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• A smartphone solution to childhood obesity
• New York to resume search for remains from September 11 attacks
• New York, New Jersey transit systems get $1.4B in federal aid
• When cash is no longer legal tender
• UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probe
• Judge denies transgender pregnant man's divorce
• New York City appeals ‘soda ban’ ruling
• It's a bird, it's plane...no, it's a drone
• NPR ends its news show 'Talk of the Nation'
• Bombs at five Iraqi Shi'ite mosques kill 19
• The truth behind N. Korea's threats
• GOP lawmaker calls Hispanic workers ‘wetbacks’
• Singer Michelle Shocked sits in at canceled show
• Robert Zildjian, Sabian cymbal manufacturer, dies
• New EPA gas rules to cost one to nine cents a gallon
• Pakistan's former president Musharraf hit by shoe by protestor
• Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion of Christ
• Mandela spends second night in hospital
• N. Korea vows 'to settle accounts' with U.S.
• Russian-American crew takes short cut to space station
• N. Korea vows 'to settle accounts' with U.S.
• Japan jobless rate rises, manufacturing dips
• Menlo Park gives OK for Facebook's 2nd campus
• Damaged rods may delay new Bay Bridge opening
• Do adults text and drive more than teens?

A smartphone solution to childhood obesity Posted: 29 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PDT The best weapon in the battle against obesity may already be in the hands of children and teenagers. That's the thinking behind the work of several researchers and technologists around the country who hope to turn cell phones into devices that can help young people make healthier food and lifestyle choices. A recent Pew Internet [...]

New York to resume search for remains from September 11 attacks Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:48 PM PDT The medical examiner's office tells families of the dead about a new sifting operation.

New York, New Jersey transit systems get $1.4B in federal aid Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PDT The funding will be used to rebuild in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

When cash is no longer legal tender Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:30 AM PDT Ever wondered what happens to all of the damaged dollar bills?

UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probe Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:59 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shipping company UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to its work for online pharmacies.

Judge denies transgender pregnant man's divorce Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:28 AM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender Arizona man who gave birth to three children after beginning to change his sex from female.

New York City appeals ‘soda ban’ ruling Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:12 AM PDT Officials argue a ban on large sugary drinks is crucial to stopping a "serious health crisis."

It's a bird, it's plane...no, it's a drone Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:57 AM PDT As unmanned aircraft technology goes mainstream, privacy concerns fester.

NPR ends its news show 'Talk of the Nation' Posted: 29 Mar 2013 08:41 AM PDT "East Coast liberal elites" have lost another outlet for their opinions now that National Public Radio is putting an end to one of its signature shows. After 21 years on the air, the afternoon call-in show "Talk of that Nation" is being sent out to pasture, taking away the best opportunity the public radio listeners had for interacting with the show and getting their views on the airwaves.

Bombs at five Iraqi Shi'ite mosques kill 19 Posted: 29 Mar 2013 07:56 AM PDT Ten years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is still grappling with political turmoil.

The truth behind N. Korea's threats Posted: 29 Mar 2013 07:25 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and posters call for "death to the U.S. imperialists" and urge the people to fight with "arms, not words."

GOP lawmaker calls Hispanic workers ‘wetbacks’ Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:08 AM PDT During a discussion about ongoing challenges to the economy Thursday, Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young referred to Hispanic workers as "wetbacks," an ethnic slur used to describe migrant workers. "My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes," Young told Alaska public radio station KRBD. "It takes two people to [...]

Singer Michelle Shocked sits in at canceled show Posted: 29 Mar 2013 05:53 AM PDT SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Face covered and mouth taped shut, alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked staged a sit in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her show because she made an anti-gay slur at a San Francisco club earlier this month.

Robert Zildjian, Sabian cymbal manufacturer, dies Posted: 29 Mar 2013 05:37 AM PDT Robert "RZ" Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, has died. He was 89. Sabian announced Zildjian's death on its website Thursday. The firm was closed until ...

New EPA gas rules to cost one to nine cents a gallon Posted: 29 Mar 2013 04:21 AM PDT New rules would reduce the sulfur in gasoline beginning in 2017.

Pakistan's former president Musharraf hit by shoe by protestor Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:50 AM PDT Pervez Musharraf returned to the country after four years in self-imposed exile.

Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion of Christ Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:20 AM PDT Devotees take part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday.

Mandela spends second night in hospital Posted: 29 Mar 2013 03:04 AM PDT Nelson Mandela spent a second night in hospital being treated for a lung infection while the South African government sought to reassure the nation about his health.

N. Korea vows 'to settle accounts' with U.S. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 02:49 AM PDT North Korea puts its missiles on standby after a rare U.S. show of force.

Russian-American crew takes short cut to space station Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:46 PM PDT The three-man crew arrived at the orbital outpost less than six hours after blast-off.

N. Korea vows 'to settle accounts' with U.S. Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:31 PM PDT North Korea put its missiles on standby after the U.S. flew stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula.

Japan jobless rate rises, manufacturing dips Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:41 PM PDT The numbers underscore the fragility of the recovery of the world's third-largest economy.

Menlo Park gives OK for Facebook's 2nd campus Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:26 PM PDT Facebook has the go-ahead from the city of Menlo Park to build a swanky second campus near its current Silicon Valley headquarters.

Damaged rods may delay new Bay Bridge opening Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:11 PM PDT Hydrogen found in some steel is an indication of weakness in the metal, officials said.

Do adults text and drive more than teens? Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:41 PM PDT One generation appears to be adopting bad tech behaviors from the other.

