Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlineshttp://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 reservedTue, 30 Jul 2013 03:31:44 -04005Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlineshttp://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifHuge explosions rock Florida gas plant<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/explosions-rock-propane-plant-central-florida-041722891.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EqHjH8OpGudJj72JHndd4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.associatedpressfree.com/4127b9385964da3ef5885e748865ebe9" width="130" height="86" alt="Explosions Rock Fla. Gas Plant, Workers Missing" align="left" title="Explosions Rock Fla. Gas Plant, Workers Missing" border="0" /></a>Seven workers are injured, while several others feared missing are found safe.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/explosions-rock-propane-plant-central-florida-041722891.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 03:31:44 -0400Reutersexplosions-rock-propane-plant-central-florida-041722891<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/explosions-rock-propane-plant-central-florida-041722891.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EqHjH8OpGudJj72JHndd4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.associatedpressfree.com/4127b9385964da3ef5885e748865ebe9" width="130" height="86" alt="Explosions Rock Fla. Gas Plant, Workers Missing" align="left" title="Explosions Rock Fla. Gas Plant, Workers Missing" border="0" /></a>Seven workers are injured, while several others feared missing are found safe.</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. soldier braces for judge's verdict in WikiLeaks case<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-braces-judges-verdict-wikileaks-case-090713484.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aBgsV9jpOZ8nyIJLBa2rQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T090713Z_4_CBRE96S1AEQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" align="left" title="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning could learn on Tuesday whether he will face life in prison without parole when a judge renders her verdict on charges that he aided the enemy when he released 700,000 classified documents to the website WikiLeaks. Army Private First Class Manning, 25, is accused of the biggest leak of classified information in United States history. The U.S. government has pushed for the maximum penalty for what it views as a serious breach of national security. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-braces-judges-verdict-wikileaks-case-090713484.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 05:07:13 -0400Reutersu-soldier-braces-judges-verdict-wikileaks-case-090713484<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-braces-judges-verdict-wikileaks-case-090713484.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aBgsV9jpOZ8nyIJLBa2rQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T090713Z_4_CBRE96S1AEQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIKILEAKS-MANNING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" align="left" title="Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort Meade" border="0" /></a>By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning could learn on Tuesday whether he will face life in prison without parole when a judge renders her verdict on charges that he aided the enemy when he released 700,000 classified documents to the website WikiLeaks. Army Private First Class Manning, 25, is accused of the biggest leak of classified information in United States history. The U.S. government has pushed for the maximum penalty for what it views as a serious breach of national security. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Time Warner drops CBS, then halts decision<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/time-warner-drops-cbs-then-halts-decision-052553277.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NeWTT1nQATxrtUPIDRZPdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c73e389b5c79f919380f6a706700d5e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This publicity image released by CBS shows Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer for CBS Corporation during the TCA Summer Press Tour 2013, on July 29, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)" align="left" title="This publicity image released by CBS shows Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer for CBS Corporation during the TCA Summer Press Tour 2013, on July 29, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)" border="0" /></a>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? The fee dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS Corp. took an odd turn when the cable giant announced it was turning off the broadcaster in three major cities, then quickly reversed the decision.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/time-warner-drops-cbs-then-halts-decision-052553277.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 05:25:03 -0400Associated Presstime-warner-drops-cbs-then-halts-decision-052553277<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/time-warner-drops-cbs-then-halts-decision-052553277.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NeWTT1nQATxrtUPIDRZPdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c73e389b5c79f919380f6a706700d5e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This publicity image released by CBS shows Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer for CBS Corporation during the TCA Summer Press Tour 2013, on July 29, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)" align="left" title="This publicity image released by CBS shows Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer for CBS Corporation during the TCA Summer Press Tour 2013, on July 29, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)" border="0" /></a>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? The fee dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS Corp. took an odd turn when the cable giant announced it was turning off the broadcaster in three major cities, then quickly reversed the decision.</p><br clear="all"/>Clergy, faithful digest Francis' Brazil message<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clergy-faithful-digest-francis-brazil-message-082232285.