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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 reservedWed, 24 Jul 2013 20:51:11 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bricks-ivy-jumbotron-wrigley-gets-500m-upgrade-223902470.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/taRMyXl0cL3WuQuxW06YeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/81cb0113c1b87f18380f6a7067007781.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE -This file photo shows an artist rendering provided May 1, 2013 by the Chicago Cubs showing planned renovations at Wrigley Field. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Chicago City Council aldermen are set to vote on proposed renovations at the historic ballpark. Under the deal, the Chicago Cubs agreed not to erect outfield signs in addition to a Jumbotron in left field and another sign in right. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Chicago Cubs, File)" align="left" title="FILE -This file photo shows an artist rendering provided May 1, 2013 by the Chicago Cubs showing planned renovations at Wrigley Field. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Chicago City Council aldermen are set to vote on proposed renovations at the historic ballpark. Under the deal, the Chicago Cubs agreed not to erect outfield signs in addition to a Jumbotron in left field and another sign in right. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Chicago Cubs, File)" border="0" /></a>The Chicago Cubs, who have clung to the past the way ivy clings to Wrigley Field&#039;s outfield walls, won final approval Wednesday for a $500 million renovation project at the 99-year-old ballpark ? including a massive Jumbotron like the ones towering over every other major league stadium.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bricks-ivy-jumbotron-wrigley-gets-500m-upgrade-223902470.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 20:51:11 -0400Associated Pressbricks-ivy-jumbotron-wrigley-gets-500m-upgrade-223902470<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bricks-ivy-jumbotron-wrigley-gets-500m-upgrade-223902470.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/taRMyXl0cL3WuQuxW06YeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/81cb0113c1b87f18380f6a7067007781.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE -This file photo shows an artist rendering provided May 1, 2013 by the Chicago Cubs showing planned renovations at Wrigley Field. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Chicago City Council aldermen are set to vote on proposed renovations at the historic ballpark. Under the deal, the Chicago Cubs agreed not to erect outfield signs in addition to a Jumbotron in left field and another sign in right. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Chicago Cubs, File)" align="left" title="FILE -This file photo shows an artist rendering provided May 1, 2013 by the Chicago Cubs showing planned renovations at Wrigley Field. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Chicago City Council aldermen are set to vote on proposed renovations at the historic ballpark. Under the deal, the Chicago Cubs agreed not to erect outfield signs in addition to a Jumbotron in left field and another sign in right. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Chicago Cubs, File)" border="0" /></a>The Chicago Cubs, who have clung to the past the way ivy clings to Wrigley Field&#039;s outfield walls, won final approval Wednesday for a $500 million renovation project at the 99-year-old ballpark ? including a massive Jumbotron like the ones towering over every other major league stadium.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/washington-dc-is-least-honest-city-in-america--study-says--012515074.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G4A6JWszEEMHO9UZh7_86Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.fbc.news.com/be4f32423028d7642d87a41161231b0e" width="130" height="86" alt="Bipartisan groups push to limit NSA surveillance programs" align="left" title="Bipartisan groups push to limit NSA surveillance programs" border="0" /></a>For the second year in a row, residents of our nation?s capital have proven themselves the most likely to steal a dollar from your pocket. Or, at least a bottle of tea.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/washington-dc-is-least-honest-city-in-america--study-says--012515074.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 21:25:14 -0400blogs/sideshow/washington-dc-is-least-honest-city-in-america--study-says--012515074<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/washington-dc-is-least-honest-city-in-america--study-says--012515074.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G4A6JWszEEMHO9UZh7_86Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.fbc.news.com/be4f32423028d7642d87a41161231b0e" width="130" height="86" alt="Bipartisan groups push to limit NSA surveillance programs" align="left" title="Bipartisan groups push to limit NSA surveillance programs" border="0" /></a>For the second year in a row, residents of our nation?s capital have proven themselves the most likely to steal a dollar from your pocket. Or, at least a bottle of tea.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-indicts-ex-politician-bo-xilai-graft-021919773.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C94Gxw0nwihVmRoEhg2Msw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f836c091ddd38a18380f6a706700f8b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, then Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai scratches his chin during the opening session of the National People&#039;s Congress in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday, July 25, 2013, on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, then Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai scratches his chin during the opening session of the National People&#039;s Congress in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday, July 25, 2013, on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-indicts-ex-politician-bo-xilai-graft-021919773.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 23:04:47 -0400Associated Presschina-indicts-ex-politician-bo-xilai-graft-021919773<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-indicts-ex-politician-bo-xilai-graft-021919773.