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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Who Was Charged With Welfare Fraud Found Dead Biden Blames Bush Administration for Deficit Whitney Kropp: Bullied Michigan Teen Shines at Homecoming Game As race stands, Obama within reach of second term Libya attack: GOP goes after the White House, especially Susan Rice Experts: Mayas prophesized, but not end of world Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up Calif dairies going broke due to feed, milk prices Obama calls on Congress to approve refinance plan Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh Ahead of Debate, Paul Ryan Takes on Joe Biden Paul Ryan Tells Hunters Thought of Second Obama Term Makes Him 'Shudder' Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on Earth Obama and Romney fight for religious groups' votes. Then there's Romney's Mormon faith High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum Schwarzenegger admits affair with Brigitte Nielsen Fox News blames live airing of suicide on "severe human error" Biden: Days into job, news of $1 trillion deficit Where did the mammoth US budget deficits come from? Ga. police break up scuffle at BET Hip-Hop Awards 3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb North Carolina Teacher Allegedly Cuts Disabled Student's Hair Israel finance minister says Iran economy "on verge of collapse" Voter registration problems widening in Florida Calif. woman fatally shot after allegedly driving into border patrol agent Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase Jack White abruptly ends Radio City Music Hall show, drawing wrath of New York crowd Community lauds victim of apparent school prank Iran condemns US for taking group off terror list Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio Romney: 'I'm going to win Pennsylvania' Ryan: Gun Owners Should Fear an Obama Re-Election Border Patrol agent shoots, kills woman in Calif. Will Ohio's Economic Uptick Be a Boon for Obama? Minneapolis gunman's family feared mental illness Chris Christie: Wednesday night's debate is 'the restart of this campaign' UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide Chemist in Mass. lab scandal could see new charges Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons With charts and charm, Paul Ryan aims to steady a shaken ticket Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Who Was Charged With Welfare Fraud Found Dead Sat,29 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT Good Morning America - Amanda Clayton Pled No Contest to Welfare Fraud Earlier This Year Full Story Top Biden Blames Bush Administration for Deficit Sat,29 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - FORT MYERS, Fla. — Vice President Joe Biden placed the blame for the ballooning deficit on the Bush administration today, arguing that the previous administration saddled the country with the burden of trillions of dollars in debt. "Let's get serious here! How did we get... Full Story Top Whitney Kropp: Bullied Michigan Teen Shines at Homecoming Game Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT ABC News - For bullied high school sophomore Whitney Kropp, looking good was the best revenge. Earlier this month, the West Branch, Mich., teen said she thought about killing herself after some classmates told her she was nominated to homecoming court as a joke. On Friday, Kropp had... Full Story Top As race stands, Obama within reach of second term Sun,30 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT Associated Press - Five weeks to Election Day, President Barack Obama is within reach of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term. Republican Mitt Romney's path to victory is narrowing. Full Story Top Libya attack: GOP goes after the White House, especially Susan Rice Sat,29 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - As the presidential debates and the election approach, questions about how the Obama administration has handled the attack in Libya that killed the US ambassador on Sept. 11 have taken a harder political edge. Full Story Top Experts: Mayas prophesized, but not end of world Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:25 PM PDT Associated Press - As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to convince people that the Mayas didn't predict an apocalypse for the end of this year. Full Story Top Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:04 AM PDT Associated Press - Here's the rap on the presidential candidates' plans for cutting federal deficits: Mitt Romney's is too bold and the numbers don't add up, while President Barack Obama's is too timid and his numbers don't add up, either. Full Story Top Calif dairies going broke due to feed, milk prices Sat,29 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT Associated Press - In nearly six decades of running a dairy in central California, Mary Cameron made a name for herself in a male-dominated industry: She led several dairy organizations and was honored as Outstanding Dairy Producer of the Year. Full Story Top Obama calls on Congress to approve refinance plan Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:14 AM PDT Associated Press - Citing historically low mortgages, President Barack Obama is pressing Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help struggling homeowners refinance their debts and prevent foreclosures. Full Story Top Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh Sun,30 Sep 2012 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said. Members of the Buddhist minority in the Cox's Bazar area in the southeast of the country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists. Muslims took to the streets in the area late on Saturday to protest against what they said