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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Humorous Hillary Clinton blog has Web laughing out loud Team Santorum huddles amid calls to withdraw Forensic audio expert: Zimmerman said 'punks' Arkansas football coach put on leave after crash revelations Class photo called 'offensive' and 'degrading' Obama camp's hashtag targeting Romney backfires Olbermann sues Current TV for millions Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship Groundbreaking black journalist Gil Noble dies Obama campaign pounces on Romney assets report Three plead guilty in botched 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting 'Merchant of Death' gets 25 years 'Seasoned' producer at center of NBC probe into shooting story error Time to tap into oil reserves - again? Europe is baffled by the U.S. Supreme Court Russian Orthodox Church apologizes for altering photo Barry apologizes for comment on Asian businesses Russia developing a gun that turns people into zombies - seriously Your future gadgets may have bendy, edgeless displays Photos: Wyoming town with 1 resident sold for $900,000 Humorous Hillary Clinton blog has Web laughing out loud Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT The Ticket - Two photos of Hillary Clinton on a military C-17 plane taken last October have resurfaced this week as the foundation of what we at Yahoo News have determined is the best political meme of 2012 thus far. Full Story Top Team Santorum huddles amid calls to withdraw Thu,5 Apr 2012 02:43 PM PDT The Ticket - Rick Santorum gathered privately with prominent conservatives Thursday to discuss his path forward in the 2012 presidential race, news outlets reported. Full Story Top Forensic audio expert: Zimmerman said 'punks' 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". Full Story Top Arkansas football coach put on leave after crash revelations Thu,5 Apr 2012 09:35 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - Arkansas put football coach Bobby Petrino on paid leave after he failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee half his age when his motorcycle skidded off the road. Full Story Top Class photo called 'offensive' and 'degrading' Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:33 PM PDT The Upshot - An elementary school class picture is causing quite a stir after the photographer Photoshopped a cartoon smiley face over a boy's head. Full Story Top Obama camp's hashtag targeting Romney backfires Thu,5 Apr 2012 08:25 PM PDT The Ticket - Next time President Barack Obama's re-election campaign wants to motivate the Twitterverse with a hashtag, they might consider using one that doesn't have so much flexibility. Full Story Top 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. Full Story Top Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:30 PM PDT Associated Press - The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over. Full Story Top Groundbreaking black journalist Gil Noble dies Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:35 PM PDT Associated Press - Gil Noble, the longtime host of WABC-TV's groundbreaking public affairs program "Like It Is," on which he interviewed such notables as Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali died Thursday at age 80. Full Story Top Obama campaign pounces on Romney assets report Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:52 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - The Obama re-election campaign tonight is seizing on a report that suggests Mitt Romney is using ethics exceptions to avoid disclosing some of his financial investments. Full Story Top Three plead guilty in botched 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:57 PM PDT Reuters - Three men pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking high-powered rifles and other guns to Mexico from Arizona under the botched "Fast and Furious" federal sting operation tied to the murder of a U.S. federal agent. Full Story Top 'Merchant of Death' gets 25 years Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:12 PM PDT Associated Press - A defiant Russian arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his conviction on terrorism charges that grew from a U.S. sting operation. Full Story Top 'Seasoned' producer at center of NBC probe into shooting story error Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:33 PM PDT Reuters - An internal NBC News probe has determined a "seasoned" producer was to blame for a misleading clip of a 911 aired during its coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Full Story Top Time to tap into oil reserves - again? Thu,5 Apr 2012 02:36 PM PDT Daniel Gross - Y! Finance - Our economics editor Dan Gross grills the president on his gas prices plan. 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. Full Story Top Russian Orthodox Church apologizes for altering photo Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:15 PM PDT ABC News - The Russian Orthodox Church issued an official apology for digitally removing a luxury watch from an image of Patriarch Kirill. He was pictured in a meeting with Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov. 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 Russia developing a gun that turns people into zombies - seriously Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Ever since the game Resident Evil and the movie 28 Days Later breathed new light into the zombie attack genre, America has been on something of an obsessive kick. We all played Plants vs. Zombies. We've designed exercise routines to help keep us safe … Continue reading → Full Story Top Your future gadgets may have bendy, edgeless displays Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:47 PM PDT Technology News Blog - In the future, bendy, twisty phones and tablets may be common options when buying new devices. Samsung has long been working on flexible gadgets and even showed off prototypes at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Nokia envisions an elastic phone in its future, … Continue reading → Full Story Top Photos: Wyoming town with 1 resident sold for $900,000 Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:43 PM PDT Yahoo! News - A town advertised as the smallest in the United States has sold at auction for $900,000. Buford, Wyo., is located between Cheyenne and Laramie in southeast Wyoming. Two unidentified Vietnamese men placed the winning bid for the town on Apr. 5. Full Story Top

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