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All rights reservedMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:24:35 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japan-nuclear-body-says-radioactive-water-fukushima-122435509.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hQ9ZFnOzcrqfOMNkKnnICQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T122435Z_2_CBRE9740OGV00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="View of destroyed roof of No.3 reactor building of TEPCO&#039;s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Fukushima prefecture" align="left" title="View of destroyed roof of No.3 reactor building of TEPCO&#039;s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Fukushima prefecture" border="0" /></a>Contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japan-nuclear-body-says-radioactive-water-fukushima-122435509.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:24:35 -0400Reutersexclusive-japan-nuclear-body-says-radioactive-water-fukushima-122435509<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japan-nuclear-body-says-radioactive-water-fukushima-122435509.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hQ9ZFnOzcrqfOMNkKnnICQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T122435Z_2_CBRE9740OGV00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="View of destroyed roof of No.3 reactor building of TEPCO&#039;s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Fukushima prefecture" align="left" title="View of destroyed roof of No.3 reactor building of TEPCO&#039;s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Fukushima prefecture" border="0" /></a>Contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-103810078.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDy5mgkJyRj5YvOJVa49Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-05/3e9a4980-81b8-4c5a-8902-a7cd697d0638_burger.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" align="left" title="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" border="0" /></a>It cost more than $300,000 and they haven&#039;t figured out the fat yet.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-103810078.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:44:12 -0400Associated Pressscientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-103810078<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-103810078.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDy5mgkJyRj5YvOJVa49Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-05/3e9a4980-81b8-4c5a-8902-a7cd697d0638_burger.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" align="left" title="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" border="0" /></a>It cost more than $300,000 and they haven&#039;t figured out the fat yet.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-posts-19-countries-remain-closed-074040787.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yP3gn7m4Z9yd96A3y2veJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d97293c733ce9c1a390f6a7067007816.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat&#039;&#039; of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)" align="left" title="A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat&#039;&#039; of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Amid online &quot;chatter&quot; about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-posts-19-countries-remain-closed-074040787.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:48:01 -0400Associated Pressstate-dept-posts-19-countries-remain-closed-074040787<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/state-dept-posts-19-countries-remain-closed-074040787.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yP3gn7m4Z9yd96A3y2veJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d97293c733ce9c1a390f6a7067007816.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat&#039;&#039; of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)" align="left" title="A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat&#039;&#039; of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Amid online &quot;chatter&quot; about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-short-flavor-134528570.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZLqMoV2St3665KlB0MhMQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7fc0ffa833a09b1a390f6a7067002f6b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mark Post, developer of the stem cell burger, poses before the first public tasting, in London, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you might expect fries and a shake too. But this is no ordinary burger being served to two volunteer taste-testers in London on Monday. This meat was grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle. Mark Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger after five years of research, hopes that making meat in labs could eventually help solve the food crisis and fight climate change. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)" align="left" title="Mark Post, developer of the stem cell burger, poses before the first public tasting, in London, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you might expect fries and a shake too. But this is no ordinary burger being served to two volunteer taste-testers in London on Monday. This meat was grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle. Mark Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger after five years of research, hopes that making meat in labs could eventually help solve the food crisis and fight climate change. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? They bit, they chewed, but had hoped for more flavor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-short-flavor-134528570.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 09:45:25 -0400Associated Pressfirst-reaction-lab-made-burger-short-flavor-134528570<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-short-flavor-134528570.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZLqMoV2St3665KlB0MhMQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7fc0ffa833a09b1a390f6a7067002f6b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mark Post, developer of the stem cell burger, poses before the first public tasting, in London, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you might expect fries and a shake too. But this is no ordinary burger being served to two volunteer taste-testers in London on Monday. This meat was grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle. Mark Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger after five years of research, hopes that making meat in labs could eventually help solve the food crisis and fight climate change. