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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Herman Cain launches 'Cain's Solutions Revolution' to 'keep 999 alive' Just Show Me: Getting started with the Kindle App for your Android phone or tablet Trailer for Netflix's first original series hits the web Old age simulator suit shows you that it's not easy being 75 years old Current says Keith Olbermann refused to anchor Iowa caucus coverage Tabloid wars: ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler named editor of Daily News, setting up showdown with the Post Parasite turns honey bees into zombies Don't forget Jon Huntsman! 'I'm not an isolationist. I'm a realist': Character Sketch Rupert Murdoch celebrates Santorum results with a tweet from his iPad How To Lose Weight Playing Video Games 4 apps to help you keep your New Year's resolutions Jack Abramoff critiques OWS, Republicans' media exposure in Yahoo News interview UK retailer pirated over 90,000 copies of Windows and sold them to customers John McCain endorses Mitt Romney, his bitter rival from four years ago Editors' Picks: CES 2012 predictions Newt Gingrich unloads on Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in New Hampshire World's oldest twins celebrate 102nd birthdays Photos from the Iowa caucuses: dogs, babies and speeches Flying on 'Hair Force One' with Mitt Romney: 'Landslides are terrific. I just didn't see that in last night's figures.' Viral Video Appears to Show Cop Planting Drugs in Suspect's Car Michele Bachmann quits presidential race following poor showing in Iowa Carolyn and Edith: Unlikely stars of CNN's Iowa caucus coverage Yahoo! names ex-PayPal president Scott Thompson as CEO Wheels down in New Hampshire: Newt Gingrich high-tails it out of Iowa Iowa's razor-thin result indicates a fierce battle for conservatives is ahead Close call leads Romney to ditch teleprompter, deliver familiar lines: Scenes from the Iowa caucuses Yahoo! readers say: More economic talk, please! Also, Bachmann, bow out Iowa: About as expected Ron Paul winning the Twitter race, falling in prediction markets What do Iowa results mean? In the end, not much. Eighteen minutes in, markets abandon Santorum Liveblogging caucus night with Yahoo News, ABC and Tucker Carlson Paul slaps Huntsman on Twitter, with regrets? As Iowans head to caucus, Obama argues he's kept his 'promises' Barcodes 2.0: How to use QR codes Romney regains commanding lead in Iowa Sweet victory: Iowa (cookie) caucus results are in Electrical socket concept forcibly ejects plugs of inactive appliances and devices Whither the Hotel Fort Des Moines lounge? Reporters ditch history, flock to 'barren' Marriott bar This creepy Steve Jobs action figure will make you question your Apple devotion Herman Cain launches 'Cain's Solutions Revolution' to 'keep 999 alive' Wed,4 Jan 2012 07:44 PM PST The Ticket - Herman Cain appeared on Fox News Wednesday night to make what was billed as a "very big announcement" on Sean Hannity's show. Very big it was not. The former Republican hopeful and pizza chain CEO did not endorse a current GOP candidate, as some had predicted he might. Nor did he announce he was getting [...] Full Story Top Just Show Me: Getting started with the Kindle App for your Android phone or tablet Wed,4 Jan 2012 06:25 PM PST Technology News Blog - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to get started with the Kindle App for your Android phone … Continue reading → Full Story Top Trailer for Netflix's first original series hits the web Wed,4 Jan 2012 06:16 PM PST Technology News Blog - Despite a somewhat rough year, streaming media and DVD rental giant Netflix is updating its viewing options with new original content, including its first original series. Called Lilyhammer, it's the unlikely story of an American mobster who relocates to the small Norwegian … Continue reading → Full Story Top Old age simulator suit shows you that it's not easy being 75 years old Wed,4 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST Technology News Blog - Why imagine how it is to be a septuagenarian decades before you reach that age when there's a suit that lets you experience the difficulties of being old? Similar to the Mommy Tummy that simulates pregnancy, MIT's Age Gain Now Empathy … Continue reading → Full Story Top Current says Keith Olbermann refused to anchor Iowa caucus coverage Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST The Cutline - Analyses of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses are the top of most news sites right now--including Current TV's homepage, which features images of Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich above a video featuring former U.S. vice president and Current co-founder Al Gore breaking down the results. One image conspicuously absent from the page: Keith Olbermann. Olbermann, [...] Full Story Top Tabloid wars: ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler named editor of Daily News, setting up showdown with the Post Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST The Cutline - In a surprise move, Colin Myler, former editor of News Corp.'s defunct News of the World, has been named editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News, adding some fuel to what's already a bitter rivalry between the Daily News and the New York Post. Myler replaces the paper's current editor Kevin Convey, whose tenure as [...] Full Story Top Parasite turns honey bees into zombies Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST The Sideshow - A fly parasite is being blamed for an epidemic that has struck the honey bee population around the world. The parasite nests in the stomach of the bees and causes them to walk in circles, sometimes pursuing bright lights, before eventually dying. The Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis is responsible for the zombie transformation, laying [...] Full Story Top Don't forget Jon Huntsman! 