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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Voters on Christie's Address: Likable, Honest but Lacking Romney Focus 'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden's death Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past 'Their Biases' Jewish Student Says Attackers Stapled His Lips Shut 'Missing' woman unknowingly joins search for herself Ann Romney, Chris Christie: Mitt Romney's heart and spine Obama administration hikes CAFE fuel economy standard to 54.5 mpg Are You Being Monitored At Work? Rudy Giuliani: Election between 'Mr. Cool' and 'Mr. Competent' Navy SEAL on Bin Laden Raid Speaks Out GOP OKs platform barring abortions, gay marriage Live-blog: Tropical Storm Isaac batters Gulf Coast Obama - Don't Boo the RNC, Vote Isaac Makes Second Landfall, Levee Overtopped in Plaquemines Parish Butterball Farm Worker Guilty of Animal Cruelty Ann Romney just knows: Can a speech by a woman, for women, draft female voters for Mitt? FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts Obama participates in surprise Reddit chat Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease Officials may breach levee as Isaac storms inland NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy Ron Paul delegates cause ruckus on convention floor Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California Space Sugar Discovered Around Sun-Like Star Putin Lives Large: Yachts and Planes Drenched New Orleans passes big post-Katrina test Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales Two Alien Planets Found with Twin Suns Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine Ryan: Romney won't 'duck tough issues' on economy #HashOut goes on location: What role should First Spouses play in the White House? Condoleezza Rice calls for a 'compassionate' immigration policy at RNC 'It's a little like a reunion': Romney donors get VIP treatment at RNC U.S. activist's death a 'regrettable accident,' Israeli court rules Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back Isaac steers clear of direct blow on New Orleans Low Favorability Trails Romney Up to the Convention Dais Voters on Christie's Address: Likable, Honest but Lacking Romney Focus Tue,28 Aug 2012 09:50 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - Yahoo! News asked voters to share their reactions to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Here are perspectives from voters across the nation. Full Story Top 'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT AFP - The owner of an Indian clothing store said Wednesday that he would only change its name from "Hitler" if he was compensated for re-branding costs, amid a growing row over the new shop. Full Story Top Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions Wed,29 Aug 2012 08:54 AM PDT AFP - Two people were ejected from the Republican National Convention when they threw nuts at a black CNN camera woman and said "this is how we feed animals," the network said Wednesday. Full Story Top School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT Video courtesy KOLN/KGIN 1011 News/Nebraska Central News Three-and-a-half  year old Hunter Spanjer, who is deaf, signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down. To his family, friends and those who know the Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) language that the Grand Island, Neb., boy uses, that gesture [...] Full Story Top SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden's death Wed,29 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT Associated Press - A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented a clear threat when SEALs first fired upon him. Full Story Top Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:49 AM PDT A storm surge from Hurricane Isaac topped a levee in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans early Wednesday, officials said, trapping those who chose not to evacuate. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said the 18-mile-long, 8-foot-high levee—which is not part of the nearly $15 billion federal levee system constructed after Hurricane Katrina—was in the process [...] Full Story Top Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past 'Their Biases' Wed,29 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Tampa, Fla. -Ann Romney's convention speech was directly aimed at wooing female voters, but at a lunch event Wednesday she changed her focus and pitched her husband to Hispanic voters, a voting bloc that is especially important in this battleground state, urging them to get... Full Story Top Jewish Student Says Attackers Stapled His Lips Shut Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT ABC News - A 19-year-old college student who was attending a party near Michigan State University early Sunday morning said he was beaten and his lips were stapled together after his attackers asked if he was Jewish, according to police. Zachary Tennen told police that while he was... Full Story Top 'Missing' woman unknowingly joins search for herself Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:52 AM PDT A woman who was reported missing from an Icelandic tour unwittingly joined a search for herself. According to the Reykjavik Grapevine, a woman described as "Asian, about 160cm, in dark clothing and speaks English well" was listed as missing Saturday near the Eldgjá volcanic canyon in southern Iceland. A search continued through the weekend with [...] Full Story Top Ann Romney, Chris Christie: Mitt Romney's heart and spine Tue,28 Aug 2012 08:50 PM PDT Ann Romney, resplendent in red, vouched for Mitt Romney's heart. Chris Christie vouched for the Republican presidential candidate's spine. The potential future first lady and the blunt-talking New Jersey governor capped the second day of the Republican National Convention with a pair of much-anticipated speeches seemingly designed to counter two of Mitt Romney's perceived weaknesses. [...] Full Story Top Obama administration hikes CAFE fuel economy standard to 54.5 mpg Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT Between the Chevy Volt and the 2011 World Car of the Year Nissan Leaf, the United States has been making huge strides in increasing the average fuel economy of vehicles on the road. The Obama administration doesn't want the progress … Continue reading → Full Story Top Are You Being Monitored At Work? Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 AM PDT A 2011 survey found that over half of US employers are monitoring their employees' computer usage. How can you find out if you are one of them? And if you are, what should you do about it? There are two main ways employers track computer usage — with monitoring software on your desktop, and by [...] Full Story Top Rudy Giuliani: Election between 'Mr. Cool' and 'Mr. Competent' Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT TAMPA—Voters should consider "competence" over "cool" when deciding who to support for president in November, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday. Giuliani stopped by the media filing center near the Republican National Convention site, where he told reporters that voters "made a big mistake" by electing President Barack Obama in 2008. "If I [...] Full Story Top Navy SEAL on Bin Laden Raid Speaks Out Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:30 AM PDT ABC News - Former SEAL Team Six Member Pens Book on Death of Al Qaeda Leader Full Story Top GOP OKs platform barring abortions, gay marriage Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:52 AM PDT Associated Press - Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and reject federal spending as an antidote for the nation's ailing job market. Full Story Top Live-blog: Tropical Storm Isaac batters Gulf Coast Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT Isaac has weakened to a tropical storm, with sustained winds at 70 mph or less. Hundreds of thousands are without power in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and many areas are under flash flood warnings and watches. Yahoo News will be tracking the storm's progress in the player below. Join the conversation by letting us know [...] Full Story Top Obama - Don't Boo the RNC, Vote Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - FORT COLLINS, Colo. — As Republicans began their first night of convention speakers, President Obama told supporters his opponents will put on an "entertaining" show in Tampa with lots of glitz, but little substance. "The show in Tampa I'm sure will be very entertaining and... Full Story Top Isaac Makes Second Landfall, Levee Overtopped in Plaquemines Parish Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:28 PM PDT Good Morning America - More Than 400,000 Homes and Businesses Without Power in New Orleans Full Story Top Butterball Farm Worker Guilty of Animal Cruelty Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT ABC News - Undercover Video Showed Kicking, Stomping of Turkeys Full Story Top Ann Romney just knows: Can a speech by a woman, for women, draft female voters for Mitt? Wed,29 Aug 2012 07:58 AM PDT Ann Romney took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa Tuesday night, talking of nasty weather, and the clouds parted. She seemed to be sunshine itself. In a bespoke, belted, Oscar de la Renta shirtdress of fire-engine red—with a glorious blonde coif that will no doubt inspire salon requests—Romney looked like a pinup girl on a USO tour. A bombshell. At 63. She was fantastic. Full Story Top FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:23 AM PDT Associated Press - "2016: Obama's America," a new conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views, took in $6.2 million to make it one of the highest-grossing movies of last weekend. The film, written and narrated by conservative scholar Dinesh D'Souza, argues that Obama was heavily influenced by what D'Souza calls the "anti-colonial" beliefs of his father, Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan academic who was largely absent from the president's life. Full Story Top Obama participates in surprise Reddit chat Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT President Obama made a surprise appearance online on Wednesday, participating in a live chat on Reddit.com. "Hi, I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States," Obama wrote in a message on the site. "Ask me anything." The post prompted immediate skepticism about its authenticity, so the commander in tweet offered some proof, posting a message [...] Full Story Top Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:34 AM PDT Associated Press - Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed at the park. Full Story Top Officials may breach levee as Isaac storms inland Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT Associated Press - Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans, while in the city, on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, levees were so far holding. Full Story Top NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT Associated Press - A hardware store clerk was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering a lost little boy, bringing an end to a gruesome crime that horrified a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. Full Story Top Ron Paul delegates cause ruckus on convention floor Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT He might not be the Republican nominee, but Ron Paul certainly has loyal delegates. And they're here to make their voices heard—literally. The boisterous delegates caused somewhat of an altercation on the convention floor this Tuesday evening, a night that should belong to Mitt Romney. Whenever a state that had Paul delegates announced its vote, [...] Full Story Top Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unusual swarm of hundreds of mostly small earthquakes has struck Southern California over the last three days and shaken the nerves of quake-hardy residents, but scientists say the cluster is not a sign a larger temblor is imminent. The earthquakes, the largest of which measured magnitude 