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fM9nX0TUrwhjzaz8Hamc8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/695b05573ee5e719380f6a706700ebe5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis waves goodbye as he boards a plane after his week-long visit to Brazil to celebrate World Youth Day, at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday July 28, 2013. The trip marked the first international foray for the Argentine-born pontiff and his first voyage back to his home continent since becoming pope in March. (AP Photo/Andre Penner" align="left" title="Pope Francis waves goodbye as he boards a plane after his week-long visit to Brazil to celebrate World Youth Day, at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday July 28, 2013. The trip marked the first international foray for the Argentine-born pontiff and his first voyage back to his home continent since becoming pope in March. (AP Photo/Andre Penner" border="0" /></a>RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? In word and deed during his trip to Brazil, Pope Francis put clergy and faithful alike on notice: Get energized, go out and spread the Gospel, give the Roman Catholic Church a more active role in society.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clergy-faithful-digest-francis-brazil-message-082232285.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 04:22:32 -0400Associated Pressclergy-faithful-digest-francis-brazil-message-082232285<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clergy-faithful-digest-francis-brazil-message-082232285.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fM9nX0TUrwhjzaz8Hamc8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/695b05573ee5e719380f6a706700ebe5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis waves goodbye as he boards a plane after his week-long visit to Brazil to celebrate World Youth Day, at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday July 28, 2013. The trip marked the first international foray for the Argentine-born pontiff and his first voyage back to his home continent since becoming pope in March. (AP Photo/Andre Penner" align="left" title="Pope Francis waves goodbye as he boards a plane after his week-long visit to Brazil to celebrate World Youth Day, at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday July 28, 2013. The trip marked the first international foray for the Argentine-born pontiff and his first voyage back to his home continent since becoming pope in March. (AP Photo/Andre Penner" border="0" /></a>RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? In word and deed during his trip to Brazil, Pope Francis put clergy and faithful alike on notice: Get energized, go out and spread the Gospel, give the Roman Catholic Church a more active role in society.</p><br clear="all"/>Manning verdict could tests notion of aiding enemy<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/manning-verdict-could-tests-notion-aiding-enemy-083307682.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ANwngIRfMMCRUZOTDVYxyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63f0841677fb0119390f6a706700c9cd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, July 29, 2013, after the third day of deliberations in his court martial. Manning faces charges including aiding the enemy, espionage, computer fraud and theft for admittedly sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents and some battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" align="left" title="Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, July 29, 2013, after the third day of deliberations in his court martial. Manning faces charges including aiding the enemy, espionage, computer fraud and theft for admittedly sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents and some battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? It's judgment day for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with aiding the enemy for giving troves of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/manning-verdict-could-tests-notion-aiding-enemy-083307682.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 05:30:18 -0400Associated Pressmanning-verdict-could-tests-notion-aiding-enemy-083307682<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/manning-verdict-could-tests-notion-aiding-enemy-083307682.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ANwngIRfMMCRUZOTDVYxyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63f0841677fb0119390f6a706700c9cd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, July 29, 2013, after the third day of deliberations in his court martial. Manning faces charges including aiding the enemy, espionage, computer fraud and theft for admittedly sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents and some battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" align="left" title="Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, July 29, 2013, after the third day of deliberations in his court martial. Manning faces charges including aiding the enemy, espionage, computer fraud and theft for admittedly sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents and some battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? It's judgment day for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with aiding the enemy for giving troves of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks.</p><br clear="all"/>EU foreign policy chief visits Egypt's Morsi<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-foreign-policy-chief-visits-egypts-morsi-064814788.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yRZzIon99hAkUDAo2Dehxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/062a1eec77bd0019390f6a70670082c7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi cries during a protest against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)" align="left" title="A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi cries during a protest against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? The European Union's top diplomat held a two-hour meeting with ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the EU said Tuesday, in the Islamist leader's first meeting with an outsider since the military deposed him nearly a month ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/eu-foreign-policy-chief-visits-egypts-morsi-064814788.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 04:20:17 -0400Associated Presseu-foreign-policy-chief-visits-egypts-morsi-064814788<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-foreign-policy-chief-visits-egypts-morsi-064814788.