'I'm not an isolationist. I'm a realist': Character Sketch Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST The Ticket - PETERBOROUGH, N.H.--At every stop on Tuesday in the state with the nation's first presidential primary, Jon Huntsman insisted that the opening-gun caucuses being held 1,300 miles away in Iowa were irrelevant. But like so much during the candidate's slow-starting campaign, the words lacked bite. Finally, at a crowded town meeting here, just an hour before [...] Full Story Top Rupert Murdoch celebrates Santorum results with a tweet from his iPad Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:25 AM PST The Cutline - "Well, well! Values DO count. Santorum result pretty amazing. Policy very similar to Reagan. Now start to sound like him." -- Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, assessing the results of last night's Iowa caucuses via his new preferred medium: Twitter on the iPad. Murdoch--who joined the micro-messaging service on New Year's [...] Full Story Top How To Lose Weight Playing Video Games Wed,4 Jan 2012 12:11 PM PST Upgrade Your Life - Can Video Games Burn As Many Calories as Running? As a working mom of twins, staying fit is a challenge. I have to exercise in a short amount of time; and to stay motivated, I need to find activities that I actually like. Variety is key. I can't stand just running three or four times [...] Full Story Top 4 apps to help you keep your New Year's resolutions Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:22 AM PST Technology News Blog - When you decide to pursue health and happiness with a New Year's resolution, it isn't a bad idea to make yourself as accountable as possible, but telling your friends is so 1999. This year, why not get a little digital help from … Continue reading → Full Story Top Jack Abramoff critiques OWS, Republicans' media exposure in Yahoo News interview Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:20 AM PST The Ticket - Now that Jack Abramoff is out of prison, he's speaking out against corruption in Washington, and he told Yahoo News in a recent interview that he's opened a pathway of communication with an unlikely source: Occupy Wall Street. That's right. The former felon, who served three and a half years in prison for corruption, including [...] Full Story Top UK retailer pirated over 90,000 copies of Windows and sold them to customers Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:03 AM PST Technology News Blog - Piracy is a worldwide problem that typically conjures up images of teenagers using seedy file sharing sites to download the latest movie or video game for free. But sometimes the face of piracy is much larger, as is the case … Continue reading → Full Story Top John McCain endorses Mitt Romney, his bitter rival from four years ago Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST The Ticket - MANCHESTER, New Hampshire--Four years ago, John McCain and Mitt Romney could barely conceal their disdain for each other. Their rivalry for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination extended well beyond the usual competiveness between opposing campaigns, as their bitterness and personal dislike of the other man became overwhelmingly obvious every time the two candidates  shared a [...] Full Story Top Editors' Picks: CES 2012 predictions Wed,4 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST Technology News Blog - Each January, all the major players in the consumer electronics industry (except for a certain fruit-named company) head to Las Vegas to show off their latest and greatest. The show sets the stage for what we'll see in tech for the … Continue reading → Full Story Top Newt Gingrich unloads on Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in New Hampshire Wed,4 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST The Ticket - CONCORD, N.H. -- They poked the bear one too many times. After a long effort to stay on message and stick to discussing his ideas for the future, Newt Gingrich on Wednesday morning unloaded on Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in front of reporters here. Gingrich's choice of targets was clearly deliberate, since Paul and [...] Full Story Top World's oldest twins celebrate 102nd birthdays Wed,4 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST The Sideshow - The world's oldest twins celebrated their 102nd birthday together on Wednesday. Born on January 4, 1910, Ena Pugh and Lily Millward have spent each of their birthdays together. They were presented with copies of the Guinness World Records book, which includes their entry. More from the Daily Mail: Lily's proud daughter Dianne Powell, 65, told [...] Full Story