5.5, began on Saturday evening and have been centered near the town of Brawley close to the state's inland Salton Sea, said Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. ... Full Story Top Space Sugar Discovered Around Sun-Like Star Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:05 AM PDT SPACE.com - What a sweet cosmic find! Sugar molecules have been found in the gas surrounding a young sun-like star, suggesting that some of the building blocks of life may actually be present even as alien planets are still forming in the system. Full Story Top Putin Lives Large: Yachts and Planes Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:59 PM PDT ABC News - To paraphrase the comedian Mel Brooks: it's good to be the President of Russia. According to a report released today by a pair of Russian opposition leaders, President Vladimir Putin enjoys the use of 20 official villas and residences around the country, a billion-dollar fleet... Full Story Top Drenched New Orleans passes big post-Katrina test Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:47 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Drenching rains from Hurricane Isaac brought flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, but elaborate defenses built to protect New Orleans after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago seemed to pass their first major test. The slow moving weather system, downgraded to a tropical storm on Wednesday, dumped massive amounts of rain to test new levees and flood containment systems and officials were careful not to declare a premature victory. ... Full Story Top Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:58 AM PDT Associated Press - What began as bizarre bird behavior has turned into something out of a horror film for threatened whales in Argentina, where seagulls have learned that pecking at the whales' backs can get them a regular seafood dinner. Full Story Top Two Alien Planets Found with Twin Suns Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:50 PM PDT SPACE.com - Astronomers have for the first time discovered two alien planets whirling around a pair of stars: a complete solar system with twin suns just like Luke Skywalker's fictional home world Tatooine. Full Story Top Ryan: Romney won't 'duck tough issues' on economy Wed,29 Aug 2012 08:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Seizing the campaign spotlight, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan embraced "the calling of my generation" to help lead the country in tough times Wednesday night and pledged to cheering Republican National Convention delegates and a prime time TV audience that Mitt Romney will make the bold and difficult decisions needed to repair the nation's economy. Full Story Top #HashOut goes on location: What role should First Spouses play in the White House? Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:03 AM PDT While the heart of the action at the Republican National Convention is in downtown Tampa, Fla., I rest my head every night at the western edge of the region in Clearwater. The downside is that it's at the western edge of the region, adding a significant commute to the heart of hot gavel-on-gavel convention action. [...] Full Story Top Condoleezza Rice calls for a 'compassionate' immigration policy at RNC Wed,29 Aug 2012 07:08 PM PDT TAMPA—Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice implored Republicans to champion a "compassionate" immigration policy in her speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday. "We must continue to welcome the world's most ambitious people to be a part of us. In that way we stay young and optimistic and determined," Rice said. "We need immigration laws [...] Full Story Top 'It's a little like a reunion': Romney donors get VIP treatment at RNC Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT TAMPA—For many of the thousands of delegates in town for this week's Republican National Convention, getting to the convention site in downtown Tampa means a long bus ride through heavy traffic from hotels located as far as 40 miles away. But it's a different story for top donors to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, many of [...] Full Story Top U.S. activist's death a 'regrettable accident,' Israeli court rules Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:53 AM PDT ABC News - JERUSALEM – A court in northern Israel today ruled that Israel and its military were not negligent in the 2003 death of a U.S. activist who was crushed by an army bulldozer. The judge called the death a "regrettable accident," and said Rachel Corrie "did... Full Story Top Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan promised on Wednesday that he and running mate Mitt Romney would lead America out of the economic doldrums by making tough choices that would generate jobs and strengthen the middle class. Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, will accept his assignment as Romney's No. 2 at the Republican convention with the biggest speech of his political career - one designed to fire up conservatives while reaching out to independents still uncertain about the Republican team. "We will not duck the tough issues - we will lead. ... Full Story Top Isaac steers clear of direct blow on New Orleans Wed,29 Aug 2012 10:43 PM PDT Associated Press - Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans on Wednesday, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages that had few defenses against the slow-moving storm that could bring days of unending rain. Full Story Top Low Favorability Trails Romney Up to the Convention Dais Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:01 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination for president this week with the lowest personal popularity of any major-party nominee in polls dating to Ronald Reagan's presidency, a difficulty for Romney that's persisted throughout this election cycle. Forty percent of registered voters in the latest ABC... Full Story Top

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