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C94Gxw0nwihVmRoEhg2Msw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f836c091ddd38a18380f6a706700f8b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, then Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai scratches his chin during the opening session of the National People&#039;s Congress in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday, July 25, 2013, on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, then Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai scratches his chin during the opening session of the National People&#039;s Congress in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday, July 25, 2013, on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday on charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abuse of power, state media reported, moving China&#039;s biggest political scandal in years toward closure.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-marking-60th-anniversary-wars-end-031028135.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HiBFn5P72mjw_3GFgkmOUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9db36551ddce8a18380f6a706700cec7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="North Koreans walk among tombstones of soldiers who died from the war to pay their respects, at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People&#039;s Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)" align="left" title="North Koreans walk among tombstones of soldiers who died from the war to pay their respects, at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People&#039;s Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)" border="0" /></a>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ? U.S., Chinese and North Korean war veterans have joined leader Kim Jong Un at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-marking-60th-anniversary-wars-end-031028135.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 23:10:28 -0400Associated Pressnkorea-marking-60th-anniversary-wars-end-031028135<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-marking-60th-anniversary-wars-end-031028135.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HiBFn5P72mjw_3GFgkmOUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9db36551ddce8a18380f6a706700cec7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="North Koreans walk among tombstones of soldiers who died from the war to pay their respects, at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People&#039;s Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)" align="left" title="North Koreans walk among tombstones of soldiers who died from the war to pay their respects, at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People&#039;s Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)" border="0" /></a>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ? U.S., Chinese and North Korean war veterans have joined leader Kim Jong Un at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-gas-gulf-blowout-less-damaging-220013841.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X8efzXlP4nhULo4DnJ2vrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d8b5fe9c2868318380f6a7067009e53.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" align="left" title="A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A blown-out natural gas well blazing off Louisiana&#039;s coast poses fewer environmental dangers than past offshore accidents because it appears to primarily involve gas that disperses relatively easily, scientists said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/experts-gas-gulf-blowout-less-damaging-220013841.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:05:07 -0400Associated Pressexperts-gas-gulf-blowout-less-damaging-220013841<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-gas-gulf-blowout-less-damaging-220013841.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X8efzXlP4nhULo4DnJ2vrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d8b5fe9c2868318380f6a7067009e53.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" align="left" title="A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A blown-out natural gas well blazing off Louisiana&#039;s coast poses fewer environmental dangers than past offshore accidents because it appears to primarily involve gas that disperses relatively easily, scientists said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-more-mail-door-delivery-changes-eyed-195317141.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ffF.f66zZOQqWOavxoAyCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/75e02fcac1fa8118380f6a7067001816.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It?s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It?s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, that tradition could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/no-more-mail-door-delivery-changes-eyed-195317141.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 20:37:44 -0400Associated Pressno-more-mail-door-delivery-changes-eyed-195317141<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-more-mail-door-delivery-changes-eyed-195317141.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ffF.f66zZOQqWOavxoAyCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/75e02fcac1fa8118380f6a7067001816.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It?s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It?s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, that tradition could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-soars-2q-results-beat-estimates-205025785.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/juFr4RnxRmY9ilQQmGXL1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a1e2368bbf6c7518380f6a70670092fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" align="left" title="This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Facebook&#039;s stock is flying high after the world&#039;s biggest social network posted higher revenue from mobile ads and delivered a healthy second-quarter profit that reversed a loss in the same period a year ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-soars-2q-results-beat-estimates-205025785.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 20:52:41 -0400Associated Pressfacebook-soars-2q-results-beat-estimates-205025785<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-soars-2q-results-beat-estimates-205025785.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/juFr4RnxRmY9ilQQmGXL1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a1e2368bbf6c7518380f6a70670092fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" align="left" title="This Tuesday, July 16, 2013, photo, shows a sign seen at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Facebook&#039;s stock is flying high after the world&#039;s biggest social network posted higher revenue from mobile ads and delivered a healthy second-quarter profit that reversed a loss in the same period a year ago.