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http://news.yahoo.com/ The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 02 Aug 2013 14:25:46 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chris-christie-vs--rand-paul-182546972.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jKyXpo3HReGEzgyC9dyT_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.abcnewsplus.com/f1a00b0a742ae7bb0a35b966474aee8f" width="130" height="86" alt="Chris Christie and Rand Paul: Internationalism Vs. Isolationism A Dividing Issue for the GOP in 2016" align="left" title="Chris Christie and Rand Paul: Internationalism Vs. Isolationism A Dividing Issue for the GOP in 2016" border="0" /></a>Yahoo! News&#039; Chris Moody explains their mean words ? with memes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chris-christie-vs--rand-paul-182546972.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 14:25:46 -0400chris-christie-vs--rand-paul-182546972<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chris-christie-vs--rand-paul-182546972.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jKyXpo3HReGEzgyC9dyT_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.abcnewsplus.com/f1a00b0a742ae7bb0a35b966474aee8f" width="130" height="86" alt="Chris Christie and Rand Paul: Internationalism Vs. Isolationism A Dividing Issue for the GOP in 2016" align="left" title="Chris Christie and Rand Paul: Internationalism Vs. Isolationism A Dividing Issue for the GOP in 2016" border="0" /></a>Yahoo! News&#039; Chris Moody explains their mean words ? with memes.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-gridlock--could-it-be-that-the-nsa-is-bringing-it-to-an-end--202151855.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M4.R6o5NibibrXflAfL9aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c5a0c82b8183c19390f6a706700e8ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)" border="0" /></a>Those who care about a functioning government have long wailed that life on Capitol Hill cannot go on like this. Maybe, just maybe, we have just seen the first signs that these unsustainable trends in partisan warfare in Congress are coming to an end.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-gridlock--could-it-be-that-the-nsa-is-bringing-it-to-an-end--202151855.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:21:51 -0400congressional-gridlock--could-it-be-that-the-nsa-is-bringing-it-to-an-end--202151855<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-gridlock--could-it-be-that-the-nsa-is-bringing-it-to-an-end--202151855.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M4.R6o5NibibrXflAfL9aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c5a0c82b8183c19390f6a706700e8ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)" border="0" /></a>Those who care about a functioning government have long wailed that life on Capitol Hill cannot go on like this. Maybe, just maybe, we have just seen the first signs that these unsustainable trends in partisan warfare in Congress are coming to an end.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-says-he-is--100-percent-not--sexting-anyone-right-now-201504062.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3ZIJ84CzNgCs7AK8Jnr0MQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T003114Z_463805476_GM1E9810NLV01_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLITICS-WEINER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York" align="left" title="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK?Anthony Weiner insists he&#039;s not having any type of online relationship right now and says his days of sexting are well behind him.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-says-he-is--100-percent-not--sexting-anyone-right-now-201504062.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:15:03 -0400weiner-says-he-is--100-percent-not--sexting-anyone-right-now-201504062<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-says-he-is--100-percent-not--sexting-anyone-right-now-201504062.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3ZIJ84CzNgCs7AK8Jnr0MQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T003114Z_463805476_GM1E9810NLV01_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLITICS-WEINER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York" align="left" title="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK?Anthony Weiner insists he&#039;s not having any type of online relationship right now and says his days of sexting are well behind him.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/inside-north-korea-s-brutal-prison-camps-171717380.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5onrlvKZXHmpkY5zslLFcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-05T194322Z_2088113818_GM1E96608S201_RTRMADP_3_KOREA-NORTH-DEFECTORS-SHIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shin Dong-hyuk poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva" align="left" title="Shin Dong-hyuk poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva" border="0" /></a>Shin Dong-Hyuk is the only man born inside a North Korean prison camp who managed to escape. His story has been documented in a book by journalist Blaine Harden. Here the author gives Yahoo! News a picture of what life is like in notoriously secretive North Korea.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/inside-north-korea-s-brutal-prison-camps-171717380.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 11:23:33 -0400inside-north-korea-s-brutal-prison-camps-171717380<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/inside-north-korea-s-brutal-prison-camps-171717380.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5onrlvKZXHmpkY5zslLFcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-05T194322Z_2088113818_GM1E96608S201_RTRMADP_3_KOREA-NORTH-DEFECTORS-SHIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shin Dong-hyuk poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva" align="left" title="Shin Dong-hyuk poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva" border="0" /></a>Shin Dong-Hyuk is the only man born inside a North Korean prison camp who managed to escape. His story has been documented in a book by journalist Blaine Harden. Here the author gives Yahoo! News a picture of what life is like in notoriously secretive North Korea.