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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Rivals vow to fight on despite Romney's nudge Top Syrian oil official apparently defects from Assad Images show Iran nuke plant may be covering its tracks Deputy, 2 others shot outside Oklahoma courthouse Santorum says Miss. victory could eliminate Gingrich Texas man executed for killing wife, her boyfriend Police track down family of reclusive twins who died together 71-year-old man arrested with 40,000 fake Viagra pills Australian banker admits fake-collar-bomb extortion bid Senate leaders say they reached deal on transportation overhaul Marine's anti-Obama Facebook posts test military rules New iPad can max out data plan in 10 minutes 'Too many foreigners' in France, Nicolas Sarkozy says Obama: Oil is 'the fuel of the past' Virginia governor signs pre-abortion ultrasound bill The Syria question: We can intervene, but should we? Army says more than 285 patients had PTSD diagnoses reversed New Mexico man who's barred from city hall wins mayoral race Florida honors student wins reprieve from deportation Rivals vow to fight on despite Romney's nudge Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:44 PM PST Associated Press - His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on in a campaign marked by persistent ideological divisions. Full Story Top Top Syrian oil official apparently defects from Assad Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:02 PM PST Reuters - Syrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high-ranking civilian official to abandon President Assad since the uprising against his rule erupted a year ago. Full Story Top Images show Iran nuke plant may be covering its tracks Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:35 PM PST Associated Press - Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site, indicating an attempted cleanup of radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear-weapon trigger. Full Story Top Deputy, 2 others shot outside Oklahoma courthouse Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:42 PM PST Associated Press - A sheriff's deputy, a suspected gunman and a bystander were wounded Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire outside a Tulsa courthouse, sending people scattering from a crowded plaza as an employee at a nearby library used his camera to chronicle the events. Full Story Top Santorum says Miss. victory could eliminate Gingrich Wed,7 Mar 2012 07:24 PM PST Associated Press - Urging conservatives not to yield, Republican Rick Santorum told supporters Wednesday that they could make the GOP presidential contest a two-man race if they deliver him a victory next week and offer an embarrassing loss to rival Newt Gingrich in the South. Full Story Top Texas man executed for killing wife, her boyfriend Wed,7 Mar 2012 09:02 PM PST Associated Press - A Texas man condemned for fatally shooting his estranged wife and the neighbor who became her boyfriend denied killing them Wednesday, moments before he was put to death by lethal injection. Full Story Top Police track down family of reclusive twins who died together Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:32 PM PST Associated Press - It took 11 days and the help of dozens of strangers, but police have finally been able to locate the family of a pair of reclusive twin sisters who were found dead in their California home last month. Full Story Top 71-year-old man arrested with 40,000 fake Viagra pills Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:06 PM PST Associated Press - A former law enforcement officer from South Korea was arrested after customs officers found his luggage stuffed with nearly 40,000 phony Viagra and other erectile dysfunction pills at L.A. International Airport. Full Story Top Australian banker admits fake-collar-bomb extortion bid Wed,7 Mar 2012 11:03 PM PST Associated Press - An Australian investment banker pleaded guilty Thursday to chaining a fake bomb to a young woman's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt last year. Full Story Top Senate leaders say they reached deal on transportation overhaul Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:58 PM PST Associated Press - Democratic and Republicans leaders reached a deal late Wednesday that clears the way for a Senate vote on passage of a $109 billion bill to overhaul federal highway and transit programs. Full Story Top Marine's anti-Obama Facebook posts test military rules Wed,7 Mar 2012 04:35 PM PST Associated Press - Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he wouldn't follow orders from the commander in chief, President Barack Obama. Full Story Top New iPad can max out data plan in 10 minutes Wed,7 Mar 2012 01:45 PM PST Technology News Blog - One of the hallmark features of Apple's new iPad is its support for faster 4G mobile networks from carriers Verizon and AT&T, and from experience you will certainly benefit from truly impressive data speeds as a result. Unfortunately, all that blazing speed … Continue reading → Full Story Top 'Too many foreigners' in France, Nicolas Sarkozy says Wed,7 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PST The Envoy - Fighting an uphill reelection campaign, French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Tuesday that there are too many foreigners in France. Full Story Top Obama: Oil is 'the fuel of the past' Wed,7 Mar 2012 01:29 PM PST The Ticket - Obama dismissed oil as "the fuel of the past" as he made an unapologetic election-year pitch for his alternative energy industry policies and sniped at Republicans over painfully high gasoline prices. Full Story Top Virginia governor signs pre-abortion ultrasound bill Wed,7 Mar 2012 04:58 PM PST Associated Press - Abdominal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in Virginia will become mandatory under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's Republican governor, who had faced a national uproar when earlier versions of the measure had sought to make the exams medically invasive. Full Story Top The Syria question: We can intervene, but should we? Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PST The Envoy - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and top general Martin Dempsey cautioned that military intervention in Syria would be a risky and very complicated endeavor, but said it's a future possibility. Full Story Top Army says more than 285 patients had PTSD diagnoses reversed Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:35 PM PST Associated Press - The Army has identified 285 more patients at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state who had their diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder reversed by a forensic psychiatry team in the past five years. Full Story Top New Mexico man who's barred from city hall wins mayoral race Wed,7 Mar 2012 04:09 PM PST Associated Press - A mayoral candidate who was barred from city hall after being accused of trying to force his opponent from the race with a secretly recorded video of him getting a topless lap dance collected the most votes in the election, but the prospect of him being sworn in remained in limbo Wednesday. Full Story Top Florida honors student wins reprieve from deportation Wed,7 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST Reuters - A Miami high school honors student who faced imminent deportation to Colombia has won a two-year reprieve after 2,000 fellow students took to the city's streets to protest her removal from the United States, federal authorities said on Wednesday. The plight of Daniela Pelaez, 18, a North Miami High School senior and valedictorian, has put a spotlight on U.S. immigration policy like few other individual cases in recent history. The U.S. ... Full Story Top

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