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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Wind-whipped Oklahoma wildfires destroy homes Ex-federal prosecutor to probe Colo. shooting A roundup of the day's best photos Clint Eastwood endorses Romney's presidential bid Syrian army moves on rebels in Aleppo, Damascus White House says jobs data shows economy recovering What Gabby Douglas' vault into Olympic history means Chick-fil-A protests: Have they gone too far? Jobs report has something for Obama and Romney U.S. to weigh gay relationships in deportation cases 'Plain Jane Bandit' believed caught after eight heists Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed? Jacksons say estate executors harming the family Professor wins $5 million grant to study life after death How to keep strangers from sitting next to you Birds' heads torn off in Australian zoo rampage N. Korea gives refrigerators for medals, labor camp for losing NASA forms $1.1B partnership with private space companies Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job Wind-whipped Oklahoma wildfires destroy homes Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:40 PM PDT Associated Press - A wildfire whipped by gusty, southerly winds swept through rural woodlands south of the Oklahoma City area Friday, burning several homes as firefighters struggled to contain it in 113-degree heat. Full Story Top Ex-federal prosecutor to probe Colo. shooting Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - The University of Colorado has hired a former federal prosecutor to probe its handling of a former graduate student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 in a shooting spree at a movie theater in a Denver suburb, the school said on Friday. Robert Miller was retained to conduct an internal review of the university's dealings with accused gunman and former neuroscience graduate student James Holmes, the university said in a written statement. ... Full Story Top A roundup of the day's best photos Fri,3 Aug 2012 06:47 AM PDT An Indian farmer walks through a dry, cracked paddy field in Ranbir Singh Pura 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. India's Meteorological Department says it expects the country to get at least 10 percent less rain this June-to-September monsoon season. The shortfall also is expected to swell electricity demand in a power-starved nation as farmers turn to irrigation pumps to keep their fields watered. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Full Story Top Clint Eastwood endorses Romney's presidential bid Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:04 PM PDT Associated Press - Clint Eastwood just made Mitt Romney's day. Full Story Top Syrian army moves on rebels in Aleppo, Damascus Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces stormed the last rebel stronghold in the capital Damascus in tanks and armoured vehicles on Friday and blasted artillery at rebels in Aleppo, where the United Nations said the army was preparing a massive assault. The violence came within hours of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, underlining the impotence of mediation efforts in the 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. A senior U.N. ... Full Story Top White House says jobs data shows economy recovering Fri,3 Aug 2012 05:56 PM PDT Reuters - The White House said on Friday that data showing U.S. hiring increased in July showed the economy was continuing to recover, and stressed the jobless rate was "essentially unchanged" despite ... Full Story Top What Gabby Douglas' vault into Olympic history means Fri,3 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT The 16-year-old's triumph—not to mention her poise, her maturity, her focus, her elegance—will help recalibrate what young females of color believe is within their reach. Full Story Top Chick-fil-A protests: Have they gone too far? Fri,3 Aug 2012 03:20 PM PDT Yahoo! Finance - It seems that a sandwich has become the target of partisan political debate. Ever since Dan Cathy, the president of chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, voiced his opposition to gay marriage, opinions about the company have caused a lot of indigestion. Full Story Top Jobs report has something for Obama and Romney Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - With higher-than-expected job creation in July, President Obama avoided a major blow in Friday's unemployment report. But the rise in the jobless rate to 8.3 percent, up from 8.2 percent, mitigated the positive news – and handed campaign fodder to Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Full Story Top U.S. to weigh gay relationships in deportation cases Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT Associated Press - Amid pressure from lawmakers, Homeland Security officials are reiterating that a foreigner's longstanding same-sex relationship with a U.S. citizen could help stave off the threat of deportation. Full Story Top 'Plain Jane Bandit' believed caught after eight heists Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT ABC News - The "Plain Jane Bandit," who is believed to be responsible for eight bank heists or attempted bank robberies in Southern California, has been arrested, officials said. Full Story Top Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed? Fri,3 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT Tune in to the Yahoo! live-stream on Sunday, August 5, at 10:31 p.m. PT or 1:31 a.m. ET. On Sunday night, millions of miles away, a nail-biter of a landing will be executed—or not—on Mars. The Mars rover, Curiosity, which has been traveling to the distant planet for the past eight-and-a-half months, will land on [...] Full Story Top Jacksons say estate executors harming the family Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:05 PM PDT Associated Press - Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson say the executors of Michael Jackson's will are causing harm by damaging "fundamental family relationships" and isolating matriarch Katherine Jackson "from anyone questioning the validity of Michael's will." Full Story Top Professor wins $5 million grant to study life after death Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:17 PM PDT Pop quiz: Does life exist after death? A University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, John Martin Fischer, has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant by the John Templeton Foundation to study just this topic—and yes, students can take his class. Fischer noted in an email to Yahoo News, "Both I and my post-doc, Benjamin [...] Full Story Top How to keep strangers from sitting next to you Fri,3 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT A new study offers some helpful hints on navigating our "culture of social isolation in public places," better known as, how to keep people from sitting next to you on the plane, bus or train. Yale University's Esther Kim spent three years traveling thousands of miles across U.S. bus systems to compile her observations. "I [...] Full Story Top Birds' heads torn off in Australian zoo rampage Fri,3 Aug 2012 10:30 PM PDT AFP - Nine birds, including an endangered swift parrot, had their heads smashed in or ripped off and more than 60 animals were missing on Saturday after vandals went on the rampage at an Australian zoo. Full Story Top N. Korea gives refrigerators for medals, labor camp for losing Fri,3 Aug 2012 03:54 AM PDT ABC News - North Korea's Olympic athletes are thrilling their countrymen with surprising success in winning medals but according to defectors, these medals have a dark side. Full Story Top NASA forms $1.1B partnership with private space companies Fri,3 Aug 2012 09:41 AM PDT Though many of us dream of exploring the stars or starting a human colony on Mars, that dream is not shared by the government. Full Story Top Missile Defense Agency employees warned about porn on the job Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT ABC News - A top official at the government agency charged with protecting America from incoming nuclear missiles recently had to order his employees to keep their eyes on the sky and off pornographic websites they had accessed on secure computers. Full Story Top

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