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http://news.yahoo.com/ The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:29:46 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-says-wants-asylum-russia-204443514.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2cwUVkTvBx9BRvfLTAB9WA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a80b11534eb55e17370f6a706700c897.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. Snowden wants to seek asylum in Russia, according to a Parliament member who was among about a dozen activists and officials to meet with him Friday in the Moscow airport where he&#039;s been marooned for weeks. Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov told reporters of Snowden&#039;s intentions after the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)" align="left" title="In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. Snowden wants to seek asylum in Russia, according to a Parliament member who was among about a dozen activists and officials to meet with him Friday in the Moscow airport where he&#039;s been marooned for weeks. Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov told reporters of Snowden&#039;s intentions after the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport Friday, still defiant but willing to stop leaking secrets about U.S. surveillance programs if Russia will give him asylum until he can move on to Latin America.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-says-wants-asylum-russia-204443514.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:29:46 -0400Associated Presssnowden-says-wants-asylum-russia-204443514<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-says-wants-asylum-russia-204443514.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2cwUVkTvBx9BRvfLTAB9WA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a80b11534eb55e17370f6a706700c897.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. Snowden wants to seek asylum in Russia, according to a Parliament member who was among about a dozen activists and officials to meet with him Friday in the Moscow airport where he&#039;s been marooned for weeks. Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov told reporters of Snowden&#039;s intentions after the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)" align="left" title="In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. Snowden wants to seek asylum in Russia, according to a Parliament member who was among about a dozen activists and officials to meet with him Friday in the Moscow airport where he&#039;s been marooned for weeks. Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov told reporters of Snowden&#039;s intentions after the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport Friday, still defiant but willing to stop leaking secrets about U.S. surveillance programs if Russia will give him asylum until he can move on to Latin America.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tens-thousands-march-ousted-egyptian-leader-205012972.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eHTUGJvfAPkUqqzjMtIXSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa1dca534f586117370f6a706700318f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi offer their Friday prayer in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt?s Muslim Brotherhood group rallied in a Cairo city square, waving pictures of the ousted president and chanting anti-military slogans, deriding army chief who led Morsi?s removal as ?traitor? with one ultraconservative Salafi cleric vows to stay in the streets for years until Morsi is reinstated. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi offer their Friday prayer in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt?s Muslim Brotherhood group rallied in a Cairo city square, waving pictures of the ousted president and chanting anti-military slogans, deriding army chief who led Morsi?s removal as ?traitor? with one ultraconservative Salafi cleric vows to stay in the streets for years until Morsi is reinstated. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied Friday in cities across Egypt, vowing to sustain for months their campaign to restore deposed President Mohammed Morsi to power.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tens-thousands-march-ousted-egyptian-leader-205012972.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:45:10 -0400Associated Presstens-thousands-march-ousted-egyptian-leader-205012972<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tens-thousands-march-ousted-egyptian-leader-205012972.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eHTUGJvfAPkUqqzjMtIXSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa1dca534f586117370f6a706700318f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi offer their Friday prayer in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt?s Muslim Brotherhood group rallied in a Cairo city square, waving pictures of the ousted president and chanting anti-military slogans, deriding army chief who led Morsi?s removal as ?traitor? with one ultraconservative Salafi cleric vows to stay in the streets for years until Morsi is reinstated. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" align="left" title="Supporters of Egypt&#039;s ousted President Mohammed Morsi offer their Friday prayer in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt?s Muslim Brotherhood group rallied in a Cairo city square, waving pictures of the ousted president and chanting anti-military slogans, deriding army chief who led Morsi?s removal as ?traitor? with one ultraconservative Salafi cleric vows to stay in the streets for years until Morsi is reinstated. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied Friday in cities across Egypt, vowing to sustain for months their campaign to restore deposed President Mohammed Morsi to power.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suspects-remains-exhumed-boston-strangler-case-234300394.