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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: The things Obama can't control Warmest U.S. spring on record: NOAA Is Germany's debt crisis immunity fading away? Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp Dad still "first choice," but Rand Paul backs Romney Clinton: I'm 'very sorry' for tax cut comments House passes homeland security spending bill Obama campaign chief: 'We got beat,' so let's 'fight like hell' Tornado touches down in Wyo.; at least 1 injured Costner testifies in suit over oil-cleanup devices 'Failure': Romney slams Obama on economy Fourteen dismembered bodies dumped in northern Mexico Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch dead at 65 2 fatally shot, 2 wounded outside funeral in Ga. 1 in 3 Teens Admits to Texting While Driving Suspected meth lab in purse shuts Missouri Walmart CDC: More US teens smoke marijuana than cigarettes Captured soldier's controversial emails published White House: 'No' to independent probe of leaks 97-year-old gets high school diploma Y! Big Story: Facebook slap Annan blames Syria for peace plan failure Screenwriter exposes past sex abuse at elite NYC prep school World War I veteran's missing medal turns up on eBay The things Obama can't control Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:16 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC's George Stephanopoulos narrows down the top potential campaign torpedoes that could sink his campaign. Full Story Top Warmest U.S. spring on record: NOAA Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - So far, 2012 has been the warmest year the United States has ever seen, with the warmest spring and the second-warmest May since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Thursday. Temperatures for the past 12 months and the year-to-date have been the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, NOAA said. The average temperature for the contiguous 48 states for meteorological spring, which runs from March through May, was 57.1 degrees F (13.9 C), 5.2 degrees (2. ... Full Story Top Is Germany's debt crisis immunity fading away? Thu,7 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT What's to become of Europe? As Spain's straits become newly dire and the whole euro zone convulses over its debt crisis, the common prayer is that Germany will rise up, reject outside help and protect the European household. Full Story Top Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp Thu,7 Jun 2012 08:12 PM PDT Associated Press - A Kansas businessman, his wife and their four children died when their small plane crashed in central Florida. Word quickly spread to their hometown where the family was known for their charitable work. Full Story Top Dad still "first choice," but Rand Paul backs Romney Thu,7 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT Reuters - Sen. Rand Paul, whose firebrand father Ron has effectively ended his White House bid but still seeks to grow his movement and influence Republicans nationally, endorsed party nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday. Full Story Top Clinton: I'm 'very sorry' for tax cut comments Thu,7 Jun 2012 03:12 PM PDT Former President Bill Clinton apologized for making comments this week that appeared to be at odds with President Obama's position on extending the Bush tax cuts. "I'm very sorry about what happened," Clinton told CNN. Full Story Top House passes homeland security spending bill Thu,7 Jun 2012 07:42 PM PDT Associated Press - The GOP-controlled House passed a $46 billion measure funding the Homeland Security Department, including more than $5 billion for disaster relief that complies with a budget agreement opposed by tea party conservatives. Full Story Top Obama campaign chief: 'We got beat,' so let's 'fight like hell' Thu,7 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT President Obama's reelection campaign manager bluntly urged the incumbent's supporters to "fight like hell and win this thing" after Mitt Romney out-fundraised the president in May. Full Story Top Tornado touches down in Wyo.; at least 1 injured Thu,7 Jun 2012 09:26 PM PDT Associated Press - Storms brought a tornado and golf-ball-sized hail to Wyoming that downed power lines, damaged homes and pushed some empty train cars on their sides Thursday. Full Story Top Costner testifies in suit over oil-cleanup devices Thu,7 Jun 2012 07:34 PM PDT Associated Press - Actor Kevin Costner testified that he was heartbroken as he watched oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and that he headed to New Orleans to see if cleanup devices he helped develop could aid the recovery effort. Full Story Top 'Failure': Romney slams Obama on economy Thu,7 Jun 2012 11:51 AM PDT Mitt Romney called President Obama's handling of the economy a "moral failure of tragic proportions," suggesting he's failed the American people by enacting policies that have been "muddled, confused and simply ineffective." Full Story Top Fourteen dismembered bodies dumped in northern Mexico Thu,7 Jun 2012 08:21 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fourteen dismembered bodies were found in a truck in the center of a town in northern Mexico on Thursday in