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All rights reservedTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:31:56 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/topstories/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-times-names-bbcs-mark-thompson-ceo-211421562--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I4us9oB1Ul8FdFK8DsmFtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T223536Z_1_CBRE87D1QRF00_RTROPTP_2_INDUSTRY-US-NEWYORKTIMES-THOMPSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="BBC Director General Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company&#039;s new northern headquarters in Salford" align="left" title="BBC Director General Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company&#039;s new northern headquarters in Salford" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The New York Times Co has tapped Mark Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products. Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting in November, the company said on Tuesday. &quot;Our board unanimously concluded that Mark is exactly the right person to lead The New York Times Company at this particular moment in time,&quot; Sulzberger wrote in an internal email to employees. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/york-times-names-bbcs-mark-thompson-ceo-211421562--finance.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:31:56 -0400Reutersyork-times-names-bbcs-mark-thompson-ceo-211421562--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-times-names-bbcs-mark-thompson-ceo-211421562--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I4us9oB1Ul8FdFK8DsmFtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T223536Z_1_CBRE87D1QRF00_RTROPTP_2_INDUSTRY-US-NEWYORKTIMES-THOMPSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="BBC Director General Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company&#039;s new northern headquarters in Salford" align="left" title="BBC Director General Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company&#039;s new northern headquarters in Salford" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The New York Times Co has tapped Mark Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products. Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting in November, the company said on Tuesday. &quot;Our board unanimously concluded that Mark is exactly the right person to lead The New York Times Company at this particular moment in time,&quot; Sulzberger wrote in an internal email to employees. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stepping up efforts to find bad home loans that they can force mortgage lenders to buy back from them, providing an increasingly bigger headache to banks. The government-controlled companies are squabbling with banks over who should bear the burden of losses from the housing crunch, in particular loans made between 2005 and 2008, when the market was at its frothiest. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts will translate to higher mortgage losses for banks in the coming quarters. But the end of the fighting may be in sight. ...http://news.yahoo.com/insight-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-clamping-down-banks-233012610--sector.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:30:12 -0400Reutersinsight-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-clamping-down-banks-233012610--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biden-mocks-romney-criticism-chains-remark-232243674.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bhHqusuhomYr0kika1vAVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f91a20beda0f4716180f6a706700e8a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Biden traveled to southern and southwestern Virginia to discuss the choice voters have in Virginia. A choice between two fundamental differences in visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and pay down the debt. (AP Photo /Don Petersen)" align="left" title="Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Biden traveled to southern and southwestern Virginia to discuss the choice voters have in Virginia. A choice between two fundamental differences in visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and pay down the debt. (AP Photo /Don Petersen)" border="0" /></a>Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, telling voters in southern Virginia on Tuesday that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them &quot;back in chains&quot; by deregulating Wall Street. He later mocked Republican criticism over the remark while conceding he meant to use different words.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/biden-mocks-romney-criticism-chains-remark-232243674.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:29:59 -0400Associated Pressbiden-mocks-romney-criticism-chains-remark-232243674<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biden-mocks-romney-criticism-chains-remark-232243674.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bhHqusuhomYr0kika1vAVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f91a20beda0f4716180f6a706700e8a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Biden traveled to southern and southwestern Virginia to discuss the choice voters have in Virginia. A choice between two fundamental differences in visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and pay down the debt. (AP Photo /Don Petersen)" align="left" title="Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Biden traveled to southern and southwestern Virginia to discuss the choice voters have in Virginia. A choice between two fundamental differences in visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and pay down the debt. (AP Photo /Don Petersen)" border="0" /></a>Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, telling voters in southern Virginia on Tuesday that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them &quot;back in chains&quot; by deregulating Wall Street. He later mocked Republican criticism over the remark while conceding he meant to use different words.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-suspect-must-enter-pleas-trial-205323122.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wazeAapK0i2OpqOyIUVPCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b0fb7d3bd63b3516180f6a7067006aa5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - An April 9, 2010 file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012, whether to delay the trial of Hasan. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department, File)" align="left" title="FILE - An April 9, 2010 file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012, whether to delay the trial of Hasan. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department, File)" border="0" /></a>The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage must enter pleas in the case before his trial begins next week, the judge said Tuesday after refusing to delay the start of jury selection.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-suspect-must-enter-pleas-trial-205323122.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:28:06 -0400Associated Pressfort-hood-suspect-must-enter-pleas-trial-205323122<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-suspect-must-enter-pleas-trial-205323122.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wazeAapK0i2OpqOyIUVPCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b0fb7d3bd63b3516180f6a7067006aa5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - An April 9, 2010 file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012, whether to delay the trial of Hasan. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department, File)" align="left" title="FILE - An April 9, 2010 file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012, whether to delay the trial of Hasan. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department, File)" border="0" /></a>The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage must enter pleas in the case before his trial begins next week, the judge said Tuesday after refusing to delay the start of jury selection.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/just-shot-fast-fires-blaze-across-west-225323516.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZWshC6sliR4TBJ1VpxdF2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/07cb9180d9bb4516180f6a7067008415.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman sits on the remains of a home that was destroyed in a wildfire the night before Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" align="left" title="A woman sits on the remains of a home that was destroyed in a wildfire the night before Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>As firefighters across the West responded to blazes, efforts in Washington state were made especially difficult Tuesday as wind gusts pushed fast-moving flames through a small town, destroying dozens of houses.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/just-shot-fast-fires-blaze-across-west-225323516.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:23:17 -0400Associated Pressjust-shot-fast-fires-blaze-across-west-225323516<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/just-shot-fast-fires-blaze-across-west-225323516.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZWshC6sliR4TBJ1VpxdF2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/07cb9180d9bb4516180f6a7067008415.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman sits on the remains of a home that was destroyed in a wildfire the night before Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" align="left" title="A woman sits on the remains of a home that was destroyed in a wildfire the night before Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>As firefighters across the West responded to blazes, efforts in Washington state were made especially difficult Tuesday as wind gusts pushed fast-moving flames through a small town, destroying dozens of houses.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-suffers-rebuff-pan-islamic-body-111146582.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HC1_6aIRedoGpGD6BqaQpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T224045Z_1_CBRE87D1R0000_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian residents inspect houses destroyed by what they said was heavy shelling from Syrian President al-Assad forces in Banisaba&#039;i area in Homs" align="left" title="Syrian residents inspect houses destroyed by what they said was heavy shelling from Syrian President al-Assad forces in Banisaba&#039;i area in Homs" border="0" /></a>RIYADH/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria&#039;s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at a summit in Mecca on Wednesday, despite the vocal objections of President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s main ally Iran. The decision by the 57-member organization, which requires a two-thirds majority, will expose the divisions within the Islamic world over how to respond to civil war in a country that straddles the Middle East&#039;s main sectarian faultline. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-suffers-rebuff-pan-islamic-body-111146582.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:10:33 -0400Reuterssyrias-assad-suffers-rebuff-pan-islamic-body-111146582<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-suffers-rebuff-pan-islamic-body-111146582.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HC1_6aIRedoGpGD6BqaQpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T224045Z_1_CBRE87D1R0000_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian residents inspect houses destroyed by what they said was heavy shelling from Syrian President al-Assad forces in Banisaba&#039;i area in Homs" align="left" title="Syrian residents inspect houses destroyed by what they said was heavy shelling from Syrian President al-Assad forces in Banisaba&#039;i area in Homs" border="0" /></a>RIYADH/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria&#039;s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at a summit in Mecca on Wednesday, despite the vocal objections of President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s main ally Iran. The decision by the 57-member organization, which requires a two-thirds majority, will expose the divisions within the Islamic world over how to respond to civil war in a country that straddles the Middle East&#039;s main sectarian faultline. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A Kansas judge has ruled that an Illinois couple will stand trial on child abuse charges after two of their children were found bound in a Walmart parking lot.http://news.yahoo.com/ill-couple-stand-trial-kids-found-bound-223445354.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:08:50 -0400Associated Pressill-couple-stand-trial-kids-found-bound-223445354<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dog-chapman-denied-uk-visa-because-conviction-175722191.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L1T85tBgd8ueuiaVDRXcMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f9d2641dd8fc4216180f6a70670077a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, &quot;Dog the Bounty Hunter,&quot; on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, &quot;Celebrity Big Brother,&quot; but he has been denied a visa. &quot;It&#039;s something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are,&quot; Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. &quot;I&#039;m not proud of it.