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ea9lkPrdMNuPTfM1PjdFWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e5c8a5734fc86317370f6a706700d08d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Commonwealth of Massachusetts medical examiner&#039;s van leaves the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, Mass., after exhuming Albert DeSalvo&#039;s body from a grave to confirm a forensic link to the Boston Strangler case, Friday, July 12, 2013. DeSalvo was the man who first confessed to being the Boston Strangler, but later recanted before his stabbing death in prison as he served a life sentence for other crimes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" align="left" title="A Commonwealth of Massachusetts medical examiner&#039;s van leaves the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, Mass., after exhuming Albert DeSalvo&#039;s body from a grave to confirm a forensic link to the Boston Strangler case, Friday, July 12, 2013. DeSalvo was the man who first confessed to being the Boston Strangler, but later recanted before his stabbing death in prison as he served a life sentence for other crimes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>PEABODY, Mass. (AP) ? Investigators have unearthed the remains of a man who once confessed to being the Boston Strangler in a bid to use forensic evidence to connect him to the death of a woman believed to be the serial killer&#039;s last victim.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/suspects-remains-exhumed-boston-strangler-case-234300394.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 20:25:14 -0400Associated Presssuspects-remains-exhumed-boston-strangler-case-234300394<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suspects-remains-exhumed-boston-strangler-case-234300394.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ea9lkPrdMNuPTfM1PjdFWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e5c8a5734fc86317370f6a706700d08d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Commonwealth of Massachusetts medical examiner&#039;s van leaves the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, Mass., after exhuming Albert DeSalvo&#039;s body from a grave to confirm a forensic link to the Boston Strangler case, Friday, July 12, 2013. DeSalvo was the man who first confessed to being the Boston Strangler, but later recanted before his stabbing death in prison as he served a life sentence for other crimes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" align="left" title="A Commonwealth of Massachusetts medical examiner&#039;s van leaves the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, Mass., after exhuming Albert DeSalvo&#039;s body from a grave to confirm a forensic link to the Boston Strangler case, Friday, July 12, 2013. DeSalvo was the man who first confessed to being the Boston Strangler, but later recanted before his stabbing death in prison as he served a life sentence for other crimes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>PEABODY, Mass. (AP) ? Investigators have unearthed the remains of a man who once confessed to being the Boston Strangler in a bid to use forensic evidence to connect him to the death of a woman believed to be the serial killer&#039;s last victim.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-defend-texas-abortion-proposal-000536698.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I.jUEZy9WTfWb3rnzPm9nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bb0aa87c6a6c6817370f6a7067007252.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, left, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, center, and Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, right, walk into the Capitol rotunda as the Texas Senate takes a break from their debate an abortion bill, Friday, July 12, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The bill would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allow abortions in surgical centers, dictate when abortion pills are taken and ban abortions after 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" align="left" title="Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, left, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, center, and Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, right, walk into the Capitol rotunda as the Texas Senate takes a break from their debate an abortion bill, Friday, July 12, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The bill would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allow abortions in surgical centers, dictate when abortion pills are taken and ban abortions after 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Republicans on Friday defended a sweeping abortion proposal against Democratic attempts to show the tough restrictions were not only unnecessary, but also unconstitutional.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-defend-texas-abortion-proposal-000536698.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 20:06:19 -0400Associated Pressrepublicans-defend-texas-abortion-proposal-000536698<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-defend-texas-abortion-proposal-000536698.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I.jUEZy9WTfWb3rnzPm9nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bb0aa87c6a6c6817370f6a7067007252.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, left, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, center, and Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, right, walk into the Capitol rotunda as the Texas Senate takes a break from their debate an abortion bill, Friday, July 12, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The bill would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allow abortions in surgical centers, dictate when abortion pills are taken and ban abortions after 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" align="left" title="Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, left, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, center, and Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, right, walk into the Capitol rotunda as the Texas Senate takes a break from their debate an abortion bill, Friday, July 12, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The bill would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allow abortions in surgical centers, dictate when abortion pills are taken and ban abortions after 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Republicans on Friday defended a sweeping abortion proposal against Democratic attempts to show the tough restrictions were not only unnecessary, but also unconstitutional.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-farm-bill-doesnt-end-food-stamps-212350341.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fLOL1GIiAX_PxfVuQfISAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/69cef37e4c275217370f6a7067004c9e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her EBT/Bridge Card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer&#039;s Market in Detroit. House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her EBT/Bridge Card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer&#039;s Market in Detroit. House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? One after another, angry Democrats took to the House floor to say Republicans would increase hunger in America by stripping food stamps from the farm bill.