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Raccoon attack sends woman to hospital

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Raccoon Attack Sends Woman to HospitalA 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...

Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder’

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 file photo, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., thanks supporters at his election night party in Chicago after his Democratic primary win over challenger, former Rep. Debbie Halvorson, in the Illinois' 2nd District. Jackson's office announced Monday, June 25, 2012 in a news release that the congressman has been on a medical leave of absence since June 10 and is being treated for exhaustion. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)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

Heroin epidemicThe 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

Demonstrators hold opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in DamascusThe 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

Texas Man Finds Stolen Car 42 Years LaterBob 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

Venezuela's President Chavez speaks during a news conference in CaracasPresident 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: 11 Jul 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Paterno's Family and Former Penn State Prez Criticize Internal InvestigationThe 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.

Phil Vettel: Taste of Chicago is same as it ever was

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT

Shorter and trimmer, Taste still looked very familiar on opening day

Buoyed by near-perfect weather, Taste of Chicago returned to a substantial lunchtime crowd that looked very much like opening-day Taste crowds from years past.

Five Dems side with GOP to repeal health care law

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Political Polarization 'Dangerous,' Psychologist SaysFive 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 [...]

Stunning vortex appears on Saturn’s moon, puzzles scientists

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Strange Vortex Discovered on Saturn Moon TitanNASA'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 →

Florida A&M president resigns in wake of band hazing scandal

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In a Thursday, June 26, 2008 file photo, James Ammons, President of Florida A & M University, announces that the school has had it's accreditation restored by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, in Tallahassee, Fla. Ammons resigned Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the same day parents of a drum major who died after being hazed added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit. Robert Champion died in November 2011, after being beaten by fellow band members during a hazing ritual in Orlando. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)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 [...]

GOP-controlled House votes to repeal health law

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:57 PM PDT

The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. But the election-year move stands no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Mars rover landing will be 'Seven Minutes of Terror'

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Future Planetary Rovers May Make Their Own DecisionsThe 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, [...]

Romney says he ‘expected’ NAACP boos

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a speech to the NAACP annual convention in Houston, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)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 [...]

Chris Christie makes light of constant VP speculation

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 29, 2012 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a crowd at a town hall meeting in Manchester, N.J. Last month, Christie branded a lawmaker New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie keeps a meticulous record of his time in office. The first-term governor counts press conferences, the town halls he conducts throughout the state and even the number of times that Politifact has called him a "pants on fire" liar. But there's one thing he wasn't able to nail down: The [...]

Romney to raise campaign cash while overseas

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:42 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives in Colorado Springs to visit the Care and Share for Southern Colorado food bank in Colorado SpringsIn a bid to beef up his foreign policy credentials, Mitt Romney will head overseas later this month. The trip comes with a few purse strings attached: The Republican nominee will find time to raise cash for his presidential campaign while he's out of the country. As the Boston Globe's Matt Viser reported, Romney will [...]

Immigrants with ‘gang tattoos’ denied U.S. visas: report

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Tattoos linked to violent gangs are preventing some immigrants from getting green cards, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the paper, concern about foreign gangs has caused U.S. officials to delay or deny applications for permanent residency submitted by dozens of immigrants with tattoos--even those without connections to gangs. "The tattoo checks have ensnared [...]

Obama says Hugo Chavez not ‘serious’ threat, Rubio pounces

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Venezuela's President Chavez speaks during a news conference in CaracasPresident Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez—a leftist leader who flaunts close ties with Iran and has become a bugbear for American conservatives—has not posed a "serious" threat to American national security. Obama, speaking to Miami's America TeVe, also played down prospects that he would ease American [...]

Quote of the day: Romney veepstakes edition

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

When it comes to Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate, the man is holding his cards very close to his chest. Right next to his neuralizer. In a forthcoming Fox Business Network interview with Neil Cavuto, Mitt Romney showed off his pop sci-fi prowess during a discussion about his vice presidential prospects. "I can't [...]

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. [...]