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• Live coverage of the RNC
• As Republicans nominate Romney, Ron Paul is a distant second
• Ann Romney: My husband will ‘lift up America’
• GOP approves platform barring abortions, gay marriage
• Hurricane Isaac bearing down on New Orleans
• Sher Valenzuela: After tonight, you will know her name
• Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising
• Just Explain It: Where do Obama, Romney stand on Bush-era tax cuts?
• France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning
• Curiosity belts out Will.i.am song from Mars in cosmic first
• Marines testing women in combat jobs
• Ex-U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pa. says he has cancer again
• Top seven tips on preparing for a natural disaster
• Meteor explodes over Great Britain with violent force
• Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics
• Photos: Remembering the March on Washington
• Can Twitter tell if you’re a psychopath?
• Isaac vs. Katrina: How do they compare?
• Haley Barbour on Obama: ‘He’s a one percenter’
• Ann Romney on using a TelePrompter: ‘I don’t like it’
• Burning-monk photographer Malcolm Browne dies
• Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images

Live coverage of the RNC Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:04 PM PDT Yahoo! News brings you analysis of tonight's speeches.

As Republicans nominate Romney, Ron Paul is a distant second Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT Mitt Romney was born in Michigan, served as governor of Massachusetts, vacations in New Hampshire (and France), saved the Olympics in Utah—but on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, it was Chris Christie's New Jersey that gave him the number of delegates to formally nominate him to take on President Barack Obama. The Garden State [...]

Ann Romney: My husband will ‘lift up America’ Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT TAMPA—Ann Romney will tell the Republican National Convention Tuesday that she and her husband, Mitt Romney, have not had a "storybook marriage" but have gone through struggles just like other Americans—including health scares like her bouts with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. "I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in [...]

GOP approves platform barring abortions, gay marriage Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:22 PM PDT Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and reject federal spending as an antidote for the nation's ailing job market.

Hurricane Isaac bearing down on New Orleans Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:33 AM PDT Tropical Storm Isaac is now Hurricane Isaac. The slow-moving storm, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, achieved hurricane status at approximately 12:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said: ...RECONNAISSANCE DATA INDICATE ISAAC FINALLY ACHIEVES HURRICANE STATUS...REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC HAVE [...]

Sher Valenzuela: After tonight, you will know her name Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT TAMPA, Fla. — Most people in the United States probably identify the singer Cher as the most popular woman with that first name. But soon, that could all change. Tonight, Republicans believe one of their star candidates, Sher Valenzuela, will burst into the national spotlight...

Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT Families of some of the 12 people killed in the Colorado theater shooting are upset with the way the millions of dollars raised since the tragedy are being distributed.

Just Explain It: Where do Obama, Romney stand on Bush-era tax cuts? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT Ben Franklin got it right when he wrote, 'nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.' This campaign season, though, we can bank on another certainty, the candidates battling to the death over taxes.

France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 2004 death near Paris, following claims he may have died of polonium poisoning.

Curiosity belts out Will.i.am song from Mars in cosmic first Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:16 PM PDT The first song ever played from Mars was broadcast today (Aug. 28) from NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet.

Marines testing women in combat jobs Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that historically have been open only to men, Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, said Tuesday.

Ex-U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pa. says he has cancer again Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:16 AM PDT The 82-year-old Specter said in a brief statement sent Tuesday by his Philadelphia office that he is battling the disease again.

Top seven tips on preparing for a natural disaster Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:42 PM PDT The Gulf Coast is bracing for an enormous wave of water and high winds as Hurricane Isaac bears down, headed for New Orleans.

Meteor explodes over Great Britain with violent force Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT If you catch them at just the right time, a streaking meteor can be a stunning sight in the night sky. But when that meteor contains just a tiny bit of ice, a beautiful light show can turn into a … Continue reading →

Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Photos: Remembering the March on Washington Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Can Twitter tell if you’re a psychopath? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:46 AM PDT You probably have at least a few people on your Twitter or Facebook friends list that you'd consider "crazy," and a new study by Florida Atlantic University and the Online Privacy Foundation says you might be right. According to the … Continue reading →

Isaac vs. Katrina: How do they compare? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:48 AM PDT As Hurricane Isaac bears down on the city of New Orleans, gaining strength as it churns across the warm, energizing Gulf of Mexico, it conjures memories of another storm that spiraled in its place almost exactly seven years ago: Hurricane Katrina.

Haley Barbour on Obama: ‘He’s a one percenter’ Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:22 AM PDT Ex-Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour says Obama "a one percenter," and is urging a group of conservative bloggers to rally behind Mitt Romney even though he's "not perfect."

Ann Romney on using a TelePrompter: ‘I don’t like it’ Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:20 AM PDT ON THE ROMNEY PLANE EN ROUTE TAMPA—Ann Romney said it's "exciting" her husband will be on hand to watch her speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention—though she admitted she's nervous about working with a Teleprompter for the first time.

Burning-monk photographer Malcolm Browne dies Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT Malcolm W. Browne, a former Associated Press correspondent acclaimed for his trenchant reporting of the Vietnam War and a photo of a Buddhist monk's suicide by fire that shocked the Kennedy White House into a critical policy re-evaluation, has died.

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:57 AM PDT Students cover their eyes with red ribbons as a symbolic gesture of refusing to be "hoodwinked" during a protest against a new Chinese national education course in Hong Kong August 28, 2012. An expected 10,000 activists will head for the streets and march to the government headquarters on Saturday to demand the government scrap its plan to introduce the curriculum for students aged six years and older into schools on September 1, according to government radio. The furore focuses on a Hong Kong government-funded 34-page book, the basis of the curriculum, titled "The China Model" celebrating China's single party Communist state as a unique political system under which its economy and society have flourished. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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