</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/taiwan-lawmakers-brawl-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e7wdnQOJU8UHJoGR7EHHuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f4ba351d66a5119390f6a706700852d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Taiwanese lawmakers exchange punches in nuclear plant debate" align="left" title="Taiwanese lawmakers exchange punches in nuclear plant debate" border="0" /></a>Ruling and opposition lawmakers fight on the legislature floor in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Taiwanese lawmakers exchanged punches and threw water at each other Friday ahead of an expected vote that would authorize a referendum on whether to finish a fourth nuclear power plant on this densely populated island of 23 million people. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/taiwan-lawmakers-brawl-slideshow/Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:43:02 -0400lightbox/taiwan-lawmakers-brawl-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/taiwan-lawmakers-brawl-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e7wdnQOJU8UHJoGR7EHHuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f4ba351d66a5119390f6a706700852d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Taiwanese lawmakers exchange punches in nuclear plant debate" align="left" title="Taiwanese lawmakers exchange punches in nuclear plant debate" border="0" /></a>Ruling and opposition lawmakers fight on the legislature floor in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Taiwanese lawmakers exchanged punches and threw water at each other Friday ahead of an expected vote that would authorize a referendum on whether to finish a fourth nuclear power plant on this densely populated island of 23 million people. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)<br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/rd63650262.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G6crUX5TBOl2421_fWMTWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T182547Z_301898378_GM1E98306BZ01_RTRMADP_3_USA-SECURITY-SNOWDEN-AIRPORT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, a legal researcher for WikiLeaks, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena and his assistant Valentina walk at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="ugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, a legal researcher for WikiLeaks, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena and his assistant Valentina walk at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>Although Russia gave him asylum, the former NSA contractor&#039;s next challenge is finding a job, says one expert.</p><br clear="all"/>http://www.lvrj.com/rd63650262.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 13:56:00 -0400rd63650262<p><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/rd63650262.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G6crUX5TBOl2421_fWMTWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T182547Z_301898378_GM1E98306BZ01_RTRMADP_3_USA-SECURITY-SNOWDEN-AIRPORT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, a legal researcher for WikiLeaks, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena and his assistant Valentina walk at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="ugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, a legal researcher for WikiLeaks, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena and his assistant Valentina walk at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>Although Russia gave him asylum, the former NSA contractor&#039;s next challenge is finding a job, says one expert.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Food and Drug Administration says an outbreak of stomach illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska is linked to salad mix served at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants in those states and supplied by a Mexican farm.http://news.yahoo.com/fda-links-stomach-bug-2-states-mexican-farm-213132839.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 17:59:19 -0400Associated Pressfda-links-stomach-bug-2-states-mexican-farm-213132839<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-mass-poisoning-pleads-not-guilty-203043332.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pukaaZgBdnADfgbPIK5KKQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fc28324fd8c75c19390f6a7067001dba.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes&#039; body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes&#039; body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)" border="0" /></a>WOBURN, Mass. (AP) ? A man who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, and a Massachusetts man was charged with attempted murder in his death.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-mass-poisoning-pleads-not-guilty-203043332.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:52:10 -0400Associated Presssuspect-mass-poisoning-pleads-not-guilty-203043332<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suspect-mass-poisoning-pleads-not-guilty-203043332.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pukaaZgBdnADfgbPIK5KKQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fc28324fd8c75c19390f6a7067001dba.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes&#039; body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes&#039; body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)" border="0" /></a>WOBURN, Mass. (AP) ? A man who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, and a Massachusetts man was charged with attempted murder in his death.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/high-court-wont-delay-release-calif-inmates-213152860.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5NXdK2mhnQCed6m8gYhXZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/26afd091d90a5d19390f6a7067001bbe.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Inmates are housed in three tier bunks, in what was once a multi-purpose recreation room, at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 prisoners by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Inmates are housed in three tier bunks, in what was once a multi-purpose recreation room, at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 prisoners by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/high-court-wont-delay-release-calif-inmates-213152860.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 18:01:32 -0400Associated Presshigh-court-wont-delay-release-calif-inmates-213152860<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/high-court-wont-delay-release-calif-inmates-213152860.