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• Wildfire evacuation orders lifted in Oklahoma
• Police: Suspect 'put down' in Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
• Witnesses: Shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin
• NASA braces for rover's plunge to Mars
• Memories of Marilyn Monroe on 50th anniversary of death
• Republicans slam Senator Reid over Romney tax claim
• Obama embraces health care law after court ruling
• Romney wants 'something dramatic' to aid economy
• Afghanistan's Karzai accepts dismissal of top security ministers
• Russian female punk band trial hurtles towards verdict
• Iran warns against foreign intervention in Syria
• Zambian miners kill Chinese supervisor over pay
• Suicide bomber kills 35 in south Yemen city
• Romney says Obama lawsuit blocks Ohio military voters
• Paper: Gulf Arab countries to discuss unity in September
• Greece's new pledges will take epic battle to implement
• Okla. fires: dozens of homes burn, evacuations
• Israel sees U.N. majority for Palestine status upgrade
• Oregon man's Facebook post sparks airline backlash
• Source: Loughner would get life in shooting
• Govt probes Las Vegas Sands Corp. on money laundering
• New York turns Olympic loss into groundbreaking project
• Future of Mars exploration may ride on NASA's rover landing
• UConn's Calhoun fractures hip in bicycle accident
• Report: Ariz. shooter to plead guilty

Wildfire evacuation orders lifted in Oklahoma Posted: 05 Aug 2012 12:54 PM PDT Many Oklahomans forced to leave their homes because of raging wildfires are being allowed to return.

Police: Suspect 'put down' in Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting Posted: 05 Aug 2012 12:01 PM PDT At least seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, in a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., south of Milwaukee on Sunday. According to police, a 911 dispatcher received multiple calls from the temple at approximately 10:25 a.m. local time. An officer who responded to the scene engaged with the suspected [...]

Witnesses: Shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin Posted: 05 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - At least one gunman opened fire during morning services on Sunday at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and remained on the loose inside the temple, possibly holding hostages, according to witnesses.

NASA braces for rover's plunge to Mars Posted: 05 Aug 2012 09:16 AM PDT Hurtling ever closer to Mars, NASA's most high-tech interplanetary rover prepared for the riskiest part of its journey: diving through the Martian atmosphere and pulling off a new landing routine.

Memories of Marilyn Monroe on 50th anniversary of death Posted: 05 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT Fifty years ago Sunday, Norma Jeane Mortenson--the actress, model and singer better known as Marilyn Monroe--died in Los Angeles of a drug overdose. She was just 36. Yahoo contributors were asked to share their memories of Monroe, whose tragic death, while unsurprising to those that closely followed her tumultuous career, was nonetheless shocking. Below, recollections [...]

Republicans slam Senator Reid over Romney tax claim Posted: 05 Aug 2012 07:55 AM PDT Republicans are accusing the Senate's Democratic leader of lying by passing along an anonymous claim that Mitt Romney hasn't paid taxes for 10 years.

Obama embraces health care law after court ruling Posted: 05 Aug 2012 07:39 AM PDT President Barack Obama has been emboldened by the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health law, and he's now embracing it while campaigning, just as Republican rival Mitt Romney steps back from it.

Romney wants 'something dramatic' to aid economy Posted: 05 Aug 2012 07:23 AM PDT Mitt Romney is calling for "something dramatic" to help the economy recover, but he's not saying exactly what.

Afghanistan's Karzai accepts dismissal of top security ministers Posted: 05 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepted on Sunday a vote by the country's parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers, but ordered both to remain in their jobs pending replacement, a move aimed at safeguarding fragile stability. The fractious parliament voted on Saturday to remove Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi after recent insurgent assassinations of senior officials, as well as cross-border fire incidents blamed on Pakistan, an inflammatory issue for many Afghans. ...

Russian female punk band trial hurtles towards verdict Posted: 05 Aug 2012 05:46 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three young women from the punk band Pussy Riot could face sentence this week in a trial over their "protest prayer" in a church that has transfixed Russia and opened President Vladimir Putin to new accusations of a crackdown on dissent. The first week of hearings divided the mainly Russian Orthodox country. Some believers want tough sentences but many others are calling for leniency, even though few approve of the unsanctioned performance at the altar of Moscow's main church. ...

Iran warns against foreign intervention in Syria Posted: 05 Aug 2012 05:13 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran warned against foreign intervention in Syria on Sunday and said the conflict there could engulf Israel, Iranian media said. Larijani accused the United States and regional countries he did not name of providing military support to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad, a key Arab ally of Iran. Syria has accused Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of backing rebels in Syria and fuelling violence there. Iran meanwhile has supported Assad's efforts to crush the 17-month revolt. ...

