Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlineshttp://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 reservedWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:10:16 -04005Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlineshttp://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBloomberg: Take the stairs<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-obesity-stairs-nyc-191016923.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w7ieQ4czs5In0i9zM_TLFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-17/d892a6d3-ff42-432a-93f1-bae5e3e279c0_bloomberg-elevators.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bloomberg anti-obesity effort" align="left" title="Bloomberg anti-obesity effort" border="0" /></a>The NYC mayor first targeted super-sized sodas; now he's focused on elevators.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-obesity-stairs-nyc-191016923.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:10:16 -0400bloomberg-obesity-stairs-nyc-191016923<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-obesity-stairs-nyc-191016923.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w7ieQ4czs5In0i9zM_TLFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-17/d892a6d3-ff42-432a-93f1-bae5e3e279c0_bloomberg-elevators.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bloomberg anti-obesity effort" align="left" title="Bloomberg anti-obesity effort" border="0" /></a>The NYC mayor first targeted super-sized sodas; now he's focused on elevators.</p><br clear="all"/>Officials seeking stolen paintings find clues?in ashes<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/officials-seeking-stolen-art-paint-ashes-163654955.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QGvOpjwt4pLDRxr9NRqbbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98132fbbcb7dc417370f6a706700a4ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" was hanging, right, is seen next to a painting by Maurice Denis, center, and Pierre Bonnard, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" was hanging, right, is seen next to a painting by Maurice Denis, center, and Pierre Bonnard, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong File)" border="0" /></a>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? It may be a case of art to ashes ? and scientists are trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/officials-seeking-stolen-art-paint-ashes-163654955.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 13:56:39 -0400Associated Pressofficials-seeking-stolen-art-paint-ashes-163654955<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/officials-seeking-stolen-art-paint-ashes-163654955.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QGvOpjwt4pLDRxr9NRqbbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98132fbbcb7dc417370f6a706700a4ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" was hanging, right, is seen next to a painting by Maurice Denis, center, and Pierre Bonnard, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 file photo shows the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" was hanging, right, is seen next to a painting by Maurice Denis, center, and Pierre Bonnard, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong File)" border="0" /></a>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? It may be a case of art to ashes ? and scientists are trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.</p><br clear="all"/>Pakistan Taliban fighter asks Malala to come home<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-taliban-fighter-asks-malala-come-home-190529423.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ASY_13oBAhZQNBpUJzBq4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T190529Z_1_CBRE96G1H1800_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PAKISTAN-TALIBAN-MALALA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Yousafzai gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at U.N. Headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Yousafzai gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at U.N. Headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban commander has written to Pakistani girl activist Malala Yousafzai, saying he regretted her shooting last year by militants and urging her to come home. Yousafzai, now 16, was shot at close range by Taliban gunmen in October as she left school in Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan. She was flown to Britain for treatment and has not returned since due to persistent Taliban threats against her. On July 12, she addressed the world in an electrifying speech at the United Nations in which she said the pen was mightier than the sword. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-taliban-fighter-asks-malala-come-home-190529423.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:05:29 -0400Reuterspakistan-taliban-fighter-asks-malala-come-home-190529423<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-taliban-fighter-asks-malala-come-home-190529423.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ASY_13oBAhZQNBpUJzBq4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T190529Z_1_CBRE96G1H1800_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PAKISTAN-TALIBAN-MALALA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Yousafzai gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at U.N. Headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Yousafzai gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at U.N. Headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban commander has written to Pakistani girl activist Malala Yousafzai, saying he regretted her shooting last year by militants and urging her to come home. Yousafzai, now 16, was shot at close range by Taliban gunmen in October as she left school in Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan. She was flown to Britain for treatment and has not returned since due to persistent Taliban threats against her. On July 12, she addressed the world in an electrifying speech at the United Nations in which she said the pen was mightier than the sword. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/memory-decline-may-earliest-sign-dementia-172940009.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1iwSGgLzcbvDAqF4XvDogA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5e23e751e9f2da17370f6a7067009f41.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Friday, June 21, 2013 photo shows magnets on a cabinet at the Alzheimer's Association Headquarters in Chicago advertising their help line. Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as "the worried well," but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer's Association. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)" align="left" title="This Friday, June 21, 2013 photo shows magnets on a cabinet at the Alzheimer's Association Headquarters in Chicago advertising their help line. Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as "the worried well," but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer's Association. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/memory-decline-may-earliest-sign-dementia-172940009.