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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: New docs confirm secret program to protect U.S. power grid Hiring seen edging up, recovery grinds on Geithner's planned departure puts Obama in tough spot Venezuela's Chavez still has 'severe' respiratory problem 5 men charged with murder in New Delhi gang rape NYPD officers shot, wounded in separate incidents Inmate ordered retried in '80 'waiting ever since' Judge: Law won't protect unmarried victims in rape Parents: No word on U.S. journalist missing in Syria Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92 FEMA: Flood program funds are drying up 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas engaged Rare San Francisco river otter stumps researchers Farm bill extension evidence of lost clout N.Y. county: Releasing gun names endangers public Lawmakers say CIA may have misled filmmakers Nearly half of 280 New York pets displaced by Sandy left behind Obama inauguration store: $10 shot glass, $7,500 medallions

New docs confirm secret program to protect U.S. power grid  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:01 PM PST Dubbed Perfect Citizen, the program hired "penetration testers" â€" essentially good-guy hackers who break into networks. Full Story	Top
Hiring seen edging up, recovery grinds on  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 09:01 PM PST U.S. employers likely stepped up hiring a touch in December as retailers and other businesses took on more staff for the holidays, but the gain will probably not be enough to make inroads in the country's still high unemployment rate. Payrolls outside the farming sector are expected to have grown by 150,000 last month, a modest increase from November's 146,000 job gain, according to a Reuters poll of analysts. The employment reading, Full Story	Top
Geithner's planned departure puts Obama in tough spot  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:55 PM PST Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plans to leave near the end of January put the White House in a tricky spot, depriving the Obama administration of its longest-serving economic adviser for its next fiscal showdown with Congress. Geithner, who spent his years as Treasury secretary battling the financial crisis and then fighting with Republican lawmakers in 2011 over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, has wanted to leave government service for some time. ... Full Story	Top
Venezuela's Chavez still has 'severe' respiratory problem  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 06:26 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering from a lung infection that has hindered his breathing as he battles to recover from December 11 cancer surgery, the government said on Thursday. Full Story	Top
5 men charged with murder in New Delhi gang rape  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 04:41 PM PST Five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus as it drove through India's capital were charged with murder, rape and other crimes that could bring them the death penalty. Full Story	Top
NYPD officers shot, wounded in separate incidents  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 10:53 PM PST It was a night of mayhem for three New York Police Department officers who were wounded in two separate shooting incidents in Brooklyn and the Bronx on Thursday, authorities said. Full Story	Top
Inmate ordered retried in '80 'waiting ever since'  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 08:46 PM PST Jerry Hartfield was still a young man when an uncle visited him in prison to tell him that his murder conviction had been overturned and he would get a new trial. Full Story	Top
Judge: Law won't protect unmarried victims in rape  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 08:34 PM PST A California appeals court overturned the rape conviction of a man who authorities say pretended to be a sleeping woman's boyfriend before initiating intercourse, ruling that an arcane law from 1872 doesn't protect unmarried women in such cases. Full Story	Top
Parents: No word on U.S. journalist missing in Syria  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:57 PM PST From their New Hampshire home, the parents of a foreign journalist who has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than a month ago appealed to his captors for compassion and any information about their son's health. Full Story	Top
Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 10:02 PM PST Gerda Lerner, a pioneer in the field of women's history and a founding member of the National Organization for Woman, has died in Wisconsin, her son said Thursday. She was 92. Full Story	Top
FEMA: Flood program funds are drying up  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:58 PM PST The agency says it needs Congress to act so it can borrow more money to pay Hurricane Sandy and other disaster claims. Full Story	Top
'Star Wars' creator George Lucas engaged  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 08:03 PM PST A spokeswoman for "Star Wars" creator George Lucas says the 68-year-old director is engaged to 43-year-old investment firm president Mellody Hobson. Full Story	Top
Rare San Francisco river otter stumps researchers  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 04:25 PM PST A rapt crowd followed a trail of bubbles that zipped over the surface of a seaside pond in the ruins of a 19th century bath in San Francisco. Full Story	Top
Farm bill extension evidence of lost clout  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 06:56 PM PST A patchwork extension of federal farm programs passed as part of a larger "fiscal cliff" bill keeps the price of milk from rising but doesn't include many of the goodies that farm-state lawmakers are used to getting for their rural districts. Full Story	Top
N.Y. county: Releasing gun names endangers public  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 06:42 PM PST A New York county clerk justified his refusal to release the names and addresses of handgun permit holders to a newspaper, saying it would give stalkers and thieves a convenient roadmap to target potential victims â€" and determine whether they have a gun. Full Story	Top
Lawmakers say CIA may have misled filmmakers  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 05:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Lawmakers accused the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film "Zero Dark Thirty" by allegedly telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind. Full Story	Top
Nearly half of 280 New York pets displaced by Sandy left behind  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 05:13 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City shelter housing 280 pets displaced by Superstorm Sandy must shut down and, with nearly half the animals still unclaimed, cannot rule out euthanizing any left behind. An uncertain future lies ahead for 52 cats and 84 dogs who remain in the Brooklyn emergency boarding facility run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, spokeswoman Kelly Krause said on Thursday. They are among 280 pets sheltered since November, after the New York City area was devastated by the late October storm. ... Full Story	Top
Obama inauguration store: $10 shot glass, $7,500 medallions  Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 02:19 PM PST Do you really like President Barack Obama? Are you really, really excited that he won re-election? Has the "fiscal cliff" deal somehow left you with $7,500 burning a hole in your pocket? Then step right up to the official store of the 57th presidential inauguration. Taking a page from the Obama campaign’s successful online store, [...] Full Story	Top

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