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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: U.S., Iran optimistic after rare encounter 57% of incoming freshmen not ready for college, study says Ballmer loud and proud at last Microsoft employee meeting Deal reached on UN resolution on Syria weapons In heart of the Rim Fire, regeneration has begun Landmark climate change report adopted Official sidesteps queries on cellphone locations Interpol issues alert for British terror widow Justice Department spent nearly $5M on drones Dodgers: Slain fan was son of team security guard Bud Selig says he will retire in January 2015 Exit Sandman: Rivera bids goodbye to Bronx Diplomats hail new Iranian attitude in nuke talks Suspect's father says stabbing was self defense 10 Things to Know for Friday Rams lead 49ers 3-0 after 1st quarter

U.S., Iran optimistic after rare encounter  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 09:32 PM PDT The two countries hold their highest-level substantive talks in a generation at the U.N. Full Story	Top
57% of incoming freshmen not ready for college, study says  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 05:16 PM PDT The annual SAT scores have been released to the public and show a continued decline in math and writing scores. Full Story	Top
Ballmer loud and proud at last Microsoft employee meeting  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:42 PM PDT CEO Steve Ballmer took his farewell bow before thousands of applauding employees on Thursday with a typically loud and emotional performance ... Full Story	Top
Deal reached on UN resolution on Syria weapons  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 09:05 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The five permanent members of the deeply divided U.N. Security Council reached agreement Thursday on a resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, a major step in taking the most controversial weapon off the battlefield of the world's deadliest ongoing conflict. Full Story	Top
In heart of the Rim Fire, regeneration has begun  Friday, Sep 27, 2013 12:25 AM PDT TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. (AP) — Scientists studying the aftermath of the Sierra Nevada's most destructive wildfire in centuries say the pattern of devastation supports the need for improved forest management across the terrain of conifers and oaks. Full Story	Top
Landmark climate change report adopted  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:57 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — Officials say an international conference on climate change has adopted a long-awaited report on global warming after all-night talks. Full Story	Top
Official sidesteps queries on cellphone locations  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 08:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the National Security Agency sidestepped questions Thursday from a senator about whether the NSA has ever used Americans cellphone signals to collect information on their whereabouts that would allow tracking of the movements of individual callers. Full Story	Top
Interpol issues alert for British terror widow  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 02:10 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The tabloids call her "the white widow," a British-born Muslim convert who was married to one of the suicide bombers in the 2005 attack on London's transit system. And for days now, the British media have been rife with speculation she took part in the terrorist takeover at a Nairobi shopping mall. Full Story	Top
Justice Department spent nearly $5M on drones  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has been using drones to support its law enforcement operations since 2006 and has spent more than $3 million on the unmanned aircraft, the Justice Department's internal watchdog said Thursday. Full Story	Top
Dodgers: Slain fan was son of team security guard  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 10:15 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who was fatally stabbed during a confrontation after a Dodgers-Giants game in San Francisco was the son of a Dodgers security guard, the team said Thursday. Full Story	Top
Bud Selig says he will retire in January 2015  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 05:02 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Bud Selig took over a sport with $1.7 billion in revenue, four teams in each year's postseason, economic disparity among the clubs and a fixation on sticking with traditions that dated to the 19th century. Full Story	Top
Exit Sandman: Rivera bids goodbye to Bronx  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:34 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As the cheers and chants for a sobbing Mariano Rivera shook Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter walked to the mound and delivered the message no one really wanted to hear. Full Story	Top
Diplomats hail new Iranian attitude in nuke talks  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:54 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and European diplomats welcomed a "significant shift" in Iran's attitude at talks on Thursday aimed at resolving the impasse over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities. Iran said it was eager to dispel the notion that it is trying to develop a nuclear weapon and to get international sanctions lifted as fast as possible. Full Story	Top
Suspect's father says stabbing was self defense  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 09:38 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The father of a man accused of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old Dodgers fan in San Francisco says his son told him it was self-defense. Full Story	Top
10 Things to Know for Friday  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:00 PM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: Full Story	Top
Rams lead 49ers 3-0 after 1st quarter  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:17 PM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Greg Zuerlein bounced a 40-yard field goal off the right upright and through to give the St. Louis Rams a 3-0 lead over the San Francisco 49ers after the first quarter Thursday night. Full Story	Top

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