&quot; (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, &quot;Dog the Bounty Hunter,&quot; on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, &quot;Celebrity Big Brother,&quot; but he has been denied a visa. &quot;It&#039;s something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are,&quot; Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. &quot;I&#039;m not proud of it.&quot; (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)" border="0" /></a>Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dog-chapman-denied-uk-visa-because-conviction-175722191.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:07:45 -0400Associated Pressdog-chapman-denied-uk-visa-because-conviction-175722191<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dog-chapman-denied-uk-visa-because-conviction-175722191.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L1T85tBgd8ueuiaVDRXcMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f9d2641dd8fc4216180f6a70670077a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, &quot;Dog the Bounty Hunter,&quot; on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, &quot;Celebrity Big Brother,&quot; but he has been denied a visa. &quot;It&#039;s something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are,&quot; Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. &quot;I&#039;m not proud of it.&quot; (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, &quot;Dog the Bounty Hunter,&quot; on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, &quot;Celebrity Big Brother,&quot; but he has been denied a visa. &quot;It&#039;s something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are,&quot; Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. &quot;I&#039;m not proud of it.&quot; (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)" border="0" /></a>Duane &quot;Dog&quot; Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-court-orders-amazon-dam-suspended-211627661.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1xlnkHney3l.jCUpziaXHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344978875862-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Activists occupy an earthen dam over the Xingu River in protest over the construction of the Belo Monte dam" align="left" title="Activists occupy an earthen dam over the Xingu River in protest over the construction of the Belo Monte dam" border="0" /></a>A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday ordered that work on the huge Belo Monte dam in the Amazon be suspended, saying native communities affected by the controversial hydroelectric project must be heard.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-court-orders-amazon-dam-suspended-211627661.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:07:11 -0400AFPbrazil-court-orders-amazon-dam-suspended-211627661<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-court-orders-amazon-dam-suspended-211627661.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1xlnkHney3l.jCUpziaXHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344978875862-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Activists occupy an earthen dam over the Xingu River in protest over the construction of the Belo Monte dam" align="left" title="Activists occupy an earthen dam over the Xingu River in protest over the construction of the Belo Monte dam" border="0" /></a>A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday ordered that work on the huge Belo Monte dam in the Amazon be suspended, saying native communities affected by the controversial hydroelectric project must be heard.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-iran-building-training-militia-syria-201850717.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HSMgnS..3mMlbX_ZWzPayg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0ef6a6b8d9654416180f6a706700850d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon. Top Pentagon leaders say have talked by phone with their new Egyptian counterparts and are hoping to continue the longtime military relationship between Washington and Cairo. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shook up his nation&#039;s military over the weekend, replacing two men who&#039;d had strong working relationships with the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon. Top Pentagon leaders say have talked by phone with their new Egyptian counterparts and are hoping to continue the longtime military relationship between Washington and Cairo. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shook up his nation&#039;s military over the weekend, replacing two men who&#039;d had strong working relationships with the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>Iran is playing a growing role supporting the Syrian regime and is helping to build and train a militia to fight opposition forces, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-iran-building-training-militia-syria-201850717.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:07:11 -0400Associated Presspentagon-iran-building-training-militia-syria-201850717<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-iran-building-training-militia-syria-201850717.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HSMgnS..3mMlbX_ZWzPayg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0ef6a6b8d9654416180f6a706700850d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon. Top Pentagon leaders say have talked by phone with their new Egyptian counterparts and are hoping to continue the longtime military relationship between Washington and Cairo. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shook up his nation&#039;s military over the weekend, replacing two men who&#039;d had strong working relationships with the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon. Top Pentagon leaders say have talked by phone with their new Egyptian counterparts and are hoping to continue the longtime military relationship between Washington and Cairo. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shook up his nation&#039;s military over the weekend, replacing two men who&#039;d had strong working relationships with the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>Iran is playing a growing role supporting the Syrian regime and is helping to build and train a militia to fight opposition forces, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-grants-sheryl-crow-3-restraining-order-222446932.