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• Secret files put Steve Jobs in new light
• Obama: Too busy to help with Wis. recall
• Coast Guard: Yacht explosion may be a hoax
• Sandusky sees photos of alleged victims
• Obama camp launches first ad targeting black voters
• 'Missing link' found in cyber weapon hunt
• Obama: I hope Commerce Secretary Bryson is ‘doing alright’
• Apple unveils new gear, but no iPhone 5
• FBI: Small-town murders spiked in 2011
• Rick Santorum offers lukewarm assessment of Rubio
• House committee schedules vote to hold Eric Holder in contempt
• Robin Roberts says she has MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome
• Hitchhiker writing 'Kindness' book shot in Montana
• World's largest optical telescope project gets green light
• Hitchhiker writing book called ‘Kindness in America’ shot
• Penguins' explicit sex acts shocked polar explorer
• Vote: Most tepid Romney endorsement from a bumper sticker?
• Ice cream vendor turf wars get violent
• Family records straight-A grades for 19 years
• Video: Puppy born without leg to get bionic foot

Secret files put Steve Jobs in new light Posted: 11 Jun 2012 11:41 AM PDT Recently released Pentagon documents indicate that in the 1980′s Steve Jobs expressed concern that his daughter might be kidnapped in an effort to blackmail him.  The documents also provide more information about the Apple co-founder's drug use as a teenager as well as a previously...

Obama: Too busy to help with Wis. recall Posted: 11 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama explained in a radio interview Monday why he didn't do more to help Wisconsin Democrats in their battle to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker: He was too busy. "The truth of the matter is that, as president of the United States, I've got a lot of responsibilities," he told WBAY of Green [...]

Coast Guard: Yacht explosion may be a hoax Posted: 11 Jun 2012 04:36 PM PDT UPDATE: Coast Guard officials now say that the report of an explosion on a yacht off the coast of New Jersey may have been a hoax.  Searchers have been unable to find any debris, a sign that there may not have been an explosion at all, a Coast Guard spokesman said. ........... An explosion aboard [...]

Sandusky sees photos of alleged victims Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:05 PM PDT The images of the young boys, one smiling headshot after the next, flashed across the large video screen inside the Centre County courthouse, directly across from the jurors' box.

Obama camp launches first ad targeting black voters Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is launching its first ad specifically aimed at black voters, a national radio spot entitled "We've Got Your Back," a campaign aide confirmed to Yahoo News. The Grio first reported the news. "Four years ago, we made history. Now it's time to move forward and finish what we started together. [...]

'Missing link' found in cyber weapon hunt Posted: 11 Jun 2012 08:09 AM PDT Researchers say they have uncovered "proof" linking the authors of the Flame cyber espionage program to Stuxnet, the most powerful offensive cyber weapon ever developed -- both of which are believed to have targeted Iran.

Obama: I hope Commerce Secretary Bryson is ‘doing alright’ Posted: 11 Jun 2012 03:57 PM PDT President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Monday that he hopes Commerce Secretary John Bryson is "doing alright" after the top trade official drew felony hit-and-run charges in California and was hospitalized for what an aide described as a "seizure" in connection to the incident. "My hope is that he's doing alright. We're still [...]

Apple unveils new gear, but no iPhone 5 Posted: 11 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT At Apple's annual WorldWide Developers Conference keynote today, CEO Tim Cook took the stage to detail the company's plans for its upcoming hardware and software releases. He opened the show by telling everyone that the company had some "really cool … Continue reading →

FBI: Small-town murders spiked in 2011 Posted: 11 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT Violent crime dropped in 2011, preliminary figures released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday show. According to the FBI's "Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report," violent crimes fell 4 percent nationwide, part of a decade-plus decline in that category. Murder was down about 2 percent, according to the FBI, while forcible rape, robbery and [...]

Rick Santorum offers lukewarm assessment of Rubio Posted: 11 Jun 2012 10:06 AM PDT Santorum praised Rubio as an "articulate spokesman" and a "great future leader," but couched his remarks with concern about Rubio's legislative record.

House committee schedules vote to hold Eric Holder in contempt Posted: 11 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote June 20 on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt, the committee announced Monday morning.

Robin Roberts says she has MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome Posted: 11 Jun 2012 06:10 AM PDT As many of you know, 5 years ago I beat breast cancer. I've always been a fighter, and with all of your prayers and support, a winner.

Hitchhiker writing 'Kindness' book shot in Montana Posted: 11 Jun 2012 09:35 AM PDT A man hitchhiking across the country and writing a memoir called "The Kindness of America" was injured in a random drive-by shooting along a rural highway near northeastern Montana's booming Bakken oil patch, authorities said Monday.

World's largest optical telescope project gets green light Posted: 11 Jun 2012 03:48 PM PDT A 1.1 billion-euro project to build the world's largest optical telescope will go ahead after the European organization overseeing it said it won backing from most of its members. The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will directly image planets outside the solar system and those orbiting other suns in so-called "habitable zones" to perhaps answer the question of whether there is life elsewhere in the universe. It will use a mirror 39 meters in diameter that will give a more detailed and deeper view of the universe than ever before. ...

Hitchhiker writing book called ‘Kindness in America’ shot Posted: 11 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT A man who was hitchhiking across the country for a memoir called "Kindness in America" was shot along a rural highway in northeastern Montana, police there say. Ray Dolin, 39, of West Virginia, approached a pickup truck on Saturday near Glasgow, Mont., thinking the driver was offering him a ride, Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier [...]

Penguins' explicit sex acts shocked polar explorer Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:51 AM PDT Hidden for nearly 100 years for being too "graphic," a report of "hooligan" behaviors, including sexual coercion, by Adelie penguins observed during Captain Scott's 1910 polar expedition has been uncovered and interpreted.

Vote: Most tepid Romney endorsement from a bumper sticker? Posted: 11 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT We couldn't resist the urge to pit this bumper sticker against Mitch Daniels for the crown. Vote below. Results will be announced Wednesday.

Ice cream vendor turf wars get violent Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:16 PM PDT We're used to hearing about rival gangs getting into fights, but rival ice cream vans? Afraid so, kids. Two ice cream slingers got into a heated argument in Blackburn, England. The results: A broken window, a dented van, and a seriously surreal video. An onlooker captured the squabble on video from an upstairs apartment window. [...]

Family records straight-A grades for 19 years Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:58 PM PDT Here's setting the bar high: For the past 19 years, the six children of the Kogut family have kept up straight A's while attending Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie, Md. The stellar report cards started in 1993 and ended with the recent graduation of one Richie Kogut from the eighth grade. The sterling student [...]

Video: Puppy born without leg to get bionic foot Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:22 PM PDT A dog born without a foot will soon become "the world's smallest bionic pet" after a procedure to fit the pooch with a prosthetic, titanium foot is completed. The chihuahua—named "Peggy Leg"—was adopted from a shelter in Roswell, N.M., by a local chihuahua rescue group. "When we were told about this program it was unbelievable," [...]

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