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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Exxon oil spill in Mont. river prompts evacuations Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, returns hours later Australia military may scrap all gender barriers Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up Polls open in Thailand; big parties deeply divided Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched Tribes fear loss of sacred sites near NM fire Fierce storm surprises Wis. campers, child killed Radiohead ventures into Chinese social media Ragan redeems himself at Daytona with 1st win Obama says ending tax breaks required to cut deficit Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Japan officials draw up Tepco breakup plan: report Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars Edgy Thailand votes in crucial test of stability Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Exxon oil spill in Mont. river prompts evacuations Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:09 PM PDT AP - An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes. Full Story1 Top Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, returns hours later Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:42 PM PDT AP - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his first day of freedom from house arrest in a sexual-assault case by ducking out of his rented townhouse with his wife on Saturday, returning a few hours later and heading quickly back inside. Full Story1 Top Australia military may scrap all gender barriers Sat,2 Jul 2011 11:02 PM PDT AP - Women fight for militaries around the world but rarely if ever are allowed to take the jobs most closely associated with soldiering â€" those focused on ground combat in close quarters and even hand to hand. That may be about to change in Australia. Full Story1 Top Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:21 PM PDT AP - The accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa probably will define front-runner Mitt Romney's chief challengers over the next six weeks and could force the former Massachusetts governor to reconsider his decision to mount only modest efforts in this early voting state. Full Story1 Top Polls open in Thailand; big parties deeply divided Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:41 PM PDT AP - Five tumultuous years after a military coup divided this Southeast Asian kingdom, Thailand held pivotal elections Sunday that will determine whether it can end the long-running political crisis that has shattered its reputation for stability. Full Story1 Top Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:19 PM PDT AP - Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench. Full Story1 Top Tribes fear loss of sacred sites near NM fire Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT AP - A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes on Saturday, raising fears that tribal lands passed down for generations would be destroyed. Full Story1 Top Fierce storm surprises Wis. campers, child killed Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:46 PM PDT AP - A fierce thunderstorm swept through a rural Wisconsin county that was packed with holiday campers, toppling trees that killed an 11-year-old girl, blowing boats ashore and injuring more than three dozen people, officials said Saturday. Full Story1 Top Radiohead ventures into Chinese social media Sat,2 Jul 2011 09:55 PM PDT AP - Radiohead has taken a tentative step into censored Chinese cyberspace, even though the British rock band has been critical of China's human rights record. Full Story1 Top Ragan redeems himself at Daytona with 1st win Sat,2 Jul 2011 09:59 PM PDT AP - The Daytona 500 was one big could've, would've, should've for David Ragan. Full Story1 Top Obama says ending tax breaks required to cut deficit Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed his case on Saturday for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the hit. Full Story1 Top Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Sat,2 Jul 2011 06:18 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would be finalised by mid-September. Full Story1 Top Japan officials draw up Tepco breakup plan: report Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - A group of Japanese government heavyweights have written a secret proposal to break up Tokyo Electric Power Co and nationalise its nuclear operations, a newspaper said on Sunday. Full Story1 Top Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown Sat,2 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Warning: Use of strong language in paragraph 3) Full Story1 Top More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack. Full Story1 Top Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe Sat,2 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID/TRIPOLI, July 2 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices. Full Story1 Top Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. Full Story1 Top Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:27 PM PDT Reuters - SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory has ended a state of emergency and was taking small steps on Saturday toward reopening as the threat from a record New Mexico wildfire subsided. Full Story1 Top Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's top police official resigned Saturday as the U.S. Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year. Full Story1 Top Edgy Thailand votes in crucial test of stability Sat,2 Jul 2011 11:07 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand voted on Sunday in an election that will test whether one of Asia's most promising nations can end a six-year crisis marked by bloody protests, military crackdowns and growing tension between rich and poor. Full Story1 Top Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small plane wandered into the airspace around Camp David, Maryland, on Saturday while President Barack Obama was there, prompting an F-15 fighter jet to scramble to intercept it, authorities said. Full Story1 Top Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory has ended a state of emergency and was taking small steps on Saturday toward reopening as the threat from a record New Mexico wildfire subsided. Full Story1 Top Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe Sat,2 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID/TRIPOLI, July 2 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices. Full Story1 Top More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser Sat,2 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack. Full Story1 Top Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece Sat,2 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would now be finalised by mid-September. Full Story1 Top

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