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• Photos: Bomb explodes during Beirut rush hour
• Which party is targeting your favorite TV shows?
• Teen girl shot by Taliban can stand, write
• Obama mocks rival’s ‘Romnesia’ on issues
• Grandson of Kim Jong Il talks about life outside North Korea
• Obama and Romney tied in Florida: Poll
• Memo back up claims for more Benghazi security
• Mourning Newsweek: 'So long, big get cover interview'
• Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat
• Woman in need of rare liver transplant turns to social media
• Abortions never necessary to save mother's life, says Rep. Joe Walsh
• Obama ad hits Romney on auto bailout in Ohio
• Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to 21
• Al Qaeda attack on Yemen army base kills 24
• Zimmerman's legal team can see Trayon Martin records
• Cyber attacks from Iran hit several U.S. banks
• Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images
• Cat leads owner to discovery of ancient Roman ruins
• Catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend
• 'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang
• Can you fix a scratched DVD with a banana?
• Calif. zoo's baby panda taking his first 'awkward' steps
• Photos: Rockettes get a 'leg-up' at rehearsals for holiday show
• TSA set to fire 25 at Newark airport over security lapses
• Oklahoma dust storm sparks highway pile-up
• Yes, Mormon feminists do exist. But who will they vote for?
• Hey robocallers: Don't call me maybe, say swing voters
• Open homicides possibly linked to Manson family

Photos: Bomb explodes during Beirut rush hour Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT Lebanese rescue workers and civilians carry an injured girl from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. Lebanon's state news agency says a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least six people and wounded scores in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Which party is targeting your favorite TV shows? Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:12 AM PDT Yahoo! News columnist Chris Wilson breaks down where political ad money is being spent — and why.

Teen girl shot by Taliban can stand, write Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT The Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education stood up today in a remarkable comeback from her near fatal wound.

Obama mocks rival’s ‘Romnesia’ on issues Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT "He's changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping, we've got to name this condition," the president joked.

Grandson of Kim Jong Il talks about life outside North Korea Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT Kim Han Sol, the grandson of longtime North Korean leader the late Kim Jong Il, has two earrings in his left lobe and a Libyan roommate at school.

Obama and Romney tied in Florida: Poll Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT A new CNN/ORC poll of likely voters in Florida shows President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney statistically tied in this battleground state.

Memo back up claims for more Benghazi security Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT Documents suggest a plan was approved for five permanent security agents, but that never happened.

Mourning Newsweek: 'So long, big get cover interview' Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT "The medium is more profoundly the message than it ever was," writes Yahoo's Virginia Heffernan.

Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT The school remained closed Friday some three hours after the campus-wide bomb threat was received.

Woman in need of rare liver transplant turns to social media Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT It's not just for status updates and photo sharing -- social media has become an important outlet for patients in desperate need of organ donors. Debra Karby, a 37-year-old mother from Vancouver with a rare and aggressive form of liver sarcoma, is hoping that she can increase her odds of receiving a liver by sharing [...]

Abortions never necessary to save mother's life, says Rep. Joe Walsh Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:51 AM PDT "With modern technology and science, you can't find one instance" of a pregnant woman's life being at risk, Walsh told reporters.

Obama ad hits Romney on auto bailout in Ohio Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT "Mitt Romney. Not one of us." That's the last message in this hard-hitting ad from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, aimed squarely at arguably the most important battleground state of the 2012 presidential election: Ohio. The ad zeroes in on Romney's opposition to the auto industry bailout—a key issue in Ohio, which has a large [...]

Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT Meanwhile, executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroids have been linked to the outbreak have been sued in an action aimed at freezing their personal assets.

Al Qaeda attack on Yemen army base kills 24 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:41 AM PDT The attack was a further show of strength by Islamist militants despite a U.S. campaign of drone strikes to neutralize them.

Zimmerman's legal team can see Trayon Martin records Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:38 PM PDT The 29-year-old Zimmerman fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin in February. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.

Cyber attacks from Iran hit several U.S. banks Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:55 AM PDT This week, attacks struck the websites of BB&T, HSBC, Ally Financial and Capital One Financial.

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:47 AM PDT Children look at a sea lion at the zoo in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (GERMANY - Tags: ANIMALS)

Cat leads owner to discovery of ancient Roman ruins Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT Mirko Curti was chasing his cat through the streets of his village on Tuesday night when the cat inadvertently discovered a set of ancient Roman ruins. "The cat managed to get into a grotto and we followed the sound of its meowing," Curti told the Guardian. When he caught up to the animal, it had [...]

Catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:42 PM PDT Star gazers will want to be looking upward this weekend: The Orionid meteor shower is one of the best meteor showers of the year and should not be missed. According to NASA's website: "Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, (the) source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect 25 [...]

'I have to go see a man about a dog': A guide to 1920s slang Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:34 PM PDT Prohibition be damned, words were just better in the 1920s. There's a fascinating piece today in the New York Times from Edward Rothstein about the new prohibition exhibition at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center that's well worth a read if you're interested in things booze and 1920s, and of course about that truly weird little legal time in our country's history. But of extra-special interest to me in this article was the following note about the exhibit:

Can you fix a scratched DVD with a banana? Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:59 AM PDT I have two children; they have their favorite DVDs; and sometimes mommy needs them to be watching those DVDs.  So when the favorite DVDs get scratched and stop playing, it's a problem! Whether it's DVDs, CDs, or game disks for your Xbox or Wii, there are ways to fix and buff out scratches. The Internet [...]

Calif. zoo's baby panda taking his first 'awkward' steps Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:27 AM PDT The San Diego Zoo's 11-week-old giant panda cub has arrived at his "awkward toddler stage," taking his first clumsy baby steps, veterinarians at the zoo said.

Photos: Rockettes get a 'leg-up' at rehearsals for holiday show Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT Dancers from the Radio City Rockettes rehearse for the 2012 edition of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York October 18, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

TSA set to fire 25 at Newark airport over security lapses Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:12 AM PDT Screeners were criticized in an internal TSA document that alleged startling, large-scale security failures.

Oklahoma dust storm sparks highway pile-up Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:50 AM PDT Police were forced to shut down part of a heavily traveled interstate amid near blackout conditions.

Yes, Mormon feminists do exist. But who will they vote for? Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:28 AM PDT "I pretty much know every Mormon feminist, and I can't think of any of them that are going to vote for Romney."

Hey robocallers: Don't call me maybe, say swing voters Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:35 AM PDT As Election Day approaches, Yahoo! News has asked voters in swing states to share what it's like being in the thick of things.

Open homicides possibly linked to Manson family Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:17 PM PDT The LAPD continues to battle for audio tapes that could hold clues to a dozen open homicides potentially linked to the murderous "Manson family," officials told ABC News.

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