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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Americans brace for next foreclosure wave 'Merchant of death' arms dealer faces possible life sentence Texas residents sift through rubble from tornadoes Marine critical of Obama faces discharge Poll shows Romney leading Santorum in Pennsylvania Former S. Dakota Sen. George McGovern hospitalized Evicted 101-year-old Detroiter gets her home back Nursing director thinks she was target of shooter Newt Gingrich says he's in until Romney reaches 1,144 Whitney Houston's final autopsy report released Judge's Obama rebuke questioned by legal experts Mississippi bill may force state's only abortion clinic to close Washington boy, 9, writes apology to girl he shot Prison time for New Orleans ex-cops in post-Katrina killings Will 'pink slime' labels restore shoppers' confidence? Anti-abortion grandpa faces lawsuit U.S. suspends $13 million in aid to Mali Republican official: U.S. Rep. Johnson to retire Judge orders psych exam for JetBlue captain Power shortages loom with idled Calif. nuke plant Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis to leave SNL? What's the deal with Google's crazy augmented reality glasses? Americans brace for next foreclosure wave Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT 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. Full Story Top 'Merchant of death' arms dealer faces possible life sentence Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:36 PM PDT Associated Press - A former Soviet officer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for his reputation for putting deadly weapons into the hands of violent dictators and regimes is set for sentencing in New York Thursday. Full Story Top Texas residents sift through rubble from tornadoes Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:58 PM PDT Associated Press - As a twister bore down on her neighborhood, Sherry Enochs grabbed the three young children in her home and hid in her bathtub. The winds swirled and snatched away two of the children. Her home collapsed around her. Full Story Top Marine critical of Obama faces discharge Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:50 PM PDT Reuters - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to block disciplinary action against a Marine who criticized President Barack Obama on Facebook and called him a "domestic enemy" in a posting to an internal military network. Full Story Top Poll shows Romney leading Santorum in Pennsylvania Wed,4 Apr 2012 08:49 PM PDT The Ticket - Three weeks before the Pennsylvania Republican primary, a state poll shows Mitt Romney leading Rick Santorum by 5 points in Santorum's home state. Full Story Top Former S. Dakota Sen. George McGovern hospitalized Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:35 PM PDT Associated Press - Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said. 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. Full Story Top Nursing director thinks she was target of shooter Wed,4 Apr 2012 08:14 PM PDT Associated Press - An administrator at Oikos university where seven people were killed this week said she was the gunman's primary intended target after she rejected his requests for a tuition refund. Full Story Top Newt Gingrich says he's in until Romney reaches 1,144 Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:28 PM PDT ABC News - Struggling with allergies and in the polls, Newt Gingrich insisted he's "staying in the race" until Mitt Romney gets all the delegates needed to become the GOP nominee. "He has not done that yet." Full Story Top Whitney Houston's final autopsy report released Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:45 PM PDT Yahoo! OMG - Whitney Houston was found face-down in a bathtub with cocaine in her system and drug paraphernalia on the bathroom counter nearby, investigators revealed in the singer's final autopsy report released Wednesday. Full Story Top Judge'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 that Justice Department attorneys submit a three-page letter explaining whether they believe courts have the right to strike down laws. Full Story Top Mississippi bill may force state's only abortion clinic to close Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - The Mississippi state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to impose new regulations on facilities providing abortions that supporters of the state's only abortion clinic said could force it to close. The measure, which previously passed in the state House of Representatives, would requires physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and be board certified or eligible in obstetrics and gynecology. ... Full Story Top Washington boy, 9, writes apology to girl he shot Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:19 PM PDT Good Morning America - 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. Full Story Top Prison time for New Orleans ex-cops in post-Katrina killings Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:10 PM PDT Reuters - Four former New Orleans policemen convicted of shooting unarmed people following Hurricane Katrina were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday in what the U.S. government described as the most important police misconduct case since the Rodney King beating nearly two decades ago. Full Story Top Will 'pink slime' labels restore shoppers' confidence? Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:46 PM PDT Associated Press - Some beef processors plan on labeling beef containing the meat product commonly known as "pink slime" in hope that such a designator will help restore consumer confidence. Full Story Top Anti-abortion grandpa faces lawsuit Wed,4 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Dick Retta stands outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Washington three days a week, trying to persuade pregnant women not to get abortions. Full Story Top U.S. suspends $13 million in aid to Mali Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:01 PM PDT Reuters - The United States is suspending at least $13 million of its roughly $140 million in annual aid to Mali following last month's coup in the West African nation, the State Department said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Republican official: U.S. Rep. Johnson to retire Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:17 PM PDT Associated Press - Veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire, a Republican official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Judge orders psych exam for JetBlue captain Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:13 PM PDT Associated Press - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a psychiatric exam for the JetBlue Airways captain accused of interfering with a flight crew when he disrupted a Las Vegas-bound flight after he left the cockpit and screamed about religion and terrorists Full Story Top Power shortages loom with idled Calif. nuke plant Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:30 PM PDT Associated Press - It will take more than the flip of a switch to replace power lost from the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant. Full Story Top Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis to leave SNL? Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:47 PM PDT Yahoo! OMG - Two sources tell the new Us Weekly (on stands Friday) that several key Saturday Night Live players are following in the footsteps of SNL alums Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and ready to move on. Full Story Top What's the deal with Google's crazy augmented reality glasses? Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:01 PM PDT Technology News Blog - If flying cars and uncannily dexterous robots haven't tipped you off already, know this: the future is here. We're living in an age when Star Trek tech is getting realized little by little, and Google's just revealed a secret undertaking that … Continue reading → Full Story Top

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