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:00:02 -0400Associated Pressmemory-decline-may-earliest-sign-dementia-172940009<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/memory-decline-may-earliest-sign-dementia-172940009.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1iwSGgLzcbvDAqF4XvDogA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5e23e751e9f2da17370f6a7067009f41.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Friday, June 21, 2013 photo shows magnets on a cabinet at the Alzheimer's Association Headquarters in Chicago advertising their help line. Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as "the worried well," but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer's Association. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)" align="left" title="This Friday, June 21, 2013 photo shows magnets on a cabinet at the Alzheimer's Association Headquarters in Chicago advertising their help line. Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as "the worried well," but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer's Association. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.</p><br clear="all"/>Ohio kidnapping, rape suspect pleads not guilty<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-kidnapping-rape-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-151703915.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qh0euyV9BvLumqA42UifVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca25f260e967d717370f6a7067001489.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ariel Castro stands before a judge during his arraignment on an expanded 977-count indictment Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro is charged with kidnapping and raping three women over a decade in his Cleveland home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" align="left" title="Ariel Castro stands before a judge during his arraignment on an expanded 977-count indictment Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro is charged with kidnapping and raping three women over a decade in his Cleveland home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>CLEVELAND (AP) ? The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for more than a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday on an expanded indictment charging him with 512 counts of kidnapping and 446 counts of rape, among other crimes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-kidnapping-rape-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-151703915.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:41:20 -0400Associated Pressohio-kidnapping-rape-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-151703915<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-kidnapping-rape-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-151703915.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qh0euyV9BvLumqA42UifVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca25f260e967d717370f6a7067001489.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ariel Castro stands before a judge during his arraignment on an expanded 977-count indictment Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro is charged with kidnapping and raping three women over a decade in his Cleveland home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" align="left" title="Ariel Castro stands before a judge during his arraignment on an expanded 977-count indictment Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro is charged with kidnapping and raping three women over a decade in his Cleveland home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>CLEVELAND (AP) ? The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for more than a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday on an expanded indictment charging him with 512 counts of kidnapping and 446 counts of rape, among other crimes.</p><br clear="all"/>22 children die after eating school lunch in India<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V1PMoCAVsnYtNN3jxOlaFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/21c5b562e8fbd517370f6a706700644d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:54:26 -0400Associated Press22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V1PMoCAVsnYtNN3jxOlaFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/21c5b562e8fbd517370f6a706700644d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes.</p><br clear="all"/>Mandela makes 'dramatic' progress, says daughter<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-makes-dramatic-progress-says-daughter-155015626.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F3S.wBWqIc89Pk8elawe3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5ea41608e8bfd417370f6a706700526a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man only known as Kobus, holds a ruling party poster with former South African President Nelson Mandela's face outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="A man only known as Kobus, holds a ruling party poster with former South African President Nelson Mandela's face outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela has made "dramatic progress," and may be going home "anytime soon," said his daughter Zindzi on the eve of his 95th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-makes-dramatic-progress-says-daughter-155015626.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:30:55 -0400Associated Pressmandela-makes-dramatic-progress-says-daughter-155015626<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-makes-dramatic-progress-says-daughter-155015626.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F3S.wBWqIc89Pk8elawe3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5ea41608e8bfd417370f6a706700526a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man only known as Kobus, holds a ruling party poster with former South African President Nelson Mandela's face outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="A man only known as Kobus, holds a ruling party poster with former South African President Nelson Mandela's face outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Nelson Mandela has made "dramatic progress," and may be going home "anytime soon," said his daughter Zindzi on the eve of his 95th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/>Marathon bombing suspect on Rolling Stone cover<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/marathon-bombing-suspect-rolling-stone-cover-153359386.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b5S1Z._ehWj_w.JFkK.Jow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/250b6ec7e936d617370f6a706700aa8b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)" align="left" title="In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? A Rolling Stone cover story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev isn't on the stands yet but it's already generating controversy, with at least two New England-based retailers announcing Wednesday that they will not carry the issue.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/marathon-bombing-suspect-rolling-stone-cover-153359386.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:25:27 -0400Associated Pressmarathon-bombing-suspect-rolling-stone-cover-153359386<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/marathon-bombing-suspect-rolling-stone-cover-153359386.