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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Obama and Christie yet again; emphasis on recovery Senator McCain meets with rebels in Syria Fla. court debates what jury can hear in Trayvon Martin killing Fighting season is testing ground for Afghan force In China, U.S. official promotes military ties Fire breaks out aboard Royal Caribbean ship Will justices take note of new gay marriage laws? Several thousand campers flee Calif. wildfire Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe Search for passenger in NY plane crash in 4th day U.S. man allegedly tries to open airliner door Ferry capsizes in Malaysian river, some missing Is Newtown ready to laugh? Comedy benefit hopes so Gunman in Texas shooting spree was stationed at Marine base

Obama and Christie yet again; emphasis on recovery  Monday, May 27, 2013 07:06 PM PDT President Barack Obama is looking to get his groove back — at the beach. A post-Hurricane Sandy tour of the New Jersey coast line on Tuesday, gives the president a chance for a three-point play that can move him ahead of the recent controversies. Full Story	Top
Senator McCain meets with rebels in Syria  Monday, May 27, 2013 02:47 PM PDT Republican Senator John McCain, a former presidential candidate and an outspoken advocate for U.S. military aid to the Syrian opposition, met with some of the rebels during a surprise visit to the war-torn country on Monday, his spokesman said. McCain is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Syria since ... Full Story	Top
Fla. court debates what jury can hear in Trayvon Martin killing  Monday, May 27, 2013 10:05 PM PDT A court hearing begins Tuesday to determine how Trayvon Martin should be portrayed to a jury when a neighborhood watch captain goes on trial for killing the unarmed black teenager last year. Full Story	Top
Fighting season is testing ground for Afghan force  Monday, May 27, 2013 07:28 PM PDT This year's fighting season is the first in 12 years of war that Afghan troops are responsible for security in 90 percent of the country. With NATO and the U.S. military providing only advice and assistance on request, the Afghans' battlefield performance this year will be telling. Full Story	Top
In China, U.S. official promotes military ties  Monday, May 27, 2013 11:07 PM PDT U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon pushed Tuesday for stronger military relations with China, on the final day of a visit to Beijing to set the stage for a summit next month between President Barack Obama and China's Xi Jinping. Full Story	Top
Fire breaks out aboard Royal Caribbean ship  Monday, May 27, 2013 05:19 PM PDT Royal Caribbean says a fire that broke out aboard a ship has forced it to cancel the rest of the cruise and that more than 2,000 passengers will be flown back to Baltimore from the Bahamas. Full Story	Top
Will justices take note of new gay marriage laws?  Monday, May 27, 2013 10:57 PM PDT Three U.S. states and three countries have approved same-sex unions just in the two months since the Supreme Court heard arguments over gay marriage, raising questions about how the developments might affect the justices' consideration of the issue. Full Story	Top
Several thousand campers flee Calif. wildfire  Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:21 AM PDT Thousands of Memorial Day campers were sent scampering out of the mountains by a wildfire that was fanned by the wind into an ominous spectacle hanging over nearby Santa Barbara. Full Story	Top
Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe  Monday, May 27, 2013 08:08 PM PDT Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported. Full Story	Top
Search for passenger in NY plane crash in 4th day  Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:05 AM PDT A search for the body of a brain cancer patient who was on a volunteer medical flight that crashed last week and is presumed dead is going into its fourth day. Full Story	Top
U.S. man allegedly tries to open airliner door  Monday, May 27, 2013 01:54 PM PDT A 23-year-old man was arrested on Monday after he allegedly made "unusual statements" and tried to open an airliner's emergency door in flight, the FBI said. Passengers and crew members subdued the man and restrained him. ... Full Story	Top
Ferry capsizes in Malaysian river, some missing  Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:42 AM PDT An overloaded ferry capsized Tuesday when it hit rocks in a remote river in Malaysia's Borneo, leaving an unknown number of people missing, Malaysian police said. Some survivors swam ashore. Full Story	Top
Is Newtown ready to laugh? Comedy benefit hopes so  Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:06 AM PDT In comedy, timing is everything. Full Story	Top
Gunman in Texas shooting spree was stationed at Marine base  Monday, May 27, 2013 02:41 PM PDT A Texas gunman who killed one person and wounded five others before being shot to death by police was stationed at a North Carolina Marine base, the Texas Department of Public Safety said on Monday. The gunman was identified as Esteban Smith, 23. Full Story	Top

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