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Today's Most Popular News: AP IMPACT: Dodd, Conrad told deals were sweetened AP source: Jackson doc gave him drug before death 7 NC men charged with plotting 'violent jihad' Texas investigators stunned by child dismemberment Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans AP sources: Senate group omits employer mandate GOP headache: The birther issue 46% More Likely To Buy Ford 'Cause It Didn't Get A Bailout Israel on Iran: Anything it takes to stop nukes APNewsBreak: AP sources: 4 big cities, no COPS aid Is China's One-Child Policy Heading for a Revision? Gates 911 call: Witness not sure she sees crime Muslim rebels expand attacks, at least 80 dead Divorce Hurts Health Even After Remarriage Marriage Ends, Health Declines NJ man charged in 'American Idol' contestant death Penn St. takes top party school title in survey Anglican Church may have 'two track' structure Op-Ed: Health care status quo would be disaster for middle class AP IMPACT: Dodd, Conrad told deals were sweetened Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:52 pm PDT AP - Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation's largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony. Full Story Top AP source: Jackson doc gave him drug before death Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:28 pm PDT AP - Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday. Full Story Top 7 NC men charged with plotting 'violent jihad' Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:01 pm PDT AP - A father, his two sons and four other North Carolina men are accused of military-style training at home and plotting "violent jihad" through a series of terror attacks abroad, federal authorities said Monday. Full Story Top Texas investigators stunned by child dismemberment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:31 pm PDT AP - The scene was so gruesome investigators could barely speak: A 3 1/2-week-old boy lay dismembered in the bedroom of a single-story house, three of his tiny toes chewed off, his face torn away, his head severed and his brains ripped out. Full Story Top Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:12 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Conventional wisdom has it that the first animals evolved in the ocean. Now researchers studying ancient rock samples in South China have found that the first animal fossils are preserved in ancient lake deposits, not in marine sediments as commonly assumed. These new findings not only raise questions as to where the earliest animals were living, but what factors drove animals to evolve in the first place. For some 3 billion years, single-celled life forms such as bacteria dominated the planet. ... Full Story Top AP sources: Senate group omits employer mandate Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:11 pm PDT AP - After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits two key Democratic priorities but incorporates provisions to slow the explosive rise in medical costs, officials said. Full Story Top GOP headache: The birther issue Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:34 am PDT Politico - When lawmakers return home for recess in August, they can expect to hear tough questions from constituents on the economy, health care and government spending. Full Story Top 46% More Likely To Buy Ford 'Cause It Didn't Get A Bailout Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:49 am PDT Rasmussen Reports - Public opposition to the auto bailouts may translating into consumer buying decisions, with 46% of Americans now saying they are more likely to buy a car from Ford because it did not take government money to stay in business. Full Story Top Israel on Iran: Anything it takes to stop nukes Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:32 pm PDT AP - Israel hardened its insistence Monday that it would do anything it felt necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, just the ultimatum the United States hoped not to hear as it tried to nudge Iran to the bargaining table. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: AP sources: 4 big cities, no COPS aid Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:22 pm PDT AP - Four major cities — New York, Seattle, Houston, and Pittsburgh — will get no money from a $1 billion economic stimulus program to help cities avoid laying off police officers, officials told The Associated Press on Monday. Full Story Top Is China's One-Child Policy Heading for a Revision? Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:30 am PDT Time.com - International media have reported that Shanghai is rethinking its implementation of China's one-child policy, but a family-planning official has denied that the city is taking the first steps to reverse the much-hated regulation Full Story Top Gates 911 call: Witness not sure she sees crime Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:44 pm PDT AP - The 911 caller who reported two men possibly breaking into the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not describe their race, acknowledged they might just be having a hard time with the door and said she saw two suitcases on the porch. Full Story Top Muslim rebels expand attacks, at least 80 dead Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:34 pm PDT Reuters - Muslim rebels on Monday expanded their attack on Nigerian security forces to three northern states, with at least 80 people dead in two days of clashes, security sources said. Full Story Top Divorce Hurts Health Even After Remarriage Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:42 am PDT LiveScience.com - Divorce can wreak havoc on a person's health, even after remarriage, a new study finds. Full Story Top Marriage Ends, Health Declines Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - MONDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have long thought that marriage is good for your health, but it has been less clear how you will fare if you lose your spouse to divorce or death. Full Story Top NJ man charged in 'American Idol' contestant death Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:16 pm PDT AP - A man has been charged with drunken driving following a New Jersey shore car accident that killed an "American Idol" contestant whose angry rejection rant became an Internet sensation. Full Story Top Penn St. takes top party school title in survey Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:33 pm PDT AP - Penn State University is now the nation's No. 1 party school. The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from the University of Florida in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students nationwide. Florida, last year's winner, finished second in the annual survey released Monday. Full Story Top Anglican Church may have 'two track' structure Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:44 pm PDT AP - The worldwide Anglican Communion may have to accept a "two track" system in which churches can hold different opinions about gay clergy and same-sex unions, the Archbishop of Canterbury said Monday in a bid to keep the church unified. Full Story Top Op-Ed: Health care status quo would be disaster for middle class Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:21 am PDT The Yahoo! Newsroom - Washington, DC — How’s this for a health care plan? It will make your premiums go up—in fact, it will double health costs over the next ten years. It will strip millions of Americans of their coverage. It will send our deficit through the roof. Full Story Top

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