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Today's Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines: Gates to White House: 'Go look in the mirror' Ex-officers acquitted in rare trial over homeless man's death Huge spending bill would bury budget battles After spill, water ban lifted for part of W.Va. Govt forces to take over security in Mexico state 2 Mass. children die after getting stuck in chest 'Octomom' charged with welfare fraud in California Stars of 'The Following' admit to nightmares A-Rod sues MLB, union to overturn drug ban Top lawmakers wrapping up catchall spending bill Facility in W.Va spill flew under regulatory radar Court could limit president's recess appointments Hunger, death in besieged Damascus area Pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport University investigates Utah clinic's sperm mix-up Mexico urges masked vigilantes to stand down Calif. chicken plant closes again after cockroach cleanup Suspicious backpack leads to student's arrest outside Houston Southwest pilots grounded after airport mix-up

Gates to White House: 'Go look in the mirror'  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 12:42 PM PST In an interview with Katie Couric, ex-defense secretary pushes back against critics. Full Story	Top
Ex-officers acquitted in rare trial over homeless man's death  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 06:57 PM PST SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two California police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man during an arrest were acquitted Monday of killing him. Full Story	Top
Huge spending bill would bury budget battles  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 07:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional negotiators Monday night released a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. Full Story	Top
After spill, water ban lifted for part of W.Va.  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 03:12 PM PST CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Safe tap water gushed from faucets and shower heads in West Virginia on Monday, a welcome sight and sound for a small fraction of the 300,000 people who have not been able to use running water since a chemical spill five days ago. Full Story	Top
Govt forces to take over security in Mexico state  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 06:19 PM PST APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — Federal forces will take over security in a large swath of a western Mexico state where firefights between vigilante groups and drug traffickers erupted over the weekend, a top Mexican official announced Monday. Full Story	Top
2 Mass. children die after getting stuck in chest  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 04:22 PM PST FRANKLIN, Mass. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister died after getting trapped in a hope chest in their home, authorities said Monday. Full Story	Top
'Octomom' charged with welfare fraud in California  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 02:31 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nadya Suleman, who gained fame as "Octomom" after giving birth to eight babies, has been charged with welfare fraud after failing to report $30,000 in earnings while she collected public assistance, authorities said Monday. Full Story	Top
Stars of 'The Following' admit to nightmares  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 05:32 PM PST PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Anyone who gets nightmares from Fox's creepy thriller "The Following" isn't alone. The two stars say it happens to them, too. Full Story	Top
A-Rod sues MLB, union to overturn drug ban  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 05:38 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and its players' union Monday, seeking to overturn a season-long suspension imposed by an arbitrator who ruled there was "clear and convincing evidence" the New York Yankees star used three banned substances and twice tried to obstruct the sport's drug investigation. Full Story	Top
Top lawmakers wrapping up catchall spending bill  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 06:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional negotiators raced to complete an agreement Monday on a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would fund the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. Full Story	Top
Facility in W.Va spill flew under regulatory radar  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 01:56 PM PST CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The facility whose chemical spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginia residents was barely scrutinized, flying largely under the radar of government regulators who viewed it as a low-risk operation — but in reality, a problem at a key holding wall went undetected and unreported at Freedom Industries Inc. Full Story	Top
Court could limit president's recess appointments  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 12:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Just back from their own long break, Supreme Court justices set out Monday to resolve a politically charged fight over when the Senate's absence gives the president the power to make temporary appointments to high-level positions without senators' approval. Full Story	Top
Hunger, death in besieged Damascus area  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 02:57 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Children, the elderly and others displaced by Syria's civil war are starving to death in a besieged camp where women brave sniper fire to forage for food just minutes from the relative prosperity of Damascus. Full Story	Top
Pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 02:03 PM PST DALLAS (AP) — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight that mistakenly landed at the wrong Missouri airport were grounded Monday, less than a day after they touched down at a small airfield that gave them only half as much room as normal to stop the jet. Full Story	Top
University investigates Utah clinic's sperm mix-up  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 03:08 PM PST SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer's sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago. Full Story	Top
Mexico urges masked vigilantes to stand down  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 04:22 PM PST Mexico's government on Monday pledged to take control of a violent western state after days of fighting between masked vigilantes and members of one of the country's most powerful drug cartels. Since late last year, vigilante groups in the state of Michoacan have moved deeper into territory controlled by the Knights Templar cartel and they now are converging on Apatzingan, considered one of gang's main strongholds. The vigilantes' advance has raised the risk of a bloody urban battle in Apatzingan. Full Story	Top
Calif. chicken plant closes again after cockroach cleanup  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 01:11 PM PST LIVINGSTON, Calif. (AP) — A California chicken farm that reopened over the weekend after it was shut because of a cockroach infestation says it's "voluntarily and temporarily" suspending operations again. Full Story	Top
Suspicious backpack leads to student's arrest outside Houston  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 11:39 AM PST A student was taken into custody after a possible explosive device was found near the premises of a Houston-area school on Monday, local TV broadcaster KHOU reported school officials as saying. There have been no explosions and no injuries in the incident at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. Further details about the student taken into custody were not immediately available. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Harris County Sheriff's Office and the Houston Police bomb squad were looking into a suspicious backpack found just outside the school, the broadcaster reported. Full Story	Top
Southwest pilots grounded after airport mix-up  Monday, Jan 13, 2014 11:51 AM PST Still no word on why flight to Branson, Mo., landed at wrong airport with shorter runway. Full Story	Top

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