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-farm-bill-doesnt-end-food-stamps-212350341.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:18:38 -0400Associated Pressfact-check-farm-bill-doesnt-end-food-stamps-212350341<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-farm-bill-doesnt-end-food-stamps-212350341.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fLOL1GIiAX_PxfVuQfISAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/69cef37e4c275217370f6a7067004c9e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her EBT/Bridge Card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer&#039;s Market in Detroit. House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her EBT/Bridge Card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer&#039;s Market in Detroit. House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? One after another, angry Democrats took to the House floor to say Republicans would increase hunger in America by stripping food stamps from the farm bill.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/winfreys-own-announces-lohan-post-rehab-interview-225102932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r115eOxtYpibUAkXrblLdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c09850650186517370f6a706700b56a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in &quot;Scary Movie V,&quot; at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. OWN announced that the network will air an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey and Lindsay Lohan that will tape and air in August and an eight-part documentary series with Lindsay for 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in &quot;Scary Movie V,&quot; at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. OWN announced that the network will air an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey and Lindsay Lohan that will tape and air in August and an eight-part documentary series with Lindsay for 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? When Lindsay Lohan gets out of rehab this summer, Oprah Winfrey will be waiting to talk to her.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/winfreys-own-announces-lohan-post-rehab-interview-225102932.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:49:53 -0400Associated Presswinfreys-own-announces-lohan-post-rehab-interview-225102932<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/winfreys-own-announces-lohan-post-rehab-interview-225102932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r115eOxtYpibUAkXrblLdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c09850650186517370f6a706700b56a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in &quot;Scary Movie V,&quot; at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. OWN announced that the network will air an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey and Lindsay Lohan that will tape and air in August and an eight-part documentary series with Lindsay for 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows actress Lindsay Lohan, a cast member in &quot;Scary Movie V,&quot; at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. OWN announced that the network will air an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey and Lindsay Lohan that will tape and air in August and an eight-part documentary series with Lindsay for 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? When Lindsay Lohan gets out of rehab this summer, Oprah Winfrey will be waiting to talk to her.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/penn-states-board-authorizes-sandusky-settlements-204605817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YKyYDtz1ZEPe9ED84AALUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b6a9689c50726617370f6a7067009432.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Penn State&#039;s Board of Trustees announced several tentative settlements have been reached with men who claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, and voted Friday, July 12, 2013, to authorize members of a committee to approve settlements on the university&#039;s behalf. Sandusky, 69, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including violent attacks on boys inside school facilities, eight victims testified against him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Penn State&#039;s Board of Trustees announced several tentative settlements have been reached with men who claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, and voted Friday, July 12, 2013, to authorize members of a committee to approve settlements on the university&#039;s behalf. Sandusky, 69, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including violent attacks on boys inside school facilities, eight victims testified against him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)" border="0" /></a>UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? Penn State could soon be paying out millions of dollars to victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky after disclosing Friday it had tentative agreements with some of the young men who say he sexually abused them.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/penn-states-board-authorizes-sandusky-settlements-204605817.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 19:01:09 -0400Associated Presspenn-states-board-authorizes-sandusky-settlements-204605817<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/penn-states-board-authorizes-sandusky-settlements-204605817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YKyYDtz1ZEPe9ED84AALUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b6a9689c50726617370f6a7067009432.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Penn State&#039;s Board of Trustees announced several tentative settlements have been reached with men who claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, and voted Friday, July 12, 2013, to authorize members of a committee to approve settlements on the university&#039;s behalf. Sandusky, 69, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including violent attacks on boys inside school facilities, eight victims testified against him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Penn State&#039;s Board of Trustees announced several tentative settlements have been reached with men who claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, and voted Friday, July 12, 2013, to authorize members of a committee to approve settlements on the university&#039;s behalf. Sandusky, 69, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including violent attacks on boys inside school facilities, eight victims testified against him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)" border="0" /></a>UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? Penn State could soon be paying out millions of dollars to victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky after disclosing Friday it had tentative agreements with some of the young men who say he sexually abused them.