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yRZzIon99hAkUDAo2Dehxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/062a1eec77bd0019390f6a70670082c7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi cries during a protest against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)" align="left" title="A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi cries during a protest against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? The European Union's top diplomat held a two-hour meeting with ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the EU said Tuesday, in the Islamist leader's first meeting with an outsider since the military deposed him nearly a month ago.</p><br clear="all"/>Weiner falls to 4th in new NYC mayoral poll<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-falls-4th-nyc-mayoral-poll-205848594.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OLzNlCAcDcO5kRaW9Mzy7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ae26f9b35cccfa19380f6a7067005882.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks to voters during a campaign stop at the Nan Shan Senior Center, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" align="left" title="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks to voters during a campaign stop at the Nan Shan Senior Center, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner plunged to fourth place among Democrats in a poll taken since he admitted to having illicit online exchanges with women even after he resigned from Congress amid a sexting scandal.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-falls-4th-nyc-mayoral-poll-205848594.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 00:12:45 -0400Associated Pressweiner-falls-4th-nyc-mayoral-poll-205848594<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-falls-4th-nyc-mayoral-poll-205848594.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OLzNlCAcDcO5kRaW9Mzy7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ae26f9b35cccfa19380f6a7067005882.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks to voters during a campaign stop at the Nan Shan Senior Center, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" align="left" title="New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks to voters during a campaign stop at the Nan Shan Senior Center, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner plunged to fourth place among Democrats in a poll taken since he admitted to having illicit online exchanges with women even after he resigned from Congress amid a sexting scandal.</p><br clear="all"/>Flossie leaving Hawaii weaker than when storm came<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-came-072153757.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3emwMlKmEEJ2PDHyJM6mJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3913b6db780d0119390f6a706700153e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pedestrians walk along Waikiki beach in Honolulu on Monday, July 29, 2013 as Tropical Storm Flossie approached Hawaii. The storm faded through the morning, but forecasters were still warning residents and tourists to brace for possible flooding, wind gusts, mudslides and big waves. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)" align="left" title="Pedestrians walk along Waikiki beach in Honolulu on Monday, July 29, 2013 as Tropical Storm Flossie approached Hawaii. The storm faded through the morning, but forecasters were still warning residents and tourists to brace for possible flooding, wind gusts, mudslides and big waves. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)" border="0" /></a>HONOLULU (AP) ? Flossie's Hawaiian adventure: Short, scattered and more powerful than many believed it would be at first.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-came-072153757.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 03:47:40 -0400Associated Pressflossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-came-072153757<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flossie-leaving-hawaii-weaker-storm-came-072153757.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3emwMlKmEEJ2PDHyJM6mJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3913b6db780d0119390f6a706700153e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pedestrians walk along Waikiki beach in Honolulu on Monday, July 29, 2013 as Tropical Storm Flossie approached Hawaii. The storm faded through the morning, but forecasters were still warning residents and tourists to brace for possible flooding, wind gusts, mudslides and big waves. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)" align="left" title="Pedestrians walk along Waikiki beach in Honolulu on Monday, July 29, 2013 as Tropical Storm Flossie approached Hawaii. The storm faded through the morning, but forecasters were still warning residents and tourists to brace for possible flooding, wind gusts, mudslides and big waves. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)" border="0" /></a>HONOLULU (AP) ? Flossie's Hawaiian adventure: Short, scattered and more powerful than many believed it would be at first.</p><br clear="all"/>Macau aims for another Vegas staple: boxing<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/macau-aims-another-vegas-staple-boxing-070336646.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kNirQss6U3gXASkXKUN.qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/75e8030b79250619390f6a706700c5d3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 27, 2013 photo, China's Zou Shiming, right, fights against Mexico's Jesus Ortega during their Flyweight bout at the Cotai Arena in Venetian Macao in Macau. The Chinese fighter?s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world?s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches. Macau, which long ago eclipsed Vegas as the world's top gambling city, is now looking to add to its allure by holding the kind of boxing bouts that Las Vegas is known for. (AP Photo/Dennis Ho)" align="left" title="In this July 27, 2013 photo, China's Zou Shiming, right, fights against Mexico's Jesus Ortega during their Flyweight bout at the Cotai Arena in Venetian Macao in Macau. The Chinese fighter?s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world?s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches. Macau, which long ago eclipsed Vegas as the world's top gambling city, is now looking to add to its allure by holding the kind of boxing bouts that Las Vegas is known for. (AP Photo/Dennis Ho)" border="0" /></a>MACAU (AP) ? A Chinese fighter's victory at a Macau showdown brings the world's top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/macau-aims-another-vegas-staple-boxing-070336646.