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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 reservedThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:40:05 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2sTc6HYs1j3qeZiR.fBS0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/ed8bc172-20d2-42b2-a519-8adf4b2f35a2_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" align="left" title="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" border="0" /></a>A birthday cake waits to be cut and served at the ANC tree planted ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township. The ANC hosted a tree planting ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township for Mandela Day on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African presidency has said that Mandela&#039;s health is &#039;steadily improving&#039;, as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in hospital.? Photo: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images for Yahoo! News<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:40:05 -0400lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2sTc6HYs1j3qeZiR.fBS0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/ed8bc172-20d2-42b2-a519-8adf4b2f35a2_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" align="left" title="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" border="0" /></a>A birthday cake waits to be cut and served at the ANC tree planted ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township. The ANC hosted a tree planting ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township for Mandela Day on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African presidency has said that Mandela&#039;s health is &#039;steadily improving&#039;, as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in hospital.? Photo: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images for Yahoo! News<br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGD7zMQ7xPtYyLqycTlmdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/6837633d-f4f3-4875-8bfb-f7cecc76eb7e_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" align="left" title="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" border="0" /></a>Nelson Mandela turns 95 on Thursday. Yahoo asked readers and Mandela admirers to offer reflections, appreciations and birthday wishes ? each in 95 words or fewer. Here are several we received this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 07:39:14 -0400nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGD7zMQ7xPtYyLqycTlmdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/6837633d-f4f3-4875-8bfb-f7cecc76eb7e_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" align="left" title="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" border="0" /></a>Nelson Mandela turns 95 on Thursday. Yahoo asked readers and Mandela admirers to offer reflections, appreciations and birthday wishes ? each in 95 words or fewer. Here are several we received this week.</p><br clear="all"/>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the clinics in the state.http://news.yahoo.com/gov-perry-signs-sweeping-abortion-restrictions-145931464.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:11:10 -0400Associated Pressgov-perry-signs-sweeping-abortion-restrictions-145931464MIAMI (AP) ? Trayvon Martin's parents made appearances on network morning shows Thursday, saying they are still shocked that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of their 17-year-old son.http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martins-parents-shocked-verdict-120011034.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:02:57 -0400Associated Presstrayvon-martins-parents-shocked-verdict-120011034<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/769SRuThM_GcEnrdUc0U3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/388a2657064ee618370f6a7067009ad7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:17:03 -0400Associated Presscooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/769SRuThM_GcEnrdUc0U3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/388a2657064ee618370f6a7067009ad7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison, a harsh ruling his supporters called an obvious attempt to shut down a top foe of President Vladimir Putin and intimidate other opposition activists.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:32:31 -0400Associated Pressrussian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison, a harsh ruling his supporters called an obvious attempt to shut down a top foe of President Vladimir Putin and intimidate other opposition activists.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-gets-earful-angry-syrian-refugees-143511483.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/txWtXtEn3GjwuFEBPkHexQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d94d137e07eeee18370f6a706700e5b9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, are escorted by military officers at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 18, 2013, before boarding a helicopter bound for the Zaatari refugee camp. Angry Syrian refugees urged Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, are escorted by military officers at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 18, 2013, before boarding a helicopter bound for the Zaatari refugee camp. Angry Syrian refugees urged Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) ? Angry Syrian refugees confronted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday with demands for the United States and the international community to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-gets-earful-angry-syrian-refugees-143511483.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:04:07 -0400Associated Presskerry-gets-earful-angry-syrian-refugees-143511483<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-gets-earful-angry-syrian-refugees-143511483.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/txWtXtEn3GjwuFEBPkHexQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d94d137e07eeee18370f6a706700e5b9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, are escorted by military officers at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 18, 2013, before boarding a helicopter bound for the Zaatari refugee camp. Angry Syrian refugees urged Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, are escorted by military officers at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 18, 2013, before boarding a helicopter bound for the Zaatari refugee camp. Angry Syrian refugees urged Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) ? Angry Syrian refugees confronted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday with demands for the United States and the international community to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (AP) ? Cooler temperatures are within sight but likely not soon enough and cool enough for a large swath of the country hit with dangerously high temperatures for days as the largest heat wave of the summer failed to budge from South Dakota to Massachusetts.http://news.yahoo.com/relief-worst-heat-horizon-weekend-063444308.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 02:38:38 -0400Associated Pressrelief-worst-heat-horizon-weekend-063444308<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5SOdZV51LHyv25VDNTCoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a90ceafae9e8da17370f6a706700887f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) ? Dell has delayed Thursday&#039;s vote on founder Michael Dell&#039;s plan to take the slumping computer maker private in a sign the board needs more time to rally support.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:47:37 -0400Associated Pressdell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5SOdZV51LHyv25VDNTCoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a90ceafae9e8da17370f6a706700887f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) ? Dell has delayed Thursday&#039;s vote on founder Michael Dell&#039;s plan to take the slumping computer maker private in a sign the board needs more time to rally support.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OKEDTewkA05bIULM.Tuw6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1af1840808ee18370f6a706700f685.