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News - Latest News & Headlines: British spy chief: West faces 'astonishing' cyber spy threats Romney gains toehold in Silicon Valley fundraising Scalia blasts 'evil effects of illegal immigration' H1N1 swine flu may have killed 15 times more than first said Readers' snapshots of Colorado wildfires Report: Norwegian terrorist trained in Yemen now 'operational' Intelligence director's weapon of choice in war on leaks Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty WSJ: News Corp considering splitting into two Tropical Storm Debby soaks Florida's Gulf Coast W.H. on upcoming health care ruling: We're ready for anything Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Reports: Holder contempt vote to be held Thursday Train in Okla. collision failed to take side track Canadian house bought in 1982 for $15,000 now worth $2 million U.S. will help Turkey hold Syria 'accountable' for jet shoot-down Interactive: Immigration from Mexico plummeted before Ariz. law British spy chief: West faces 'astonishing' cyber spy threats Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT ABC News - Britain's spy chief warns against "industrial-scale" proliferation of cyber espionage, mainly from China. Full Story Top Romney gains toehold in Silicon Valley fundraising Mon,25 Jun 2012 10:07 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama, his Blackberry always close at hand, was the darling of the technology world and it rewarded him with generous donations to his 2008 campaign. Although he is still raising far more money there than current Republican rival Mitt Romney, Obama in 2012 is finding Silicon Valley to be tougher terrain. ... Full Story Top Scalia blasts 'evil effects of illegal immigration' Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT In a stinging, 22-page dissent to Monday's decision striking down most of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, Justice Antonin Scalia criticized President Obama's announcement earlier this month that he would stay the deportation of young illegal immigrants. Full Story Top H1N1 swine flu may have killed 15 times more than first said Mon,25 Jun 2012 01:28 PM PDT Good Morning America - The 2009 outbreak of the swine flu virus, H1N1, may have killed far more people than originally counted by the World Health Organization, according to a new study. Full Story Top Readers' snapshots of Colorado wildfires Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire billows near Colorado Springs, Colo. By Monday afternoon, the fire was 5 percent contained. Authorities said the fire had burned nearly 3,500 acres. Full Story Top Report: Norwegian terrorist trained in Yemen now 'operational' Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:28 PM PDT ABC News - A Norwegian man who received terrorist training in Yemen is "operational" and is likely awaiting instructions to attack Western targets, according to an AP report, which was confirmed by an ABC News intelligence source. Full Story Top Intelligence director's weapon of choice in war on leaks Mon,25 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT Employees at many of America's top intelligence gathering and analysis agencies will have to convince a lie detector that they haven't spilled any of the nation's secrets to the media. Full Story Top Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:02 PM PDT Associated Press - As Jerry Sandusky insisted through a lawyer that he is not guilty of sexually abusing children, a juror who voted to convict the retired Penn State assistant coach said she hoped the verdict would help his accusers heal. Full Story Top WSJ: News Corp considering splitting into two Mon,25 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is thinking of splitting into two companies, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. A final decision on the split has not been made, the paper said, adding that the Murdoch family is not expected to lose its effective control of any of the businesses involved. The company plans to separate its publishing assets from its entertainment businesses, the report said. The split would mean News Corp's film and television businesses will be carved off from its newspapers, book publishing assets and education businesses. ... Full Story Top Tropical Storm Debby soaks Florida's Gulf Coast Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:20 PM PDT Associated Press - Practically parked off Florida's Gulf Coast since the weekend, Tropical Storm Debby raked the Tampa Bay area with high wind and heavy rain Monday in a drenching that could top 2 feet over the next few days and trigger widespread flooding. Full Story Top W.H. on upcoming health care ruling: We're ready for anything Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT President Barack Obama is "confident" that the health care overhaul he has described as his signature domestic achievement is constitutional but he will be "ready" for anything. "We remain confident that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and we are ready for whatever decision is rendered by the Supreme Court," press secretary Jay Carney told [...] Full Story Top Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:51 PM PDT Associated Press - Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. Full Story Top Reports: Holder contempt vote to be held Thursday Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:42 PM PDT Sources tell the Washington Post and CNN that the U.S. House has scheduled a vote for Thursday on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Holder is under fire for failing to turn over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, the failed gun-walking program that's under investigation. Last week, the [...] Full Story Top Train in Okla. collision failed to take side track Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:12 PM PDT Associated Press - Two freight trains that collided in an Oklahoma wheat field weren't blowing their horns or flashing their lights as they hurtled toward each other, according to long-haul trucker who watched helplessly from a highway as the locomotives collided head-on. Full Story Top Canadian house bought in 1982 for $15,000 now worth $2 million Mon,25 Jun 2012 04:12 PM PDT Photographer Sherman Hines purchased his Nova Scotia home for just CA$15,000 in 1982. Now, he and his wife are selling the restored 7-room home for CA$2 million. And he'd prefer you turn it into a museum. But it's not a case of ego run wild. In truth, the home itself is a piece of history. [...] Full Story Top U.S. will help Turkey hold Syria 'accountable' for jet shoot-down Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT The White House on Monday promised to work with Turkey and other NATO allies to hold Syria "accountable" for what American officials have described as the deliberate downing of a Turkish military jet, apparently in international airspace. Turkey said it would push NATO, whose governing body meets Tuesday to discuss the matter, to consider the [...] Full Story Top Interactive: Immigration from Mexico plummeted before Ariz. law Mon,25 Jun 2012 10:22 AM PDT To visualize how dramatically illegal immigration has abated, Yahoo News teamed up with Michael Gastner, a junior research fellow at Imperial College London, who specializes in creating maps that manipulate the shape of states to represent data. (One of his popular "cartograms," for example, uses physics equations to reshape the United States according to population density.) Full Story Top

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