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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: A disturbing trend: Neo-Nazi codes American tourist left on Great Reef by tour boat company Israeli innovators build new 'Silicon Valley' How much will our wars cost? Report says $4 trillion Slimy invasion plagues Jersey Shore The $1 billion that no one in the United States wants US bone-growth studies under fire for alleged bias Obama scolds Congress over debt limit negotiations Exclusive: Inside the Afghan hotel attack An Israeli algorithm sheds light on the Bible Tom Petty reportedly wants Bachmann to stop using ‘American Girl’ Experts contest DNA evidence at Knox trial Glenn Beck Says He Was Nearly ‘Lynched’, the Pope On Twitter, and an NFL Player Live-Tweets His Exchange With Police Four signs the White House is worried about 2012 Dictator dossier: As exile options dwindle, deposed leaders fight to hold on Turtles crossing runway cause New York flight delays Glenn Beck and family encounter hostility in NYC News Corp sells Myspace, ending six-year saga Bush-appointed judge rules for Obama healthcare overhaul Father killed when tree falls on tent in campground America's First Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin Bank of America in $8.5B mortgage settlement Special Report: A little house of secrets on the Great Plains 6 young illegal immigrants arrested in Ga. protest Weightlifting group allows woman to wear hijab, unitard in competitions Greenland ice melts most in half-century: US Big banks relieved as Fed sets debit card rule Purple things hanging from Pennsylvania trees are bug-fighters Police search Kabul hotel after Taliban attack kills 9 First Atlantic storm powers toward Mexico More Autism Diagnoses in High-Tech Areas, Study Finds Tina Brown defends photoshopping Princess Di onto Newsweek cover Fabulous patio dining in Atlanta Does video show UFO over UK? California budget deal leads to lower sales taxes Obama messes up his daughter's age Greek parliament passes key austerity bill Raise taxes on wealthiest, Obama challenges GOP Seattle police leave rifle unattended on cruiser 'Get it done,' Obama challenges GOP on debt talks A disturbing trend: Neo-Nazi codes Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:33 PM PDT The Upshot - The swastika, unmistakable symbol of Nazi power, has been banned in Germany for some time. However, neo-Nazis are finding ways around that law, initiating alternate graphics and codes to promote their Hitler-inspired beliefs. A new brochure titled "Hide and Seek," featured in German news magazine Der Spiegel, explains the troubling trend. Of course, the symbols [...] Full Story1 Top American tourist left on Great Reef by tour boat company Wed,29 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT The Lookout - An American tourist fought off panic when an Australian tour boat company accidentally left him stranded near the Great Barrier Reef in his snorkeling gear. Michigan 28-year-old Ian Cole says he grew frightened when he surfaced and realized the Passions of Paradise tour boat was gone last Saturday. Since American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan disappeared after [...] Full Story1 Top Israeli innovators build new 'Silicon Valley' Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT AFP - With a concentration of start-ups just behind that of Silicon Valley and an impressive pool of engineers, Israel is becoming the new standard for high-tech, with a unique business model. Full Story1 Top How much will our wars cost? Report says $4 trillion Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:09 AM PDT The Lookout - A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan--will, all told, cost $4 trillion and leave 225,000 dead, both civilians and soldiers. The group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists involved in the project estimated that the cost of [...] Full Story1 Top Slimy invasion plagues Jersey Shore Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT News - Local Philadelphia - Walt Hunter reports from Ocean City, NJ where small jellyfish-like creatures are washing up on the beach in large numbers. Full Story1 Top The $1 billion that no one in the United States wants Wed,29 Jun 2011 12:41 PM PDT The Lookout - Budget cuts thanks to the stalled economy have imperiled care for the mentally ill, left a new school building unstaffed, and perhaps most disastrously, limited efforts to keep nukes out of the hands of terrorists. And yet the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is sitting on $1 billion in gold dollar coins it says the [...] Full Story1 Top US bone-growth studies under fire for alleged bias Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT AFP - A US medical journal on Tuesday published a scathing critique of industry-funded studies on spine research, alleging that they failed to report adverse events to the journals that publish them. Full Story1 Top Obama scolds Congress over debt limit negotiations Wed,29 Jun 2011 11:24 AM PDT The Ticket - Amid ongoing frustration over a failure to reach a compromise on the debt limit, President Obama on Wednesday sharply scolded Congress, suggesting his daughters do a better job of getting things done ahead of time. "Malia and Sasha generally finish their homework a day ahead of time," Obama said during a press conference--his first major [...] Full Story1 Top Exclusive: Inside the Afghan hotel attack Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:25 AM PDT The Daily Beast - Exclusive: Taliban commanders detail their tactics to Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau and explain why they’re