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3TZAHYoQu2pEPG8q1E_ULA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8f7f1474d9eb4616180f6a7067002c1a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This April 18, 2012 file photo shows musician Sheryl Crow at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#039;s &quot;Unforgettable Evening&quot; in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, Superior Court Judge James K. Hahn granted Crow and film executive Harvey Weinstein a three-year restraining order against Philip Sparks, 45, who allegedly threatened to shoot them. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This April 18, 2012 file photo shows musician Sheryl Crow at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#039;s &quot;Unforgettable Evening&quot; in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, Superior Court Judge James K. Hahn granted Crow and film executive Harvey Weinstein a three-year restraining order against Philip Sparks, 45, who allegedly threatened to shoot them. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" border="0" /></a>A judge granted Sheryl Crow a three-year restraining order against a man who acknowledged he threatened to shoot the singer-songwriter and film executive Harvey Weinstein.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-grants-sheryl-crow-3-restraining-order-222446932.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:03:46 -0400Associated Pressjudge-grants-sheryl-crow-3-restraining-order-222446932<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-grants-sheryl-crow-3-restraining-order-222446932.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3TZAHYoQu2pEPG8q1E_ULA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8f7f1474d9eb4616180f6a7067002c1a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This April 18, 2012 file photo shows musician Sheryl Crow at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#039;s &quot;Unforgettable Evening&quot; in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, Superior Court Judge James K. Hahn granted Crow and film executive Harvey Weinstein a three-year restraining order against Philip Sparks, 45, who allegedly threatened to shoot them. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This April 18, 2012 file photo shows musician Sheryl Crow at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#039;s &quot;Unforgettable Evening&quot; in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, Superior Court Judge James K. Hahn granted Crow and film executive Harvey Weinstein a three-year restraining order against Philip Sparks, 45, who allegedly threatened to shoot them. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" border="0" /></a>A judge granted Sheryl Crow a three-year restraining order against a man who acknowledged he threatened to shoot the singer-songwriter and film executive Harvey Weinstein.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/below-poverty-line-dont-qualify-medicaid-225813756.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0..6GfLcRQkJay6M9ClZ4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/61899791d8233e16180f6a7067004ede.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In a Thursday, July 26, 2012 photo, Sandra Pico, 52, holds medications she takes, at her home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Pico makes about $15,000 a year working about 20 hours a week as a home health aide, a bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough that she can afford private insurance. She thought she&#039;d be getting health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law. Then she learned her own governor won&#039;t agree to expand Medicaid under the law which would have given her coverage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" align="left" title="In a Thursday, July 26, 2012 photo, Sandra Pico, 52, holds medications she takes, at her home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Pico makes about $15,000 a year working about 20 hours a week as a home health aide, a bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough that she can afford private insurance. She thought she&#039;d be getting health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law. Then she learned her own governor won&#039;t agree to expand Medicaid under the law which would have given her coverage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/below-poverty-line-dont-qualify-medicaid-225813756.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:58:13 -0400Associated Pressbelow-poverty-line-dont-qualify-medicaid-225813756<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/below-poverty-line-dont-qualify-medicaid-225813756.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0..6GfLcRQkJay6M9ClZ4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/61899791d8233e16180f6a7067004ede.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In a Thursday, July 26, 2012 photo, Sandra Pico, 52, holds medications she takes, at her home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Pico makes about $15,000 a year working about 20 hours a week as a home health aide, a bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough that she can afford private insurance. She thought she&#039;d be getting health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law. Then she learned her own governor won&#039;t agree to expand Medicaid under the law which would have given her coverage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" align="left" title="In a Thursday, July 26, 2012 photo, Sandra Pico, 52, holds medications she takes, at her home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Pico makes about $15,000 a year working about 20 hours a week as a home health aide, a bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough that she can afford private insurance. She thought she&#039;d be getting health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law. Then she learned her own governor won&#039;t agree to expand Medicaid under the law which would have given her coverage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/family-texas-shootout-gunman-had-mental-illness-225717974.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SvkBApkj_.w_5Nkvo2A83w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c622b177d5ac3216180f6a70670085f9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by the City of College Station, Texas shows Thomas Caffall. Caffall, 35, has been identified by authorities as the shooter who opened fire from inside his home in College Station as he was being served an eviction notice, killing Brazos County constable Brian Bachmann and another man, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/City of College Station)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by the City of College Station, Texas shows Thomas Caffall. Caffall, 35, has been identified by authorities as the shooter who opened fire from inside his home in College Station as he was being served an eviction notice, killing Brazos County constable Brian Bachmann and another man, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/City of College Station)" border="0" /></a>In the months leading up to Monday&#039;s shootout near Texas A&amp;M University that killed three, gunman Thomas Alton Caffall III had cut off contact with his family, even though his mother was seriously ill.