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/caroline-kennedy-nominated-ambassador-japan-204301332.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6TDvJNh2KCgsuFplfIaATQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f8ad4286c28d8318380f6a7067005058.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 FILE photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. AP sources say President Barack Obama is nominating Kennedy as ambassador to Japan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 FILE photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. AP sources say President Barack Obama is nominating Kennedy as ambassador to Japan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/caroline-kennedy-nominated-ambassador-japan-204301332.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 21:07:56 -0400Associated Presscaroline-kennedy-nominated-ambassador-japan-204301332<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/caroline-kennedy-nominated-ambassador-japan-204301332.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6TDvJNh2KCgsuFplfIaATQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f8ad4286c28d8318380f6a7067005058.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 FILE photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. AP sources say President Barack Obama is nominating Kennedy as ambassador to Japan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 FILE photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. AP sources say President Barack Obama is nominating Kennedy as ambassador to Japan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-retained-rod-says-leg-uninjured-012153337.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fcp8seIhrmleIxLK5VIiRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0b22f443c2a58418380f6a706700b0ed.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - in this April 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees&#039; Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters outside the Yankees&#039; clubhouse in New York. Injuries have kept him off the field for more than half the season and now A-Rod faces discipline from Major League Baseball in its drug investigation, possibly up to a lifetime ban. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" align="left" title="FILE - in this April 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees&#039; Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters outside the Yankees&#039; clubhouse in New York. Injuries have kept him off the field for more than half the season and now A-Rod faces discipline from Major League Baseball in its drug investigation, possibly up to a lifetime ban. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0" /></a>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? A doctor retained by Alex Rodriguez for a second opinion ? one that contradicted the New York Yankees&#039; diagnosis of his leg injury Wednesday ? was reprimanded this year by New Jersey&#039;s board of medical examiners over steroid prescriptions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-retained-rod-says-leg-uninjured-012153337.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 21:21:53 -0400Associated Pressdoctor-retained-rod-says-leg-uninjured-012153337<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-retained-rod-says-leg-uninjured-012153337.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fcp8seIhrmleIxLK5VIiRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0b22f443c2a58418380f6a706700b0ed.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - in this April 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees&#039; Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters outside the Yankees&#039; clubhouse in New York. Injuries have kept him off the field for more than half the season and now A-Rod faces discipline from Major League Baseball in its drug investigation, possibly up to a lifetime ban. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" align="left" title="FILE - in this April 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees&#039; Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters outside the Yankees&#039; clubhouse in New York. Injuries have kept him off the field for more than half the season and now A-Rod faces discipline from Major League Baseball in its drug investigation, possibly up to a lifetime ban. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0" /></a>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? A doctor retained by Alex Rodriguez for a second opinion ? one that contradicted the New York Yankees&#039; diagnosis of his leg injury Wednesday ? was reprimanded this year by New Jersey&#039;s board of medical examiners over steroid prescriptions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-catholic-faithful-shun-materialism-004227631.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JpZl_Pa4v5UaDRigfh3UgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d4ddaf60dd978918380f6a7067005cd1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis embraces Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno after the pontiff received from him the statue of the Virgin of Aparecida from during a Mass inside the Our Lady of Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff. Francis is in Brazil for World Youth Day, a church event that brings together young Catholics from around the world roughly every three years. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" align="left" title="Pope Francis embraces Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno after the pontiff received from him the statue of the Virgin of Aparecida from during a Mass inside the Our Lady of Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff. Francis is in Brazil for World Youth Day, a church event that brings together young Catholics from around the world roughly every three years. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" border="0" /></a>APARECIDA, Brazil (AP) ? Pope Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff, then met with drug addicts and denounced the &quot;dealers of death&quot; who fuel their suffering.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-catholic-faithful-shun-materialism-004227631.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:27:55 -0400Associated Presspope-urges-catholic-faithful-shun-materialism-004227631<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-catholic-faithful-shun-materialism-004227631.