</p><br clear="all"/>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Month after month, year after year, the decade-long ordeal of three Cleveland women takes shape in the charges against the man accused of imprisoning them: August 2002, kidnapping. October 2005, rape. November 2006, aggravated murder.http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-charges-filed-ohio-kidnap-case-185407683.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:42:16 -0400Associated Presshundreds-charges-filed-ohio-kidnap-case-185407683NEW YORK (AP) ? Feeling he was close to a deal for Paul Pierce, a thought crossed Billy King's mind.http://news.yahoo.com/pierce-garnett-nets-blockbuster-finished-182621672.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:35:23 -0400Associated Presspierce-garnett-nets-blockbuster-finished-182621672<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-democrats-abortion-restrictions-220405551.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/njrkSCYS1_NAiowv.D4l6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f142fdef50416617370f6a70670028aa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Opponents and supporters of abortion rights gather in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas on Friday afternoon, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate&#039;s leader, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has scheduled a vote for Friday on the same restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain abortions in Texas that failed to become law after a Democratic filibuster and raucous protesters were able to run out the clock on an earlier special session. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)" align="left" title="Opponents and supporters of abortion rights gather in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas on Friday afternoon, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate&#039;s leader, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has scheduled a vote for Friday on the same restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain abortions in Texas that failed to become law after a Democratic filibuster and raucous protesters were able to run out the clock on an earlier special session. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Democrats in the Texas Senate on Friday questioned whether proposed abortion restrictions are constitutional and whether they would make it more difficult for women in the state to obtain health care.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/texas-democrats-abortion-restrictions-220405551.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:38:47 -0400Associated Presstexas-democrats-abortion-restrictions-220405551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-democrats-abortion-restrictions-220405551.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/njrkSCYS1_NAiowv.D4l6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f142fdef50416617370f6a70670028aa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Opponents and supporters of abortion rights gather in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas on Friday afternoon, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate&#039;s leader, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has scheduled a vote for Friday on the same restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain abortions in Texas that failed to become law after a Democratic filibuster and raucous protesters were able to run out the clock on an earlier special session. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)" align="left" title="Opponents and supporters of abortion rights gather in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas on Friday afternoon, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate&#039;s leader, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has scheduled a vote for Friday on the same restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain abortions in Texas that failed to become law after a Democratic filibuster and raucous protesters were able to run out the clock on an earlier special session. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Democrats in the Texas Senate on Friday questioned whether proposed abortion restrictions are constitutional and whether they would make it more difficult for women in the state to obtain health care.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/child-becomes-3rd-casualty-asiana-crash-224159324.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGxp6bq7COFxA3XCL3H79g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/204774244f596117370f6a7067002d07.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and hauled to a hangar at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane&#039;s tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)" align="left" title="Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and hauled to a hangar at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane&#039;s tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Hospital officials say a girl on the Asiana Airlines flight has died from her injuries, becoming the third casualty of the crash in San Francisco.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/child-becomes-3rd-casualty-asiana-crash-224159324.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:41:59 -0400Associated Presschild-becomes-3rd-casualty-asiana-crash-224159324<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/child-becomes-3rd-casualty-asiana-crash-224159324.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGxp6bq7COFxA3XCL3H79g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/204774244f596117370f6a7067002d07.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and hauled to a hangar at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane&#039;s tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)" align="left" title="Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and hauled to a hangar at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane&#039;s tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Hospital officials say a girl on the Asiana Airlines flight has died from her injuries, becoming the third casualty of the crash in San Francisco.