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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Dow, S&P close at record levels after jobs report

Posted: 03 May 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock ExchangeHiring was much stronger than previously thought in February and March.

Obama using ‘permission structure’ to cut through 'gobbledygook'

Posted: 03 May 2013 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. State officials say thousands of people with medical problems are in danger of losing coverage as the Obama administration winds down one of the earliest programs in the federal health care overhaul. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, a transition program that has turned into a lifeline for the so-called "Permission structure" wasn't the oddest thing to come out of President Barack Obama's mouth this week.

Texas plant had history of thefts, tampering

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

File picture shows the site of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, as pictured from the air as Obama assesses the damage from Marine OnePolice responded to at least 11 reports of burglaries and five separate leaks in the past 12 years.

Boy with terminal illness helps feed the hungry

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Boy with terminal illness helps feed the hungryA 10-year-old boy battling a terminal illness told friends and family that he wanted to use his upcoming birthday as a way to help feed the hungry. They obliged. TimesUnion.com reports that NaSeaph Williams suffers from Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome. The rare genetic condition has weakened Williams's muscles, heart and lungs. It has also left him unable [...]

A year without pirates

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a successful attack. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)Stepped-up security has reduced attacks by Somali pirates by 'at least 75 percent.'

Boston Marathon suspect's remains now at mortuary

Posted: 03 May 2013 09:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass. Relatives of Tsarnaev, the older of the brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing, will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as officials in the U.S. and Russia deepened their investigations into him. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie, File) MANDATORY CREDITAuthorities are closer to being able to reveal Tamerlan Tsarnaev's cause of death.

Possible lead in case of missing U.S. journalist in Syria

Posted: 03 May 2013 09:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2011 file photo, American journalist James Foley, of Rochester, N.H., poses for a photo in Boston. The parents of Foley, last seen on Nov. 22, 2012, in northwest Syria, were to speak about him at a World Press Freedom Day event in Boston, Friday, May 3, 2013. World Press Freedom Day is held each year to raise awareness about journalists around the world, who are censored, arrested, attacked or murdered because of their work. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)The family of James Foley now believe that he is being held in a prison.

Lindsay Lohan checks in to Betty Ford clinic

Posted: 03 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT

FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in The actress will not face a probation violation for leaving another treatment facility.

Rubio: Immigration now or never for GOP

Posted: 03 May 2013 07:34 AM PDT

FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference on immigration legislation with a members of a bipartisan group of leading senators, including, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., in Washington. Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., on Wednesday in what has become an annual cry for easing the nation's immigration laws. The rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)The Florida senator says that if his party doesn't act, Obama will.

Columnist leaves DailyBeast after blog on gay NBA player

Posted: 03 May 2013 06:28 AM PDT

FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows journalist Howard Kurtz at the world premiere of The website retracted a blog by Howard Kurtz which claimed Collins hid information.

U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 03 May 2013 06:11 AM PDT

Second U.S. Cargo Plane Crashes in Central AsiaA refueling tanker plane crashed with no word on any casualties.

A conspiracy to cover up U.F.O.s?

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:20 AM PDT

Out there: Former Sen. Mike Gravel says White House Suppressing Evidence of ETsFormer Senator Mike Gravel says it goes all the way to the top.

After 40 years of use, FDA to test if antibacterial soap is bad for you

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:06 AM PDT

This Tuesday, April 30, 2013, photo, shows Dawn Ultra antibacterial soap in a kitchen Tuesday in Chicago. Federal health regulators are deciding whether triclosan, the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of anti-bacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. is harmful. The ruling, which will determine whether triclosan continues to be used in household cleaners, could have broader implications for a $1 billion industry that includes hundreds of anti-bacterial products from toothpaste to toys (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)Studies of triclosan in animals have led to worry that it increases the risk of infertility.

Second U.S. cargo plane crashes in Central Asia

Posted: 03 May 2013 04:50 AM PDT

Second U.S. Cargo Plane Crashes in Central AsiaFor the second time this week an American cargo plane has crashed overseas, after a military jet has gone missing in Kyrgyzstan. The C-135 fuel transporter disappeared from radar on Friday, shortly after taking off from a U.S. air base near the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border. Kyrgyz emergency services say the plane has crashed, but there is no word yet on casualties. 

Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

Posted: 03 May 2013 04:20 AM PDT

Pakistani police officers examine the car of prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar which was targeted by gunmen in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, May 3, 2013. Gunmen killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he drove to court in the capital on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he was driving to court on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray.

April employment data to point to sluggish economy

Posted: 03 May 2013 01:47 AM PDT

Job seekers listen to a presentation at the Colorado Hospital Association health care career fair in DenverJob growth likely picked up in April, but probably not by enough to counter negative signs.

Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead

Posted: 03 May 2013 12:16 AM PDT

Security officials inspect the damaged car, which prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar was travelling in, when he came under attack by unidentified gunmen, in IslamabadGunmen kill a prosecutor investigating the 2007 murder of ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto.

Boeing plans to build world's longest-range passenger jet

Posted: 03 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT

A worker stands in front of an engine on the Boeing 777 at their assembly operations in EverettBoeing has shown airlines a blueprint for the world's longest-range passenger jet.

Bangladeshi engineer arrested in building collapse

Posted: 02 May 2013 10:39 PM PDT

A worker is seen through a broken cement wall as he toils in the collapsed garment factory building in search for bodies on Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)An engineer is arrested for negligence despite having warned that the building was unsafe.

Lohan probation in jeopardy after rehab departure

Posted: 02 May 2013 09:11 PM PDT

FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in Lindsay Lohan's whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment.

Photos: Country music legend George Jones' funeral

Posted: 02 May 2013 07:19 PM PDT

Photos: Country music legend George Jones' funeralNASHVILLE, TN - MAY 02: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Country singer Wynonna performs at the funeral service for George Jones at The Grand Ole Opry on May 2, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones passed away on April 26, 2013 at the age of 81. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for GJ Memorial)

R.I. becomes 10th state to legalize gay marriage

Posted: 02 May 2013 07:03 PM PDT

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee uncaps his pen as he signs the Marriage Equality Act into law at the State House in ProvidenceGov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law almost immediately after it passed the legislature.

Till family wants to meet with Lil Wayne over lyrics

Posted: 02 May 2013 07:03 PM PDT

The family of Emmett Till says a letter from Lil Wayne fell short of an apology for his crude reference to the civil rights martyr, and they want a meeting with the rapper and representatives from PepsiCo to discuss their commercial partnership.

NRA meets in Houston after gun control blocked in Congress

Posted: 02 May 2013 06:15 PM PDT

Man rides down an escalator at the George R. Brown Convention Center, ahead of the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas"We view it as an opening battle in what will be a multi-year war," a spokesman said.

Judge axes suit over dry lakebed near L.A.

Posted: 02 May 2013 05:58 PM PDT

FILE - This July 16, 1997 file photo shows Owens Lake, Calif., about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against air quality regulators who are requiring it to do more to control dust on a lake that was siphoned dry a century ago to provide water for the booming metropolis. The conflict began in 1913, when Los Angeles began diverting water from Owens Lake, which then went dry in 1926. It has since been plagued with massive dust storms and poor air quality despite efforts by the city to keep dust down. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against air quality regulators who are requiring the city to do more to control dust on a lake that was siphoned dry a century ago to provide water for the booming metropolis.
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