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JpZl_Pa4v5UaDRigfh3UgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d4ddaf60dd978918380f6a7067005cd1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis embraces Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno after the pontiff received from him the statue of the Virgin of Aparecida from during a Mass inside the Our Lady of Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff. Francis is in Brazil for World Youth Day, a church event that brings together young Catholics from around the world roughly every three years. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" align="left" title="Pope Francis embraces Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno after the pontiff received from him the statue of the Virgin of Aparecida from during a Mass inside the Our Lady of Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff. Francis is in Brazil for World Youth Day, a church event that brings together young Catholics from around the world roughly every three years. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" border="0" /></a>APARECIDA, Brazil (AP) ? Pope Francis made an emotional plea Wednesday for Roman Catholics to shun materialism in the first public Mass of his initial international trip as pontiff, then met with drug addicts and denounced the &quot;dealers of death&quot; who fuel their suffering.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-lawyer-leaker-staying-russia-now-192853601.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/okjdkE5lhhHuWonePltlcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/297da5a4c0f97c18380f6a706700af45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This handout file photo taken on Friday, July 12, 2013, and made available by Human Rights Watch shows NSA leaker Edward Snowden during his meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, Russia . Russian state news agency says Snowden has been granted a document that allows him to leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport and enter Russia. Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Rusia last week after his attempts to leave the airport were thwarted. The United States wants him sent home to face prosecution for espionage.(AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch , file)" align="left" title="FILE - This handout file photo taken on Friday, July 12, 2013, and made available by Human Rights Watch shows NSA leaker Edward Snowden during his meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, Russia . Russian state news agency says Snowden has been granted a document that allows him to leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport and enter Russia. Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Rusia last week after his attempts to leave the airport were thwarted. The United States wants him sent home to face prosecution for espionage.(AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch , file)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow&#039;s airport a month ago, aims to stay in Russia for the near future and learn the country&#039;s culture and language, his lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-lawyer-leaker-staying-russia-now-192853601.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 15:28:53 -0400Associated Presssnowden-lawyer-leaker-staying-russia-now-192853601<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-lawyer-leaker-staying-russia-now-192853601.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/okjdkE5lhhHuWonePltlcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/297da5a4c0f97c18380f6a706700af45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This handout file photo taken on Friday, July 12, 2013, and made available by Human Rights Watch shows NSA leaker Edward Snowden during his meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, Russia . Russian state news agency says Snowden has been granted a document that allows him to leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport and enter Russia. Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Rusia last week after his attempts to leave the airport were thwarted. The United States wants him sent home to face prosecution for espionage.(AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch , file)" align="left" title="FILE - This handout file photo taken on Friday, July 12, 2013, and made available by Human Rights Watch shows NSA leaker Edward Snowden during his meeting with Russian activists and officials at Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, Russia . Russian state news agency says Snowden has been granted a document that allows him to leave the transit zone of a Moscow airport and enter Russia. Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Rusia last week after his attempts to leave the airport were thwarted. The United States wants him sent home to face prosecution for espionage.(AP Photo/Tatyana Lokshina, Human Rights Watch , file)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow&#039;s airport a month ago, aims to stay in Russia for the near future and learn the country&#039;s culture and language, his lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he's got one.http://news.yahoo.com/george-britains-little-prince-gets-name-194704368.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 17:23:31 -0400Associated Pressgeorge-britains-little-prince-gets-name-194704368<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-faces-growing-calls-quit-mayors-race-204217898.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HKCO6I2ZniJvEbO26jUZzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d8b848cbc18e7f18380f6a7067001562.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner pressed ahead with his bid for mayor Wednesday despite growing calls for him to drop out over a new sexting scandal, saying the campaign is too important to abandon over &quot;embarrassing personal things&quot; becoming public.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-faces-growing-calls-quit-mayors-race-204217898.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:21:51 -0400Associated Pressweiner-faces-growing-calls-quit-mayors-race-204217898<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-faces-growing-calls-quit-mayors-race-204217898.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HKCO6I2ZniJvEbO26jUZzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d8b848cbc18e7f18380f6a7067001562.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner pressed ahead with his bid for mayor Wednesday despite growing calls for him to drop out over a new sexting scandal, saying the campaign is too important to abandon over &quot;embarrassing personal things&quot; becoming public.