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)" align="left" title="Mark Post, developer of the stem cell burger, poses before the first public tasting, in London, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you might expect fries and a shake too. But this is no ordinary burger being served to two volunteer taste-testers in London on Monday. This meat was grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle. Mark Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger after five years of research, hopes that making meat in labs could eventually help solve the food crisis and fight climate change. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? They bit, they chewed, but had hoped for more flavor.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? At a public tasting in London Monday, Dutch scientists served hamburgers made from cow stem cells. Some questions and answers about the science behind the revolutionary patty.http://news.yahoo.com/q-science-growing-hamburger-lab-115332943.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 09:55:46 -0400Associated Pressq-science-growing-hamburger-lab-115332943<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-military-chief-gets-life-sentence-turkey-121539600.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xPMtGREmlZF6sjoa8SoWvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/462f3103337d9b1a390f6a7067001ee8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People hold national flags as they shout slogans outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, early Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Some 275 people - including military officers, politicians and journalists - are facing verdicts in a landmark and divisive trial in Turkey over an alleged conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#039;s government. Security forces set up barricades around the courthouse in Silivri to tighten security after the supporters of defendants announced to hold a demonstration against the five-year trial. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="People hold national flags as they shout slogans outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, early Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Some 275 people - including military officers, politicians and journalists - are facing verdicts in a landmark and divisive trial in Turkey over an alleged conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#039;s government. Security forces set up barricades around the courthouse in Silivri to tighten security after the supporters of defendants announced to hold a demonstration against the five-year trial. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>ISTANBUL (AP) ? A court on Monday convicted Turkey&#039;s former military chief of trying to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/former-military-chief-gets-life-sentence-turkey-121539600.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 09:08:08 -0400Associated Pressformer-military-chief-gets-life-sentence-turkey-121539600<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-military-chief-gets-life-sentence-turkey-121539600.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xPMtGREmlZF6sjoa8SoWvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/462f3103337d9b1a390f6a7067001ee8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People hold national flags as they shout slogans outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, early Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Some 275 people - including military officers, politicians and journalists - are facing verdicts in a landmark and divisive trial in Turkey over an alleged conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#039;s government. Security forces set up barricades around the courthouse in Silivri to tighten security after the supporters of defendants announced to hold a demonstration against the five-year trial. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="People hold national flags as they shout slogans outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, early Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Some 275 people - including military officers, politicians and journalists - are facing verdicts in a landmark and divisive trial in Turkey over an alleged conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#039;s government. Security forces set up barricades around the courthouse in Silivri to tighten security after the supporters of defendants announced to hold a demonstration against the five-year trial. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>ISTANBUL (AP) ? A court on Monday convicted Turkey&#039;s former military chief of trying to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fast-food-protests-spur-higher-minimum-wage-080506050.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zv9X8.Cm56N5MsASsJatQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0bfb5b98d87f5b19390f6a70670009e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald&#039;s restaurant on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. A few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities took to the streets demanding better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May)" align="left" title="Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald&#039;s restaurant on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. A few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities took to the streets demanding better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May)" border="0" /></a>Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City ? one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant ? but he says his paychecks aren&#039;t enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fast-food-protests-spur-higher-minimum-wage-080506050.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:44:02 -0400Associated Pressfast-food-protests-spur-higher-minimum-wage-080506050<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fast-food-protests-spur-higher-minimum-wage-080506050.