K was a legend at my rural Oregon middle school," Drake writes in a piece about parenting and spanking for Yahoo News. "Not because his biology tests were tough or his [...] Full Story Top Ryan: Want Obama to be re-elected? Then don't vote for Ron Paul Mon,24 Sep 2012 02:23 PM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan made a pitch to Ron Paul supporters during a  rally in Lima, Ohio, on Monday when asked why libertarians should support the Romney-Ryan ticket. "For those of us who would have voted in the primaries for, say, Ron Paul, why should we vote for you and not, say, libertarians [...] Full Story Top Clinton offers more U.S. help as Libya battles militias Mon,24 Sep 2012 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered Libya more help on Monday as it seeks to rein in militias, stressing that Washington will remain a firm partner despite this month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Clinton met Mohammed Magarief, who was elected to head Libya's ruling national assembly in August, and received his personal apology for the September 11 attack, which killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. "What happened on 11th of September towards these U.S. ... Full Story Top Images show North Korea halted construction on rocket launch pad Mon,24 Sep 2012 06:16 PM PDT Associated Press - North Korea has stopped construction on a launch pad where intercontinental-range rockets could be tested, an interruption possibly due to heavy rains and that could stall completion up to two years, according to an analysis of new satellite imagery. Full Story Top Ex-prof gets life in prison for meeting rampage Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:18 PM PDT Associated Press - A Harvard-educated biologist was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday after being convicted of going on a shooting rampage during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university, killing three colleagues and wounding three others in 2010. Full Story Top Nepal avalanche hit climbers as they were sleeping Mon,24 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT Associated Press - Mountaineers who survived a pre-dawn avalanche high on the world's eighth-tallest peak say they waited an hour for sunlight, and then saw pieces of tents and bodies of victims strewn around them on the snow. Full Story Top Helicopters, hounds search for convicted killer Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:58 PM PDT Associated Press - North Carolina authorities used a helicopter and bloodhounds Monday to search for a convicted killer who walked away from a state prison farm more than five hours before the public was notified. Full Story Top Six reasons this year's U.N. General Assembly is must-see TV Mon,24 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Think the annual September gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is a big snooze? Think again. In the past, it has produced memorable, even explosive, moments: President George W. Bush telling the global assembly in 2002 it risked "irrelevance" if it didn't join him in confronting Iraq's Saddam Hussein, or Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, in 2006, likening the same Mr. Bush to the devil, or Libya's late Muammar Qaddafi demanding the UN move to Tripoli so he would not have to cross multiple time zones to attend meetings. Full Story Top Royal Society to help female scientists, engineers get their due on Wikipedia Mon,24 Sep 2012 01:56 PM PDT The Royal Society announced that it will hold a meeting in London on October 19 to undertake massive edits to the Wikipedia pages of female scientists and engineers. Since many women in those fields were overshadowed by male colleagues, they … Continue reading → Full Story Top Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NY for fraud Mon,24 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT Associated Press - A former Intel Corp. executive who fed confidential information to a billionaire hedge fund founder accused in a massive insider trading case earned leniency on Monday at his own sentencing. Full Story Top Report: Ohio nurse didn't realize she took kidney Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:29 PM PDT Associated Press - A nurse who accidentally disposed of a living donor's kidney during a transplant said she didn't realize it was in chilled, protective slush that she removed from an operating room, took down a hall to a dirty utility room and "flushed down a hopper," according to a report released by health officials on Monday. Full Story Top See the stars who want you to register and vote Mon,24 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT Mark your calendars: The presidential election falls on Tuesday, November 6. But the only way to vote is if you're registered. In 2008, 6 million eligible voters could not fill out a ballot for president simply because they missed the registration deadline. No excuses: Celebrities and voting organizations have come together to encourage the electorate [...] Full Story Top Man killed, at least 20 homes lost in brush fire east of San Diego Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - California firefighters battled to contain a brush fire on Monday that has damaged or destroyed at least 30 homes, forced dozens of others evacuated and claimed one life east of San Diego near the U.S.-Mexico border. The body of an unidentified man was found on Monday in the charred rubble of a house after authorities said they were searching for an 82-year-old man who resides in the area and was reported missing. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection declined to immediately confirm that the missing man turned up as a fatality. ... Full Story Top Romney: 'There is no question in my mind. We're going to win.' Mon,24 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT The GOP nominee rejects the idea that he's failed to connect with voters over issues like high unemployment and the struggling economy. Full Story Top Share your photos of fall color Mon,24 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT Large swaths of America are now ablaze with fall colors: yellow aspens, red oaks and orange maples, just to name a few — and we want you to capture them. Yahoo! News is inviting readers and photographers to share their best fall snapshots, especially photos from this season. [...] Full Story Top Video: Sheep storm through Austrian sports shop Mon,24 Sep 2012 10:52 AM PDT Sheep are known to be followers, but they're not known to be vain. A flock of sheep proved themselves to be both this past weekend, however, rampaging through a sports store in an Austrian ski resort town. "We think one of them saw its reflection... Full Story Top Parole hearing set for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel Mon,24 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT Associated Press - A hearing will be held next month on whether Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was convicted of killing a neighbor in 1975, should be released from prison, a state official said Monday. Full Story Top How video game statistics could transform war Mon,24 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Much of the U.S. military's younger generation has grown up playing video games that constantly tell players how well they're doing on the virtual battlefield — whether it's the screen turning red to warn of low health or displays showing the world's top-scoring players based on reviving fallen friends and killing enemies with certain weapons. A U.S. Army weapons engineer thinks that, with the right technologies, such gaming-world awareness could become real for tomorrow's soldiers. Full Story Top

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