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5NXdK2mhnQCed6m8gYhXZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/26afd091d90a5d19390f6a7067001bbe.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Inmates are housed in three tier bunks, in what was once a multi-purpose recreation room, at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 prisoners by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Inmates are housed in three tier bunks, in what was once a multi-purpose recreation room, at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 prisoners by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year&#039;s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they&#039;re forced to open the prison gates.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/miss-law-requires-cord-blood-teen-moms-141901161.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8HEpg0H13p7dd1_HnEaxrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/46cc99f4d7725619390f6a7067005785.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 31, 2013 photo, Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, sits in her Yazoo City, Miss., chambers, expresses her grave concern to learn several middle school girls have become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. Goree, who oversees child support cases, says that often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" align="left" title="In this July 31, 2013 photo, Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, sits in her Yazoo City, Miss., chambers, expresses her grave concern to learn several middle school girls have become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. Goree, who oversees child support cases, says that often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0" /></a>JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won&#039;t name the father, a new Mississippi law ? likely the first of its kind in the country ? says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/miss-law-requires-cord-blood-teen-moms-141901161.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:41:28 -0400Associated Pressmiss-law-requires-cord-blood-teen-moms-141901161<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/miss-law-requires-cord-blood-teen-moms-141901161.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8HEpg0H13p7dd1_HnEaxrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/46cc99f4d7725619390f6a7067005785.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 31, 2013 photo, Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, sits in her Yazoo City, Miss., chambers, expresses her grave concern to learn several middle school girls have become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. Goree, who oversees child support cases, says that often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" align="left" title="In this July 31, 2013 photo, Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, sits in her Yazoo City, Miss., chambers, expresses her grave concern to learn several middle school girls have become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. Goree, who oversees child support cases, says that often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0" /></a>JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won&#039;t name the father, a new Mississippi law ? likely the first of its kind in the country ? says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/american-economy-adds-modest-162-000-jobs-july-214859048.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiZRsojx8q2TUj3mriAsFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4d2cfeeed5934d19390f6a706700cec9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. economy is steadily adding jobs ? just not at a consistently strong pace.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/american-economy-adds-modest-162-000-jobs-july-214859048.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 17:49:29 -0400Associated Pressamerican-economy-adds-modest-162-000-jobs-july-214859048<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/american-economy-adds-modest-162-000-jobs-july-214859048.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiZRsojx8q2TUj3mriAsFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4d2cfeeed5934d19390f6a706700cec9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. economy is steadily adding jobs ? just not at a consistently strong pace.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ellen-degeneres-host-oscars-2nd-time-191458014.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zLrj3zS72fLAGGNjX.5dwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/72fb14bcd7b75719390f6a7067000c24.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, TV host Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the season 4 premiere of &quot;Arrested Development&quot; in Los Angeles. Producers announced Friday, Aug. 2, that DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Katy Winn/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, TV host Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the season 4 premiere of &quot;Arrested Development&quot; in Los Angeles. Producers announced Friday, Aug. 2, that DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Katy Winn/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Comic and daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres was picked to host the Academy Awards for the second time.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ellen-degeneres-host-oscars-2nd-time-191458014.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:43:52 -0400Associated Pressellen-degeneres-host-oscars-2nd-time-191458014<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ellen-degeneres-host-oscars-2nd-time-191458014.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zLrj3zS72fLAGGNjX.5dwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/72fb14bcd7b75719390f6a7067000c24.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, TV host Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the season 4 premiere of &quot;Arrested Development&quot; in Los Angeles. Producers announced Friday, Aug. 2, that DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Katy Winn/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, TV host Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the season 4 premiere of &quot;Arrested Development&quot; in Los Angeles. Producers announced Friday, Aug. 2, that DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Katy Winn/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Comic and daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres was picked to host the Academy Awards for the second time.