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zv9X8.Cm56N5MsASsJatQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0bfb5b98d87f5b19390f6a70670009e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald&#039;s restaurant on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. A few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities took to the streets demanding better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May)" align="left" title="Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald&#039;s restaurant on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. A few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities took to the streets demanding better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May)" border="0" /></a>Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City ? one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant ? but he says his paychecks aren&#039;t enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vendors-recall-hit-run-driver-la-boardwalk-083410442.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vtd7YqPTugugFClWdrUEfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/940be5473158911a390f6a7067000c52.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mustafa, left, and his wife, Yesim Balci pose at their stand along the Venice, Calif., beach boardwalk Sunday Aug. 4, 2013 near where a Saturday incident involving a driver who accelerated through a crowd of beachgoers, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way. The hit-and-run killed an Italian woman on her honeymoon and hurt 11 others. Yesim shows her injured right leg where she was struck by the driver. Theirs was the first stand hit. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)" align="left" title="Mustafa, left, and his wife, Yesim Balci pose at their stand along the Venice, Calif., beach boardwalk Sunday Aug. 4, 2013 near where a Saturday incident involving a driver who accelerated through a crowd of beachgoers, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way. The hit-and-run killed an Italian woman on her honeymoon and hurt 11 others. Yesim shows her injured right leg where she was struck by the driver. Theirs was the first stand hit. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? One minute, Mustafa Balci was sitting in a lawn chair next to his wife at their booth on the Venice Beach boardwalk, enjoying the leisurely summer scene.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vendors-recall-hit-run-driver-la-boardwalk-083410442.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 05:35:48 -0400Associated Pressvendors-recall-hit-run-driver-la-boardwalk-083410442<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vendors-recall-hit-run-driver-la-boardwalk-083410442.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vtd7YqPTugugFClWdrUEfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/940be5473158911a390f6a7067000c52.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mustafa, left, and his wife, Yesim Balci pose at their stand along the Venice, Calif., beach boardwalk Sunday Aug. 4, 2013 near where a Saturday incident involving a driver who accelerated through a crowd of beachgoers, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way. The hit-and-run killed an Italian woman on her honeymoon and hurt 11 others. Yesim shows her injured right leg where she was struck by the driver. Theirs was the first stand hit. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)" align="left" title="Mustafa, left, and his wife, Yesim Balci pose at their stand along the Venice, Calif., beach boardwalk Sunday Aug. 4, 2013 near where a Saturday incident involving a driver who accelerated through a crowd of beachgoers, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way. The hit-and-run killed an Italian woman on her honeymoon and hurt 11 others. Yesim shows her injured right leg where she was struck by the driver. Theirs was the first stand hit. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? One minute, Mustafa Balci was sitting in a lawn chair next to his wife at their booth on the Venice Beach boardwalk, enjoying the leisurely summer scene.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/comics-look-obama-democrats-humor-062155463.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QBV1zKMR7VynDX57UScAnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/320e5caa3197921a390f6a706700d67d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Feb. 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of &quot;Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,&quot; on the set in New York. A study released Monday of gags made by late-night comics found that Obama and Democrats provided the lion?s share of punchlines during the first six months of the year. That?s an abrupt change from 2012, when Mitt Romney proved a gift to the comic gods. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop, File)" align="left" title="This Feb. 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of &quot;Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,&quot; on the set in New York. A study released Monday of gags made by late-night comics found that Obama and Democrats provided the lion?s share of punchlines during the first six months of the year. That?s an abrupt change from 2012, when Mitt Romney proved a gift to the comic gods. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? President Barack Obama, the joke&#039;s on you.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/comics-look-obama-democrats-humor-062155463.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 08:06:20 -0400Associated Presscomics-look-obama-democrats-humor-062155463<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/comics-look-obama-democrats-humor-062155463.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QBV1zKMR7VynDX57UScAnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/320e5caa3197921a390f6a706700d67d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Feb. 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of &quot;Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,&quot; on the set in New York. A study released Monday of gags made by late-night comics found that Obama and Democrats provided the lion?s share of punchlines during the first six months of the year. That?s an abrupt change from 2012, when Mitt Romney proved a gift to the comic gods. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop, File)" align="left" title="This Feb. 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of &quot;Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,&quot; on the set in New York. A study released Monday of gags made by late-night comics found that Obama and Democrats provided the lion?s share of punchlines during the first six months of the year. That?s an abrupt change from 2012, when Mitt Romney proved a gift to the comic gods. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? President Barack Obama, the joke&#039;s on you.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/calif-gov-orders-inquiry-averts-sf-rail-strike-081644534.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/szFxymwh3WZRRUyjRplAVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63ec8c78f6db7019390f6a706700de72.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this file photo from Monday, July 1, 2013, striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers picket as they close the intersection of 14th &amp; Broadway on Monday, July 1, 2013, in downtown Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters braced for the possibility of another train strike as the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and its workers approached a deadline to reach a new contract deal. The two sides were set to resume negotiations at noon on Thursday, Aug. 1, but did not appear close to an agreement. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" align="left" title="In this file photo from Monday, July 1, 2013, striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers picket as they close the intersection of 14th &amp; Broadway on Monday, July 1, 2013, in downtown Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters braced for the possibility of another train strike as the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and its workers approached a deadline to reach a new contract deal. The two sides were set to resume negotiations at noon on Thursday, Aug. 1, but did not appear close to an agreement. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an inquiry into a labor contract dispute.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/calif-gov-orders-inquiry-averts-sf-rail-strike-081644534.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 05:39:43 -0400Associated Presscalif-gov-orders-inquiry-averts-sf-rail-strike-081644534<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/calif-gov-orders-inquiry-averts-sf-rail-strike-081644534.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/szFxymwh3WZRRUyjRplAVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63ec8c78f6db7019390f6a706700de72.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this file photo from Monday, July 1, 2013, striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers picket as they close the intersection of 14th &amp; Broadway on Monday, July 1, 2013, in downtown Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters braced for the possibility of another train strike as the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and its workers approached a deadline to reach a new contract deal. The two sides were set to resume negotiations at noon on Thursday, Aug. 1, but did not appear close to an agreement. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" align="left" title="In this file photo from Monday, July 1, 2013, striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers picket as they close the intersection of 14th &amp; Broadway on Monday, July 1, 2013, in downtown Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area commuters braced for the possibility of another train strike as the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and its workers approached a deadline to reach a new contract deal. The two sides were set to resume negotiations at noon on Thursday, Aug. 1, but did not appear close to an agreement. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an inquiry into a labor contract dispute.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photos-crisis-displaced-matadors-turn-peru-055723287.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3b5K_ZOzYnmXKaxDpUs3nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/57777d8331c6931a390f6a706700084c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 16, 2013 photo, a poster advertises an upcoming bullfighting event in Lachaqui, Peru. Crisis-displaced Iberian matadors including Nuno Casquinha and Emilo Serna are seeking fame in the rugged Andean backwaters of Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)" align="left" title="In this July 16, 2013 photo, a poster advertises an upcoming bullfighting event in Lachaqui, Peru. Crisis-displaced Iberian matadors including Nuno Casquinha and Emilo Serna are seeking fame in the rugged Andean backwaters of Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)" border="0" /></a>LACHAQUI, Peru (AP) ? His left knee to the ground, Nuno Casquinha theatrically tosses away his red cloth, muleta and sword and stares down the bleeding bull that is scratching the dirt with its hooves in a haze of rage.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photos-crisis-displaced-matadors-turn-peru-055723287.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 01:57:23 -0400Associated Pressap-photos-crisis-displaced-matadors-turn-peru-055723287<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photos-crisis-displaced-matadors-turn-peru-055723287.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3b5K_ZOzYnmXKaxDpUs3nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/57777d8331c6931a390f6a706700084c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 16, 2013 photo, a poster advertises an upcoming bullfighting event in Lachaqui, Peru. Crisis-displaced Iberian matadors including Nuno Casquinha and Emilo Serna are seeking fame in the rugged Andean backwaters of Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)" align="left" title="In this July 16, 2013 photo, a poster advertises an upcoming bullfighting event in Lachaqui, Peru. Crisis-displaced Iberian matadors including Nuno Casquinha and Emilo Serna are seeking fame in the rugged Andean backwaters of Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)" border="0" /></a>LACHAQUI, Peru (AP) ? His left knee to the ground, Nuno Casquinha theatrically tosses away his red cloth, muleta and sword and stares down the bleeding bull that is scratching the dirt with its hooves in a haze of rage.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-lacks-flavor-131323463.