what appeared to be the latest atrocity committed by rival gangs battling over drug-smuggling routes, local media said. The bodies of 11 men and three women were discovered in the sugar-cane farming town of Ciudad Mante in the south of Tamaulipas state, which borders on Texas, daily Milenio reported on its website. Officials at the state attorney general's office could not immediately confirm the report. ... Full Story Top Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch dead at 65 Thu,7 Jun 2012 08:42 PM PDT Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who went on to write songs and record several hits during a solo career, died Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 65. Full Story Top 2 fatally shot, 2 wounded outside funeral in Ga. Thu,7 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT Associated Press - Gunfire erupted in a church parking lot as a funeral wrapped up Thursday in an Atlanta suburb, leaving two people dead and another two wounded. Full Story Top 1 in 3 Teens Admits to Texting While Driving Thu,7 Jun 2012 09:15 PM PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Although more teen drivers are buckling up and not driving drunk than in years past, another danger -- texting -- is posing a new threat, U.S. government research shows. Full Story Top Suspected meth lab in purse shuts Missouri Walmart Thu,7 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A Walmart store near St. Louis, Missouri was evacuated briefly on Thursday after employees confronted a suspected shoplifter and found what they believed to be a mobile methamphetamine lab in the woman's purse, a St. Louis County police dispatcher said. Employees called police and the store was closed briefly while a hazardous materials team investigated. Police arrested the suspected shoplifter and the store was subsequently re-opened, the dispatcher said. No other details were immediately available. (Reporting by James Kelleher; Editing by Eric Walsh) Full Story Top CDC: More US teens smoke marijuana than cigarettes Thu,7 Jun 2012 03:07 PM PDT Associated Press - A government survey shows more teens are now smoking pot than cigarettes. Full Story Top Captured soldier's controversial emails published Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT Rolling Stone published a story—"America's Last Prisoner of War"—about Bowe Bergdahl, a 26-year-old U.S. soldier from Idaho captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2009. The 8,000-plus word piece—written by Michael Hastings, whose "Runaway General" profile in 2010 led to the dismissal of U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal—includes excerpts of the last email Bergdahl [...] Full Story Top White House: 'No' to independent probe of leaks Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT President Barack Obama opposes the appointment of a special counsel to investigate whether vital national security secrets were improperly disclosed in a wave of news reports detailing sensitive operations, the White House said Thursday. "No," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked whether Obama would support such a move. Carney [...] Full Story Top 97-year-old gets high school diploma Thu,7 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT Here's one graduate who may feel a little more senior than most: Ann Colagiovanni, 97 years old, is finally receiving her high school diploma. The Depression-era student quit school at the age of 17, back in 1930s, to work in her father's market. The Ohio resident never returned to finish her education but instead became [...] Full Story Top Y! Big Story: Facebook slap Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:55 PM PDT Is this making you yawn? As if the IPO fumble and lawsuit pile-on weren't a couple black eyes for Facebook, now comes an insult even more wounding: People are just bored with the social network. A Reuters/Ipsos poll counted 34% of its users slacking off, compared with six months ago. The most frequent Facebook users [...] Full Story Top Annan blames Syria for peace plan failure Thu,7 Jun 2012 09:18 PM PDT Associated Press - International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad's government. He urged the divided U.N. Security Council to threaten "consequences" if Assad doesn't stop the violence. Full Story Top Screenwriter exposes past sex abuse at elite NYC prep school Thu,7 Jun 2012 09:45 AM PDT In a riveting story in this week's New York Times Magazine, screenwriter Amos Kamil exposes disturbing stories of sexual abuse at one of New York City's most prestigious prep schools in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Kamil, who attended Horace Mann 30 years ago, reveals the stories of unnamed former classmates who say they were abused [...] Full Story Top World War I veteran's missing medal turns up on eBay Thu,7 Jun 2012 11:21 AM PDT The grandson of a decorated World War I veteran had searched in vain for years for his late grandfather's missing war medals. One of them finally turned up, a Victory Medal being auctioned for less than $2 on eBay. "I sent a message to the seller straight away. I suppose I should have bid for [...] Full Story Top

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