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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Hurricane aftermath: Gulf Coast slowly recovers as Isaac pushes north ICE chief of staff resigns amid misconduct claims Iowans greet Obama at airport with less-than-flattering banner 'Raindrops Keep Fallin'' songwriter Hal David dies at 91 Iran says reactor at Bushehr nuclear plant at full capacity Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime White House releases beer recipes: 'Ale to the Chief' Paul Ryan trips over marathon question Cardinal says Catholic Church '200 years out of date' Class reunion letter lists 'white graduates only' party Author Richard Bach injured in Washington plane crash Police rescue kidnapped 17-year-old in Las Vegas NY teen killed on party bus mourned Pilot whales come ashore in Florida, 17 dead Monster truck mishap in Oregon sends 3 to hospital Obama: GOP ideas better suited for the last century Romney will spend next week doing debate prep Obamas, Bidens to visit New Hampshire after convention Poll: Romney's bounce from convention looks short-lived Israeli army: Migron settlers begin leaving homes Hurricane aftermath: Gulf Coast slowly recovers as Isaac pushes north Sat,1 Sep 2012 09:48 PM PDT Associated Press - As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac pushed their way up the Mississippi valley on Saturday, spinning off severe thunderstorms and at least four tornadoes, some on the Gulf Coast were impatient with the pace of restoring power days after the storm dragged through the region. Full Story Top ICE chief of staff resigns amid misconduct claims Sat,1 Sep 2012 08:52 PM PDT Associated Press - A senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned Saturday amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior lodged by at least three Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees. Full Story Top Iowans greet Obama at airport with less-than-flattering banner Sat,1 Sep 2012 04:34 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - SIOUX CITY, Iowa — President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his run to the... Full Story Top 'Raindrops Keep Fallin'' songwriter Hal David dies at 91 Sat,1 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hal David, a lyricist who along with composer Burt Bacharach took the pop world by storm in the 1960s with hits such as "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" and "Walk on By," died in Los Angeles on Saturday at age 91, a representative said. David died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from a stroke, said Jim Steinblatt, spokesman for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP. Earlier this year, David and Bacharach received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, during a White House musical tribute. ... Full Story Top Iran says reactor at Bushehr nuclear plant at full capacity Sat,1 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT Associated Press - TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's sole operational nuclear power reactor has reached full capacity, a senior official said Saturday. Full Story Top Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime Sat,1 Sep 2012 04:41 PM PDT Associated Press - In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store with her two children. In a Chicago area where 23 people have been killed by gunfire so far this year, kids don't want to go outside. In Harlem, a 26-year-old man worries his family will get hit by crossfire. Full Story Top White House releases beer recipes: 'Ale to the Chief' Sat,1 Sep 2012 10:31 AM PDT Tapping into an outpouring of public interest, the White House on Saturday made its beer recipes public — giving hope to any Americans interested in having a hair of the first dog after joining the coalition of the swilling. Sam Kass, White House Assistant Chef and the Senior Policy Advisor for the Healthy Food Initiative, [...] Full Story Top Paul Ryan trips over marathon question Sat,1 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT ABC News (RSS) - COLUMBUS — Paul Ryan is an athlete, no question about it — we know he does the rigorous P90X exercise regime daily. But is he a marathoner? On Hugh Hewitt's radio show Friday it sure sounded like he was, at least in his youth. Hewitt... Full Story Top Cardinal says Catholic Church '200 years out of date' Sat,1 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the Catholic Church was "200 years out of date" in his final interview before his death, published on Saturday. Martini, once favoured by Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II and a prominent voice in the church until his death at the age of 85 on Friday, gave a scathing portrayal of a pompous and bureaucratic church failing to move with the times. ... Full Story Top Class reunion letter lists 'white graduates only' party Sat,1 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT ABC News - Graduates from the St. Martinville, La., Senior High School Class of 1973 decided that after nearly 40 years, they would stop holding segregated class reunions, but a letter announcing the change included an after party for "white graduates only." Michael Kreamer, who is the principal... Full Story Top Author Richard Bach injured in Washington plane crash Sat,1 Sep 2012 08:32 PM PDT Associated Press - Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" among other spiritually oriented books rooted in themes of flight and self-discovery, was in serious condition Saturday after his small plane crashed in Washington state. Full Story Top Police rescue kidnapped 17-year-old in Las Vegas Sat,1 Sep 2012 09:55 PM PDT Associated Press - Police rescued a 17-year-old Henderson girl early Saturday morning to end her 21-hour kidnapping ordeal, and arrested her two alleged abductors. Full Story Top NY teen killed on party bus mourned Sat,1 Sep 2012 11:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Mourning the death of a beloved student in a gruesome accident, English teacher Jane Lynch spoke of the 16-year-old in a trembling voice. Friends sent sad Twitter messages expressing their affection for Daniel Fernandez, and hundreds of students gathered Saturday evening for a candlelight vigil at St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens. Full Story Top Pilot whales come ashore in Florida, 17 dead Sat,1 Sep 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Twenty-two short-finned pilot whales beached themselves along Florida's Atlantic coast on Saturday, and 17 died despite a day-long effort to save them, authorities said. Five calves and juveniles were rescued and taken to a nearby rehabilitation center, according to Carli Segelson of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. She said the others, males and females, died of natural causes or were euthanized. The creatures, which are the biggest in the dolphin family after killer whales, came ashore near Fort Pierce, on Florida's south-central Atlantic coast. The U. ... Full Story Top Monster truck mishap in Oregon sends 3 to hospital Sat,1 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT Associated Press - A monster truck lost traction on a dirt Oregon race track Saturday before hitting a barrier and crossing into the spectator area, where three people were injured, authorities said. Full Story Top Obama: GOP ideas better suited for the last century Sat,1 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT President Barack Obama, in Iowa to kick off a campaign swing, mockingly charged Saturday that the just-concluded Republican convention had showcased policies "better suited for the last century." "You might as well have watched it on a black and white TV," Obama told a cheering crowd of thousands in Urbandale, outside Des Moines. [...] Full Story Top Romney will spend next week doing debate prep Sat,1 Sep 2012 02:03 PM PDT JACKSONVILLE—As Democrats hold their national convention in Charlotte next week, Mitt Romney will be off the trail preparing for this fall's debates with President Barack Obama. The Republican nominee will spend Sunday and Monday at his vacation home in Wolfeburo, N.H. doing debate prep. Romney will then travel to Reading, Vt., where he will continue [...] Full Story Top Obamas, Bidens to visit New Hampshire after convention Sat,1 Sep 2012 02:52 PM PDT This should banish any doubt that New Hampshire matters in November: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr Jill Biden will all attend a campaign rally in the Granite State the day after the Democratic convention, next Friday. It's unusual for both couples to attend the same campaign event. [...] Full Story Top Poll: Romney's bounce from convention looks short-lived Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:48 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A modest bump in popularity for U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney from this week's Republican Party convention looks to be short-lived, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Democratic President Barack Obama regained a narrow lead on Saturday by 44 percent to 43 percent over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Romney, in the latest daily installment of the four-day rolling poll. ... Full Story Top Israeli army: Migron settlers begin leaving homes Sat,1 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jewish settlers began leaving the unauthorized outpost of Migron in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the military said, obeying an Israeli supreme court order to vacate their homes by Tuesday. A number of families began moving out of their homes in the hilltop settlement of about 50 families in an orderly fashion, a spokeswoman said, although a few said they would remain and would not go voluntarily, an Israel Radio report added. A police spokesman said officers had started handing eviction orders to the families before dawn. ... Full Story Top

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