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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Viral photo helps 19-year-old arthritic dog recover Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology Americans say Obama's ads are more honest, but expect both sides to lie, Esquire/Yahoo poll finds Suspect in killing of Los Angeles woman was actor Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch Ahmadinejad addresses U.N. General Assembly amid protests Romney in Ohio: 'My heart aches' for struggling Americans Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space With superior ground operations, Obama widens his lead in Ohio Army soldier tries to cure hiccups, shoots friend Romney talks polls, 'character assassination,' and Mass. health law Obama flubs line on jobs, says he's "channeling" Romney Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio' Russian dash-cam captures lightning striking SUV roof UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray Settlement Homeless boy wins $130,000 peace prize Donald Trump's Holy War? Spokesman Defends 'Get Even' Comment At Christian University Newt Gingrich offers free debate advice to Mitt Romney Afghan Baby 'Happiness,' Found Beside Road, Gets a Family Obama campaign: Romney's White House path 'narrowing' Mitt Romney tells voters: If I'm elected, don't expect huge tax cuts Army General Charged with Forcible Sodomy During Tour in Afghanistan Ann Romney Explains Mitt's Airplane Remark More Republican leaders get behind Akin in Missouri Senate race Obama leads in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania: Poll Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts Netanyahu calls for "clear red line" on Iranian nuclear program Couple Sues 'Million Dollar Money Drop' Game Show After Losing $580,000 Air Force mystery plane set for next mission Jon Stewart Wonders If Romney Is Getting Dumber Rare 1943 Penny Sells for $1 Million U of Calif to pay pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters 'We Are Hungry' Video Parody Mocks Government Mandated Lunch Guidelines Netanyahu promises tough response to Ahmadinejad Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia Obama sees Libya attack as 'terrorist' act: Spokesman Police checking out Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb Anti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid Ohio Slipping Out Of Reach For Romney 'Today' producer angry about Lauer stories Viral photo helps 19-year-old arthritic dog recover Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:09 AM PDT A photograph of a man wading in Lake Superior with his 19-year-old arthritic dog captured the hearts of millions when it was posted online last month--an outpouring that inspired the dog's owner to launch a foundation to help low-income families care for their aging canines. John Unger says Schoep's Legacy Foundation has raised more than [...] Full Story Top Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:10 AM PDT ABC News - Is a $15 gift card enough to compensate for public humiliation at your local grocery store? According to one Georgia woman, the answer is absolutely not. Cindy Nerger, 28, who relies on food stamps to feed her family, said she was brought to tears after... Full Story Top Americans say Obama's ads are more honest, but expect both sides to lie, Esquire/Yahoo poll finds Wed,26 Sep 2012 09:26 AM PDT In an election season that's produced reels of negative ads and dizzying spin, more Americans find that President Barack Obama's ads remain honest, giving his campaign a 12-point lead over that of his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, according to the Yahoo!/Esquire poll. Full Story Top Suspect in killing of Los Angeles woman was actor Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT Associated Press - Los Angeles police say they don't know whether a "Sons of Anarchy" actor jumped or fell to his death after apparently killing his landlady. Full Story Top Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT Good Morning America - Buyer of Exotic, Futuristic Table Claims He Was Snookered Full Story Top Ahmadinejad addresses U.N. General Assembly amid protests Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:58 AM PDT Amid warnings from other world leaders—and planned protests outside—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, his last speech in front of the world body as president of Iran. The outspoken Iranian leader called for a "new world order," criticizing capitalism and the United States and Europe for "trampling on the rights of [...] Full Story Top Romney in Ohio: 'My heart aches' for struggling Americans Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT WESTERVILLE, Ohio—Mitt Romney kicked off a day of campaigning in this battleground state by insisting his "heart aches" for struggling Americans and that he is better prepared than President Barack Obama to help those who are "hurting" under the tough economy. Speaking at a rally located in a swing district just outside Columbus, Romney kept [...] Full Story Top Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT LiveScience.com - It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that likely fell 10,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border. Full Story Top With superior ground operations, Obama widens his lead in Ohio Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio—For Mitt Romney's campaign, the location was nothing more than a friendly business that had agreed to host a rally to promote the candidate's policies toward small businesses and manufacturing. But it was hard not to view Romney's midday appearance at American Spring Wire, a company that makes wire that bounces back into [...] Full Story Top Army soldier tries to cure hiccups, shoots friend Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:45 AM PDT An attempt to cure a case of hiccups has left one U.S. Army soldier dead and another behind bars. According to the Killeen Daily Herald, 22-year-old Pfc. Isaac Lawrence Young  was hiccuping while watching football on Sunday night with fellow soldier Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, 27. In an apparent attempt to scare him and make [...] Full Story Top Romney talks polls, 'character assassination,' and Mass. health law Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney took part in three network TV interviews