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Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the candidates clash over whether the U.S. is a safer place after 9/11.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/america-safer-presidential-candidates-disagree-194558022--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:49:13 -0400Associated Pressamerica-safer-presidential-candidates-disagree-194558022--election<p>
Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the candidates clash over whether the U.S. is a safer place after 9/11.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Union leaders are taking a major stand on teacher evaluations, one of the key issues in the Chicago dispute. If they lose there, it could have ripple effects around the country.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions-071221549.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:37:12 -0400Associated Presschicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions-071221549<p>
Union leaders are taking a major stand on teacher evaluations, one of the key issues in the Chicago dispute. If they lose there, it could have ripple effects around the country.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the U.S. had forfeited any moral right to stop Israel taking action against Iran's nuclear program because it had refused to be firm with Tehran itself.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-no-block-israel-iran-netanyahu-161058318.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:37:51 -0400Reutersu-no-block-israel-iran-netanyahu-161058318<p>
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the U.S. had forfeited any moral right to stop Israel taking action against Iran's nuclear program because it had refused to be firm with Tehran itself.</p><br clear="all"/>
Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/egyptians-scale-u-s-embassy-walls-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:19:10 -0400photos/egyptians-scale-u-s-embassy-walls-slideshow/
Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)<br clear="all"/><p>
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama led America in a silent tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the White House lawn.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 09:17:00 -0400blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election<p>
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama led America in a silent tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the White House lawn.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:55:04 -0400Associated Pressdead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651<p>
The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- "No bulls**t."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 13:33:14 -0400blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election<p>
Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- "No bulls**t."</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A new study finds that an alarming number of homeowners ? 800,000 ? would not have faced foreclosure had the banks taken full advantage of the government's Home Affordable Modification Program to assist distressed mortgage-holders following the financial meltdown. The study, conducted by a group of scholars and government officials?and?coming to us via ProPublica, found that while some banks were well-staffed and trained to modify mortgages, most were not. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:34:01 -0400The Atlantic Wire800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800<p>
A new study finds that an alarming number of homeowners ? 800,000 ? would not have faced foreclosure had the banks taken full advantage of the government's Home Affordable Modification Program to assist distressed mortgage-holders following the financial meltdown. The study, conducted by a group of scholars and government officials?and?coming to us via ProPublica, found that while some banks were well-staffed and trained to modify mortgages, most were not. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
A person stops to read names in New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:09 -0400photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/
A person stops to read names in New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann responded Tuesday to a Vanity Fair article reporting that the network's Joe Scarborough was considering a presidential bid in 2016. We'll let his tweets do the talking:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:12:15 -0400blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494Singer Sheryl Crow has said she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.http://news.yahoo.com/sheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:17:41 -0400LiveScience.comsheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182<p>
Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:22:52 -0400Associated Pressmammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958<p>
Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:05 -0400photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/
<br clear="all"/>Popular baby names in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. But some things never change, including our nation's love of the name "William." Data from the Social Security Administration shows that virtually none of the top 20 most popular names from 1911 is still in the rankings in the most recent [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:33:22 -0400blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452<p>
The USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled steamship that was converted into a gunboat by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lost to the sea on Jan. 11, 1863, during one of the many battles for the strategic Confederate port of Galveston, Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/divers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 14:11:08 -0400LiveScience.comdivers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655<p>
The USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled steamship that was converted into a gunboat by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lost to the sea on Jan. 11, 1863, during one of the many battles for the strategic Confederate port of Galveston, Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:03:24 -0400photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/><p>
The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:47:46 -0400Associated Pressap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519<p>
The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its "worst enemy."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:10:23 -0400blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898<p>
The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its "worst enemy."</p><br clear="all"/><p>
In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/now-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:06:52 -0400Associated Pressnow-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance<p>
In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/>
<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:00:43 -0400photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/
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Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the candidates clash over whether the U.S. is a safer place after 9/11.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/america-safer-presidential-candidates-disagree-194558022--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:49:13 -0400Associated Pressamerica-safer-presidential-candidates-disagree-194558022--election<p>
Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the candidates clash over whether the U.S. is a safer place after 9/11.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Union leaders are taking a major stand on teacher evaluations, one of the key issues in the Chicago dispute. If they lose there, it could have ripple effects around the country.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions-071221549.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:37:12 -0400Associated Presschicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions-071221549<p>
Union leaders are taking a major stand on teacher evaluations, one of the key issues in the Chicago dispute. If they lose there, it could have ripple effects around the country.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:55:04 -0400Associated Pressdead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651<p>
The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- "No bulls**t."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 13:33:14 -0400blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election<p>
Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- "No bulls**t."</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A person stops to read names in New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:09 -0400photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/
A person stops to read names in New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann responded Tuesday to a Vanity Fair article reporting that the network's Joe Scarborough was considering a presidential bid in 2016. We'll let his tweets do the talking:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:12:15 -0400blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494Singer Sheryl Crow has said she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.http://news.yahoo.com/sheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:17:41 -0400LiveScience.comsheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182<p>
Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:22:52 -0400Associated Pressmammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958<p>
Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:05 -0400photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/
<br clear="all"/>Popular baby names in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. But some things never change, including our nation's love of the name "William." Data from the Social Security Administration shows that virtually none of the top 20 most popular names from 1911 is still in the rankings in the most recent [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:33:22 -0400blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452<p>
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:03:24 -0400photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/><p>
The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:47:46 -0400Associated Pressap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519<p>
The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its "worst enemy."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:10:23 -0400blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898<p>
The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its "worst enemy."</p><br clear="all"/><p>
In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/now-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:06:52 -0400Associated Pressnow-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance<p>
In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/>
<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:00:43 -0400photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/
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