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b5S1Z._ehWj_w.JFkK.Jow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/250b6ec7e936d617370f6a706700aa8b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)" align="left" title="In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? A Rolling Stone cover story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev isn't on the stands yet but it's already generating controversy, with at least two New England-based retailers announcing Wednesday that they will not carry the issue.</p><br clear="all"/>Study: Dead stars colliding forged gold on Earth<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-dead-stars-colliding-forged-gold-earth-171008664.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DcWPCpA3nMvpu4hi5pJOHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/862f2ef3e9a7d817370f6a70670029b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a staff member displays gold bullion bars during a news conference at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. A new study based on observations from space suggests the gold on Earth came from colliding dead stars in a cataclysmic event that occurred long ago. The research by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will appear in a future issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (AP Photo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a staff member displays gold bullion bars during a news conference at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. A new study based on observations from space suggests the gold on Earth came from colliding dead stars in a cataclysmic event that occurred long ago. The research by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will appear in a future issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A strange glow in space has provided fresh evidence that all the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars, researchers reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/study-dead-stars-colliding-forged-gold-earth-171008664.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:42:05 -0400Associated Pressstudy-dead-stars-colliding-forged-gold-earth-171008664<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-dead-stars-colliding-forged-gold-earth-171008664.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DcWPCpA3nMvpu4hi5pJOHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/862f2ef3e9a7d817370f6a70670029b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a staff member displays gold bullion bars during a news conference at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. A new study based on observations from space suggests the gold on Earth came from colliding dead stars in a cataclysmic event that occurred long ago. The research by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will appear in a future issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (AP Photo, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2011, file photo a staff member displays gold bullion bars during a news conference at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. A new study based on observations from space suggests the gold on Earth came from colliding dead stars in a cataclysmic event that occurred long ago. The research by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will appear in a future issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A strange glow in space has provided fresh evidence that all the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars, researchers reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>Outspoken Assad supporter assassinated in Lebanon<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria's civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria's civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen burst into the first floor apartment of a pro-government Syrian journalist Wednesday, killing him in a hail of nearly 30 bullets in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:02:11 -0400Associated Pressoutspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/outspoken-assad-supporter-assassinated-lebanon-181154052.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SDfk1YFEkvt1_plHvpgnVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4f52eaae846d217370f6a706700ccae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria's civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" align="left" title="Fatima, right, daughter of Mohammed Darrar Jammo a Syrian political analyst and one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's strongest defenders, who was gunned down inside his home, is comforted by a relative as she mourns her father, in the southern coastal town of Sarafand, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in the past months in a spillover of Syria's civil war into its smaller neighbor. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Gunmen burst into the first floor apartment of a pro-government Syrian journalist Wednesday, killing him in a hail of nearly 30 bullets in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>House GOP seek delay in health care provisions<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLCIWk9o6WopFQz1b7b8lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27510769e84bd217370f6a7067001fb3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been "wonderful" for the country saying "The law isn't wonderful, it's a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That's why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers." The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law's individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been "wonderful" for the country saying "The law isn't wonderful, it's a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That's why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers." The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law's individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans pressed ahead Wednesday on delaying key components of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, emboldened by the administration's concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 13:52:04 -0400Associated Presshouse-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-seek-delay-health-care-provisions-072436181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SLCIWk9o6WopFQz1b7b8lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27510769e84bd217370f6a7067001fb3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been "wonderful" for the country saying "The law isn't wonderful, it's a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That's why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers." The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law's individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 11, 2013 file photo. Boehner stood on the House floor Tuesday July 16, 2013 and ridiculed Democratic comments that the law has been "wonderful" for the country saying "The law isn't wonderful, it's a train wreck. You know it. I know it. And the American people know it. Even the president knows it. That's why he proposed delaying his mandate on employers." The House has scheduled votes Wednesday to delay the health care law's individual and employer mandates, the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans pressed ahead Wednesday on delaying key components of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, emboldened by the administration's concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated.</p><br clear="all"/>Driving somewhere? There's a gov't record of that<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/driving-somewhere-theres-govt-record-140052644.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GPrcMx_3xTQDQ1LX9dqN3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/151abb8be902d517370f6a706700c504.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Alexandria Police Dept. squad car is seen outfitted with a license plate scanner mounted to the trunk, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Alexandria, Va. Local police departments across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movements of vehicles with a license plate using automated scanners. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, dumping that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or even years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" align="left" title="An Alexandria Police Dept. squad car is seen outfitted with a license plate scanner mounted to the trunk, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Alexandria, Va. Local police departments across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movements of vehicles with a license plate using automated scanners. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, dumping that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or even years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/driving-somewhere-theres-govt-record-140052644.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 10:23:22 -0400Associated Pressdriving-somewhere-theres-govt-record-140052644<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/driving-somewhere-theres-govt-record-140052644.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GPrcMx_3xTQDQ1LX9dqN3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/151abb8be902d517370f6a706700c504.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Alexandria Police Dept. squad car is seen outfitted with a license plate scanner mounted to the trunk, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Alexandria, Va. Local police departments across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movements of vehicles with a license plate using automated scanners. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, dumping that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or even years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" align="left" title="An Alexandria Police Dept. squad car is seen outfitted with a license plate scanner mounted to the trunk, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Alexandria, Va. Local police departments across the country have amassed millions of digital records on the location and movements of vehicles with a license plate using automated scanners. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their location, dumping that information into police databases. Departments keep the records for weeks or even years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.</p><br clear="all"/>R&A will look at gender issue after British Open<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/r-look-gender-issue-british-open-121240991.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hRwq5FxmbbZ1ye9Ljw2AJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2a85f61be917d617370f6a706700fa53.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Royal and Ancient Golf Club's Chief Executive Peter Dawson listens during a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Wednesday July 17, 2013. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="The Royal and Ancient Golf Club's Chief Executive Peter Dawson listens during a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Wednesday July 17, 2013. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>GULLANE, Scotland (AP) ? Part defiant and part pragmatist, the head of the Royal & Ancient conceded Wednesday that all-male clubs are a bedeviling issue but insisted the British Open venues won't be pressured into opening their doors to women.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/r-look-gender-issue-british-open-121240991.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:02:46 -0400Associated Pressr-look-gender-issue-british-open-121240991<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/r-look-gender-issue-british-open-121240991.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hRwq5FxmbbZ1ye9Ljw2AJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2a85f61be917d617370f6a706700fa53.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Royal and Ancient Golf Club's Chief Executive Peter Dawson listens during a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Wednesday July 17, 2013. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="The Royal and Ancient Golf Club's Chief Executive Peter Dawson listens during a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Wednesday July 17, 2013. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>GULLANE, Scotland (AP) ? Part defiant and part pragmatist, the head of the Royal & Ancient conceded Wednesday that all-male clubs are a bedeviling issue but insisted the British Open venues won't be pressured into opening their doors to women.</p><br clear="all"/>Bernanke: Timetable for bond purchases not preset<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bernanke-timetable-bond-purchases-not-preset-123229039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jS0D_bB9sdIjDx7Xfd_njg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10a79b4ee94dd717370f6a706700acfb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve's timetable for reducing its bond purchases is not on a "preset course" and the Fed could increase or decrease the amount based on how the economy performs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bernanke-timetable-bond-purchases-not-preset-123229039.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:59:53 -0400Associated Pressbernanke-timetable-bond-purchases-not-preset-123229039<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bernanke-timetable-bond-purchases-not-preset-123229039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jS0D_bB9sdIjDx7Xfd_njg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/10a79b4ee94dd717370f6a706700acfb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve's timetable for reducing its bond purchases is not on a "preset course" and the Fed could increase or decrease the amount based on how the economy performs.</p><br clear="all"/>How to tell signs of dementia from normal agingBOSTON (AP) ? New studies suggest that noticing you are having memory or thinking problems could be the earliest sign of Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's Association lists these 10 warning signs, plus advice on how to tell them from normal age-related changes:http://news.yahoo.com/tell-signs-dementia-normal-aging-174251118.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 13:43:28 -0400Associated Presstell-signs-dementia-normal-aging-174251118
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