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-employers-add-162k-jobs-rate-falls-7-134459741.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiZRsojx8q2TUj3mriAsFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4d2cfeeed5934d19390f6a706700cec9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July, a modest increase and the fewest since March. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell from 7.6 percent to a 4?-year low of 7.4 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-employers-add-162k-jobs-rate-falls-7-134459741.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:56:35 -0400Associated Pressus-employers-add-162k-jobs-rate-falls-7-134459741<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-employers-add-162k-jobs-rate-falls-7-134459741.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiZRsojx8q2TUj3mriAsFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4d2cfeeed5934d19390f6a706700cec9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July, a modest increase and the fewest since March. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell from 7.6 percent to a 4?-year low of 7.4 percent.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-issues-global-travel-alert-citing-al-qaida-160810060.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XrbiPUJPID9agFmPegf8Tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5572b6adb69c3519390f6a706700642f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn&#039;t sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry&#039;s trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan&#039;s first transition between civilian governments." align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn&#039;t sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry&#039;s trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan&#039;s first transition between civilian governments." border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States issued a global travel alert Friday, citing an al-Qaida threat that also caused the State Department to close 21 embassies and consulates this weekend in the Muslim world.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-issues-global-travel-alert-citing-al-qaida-160810060.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 12:08:10 -0400Associated Pressus-issues-global-travel-alert-citing-al-qaida-160810060<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-issues-global-travel-alert-citing-al-qaida-160810060.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XrbiPUJPID9agFmPegf8Tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5572b6adb69c3519390f6a706700642f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn&#039;t sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry&#039;s trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan&#039;s first transition between civilian governments." align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn&#039;t sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry&#039;s trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan&#039;s first transition between civilian governments." border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States issued a global travel alert Friday, citing an al-Qaida threat that also caused the State Department to close 21 embassies and consulates this weekend in the Muslim world.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/morsi-backers-start-vigil-egyptian-capital-173929491.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XHXlskchDypXptq_pX9hOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e097620fd7f05819390f6a7067007601.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans and hold his posters during a rally at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug.2, 2013. Arabic reads, &quot;yes to legitimacy.&quot; An international human rights group has warned of a &quot;bloodbath&quot; if Egypt&#039;s new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country&#039;s ousted president. The statement by Human Rights Watch came as Mohammed Morsi&#039;s followers called for new mass rallies across the country on Friday in defiance of a government order to disband.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans and hold his posters during a rally at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug.2, 2013. Arabic reads, &quot;yes to legitimacy.&quot; An international human rights group has warned of a &quot;bloodbath&quot; if Egypt&#039;s new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country&#039;s ousted president. The statement by Human Rights Watch came as Mohammed Morsi&#039;s followers called for new mass rallies across the country on Friday in defiance of a government order to disband.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? Authorities announced plans Friday to besiege two sit-ins filled with supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, but hundreds of his loyalists defiantly set up a third camp near Cairo&#039;s international airport.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/morsi-backers-start-vigil-egyptian-capital-173929491.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 13:39:29 -0400Associated Pressmorsi-backers-start-vigil-egyptian-capital-173929491<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/morsi-backers-start-vigil-egyptian-capital-173929491.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XHXlskchDypXptq_pX9hOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e097620fd7f05819390f6a7067007601.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans and hold his posters during a rally at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug.2, 2013. Arabic reads, &quot;yes to legitimacy.&quot; An international human rights group has warned of a &quot;bloodbath&quot; if Egypt&#039;s new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country&#039;s ousted president. The statement by Human Rights Watch came as Mohammed Morsi&#039;s followers called for new mass rallies across the country on Friday in defiance of a government order to disband.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans and hold his posters during a rally at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug.2, 2013. Arabic reads, &quot;yes to legitimacy.