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• Philippines says slime from mine waste spill contained
• Southwest says computer glitch caused ticket woes
• Feds back NYC man's bid to reverse murder rap
• One rescued in Mexico mine explosion, others still missing
• Officials seek to preserve historic S.C. lighthouse
• Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote?
• ‘Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A’ draws gay rights activists
• Oklahoma governor tours town burned by wildfire
• Late senator’s FBI files reveal uproar over CIA leak
• Philanthropist's death sparks unusual lawsuit
• Pregnant teen in Florida disappears
• Obama celebrates birthday with golf, weekend at Camp David
• Harry Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial
• Obama pays tribute to U.S. Olympic team
• China blames West for failure on Syrian crisis
• The ripple effects of the Phelps Generation
• Clinton in Kenya for talks on elections, Somalia
• 'Atrocious' outfits horrify London style tsars
• Study: Fitter kids may make better grades
• Syrian army, rebels clash near Aleppo TV station
• Wildfires blaze across drought-plagued Oklahoma
• Afghan parliament votes to dismiss defense, interior ministers
• Iran test fires short-range missile with new guidance system
• Birds' heads torn off in Australian zoo rampage
• Syrian army moves on rebels in Aleppo, Damascus

Philippines says slime from mine waste spill contained Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT A waste spillage at the Philippines' largest gold mine has been contained after the slime threatened to contaminate one of the country's largest rivers, the government said Saturday.

Southwest says computer glitch caused ticket woes Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT Southwest Airlines' attempt to thank its online friends with a half-price ticket sale has backfired with customers inadvertently being billed multiple times, not feeling the "luv."

Feds back NYC man's bid to reverse murder rap Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT Earlier this year, a man locked up more than 15 years for murder wrote federal prosecutors in Manhattan telling them what he'd said all along and what authorities hear from inmates all the time: that he was wrongly convicted.

One rescued in Mexico mine explosion, others still missing Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - One miner has been rescued following a coal mine collapse in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila Friday morning, and five more remain trapped, the mine operator said. The explosion was triggered when a large amount of methane gas ignited, causing 100 metric tons (1.1023 tons) of coal to collapse, mine owner Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) said in a statement. Nearly 300 miners evacuated the mine without incident, the company said. Coahuila's public safety secretary, Jorge Luis Moran, told Milenio television that rescue workers were trying to locate the missing miners. ...

Officials seek to preserve historic S.C. lighthouse Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT The last major lighthouse built in the United States is showing its age at 50, but the National Park Service is reviewing a management plan to maintain the beacon that still shines 27 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean on clear nights.

Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote? Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT Gone are the days when young voters weren't taken seriously. In 2008, they helped propel Barack Obama into the Oval Office, supporting him by a 2-1 margin.

‘Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A’ draws gay rights activists Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT Scores of same-sex couples celebrated "National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A" by kissing each other outside some of the fast-food chain's 1,600 stores on Friday night in protest of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's controversial public comments against same-sex marriage.

Oklahoma governor tours town burned by wildfire Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT Firefighters in Oklahoma have under control a wildfire that's suspected to be the work of arsonists.

Late senator’s FBI files reveal uproar over CIA leak Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two agencies in the 1960s, according to newly released FBI records.

Philanthropist's death sparks unusual lawsuit Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:28 AM PDT When former model and philanthropist Phyllis Harvey died last year at the age of 59, little note was taken. Brief paid obituaries appeared in Los Angeles and her hometown paper in North Carolina.

Pregnant teen in Florida disappears Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:54 AM PDT A pregnant Florida teenager has disappeared after telling her mother she was stepping outside to tell the father of her unborn baby that an ultrasound indicated the baby was a girl.

Obama celebrates birthday with golf, weekend at Camp David Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:20 AM PDT President Barack Obama is playing a round of golf on his 51st birthday, kicking off a quiet birthday weekend away from re-election campaigning.

Harry Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:46 AM PDT A grandson of the former U.S. president, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims.

Obama pays tribute to U.S. Olympic team Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:30 AM PDT President Barack Obama says he is proud of the hard work and sacrifice of the U.S. Olympic team competing at the London Games.

China blames West for failure on Syrian crisis Posted: 04 Aug 2012 06:04 AM PDT China said Saturday that the West should be blamed for obstructing a diplomatic and political solution to Syria's crisis because it advocated regime change, dismissing criticism by the United States and others that China and Russia have hindered peace efforts.

The ripple effects of the Phelps Generation Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:47 AM PDT The sport of swimming is riding a wave of popularity and global competitiveness – a wave of Michael Phelps's own creation.

Clinton in Kenya for talks on elections, Somalia Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Kenyan leaders Saturday to discuss regional security and the need for fair upcoming elections, to avoid a repeat of deadly post-poll violence four years ago.

