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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:04 AM PST

Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Kenseth holds off Earnhardt to win wild Daytona 500 Ohio shooting suspect's family 'devastated' Kid Rock rocks out for Romney after secret meeting Costa Cruises liner towed to Indian Ocean island Polls show Obama's standing with women strengthening Syrian opposition splits again as violence continues Officers hurt in Occupy clash at Calif. Capitol Santorum robocall urges Democrats to vote in GOP primary Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed AP source: Israel won't warn U.S. before Iran strike Recreational marijuana measure to be put to Colo. voters Detroit automakers race to keep up with sales Person of interest named in search for Fla. firefighter Civil rights group accuses Alabama of abusing Hispanics Case of slain socialite in D.C. takes bizarre turns Plane makes emergency landing at Newark Airport Daughter-in-law seeks reward in capture of U.K. fugitive Tony Award-winning producer, director Theodore Mann dies NASA scientist wins free space trip on rocket plane Astronaut creates Lego model of International Space Station Kenseth holds off Earnhardt to win wild Daytona 500 Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:17 PM PST Yahoo! Sports - Matt Kenseth, who won back in 2009, claimed his second Daytona 500 victory thanks to a push from teammate Greg Biffle. It was Biffle who blocked a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr., who pulled tried to make a desperation pass at the end but came up short, finishing second, extending his winless streak to 130 races. Full Story Top Ohio shooting suspect's family 'devastated' Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST Associated Press - The family of a teenager suspected of opening fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Cleveland high school, killing one student and wounding four others, says it is "devastated" by the shootings. Full Story Top Kid Rock rocks out for Romney after secret meeting Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:47 PM PST ABC News - It had all the fixings of a Mitt Romney rally, and then Kid Rock hit the stage. On the eve of the Michigan primary, musician Kid Rock sang a live version of "Born Free," the official Romney campaign song. Full Story Top Costa Cruises liner towed to Indian Ocean island Mon,27 Feb 2012 09:25 PM PST Reuters - The cruise liner Costa Allegra, which started drifting in the Indian Ocean after an engine room fire, was being towed on Tuesday to a nearby island, the Seychelles tourism authority said. Full Story Top Polls show Obama's standing with women strengthening Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:32 PM PST Associated Press - It's looking like President Barack Obama may be back in the good graces of women. Full Story Top Syrian opposition splits again as violence continues Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:00 PM PST Time.com - It's getting harder for the Syrian National Council (SNC), the de facto political opposition group, to hide its many divisions, even as the international community cries out for a unified front against President Bashar Assad. Full Story Top Officers hurt in Occupy clash at Calif. Capitol Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:38 PM PST Associated Press - At least two law enforcement officers were injured Monday during a clash with members of the Occupy movement who were at the state Capitol to counter a rally by a group protesting violence by blacks against whites in South Africa. Full Story Top Santorum robocall urges Democrats to vote in GOP primary Mon,27 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST National Journal - As the GOP primary race comes down to the wire in Michigan, Rick Santorum's campaign has a last trick up its sleeve. Full Story Top Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed Mon,27 Feb 2012 10:56 PM PST Reuters - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in the northern Pakistani district of Kohistan in an apparent sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing 18 people, police officials said. "All the people on board were Shi'ites, and at the moment it looks like they were targeted by armed men from the local Sunni community," a senior police official told Reuters. The bus was traveling from central Pakistan city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, to the northern town of Gilgit. ... Full Story Top AP source: Israel won't warn U.S. before Iran strike Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:49 PM PST Associated Press - Israeli officials say they won't warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one U.S. intelligence official familiar with the discussions. Full Story Top Recreational marijuana measure to be put to Colo. voters Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:45 PM PST Reuters - Colorado voters will be asked to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in a November ballot measure, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government over America's most commonly used illicit drug. The measure, which would legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults, is one of two that will go to voters in November after a Washington state initiative to legalize pot earned enough signatures last month to qualify for the ballot there. ... Full Story Top Detroit automakers race to keep up with sales Mon,27 Feb 2012 11:51 PM PST Yahoo! Finance - Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14 million this year, above last year's 12.8 million. Full Story Top Person of interest named in search for Fla. firefighter Mon,27 Feb 2012 08:34 PM PST Associated Press - Maine State Police suspect some kind of crime connected to the disappearance of a Florida firefighter, and they want to talk more with a Bangor man as the investigation intensifies. Full Story Top Civil rights group accuses Alabama of abusing Hispanics Mon,27 Feb 2012 04:56 PM PST Reuters - MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A civil rights group that sued the state of Alabama over an immigration law that is considered the toughest in the nation, said on Monday that it had compiled a list of what it called abuses against Hispanics since the law took effect last year. The report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, titled "Alabama's Shame: HB56 and the War on Immigrants," recounts stories of alleged harassment against Alabama's Hispanics, both legal and illegal, culled from more than 5,200 hotline complaints fielded since September. ... Full Story Top Case of slain socialite in D.C. takes bizarre turns Mon,27 Feb 2012 08:04 PM PST Associated Press - She was a 91-year-old expatriate journalist with a deep fluency in foreign affairs and a taste for fashion and art. Her husband, German-born and four decades her junior, boasted of wide-reaching connections in international circles, claimed to be an Iraqi army brigadier general and strolled the neighborhood in a military-style uniform while puffing cigars. Full Story Top Plane makes emergency landing at Newark Airport Mon,27 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST Associated Press - Newark Liberty Airport has reopened after a United Express flight from Atlanta made an emergency landing, forcing an hour-long shutdown. Full Story Top Daughter-in-law seeks reward in capture of U.K. fugitive Mon,27 Feb 2012 08:18 PM PST Reuters - The daughter-in-law who turned in captured British fugitive Edward Maher is trying to claim $158,000 in reward money offered 19 years ago when Maher allegedly stole $1.6 million from an armored van Full Story Top Tony Award-winning producer, director Theodore Mann dies Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:47 PM PST Associated Press - Theodore Mann, a Tony Award-winning director and producer who championed Eugene O'Neill and was a driving force behind Circle in the Square Theatre and its school, has died. He was 87. Full Story Top NASA scientist wins free space trip on rocket plane Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:44 PM PST SPACE.com - A NASA scientist has won a free flight to suborbital space, but he may not be able to claim the prize Full Story Top Astronaut creates Lego model of International Space Station Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:46 PM PST Digital Trends - As detailed recently by space history site CollectSpace, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency flight engineer Satoshi Furukawa spent a couple hours constructing a model of the International Space Station (ISS) out of LEGO bricks while he was a resident of the ISS during late September 2011. Measuring approximately two feet in length, Furukawa had to construct the entire model within a glovebox. ... Full Story Top

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