&quot; An international human rights group has warned of a &quot;bloodbath&quot; if Egypt&#039;s new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country&#039;s ousted president. The statement by Human Rights Watch came as Mohammed Morsi&#039;s followers called for new mass rallies across the country on Friday in defiance of a government order to disband.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? Authorities announced plans Friday to besiege two sit-ins filled with supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, but hundreds of his loyalists defiantly set up a third camp near Cairo&#039;s international airport.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rep-issa-accuses-irs-obstructing-investigation-171420153.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fDV0af.kmS8Tua2yVLP6xg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/91f572bed8515a19390f6a7067002dc6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the IRS of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said the IRS has been slow to produce documents that are so thoroughly blacked out they are useless to investigators. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the IRS of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said the IRS has been slow to produce documents that are so thoroughly blacked out they are useless to investigators. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A GOP lawmaker accused the Internal Revenue Service of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rep-issa-accuses-irs-obstructing-investigation-171420153.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:24:00 -0400Associated Pressrep-issa-accuses-irs-obstructing-investigation-171420153<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rep-issa-accuses-irs-obstructing-investigation-171420153.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fDV0af.kmS8Tua2yVLP6xg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/91f572bed8515a19390f6a7067002dc6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the IRS of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said the IRS has been slow to produce documents that are so thoroughly blacked out they are useless to investigators. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" align="left" title="FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the IRS of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said the IRS has been slow to produce documents that are so thoroughly blacked out they are useless to investigators. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? A GOP lawmaker accused the Internal Revenue Service of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency&#039;s targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ePsPKaqheSnxXbFqHdg6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/554ff7b9d8725a19390f6a7067005250.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Less than a year after giving birth to her first child, Megan Fox is pregnant again.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:18:17 -0400Associated Pressmegan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ePsPKaqheSnxXbFqHdg6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/554ff7b9d8725a19390f6a7067005250.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Less than a year after giving birth to her first child, Megan Fox is pregnant again.</p><br clear="all"/>AMES, Iowa (AP) ? An Iowa man is being hailed as a hero for pushing an elderly couple's stalled car from a railroad crossing with a freight train bearing down on them.http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-man-saves-couple-oncoming-train-173812174.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:26:24 -0400Associated Pressiowa-man-saves-couple-oncoming-train-173812174<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/da-alleged-bulger-extortion-victim-poisoned-191819814.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tHu4hvIb.60u8kh2MolIIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/05332351d8a35b19390f6a706700680e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes is shown outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Authorities Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 charged William Camuti, of Sudbury, Mass., with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning Rakes. His body was found July 18, 2013, in woods on the side of a street Lincoln, Mass. Rakes had hoped to testify in the racketeering trial of reputed mobster James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger. Prosecutors said Rakes and his former wife were forced to sell Bulger their liquor store in 1984 to use as a headquarters for his gang and as a source of legitimate income. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" align="left" title="In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes is shown outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Authorities Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 charged William Camuti, of Sudbury, Mass., with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning Rakes. His body was found July 18, 2013, in woods on the side of a street Lincoln, Mass. Rakes had hoped to testify in the racketeering trial of reputed mobster James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger. Prosecutors said Rakes and his former wife were forced to sell Bulger their liquor store in 1984 to use as a headquarters for his gang and as a source of legitimate income. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" border="0" /></a>WOBURN, Mass. (AP) ? A man who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, and a Massachusetts man was charged with attempted murder in his death.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/da-alleged-bulger-extortion-victim-poisoned-191819814.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 16:01:36 -0400Associated Pressda-alleged-bulger-extortion-victim-poisoned-191819814<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/da-alleged-bulger-extortion-victim-poisoned-191819814.