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 05:02:17 -0400Associated Pressmacau-aims-another-vegas-staple-boxing-070336646<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/macau-aims-another-vegas-staple-boxing-070336646.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kNirQss6U3gXASkXKUN.qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/75e8030b79250619390f6a706700c5d3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 27, 2013 photo, China's Zou Shiming, right, fights against Mexico's Jesus Ortega during their Flyweight bout at the Cotai Arena in Venetian Macao in Macau. The Chinese fighter?s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world?s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches. Macau, which long ago eclipsed Vegas as the world's top gambling city, is now looking to add to its allure by holding the kind of boxing bouts that Las Vegas is known for. (AP Photo/Dennis Ho)" align="left" title="In this July 27, 2013 photo, China's Zou Shiming, right, fights against Mexico's Jesus Ortega during their Flyweight bout at the Cotai Arena in Venetian Macao in Macau. The Chinese fighter?s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world?s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches. Macau, which long ago eclipsed Vegas as the world's top gambling city, is now looking to add to its allure by holding the kind of boxing bouts that Las Vegas is known for. (AP Photo/Dennis Ho)" border="0" /></a>MACAU (AP) ? A Chinese fighter's victory at a Macau showdown brings the world's top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches.</p><br clear="all"/>2 'Real Housewives of NJ' stars to appear in court<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-real-housewives-nj-stars-appear-court-063043460.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8WPtb6AM7IoMQGlvN3JOCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a79761085cc1fa19380f6a706700ce1d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe ?Joe? Giudice were charged in a 39-count indictment handed up Monday, July 29, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two are accused of submitting fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications from 2001 through 2008, a year before their show debuted on Bravo. Prosecutors say they made false claims about their employment status and salaries. (AP Photo/Oral-B Pulsonic, Gary He)" align="left" title="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe ?Joe? Giudice were charged in a 39-count indictment handed up Monday, July 29, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two are accused of submitting fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications from 2001 through 2008, a year before their show debuted on Bravo. Prosecutors say they made false claims about their employment status and salaries. (AP Photo/Oral-B Pulsonic, Gary He)" border="0" /></a>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" are scheduled to make initial court appearances on federal fraud charges.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-real-housewives-nj-stars-appear-court-063043460.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 03:46:08 -0400Associated Press2-real-housewives-nj-stars-appear-court-063043460<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-real-housewives-nj-stars-appear-court-063043460.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8WPtb6AM7IoMQGlvN3JOCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a79761085cc1fa19380f6a706700ce1d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe ?Joe? Giudice were charged in a 39-count indictment handed up Monday, July 29, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two are accused of submitting fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications from 2001 through 2008, a year before their show debuted on Bravo. Prosecutors say they made false claims about their employment status and salaries. (AP Photo/Oral-B Pulsonic, Gary He)" align="left" title="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe ?Joe? Giudice were charged in a 39-count indictment handed up Monday, July 29, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two are accused of submitting fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications from 2001 through 2008, a year before their show debuted on Bravo. Prosecutors say they made false claims about their employment status and salaries. (AP Photo/Oral-B Pulsonic, Gary He)" border="0" /></a>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" are scheduled to make initial court appearances on federal fraud charges.</p><br clear="all"/>Panel backs lung cancer screening for some smokers<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/panel-backs-lung-cancer-screening-smokers-210216297.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sspVSDihBEO_TvTZ0QvSYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b5ff26995d4bfc19380f6a7067002ed7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a June 3, 2010, file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Reports on the screening were published Monday, July 29, 2013, in Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a June 3, 2010, file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Reports on the screening were published Monday, July 29, 2013, in Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" border="0" /></a>For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/panel-backs-lung-cancer-screening-smokers-210216297.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 18:50:02 -0400Associated Presspanel-backs-lung-cancer-screening-smokers-210216297<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/panel-backs-lung-cancer-screening-smokers-210216297.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sspVSDihBEO_TvTZ0QvSYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b5ff26995d4bfc19380f6a7067002ed7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a June 3, 2010, file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Reports on the screening were published Monday, July 29, 2013, in Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a June 3, 2010, file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Reports on the screening were published Monday, July 29, 2013, in Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" border="0" /></a>For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease.</p><br clear="all"/>Day 2 set in hearing on alleged Sandusky cover-up<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/day-2-set-hearing-alleged-sandusky-cover-062756984.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RTyiyJAWKmkSSg3CrMhbDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/54452e645d8cfe19380f6a706700f239.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary exits the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. McQueary testified Monday as a star witness in a hearing for three former Penn State officials accused in a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" align="left" title="Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary exits the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. McQueary testified Monday as a star witness in a hearing for three former Penn State officials accused in a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Lawyers will regroup for a second day of testimony in a hearing for three former Penn State officials ensnared in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, a day after a star witness testified that legendary head coach Joe Paterno had been critical of how the university handled it.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/day-2-set-hearing-alleged-sandusky-cover-062756984.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 02:39:07 -0400Associated Pressday-2-set-hearing-alleged-sandusky-cover-062756984<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/day-2-set-hearing-alleged-sandusky-cover-062756984.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RTyiyJAWKmkSSg3CrMhbDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/54452e645d8cfe19380f6a706700f239.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary exits the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. McQueary testified Monday as a star witness in a hearing for three former Penn State officials accused in a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" align="left" title="Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary exits the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. McQueary testified Monday as a star witness in a hearing for three former Penn State officials accused in a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Lawyers will regroup for a second day of testimony in a hearing for three former Penn State officials ensnared in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, a day after a star witness testified that legendary head coach Joe Paterno had been critical of how the university handled it.</p><br clear="all"/>Personality cult built around Egypt's top general<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/personality-cult-built-around-egypts-top-general-213004116.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5UglZzkTVjRmaMd0qLpHfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/284d11f65c7cf919380f6a70670065db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Egyptians chant slogans as they hold a poster of Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads on the poster reads, "Sissi, go down, let the Brotherhood hide." In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt?s top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him ?lion of the nation.? Adoring songs vow ?We are behind you.? Barely a month after he removed the elected president, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is riding a wave of adulation _ in part, state fueled _ that is drawing comparisons between him and modern Egypt?s first charismatic strongman, Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Some are warning that the personality cult could pave the way to new authoritarianism. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Egyptians chant slogans as they hold a poster of Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads on the poster reads, "Sissi, go down, let the Brotherhood hide." In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt?s top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him ?lion of the nation.? Adoring songs vow ?We are behind you.? Barely a month after he removed the elected president, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is riding a wave of adulation _ in part, state fueled _ that is drawing comparisons between him and modern Egypt?s first charismatic strongman, Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Some are warning that the personality cult could pave the way to new authoritarianism. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt's top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him "lion of the nation." Adoring songs vow "We are behind you."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/personality-cult-built-around-egypts-top-general-213004116.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:30:04 -0400Associated Presspersonality-cult-built-around-egypts-top-general-213004116<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/personality-cult-built-around-egypts-top-general-213004116.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5UglZzkTVjRmaMd0qLpHfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/284d11f65c7cf919380f6a70670065db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Egyptians chant slogans as they hold a poster of Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads on the poster reads, "Sissi, go down, let the Brotherhood hide." In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt?s top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him ?lion of the nation.? Adoring songs vow ?We are behind you.? Barely a month after he removed the elected president, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is riding a wave of adulation _ in part, state fueled _ that is drawing comparisons between him and modern Egypt?s first charismatic strongman, Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Some are warning that the personality cult could pave the way to new authoritarianism. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Egyptians chant slogans as they hold a poster of Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads on the poster reads, "Sissi, go down, let the Brotherhood hide." In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt?s top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him ?lion of the nation.? Adoring songs vow ?We are behind you.? Barely a month after he removed the elected president, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is riding a wave of adulation _ in part, state fueled _ that is drawing comparisons between him and modern Egypt?s first charismatic strongman, Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Some are warning that the personality cult could pave the way to new authoritarianism. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) ? In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt's top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him "lion of the nation." Adoring songs vow "We are behind you."</p><br clear="all"/>Analysis: Mideast peace deal seems far off<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-mideast-peace-deal-seems-far-off-184713141.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iFeKLjOG_Jh_1Z4MH3fB_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a14531cc5c96f919380f6a706700be45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 30, 1947 file photo, Jewish people gather in the streets of Tel Aviv after radio broadcasts announced that the United Nations plans for the partition of Palestine and the New Jewish State. Under the 1947 UN partition plan that divided British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, Jerusalem was to be an international city ruled by neither and surrounded by Arab territory.(AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 30, 1947 file photo, Jewish people gather in the streets of Tel Aviv after radio broadcasts announced that the United Nations plans for the partition of Palestine and the New Jewish State. Under the 1947 UN partition plan that divided British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, Jerusalem was to be an international city ruled by neither and surrounded by Arab territory.(AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (AP) ? The contours of Israeli-Palestinian peace are clear, experts say: If only the sides summon up the will, the inevitable outcome is two states roughly along the pre-1967 borders, with Jerusalem as a shared capital and a finessing of the Palestinian refugee issue.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-mideast-peace-deal-seems-far-off-184713141.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:26:58 -0400Associated Pressanalysis-mideast-peace-deal-seems-far-off-184713141<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-mideast-peace-deal-seems-far-off-184713141.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iFeKLjOG_Jh_1Z4MH3fB_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a14531cc5c96f919380f6a706700be45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 30, 1947 file photo, Jewish people gather in the streets of Tel Aviv after radio broadcasts announced that the United Nations plans for the partition of Palestine and the New Jewish State. Under the 1947 UN partition plan that divided British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, Jerusalem was to be an international city ruled by neither and surrounded by Arab territory.(AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 30, 1947 file photo, Jewish people gather in the streets of Tel Aviv after radio broadcasts announced that the United Nations plans for the partition of Palestine and the New Jewish State. Under the 1947 UN partition plan that divided British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, Jerusalem was to be an international city ruled by neither and surrounded by Arab territory.(AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (AP) ? The contours of Israeli-Palestinian peace are clear, experts say: If only the sides summon up the will, the inevitable outcome is two states roughly along the pre-1967 borders, with Jerusalem as a shared capital and a finessing of the Palestinian refugee issue.</p><br clear="all"/>'Who am I to judge?' pope says of gay priests<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/am-judge-pope-says-gay-priests-221340325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3zKy5WXqhwDk6aHKAISyBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6d0afed95ba9f519380f6a7067007f69.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" align="left" title="Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) ? A remarkably candid Pope Francis struck a conciliatory stance toward gays Monday, saying "who am I to judge" when it comes to the sexual orientation of priests.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/am-judge-pope-says-gay-priests-221340325.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 21:46:44 -0400Associated Pressam-judge-pope-says-gay-priests-221340325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/am-judge-pope-says-gay-priests-221340325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3zKy5WXqhwDk6aHKAISyBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6d0afed95ba9f519380f6a7067007f69.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" align="left" title="Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)" border="0" /></a>ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) ? A remarkably candid Pope Francis struck a conciliatory stance toward gays Monday, saying "who am I to judge" when it comes to the sexual orientation of priests.</p><br clear="all"/>Dozens injured in Swiss train wreck<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-train-crash-injures-40-183531434.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r3fdZwdgfxG1yiGqbpIERw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T185332Z_1100102877_GM1E97U07LN01_RTRMADP_3_SWITZERLAND-CRASH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne" align="left" title="A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne" border="0" /></a>The driver of one of the trains was still unaccounted for and feared dead.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-train-crash-injures-40-183531434.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:27:56 -0400Reutersswiss-train-crash-injures-40-183531434<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-train-crash-injures-40-183531434.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r3fdZwdgfxG1yiGqbpIERw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T185332Z_1100102877_GM1E97U07LN01_RTRMADP_3_SWITZERLAND-CRASH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne" align="left" title="A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne" border="0" /></a>The driver of one of the trains was still unaccounted for and feared dead.</p><br clear="all"/>
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