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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Ex-IMF chief freed without bail; charges stand Illinois' death row officially shuts down Havana's small community of Twitterati meets IRL Obama chooses new counterterror chief Gas is 24 cents/gallon cheaper than Memorial Day FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger Royals tour Canada, Monaco gets a new princess China documentary directors say they have freedom Jagr to Philly; Richards looking for new NHL home Analysis: Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him? KKR, Silver Lake to buy Go Daddy for $2.25 billion: sources Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail Manufacturing rises but consumers remain wary Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital Zynga files for IPO, surfs Facebook wave June auto sales weak for 2nd month in row Facebook set for $1 billion in social-gaming revenue Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest Mixed feelings on DSK in home of 'caviar left' Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger: documents Apple/RIM group top Google in $4.5 billion Nortel sale Ex-IMF chief freed without bail; charges stand Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT AP - Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. Full Story1 Top Illinois' death row officially shuts down Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT AP - After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois' death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect. Full Story1 Top Havana's small community of Twitterati meets IRL Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:58 PM PDT AP - A few dozen members of Cuba's small but growing Twitter community have met in real space for the first time. They got to put unfamiliar faces with familiar user names, and they commiserated about the woeful Internet access on an island that has the second-worst Web connectivity rate in the world. Full Story1 Top Obama chooses new counterterror chief Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House announced Friday. Full Story1 Top Gas is 24 cents/gallon cheaper than Memorial Day Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:28 PM PDT AP - Call it an Independence Day discount. Full Story1 Top FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:35 PM PDT AP - The Federal Aviation Administration announced new steps Friday to help prevent air traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job, including allowing controllers to use sick or annual leave time if they are too tired to work. Full Story1 Top Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:53 PM PDT AP - Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 years. Full Story1 Top Royals tour Canada, Monaco gets a new princess Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT AP - and poignant reminders of princesses past. Full Story1 Top China documentary directors say they have freedom Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:07 PM PDT AP - Chinese directors attending a Hong Kong documentary festival say they enjoy significant creative freedom despite outside opinion of harsh censorship and oppression. Full Story1 Top Jagr to Philly; Richards looking for new NHL home Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT AP - So much for this being an unattractive bunch of NHL free agents. Full Story1 Top Analysis: Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him? Fri,1 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Timothy Geithner may be musing about stepping down as Treasury secretary but President Barack Obama has ample reason to try to talk him out of it, not least that doing so would avoid a bruising succession battle. Full Story1 Top KKR, Silver Lake to buy Go Daddy for $2.25 billion: sources Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:51 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web hosting company The Go Daddy Group Inc agreed to be bought by a private equity consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake for $2.25 billion, including debt, people close to the situation said on Friday. Full Story1 Top Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail Fri,1 Jul 2011 05:35 PM PDT Reuters - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's state government began a broad shutdown on Friday going into the July 4 holiday weekend after the Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders failed to agree on a budget. Full Story1 Top Manufacturing rises but consumers remain wary Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up for the first time in four months in June, surprising investors and fueling optimism the recent economic slowdown will be temporary. Full Story1 Top Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former California first lady Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ex-governor and film star who has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock more than a decade ago. Full Story1 Top Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital Fri,1 Jul 2011 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - BIR-AYYAD, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels who had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital were forced to retreat on Friday after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces. Full Story1 Top Zynga files for IPO, surfs Facebook wave Fri,1 Jul 2011 02:04 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zynga Inc, developer of popular Facebook games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, could be the best proxy for investing in Facebook until the world's largest social network goes public itself. Full Story1 Top June auto sales weak for 2nd month in row Fri,1 Jul 2011 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - DETROIT (Reuters) - The auto industry sputtered to its second consecutive month of weaker-than-expected U.S. sales in June, marked by disappointing results from General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and the big Japanese automakers, as the weak economy and tight supply of cars left buyers wary. Full Story1 Top Facebook set for $1 billion in social-gaming revenue Fri,1 Jul 2011 01:35 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is on course to generate $1 billion in revenue this year from social gaming, according to Kevin Ryan, a leading Internet entrepreneur and former chief executive of online advertising giant DoubleClick. Full Story1 Top Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accused him of attempted rape lied to a grand jury and made other false statements. Full Story1 Top Mixed feelings on DSK in home of 'caviar left' Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - SAINT-REMY-DE-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - In the heart of France's "caviar left," there were mixed feelings on Friday about news that U.S. sexual assault charges against former Socialist presidential frontrunner Dominique Strauss-Kahn may collapse. Full Story1 Top Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accuses him of attempted rape lied to a grand jury and made other false statements. Full Story1 Top Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail Fri,1 Jul 2011 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's state government began a broad shutdown on Friday going into the July 4 holiday weekend after the Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders failed to agree on a budget. Full Story1 Top Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger: documents Fri,1 Jul 2011 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former California first lady and TV journalist Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ex-governor and film star who has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock more than a decade ago. Full Story1 Top Apple/RIM group top Google in $4.5 billion Nortel sale Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple, Microsoft, RIM and three other companies joined forces to outbid Google at an auction for Nortel wireless patents, a move that could result in big licensing fees for Google. Full Story1 Top

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