Yahoo! News: World - China

---

• Y! Big Story: Hazing rites gone wrong
• Hudson's brother-in-law convicted of murder
• Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
• Obama to voters: ‘Nag’ Congress for me
• Facebook co-founder gave up his U.S. citizenship to evade taxes
• Obama’s gay marriage decision: 60% say it won’t change their vote
• 'London Whale' behind JP Morgan's $2B loss?
• How W.H. gay marriage declarations affect other Democratic candidates
• Romney’s Liberty University speech to woo GOP skeptics
• Trayvon Martin's mother in Bloomberg gun-control video
• NATO: Pakistan may be unwelcome at Afghan War summit
• Facebook co-founder gives up U.S. citizenship before IPO
• Embattled Arizona sheriff will not run for Congress
• Uganda warlord Kony on the move as manhunt steps up
• 'Won't be boring': A job opening in D.C. … if you dare
• Picasso print bought at thrift store sells for $7,000
• Video: Toddler battles sleep while eating ice cream cone
• Fighter plane from World War II found
• Would you spend $35,000 for a gold-plated coffin?
• I’m 3-years-old, in Mensa and I need to poop

Y! Big Story: Hazing rites gone wrong Posted: Everything you need to get up to speed on the big story of the day Paddled. Forced to eat dog food or human vomit. Branded with a heated wire hanger. Thrown in a kiddie pool of human vomit, feces, semen, and rotten food. Deprived of sleep. Beaten until organ failure or death. These aren't acts [...]

Hudson's brother-in-law convicted of murder Posted: A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors' described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband.

Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89 Posted: The international automotive icon who rose from a bed-ridden childhood in Texas to build one of the most iconic sports cars ever and become a world-champion racer died Thursday at the age of 89 after a lengthy illness.

Obama to voters: ‘Nag’ Congress for me Posted: President Barack Obama has asked supporters to write, call and even tweet their members of Congress if they want lawmakers to approve his economic policies. On Friday, two days before Mothers Day, Obama suggested another approach: "Nag them!" He was speaking from the driveway of Val and Paul Keller in Reno, last stop of a [...]

Facebook co-founder gave up his U.S. citizenship to evade taxes Posted: For most immigrants, the day they achieve U.S. citizenship is one of the most momentous in their lives. It's a long, arduous process to get there, involving years of residency, study of our nation's history, and the swearing an oath of … Continue reading →

Obama’s gay marriage decision: 60% say it won’t change their vote Posted: Six in ten Americans say President Barack Obama's historic shift to embrace same-sex marriage won't affect how they vote in November, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll. Still, more independents said the move made them "less likely" to vote for him than "more likely," Gallup said, making the decision a "net minus" for the [...]

'London Whale' behind JP Morgan's $2B loss? Posted: Perhaps the most surprising thing about a man who was able to move trillion dollar markets in a single bet, is that we know so little about him. Especially when everyone has known what he was up to for weeks.

How W.H. gay marriage declarations affect other Democratic candidates Posted: Comments made by Vice President Biden and President Obama in support of gay marriage this week are trickling down to Democrats running for office this year, placing some in an awkward electoral positions ahead of November. When Obama first expressed support for gay marriage on Wednesday, much was made of the potential impact on his own [...]

Romney’s Liberty University speech to woo GOP skeptics Posted: Mitt Romney is used to doing most of the talking when he's out scouting for votes, but this time, he mainly just listened. For more than an hour last month, the presumptive Republican nominee met with about a dozen prominent social conservatives who have been openly wary about his bid for the White House. "I [...]

Trayvon Martin's mother in Bloomberg gun-control video Posted: The mother of Florida shooting victim Trayvon Martin appears in a Mother's Day gun control video produced by an advocacy group led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

NATO: Pakistan may be unwelcome at Afghan War summit Posted: When President Barack Obama welcomes NATO leaders to Chicago in 10 days for a high-stakes summit on the war in Afghanistan, there could be a big gap in the alliance's talks on strategy—a hole the size and shape of Pakistan. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen strongly suggested at his monthly press conference on Friday that [...]

Facebook co-founder gives up U.S. citizenship before IPO Posted: Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc., renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network at as much as $96 billion, a move that may reduce his tax bill.

Embattled Arizona sheriff will not run for Congress Posted: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A tough-on-immigration Arizona sheriff, who resigned as co-chairman of Mitt Romney's state campaign in February after allegations he threatened a male lover with deportation, on Friday dropped his bid to become a Republican congressional candidate. Embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told supporters in a letter posted on his website that he would instead seek re-election to a second term as sheriff. "The most important issues, our performance and results as sheriff, have brought our sheriff's office to prominence and this must continue," the letter said. ...

Uganda warlord Kony on the move as manhunt steps up Posted: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony is constantly changing his hideouts as the African Union prepares to expand a U.S.-assisted manhunt for one of Africa's most wanted men, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. Kony has evaded the region's militaries for nearly three decades, kidnapping tens of thousands of children to fill the ranks of his Lord's Resistance Army and serve as sex slaves as he moves through the bush. Thousands have been killed by his brutal army. The deployment of U.S. ...

'Won't be boring': A job opening in D.C. … if you dare Posted: The District of Columbia's often-controversial and always-colorful "mayor-for-life" Marion Barry is hiring. For $46,350 to $75,000 per year one brave soul can serve as the communications director for Barry, now a D.C. councilman. Since Barry has been spokesman-free for months, his chief of staff Joyce...

Picasso print bought at thrift store sells for $7,000 Posted: Zachary Bodish, 46, of Columbus, Ohio, bought what he thought was a poster reproduction advertising an exhibit of Pablo Picasso for $14.14 in a thrift store and sold it for $7,000 to a private buyer.

Video: Toddler battles sleep while eating ice cream cone Posted: In this video, a boy struggles to balance his body's competing needs for sleep and ice cream. And what makes the video so amusing is that the competition is essentially a draw, as he continually switches from brief moments of sleep to taking … one … more … bite of his ice cream cone. Interestingly, [...]

Fighter plane from World War II found Posted: A fighter plane from World War II that crashed in the Sahara 70 years ago has been unearthed, and holds clues to a missing pilot. The Telegraph reports that the intact American-made Curtiss Kittyhawk P-40, which had remained untouched since its crash landing in 1942, was discovered by a Polish oil company worker, Jakub Perka, [...]

Would you spend $35,000 for a gold-plated coffin? Posted: You can't take it with you. Well, unless you buy a gold-plated coffin. SmartMoney looks at a pair of luxury coffin options for the person who wants to be first class, six feet under. For $24,000 you can get Batesville Casket's Promethean bronze coffin with gold plating. That model reportedly has a little history, as [...]

I’m 3-years-old, in Mensa and I need to poop Posted: Remember last week, when we told you about the pair of two-year-olds inducted into Mensa, the high-IQ society? Well, one of them, Emmelyn Roettger, who recently turned three, made her debut appearance on the "Today" show on Friday morning. Despite having an IQ of 135, young Emmelyn proves she's still just a kid when host [...]

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610