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spain-passenger-train-derails-killing-least-35-222626482.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A4pc8rHH1HL.buRtG.5Ozw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3fdd68f3c3138618380f6a706700eca4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured. (AP Photo/ El correo Gallego/Antonio Hernandez)" align="left" title="Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured. (AP Photo/ El correo Gallego/Antonio Hernandez)" border="0" /></a>MADRID (AP) ? A passenger train derailed on a high-speed stretch of track in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing at least 35 people and leaving dozens injured in the country&#039;s worst rail accident in decades, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spain-passenger-train-derails-killing-least-35-222626482.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:31:04 -0400Associated Pressspain-passenger-train-derails-killing-least-35-222626482<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spain-passenger-train-derails-killing-least-35-222626482.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A4pc8rHH1HL.buRtG.5Ozw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3fdd68f3c3138618380f6a706700eca4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured. (AP Photo/ El correo Gallego/Antonio Hernandez)" align="left" title="Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly even more injured. (AP Photo/ El correo Gallego/Antonio Hernandez)" border="0" /></a>MADRID (AP) ? A passenger train derailed on a high-speed stretch of track in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing at least 35 people and leaving dozens injured in the country&#039;s worst rail accident in decades, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVF23DEfcLkzwHwHxYqd3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-24/bb91c5d5-5f9c-4ecd-8499-5661ac29b4e9_BigHWShave.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" align="left" title="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" border="0" /></a>Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 17:00:21 -0400george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVF23DEfcLkzwHwHxYqd3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-24/bb91c5d5-5f9c-4ecd-8499-5661ac29b4e9_BigHWShave.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" align="left" title="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" border="0" /></a>Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-kennedy-nominated-japan-ambassador-195945427.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CL41VAOrSkB4bCIWE9qaOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-05T213723Z_1274451484_GM1E9560FJ701_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-GIFFORDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Caroline Kennedy speaks at the 2013 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony in Boston" align="left" title="Caroline Kennedy speaks at the 2013 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony in Boston" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-kennedy-nominated-japan-ambassador-195945427.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 16:00:27 -0400Associated Pressap-sources-kennedy-nominated-japan-ambassador-195945427<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-kennedy-nominated-japan-ambassador-195945427.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CL41VAOrSkB4bCIWE9qaOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-05T213723Z_1274451484_GM1E9560FJ701_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-GIFFORDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Caroline Kennedy speaks at the 2013 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony in Boston" align="left" title="Caroline Kennedy speaks at the 2013 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony in Boston" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002149979.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kOJd21Jm.fU6ye.bvgrWnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T235738Z_1_CBRE96N1UK500_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN-TRAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela" align="left" title="Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela" border="0" /></a>Sabotage or attack was unlikely to be involved, an official source said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002149979.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:14:55 -0400Reutersleast-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002149979<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002149979.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kOJd21Jm.fU6ye.bvgrWnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T235738Z_1_CBRE96N1UK500_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN-TRAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela" align="left" title="Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela" border="0" /></a>Sabotage or attack was unlikely to be involved, an official source said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/student-loans-bipartisan-reform-heads-passage-81-18-231318599.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k4eSsDUBoIvQ72H.has1pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/92584eb4a2306418380f6a7067006f97.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Prospective students tour Georgetown University&#039;s campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - Prospective students tour Georgetown University&#039;s campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" border="0" /></a>Congress is set to notch a significant victory after the Senate passed a bipartisan reform of the nation?s student loan system Wednesday evening with a vote of 81-18.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/student-loans-bipartisan-reform-heads-passage-81-18-231318599.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:13:18 -0400Christian Science Monitorstudent-loans-bipartisan-reform-heads-passage-81-18-231318599<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/student-loans-bipartisan-reform-heads-passage-81-18-231318599.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k4eSsDUBoIvQ72H.has1pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/92584eb4a2306418380f6a7067006f97.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Prospective students tour Georgetown University&#039;s campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - Prospective students tour Georgetown University&#039;s campus in Washington, in this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo. Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" border="0" /></a>Congress is set to notch a significant victory after the Senate passed a bipartisan reform of the nation?s student loan system Wednesday evening with a vote of 81-18.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002410707.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTd9H0tMSFoDTzTI..hqIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T224818Z_2_CBRE96N1OHA00_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN-TRAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rescue workers pull victims from train crash near Santiago de Compostela" align="left" title="Rescue workers pull victims from train crash near Santiago de Compostela" border="0" /></a>Sabotage or attack was unlikely to be involved, an official source said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002410707.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:11:42 -0400Reutersleast-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002410707<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-56-killed-70-injured-train-derails-spain-002410707.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTd9H0tMSFoDTzTI..hqIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T224818Z_2_CBRE96N1OHA00_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN-TRAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rescue workers pull victims from train crash near Santiago de Compostela" align="left" title="Rescue workers pull victims from train crash near Santiago de Compostela" border="0" /></a>Sabotage or attack was unlikely to be involved, an official source said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-stops-lawsuits-against-detroit-bankruptcy-182538474.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XHosshJf9sn4GL5QEuulTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e9aa167c1e98018380f6a7067001e50.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters protest outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, in Detroit, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A lawyer for Detroit argued Wednesday that the city would be ?irreparably harmed? if lawsuits challenging a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy are allowed to go forward, the first dispute in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Retirees anxious about their pensions have won favorable rulings from an Ingham County judge that could slow down or even derail the bankruptcy filed just last week.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" align="left" title="Firefighters protest outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, in Detroit, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A lawyer for Detroit argued Wednesday that the city would be ?irreparably harmed? if lawsuits challenging a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy are allowed to go forward, the first dispute in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Retirees anxious about their pensions have won favorable rulings from an Ingham County judge that could slow down or even derail the bankruptcy filed just last week.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) ? A federal judge agreed with Detroit on Wednesday and stopped any lawsuits challenging the city&#039;s bankruptcy, declaring his courtroom the exclusive venue for legal action in the largest filing by a local government in U.S. history.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-stops-lawsuits-against-detroit-bankruptcy-182538474.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 16:00:37 -0400Associated Pressjudge-stops-lawsuits-against-detroit-bankruptcy-182538474<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-stops-lawsuits-against-detroit-bankruptcy-182538474.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XHosshJf9sn4GL5QEuulTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e9aa167c1e98018380f6a7067001e50.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters protest outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, in Detroit, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A lawyer for Detroit argued Wednesday that the city would be ?irreparably harmed? if lawsuits challenging a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy are allowed to go forward, the first dispute in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Retirees anxious about their pensions have won favorable rulings from an Ingham County judge that could slow down or even derail the bankruptcy filed just last week.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" align="left" title="Firefighters protest outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, in Detroit, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A lawyer for Detroit argued Wednesday that the city would be ?irreparably harmed? if lawsuits challenging a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy are allowed to go forward, the first dispute in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Retirees anxious about their pensions have won favorable rulings from an Ingham County judge that could slow down or even derail the bankruptcy filed just last week.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) ? A federal judge agreed with Detroit on Wednesday and stopped any lawsuits challenging the city&#039;s bankruptcy, declaring his courtroom the exclusive venue for legal action in the largest filing by a local government in U.S. history.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-ten-killed-train-derails-spain-report-195902475.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jUfFJC0vuUZf7pVUJ.TdVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-24/d47d13f8-3706-4a26-9d4d-3a92c8d320c5_635102998464883974.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tren se descarrila en Santiago de Compostela, Espa?a" align="left" title="Tren se descarrila en Santiago de Compostela, Espa?a" border="0" /></a>&quot;On a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,&quot; one passenger said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/least-ten-killed-train-derails-spain-report-195902475.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:58:18 -0400Reutersleast-ten-killed-train-derails-spain-report-195902475<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/least-ten-killed-train-derails-spain-report-195902475.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jUfFJC0vuUZf7p

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