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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: October snow tricks Northeast, leaves 3M powerless Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon Cain denies report of sexual harassment Qantas returns to the skies after fleet grounding Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real Reformed skinhead endures agony to remove tattoos 3 young men killed in Kansas grain elevator blast Pakistani Sesame Street preaches tolerance Vick, McCoy lead Eagles to 34-7 win over Cowboys Phoenix flight attendant found dead in Mexico City Qantas cleared to fly again after fleet grounding Japan intervenes to tame yen ahead of G20 Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare Qantas resumes flights grounded by labor dispute Insight: Did Corzine's risk taking cripple MF Global? Republican Cain accused of sex harassment: Politico Rare, deadly October storm hangs on in Northeast More than 60 percent of global consumers downbeat: Nielsen Madoff wife, son say knew nothing of scheme: CBS Gaza violence simmers after truce announced Commentary says China not a "savior" for Europe October snow tricks Northeast, leaves 3M powerless Sun,30 Oct 2011 06:16 PM PDT AP - When winter's white mixes with autumn's orange and gold, nature gets ugly. Full Story Top Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon Sun,30 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood. Full Story Top Cain denies report of sexual harassment Sun,30 Oct 2011 09:44 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Full Story Top Qantas returns to the skies after fleet grounding Sun,30 Oct 2011 10:55 PM PDT AP - Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet. Full Story Top Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime Sun,30 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT AP - A Marine in Iraq sent home $43,000 in stolen cash by hiding it in a footlocker among American flags. A soldier shipped thousands more concealed in a toy stuffed animal. An embassy employee tricked the State Department into wiring $240,000 into his foreign bank account. Full Story Top Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real Sun,30 Oct 2011 01:39 PM PDT AP - A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. Full Story Top Reformed skinhead endures agony to remove tattoos Sun,30 Oct 2011 10:15 PM PDT AP - afraid her husband would do something reckless, even disfigure himself. Full Story Top 3 young men killed in Kansas grain elevator blast Sun,30 Oct 2011 09:48 PM PDT AP - Three young men were killed in a thunderous explosion at a Kansas grain elevator and recovery efforts for three other people presumed dead were being hampered by the damage, authorities said late Sunday. Full Story Top Pakistani Sesame Street preaches tolerance Sun,30 Oct 2011 11:12 PM PDT AP - Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are nowhere in sight. But there's Elmo. And new creatures too, like Baily, a kindly donkey who loves to sing, and Haseen O Jameel, a vain crocodile who lives at the bottom of a well. Full Story Top Vick, McCoy lead Eagles to 34-7 win over Cowboys Sun,30 Oct 2011 09:27 PM PDT AP - LeSean McCoy spotted Howard Mudd standing on crutches on the sideline and slowed up to give the 69-year-old assistant coach a pregame chest bump. Full Story Top Phoenix flight attendant found dead in Mexico City Sun,30 Oct 2011 01:52 PM PDT AP - A US Airways flight attendant based in Phoenix was found dead in a Mexico City hotel room while on a layover, and authorities are investigating the death as a homicide. Full Story Top Qantas cleared to fly again after fleet grounding Sun,30 Oct 2011 10:20 PM PDT AP - Australia's air safety authority cleared Qantas Airways to return to the skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet. Full Story Top Japan intervenes to tame yen ahead of G20 Sun,30 Oct 2011 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sold the yen for the second time in less than three months after it hit another record high against the dollar on Monday, saying it intervened to counter speculative moves that were hurting the economy. Full Story Top Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare Sun,30 Oct 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings. Full Story Top Qantas resumes flights grounded by labor dispute Sun,30 Oct 2011 11:42 PM PDT Reuters - MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways returned to the air on Monday after grounding its entire global fleet over the weekend in a bold tactic to force the government to intervene in the nation's worst labor dispute in a decade. Full Story Top Insight: Did Corzine's risk taking cripple MF Global? Sun,30 Oct 2011 10:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - In early April, Jon Corzine was in a tough spot. MF Global, the company he had run for the previous year, was about to post a fourth-quarter loss, marking its fourth successive fiscal year of red ink. Full Story Top Republican Cain accused of sex harassment: Politico Sun,30 Oct 2011 08:17 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two women employees complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Republican presidential contender Herman Cain when he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, Politico said on Sunday. Full Story Top Rare, deadly October storm hangs on in Northeast Sun,30 Oct 2011 08:39 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the darkest Halloweens ever loomed for roughly 2.8 million households left without power on Sunday by a rare October snowstorm in the Northeast that bedeviled transportation and killed at least eight people. Full Story Top More than 60 percent of global consumers downbeat: Nielsen Sun,30 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Global consumer confidence remained weak in the third quarter with more than 60 percent of consumers saying it was not a good time to spend, and one-in-three North Americans saying they have no spare cash, a survey showed on Sunday. Full Story Top Madoff wife, son say knew nothing of scheme: CBS Sun,30 Oct 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife and son of financial swindler Bernard Madoff said in their first interview to be broadcast on Sunday that they knew nothing of his estimated $65 billion Ponzi scheme, but feel shame for his "unforgiveable" crime. Full Story Top Gaza violence simmers after truce announced Sun,30 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Violence between Israel and Gaza militants flared anew Sunday after Egypt said it had brokered a truce to end attacks that have killed 10 Palestinian gunmen and an Israeli civilian in the past five days. Full Story Top Commentary says China not a "savior" for Europe Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Europe should not expect China to ride to the rescue as its "savior" from the debt crisis, though Beijing will do what it can to help a friend in need, state-run news agency Xinhua said in a commentary on Sunday. Full Story Top

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