Top Photos from the Iowa caucuses: dogs, babies and speeches Wed,4 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST The Ticket - We asked Yahoo! readers in Iowa to send us photos of their participation in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses. Click on the photo above to see more images. We'll update the slideshow as more photos arrive. Full Story Top Flying on 'Hair Force One' with Mitt Romney: 'Landslides are terrific. I just didn't see that in last night's figures.' Wed,4 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST The Ticket - SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR BETWEEN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE—A cheer erupted when Mitt Romney boarded his campaign plane shortly after sunrise on Wednesday morning in Des Moines. "We only fly winners," the plane's captain announced over the public-address system, explaining that they had flown former Presidents Bush and Clinton and "now Governor Romney." [See photos from [...] Full Story Top Viral Video Appears to Show Cop Planting Drugs in Suspect's Car Wed,4 Jan 2012 08:44 AM PST Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! Many of us have made the mistake of seeing a snippet of something and drawing a conclusion that we may not have come to had we seen the entire story. That situation seems to be happening in Utica, New York. Over the weekend, Utica Phoenix, [...] Full Story Top Michele Bachmann quits presidential race following poor showing in Iowa Wed,4 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST The Ticket - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--Michele Bachmann announced her exit from the presidential race Wednesday morning following a sixth-place finish in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa. "Last night, the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice. And so I have decided to stand aside," the Republican representative from Minnesota told reporters during a morning [...] Full Story Top Carolyn and Edith: Unlikely stars of CNN's Iowa caucus coverage Wed,4 Jan 2012 07:34 AM PST The Cutline - If you weren't watching CNN at 3:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, you missed the best moment of the 2012 Iowa caucuses. No, not the news that Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in the first contest of the 2012 Republican presidential race. We're talking about Edith Pfeffer and Carolyn Tallett, two [...] Full Story Top Yahoo! names ex-PayPal president Scott Thompson as CEO Wed,4 Jan 2012 06:21 AM PST The Cutline - Yahoo's search for a permanent CEO is over. The company announced on Wednesday that Scott Thompson, former president of PayPal, will be its next chief executive. Thompson's appointment is effective on Jan. 9. Thompson's predecessor, Carol Bartz, was fired in September after a 30-month tenure that was tumultuous at times. Tim Morse, the company's chief [...] Full Story Top Wheels down in New Hampshire: Newt Gingrich high-tails it out of Iowa Wed,4 Jan 2012 04:36 AM PST The Ticket - CONCORD, N.H. -- After coming in fourth place in Iowa--8 percentage points behind third-place finisher Ron Paul--Newt Gingrich chartered a late-night plane to New Hampshire and was in the air even before the full Iowa caucus results were even tallied. But first, he made a brief stop in Des Moines to address a small but [...] Full Story Top Iowa's razor-thin result indicates a fierce battle for conservatives is ahead Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Iowa may not pick presidents. It may not even pick Republican presidential nominees. But Iowa most certainly resets the nomination contest, something its voters did again on Tuesday with the state's closest caucus vote in history. With Mitt Romney's razor-thin, eight-vote victory over Rick Santorum, Iowa has created a new pecking order for [...] Full Story Top Close call leads Romney to ditch teleprompter, deliver familiar lines: Scenes from the Iowa caucuses Tue,3 Jan 2012 09:53 PM PST The Ticket - "Thank you Iowa": Those were the first three words of Mitt Romney's planned speech on Tuesday night after the caucuses, according to a photographer who saw the text queued up in the candidate's teleprompter. Minutes before Romney took the stage, his staff took the teleprompter away. --Holly Bailey, 12:57 a.m. CT DES MOINES, Iowa--It was [...] Full Story Top Yahoo! readers say: More economic talk, please! Also, Bachmann, bow out Tue,3 Jan 2012 09:37 PM PST The Ticket - How did Yahoo! readers feel about the Iowa caucuses, the performance of the Republican candidates in the contest, and the issues at stake in the 2012 race? Let's take a look at the numbers. On Tuesday night, as Iowans caucused and results rolled in, Yahoo! readers answered a series of questions related to the first-in-the-nation [...] Full Story Top Iowa: About as expected Tue,3 Jan 2012 09:21 PM PST The Signal - Mitt Romney went into the Iowa Caucus night favored to win the Republican nomination with about 77 percent likelihood; he will catch his flight to New Hampshire with just about the same odds. We still don't know whether he will eke out a victory in Iowa, but it simply isn't important. He survived Iowa, and [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul winning the Twitter race, falling in prediction markets