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/family-texas-shootout-gunman-had-mental-illness-225717974.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:57:17 -0400Associated Pressfamily-texas-shootout-gunman-had-mental-illness-225717974<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/family-texas-shootout-gunman-had-mental-illness-225717974.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SvkBApkj_.w_5Nkvo2A83w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c622b177d5ac3216180f6a70670085f9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by the City of College Station, Texas shows Thomas Caffall. Caffall, 35, has been identified by authorities as the shooter who opened fire from inside his home in College Station as he was being served an eviction notice, killing Brazos County constable Brian Bachmann and another man, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/City of College Station)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by the City of College Station, Texas shows Thomas Caffall. Caffall, 35, has been identified by authorities as the shooter who opened fire from inside his home in College Station as he was being served an eviction notice, killing Brazos County constable Brian Bachmann and another man, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/City of College Station)" border="0" /></a>In the months leading up to Monday&#039;s shootout near Texas A&amp;M University that killed three, gunman Thomas Alton Caffall III had cut off contact with his family, even though his mother was seriously ill.</p><br clear="all"/>Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says the Senate confirmation for new federal judges is too political and is keeping out highly qualified candidates who don't want to go through the difficult process.http://news.yahoo.com/kennedy-judges-senate-confirmation-too-political-220310425.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:57:06 -0400Associated Presskennedy-judges-senate-confirmation-too-political-220310425<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-says-no-decision-yet-assanges-asylum-225154571.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wS1OQ8Zv6v6ea9VpzMJyIQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T225154Z_1_CBRE87D1RIV00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ASSANGE-ASYLUM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London" align="left" title="File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London" border="0" /></a>QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador denied a report on Tuesday that it had granted amnesty to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the country&#039;s foreign minister said only he and President Rafael Correa could make the decision. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for the past eight weeks to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. The former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published thousands of secret U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-says-no-decision-yet-assanges-asylum-225154571.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:51:54 -0400Reutersecuador-says-no-decision-yet-assanges-asylum-225154571<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-says-no-decision-yet-assanges-asylum-225154571.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wS1OQ8Zv6v6ea9VpzMJyIQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T225154Z_1_CBRE87D1RIV00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ASSANGE-ASYLUM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London" align="left" title="File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London" border="0" /></a>QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador denied a report on Tuesday that it had granted amnesty to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the country&#039;s foreign minister said only he and President Rafael Correa could make the decision. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for the past eight weeks to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. The former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published thousands of secret U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-east-picks-cbs-vp-aresco-commissioner-172052713--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oaxG3ZdHMgdJ4WE60JIZ2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c2121972d8914016180f6a7067002da6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by CBS Sports shows CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco. The Big East has hired Aresco to be commissioner of the conference now in rebuilding mode, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the conference was still working on an official announcement. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES NORTH AMERICA USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by CBS Sports shows CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco. The Big East has hired Aresco to be commissioner of the conference now in rebuilding mode, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the conference was still working on an official announcement. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES NORTH AMERICA USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>As the Big East prepares to negotiate a television contract that could make or break the conference, it has chosen a man who has been part of some of the biggest media rights deals in college sports to be its new commissioner.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/big-east-picks-cbs-vp-aresco-commissioner-172052713--spt.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:51:46 -0400Associated Pressbig-east-picks-cbs-vp-aresco-commissioner-172052713--spt<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-east-picks-cbs-vp-aresco-commissioner-172052713--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oaxG3ZdHMgdJ4WE60JIZ2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c2121972d8914016180f6a7067002da6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by CBS Sports shows CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco. The Big East has hired Aresco to be commissioner of the conference now in rebuilding mode, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the conference was still working on an official announcement. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES NORTH AMERICA USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by CBS Sports shows CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco. The Big East has hired Aresco to be commissioner of the conference now in rebuilding mode, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the conference was still working on an official announcement. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES NORTH AMERICA USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>As the Big East prepares to negotiate a television contract that could make or break the conference, it has chosen a man who has been part of some of the biggest media rights deals in college sports to be its new commissioner.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican senators on Tuesday questioned whether the battery-maker A123 Systems Inc should continue to receive U.S. government funds in light of a deal with a Chinese firm to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the faltering company. A123 announced last week that China's Wanxiang Group Corp would invest $450 million to help keep A123 afloat and would have an opportunity to take a controlling stake in the U.S. green tech company. A123 was awarded a $249 million grant by the Energy Department in 2009 under a program to expand U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-u-senators-chinese-firms-investment-a123-162703096--finance.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:50:18 -0400Reutersexclusive-u-senators-chinese-firms-investment-a123-162703096--financeA defiant Vice President Joe Biden is denouncing Republican criticism over his remarks to southern Virginia voters that presidential challenger Mitt Romney would put them "back in chains" but concedes he meant to use different words.http://news.yahoo.com/biden-decries-romney-criticism-chains-remark-224336970.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:43:51 -0400Associated Pressbiden-decries-romney-criticism-chains-remark-224336970<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/standard-chartered-ceo-takes-charge-iran-probe-talks-101144709--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3KdnwZAsWDU6kNKfXOpEHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T224112Z_3_CBRE87D1F6400_RTROPTP_2_STANCHART.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past a Standard Chartered bank in London" align="left" title="A woman walks past a Standard Chartered bank in London" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc will pay $340 million to New York&#039;s bank regulator over transactions linked to Iran, in a speedily arranged deal likely to cheer its shareholders. The deal with New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky still left the British bank facing a separate probe of Iran-linked transactions by other U.S. authorities. The agreement on Tuesday capped a week of transatlantic tension and a furor over why a state agency had upstaged the other authorities. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/standard-chartered-ceo-takes-charge-iran-probe-talks-101144709--finance.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:41:12 -0400Reutersstandard-chartered-ceo-takes-charge-iran-probe-talks-101144709--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/standard-chartered-ceo-takes-charge-iran-probe-talks-101144709--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3KdnwZAsWDU6kNKfXOpEHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-14T224112Z_3_CBRE87D1F6400_RTROPTP_2_STANCHART.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past a Standard Chartered bank in London" align="left" title="A woman walks past a Standard Chartered bank in London" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc will pay $340 million to New York&#039;s bank regulator over transactions linked to Iran, in a speedily arranged deal likely to cheer its shareholders. The deal with New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky still left the British bank facing a separate probe of Iran-linked transactions by other U.S. authorities. The agreement on Tuesday capped a week of transatlantic tension and a furor over why a state agency had upstaged the other authorities. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/candidates-play-local-issues-road-223737302.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nwdpf2DAIYuqRMgo7J.qtw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5045e42bd9774416180f6a7067009886.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="As wind turbines turn on the distance, President Barack Obama changes direction as he walks from a podium after speaking at the Heil family farm , Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Haverhill, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" align="left" title="As wind turbines turn on the distance, President Barack Obama changes direction as he walks from a podium after speaking at the Heil family farm , Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Haverhill, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>The economy, economy, economy, right? Not always in this presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/candidates-play-local-issues-road-223737302.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:37:37 -0400Associated Presscandidates-play-local-issues-road-223737302<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/candidates-play-local-issues-road-223737302.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nwdpf2DAIYuqRMgo7J.qtw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5045e42bd9774416180f6a7067009886.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="As wind turbines turn on the distance, President Barack Obama changes direction as he walks from a podium after speaking at the Heil family farm , Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Haverhill, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" align="left" title="As wind turbines turn on the distance, President Barack Obama changes direction as he walks from a podium after speaking at the Heil family farm , Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Haverhill, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>The economy, economy, economy, right? Not always in this presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tv-ad-features-disenchanted-obama-backers-195901278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RRovNRyukTrXDtu82nP2ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1969120d6213416180f6a706700f150.