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Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations GOP, Democrats seem to harden stance on debt Court orders arrest of Gadhafi, son, key aide Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch over hijab Elderly woman has to remove diaper for pat-down Norma Lyon, Iowa fair's 'butter cow lady,' dies Cabrera's HR in 9th lifts Indians over D-backs 5-4 French banks agree to Greek debt rollover Europe's Lagarde set to win top IMF job Blagojevich jurors: Tapes made case against ex-governor Pawlenty hits Obama on "Arab spring" Nike quarterly net income rises 14 percent Microsoft puts Office in the cloud, confronts Google Tepco faces shareholder wrath over nuclear crisis Mob boss played slots in Vegas while on the run Immigration restrictions take 1 step forward, 1 back, in South Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought Court strikes down minor violent video game ban Global consumers crave green energy in survey: Vestas International court orders Gaddafi's arrest Trial opens for accused Cleveland serial killer Bachmann launches 2012 presidential bid Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:28 PM PDT AP - Rod Blagojevich, who won two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including trying to sell President Barack Obama's Senate seat. Full Story1 Top Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT AP - Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives. Full Story1 Top GOP, Democrats seem to harden stance on debt Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation's debt limit Monday, and the White House expressed confidence a "significant" deal with Republicans could be reached. But both sides only seemed to harden their positions as the day wore on, the administration insisting on higher taxes as part of the package but Republican leaders flatly rejecting the idea. Full Story1 Top Court orders arrest of Gadhafi, son, key aide Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:55 PM PDT AP - Thousands of jubilant Libyans danced and cheered in the streets of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Moammar Gadhafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity for killing civilians who rose up against his rule. Full Story1 Top Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:24 PM PDT AP - States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving it up to parents and the multibillion-dollar gaming industry to decide what kids can buy. Full Story1 Top FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation. Full Story1 Top Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch over hijab Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:01 PM PDT AP - A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. sued the clothing retailer in federal court Monday, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf while on the job. Full Story1 Top Elderly woman has to remove diaper for pat-down Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:25 PM PDT AP - A gravely ill 95-year-old woman had to remove her wet diaper at an airport so that she could be patted down by security screeners and nearly missed her flight, her daughter said Monday. Full Story1 Top Norma Lyon, Iowa fair's 'butter cow lady,' dies Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:11 PM PDT AP - Norma "Duffy" Lyon, whose life-size butter sculptures of cows, Elvis and even Jesus and his disciples delighted Iowa state fairgoers for nearly half a century, has died. She was 81. Full Story1 Top Cabrera's HR in 9th lifts Indians over D-backs 5-4 Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:37 PM PDT AP - Orlando Cabrera homered off closer J.J. Putz with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night, snapping the Indians' three-game skid. Full Story1 Top French banks agree to Greek debt rollover Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:48 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) - France offered a radical solution Monday for banks to roll over some Greek debt for 30 years as the Greek government fought for political support of its five-year austerity plan to avert bankruptcy. Full Story1 Top Europe's Lagarde set to win top IMF job Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:21 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks set to emerge on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund's new chief, maintaining the tradition of a European heading the global lender. Full Story1 Top Blagojevich jurors: Tapes made case against ex-governor Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The jurors who found Rod Blagojevich guilty of federal corruption charges on Monday said they deliberated methodically and began with the presumption that he was innocent. Full Story1 Top Pawlenty hits Obama on "Arab spring" Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:10 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty will question President Barack Obama's handling of the "Arab spring" movement on Tuesday in what is being billed as a major foreign policy address. Full Story1 Top Nike quarterly net income rises 14 percent Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nike Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday as a 14 percent increase in revenue helped offset higher costs, and orders showed surprising strength for the future. Full Story1 Top Microsoft puts Office in the cloud, confronts Google Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT Reuters - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is making its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of cloud computing this week, as it takes the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite. Full Story1 Top Tepco faces shareholder wrath over nuclear crisis Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - The utility at the heart of Japan's nuclear crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co, faced pressure Tuesday from heckling shareholders to shut all its reactors in a sign of growing Japanese opposition to nuclear energy. Full Story1 Top Mob boss played slots in Vegas while on the run Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A picture of what life was like for former mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger while he was on the run emerged on Monday: Las Vegas casinos, trips to Mexico and returning to his hometown of Boston heavily armed to take care of "unfinished business." Full Story1 Top Immigration restrictions take 1 step forward, 1 back, in South Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked two key parts of Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, just as the governor in neighboring South Carolina signed a measure to impose new immigration restrictions there. Full Story1 Top Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Court strikes down minor violent video game ban Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governments cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors because it would violate free-speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday in its first ruling in a video game case. Full Story1 Top Global consumers crave green energy in survey: Vestas Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:14 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers around the world overwhelmingly support the rollout of renewable energy, but many have mistaken views about "green" products, according to a survey conducted by TNS Gallup for Vestas Wind Systems. Full Story1 Top International court orders Gaddafi's arrest Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - THE HAGUE/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital. Full Story1 Top Trial opens for accused Cleveland serial killer Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Prosecutors named each of the 11 women Anthony Sowell is alleged to have murdered and where their decomposing bodies were found buried in or around his house in opening statements for his trial on Monday. Full Story1 Top Bachmann launches 2012 presidential bid Mon,27 Jun 2011 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - WATERLOO, Iowa (Reuters) - Rising Tea Party star Michele Bachmann leaped into the Republican 2012 presidential nomination race on Monday, saying the country cannot afford four more years of President Barack Obama's handling of the economy. Full Story1 Top

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