Thursday night that veered in wildly different directions. With ABC, Romney addressed polls that show him trailing President Obama, with NBC he promoted the Massachusetts health law that was a model for the national law he... Full Story Top Obama flubs line on jobs, says he's "channeling" Romney Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - KENT, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama flubbed a line during a campaign speech on Wednesday, mistakenly saying he wanted to export U.S. jobs, before correcting himself and jokingly blaming Republican rival Mitt Romney. In the middle of remarks to an enthusiastic crowd in the battleground state of Ohio, Obama was describing a five-point plan to boost employment and lay a "stronger foundation" for the U.S. economy when he stumbled at a crucial word. "I want to see us export more jobs," Obama said, before catching himself quickly and saying, "Export more products. ... Full Story Top Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio' Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:42 PM PDT TOLEDO, Ohio—Mitt Romney projected confidence Wednesday that he's going to win Ohio, in spite of a recent spate of polls showing him trailing President Barack Obama in this crucial swing state. "I'm going to win Ohio," Romney told NBC's Ron Allen in an interview. "I'm going to become the next president." In a separate interview [...] Full Story Top Russian dash-cam captures lightning striking SUV roof Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT The National Weather Service reports that a person's odds of being struck by lightning are around 1 in 775,000. Meet the unfortunate "1" in that statistic. A driver captured footage of lightning striking the roof of another car on a rainy Russian day. In the video, an unidentified driver cruises along with a dashboard camera [...] Full Story Top UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray Settlement Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT ABC News - The University of California regents will pay about $1 million to 21 UC Davis current and former students who were pepper-sprayed during a peaceful campus protest last November. A video of the incident that went viral shows an officer casually walking up to and aiming... Full Story Top Homeless boy wins $130,000 peace prize Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:22 AM PDT The obstacles seemed insurmountable for a 13-year-old Filipino street kid. Forced to scavenge for his survival from the age of 2, sleep in a coffin and run away to seek help after he was badly injured, Cris "Kesz" Valdez had every reason to merely look out for himself. But at age 7, he started a [...] Full Story Top Donald Trump's Holy War? Spokesman Defends 'Get Even' Comment At Christian University Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:13 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: During a convocation speech on Monday at the Lynchburg, Virginia Christian college, Liberty University, Donald Trump gave the students some advice: "Get even." "I always say don't let people take advantage — this goes for a country, too, by the... Full Story Top Newt Gingrich offers free debate advice to Mitt Romney Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT Newt Gingrich, who was once Mitt Romney's chief rival during the Republican primaries, is offering the Republican nominee free advice before he debates President Barack Obama next week. Writing in Human Events on Wednesday, Gingrich relayed four suggestions for the upcoming debates: Newt's advice: Relax and be prepared I tell the stories to make the [...] Full Story Top Afghan Baby 'Happiness,' Found Beside Road, Gets a Family Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:03 AM PDT ABC News' Aleem Agha reports: KABUL, Afghanistan – A newborn girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been adopted by a childless Afghan couple. "We have named her Arya [which means happiness], and we will take care of her... Full Story Top Obama campaign: Romney's White House path 'narrowing' Wed,26 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Wednesday that recent polls have shown Mitt Romney's path to the White House "narrowing" but flatly denied that it was spiking the ball on the 30-yard line. "We're running this race in every single swing state like we're five points down," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. The Obama [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney tells voters: If I'm elected, don't expect huge tax cuts Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney says Americans shouldn't expect a big tax cut from him if he's elected president, because the nation also has to think about how to tame out-of-control federal deficits. Full Story Top Army General Charged with Forcible Sodomy During Tour in Afghanistan Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:12 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - An Army brigadier general has been charged with forcible sodomy, inappropriate relationships, and possessing alcohol and pornography while serving as a senior commander in Afghanistan earlier this year. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, a deputy commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, faces a possible court... Full Story Top Ann Romney Explains Mitt's Airplane Remark Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Ann Romney said the air scare she had last week happened so fast there wasn't time to panic and recalled the details of the flight diversion, resulting in her plane making an emergency landing in Denver. "I was just watching a movie and I could... Full Story Top More Republican leaders get behind Akin in Missouri Senate race Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - More Republican leaders came to the side of Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin on Wednesday, a day after the deadline passed for him to withdraw from the race after controversial comments he made last month about rape. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which had cut off financial support to Akin, said on Wednesday it backs his campaign to defeat incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in the November 6 election. Former Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum also endorsed Akin on Wednesday. ... Full Story Top Obama leads in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania: Poll Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama has stretched his lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in battleground states Ohio and Florida and retains a 12-point lead in Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS poll released Wednesday. The president is ahead 53 to 43 percent in Ohio and 53 to 44 percent in Florida, according to surveys [...] Full Story Top Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT Associated Press - Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race. Full Story Top Netanyahu calls for "clear red line" on Iranian nuclear program Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the only way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons was by setting "a clear red line" to stop its atomic program. "At this late hour, there is only one way to peacefully prevent Iran from getting atomic bombs and that's by placing a clear red line on Iran's nuclear weapons program," Netanyahu said in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly. "Red lines don't lead to war; red lines prevent war." (Reporting By Jeffrey Heller, Michelle Nichols and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Sandra Maler) Full Story Top Couple Sues 'Million Dollar Money Drop' Game Show After Losing $580,000 Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT Who wants to be an (almost) millionaire? Apparently Andrew and Patricia Murray from California do, and are willing to go to court to prove it. The couple appeared as contestants in December 2010 on the now-canceled Fox game show "Million Dollar Money Drop," and is... Full Story Top Air Force mystery plane set for next mission Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT ABC News - ABC News' Taylor Hom reports: The U.S. military's mysterious X-37B space plane is headed back into the great beyond to do… whatever it does up there. The X-37B is slated for its third launch in October, the Air Force said, but like its two orbital... Full Story Top Jon Stewart Wonders If Romney Is Getting Dumber Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:46 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Barack Obama must be the luckiest dude on the planet, Jon Stewart said last night on  , because something is happening to Mitt Romney: He is getting dumber and dumber as the election goes on. Full Story Top Rare 1943 Penny Sells for $1 Million Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:24 AM PDT A 1943 Lincoln penny that soared in value because it was made from the "wrong" material reportedly has sold for $1 million. The penny was erroneously made of bronze instead of zinc-coated steel at the San Francisco Mint, according to UPI news agency. Texas Rangers... Full Story Top U of Calif to pay pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:03 AM PDT Associated Press - The University of California is set to pay about $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed during an Occupy protest at UC Davis last fall. Full Story Top 'We Are Hungry' Video Parody Mocks Government Mandated Lunch Guidelines Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:37 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Childhood obesity in America has been a hot-button topic for the last several years. First lady Michelle Obama spearheaded the Let's Move campaign with the goal of helping America raise a healthier generation of kids. President Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free [...] Full Story Top Netanyahu promises tough response to Ahmadinejad Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday promised a tough response at the United Nations to the latest verbal attacks on Israeli by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said he was determined to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons. Before boarding a flight to New York to address the annual U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu issued an open letter to Israelis marking the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the most sacred holiday in the Jewish calendar. "On the question of Iran, we are all united in the goal of preventing Iran from achieving nuclear weaponry. ... Full Story Top Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT Associated Press - Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball. Full Story Top Obama sees Libya attack as 'terrorist' act: Spokesman Wed,26 Sep 2012 12:13 PM PDT President Barack Obama regards the Sept. 11 assault on the American Consulate in Libya as a terrorist attack, the White House said on Wednesday, as Republicans questioned why the commander in chief has not said so publicly. "It is certainly the case that it is our view as an administration, the president's view, that it [...] Full Story Top Police checking out Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT Associated Press - Investigators will take soil samples from the ground beneath a suburban Detroit driveway after a man told police he believes he witnessed the burial of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa about 35 years ago, police said Wednesday. Full Story Top Anti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid Wed,26 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS/MADRID (Reuters) - Demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid in an upsurge of popular anger at new austerity measures being imposed on two of the euro zone's most vulnerable economies. In some of the most violent confrontations on Wednesday, Greek police fired tear gas at hooded rioters hurling petrol bombs as thousands joined the country's biggest protest in more than a year. ... Full Story Top Ohio Slipping Out Of Reach For Romney Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: BREAKING — OHIO NOW LEANS OBAMA: ABC News Political Director Amy Walter notes that today's New York Times-CBS News-Quinnipiac poll is the fourth non-partisan media poll in a row to show President Obama not only ahead... Full Story Top 'Today' producer angry about Lauer stories Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT Associated Press - The "Today" show's top producer on Wednesday defended Matt Lauer against stories that have portrayed the anchor as difficult to deal with during the show's slide in the ratings. Full Story Top

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