Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Does Your PC Have a Virus? Or Is It Just SLOW? Wed,4 Apr 2012 11:11 AM PDT Upgrade Your Life - Last week I talked about how to remove a virus. This week I'm going to step back and talk about how to figure out if you really have one. Accurate diagnosis can be tricky, so let's run through major symptoms, minor clues, and a few surefire ways to tell. 4 Major Virus Symptoms Your system [...] Full Story | Top | Charles Manson photos: New images of killer released before parole hearing Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:08 AM PDT The Cutline - Charles Manson has a parole hearing next week, and at the request of CNN, the Calif. Dept. of Corrections has released two photos of the notorious 77-year-old murderer. The network published the nearly-identical photos—taken at the state prison in Corcoran in June—late on Wednesday. Before that, the most recent known photo of Manson was from [...] Full Story | Top | Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction Thu,5 Apr 2012 02:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic. Full Story | Top | Washington Boy, 9, Writes Apology to Girl He Shot Thu,5 Apr 2012 05:44 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - Letter of apology to Amina Bowman. (Image: Kitsap County Court) A 9-year-old boy in Bremerton, Wash. wrote a letter apologizing to a classmate who was seriously wounded after a gun discharged from his backpack, lodging a bullet in her spine. The handwritten letter was addressed... Full Story | Top | Europe Is Baffled by the U.S. Supreme Court Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:09 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Europe is scratching its head over possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down President Obama's signature legislative achievement. As the judiciary and the Obama administration trade legal barbs over the high court's authority, the idea that health care coverage, largely considered a universal right in Europe, could be deemed an affront to liberty is baffling. Full Story | Top | Americans brace for next foreclosure wave Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (Reuters) - Half a decade into the deepest U.S. housing crisis since the 1930s, many Americans are hoping the crisis is finally nearing its end. House sales are picking up across most of the country, the plunge in prices is slowing and attempts by lenders to claim back properties from struggling borrowers dropped by more than a third in 2011, hitting a four-year low. But a painful part two of the slump looks set to unfold: Many more U.S. homeowners face the prospect of losing their homes this year as banks pick up the pace of foreclosures. ... Full Story | Top | Perfectly Preserved Woolly Mammoth Discovered in Siberia Thu,5 Apr 2012 09:35 AM PDT Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitalland @YahooTrending Scientists in search of ancient tusks made a startling discovery. They uncovered the nearly perfectly preserved remains of a woolly mammoth in northern Siberia. The juvenile mammoth is believed to be more than 10,000 years old, but was only 3 to 4 years old when it [...] Full Story | Top | 'Mrs. Kennedy and Me': Jackie Kennedy's secret service agent writes memoir Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT The Upshot - The secret service agent assigned to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy has broken his long silence with a memoir of the time, "Mrs. Kennedy and Me." Clint Hill, the former agent who was code named Dazzle, told the "Today" show he was on the scene for major joyful events—like the birth of John F. Kennedy, Jr. [...] Full Story | Top | Evicted 101-year-old Detroiter gets her home back Wed,4 Apr 2012 06:56 PM PDT Associated Press - Baking cookies never seemed as sweet for 101-year-old Texana Hollis as it did on Wednesday, when she tearfully was allowed back into the home her husband bought after World War II following her eviction seven months ago. Full Story | Top | 'Ridiculously Photogenic Guy' image goes viral Thu,5 Apr 2012 09:23 AM PDT The Sideshow - A candid photo of a man in the middle of a 10k run with a seemingly carefree smile has gone viral after he was given the moniker, "Ridiculously Photogenic Guy." And as with any good meme, the photo has quickly spawned a number of altered versions of the original photograph, with users adding their own [...] Full Story | Top | The Next Cuban Revolution? Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:20 PM PDT Around the World - As the winds of change swirled during the Arab Spring over the past year, many began to wonder whether there might be a similar movement in Cuba — a "Cuban Spring." While visiting Cuba to cover the visit of Pope Benedict, we spent time with students at a University cafeteria, and in speaking with them [...] Full Story | Top | Marine to argue free speech case at hearing Thu,5 Apr 2012 01:41 AM PDT Associated Press - A Marine facing dismissal for running a Facebook page criticizing the Obama administration is now backed by a team of lawyers and federal congressmen as he fights to stay in the military and test its age-old policy of limiting the free speech of service members. Full Story | Top | Obama: 'No Silver Bullets' on Gas, Noncommittal on SPR Release Thu,5 Apr 2012 01:28 PM PDT Daniel Gross - "Here we are again." That's what President Obama said to me at the White House on Wednesday (video below). Almost a year ago, at a meeting on June 8, 2011, with a group of financial journalists, I asked President Obama if he was considering releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to [...] Full Story | Top | Did Zimmerman say 'punks' or racial slur in 911 recording? Thu,5 Apr 2012 05:57 PM PDT The Upshot - Though it was widely reported that George Zimmerman grumbled a racial slur before shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his lawyers have insisted their client instead said "F---ing punks". Now they seem to have science on their side. Renowned forensic audio expert Tom Owen analyzed the 911 recording—which was fraught with cell phone interference—and told CNN that [...] Full Story | Top | Computer Virus: How to Remove It Wed,28 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PDT Upgrade Your Life - Ughhhh! If your PC has ever been infected - or worse, if it's infected right now - you're probably groaning. Yes it's a pain, but the good news is: you can remove