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-secretary-napolitano-resigning-144012766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2z909ntvS9QnAL0qXtR3xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5e946ec4e9a5e17370f6a7067003ceb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say Napolitano is resigning to take a senior posting in the University of California system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say Napolitano is resigning to take a senior posting in the University of California system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced her resignation Friday to take over the University of California system, leaving behind a huge department still working to adjust to the merger of nearly two dozen agencies after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-secretary-napolitano-resigning-144012766.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:35 -0400Associated Presshomeland-security-secretary-napolitano-resigning-144012766<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-secretary-napolitano-resigning-144012766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2z909ntvS9QnAL0qXtR3xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5e946ec4e9a5e17370f6a7067003ceb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say Napolitano is resigning to take a senior posting in the University of California system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say Napolitano is resigning to take a senior posting in the University of California system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced her resignation Friday to take over the University of California system, leaving behind a huge department still working to adjust to the merger of nearly two dozen agencies after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? One of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the Asiana Airlines disaster was hit by a fire truck while covered with firefighting foam, authorities said Friday, revealing a startling detail that suggested she could have survived the crash only to die in its chaotic aftermath.http://news.yahoo.com/police-teen-asiana-crash-hit-fire-truck-164953414.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:10:16 -0400Associated Presspolice-teen-asiana-crash-hit-fire-truck-164953414<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jury-in-zimmerman-trial-adjourns-for-the-night--will-continue-deliberations-saturday-222439766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m3EKsNfPPpfzD66H8E.YmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5707a504ea55e17370f6a7067006d9e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, July 12, 2013. Zimmerman is charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" align="left" title="George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, July 12, 2013. Zimmerman is charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The jurors adjourn for the evening without reaching a verdict</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jury-in-zimmerman-trial-adjourns-for-the-night--will-continue-deliberations-saturday-222439766.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:24:39 -0400jury-in-zimmerman-trial-adjourns-for-the-night--will-continue-deliberations-saturday-222439766<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jury-in-zimmerman-trial-adjourns-for-the-night--will-continue-deliberations-saturday-222439766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m3EKsNfPPpfzD66H8E.YmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5707a504ea55e17370f6a7067006d9e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, July 12, 2013. Zimmerman is charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" align="left" title="George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, July 12, 2013. Zimmerman is charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The jurors adjourn for the evening without reaching a verdict</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/third-person-dies-asiana-air-crash-san-francisco-223415013.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XEawKsdB_6UQy.J2_OAtTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T223415Z_1_CBRE96B1QPC00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-CRASH-DEATH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture shows an aerial view of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California" align="left" title="File picture shows an aerial view of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California" border="0" /></a>By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday, doctors and Chinese officials said. The child, who died on Friday morning, had been in critical condition, according to a statement from two doctors at San Francisco General Hospital. The girl was a Chinese national, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. The crash landing of the Boeing 777 also killed two Chinese teenage girls and injured more than 180 other people. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/third-person-dies-asiana-air-crash-san-francisco-223415013.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 19:46:23 -0400Reutersthird-person-dies-asiana-air-crash-san-francisco-223415013<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/third-person-dies-asiana-air-crash-san-francisco-223415013.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XEawKsdB_6UQy.J2_OAtTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T223415Z_1_CBRE96B1QPC00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-CRASH-DEATH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture shows an aerial view of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California" align="left" title="File picture shows an aerial view of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California" border="0" /></a>By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday, doctors and Chinese officials said. The child, who died on Friday morning, had been in critical condition, according to a statement from two doctors at San Francisco General Hospital. The girl was a Chinese national, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. The crash landing of the Boeing 777 also killed two Chinese teenage girls and injured more than 180 other people. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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