delighted. Full Story1 Top An Israeli algorithm sheds light on the Bible Wed,29 Jun 2011 11:46 AM PDT AP - Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible. Full Story1 Top Tom Petty reportedly wants Bachmann to stop using ‘American Girl’ Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:27 PM PDT The Ticket - It's not a campaign if a rock star doesn't get mad about a politician using their music without permission. Following in the steps of David Byrne v. Charlie Crist and other legendary artist versus candidate smack downs, Tom Petty is reportedly preparing to take legal action against Michele Bachmann's campaign, after she played his 1977 [...] Full Story1 Top Experts contest DNA evidence at Knox trial Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:32 AM PDT AP - Independent experts are disputing much of the forensic evidence collected against Amanda Knox, saying in a report Wednesday that some of the DNA traces used to convict the American student and her co-defendant in the murder of her roommate may have been contaminated. Full Story1 Top Glenn Beck Says He Was Nearly ‘Lynched’, the Pope On Twitter, and an NFL Player Live-Tweets His Exchange With Police Wed,29 Jun 2011 08:55 AM PDT Trending Now - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck stole the show at an outdoor movie screening in Manhattan this week. Moviegoers tweeted pictures of Beck and his family at the event. Though the pictures look like nothing's wrong, on his radio show Beck said it was a "hostile situation" and that he was "harassed." His daughter had persuaded [...] Full Story1 Top Four signs the White House is worried about 2012 Wed,29 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT Exclusives - By Josh Kraushaar National Journal It's been a rough June for the White House. Instead of being able to run a campaign taking credit for economic improvement, President Obama will, according to the latest forecasts, be trying to win four more … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 Top Dictator dossier: As exile options dwindle, deposed leaders fight to hold on Tue,28 Jun 2011 11:50 AM PDT The Envoy - Henchmen for Libya's Moammar Gadhafi on Monday dismissed arrest warrants issued against him by the international war crimes court as inconsequential with little near-term prospect of being carried out. But such confidence in a future without punitive measures is perhaps no more than posturing on the part of despots. Amid the turbulence of Arab Spring [...] Full Story1 Top Turtles crossing runway cause New York flight delays Wed,29 Jun 2011 10:39 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Why did the turtles cross the runway and tie up flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport? Full Story1 Top Glenn Beck and family encounter hostility in NYC Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:48 PM PDT The Daily Caller - When Glenn Beck ventured out with his wife and daughter to catch a Hitchcock flick in New York City’s Bryant Park, the event “turned into a hostile free-for-all,” according to his Web site. Full Story1 Top News Corp sells Myspace, ending six-year saga Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp has sold Myspace for $35 million, a fraction of what it paid for the once-hot social media site even as a new generation of Web-based start-ups is enjoying sky-high valuations. Full Story1 Top Bush-appointed judge rules for Obama healthcare overhaul Wed,29 Jun 2011 12:09 PM PDT The Lookout - So far in the legal fight over President Obama's health care overhaul, both sides have had victories and defeats. Two federal judges, both appointed by Republican presidents, have sided with conservative opponents of the law, ruling that its requirement that almost all Americans buy health insurance is unconstitutional. Three other federal judges, all appointed by [...] Full Story1 Top Father killed when tree falls on tent in campground Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man camping with his family was killed and his wife injured when a sycamore tree weighing several thousands pounds crashed onto their tent in a New Jersey campground early on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Full Story1 Top America's First Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:54 AM PDT Time.com - Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials? If that's you, then the zero-waste grocery store in.gredients coming to Austin, Texas will be your new favorite store. Full Story1 Top Bank of America in $8.5B mortgage settlement Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:19 AM PDT AP - Bank of America and its Countrywide unit will pay $8.5 billion to settle claims that the lenders sold poor-quality mortgage-backed securities that went sour when the housing market collapsed. Full Story1 Top Special Report: A little house of secrets on the Great Plains Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:30 AM PDT Reuters - SHELL GAMES: A Reuters Investigation Full Story1 Top 6 young illegal immigrants arrested in Ga. protest Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:24 AM PDT AP - Six young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday after they sat down and blocked traffic near the Georgia state Capitol to publicly declare their status and to protest state policies targeting people who are in the U.S. illegally, the latest in a string of such "coming out" events in Georgia and other parts of the country. Full Story1 Top Weightlifting group allows woman to wear hijab, unitard in competitions Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT The Lookout - A Muslim weightlifter in Atlanta, Ga., will now be