Tue,3 Jan 2012 07:53 PM PST The Signal - As the votes are being counted in Iowa, the twitterverse is ablaze with comments about #iacaucus. True to form, Ron Paul's hall-of-mirrors effect on the Internet is propelling him to win the race for biggest buzz, including most tweets and most searches. Meanwhile, after taking a brief lead in the prediction markets, peaking near a [...] Full Story Top What do Iowa results mean? In the end, not much. Tue,3 Jan 2012 07:53 PM PST The Signal - It's easy to obsess over the Iowa caucuses results, given how long we've all be waiting for actual voting to take place, but if there's any lesson from the markets it is that tonight will not have a huge impact on the final outcome of the primary. Iowans may fancy themselves kingmakers, but right now [...] Full Story Top Eighteen minutes in, markets abandon Santorum Tue,3 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST The Signal - Just 18 minutes after voting began in Iowa's 99 counties at 8 PM ET, participants in the prediction markets began dumping Rick Santorum shares in droves. The vast majority of them threw in their lot with Ron Paul instead as the preferred Not-Romney candidate. Paul's market share has continued to climb since, enjoying a second [...] Full Story Top Liveblogging caucus night with Yahoo News, ABC and Tucker Carlson Tue,3 Jan 2012 06:30 PM PST The Ticket - At long last, some people--not very many, but some--are casting actual votes in the campaign for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Republican Party. As Iowans vote and as the results come in, you can read and contribute to the liveblog below, featuring real-time discussion and analysis from Yahoo News and ABC News journalists, including: Jonathan [...] Full Story Top Paul slaps Huntsman on Twitter, with regrets? Tue,3 Jan 2012 06:22 PM PST The Ticket - Ron Paul's campaign caused some mischief via Twitter this evening, tweeting at Jon Huntsman's official account around 8:45 ET, "we found your one Iowa voter, he's in Linn precinct 5 you might want to call him and say thanks." The tweet instantly began bouncing around the political twittersphere, but someone in the Paul campaign must [...] Full Story Top As Iowans head to caucus, Obama argues he's kept his 'promises' Tue,3 Jan 2012 05:23 PM PST The Ticket - Mitt Romney has repeatedly attacked President Obama on the trail here in Iowa by citing the speeches then-candidate Obama made in the state during the Democratic primary four years ago and telling voters he hasn't delivered. Today, the Obama campaign released a video that seemed to respond to Romney's attacks—though it made no mention of [...] Full Story Top Barcodes 2.0: How to use QR codes Tue,3 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST Technology News Blog - More and more, a kind of curiously square little icon known as a QR code is popping up in our lives. The little codes, which are scannable from a smartphone, are programmed to whisk you just about anywhere on the … Continue reading → Full Story Top Romney regains commanding lead in Iowa Tue,3 Jan 2012 03:08 PM PST The Signal - A few hours before the Iowa caucuses begin, Mitt Romney is just over 50 percent likely to win this first-in-the-nation primary contest, according to data from the prediction markets Betfair and Intrade. This is a strong recovery for the candidate, who was trailing both Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for much of December. And it [...] Full Story Top Sweet victory: Iowa (cookie) caucus results are in Tue,3 Jan 2012 03:05 PM PST The Ticket - Forget the measly presidential contest. The 5th graders of Hillis Elementary in Des Moines, Iowa have rendered a verdict on a more important question: what's the best kind of cookie? Today's cookie caucus was the culmination of an electoral process that began before Thanksgiving last year. Students were instructed in the history of electoral campaigns [...] Full Story Top Electrical socket concept forcibly ejects plugs of inactive appliances and devices Tue,3 Jan 2012 02:41 PM PST Technology News Blog - Unplugging each and every appliance and device not in use can be a pain, but it's something you must do if you don't want to pay for standby power — or the energy consumed by electronics while they're switched off. Right now … Continue reading → Full Story Top Whither the Hotel Fort Des Moines lounge? Reporters ditch history, flock to 'barren' Marriott bar Tue,3 Jan 2012 02:41 PM PST The Cutline - If the Hotel Fort Des Moines could talk, says its website, it would "tell us how Richard Nixon tromped though on his way to a landslide victory in 1972, or "how candidate Jack Kennedy lighted through during his 1960 campaign that launched America's Camelot." It might even tell us how ABC News senior White House [...] Full Story Top This creepy Steve Jobs action figure will make you question your Apple devotion Tue,3 Jan 2012 02:37 PM PST Technology News Blog - There are few icons in the world of technology as revered as Apple's co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs. We've seen some crazy tributes to the man who devoted his life to consumer tech — from giant apple-shaped marathon routes to life-sized statues … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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