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tHu4hvIb.60u8kh2MolIIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/05332351d8a35b19390f6a706700680e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes is shown outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Authorities Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 charged William Camuti, of Sudbury, Mass., with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning Rakes. His body was found July 18, 2013, in woods on the side of a street Lincoln, Mass. Rakes had hoped to testify in the racketeering trial of reputed mobster James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger. Prosecutors said Rakes and his former wife were forced to sell Bulger their liquor store in 1984 to use as a headquarters for his gang and as a source of legitimate income. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" align="left" title="In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes is shown outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Authorities Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 charged William Camuti, of Sudbury, Mass., with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning Rakes. His body was found July 18, 2013, in woods on the side of a street Lincoln, Mass. Rakes had hoped to testify in the racketeering trial of reputed mobster James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger. Prosecutors said Rakes and his former wife were forced to sell Bulger their liquor store in 1984 to use as a headquarters for his gang and as a source of legitimate income. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" border="0" /></a>WOBURN, Mass. (AP) ? A man who said he had been extorted by James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, and a Massachusetts man was charged with attempted murder in his death.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-diplomat-kills-man-car-crash-leaves-kenya-151442741.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lE.6ccT1QjW5twDhPt2NJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7a914c7fd7da5819390f6a7067008301.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Latifah Naiman Mariki, widow of the late Haji Lukindo, with two of her children Juma Lukindo, 20, and Shamim Lukindo, 7, outside their house in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday. Latifah Naiman Mariki, 38, and whose husband was killed in the crash, was almost evicted from her house this week after her landlord demanded rent. Mariki&#039;s deceased husband, Haji Lukindo, was the family&#039;s only source of income. Mariki told The Associated Press that neither the American driver nor anyone at the U.S. Embassy has contacted her, and she doesn&#039;t know how she will provide for her soon-to-be-born child and three children, ages 20, 10 and 7. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)" align="left" title="Latifah Naiman Mariki, widow of the late Haji Lukindo, with two of her children Juma Lukindo, 20, and Shamim Lukindo, 7, outside their house in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday. Latifah Naiman Mariki, 38, and whose husband was killed in the crash, was almost evicted from her house this week after her landlord demanded rent. Mariki&#039;s deceased husband, Haji Lukindo, was the family&#039;s only source of income. Mariki told The Associated Press that neither the American driver nor anyone at the U.S. Embassy has contacted her, and she doesn&#039;t know how she will provide for her soon-to-be-born child and three children, ages 20, 10 and 7. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-diplomat-kills-man-car-crash-leaves-kenya-151442741.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 14:25:43 -0400Associated Pressus-diplomat-kills-man-car-crash-leaves-kenya-151442741<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-diplomat-kills-man-car-crash-leaves-kenya-151442741.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lE.6ccT1QjW5twDhPt2NJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7a914c7fd7da5819390f6a7067008301.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Latifah Naiman Mariki, widow of the late Haji Lukindo, with two of her children Juma Lukindo, 20, and Shamim Lukindo, 7, outside their house in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday. Latifah Naiman Mariki, 38, and whose husband was killed in the crash, was almost evicted from her house this week after her landlord demanded rent. Mariki&#039;s deceased husband, Haji Lukindo, was the family&#039;s only source of income. Mariki told The Associated Press that neither the American driver nor anyone at the U.S. Embassy has contacted her, and she doesn&#039;t know how she will provide for her soon-to-be-born child and three children, ages 20, 10 and 7. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)" align="left" title="Latifah Naiman Mariki, widow of the late Haji Lukindo, with two of her children Juma Lukindo, 20, and Shamim Lukindo, 7, outside their house in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday. Latifah Naiman Mariki, 38, and whose husband was killed in the crash, was almost evicted from her house this week after her landlord demanded rent. Mariki&#039;s deceased husband, Haji Lukindo, was the family&#039;s only source of income. Mariki told The Associated Press that neither the American driver nor anyone at the U.S. Embassy has contacted her, and she doesn&#039;t know how she will provide for her soon-to-be-born child and three children, ages 20, 10 and 7. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-s--alerts-americans-overseas-to-terrorist-threats-in-august-154921817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kUdx8rjd.dn6vJdC5usytg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T123950Z_1_CBRE9710Z6X00_RTROPTP_2_USA-EMBASSIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pedestrians walk past the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" align="left" title="Pedestrians walk past the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>The Middle East and North Africa are particularly dangerous, warns the State Department.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-s--alerts-americans-overseas-to-terrorist-threats-in-august-154921817.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 11:49:21 -0400u-s--alerts-americans-overseas-to-terrorist-threats-in-august-154921817<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-s--alerts-americans-overseas-to-terrorist-threats-in-august-154921817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kUdx8rjd.dn6vJdC5usytg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T123950Z_1_CBRE9710Z6X00_RTROPTP_2_USA-EMBASSIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pedestrians walk past the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" alig

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