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• Ten years and 10,000 fewer premature deaths later
• Indians greet spring with colorful flair
• Air Force general picked for NATO post
• 40 years later: Vietnam exit recalled
• Obama to release budget next month—two months late
• Power Players: Same-sex marriage could help reduce the deficit
• Powerball winner's outstanding debt: child support
• Women's new place in combat: A Yahoo! chat
• Who really shot Bin Laden?
• More than White House tours: Sequester hurts nationwide
• 3 accused of smoking pot in NJ police parking lot
• Rush Limbaugh says same-sex marriage will be legal
• Newtown massacre search warrants released
• Search warrants released in Newtown investigation
• NYPD officer says he taunted boy, 13, during stop
• Pistorius can leave the country to compete, a judge rules
• Three suspected rhino poachers shot dead in S. Africa
• Malala Yousafzai, shot for defying Taliban, to write book
• Gun control backers struggle to win some Democrats
• S. Africa's Nelson Mandela back in hospital
• However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
• Nelson Mandela back in hospital with lung infection
• Gay marriage logo spreads on social media
• Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers
• Woman tied to gun used to kill Colo. prisons chief

Ten years and 10,000 fewer premature deaths later Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:06 PM PDT NYC Mayor Bloomberg touts the success of a controversial ban he pushed a decade ago.

Indians greet spring with colorful flair Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:36 PM PDT Indian Hindu devotees smeared with colors sing at the Nandagram temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, during Lathmar holy festival, in Nandgaon, India , Friday, March 22, 2013. During Lathmar Holi the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)

Air Force general picked for NATO post Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Air Force general is being nominated to take over as commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.

40 years later: Vietnam exit recalled Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:35 AM PDT Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home so that they wouldn't be accosted by angry protesters at the airport. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he'd do next. A young North Vietnamese soldier who heard about the withdrawal felt emboldened to continue his push on the battlefields of southern Vietnam.

Obama to release budget next month—two months late Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget (finally) has a release date, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday: April 10. By law, the president's blueprint for taxes and spending is technically due the first Monday in February, which this year was Feb. 4, but the deadline came and went without [...]

Power Players: Same-sex marriage could help reduce the deficit Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:34 AM PDT The treasury would actually take in more if gays and lesbians can marry.

Powerball winner's outstanding debt: child support Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:04 AM PDT Pedro Quezada, the father of five kids, won one of the biggest jackpots of all time.

Women's new place in combat: A Yahoo! chat Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:33 AM PDT Join Yahoo! News this Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss the Pentagon's decision to lift the ban on women in combat—and whether female soldiers have always served on the front lines. Iraq war veterans Kayla Williams and Michelle Wilmot, Center for Military Readiness' Elaine Donnelly, and Yahoo! News senior editor for politics and national news Beth Fouhy will lead the online chat.

Who really shot Bin Laden? Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:03 AM PDT A recent magazine story contained several inconsistencies.

More than White House tours: Sequester hurts nationwide Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:48 AM PDT Yahoo! News respond with how automatic federal spending cuts are affecting their lives.

3 accused of smoking pot in NJ police parking lot Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:02 AM PDT TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — State troopers in northern New Jersey didn't have to go far to make a pot bust. They didn't even have to get in their cruisers.

Rush Limbaugh says same-sex marriage will be legal Posted: 28 Mar 2013 07:01 AM PDT The conservative host predicted change "nationwide," regardless of how the Supreme Court rules.

Newtown massacre search warrants released Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:31 AM PDT NEWTOWN, Conn.—Search warrant affidavits related to the Newtown school shootings were unsealed by judge in Danbury on Thursday, a little more than 100 days after Adam Lanza killed 26 people—including 20 children—at Sandy Hook Elementary School here before turning a gun on himself. [Related: NRA blasted over Newtown robocalls] The documents—dozens of pages of affidavits, [...]

Search warrants released in Newtown investigation Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:15 AM PDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Search warrants used in the investigation of the Newtown school shooting by a 20-year-old gunman were released Thursday, with some information withheld at the request of a prosecutor.

NYPD officer says he taunted boy, 13, during stop Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:30 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer testified Wednesday that he taunted a potential suspect — who turned out to be an innocent 13-year-old — after he detained the boy under the New York Police Department's disputed program of stopping, questioning and frisking people on city streets.

Pistorius can leave the country to compete, a judge rules Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:29 AM PDT The Olympic "Blade Running" is charged with murdering his girlfriend.

Three suspected rhino poachers shot dead in S. Africa Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:13 AM PDT The killing of rhinos for their horns, worth more than their weight in gold, is rampant.

Malala Yousafzai, shot for defying Taliban, to write book Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:58 AM PDT The girl said the book is "part of the campaign to give every boy and girl the right to go to school."

Gun control backers struggle to win some Democrats Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:13 AM PDT Gun control groups are having a surprisingly hard time winning over moderate Democrats.

S. Africa's Nelson Mandela back in hospital Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:12 AM PDT The 94-year-old former president is being treated for a lung infection.

However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:27 AM PDT The issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come.

Nelson Mandela back in hospital with lung infection Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:56 AM PDT The 94-year-old former South African president has been admitted to the hospital, the government said.

Gay marriage logo spreads on social media Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:10 PM PDT Millions of people are sharing a simple red logo in support of gay marriage.

Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers Posted: 27 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PDT The company hopes the radical delivery plan will enable it to better compete with Amazon.

Woman tied to gun used to kill Colo. prisons chief Posted: 27 Mar 2013 10:10 PM PDT A woman is accused of illegally transferring the gun allegedly used in the murder.

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