was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam. ... Full Story Top Ahead of Debate, Paul Ryan Takes on Joe Biden Sun,30 Sep 2012 03:54 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - COLUMBUS, Ohio—Less than two weeks before Paul Ryan and Joe Biden face off on the debate stage, Paul Ryan took on his counterpart on the issues of Social Security and Medicare. The GOP vice presidential nominee almost always saves his rhetorical fire for the top... Full Story Top Paul Ryan Tells Hunters Thought of Second Obama Term Makes Him 'Shudder' Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:00 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Paul Ryan warned a group of hunters and fishermen this evening that he "shudder(s)" to think what President Obama would do "if he never has to face the voters ever again." "You see the federal government already infringing upon the First Amendment... Full Story Top Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on Earth Sat,29 Sep 2012 06:22 AM PDT LiveScience.com - To combat global warming, scientists in Scotland now suggest an out-of-this-world solution — a giant dust cloud in space, blasted off an asteroid, which would act like a sunshade for Earth. Full Story Top Obama and Romney fight for religious groups' votes. Then there's Romney's Mormon faith Sun,30 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Separation of church and state may be a constitutional requirement in US government. But in Election 2012 politics, religion has become an increasingly important factor. Full Story Top High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the White House. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September. Full Story Top Schwarzenegger admits affair with Brigitte Nielsen Sat,29 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT Associated Press - Arnold Schwarzenegger is confirming that he had a "hot affair" with actress Brigitte Nielsen at a time he and Maria Shriver were dating and already living together. Full Story Top Fox News blames live airing of suicide on "severe human error" Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Fox News apologized for a "severe human error" that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase. The coverage of the Friday incident, which sparked outrage on social media and a quick on-air apology by anchor Shepard Smith, showed a man stumbling from an allegedly stolen car into the desert near Phoenix on Friday. As a camera in a helicopter provided live coverage, the man s topped a short distance away, pulled the trigger of a gun pointed to the right side of his head and crumpled face-forward into the ground. ... Full Story Top Biden: Days into job, news of $1 trillion deficit Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:28 AM PDT Associated Press - Vice President Joe Biden says that he and President Barack Obama had been on the job less than a week when a top economic adviser told them the country was facing a trillion-dollar budget deficit. Full Story Top Where did the mammoth US budget deficits come from? Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:19 PM PDT Christian Science Monitor - What's the cause of the federal government's huge budget deficits? That's a question that is harder to answer in the particular than you might think. The general problem is obvious: Uncle Sam has been spending more money than he takes in. The specific reasons as to why this state of affairs exists are a mix of human decisions, economic circumstance, and the cumulative effect of time. Full Story Top Ga. police break up scuffle at BET Hip-Hop Awards Sun,30 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT Associated Press - Atlanta police officers broke up an altercation Saturday evening between two groups at the seventh annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, but no arrests were made. Full Story Top 3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb Sun,30 Sep 2012 04:24 AM PDT Associated Press - A small earthquake followed by an aftershock rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, cracking some walls and knocking down pictures, but authorities reported no serious damage and the unscathed Dallas-Fort Worth airport near the epicenter kept up normal flight operations. Full Story Top North Carolina Teacher Allegedly Cuts Disabled Student's Hair Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT ABC News - The North Carolina mom of a 7-year-old girl with Down Syndrome is accusing a teacher of cutting off several inches of her daughter's beloved hair without her consent. "Most of the time, she's always brushing her hair, always doing something with her hair," Jesslyn's mother,... Full Story Top Israel finance minister says Iran economy "on verge of collapse" Sun,30 Sep 2012 04:05 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran's economy is edging towards collapse due to international sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Sunday. Israel regards the prospect of its arch enemy developing nuclear weapons as a threat to its existence, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that, although sanctions are taking their toll, they are not yet forcing Iran to abandon work that could soon lead to a nuclear warhead. ... Full Story Top Voter registration problems widening in Florida Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:52 PM PDT Associated Press - What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in at least seven counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida. Full Story Top Calif. woman fatally shot after allegedly driving into border patrol agent Sun,30 Sep 2012 06:36 AM PDT ABC News - Agent Said He Had No Choice But to Defend Himself and Fired at Alvarado Get Her to Stop the Car Full Story Top Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:09 