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Netflix&#039;s &quot;House of Cards&quot; made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television&#039;s leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:14:36 -0400Associated Pressonline-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OKEDTewkA05bIULM.Tuw6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1af1840808ee18370f6a706700f685.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Netflix&#039;s &quot;House of Cards&quot; made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television&#039;s leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/deE5g1xkXakIOUJb4DrM2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1710a0d0708e918370f6a706700ac29.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? By the time you&#039;re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:25:33 -0400Associated Presswheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/deE5g1xkXakIOUJb4DrM2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1710a0d0708e918370f6a706700ac29.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? By the time you&#039;re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-urge-kerry-us-action-101738182.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4waqlQ05EywDCsi0VidTpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f7cd30d3e990d817370f6a7067000fb8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while speaking during a joint press conference with Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, unseen, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday won Arab League backing for his effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, raising hopes for a quick resumption in the stalled negotiations. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while speaking during a joint press conference with Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, unseen, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday won Arab League backing for his effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, raising hopes for a quick resumption in the stalled negotiations. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) ? Angry Syrian refugees urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-urge-kerry-us-action-101738182.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 08:58:33 -0400Associated Presssyrian-refugees-urge-kerry-us-action-101738182<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-urge-kerry-us-action-101738182.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4waqlQ05EywDCsi0VidTpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f7cd30d3e990d817370f6a7067000fb8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while speaking during a joint press conference with Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, unseen, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday won Arab League backing for his effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, raising hopes for a quick resumption in the stalled negotiations. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while speaking during a joint press conference with Jordan&#039;s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, unseen, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday won Arab League backing for his effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, raising hopes for a quick resumption in the stalled negotiations. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) ? Angry Syrian refugees urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad&#039;s government, venting frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/unconventional-pastor-leads-booming-nyc-megachurch-064437395.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yLyHz5svhlFqDrXYdroMPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dfaaeac9062de518370f6a7067002f6d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 14, 2013 photo, Pastor Carl Lentz, center, leads a Hillsong NYC Church service at Irving Plaza in New York. With his half-shaved head, jeans and tattoos, Pastor Carl Lentz doesn&#039;t look like the typical religious leader. But with its concert-like atmosphere and appeal to a younger demographic, his congregation, Hillsong NYC, is one of the fastest growing evangelical churches in the city. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" align="left" title="In this July 14, 2013 photo, Pastor Carl Lentz, center, leads a Hillsong NYC Church service at Irving Plaza in New York. With his half-shaved head, jeans and tattoos, Pastor Carl Lentz doesn&#039;t look like the typical religious leader. But with its concert-like atmosphere and appeal to a younger demographic, his congregation, Hillsong NYC, is one of the fastest growing evangelical churches in the city. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/unconventional-pastor-leads-booming-nyc-megachurch-064437395.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:22:05 -0400Associated Pressunconventional-pastor-leads-booming-nyc-megachurch-064437395<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/unconventional-pastor-leads-booming-nyc-megachurch-064437395.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yLyHz5svhlFqDrXYdroMPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dfaaeac9062de518370f6a7067002f6d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 14, 2013 photo, Pastor Carl Lentz, center, leads a Hillsong NYC Church service at Irving Plaza in New York. With his half-shaved head, jeans and tattoos, Pastor Carl Lentz doesn&#039;t look like the typical religious leader. But with its concert-like atmosphere and appeal to a younger demographic, his congregation, Hillsong NYC, is one of the fastest growing evangelical churches in the city. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" align="left" title="In this July 14, 2013 photo, Pastor Carl Lentz, center, leads a Hillsong NYC Church service at Irving Plaza in New York. With his half-shaved head, jeans and tattoos, Pastor Carl Lentz doesn&#039;t look like the typical religious leader. But with its concert-like atmosphere and appeal to a younger demographic, his congregation, Hillsong NYC, is one of the fastest growing evangelical churches in the city. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/45nVPamDcn6SMue_5O60vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/666fb221f03cc001260f6a70670094b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" border="0" /></a>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:03:09 -0400Associated Press10-things-know-today-101340019<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/45nVPamDcn6SMue_5O60vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/666fb221f03cc001260f6a70670094b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" border="0" /></a>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/son-jerry-sandusky-seeks-name-changed-111301137.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MJZao_bS1GSpoSsO7BF6zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/499b382607c9ed18370f6a7067008253.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" border="0" /></a>BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) ? A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is seeking to have his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of child sexual abuse.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/son-jerry-sandusky-seeks-name-changed-111301137.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:30:39 -0400Associated Pressson-jerry-sandusky-seeks-name-changed-111301137<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/son-jerry-sandusky-seeks-name-changed-111301137.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MJZao_bS1GSpoSsO7BF6zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/499b382607c9ed18370f6a7067008253.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" border="0" /></a>BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) ? A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is seeking to have his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of child sexual abuse.</p><br clear="all"/>

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