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News - Latest News & Headlines: Testy debate in Massachusetts for key U.S. Senate seat Obama: Debate prep is 'a drag' JPMorgan sued for fraud over mortgage securities Facebook's new pitch to brand advertisers: Forget about clicks Sailors left in limbo, await resolution in prostitution scandal As the Compact Disc turns 30, readers recall their first CDs Mandolinist, neurosurgeon among winners of 2012 'Genius' grants Chinese company sues Obama over wind farm shutdown IKEA regrets women erased from Saudi catalog Peanut butter recall has major retailers pulling products off shelves Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia U.S. manufacturing grows in September for first time since May Boat sinks off Hong Kong after collision; 36 dead Woman scares away wild bear on her porch Video: Czech president shot by air-gun-wielding assailant NYC gym teacher claims 6-year-old student beat him up The story behind the stingray photobomb 'A surprise': Weather on Mars surprisingly warm SD tribe's lawsuit against beer stores dismissed Sheriff: At least 20 injured when big rig hits train in Calif. Central Valley Testy debate in Massachusetts for key U.S. Senate seat Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Democrat Elizabeth Warren's claim of Native American heritage was once again in the spotlight as she sparred with Republican rival Scott Brown on Monday in the second debate of the pair's contest for the U.S. Senate seat from traditionally Democratic Massachusetts. Recent polls show Warren, 63, a Harvard Law School professor and former official in President Barack Obama's administration, maintains a slim lead over Brown, who swept into the Senate in a special election in 2010 after the death of revered Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy. ... Full Story Top Obama: Debate prep is 'a drag' Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:07 PM PDT The president jokes with volunteers and gives a pep talk at a field office ahead of the Wednesday showdown with Mitt Romney. Full Story Top JPMorgan sued for fraud over mortgage securities Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:28 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) for fraud over faulty mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by the former Bear Stearns. Full Story Top Facebook's new pitch to brand advertisers: Forget about clicks Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - Facebook Inc, stung by doubts that advertising on the social network delivers enough bang for the buck, is preparing to unveil data to counter its critics and show that "clicks," the current metric of choice, tell only half the story. The world's No. ... Full Story Top Sailors left in limbo, await resolution in prostitution scandal Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:16 PM PDT Associated Press - Six months after members of the U.S. military and the Secret Service were embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two Navy sailors have been stripped of their security clearances and pulled off their regular jobs, but they have yet to be charged. Full Story Top As the Compact Disc turns 30, readers recall their first CDs Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:12 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - Whether we're early adherents of the compact disc (anyone here buy Billy Joel's "52nd Street," the first music CD ever made, in 1982?) or a late entries (someone admitted their first disc was the soundtrack to the 1998 "Pokemon" movie), we've all owned a CD or two (or a couple thousand) at some point in our lives. Full Story Top Mandolinist, neurosurgeon among winners of 2012 'Genius' grants Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:12 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bluegrass musician and a pediatric surgeon were among 23 of the world's most creative and original thinkers to be awarded no-strings-attached $500,000 "genius" grants this year, a U.S. charitable organization said on Monday. Also among the 2012 MacArthur Foundation fellows are a celebrated fiction writer, a Washington Post reporter and a Boston man who makes some of the finest violin bows the modern world has ever seen. Since the program was initiated in 1981, the John D. and Catherine T. ... Full Story Top Chinese company sues Obama over wind farm shutdown Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - On Friday, President Obama took the highly unusual step of blocking a Chinese company from building wind farms in Oregon. The Chinese company, Ralls, is furious and has threatened to sue the president. Full Story Top IKEA regrets women erased from Saudi catalog Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:53 PM PDT ABC News - Compare the annual IKEA catalogs disbursed around the world and they are nearly identical, save for a slight difference. The difference is not in the Swedish translations of the furniture or the mock layouts of the numerous living rooms in the catalog. The discrepancy lies... Full Story Top Peanut butter recall has major retailers pulling products off shelves Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT Associated Press - A recall of peanut butter and other nut products has some of the country's largest grocery stores pulling store-brand products off their shelves. Full Story Top Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - Until a year ago, few people in Georgia knew what billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili looked like. The 56-year-old tycoon was best known in the former Soviet republic as a free-spending philanthropist with a spectacular home overlooking Tbilisi, and for keeping penguins, kangaroos and lemurs at a private zoo at another home outside the capital. But he hated publicity and avoided photographers. When he bought Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au Chat" for $95. ... Full Story Top U.S. manufacturing grows in September for first time since May Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly expanded in September for the first time since May as new orders and employment picked up, but the pace of growth showed the economy was still stuck in a slow recovery. The Institute for Supply Management said on Monday its index of national factory activity rose to 51.5 from 49.6 in August. "We're not quite at the point where things are good, but this indicates strongly that things are not so bad," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of Sarhan Capital in New York. ... Full Story Top Boat sinks off Hong Kong after collision; 36 dead Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:14 PM PDT Associated Press - A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. Full Story Top Woman scares away wild bear on her porch Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT Bears are majestic creatures and fun to look at from a distance, but you may not want to interact with one for fear of its sheer strength and size overpowering you. Would you have the courage to stand up to a bear if it invaded your property? The bear encounters started for YouTube user Nayana [...] Full Story Top Video: Czech president shot by air-gun-wielding assailant Mon,1 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT In an eerie scene captured on video, Czech President Vaclav Klaus is approached by an armed assailant and shot in the arm. However, the attacker, who was dressed in camouflage, was carrying an "airsoft" gun that fires only harmless, plastic shells. Airsoft guns are replicas of actual firearms, bearing a striking similarity to the real [...] Full Story Top NYC gym teacher claims 6-year-old student beat him up Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT At 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds, gym teacher John Webster is not a slight figure. But the former college football player claims a 50-pound, 6-year-old student physically assaulted him and sent him into therapy. The New York Post reports that Webster fractured his ankle and injured his knee, all at the hands of 4-foot-2 Rodrigo Carpio. [...] Full Story Top The story behind the stingray photobomb Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT An image of three seemingly terrified women being "photobombed" by a man with a giant stingray went viral last week after it was posted online, catching the women in it by surprise. "Our phones just started going off," Kendall Harlan, one of the women, told Yahoo News. "Friends were texting us [things] like, 'Did you [...] Full Story Top 'A surprise': Weather on Mars surprisingly warm Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT SPACE.com - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet — and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet. Full Story Top SD tribe's lawsuit against beer stores dismissed Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:05 PM PDT Associated Press - A federal judge dismissed an American Indian tribe's lawsuit Monday that blamed beer makers and nearby stores for chronic alcoholism on an impoverished South Dakota reservation, saying the case belonged in state court but gave a subtle nod to the tribe's claims. Full Story Top Sheriff: At least 20 injured when big rig hits train in Calif. Central Valley Mon,1 Oct 2012 02:12 PM PDT Associated Press - Authorities say at least 20 passengers suffered minor to moderate injuries when a big rig truck collided with a southbound Amtrak train in the Central Valley in California. Full Story Top

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