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• Romney says he ‘expected’ NAACP boos
• Five Dems side with GOP to repeal health care law
• Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder’
• Abuse-proof prescription painkillers may spur heroin habit
• Obama spokesman: Iran won’t play helpful role in Syria crisis
• Texas man finds stolen car 42 years later
• Obama camp: Mitt Romney is ‘scared’ of Venezuela’s Chavez
• Paterno family blasts Sandusky Penn State probe
• Florida A&M president resigns in wake of band hazing scandal
• Stunning vortex appears on Saturn’s moon, puzzles scientists
• Mars rover landing will be 'Seven Minutes of Terror'
• Raccoon attack sends woman to hospital
• Video: San Diego fireworks fail: loud, up close and in HD
• The first image ever uploaded to the Internet

Romney says he ‘expected’ NAACP boos Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT Mitt Romney says he wasn't surprised by the negative response to his speech Wednesday before the NAACP convention in Texas. "I think we expected that," the Republican nominee tells Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto in an interview to air Wednesday night. Romney was booed by NAACP audience several times, including when he repeated his pledge [...]

Five Dems side with GOP to repeal health care law Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT Five House Democrats Wednesday bucked their party and voted with Republicans to repeal Obamacare. The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated at least 30 prior votes to fully or partially kill or defund the president's health care law. All passing efforts have [...]

Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder’ Posted: 11 Jul 2012 03:19 PM PDT Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s doctor announced Wednesday that the Illinois Democrat has been absent from Congress in order to receive treatment for a mood disorder. "The Congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder," Jackson's physician said in a statement provided to Yahoo News via the congressman's congressional [...]

Abuse-proof prescription painkillers may spur heroin habit Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:51 AM PDT The move by drug companies to make abuse-proof prescription painkillers may be inadvertently promoting heroin use, a new study found.

Obama spokesman: Iran won’t play helpful role in Syria crisis Posted: 11 Jul 2012 02:54 PM PDT The White House poured cold water Wednesday on international mediator Kofi Annan's plan to involve Iran in efforts to end the violence in Syria, where the government's 16-month crackdown on the opposition has left an estimated 17,000 dead. "We reject that it's likely that Iran could play a constructive role," press secretary Jay Carney told [...]

Texas man finds stolen car 42 years later Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT Bob Russell could not be blamed for losing hope that he would reunite with his 1967 Austin-Healey. Stolen outside his Philadelphia apartment 42 years ago, the British roadster seemed a lost cause.

Obama camp: Mitt Romney is ‘scared’ of Venezuela’s Chavez Posted: 11 Jul 2012 03:39 PM PDT President Barack Obama's reelection campaign mocked Mitt Romney late Wednesday as being "scared" of Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez "like he's ten feet tall," the latest rhetorical broadside in an escalating war of words. "Hugo Chavez has become increasingly marginalized and his influence has waned," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement. "It's [...]

Paterno family blasts Sandusky Penn State probe Posted: 09 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT The family of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and lawyers representing the school's former president are lashing out at the internal investigation into how the university handled child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky.

Florida A&M president resigns in wake of band hazing scandal Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT The president of Florida A&M University has resigned in the wake of a hazing scandal that's rocked the school. James Ammons announced his resignation in a letter to FAMU's chairman on Wednesday, the same day the parents of Robert Champion Jr.--a band member who died last fall following a hazing ritual on a bus--filed a [...]

Stunning vortex appears on Saturn’s moon, puzzles scientists Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT NASA's Cassini orbiter has already taken some stunning photos of Saturn and its moons, but the latest snapshot from the multi-billion-dollar mission might be its most impressive yet. After swinging down to the southern hemisphere of Titan — Saturn's largest … Continue reading →

Mars rover landing will be 'Seven Minutes of Terror' Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT The title is something out of a sci-fi movie. But "The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror" is actually a video from NASA about the Mars rover, Curiosity. The dramatic video details how the August 5 landing of Curiosity might go. As explained in the short, when the rover reaches Mars, [...]

Raccoon attack sends woman to hospital Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:49 PM PDT A Washington state woman suffered 16 puncture wounds and over 100 lacerations after being attacked by a pack of raccoons. Twenty-eight-year-old Michaela Lee was jogging on a trail near her Lakewood home when her dog spotted two raccoons and chased them up a tree. "I...

Video: San Diego fireworks fail: loud, up close and in HD Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:44 AM PDT By now you've probably heard about the Fourth of July fireworks display in San Diego, Calif., that was accidentally launched all at once last week. But you probably haven't seen it like this. A video, uploaded to YouTube by Dan W. Roy, shows the now-infamous "Big Bay Boom" up close and in high-definition from the [...]

The first image ever uploaded to the Internet Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Every day millions of photos are uploaded to the Internet on countless blogs, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, etc. But have you ever wondered what the very first image upload looked like? Well look no further, because the tech site Motherboard has done the digging for you. [...]

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