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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:08 AM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Pre-convention tussle: Are Americans better off than four years ago? Dems platform backs gay marriage, abortion rights 'Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54 Obama tours storm-ravaged Louisiana parish Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book Obama: Romney attacking 'fictional Barack Obama' More Occupiers protest Democratic convention than RNC Days after Isaac, thousands still in the dark in Gulf Coast states Calif. Dem blasted for comparing Ryan to Nazis' Goebbels For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream Voters still like Clint Eastwood Lead guitarist for Starship dies in Nebraska Wildfire grows, spoiling LA-area holiday plans NJ man arrested in deadly attack on sleeping kids Feuds a concern as children inherit Moon's empire Hezbollah: Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered Pre-convention tussle: Are Americans better off than four years ago? Mon,3 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT Associated Press - In a Labor Day warm-up to the DNC, President Obama and Mitt Romney and their top allies engaged in a cross-country tussle over whether Americans are better off than they were four years ago. Full Story Top Dems platform backs gay marriage, abortion rights Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Democrats unveiled a party platform at their national convention Monday that echoes President Barack Obama's call for higher taxes on wealthier Americans while backing same-sex marriage and abortion rights. Full Story Top 'Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54 Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda," is dead at age 54. Full Story Top Obama tours storm-ravaged Louisiana parish Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:58 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Taking a detour from his campaign battleground tour, President Obama surveyed a Louisiana neighborhood hit hard by the floods of Hurricane Isaac. Full Story Top Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book Mon,3 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT ABC News - E-Book Written by Former Special Operations Members Claims 'No Easy Day' Author Dissed by Navy Full Story Top Obama: Romney attacking 'fictional Barack Obama' Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:40 PM PDT President Barack Obama told USA Today in an interview published Monday that Republicans led by Mitt Romney have so twisted his record and his words that they may as well be taking on "a fictional Barack Obama." That message, delivered on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, follows days and weeks of [...] Full Story Top More Occupiers protest Democratic convention than RNC Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT CHARLOTTE--About a half a mile away from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, more than 100 protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are camped out in tents and on sleeping pads in a sweltering local park. The protest turnout has already far exceeded that of Tampa, when the threat of a hurricane derailed [...] Full Story Top Days after Isaac, thousands still in the dark in Gulf Coast states Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:38 PM PDT Associated Press - Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water. Full Story Top Calif. Dem blasted for comparing Ryan to Nazis' Goebbels Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -The chairman of the California delegation to the Democrats' convention was criticized by both parties for comparing Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday,  John Burton said,... Full Story Top For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rosie Castro toted her painfully shy twin boys everywhere, and they weren't always thrilled about the outings: distributing political literature, attending farm worker rallies and visiting the voting booth. But the early introduction into political life made its mark on Julian and Joaquin Castro, who left their hardscrabble San Antonio neighborhood to attend Stanford and Harvard Law School before returning to their native city. ... Full Story Top Voters still like Clint Eastwood Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT Clint Eastwood's bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention last week didn't go over so well with voters in Florida and North Carolina, but it didn't hurt his overall image, a pair of new polls show. According to a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, 41 percent of Floridians said they had a negative opinion [...] Full Story Top Lead guitarist for Starship dies in Nebraska Mon,3 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock group Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Neb., his road manager said. He was 46. Full Story Top Wildfire grows, spoiling LA-area holiday plans Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:14 PM PDT Associated Press - A wildfire northeast of Los Angeles spoiled the Labor Day holiday of thousands of visitors to the Angeles National Forest as firefighters bore down for what figured to be a long fight against the big blaze. Full Story Top NJ man arrested in deadly attack on sleeping kids Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT Associated Press - A man high on PCP-laced marijuana stabbed two neighborhood children in their home while they slept, killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his 12-year-old sister, authorities said. Full Story Top Feuds a concern as children inherit Moon's empire Mon,3 Sep 2012 09:49 PM PDT Associated Press - Unification Church patriarch Sun Myung Moon leaves behind children who have been groomed to lead a religious movement famous for its mass weddings and business interests — if family feuds don't bring down the empire. Full Story Top Hezbollah: Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television. ... Full Story Top Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT Associated Press - A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday. Full Story Top Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Vice President Biden's Missing U-Haul Gets Hauled In By Police Full Story Top

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