'Atrocious' outfits horrify London style tsars Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Atrocious. At least that's the verdict of one of London's dedicated followers of fashion on the uniforms doled out to over 90,000 staff of the Olympic Games. For the tsars and tsaritsas of British fashion, the outfits -- either a juxtaposition of purple and red on sports jackets or constellations of pink and magenta diamonds on unfitted t-shirts -- are an insult to London's reputation as the hippest city on earth. "Atrocious, artless, cynical," is the way Stephen Bayley, one of Britain's leading voices on style, taste and contemporary design, described the uniforms. ...

Study: Fitter kids may make better grades Posted: 04 Aug 2012 04:24 AM PDT FRIDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Middle school students who are physically fit are likely to score higher on standardized tests measuring reading and math abilities, a new study has found.

Syrian army, rebels clash near Aleppo TV station Posted: 04 Aug 2012 04:24 AM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian forces clashed with rebels around Aleppo's television and radio station on Saturday, activists said, and a local rebel commander said his fighters were preparing for a "strong offensive" by government forces on the country's largest city. Syrian troops back by armor stormed the last opposition bastion in Damascus on Friday in a drive to crush a rebel offensive that coincided with a bomb attack that killed four of President Bashar al-Assad's top security officials. ...

Wildfires blaze across drought-plagued Oklahoma Posted: 04 Aug 2012 04:24 AM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Wildfires burned out of control on Friday in Oklahoma, destroying homes and shutting down highways in a state that has suffered 18 straight days of 100-plus degree temperatures and persistent drought. Emergency officials counted 11 different wildfires around the state, with at least 65 homes destroyed in parched areas north and south of Oklahoma City and south of Tulsa. Oklahoma joins several states that have been plagued by wildfires this summer, including Colorado, Arkansas and Nebraska. Fires are being fed by a widespread drought. ...

Afghan parliament votes to dismiss defense, interior ministers Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:50 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss both the interior and defense ministers over continued cross-border shelling which the Afghan government has blamed on neighboring Pakistan's army, as well as other issues. The fractious parliament voted to remove the pair despite their promises to reinforce the border, although President Hamid Karzai has previously opted to keep ministers in their roles in acting capacity after similar votes. (Reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Rob Taylor)

Iran test fires short-range missile with new guidance system Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:50 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has successfully test fired a new short-range missile equipped with a guidance system it plans to install on all future missiles it builds, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday. "With the fourth-generation of the Fateh 110, the armed forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets, enemy headquarters ... missile seats, ammunition sites, radars and other points," Vahidi said in quotes carried by Islamic Republic News Agency. ...

Birds' heads torn off in Australian zoo rampage Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:38 PM PDT Nine birds, including an endangered swift parrot, had their heads smashed in or ripped off and more than 60 animals were missing on Saturday after vandals went on the rampage at an Australian zoo.

Syrian army moves on rebels in Aleppo, Damascus Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:15 PM PDT Syrian forces stormed the last rebel stronghold in the capital Damascus in tanks and armoured vehicles on Friday and blasted artillery at rebels in Aleppo, where the United Nations said the army was preparing a massive assault. The violence came within hours of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, underlining the impotence of mediation efforts in the 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. A senior U.N. ...

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• The white world of sports: What Gabby Douglas’ vault into Olympic history means
• Photo reveals giant Greenland iceberg heading to sea
• Woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives
• Drew Peterson threatened to kill wife, her sister claims
• Obama, after jobs figures, hits Republicans on taxes
• Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers
• Romney aide slams the press: The week's dumbest political quotes
• How Romney's tax plan could raise middle-class taxes
• NASA forms $1.1 billion partnership with private space companies
• Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job
• Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney
• U.N. sees battle for Aleppo looming
• Singer of U.S. heavy metal band released in Prague
• Tyson says he's used to putting life on stage
• Text before horrible car crash warned of texting while driving
• Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama’s deferred action program
• Police out in force for Jerusalem Gay Pride
• Chick-fil-A opponents stage same-sex kiss-in
• Obama’s Olympic hits and misses
• Cheetah shows up Olympians, breaks land speed record
• North Korea gives refrigerators for medal winners, labor camp to losers
• Syrian general among 1,000 refugees fleeing to Turkey
• Congress, with much left to do, takes 5 weeks off
• Anti-Islam challenge to Tennessee lawmaker fails
• 'Fast and Furious' fallout: Former No. 2 ATF offical leaves agency

The white world of sports: What Gabby Douglas’ vault into Olympic history means Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:02 PM PDT "It's a happy measure of how far we've come that it doesn't seem all that remarkable, but still it's noteworthy, Gabby Douglas is, as it happens, the first African-American to win the women's all-around in gymnastics," NBC's Bob Costas said last night.

Photo reveals giant Greenland iceberg heading to sea Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT A massive iceberg that recently cleaved from one of Greenland's largest glaciers has made its way down the fjord that confines it and is poised to float out into an ocean strait, satellite photos reveal.

Woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A soon-to-be wed gay couple, a retired teacher and his wife, and two pairs of fathers and sons were among those whose lives were changed one extraordinary day this week when a 35-year-old single mother of four from North Carolina donated a kidney to a stranger in New York. "I'm not losing nothing," Honica Brittman said this week, sitting in a blue and white hospital gown before surgery in which she would give, for free, the initial kidney in a chain of five kidney transplants at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. ...

Drew Peterson threatened to kill wife, her sister claims Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Drew Peterson told his third wife Kathleen Savio he would kill her six months before she was found dead in a bathtub, Savio's sister testified in Peterson's murder trial today.

Obama, after jobs figures, hits Republicans on taxes Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Fighting to become the first president since World War II to win re-election with unemployment above 8 percent, Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged "more work to do" to boost job growth. The Democrat also accused Republicans of practicing "upside-down economics" that help the wealthy but neglect the middle class. Obama defended his economic record shortly [...]

Photos: Marilyn Monroe, the LIFE covers Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT

Romney aide slams the press: The week's dumbest political quotes Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT Each week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing? Vote in our poll below!

How Romney's tax plan could raise middle-class taxes Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT Mitt Romney's campaign is hitting back against a study released this week showing the GOP candidate's tax plan would raise taxes on the middle class while slashing the tax burden for millionaires, calling the report "biased" and "a joke."

NASA forms $1.1 billion partnership with private space companies Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:29 AM PDT Though many of us dream of exploring the stars or starting a human colony on Mars, that dream is not shared by the government.

Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:29 AM PDT A top official at the government agency charged with protecting America from incoming nuclear missiles recently had to order his employees to keep their eyes on the sky and off pornographic websites they had accessed on secure computers.

Retired porn star Jenna Jameson supports Mitt Romney Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:05 AM PDT Retired adult film actress Jenna Jameson voiced support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a strip club Thursday, CBS San Francisco reports: "I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. "When [...]

U.N. sees battle for Aleppo looming Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:47 AM PDT Russia, an ally of Syria, denied it was sending naval vessels to a Syrian port.

Singer of U.S. heavy metal band released in Prague Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:47 AM PDT The frontman of the U.S. heavy metal band Lamb of God has been released from a Prague prison on $400,000 bail as police investigate him for allegedly pushing a fan off a stage who later died of his injuries, an official said Friday.

Tyson says he's used to putting life on stage Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT Pounding out the details of his personal life on a Broadway stage doesn't seem to faze Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champ says that's what he's used to doing, "and at least now I don't have to go to hospital every time."

Text before horrible car crash warned of texting while driving Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT Chris Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving. The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, "I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel..."

Young illegal immigrants see first signs of Obama’s deferred action program Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT For the estimated 1 million young illegal immigrants who may qualify for the new temporary legal status, Obama's new program represents their best shot at a normal life.

Police out in force for Jerusalem Gay Pride Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT Thousands marched in central Jerusalem on Thursday for a milestone 10th anniversary Gay Pride parade, passing by the spot where an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three participants in 2005.

Chick-fil-A opponents stage same-sex kiss-in Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:03 AM PDT Gay marriage supporters are putting a romantic spin on traditional sit-ins, organizing "kiss-ins" outside of Chick-fil-A restaurants from Dallas to New York City to celebrate National Same-Sex Kiss Day.

Obama’s Olympic hits and misses Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:45 AM PDT In the spirit of the Olympics, we decided to ditch the baseball metaphors and go to some old-school Olympics scoring.

Cheetah shows up Olympians, breaks land speed record Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:27 AM PDT The fastest cheetah on Earth has done it again, breaking her previous world record for the 100-meter dash and setting a new best time of 5.95 seconds.

North Korea gives refrigerators for medal winners, labor camp to losers Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:11 AM PDT North Korea's Olympic athletes are thrilling their countrymen with surprising success in winning medals but according to defectors, these medals have a dark side.

Syrian general among 1,000 refugees fleeing to Turkey Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:36 AM PDT About 1,000 Syrians, including a defecting brigadier-general, have fled to Turkey in the past 24 hours to escape intensifying violence in their country, a Turkish official said on Friday.

Congress, with much left to do, takes 5 weeks off Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:38 AM PDT After a final day of partisan battles over drought relief and cybersecurity, members of Congress streamed out of the Capitol looking forward to five weeks of vacation and a fall fraught with decisions on the political and economic future of the country.

Anti-Islam challenge to Tennessee lawmaker fails Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:58 PM PDT A Tennessee Republican congresswoman survived a spirited primary election challenge on Thursday from an opponent whose campaign was based on opposition to Islam and to a new mosque built near Nashville.

'Fast and Furious' fallout: Former No. 2 ATF offical leaves agency Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:40 PM PDT The former deputy director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has left the agency in the wake of the fallout from the Fast and Furious gun walking scandal.

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