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• AP PHOTOS: Monster High latest Barbie threat
• Barbie fights for her life
• Upbeat health report for Mandela on 95th birthday
• South Africa celebrates Mandela's 95th birthday
• Italy: convicted ex-CIA chief detained in Panama
• Perry signs sweeping Texas abortion restrictions
• Jerry Sandusky son files request to change name
• Prosecutors ask to free Russian opposition leader
• UK investigators: Disable locator beacon on 787s
• Gov. Perry signs sweeping abortion restrictions
• Kerry gets an earful from angry Syrian refugees
• Cooks recount horror of Indian school lunch deaths
• Online series 'House of Cards' makes Emmy history
• Yahoo! readers offer reflections, appreciations of anti-apartheid leader
• Son of Jerry Sandusky seeks to have name changed
• Where's that royal baby? Is Kate overdue?
• Syrian refugees urge Kerry, US to take action
• Kerry visits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
• Unconventional pastor leads booming NYC megachurch
• Online series, movie stars hope for Emmy honors
• Political indecision weighs on economic forecasts
• Mandela 'steadily improving' on 95th birthday
• Relief from worst heat on the horizon by weekend
• Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty
• Poll: US still seen as top economic power

AP PHOTOS: Monster High latest Barbie threat Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As far as catfights go, this one is a doozy.

Barbie fights for her life Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:32 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As far as catfights go, this is a doozy.

Upbeat health report for Mandela on 95th birthday Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:01 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday — his 95th birthday — and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president's health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.

South Africa celebrates Mandela's 95th birthday Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:14 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday — his 95th birthday — and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president's health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.

Italy: convicted ex-CIA chief detained in Panama Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:46 AM PDT ROME (AP) — The Italian justice ministry says a former CIA station chief who was convicted in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a street of Milan has been detained in Panama.

Perry signs sweeping Texas abortion restrictions Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:46 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the state's clinics that provide the procedure, a final step for the Republican-backed measure that has caused weeks of sometimes raucous protests at the Capitol.

Jerry Sandusky son files request to change name Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:14 AM PDT An adopted son of disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has filed papers to have his name and the names of his family changed. Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children, filed a formal name change request in Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, a little over a [...]

Prosecutors ask to free Russian opposition leader Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:58 AM PDT KIROV, Russia (AP) — Russian prosecutors says they have asked that opposition leader Alexei Navalny be freed pending appeal after he was sentenced to five years in prison on embezzlement charges, a decision the West criticized as politically driven.

UK investigators: Disable locator beacon on 787s Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:56 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — U.K. air accident investigators are recommending that all Honeywell emergency transmitters should be temporarily disabled on Boeing 787s following a fire last week at London's Heathrow Airport.

Gov. Perry signs sweeping abortion restrictions Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:56 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the clinics in the state.

Kerry gets an earful from angry Syrian refugees Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:54 AM PDT ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Angry Syrian refugees confronted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday with demands for the United States and the international community to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.

Cooks recount horror of Indian school lunch deaths Posted: 18 Jul 2013 06:54 AM PDT PATNA, India (AP) — Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.

Online series 'House of Cards' makes Emmy history Posted: 18 Jul 2013 06:08 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Netflix series "House of Cards" is making Emmy history.

Yahoo! readers offer reflections, appreciations of anti-apartheid leader Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:22 AM PDT Nelson Mandela turns 95 on Thursday. Yahoo asked readers and Mandela admirers to offer reflections, appreciations and birthday wishes — each in 95 words or fewer. Here are several we received this week.

Son of Jerry Sandusky seeks to have name changed Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:08 AM PDT BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is seeking to have his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of child sexual abuse.

Where's that royal baby? Is Kate overdue? Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:52 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — By the time you're reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks.

Syrian refugees urge Kerry, US to take action Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:36 AM PDT ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Angry Syrian refugees urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to do more to help and protect opponents of President Bashar Assad's government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.

Kerry visits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:36 AM PDT ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has visited a camp for Syrian refugees displaced by the fighting in their country.

Unconventional pastor leads booming NYC megachurch Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:36 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor.

Online series, movie stars hope for Emmy honors Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:51 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Groundbreaking Internet series and movie actors could be the headliners in the upcoming Emmy Awards contest.

Political indecision weighs on economic forecasts Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:49 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns are heating up. Republicans see the glass as half-empty; Democrats view it as half-full. And the economists aren't sure.

Mandela 'steadily improving' on 95th birthday Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:33 AM PDT The anti-apartheid hero remains in the hospital, but doctors say his health is improving.

Relief from worst heat on the horizon by weekend Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:47 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Cooler temperatures are within sight but likely not soon enough and cool enough for a large swath of the country hit with dangerously high temperatures for days as the largest heat wave of the summer failed to budge from South Dakota to Massachusetts.

Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty Posted: 17 Jul 2013 10:48 PM PDT KIROV, Russia (AP) — A Russian judge on Thursday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison.

Poll: US still seen as top economic power Posted: 17 Jul 2013 10:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is still viewed as the world's leading economic power in many countries, according to polls in 39 nations by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project. But as the Great Recession has buffeted the U.S. economy, China has gained rapidly in the eyes of the rest of the world, and many say it ultimately will replace America as the world's top global economic force.

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