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a campaign stop Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Boone, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a campaign stop Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Boone, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>An independent group is spending $7 million on television ads in which former supporters of Barack Obama explain why they won&#039;t vote to re-elect him.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tv-ad-features-disenchanted-obama-backers-195901278.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:37:27 -0400Associated Presstv-ad-features-disenchanted-obama-backers-195901278<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tv-ad-features-disenchanted-obama-backers-195901278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RRovNRyukTrXDtu82nP2ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1969120d6213416180f6a706700f150.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a campaign stop Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Boone, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a campaign stop Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Boone, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>An independent group is spending $7 million on television ads in which former supporters of Barack Obama explain why they won&#039;t vote to re-elect him.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/debate-joined-medicare-romney-obama-223516815.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pkiu4hmqZCmsH5mwkdqRwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2c862a9bd99e4516180f6a706700d08b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, eats ice cream with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Tom&#039;s ice cream in Zanesville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, eats ice cream with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Tom&#039;s ice cream in Zanesville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama in person and in TV advertising Tuesday of cutting Medicare &quot;to pay for Obamacare,&quot; launching a strong counterattack to Democratic charges that he and running mate Paul Ryan would radically remake the popular health care program that serves tens of millions of seniors.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/debate-joined-medicare-romney-obama-223516815.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:36:48 -0400Associated Pressdebate-joined-medicare-romney-obama-223516815<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/debate-joined-medicare-romney-obama-223516815.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pkiu4hmqZCmsH5mwkdqRwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2c862a9bd99e4516180f6a706700d08b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, eats ice cream with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Tom&#039;s ice cream in Zanesville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, eats ice cream with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Tom&#039;s ice cream in Zanesville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama in person and in TV advertising Tuesday of cutting Medicare &quot;to pay for Obamacare,&quot; launching a strong counterattack to Democratic charges that he and running mate Paul Ryan would radically remake the popular health care program that serves tens of millions of seniors.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rep-lozada-files-divorce-johnson-204600716.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5C4LefEAh7oT.Bt1mEQunw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c5a853a2be5b2616180f6a7067008fa8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This March 7, 2011 file photo shows Evelyn Lozada posed at the Cosmopolitan Magazine&#039;s &#039;Fun Fearless Males of 2011&#039; event in New York. As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail. Hours later, he was out of work. The Dolphins terminated the six-time Pro Bowl receiver&#039;s contract about 24 hours after he was arrested in a domestic battery case involving his wife. The confrontation came barely a month after Johnson married Evelyn Lozada, who is on the reality TV show &quot;Basketball Wives.&quot; ?(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This March 7, 2011 file photo shows Evelyn Lozada posed at the Cosmopolitan Magazine&#039;s &#039;Fun Fearless Males of 2011&#039; event in New York. As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail. Hours later, he was out of work. The Dolphins terminated the six-time Pro Bowl receiver&#039;s contract about 24 hours after he was arrested in a domestic battery case involving his wife. The confrontation came barely a month after Johnson married Evelyn Lozada, who is on the reality TV show &quot;Basketball Wives.&quot; ?(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)" border="0" /></a>Evelyn Lozada is ending her 41-day-old marriage to Chad Johnson after the football star was arrested for allegedly head-butting her over the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rep-lozada-files-divorce-johnson-204600716.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 18:32:30 -0400Associated Pressrep-lozada-files-divorce-johnson-204600716<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rep-lozada-files-divorce-johnson-204600716.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5C4LefEAh7oT.Bt1mEQunw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c5a853a2be5b2616180f6a7067008fa8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This March 7, 2011 file photo shows Evelyn Lozada posed at the Cosmopolitan Magazine&#039;s &#039;Fun Fearless Males of 2011&#039; event in New York. As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail. Hours later, he was out of work. The Dolphins terminated the six-time Pro Bowl receiver&#039;s contract about 24 hours after he was arrested in a domestic battery case involving his wife. The confrontation came barely a month after Johnson married Evelyn Lozada, who is on the reality TV show &quot;Basketball Wives.&quot; ?(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This March 7, 2011 file photo shows Evelyn Lozada posed at the Cosmopolitan Magazine&#039;s &#039;Fun Fearless Males of 2011&#039; event in New York. As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail. Hours later, he was out of work. The Dolphins terminated the six-time Pro Bowl receiver&#039;s contract about 24 hours after he was arrested in a d

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