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Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:43
NEW YORK (AP) — Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a study released Monday concluded.

Jay-Z announces new album with Samsung deal

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 11:15

FILE - This May 1, 2013 file photo shows Jay-Z at "The Great Gatsby" world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Jay-Z is teaming up with Samsung to release his new album, unveiling a three-minute commercial during the NBA Finals and announcing a deal that will give the music to 1 million users of Galaxy mobile phones. The new album, called “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” will be free for the first 1 million android phone owners who download an app for the album. Those who do so will get the album on July 4, three days before its official release. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file )NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z is teaming up with Samsung to release his new album, unveiling a three-minute commercial during the NBA Finals on Sunday and announcing a deal that will give the music to 1 million users of Galaxy mobile phones.


10 Things to Know for Monday

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 11:00

An Egyptian supporter of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak celebrates an appeal granted by a court, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime nearly two years ago. The ruling came one day after a prosecutor placed a new detention order on Mubarak over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds (hundreds of thousands of US dollars) he and other regime officials allegedly received from Egypt's top newspaper as a show of loyalty while he was in power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:


Shootings show troubled side of Calif. beach city

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 10:41
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — For decades there have been two Santa Monicas.

10 beauty queens left in Miss USA contest in Vegas

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 10:26

In this photo provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Donald Trump, co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, poses for a photo with the competitors during rehearsal for the upcoming Miss USA Competition at PH Live in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A group of 10 beauties remained in the Miss USA competition Sunday night when five women were sent home after strutting their stuff in swimsuits.


US judge in Microsoft antitrust case dies at 76

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 10:17

FILE - This Aug. 9, 1999 file photo shows U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is shown during an American Bar Association panel discussion in Atlanta. Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a Microsoft antitrust case and declared the software company a monopoly, has died. The death was confirmed Sunday, June 16, 2013 by Jackson's wife, Patricia. She says her husband died of cancer at the couple's home in Compton, Md. He was 76. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, file)WASHINGTON (AP) — Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, has died.


15 beauty queens left in Miss USA contest in Vegas

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:44

In this photo provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Donald Trump, co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, poses for a photo with the competitors during rehearsal for the upcoming Miss USA Competition at PH Live in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization)LAS VEGAS (AP) — The ranks of 51 beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia competing for the Miss USA crown in Las Vegas was cut to 15 as the show got under way Sunday.


IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:10
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

Gunman shoots man during Catholic Mass in Utah

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:08
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of walking into a Catholic church and shooting his father-in-law in the back of the head during Mass.

Jet with President GW Bush makes emergency landing

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:46
DALLAS (AP) — A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing after the smell of smoke was reported in the cockpit.

Penn St. fallout lingers year after Sandusky trial

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:30
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the year since eight young men took the stand to testify they were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the scandal has played out in the courts, in the halls of the university and in continuing debate about how it was handled and what it meant.

Solar plane lands at Washington on journey across U.S.

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:19

Borschberg celebrates with Piccard after landing Solar Impulse's HB-SIA prototype at Dulles International Airport(Reuters) - An airplane entirely powered by the sun landed in Washington on Sunday after a flight from St. Louis, the next-to-last leg of a journey across the United States intended to boost support for clean energy technologies. The Solar Impulse landed at Dulles International Airport outside Washington at 12:15 a.m. EDT, organizers said in a statement. It will remain in the U.S. capital until it takes off for New York in early July for the last leg of its historic trip. ...


Steady rain falls as crews work against Colo. fire

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 06:57

Lara Stern, right, prays with her daughter, Alana, 8, and husband Samuel Stern Sunday, June 16, 2013 during a community prayer and praise worship service at First Baptist Church on Black Forest Road northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo. The Stern family and at least ten other families at the church lost their homes to the Black Forest fire. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Reis)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.


AP PHOTOS: Police end 2 weeks of Turkey protests

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 06:31

FILE- In this Saturday, June 15, 2013 file photo, fireworks fired by protesters explode during clashes with Turkish riot police in Istanbul, Turkey. Riot police stormed the park after protesters ignored government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)The park that was the center of defiance against the rule of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been cleared by riot police after more than two weeks of protests. As thousands of demonstrators try to regroup in Taksim Square, smaller skirmishes between police and protesters have broken out in other parts of Istanbul.


Judge says 3,500 could be summoned for Holmes jury

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 06:28
DENVER (AP) — As many as 3,500 prospective jurors will be summoned when Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes goes on trial, another measure of the complexity and sensitivity of the case.

Deadly Colorado wildfire now 65 percent contained: officials

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 06:02

Harvey, incident commander with the National Incident Management Team, shows the updated fire lines during a containment briefing on the Black Forest Fire near Colorado SpringsBy Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Authorities battling the deadly wildfire outside Colorado's second-largest city said on Sunday that firefighters were getting the upper hand on the blaze that ranks as the state's most destructive on record. The so-called Black Forest Fire, smoldering on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, is 65 percent contained, incident commander Rich Harvey of the U.S. Forest Service said at a news conference. Harvey said subsiding winds, cooler temperatures and some rain over the burn area have aided firefighting efforts over the last two days. ...


Residents anxious to return to Colorado fire zone

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 05:11

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2013 photo, released Saturday, June 15, 2013, by the U.S. Air Force, an American flag hangs in front of a burning structure in the Black Forest, a thickly wooded rural region north of Colorado Springs, Colo. Authorities reported early Saturday that 473 houses had been incinerated. That compares with a report of a little over 400 just a few hours earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Christopher DeWitt)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.


In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 04:12

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda exits the beach after walking a high wire over the California Avenue beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.By Saundra Amrhein SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) - Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-length cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda looks no different from many of the hundreds of spectators who have turned out in recent days to watch him practice for his next high-wire act. There are no pretentious airs about him, and no spangled outfits. "Hey, how ya doing, man?" he asked while stopping to shake the hand of a man trying to take his picture with an iPad and then pausing to high-five a few kids. But what Wallenda is preparing for is anything but routine. ...


In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 04:12

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda exits the beach after walking a high wire over the California Avenue beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.By Saundra Amrhein SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) - Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-length cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda looks no different from many of the hundreds of spectators who have turned out in recent days to watch him practice for his next high-wire act. There are no pretentious airs about him, and no spangled outfits. "Hey, how ya doing, man?" he asked while stopping to shake the hand of a man trying to take his picture with an iPad and then pausing to high-five a few kids. But what Wallenda is preparing for is anything but routine. ...


AP PHOTOS: Police end 2 weeks of Turkey protests

Yahoo! National News - Mon, 06/17/2013 - 04:08

FILE - In this file Saturday, June 15, 2013, file photo, riot police gather in Gezi park, engulfed in tear gas, in Istanbul, Turkey. Protesters set up barricades as plumes of tear gas rose in Istanbul's streets into the early hours Sunday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)The park that was the center of defiance against the rule of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been cleared by riot police after more than two weeks of protests. As thousands of demonstrators try to regroup in Taksim Square, smaller skirmishes between police and protesters have broken out in other parts of Istanbul.