Zambian miners kill Chinese supervisor over pay Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:56 AM PDT LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian miners killed a Chinese supervisor and seriously wounded another on Saturday in a pay dispute at the Collum coal mine, labour minister Fackson Shamenda said on Sunday. Chinese companies have invested more than $1 billion in copper-rich Zambia but animosity towards them is growing as Zambian workers accuse firms of abuses and underpaying. Workers at the Collum mine, situated 325km (200 miles) south of the capital, attacked the Chinese men demanding wage rises in line with those stipulated by the government in July. ...

Suicide bomber kills 35 in south Yemen city Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:40 AM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck at a wake in Yemen's southern city of Jaar overnight, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more including the leader of a local group fighting al Qaeda-linked militants, officials and medics said on Sunday. The bomber appeared to have been targeting the commander of the Popular Committees, a group of tribal fighters that fought alongside the Yemeni army during an offensive against Ansar al-Sharia militants in the region. The government had hailed the campaign then as a major victory in June. ...

Romney says Obama lawsuit blocks Ohio military voters Posted: 05 Aug 2012 03:18 AM PDT A new flap in the ongoing battle on voting equality began this week when Mitt Romney accused President Obama's re-election committee of suing to restrict military voting rights in Ohio. And while Romney did not address the issue campaigning in Indiana today,  he called the...

Paper: Gulf Arab countries to discuss unity in September Posted: 05 Aug 2012 03:02 AM PDT RIYADH (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of six Gulf Arab countries will meet in September to discuss a plan for closer integration of the mostly Sunni Muslim monarchies, Saudi Arabia's English-language Arab News reported on Sunday. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah proposed last December that the Gulf Cooperation Council, which also includes Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, should move "to the stage of unity in a single entity" in response to uprisings in the Arab world and the perceived threat from Iran. ...

Greece's new pledges will take epic battle to implement Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:45 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's latest fiscal and reform pledges may be enough to convince international lenders weary after years of broken promises to keep Athens hooked to a 130 billion euro lifeline, but the battle to implement it will be epic. Few question the new coalition government's resolve but many doubt whether the cantankerous public sector can or will implement the measures or the Greek public, reeling from years of austerity, can take much more without putting up a fight. ...

Okla. fires: dozens of homes burn, evacuations Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:29 AM PDT Several wildfires raging in parched Oklahoma countryside prompted more evacuations early Sunday as emergency workers sought to shelter those forced out by the flames that destroyed dozens of homes and threatened others in the drought-stricken region.

Israel sees U.N. majority for Palestine status upgrade Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:13 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinians' bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations would find majority support there but would not bring them closer to statehood and peace with Israel, Israel's U.N. envoy said on Sunday. Citing stalled peacemaking and Israeli settlement-building on occupied West Bank land where they seek sovereign independence, the Palestinians said on Saturday they would renew a bid to win U.N. recognition as a state. ...

Oregon man's Facebook post sparks airline backlash Posted: 05 Aug 2012 01:40 AM PDT A longtime Oregon concert promoter sparked an online backlash against Alaska Airlines with a Facebook post describing what he called "the worst of humanity."

Source: Loughner would get life in shooting Posted: 05 Aug 2012 01:02 AM PDT A possible plea deal in the deadly Tucson shootings that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, according to a person familiar with the case.

Govt probes Las Vegas Sands Corp. on money laundering Posted: 05 Aug 2012 12:19 AM PDT The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether Las Vegas Sands Corporation and several of its executives violated money-laundering laws, The Wall Street Journal reported.

New York turns Olympic loss into groundbreaking project Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:23 PM PDT New York didn't let its loss of the 2012 Olympics keep the city from moving on to another venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan.

Future of Mars exploration may ride on NASA's rover landing Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT The excitement, tension and anxiety is palpable here as NASA's huge Mars rover Curiosity nears its daring dive onto the Red Planet.

UConn's Calhoun fractures hip in bicycle accident Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun fractured a hip in a bicycle accident Saturday, hours before he was supposed to coach a group of his former players in a charity game.

Report: Ariz. shooter to plead guilty Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:15 PM PDT Jared Loughner, the man accused of killing six people and wounding then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, is set to plead guilty in a Tucson court on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. The paper, quoting "knowledgeable sources" that it did not name, said the plea arrangement comes as psychiatric experts who have examined Loughner were scheduled to testify in a mental competency hearing on Tuesday that he was competent to stand trial and understands the 49 charges against him. ...

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