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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama leads on expectations - but the race itself stays close U.S. coughs up Ryder Cup after monumental collapse GOP sends mixed messages on Romney's debate expectations Obama camp: No 'zingers' in the debate Moscow court to hear jailed punk band's appeal LA mayor declares 'Carmageddon II' a success Official: Man's NYC arrest in Lohan dispute voided Bonnie, Clyde guns stay together after high bidder pays $500,000 Obama: Romney is 'a good debater,' 'I'm just ok' Fatal shooting mars Venezuela election campaign D.C. sniper 10 years later: 'I was a monster' Paul Ryan on tax plan: 'Too long to go through all the math' Hugo Chavez says he'd vote for Obama 2 dead, 1 wounded after shooting at Fla. VFW Bangladeshi Muslims torch Buddhist temples, homes Storm speeds out of Japan after injuring dozens Gov. Brown signs bill giving juveniles second chance Victim of Minn. company shooting called generous Fan bites Danny Bonaduce at Wash. state casino U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 Obama leads on expectations - but the race itself stays close Sun,30 Sep 2012 09:03 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Registered voters by 2-1 think Barack Obama will win the upcoming presidential debates and go on to prevail in the November election. But expectations aside, the race remains close, with strengths and vulnerabilities for both candidates in the campaign ahead. After a challenging period for... Full Story Top U.S. coughs up Ryder Cup after monumental collapse Sun,30 Sep 2012 05:32 PM PDT Yahoo! Sports - It will go down as the biggest choke in Ryder Cup history, a collapse that even considering the pressure and tension and unpredictability of this remarkable event, was so unexpected as to defy belief. Full Story Top GOP sends mixed messages on Romney's debate expectations Sun,30 Sep 2012 05:49 PM PDT ABC News - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, never one to be shy when it comes to speaking his mind, today predicted that Mitt Romney would turn the presidential race around in the upcoming debate with President Obama. Full Story Top Obama camp: No 'zingers' in the debate Sun,30 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT President Barack Obama won't be using 'zingers' against Mitt Romney when they clash Wednesday in their first face-to-face debate, a campaign spokeswoman said Sunday. Full Story Top Moscow court to hear jailed punk band's appeal Sun,30 Sep 2012 09:07 PM PDT Associated Press - A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of an all-female rock band, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Putin at Moscow's main cathedral. Full Story Top LA mayor declares 'Carmageddon II' a success Sun,30 Sep 2012 09:25 PM PDT Associated Press - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Sunday called "Carmageddon II," the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways, a success and thanked drivers for staying off the road over the weekend. Full Story Top Official: Man's NYC arrest in Lohan dispute voided Sun,30 Sep 2012 09:46 PM PDT A 25-year-old man initially arrested Sunday on an assault charge after Lindsay Lohan claimed he grabbed her in her hotel room was freed hours later and his arrest voided when the charge could not be substantiated. Full Story Top Bonnie, Clyde guns stay together after high bidder pays $500,000 Sun,30 Sep 2012 08:34 PM PDT Reuters - Two pistols found on the bodies of famed Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after they were killed by a posse in 1934 have sold at auction on Sunday for $504,000. Full Story Top Obama: Romney is 'a good debater,' 'I'm just ok' Sun,30 Sep 2012 07:08 PM PDT Looking to his first face-to-face clash with Mitt Romney, President Obama told a cheering crowd of supporters in Las Vegas on Sunday that his Republican foe was "a good debater" while he himself was "just ok." Full Story Top Fatal shooting mars Venezuela election campaign Sun,30 Sep 2012 08:49 PM PDT Associated Press - Supporters of Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles had just set out in a caravan of cars for an afternoon of campaigning when they came to a road blocked by a crowd of President Hugo Chavez's loyalists. Full Story Top D.C. sniper 10 years later: 'I was a monster' Sun,30 Sep 2012 12:23 PM PDT Lee Boyd Malvo, who was convicted along with John Allen Muhammad in the 2002 D.C. sniper shootings that left 10 dead and three wounded, says he remembers the killings vividly but can't explain why he did what he did. "I was a monster," Malvo told the Washington Post in a recent interview from a Virginia [...] Full Story Top Paul Ryan on tax plan: 'Too long to go through all the math' Sun,30 Sep 2012 11:15 AM PDT Paul Ryan says "it would take me too long to go through all the math" involved in the tax plan he and Mitt Romney are proposing. The Republican vice presidential nominee said on "Fox News Sunday" that their plan--a 20 percent across-the-board income tax cut--would focus on deductions and closing tax loopholes for  the rich, [...] Full Story Top Hugo Chavez says he'd vote for Obama Sun,30 Sep 2012 12:11 PM PDT Associated Press - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has weighed in on the U.S. presidential race, saying he prefers President Barack Obama. "If I were American, I'd vote for Obama," Chavez said in a televised interview that aired Sunday. Full Story Top 2 dead, 1 wounded after shooting at Fla. VFW Sun,30 Sep 2012 07:49 PM PDT Associated Press - Police say two people are dead and another injured after a shooting at a Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Full Story Top Bangladeshi Muslims torch Buddhist temples, homes Sun,30 Sep 2012 07:02 PM PDT Associated Press - Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran before authorities restored order. Full Story Top Storm speeds out of Japan after injuring dozens Sun,30 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A weakening tropical storm was speeding out of Japan on Monday after bringing gale-strength winds to Tokyo and injuring dozens of people, causing blackouts and paralyzing traffic to the south and west of the capital. Full Story Top Gov. Brown signs bill giving juveniles second chance Sun,30 Sep 2012 05:21 PM PDT Associated Press - Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced signing a bill that could one day bring the release of some criminals who were sentenced as juveniles to life in prison. Full Story Top Victim of Minn. company shooting called generous Sun,30 Sep 2012 05:19 PM PDT Associated Press - A Minneapolis business owner who was one of five people gunned down by a newly fired employee was remembered Sunday as a generous man of humble beginnings. Full Story Top Fan bites Danny Bonaduce at Wash. state casino Sun,30 Sep 2012 01:32 PM PDT Associated Press - Former child TV star Danny Bonaduce says a crazed fan bit him during an event at a Washington state casino. Full Story Top U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 Sun,30 Sep 2012 09:21 AM PDT Associated Press - The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home. Full Story Top

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