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• Heffernan: Amid flashy CES, a peek at a secret prototype
• NRA: Biden gun talks pushed agenda, not safety
• Accused Colo. shooter may have had getaway plan
• Obama: Treasury nominee Lew will fix his loopy signature
• Official: Student opens fire at Calif. high school, wounding 2
• Obama signs law giving himself, Bush lifetime Secret Service guard
• Math is on Hagel’s side in confirmation fight
• Whew! Huge asteroid won't hit Earth in 2036
• White House petition wants to ‘Save the Lewpty-Loo!’
• Aerial image of NYC as you’ve never seen it before
• Interactive: What would your signature look like if Jack Lew wrote it?
• Planned Parenthood fights defunding in Texas
• Snake hitches a ride on Qantas flight
• The Pebble: Why your wrist is the new frontier for apps
• Caption this: Photo shows Putin terrifying boy
• Husband of S.C. Gov. Haley ships out for Afghan deployment
• Bank robber's love letter helped convict him
• Photos: Astronaut's incredible photos of Earth from space
• China's one-child law producing less competitive adults?
• Wave of bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan
• Russia may be backing off U.S. adoption ban

Heffernan: Amid flashy CES, a peek at a secret prototype Posted: 10 Jan 2013 02:58 PM PST In a leather banquette in a sparkling Las Vegas club, a knockout blonde discreetly kicked the Louis Vuitton bag at her feet.

NRA: Biden gun talks pushed agenda, not safety Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST "We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen," the organization said.

Accused Colo. shooter may have had getaway plan Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST James Holmes' car was full of items indicating he may have planned to flee after allegedly opening fire in an Aurora movie theater.

Obama: Treasury nominee Lew will fix his loopy signature Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:37 AM PST President Barack Obama on Thursday formally nominated White House chief of staff Jack Lew to succeed departing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner—but joked that Lew's now-famously loopy signature had almost cost him the job. "I had never noticed Jack's signature," Obama said in a ceremony in the White House's East Room, with both men in attendance. [...]

Official: Student opens fire at Calif. high school, wounding 2 Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST At least one student was shot when a classmate opened fire at a high school in California on Thursday.

Obama signs law giving himself, Bush lifetime Secret Service guard Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:43 AM PST Former presidents have to give up rides on Air Force One. But now they don't have to give up being shadowed by the armed-and-earpieced bodyguards.

Math is on Hagel’s side in confirmation fight Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:19 AM PST Hagel is expected to make a series of courtesy visits to senators on the fence about his nomination, particularly Republicans in an effort to bring at least five on his side.

Whew! Huge asteroid won't hit Earth in 2036 Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:57 PM PST The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today.

White House petition wants to ‘Save the Lewpty-Loo!’ Posted: 10 Jan 2013 03:01 PM PST The good people of America are petitioning the White House to let Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, use his incoherent, loopy signature on the nation's currency if he is confirmed. From the official White House Petition site: Save the Lewpty-Lew! When Tim Geithner became Treasury Secretary, he changed his loopy signature [...]

Aerial image of NYC as you’ve never seen it before Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST New York City is easily one of the most-photographed places in the United States, and an unusual new photograph is showing why. The picture, taken by Russian photographer Sergey Semonov, is a stitched-together panorama, a flattened version of the type of photographs that Semonov takes for the company he works for, AirPano. The AirPano team [...]

Interactive: What would your signature look like if Jack Lew wrote it? Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:45 AM PST White House chief of staff Jack Lew's signature has been ridiculed as nothing more than a series of childish loops—a nontrivial point, given that President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Lew as the new Treasury secretary, meaning his signature will adorn new U.S. currency. Now, Yahoo News exclusively brings you the Jack Lew Signature Generator. Just [...]

Planned Parenthood fights defunding in Texas Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:39 PM PST When Gov. Perry announced his "Initiatives to Protect Life," he said there was a difference between women's health and protecting the rights of abortion providers.

Snake hitches a ride on Qantas flight Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:38 AM PST A snake hitched a ride in the wing of a Qantas flight to Papua New Guinea on Thursday morning. Passengers captured video of the distressed snake as it fought to stay attached to the wing amid freezing temperatures and brutal winds. The snake, later identified as a scrub python, apparently began the flight inside the [...]

The Pebble: Why your wrist is the new frontier for apps Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST To say the Pebble smartwatch is a Kickstarter success story would be an understatement almost as big as the disparity between the amount of money the company was trying to raise ($100,000) and the amount of money the company actually raised ($10,266,845).

Caption this: Photo shows Putin terrifying boy Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:46 AM PST Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an overnight Mass at a church in Sochi earlier this week in honor of Orthodox Christmas. During the service at Holy Trinity St. George Monastery, Putin knelt down and whispered something to a young boy sitting on the ground near his feet—a tender moment caught by a photographer. But a [...]

Husband of S.C. Gov. Haley ships out for Afghan deployment Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:48 PM PST Haley's office said it is not aware of any other governor's spouse who is deployed with the uniformed military.

Bank robber's love letter helped convict him Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:25 AM PST Robert Maday Escaped From Custody But Was Caught After a High-Speed Chase

Photos: Astronaut's incredible photos of Earth from space Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST Another of the Australian bushfires, this one near Burrinjuck Dam. Look closely and you can see the flames from orbit. (Chris Hadfield/Twitter)

China's one-child law producing less competitive adults? Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:41 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — They're called "little emperors" — the children born in China under a law that generally limits urban families to having just one child.

Wave of bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST The blasts punctuated one of the deadliest days in recent years in Pakistan, where the government faces a bloody insurgency by Taliban militants and Baluch militants.

Russia may be backing off U.S. adoption ban Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:26 AM PST The Kremlin appeared to backtrack Thursday, just a little bit, on a controversial new law banning all US adoptions of Russian orphans.

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