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• Georgia woman calls 911 to complain about mug shot; gets arrested again
• Beetle released into Texas ecosystem to combat invasive weeds
• Anti-Putin feminist punks on trial in Moscow
• London Eye will have light show based on Twitter enthusiasm
• Police struggle to identify Bulgaria suicide bomber
• Olympic flame makes dramatic arrival in London
• Colorado Batman movie shooting suspect was PhD student
• FBI, police say suspect’s apartment ‘booby trapped’
• Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor
• Shooting victim narrowly missed mass shooting last month
• Russia says it will veto extension of U.N. observer mission in Syria
• Photos: 300,000 caribou huddle together to avoid insects
• NASA's newest Mars rover is its biggest and best yet
• Gunfight in North Korea? speculation rampant in Seoul
• Aurora shooting suspect identified: James Holmes
• Hollywood calling: Senator ready for his close up
• Mass shooting at Colo. movie theater, 14 dead
• $20K for drumsticks? GSA blasted for spending on awards ceremony
• Obama in Fla.: Romney's Medicare plan hurts seniors
• 3 LA-area homeless people found stabbed with notes
• Whooping cough could be worst in half century
• Sylvia Woods, famed Harlem restaurant owner, dies
• Al Franken's 'SNL' partner, Tom Davis, dies in NY
• Ex-chairman of Penn State board of trustees quits
• Police seek bomber identity, Israel blames Iran

Georgia woman calls 911 to complain about mug shot; gets arrested again Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT Tonya Ann Fowler had already been in trouble with the law. But in her mind she was now the victim. That's when the Georgia woman called 911 to complain about her police mug shot. The good news: Fowler gets a new mug shot. The bad news: It's because police arrested her again for misusing the [...]

Beetle released into Texas ecosystem to combat invasive weeds Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT A foreign insect is being introduced into Texas, and it just may save the local ecosystem. The Army Corps of Engineers is breeding and deploying the alligator weed flea beetle into the Dallas Floodway Extension in order to combat an invasive plant species that has all but taken over the local plant population. And when [...]

Anti-Putin feminist punks on trial in Moscow Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT A Moscow court on Friday launched the trial of three feminist rockers who face a possible seven years in prison for performing a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin from the pulpit of Russia's largest cathedral.

London Eye will have light show based on Twitter enthusiasm Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT The 2012 London Olympic Games will officially begin in one week, and the queen's city has been sprucing itself up in anticipation of being at the center of the world stage. Along with new stadiums and enhanced security measures comes news that [...]

Police struggle to identify Bulgaria suicide bomber Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:52 AM PDT Bulgarian police, the FBI and Interpol struggled Friday to identify a suicide bomber 48 hours after he killed six people including five Israelis, as the US said the attack bore the "hallmarks" of Hezbollah.

Olympic flame makes dramatic arrival in London Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT The Olympic flame makes a dramatic arrival in London on Friday to tour the capital before it plays a starring role in the opening ceremony in one week's time.

Colorado Batman movie shooting suspect was PhD student Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT Holmes killed at least 12 people and injured as many as 50, including U.S. military members, during the midnight premiere of the movie at the Century 16 Movie Theaters in Aurora early this morning.

FBI, police say suspect’s apartment ‘booby trapped’ Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:53 AM PDT Aurora police and FBI officials told 9News Friday morning that the suspect in Thursday's movie theater mass shooting has "booby-trapped" his apartment with a sophisticated set up of flammable devices that could take authorities days to disarm. Your thoughts: If you are a Denver-area resident, share your perspective, thoughts and observations with Yahoo News "It's pretty [...]

Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:53 AM PDT Last month, a video of the school bus monitor being badgered by four seventh-graders went viral.

Shooting victim narrowly missed mass shooting last month Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT An aspiring sports journalist and 'Dark Knight Rises' fan, Jessica Ghawi was among 12 people killed in the mass shooting Thursday night at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

Russia says it will veto extension of U.N. observer mission in Syria Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Russia says it will veto a British resolution that would extend the 300-strong U.N. observer force in Syria for a final 30 days.

Photos: 300,000 caribou huddle together to avoid insects Posted: 20 Jul 2012 07:28 AM PDT Humans are not the only creatures bothered by mosquitoes and flies. They harass caribou so much that earlier this month, about 300,000 of the animals huddled closely together in Northwest Alaska to avoid being bitten and parasitized.

NASA's newest Mars rover is its biggest and best yet Posted: 20 Jul 2012 07:28 AM PDT When NASA's newest rover, Curiosity, reaches Mars in about three weeks, it will not be the first to set its wheels on the Red Planet, but it will be the largest and most advanced robotic explorer that has ever been sent to our planetary neighbor.

Gunfight in North Korea? speculation rampant in Seoul Posted: 20 Jul 2012 07:11 AM PDT Almost as soon as North Korea announced this week that its army chief had been dismissed due to "illness," the aggressive South Korean media went into hyperdrive.

Aurora shooting suspect identified: James Holmes Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:22 AM PDT After a 24-year-old allegedly killed at least 12 overnight in Colorado theater, his mom says "you have the right person."

Hollywood calling: Senator ready for his close up Posted: 20 Jul 2012 04:58 AM PDT Politically Foul What happens when a politician trades the C-SPAN camera for the movie camera? Senator Patrick Leahy is a mild mannered judiciary committee chairman by day, Gotham crime fighter by night. Leahy made a cameo in the Batman movie The Dark Knight back in 2008, telling Heath Ledger's character the Joker: "We're not intimidated [...]

Mass shooting at Colo. movie theater, 14 dead Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:49 AM PDT Police Have Confirmed 14 Dead, At Least 20 Injured

$20K for drumsticks? GSA blasted for spending on awards ceremony Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:59 AM PDT The General Services Administration is back in Congress's crosshairs after the GSA's inspector general reported to Congress on another installment of "egregious waste of taxpayer dollars" at the beleaguered government agency.

Obama in Fla.: Romney's Medicare plan hurts seniors Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:08 AM PDT President Obama slammed Mitt Romney's Medicare plan Thursday, telling seniors in the battleground state of Florida that his rival's proposal would force them to fend for themselves and hurt them financially.

3 LA-area homeless people found stabbed with notes Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT Police have linked three July stabbings of homeless people in the Los Angeles area to one suspect who left typewritten "death warrant" notes at each crime scene.

Whooping cough could be worst in half century Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT The number of U.S. whooping cough cases has risen to around 18,000 in an outbreak that is on track to become the most severe in over a half century and could in part stem from possible waning vaccine protection.

Sylvia Woods, famed Harlem restaurant owner, dies Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT Sylvia Woods, founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that carries her name and is a must-stop for locals, tourists and politicians, has died. She was 86.

Al Franken's 'SNL' partner, Tom Davis, dies in NY Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT Tom Davis, a writer who with Al Franken helped develop some of the most popular skits in the early years of "Saturday Night Live," died Thursday at age 59.

Ex-chairman of Penn State board of trustees quits Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees resigned on Thursday, becoming the first board member to do so in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Police seek bomber identity, Israel blames Iran Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT He looked like any other impatient tourist checking the big board at airport arrivals: a lanky, long-haired man in a baseball cap with his hands in the pockets of his plaid Bermuda shorts, a bulky backpack hanging from his shoulders.

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