PM PDT Associated Press - A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix police officers and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television was identified Saturday as a wanted felon with a long criminal history. Full Story Top Jack White abruptly ends Radio City Music Hall show, drawing wrath of New York crowd Sun,30 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT Jack White abruptly ended his sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night, drawing the ire of fans who saw the former White Stripes frontman perform for just 45 minutes without an encore. White, who is touring behind his recent solo album "Blunderbuss," was apparently unhappy with the historic New York venue's sound [...] Full Story Top Community lauds victim of apparent school prank Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:13 PM PDT Associated Press - A mid-Michigan community cheered on a 16-year-old sophomore — the victim of an apparent prank by classmates — as she took her place with other members of her high school's homecoming court. Full Story Top Iran condemns US for taking group off terror list Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT Associated Press - Iran condemned on Saturday the Obama administration for taking an Iranian militant group formerly allied with Saddam Hussein off the U.S. terrorism list, saying it shows Washington's "double standards." Full Story Top Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:08 PM PDT Associated Press - Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling a national sportsmen group that he and Mitt Romney would work to prevent any more restrictions on hunting and gun ownership. Full Story Top Romney: 'I'm going to win Pennsylvania' Fri,28 Sep 2012 08:42 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA—Mitt Romney insisted he'll win Pennsylvania in November, despite recent polls showing President Barack Obama building a major lead in the state. Speaking at a morning fundraiser at the city's tony Union League Club, Romney repeatedly insisted he still has a shot at taking Pennsylvania—and ultimately the White House. "You know, we really would shock [...] Full Story Top Ryan: Gun Owners Should Fear an Obama Re-Election Sat,29 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT National Journal - COLUMBUS, Ohio – Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan courted the votes of hunters on Saturday in a speech to a sportsmen's group, suggesting that President Obama would seek to strip gun owners of their rights by appointing judges hostile to a broad interpretation of the Second Amendment. Full Story Top Border Patrol agent shoots, kills woman in Calif. Fri,28 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT Associated Press - A Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 32-year-old mother of five Friday in suburban San Diego as he rode on the hood of her car after she ran into him, authorities and family members said. Full Story Top Will Ohio's Economic Uptick Be a Boon for Obama? Sat,29 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - Will auto bailout and uptick in Ohio economy be a boon to Obama's re-election chances? Full Story Top Minneapolis gunman's family feared mental illness Sat,29 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Andrew Engeldinger's parents were worried about their son's growing paranoia. In 2010, they sought help, enrolling in a 12-week class for families of the mentally ill. Full Story Top Chris Christie: Wednesday night's debate is 'the restart of this campaign' Sun,30 Sep 2012 08:41 AM PDT While both Democrats and Republicans have downplayed the importance of the first presidential debate in recent days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised the stakes on Sunday, predicting this week's duel in Denver will be a game changer for Mitt Romney. "Wednesday night's the restart of this campaign," Christie told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet [...] Full Story Top UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide Fri,28 Sep 2012 05:13 AM PDT Google Maps helps many people do various things, but tracking UFOs might be a new one. Andrea Dove contacted ABC News affiliate KLTV in East Texas with an interesting tip. Dove was using Google Maps to get directions to visit her aunt in Jacksonville, Texas,...Some think it could be a lens flare, or the reflection of a nearby object like the one Jamey Boyum of KLTV stumbled upon in his report above. See what you think Full Story Top Chemist in Mass. lab scandal could see new charges Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:06 AM PDT Associated Press - A chemist accused of lying about drug samples she tested at a state lab could face additional charges as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift through thousands of criminal cases that could be upended by her actions. Full Story Top Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons Sat,29 Sep 2012 02:08 PM PDT Associated Press - Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers. Full Story Top With charts and charm, Paul Ryan aims to steady a shaken ticket Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - VANDALIA, Ohio (Reuters) - Trailing in the must-win state of Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asked his running mate Paul Ryan to meet him here this week. After 24 days apart, Romney and Ryan reunited on an airport tarmac on Tuesday amid grumbling from some Republicans that the campaign has grown complacent, leaving Ryan, its strongest advocate, off the national stage. "Wow, that's quite a guy, Paul Ryan," Romney shouted to the crowd. "Isn't that something?" Romney's many conservative critics share that assessment. ... Full Story Top

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