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BzItBYSIXauQWG9Vghi0Eg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T133406Z_341676419_LM1E98511LI01_RTRMADP_3_SCIENCE-MEAT-IN-VITRO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="World&#039;s first in-vitro beef burger cooked in London" align="left" title="World&#039;s first in-vitro beef burger cooked in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? They bit, they chewed, but had hoped for more flavor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-lacks-flavor-131323463.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 09:14:50 -0400Associated Pressfirst-reaction-lab-made-burger-lacks-flavor-131323463<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/first-reaction-lab-made-burger-lacks-flavor-131323463.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BzItBYSIXauQWG9Vghi0Eg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T133406Z_341676419_LM1E98511LI01_RTRMADP_3_SCIENCE-MEAT-IN-VITRO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="World&#039;s first in-vitro beef burger cooked in London" align="left" title="World&#039;s first in-vitro beef burger cooked in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? They bit, they chewed, but had hoped for more flavor.</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.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 06:34:14 -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/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-094355709.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDy5mgkJyRj5YvOJVa49Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-05/3e9a4980-81b8-4c5a-8902-a7cd697d0638_burger.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" align="left" title="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? For a hamburger that cost more than $300,000, you might expect fries and a shake too.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-094355709.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 06:33:17 -0400Associated Pressscientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-094355709<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serve-lab-made-burger-cow-cells-094355709.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDy5mgkJyRj5YvOJVa49Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-05/3e9a4980-81b8-4c5a-8902-a7cd697d0638_burger.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" align="left" title="The &quot;fake&quot; meat burger" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? For a hamburger that cost more than $300,000, you might expect fries and a shake too.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-extends-embassy-closings-lawmakers-threat-serious-002326046.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NJ4muqz4TcmKBIPExlx9mQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T042840Z_2_CBRE9731R0H00_RTROPTP_2_USA-EMBASSIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A flag flutters outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" align="left" title="A flag flutters outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>Embassies in the Middle East and Africa will remain shut through the end of the week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-extends-embassy-closings-lawmakers-threat-serious-002326046.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2013 00:28:40 -0400Reutersu-extends-embassy-closings-lawmakers-threat-serious-002326046<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-extends-embassy-closings-lawmakers-threat-serious-002326046.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NJ4muqz4TcmKBIPExlx9mQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-05T042840Z_2_CBRE9731R0H00_RTROPTP_2_USA-EMBASSIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A flag flutters outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" align="left" title="A flag flutters outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>Embassies in the Middle East and Africa will remain shut through the end of the week.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hit-run-driver-accelerated-onto-la-boardwalk-205014265.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hsOXdbnVN.Ztksapsdatlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8769dc3a16208a1a390f6a7067007f45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this still frame made from security camera footage from Snapchat, Inc. headquarters, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. A driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk in a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured 11 others. (AP Photo/Snapchat Inc.)" align="left" title="In this still frame made from security camera footage from Snapchat, Inc. headquarters, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. A driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk in a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured 11 others. (AP Photo/Snapchat Inc.)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The driver parked outside a hotel and surveyed the leisurely summer scene at the Venice Beach boardwalk: Hundreds of people were sitting at cafes, walking along the seashore or shopping at vendors selling jewelry or art.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hit-run-driver-accelerated-onto-la-boardwalk-205014265.htmlSun, 04 Aug 2013 20:33:41 -0400Associated Presshit-run-driver-accelerated-onto-la-boardwalk-205014265<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hit-run-driver-accelerated-onto-la-boardwalk-205014265.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hsOXdbnVN.Ztksapsdatlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8769dc3a16208a1a390f6a7067007f45.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this still frame made from security camera footage from Snapchat, Inc. headquarters, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. A driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk in a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured 11 others. (AP Photo/Snapchat Inc.)" align="left" title="In this still frame made from security camera footage from Snapchat, Inc. headquarters, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. A driver plowed into crowds at the Venice Beach boardwalk in a seemingly intentional hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured 11 others. (AP Photo/Snapchat Inc.)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The driver parked outside a hotel and surveyed the leisurely summer scene at the Venice Beach boardwalk: Hundreds of people were sitting at cafes, walking along the seashore or shopping at vendors selling jewelry or art.</p><br clear="all"/>

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