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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: No blood or bruises on George Zimmerman in police video Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney Scalia quip draws guffaws, but the joke's on him GOP-run House easily rejects bipartisan budget JetBlue captain grew increasingly erratic on plane Mitt Romney edges into mop-up phase of campaign Colorado governor stops controlled burns after wildfire Spike Lee apologizes for address retweet Castro asks Benedict: 'What does a pope do?' Snowplow driver, wife charged in Vermont teacher's death Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies Texas man executed for 10-month-old boy's death President Obama joins Pinterest 'Guardian angel' troops in Afghanistan watch over their comrades Oklahoma court strikes down ultrasound abortion law Man saws off own foot to continue receiving unemployment benefits Dad makes 12-year-old son hold 'I'm a thief' sign on street corner Mega Millions reaches record $476 million jackpot Ernest Hemingway shows soft side in newly public letters No blood or bruises on George Zimmerman in police video Wed,28 Mar 2012 12:41 PM PDT Good Morning America - Trayvon Martin's Girlfriend Says Cops Haven't Asked Her About Key Phone Call Full Story Top Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney Wed,28 Mar 2012 06:44 PM PDT ABC News - ABC News' Michael Falcone, Emily Friedman and Matthew Jaffe report: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio officially threw his support behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wednesday night in an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity" show. "It's evidently and increasingly clear that Mitt Romney's going to be... Full Story Top Scalia quip draws guffaws, but the joke's on him Wed,28 Mar 2012 01:51 PM PDT The Ticket - Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia suggested on Wednesday that the Supreme Court could strike the "Cornhusker Kickback" from President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul without having to invalidate the whole law. Full Story Top GOP-run House easily rejects bipartisan budget Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:02 PM PDT Associated Press - The House voted decisively late Wednesday to reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts to wring $4 trillion from federal deficits over the coming decade. Full Story Top JetBlue captain grew increasingly erratic on plane Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:39 PM PDT Associated Press - JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon showed up unusually late to fly Flight 191 to Las Vegas. The plane was in midair when he eerily told his co-pilot they wouldn't make it there. Full Story Top Mitt Romney edges into mop-up phase of campaign Wed,28 Mar 2012 07:57 PM PDT Associated Press - After a three-month struggle, Mitt Romney edged into the mop-up phase of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, buoyed by Newt Gingrich's decision to scale back his campaign to the vanishing point and Rick Santorum's statement that he would take the No. 2 spot on the party ticket in the fall. Full Story Top Colorado governor stops controlled burns after wildfire Wed,28 Mar 2012 07:16 PM PDT Associated Press - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday suspended the use of state prescribed burns like the one that may have caused a deadly wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes near Denver. Full Story Top Spike Lee apologizes for address retweet Wed,28 Mar 2012 06:55 PM PDT The Cutline - Spike Lee apologized on Wednesday for retweeting a tweet thought to contain Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman's address that turned out to be an elderly couple's residence. Lee wrote: I Deeply Apologize To The McClain Family For Retweeting Their Address. It Was A Mistake. Please Leave The McClain's In Peace. Justice In Court Lee retweeted [...] Full Story Top Castro asks Benedict: 'What does a pope do?' Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, both octogenarians, joked about their age in a brief meeting on Wednesday and then Castro popped the question: so what do you do? The two world figures chatted for about 30 minutes at the Vatican embassy in Havana near the end of the pope's three-day visit to Cuba, where he called for greater freedom and a bigger role for the Catholic Church in the communist-led nation. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict, 84, and Castro, 85, had an "exchange of ideas" in a "very cordial" atmosphere. ... Full Story Top Snowplow driver, wife charged in Vermont teacher's death Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:37 PM PDT Associated Press - A Vermont snowplow driver who wanted to "get a girl" was accused Wednesday along with his wife of luring a popular prep school teacher from her home by pretending their vehicle had broken down, beating and strangling her, stripping her body naked and throwing it into the Connecticut River. Full Story Top Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88. Full Story Top Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Poet Adrienne Rich, whose socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, gay rights and anti-war activists, has died. She was 82. Full Story Top Texas man executed for 10-month-old boy's death Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:54 PM PDT Associated Press - A convicted child sex offender was executed Wednesday for the beating death of a 10-month-old boy he was baby-sitting at a home in Dallas. Full Story Top President Obama joins Pinterest Wed,28 Mar 2012 12:14 PM PDT The Ticket - He's already on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Foursquare. Now President Barack Obama has joined Pinterest, too. Full Story Top 'Guardian angel' troops in Afghanistan watch over their comrades Wed,28 Mar 2012 06:43 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have assigned "guardian angels" — troops that watch over their comrades even as they sleep. Full Story Top Oklahoma court strikes down ultrasound abortion law Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:57 PM PDT Associated Press - An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down the state's law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure. Full Story Top Man saws off own foot to continue receiving unemployment benefits Wed,28 Mar 2012 02:12 PM PDT The Sideshow - It sounds like the plot of a boring "Saw" film, but it's apparently all-too-real. Full Story Top Dad makes 12-year-old son hold 'I'm a thief' sign on street corner Wed,28 Mar 2012 12:44 PM PDT The Sideshow - Twelve-year-old Jose Gonzalez isn't having much fun on his spring break. But his father hopes it will be a week the Denver-area youth will never forget. The Denver Post reports that after Joseph Gonzalez found out that Jose had stolen $100 from a cousin's wallet, he forced his son to stand on a downtown street [...] Full Story Top Mega Millions reaches record $476 million jackpot Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT The Sideshow - The multi-state Mega Millions lottery climbed to a record $476 million jackpot heading into this Friday's drawing. The jackpot went up yet again after no one picked the correct six winning numbers in Tuesday's draw. Several contestants came close on Tuesday, with the AP reporting that 47 players matched 5 of the 6 numbers. Each [...] Full Story Top Ernest Hemingway shows soft side in newly public letters Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:47 PM PDT Associated Press - Ernest Hemingway shows a tenderness that wasn't part of his usual macho persona in a dozen unpublished letters that became publicly available Wednesday in a collection of the author's papers at the Kennedy presidential library. Full Story Top

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