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Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:09 AM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Remembering TV legend Dick Clark: His life in pictures Secret Service ousts 3 members from agency Ann Romney's profile grows as election looms India tests nuke-capable missile able to hit China Syria not complying with Annan peace plan: U.N. chief Why hasn't Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney yet? Search on for entangled whale off Calif. coast Buffett cancer diagnosis: The real question facing investors Cops take school kids' DNA in Calif. murder case Nurse accused in baby abduction had miscarried N.J. bully's paralyzing punch costs school district $4.2 million Romney: Obama is 'in over his head' on the economy Obama campaign launches all-out blitz for Latino vote Small Illinois town's comptroller accused of stealing millions GSA scandal is just a drop in the Buffett Airport stripper says he was 'nude but not lewd' Rick Perry will give 2016 run 'a good examination' Escort says Secret Service agent offered her just $30 for sex Apple wants trial on e-book price-fixing: lawyer Mel Gibson rage recording in Costa Rica Bloomberg moves toward ban on smoking in apartments Remembering TV legend Dick Clark: His life in pictures Wed,18 Apr 2012 04:07 PM PDT FILE - This March 8, 1982 file photo shows Dick Clark. Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 of a heart attack. He was 82. (AP Photo/file) Full Story Top Secret Service ousts 3 members from agency Wed,18 Apr 2012 03:14 PM PDT The Ticket - The Secret Service announced late Wednesday that three of its personnel connected to the Colombia prostitute scandal -- two supervisors and one agent -- will leave the agency while eight more remain under investigation over the controversy. Full Story Top Ann Romney's profile grows as election looms Wed,18 Apr 2012 11:20 PM PDT Associated Press - She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as "Mamie," a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon. Full Story Top India tests nuke-capable missile able to hit China Wed,18 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT Associated Press - India announced Thursday that it had successfully test launched a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. Full Story Top Syria not complying with Annan peace plan: U.N. chief Wed,18 Apr 2012 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - Syria has not fully complied with its obligations to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from towns and has yet to send a "clear signal" about its commitment to peace, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Full Story Top Why hasn't Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney yet? Wed,18 Apr 2012 01:42 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race more than a week ago, but he has yet to endorse the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. Full Story Top Search on for entangled whale off Calif. coast Wed,18 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Boats and helicopters scoured the Southern California waters Wednesday for a 40-foot gray whale that became tangled in fishing line while migrating the wrong way. Full Story Top Buffett cancer diagnosis: The real question facing investors Wed,18 Apr 2012 06:22 PM PDT Breakout - Y! Finance - The trading world trembled after the bell yesterday with the disclosure that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett has stage 1 prostate cancer. Full Story Top Cops take school kids' DNA in Calif. murder case Wed,18 Apr 2012 06:29 PM PDT ABC News - Samples of DNA were collected without parental consent from students at a Sacramento, Calif., middle school in connection with the murder of an 8th grade student who was found stabbed, strangled and beaten to death. Full Story Top Nurse accused in baby abduction had miscarried Wed,18 Apr 2012 07:56 PM PDT Associated Press - Verna McClain told her fiance she had given birth to their child. But after she suffered a miscarriage, authorities said, she went looking for another baby to present to him. Full Story Top N.J. bully's paralyzing punch costs school district $4.2 million Wed,18 Apr 2012 02:23 PM PDT Associated Press - A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit by a middle school student who was paralyzed when a known bully punched him in the abdomen. Full Story Top Romney: Obama is 'in over his head' on the economy Wed,18 Apr 2012 01:37 PM PDT The Ticket - Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama is "in over his head and swimming in the wrong direction" when it comes to the nation's economy and that his policies are "putting in peril" America's future. Full Story Top Obama campaign launches all-out blitz for Latino vote Wed,18 Apr 2012 10:07 AM PDT The Ticket - President Obama's campaign has launched an aggressive national effort to energize and rally Latino voters who could help him carry key states like Colorado, Florida and Nevada and hand him a second term. Full Story Top Small Illinois town's comptroller accused of stealing millions Wed,18 Apr 2012 01:08 PM PDT The Lookout - The chief financial officer of Dixon, Ill., has been put on unpaid leave after she was arrested by FBI agents and charged with defrauding the city of $3.2 million and misappropriating another $30 million in city funds. Full Story Top GSA scandal is just a drop in the Buffett Wed,18 Apr 2012 02:10 PM PDT The Ticket - Right now, Washington is roiled by two budget conflicts of vastly different scale. Full Story Top Airport stripper says he was 'nude but not lewd' Wed,18 Apr 2012 06:22 PM PDT Associated Press - A high-tech worker who stripped naked at Portland International Airport as a protest against airport security screeners said Wednesday he was being "nude but not lewd," and characterized his act of defiance as protected political speech. Full Story Top Rick Perry will give 2016 run 'a good examination' Wed,18 Apr 2012 03:43 PM PDT National Journal - Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be out of this year's presidential race, but that doesn't mean he won't run again. Perry told a Dallas TV station he would give a possible 2016 presidential run "a good examination." Full Story Top Escort says Secret Service agent offered her just $30 for sex Wed,18 Apr 2012 12:03 PM PDT The Ticket - The New York Times has what appears to be the first interview with an escort involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal that's rocked the Secret Service. Full Story Top Apple wants trial on e-book price-fixing: lawyer Wed,18 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday. Two publishers took a similar stance in the first hearing in Manhattan federal court since the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice last week accused Apple and five publishers of colluding to break up Amazon.com's low-cost dominance of the digital book market. ... Full Story Top Mel Gibson rage recording in Costa Rica Wed,18 Apr 2012 07:00 PM PDT Yahoo! Movies - Mel Gibson shouted terrifying epithets at his houseguests during a rampage at his home in Costa Rica in December, according to a recording obtained by TheWrap. Full Story Top Bloomberg moves toward ban on smoking in apartments Wed,18 Apr 2012 01:24 PM PDT The Upshot - New York City residents who are still smokers are an unloved bunch in the Big Apple. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made it his mission to ban cigarettes from public places, including restaurants, bars, parks, beaches, and even Times Square. And if hizzoner has his way, apartments will be his next smoke-free target. To be clear, [...] Full Story Top

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