allowed to compete nationally after the sport's international ruling body said she may wear a hijab and body-covering unitard. Kulsoom Abdullah began lifting last year at her gym in Atlanta, and discovered she was surprisingly good at the sport. She qualified for the American Open Weightlifting Championships [...] Full Story1 Top Greenland ice melts most in half-century: US Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:48 PM PDT AFP - Greenland's ice sheet melted the most it has in over a half century last year, US government scientists said Tuesday in one of a series of "unmistakable" signs of climate change. Full Story1 Top Big banks relieved as Fed sets debit card rule Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT AFP - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed the fees which banks charge for debit card transactions, but did not cut them as deeply as initially expected, handing a partial victory to Wall Street. Full Story1 Top Purple things hanging from Pennsylvania trees are bug-fighters Wed,29 Jun 2011 08:57 AM PDT News - Local Philadelphia - Lynne Adkins, KYW Newsradio 1060 Strange purple boxes are springing up in trees along roadways in southeastern Pennsylvania.  They're deep purple in color and look like box kites. But it's not a joke or part of a creative installation. Jean … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 Top Police search Kabul hotel after Taliban attack kills 9 Wed,29 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties, securing the building after an overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers killed eight Afghan civilians and police and a foreigner. Full Story1 Top First Atlantic storm powers toward Mexico Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:23 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Arlene, the first tropical storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, churned through the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but looked set to spare Mexico's oilfields from a direct hit. Full Story1 Top More Autism Diagnoses in High-Tech Areas, Study Finds Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:48 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Autism experts have long noted that they meet a lot of engineers and computer programmers who have autistic children compared to, say, salespeople. A new study suggests there may be merit to those observations. Full Story1 Top Tina Brown defends photoshopping Princess Di onto Newsweek cover Wed,29 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT The Cutline - One of the reasons Tina Brown and Barry Diller acquired Newsweek and its substantial debt earlier this year was desire of Brown--former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker--to be part of what she calls "the conversation." This week, she not only took part in the conversation; she became a good bit of it. [...] Full Story1 Top Fabulous patio dining in Atlanta Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:04 AM PDT News - Local Atlanta - By Collin Kelley, AtlantaINtown Warm weather has settled in and that means the patios and Intown eateries are abuzz with diners enjoying a cocktail, cool salad or other summer meal. We asked our regular contributors â€" and our staff â€" … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 Top Does video show UFO over UK? Tue,28 Jun 2011 07:40 AM PDT The Lookout - Does the video above show a UFO "mothership" and a fleet of spacecraft hovering in the sky over London, England? It certainly seems to be sparking interest. Since being posted on YouTube Friday, it's been viewed more than 835,000 times. The video, taken by a pedestrian on a London street, shows three shining circular dots [...] Full Story1 Top California budget deal leads to lower sales taxes Wed,29 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT CBC San Francisco - They state budget that lawmakers in Sacramento have been arguing over is all about cuts, but there is one item that budget doesn't include, extending sales taxes. Kiet Do reports. On Friday the sales tax will drop one percent. What … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 Top Obama messes up his daughter's age Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:11 PM PDT AP - They grow up so fast. But not that fast, Mr. President. Full Story1 Top Greek parliament passes key austerity bill Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:06 AM PDT AP - Greece's lawmakers have approved a key austerity bill, paving the way for the country to get its next vital bailout loans that will prevent it from defaulting next month. Full Story1 Top Raise taxes on wealthiest, Obama challenges GOP Wed,29 Jun 2011 09:12 AM PDT AP - In a blunt challenge to Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that eliminating selected tax breaks for oil companies and the super-wealthy must be part of any deficit reduction plan. Full Story1 Top Seattle police leave rifle unattended on cruiser Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - A Seattle police spokesman says the department is embarrassed after officers left a police rifle unattended on a patrol car outside a busy downtown area. Spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says the department has launched an investigation. Full Story1 Top 'Get it done,' Obama challenges GOP on debt talks Wed,29 Jun 2011 11:40 AM PDT AP - In a blunt challenge to Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that elimination of selected tax breaks for oil companies and the super-wealthy must be included in any deficit reduction plan. Full Story1 Top

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