viruses yourself, for free. STEP 1: Back Up Documents, Photos and Videos. Save your important data to an external drive. Be sure to [...] Full Story | Top | Barry apologizes for comment on Asian businesses Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Just after yet another decisive electoral victory, D.C. Councilman Marion Barry is once again embroiled in controversy, this time for remarks disparaging Asian-owned businesses in his poor, majority-black ward. Full Story | Top | Snakes on a plane! Pilot makes emergency landing after discovering snake in cockpit Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:03 AM PDT The Sideshow - Life imitates campy horror movies: An Australian pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday after alerting air traffic control that he had snakes on his plane. "Look, you're not going to believe this," Braden Blennerhassett, the pilot, said during the emergency call. "I've got snakes on a plane." According to Australia's Nine [...] Full Story | Top | The 45 overused medical procedures costing Americans billions (STUDY) Wed,4 Apr 2012 02:21 PM PDT The Sideshow - Nine U.S. medical specialty societies representing 374,000 physicians have put together a list of "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question." As outlined in a March 2010 American Thinker article by Richard Baehr, many experts think the real problem with America's health care system is the inherently expensive cost of goods and services, as opposed [...] Full Story | Top | A Graceful Exit for Rick Santorum? Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:12 PM PDT Power Players - George's Bottom Line After a series of primary losses Sen. John McCain said it's time for Rick Santorum to make a graceful exit from the presidential race. McCain himself set a dignified example when he bowed out in 2000 and then again on election night in 2008 when he acknowledged then President-Elect Obama's perseverance and [...] Full Story | Top | Pilot turns back after snake pops out of dashboard Thu,5 Apr 2012 08:40 AM PDT Associated Press - An Australian pilot said he was forced to make a harrowing landing reminiscent of a Hollywood thriller after a snake popped out from behind his dashboard and slithered across his leg during a solo cargo flight. Full Story | Top | Jerry Smith's Obama rebuke questioned by legal experts Wed,4 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT The Lookout - In what some are calling a partisan ploy, a federal judge issued a demand on Tuesday that Justice Department attorneys submit a three-page letter explaining whether they believe courts have the right to strike down laws. Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan appointee who sits on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said some unspecified [...] Full Story | Top | Keith Olbermann sues Current TV for millions Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:44 PM PDT The Upshot - TMZ is reporting that fired broadcaster Keith Olbermann is suing his former employer Current TV for tens of millions of dollars. The Associated Press and CNN have also reported the suit. Olbermann, who came to Current from MSNBC less than a year ago, was fired late last week via a rather humiliating open letter from [...] Full Story | Top | Former arms dealer faces possible life sentence Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:14 AM PDT Associated Press - A Russian man who became known as the "Merchant of Death" for his exploits in the arms sales markets worldwide is set to learn how long he'll be in prison after his defense lawyers asked a judge to set him free and prosecutors asked that he never get out. Full Story | Top | 'Kony 2012′ sequel released by Invisible Children (VIDEO) Thu,5 Apr 2012 08:03 AM PDT The Envoy - Invisible Children, the organization behind the viral smash hit "Kony 2012" video, released the sequel on Thursday. Like the original, half-hour documentary, this 20-minute film, titled "Kony 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous," attacks Joseph Kony, the Ugandan warlord featured in the first video. The new video also addresses critics who charged the first mini-documentary oversimplifies [...] Full Story | Top | Dallas tornado aftermath: Puppy reunited with owner (VIDEO) Thu,5 Apr 2012 08:37 AM PDT The Cutline - It was a made-for-morning television moment: a local reporter, a lost puppy and a tornado victim. Amanda Guerra, a reporter for NBC's Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate, found the 10-month-puppy, Brownie, amid the rubble in Lancaster, Texas, one of the towns hit hard by Tuesday's tornadoes. While touring the devastation, Guerra said her news crew discovered Brownie [...] Full Story | Top | Pope denounces dissident priests on celibacy Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT Associated Press - Pope Benedict XVI has denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church. Full Story | Top | Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - MABALACAT, Philippines (Reuters) - Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on Thursday in an annual gory religious ritual as the mainly Catholic Philippines observed near the end of the Lenten season. Many Filipino devotees perform religious penance during the week leading up to Easter Sunday as a form of worship and supplication, a practice discouraged by Catholic bishops, but widely believed by devotees to cleanse sins, cure illness and even grant wishes. ... Full Story | Top | Texts From Hillary: your new favorite political Tumblr Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT The Ticket - Two photos of Hillary Clinton on a military C-17 plane taken last October, one by Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque, the other by Time photographer Diana Walker, have resurfaced this week as the foundation of what we at Yahoo News have determined is the best political meme of 2012 thus far. (A senior editorial staffer at [...] Full Story | Top | Rocket hits Israeli city near Egypt border Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT Associated Press - A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai desert hit a southern Israeli resort city early Thursday, police said, raising new concerns about militant activity in the mountainous peninsula. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Sinai was becoming a "terror zone." Full Story | Top |
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