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Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News Romney Admits '47 Percent' Was Wrong Are Swing States Swinging Back to Romney? Obama, Romney clash on September jobs report 8-Year-Old’s Letter to Romney Urges Him to Not Fire Big Bird Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump GOP Jobs Report Manipulation Claims Dismissed Obama mocks Romney as ‘getting tough on Big Bird’ Spidery black objects on Mars surface raise speculation October Surprise Job Numbers Draw Republican Skepticism Film dramatizing bin Laden raid airing Nov. 4 Scalia says abortion, gay rights are easy cases Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid Chicago police find about 1,500 pot plants in city In North Dakota, hard to tell an oil millionaire from regular Joe Kid Executes Epic Gymnastics Move During Gym Class Dodge Ball Game Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate Have TV networks, AP already called 19 states? Hundreds seen at risk in meningitis outbreak Boy Scout denied Eagle award after coming out California Gas Prices Force Some Station Owners to Shut Pumps On the Romney plane, laughter and smiles after the debate Well-preserved mammoth carcass found in Siberia Jack Welch sets Twitter ablaze with Obama job jab US jobless rate falls to 7.8 pct., 44-month low Hidden Powers of Your Mouse 'Bully' Viewer Stands by Critical Email to Overweight TV Anchor One presidential debate over, and still undecided in Ohio KitchenAid tweet about Obama’s dead grandmother brings apology Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions Economy adds 114,000 jobs in September, unemployment drops to 7.8 percent Boy Basketball Hopeful Barred for Pink Breast-Cancer Mohawk Claims Victory How to burst the college bubble: Stop pretending your alma mater matters Actress Daryl Hannah arrested in Keystone pipeline protest Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be fatal mistake Obama touts jobs report as he seeks to lift campaign Newest Navy destroyer pays tribute to SEAL from NY Fussy baby eats to ‘Gangnam Style’ video SF archbishop jokes about recent DUI arrest Romney blasts Obama despite drop in unemployment Prominent Republicans in Washington state, Colorado endorse legal pot Romney Admits '47 Percent' Was Wrong FISHERSVILLE, Va – Mitt Romney for the first time characterized his comments during a fundraiser that were surreptitiously filmed and caught the candidate essentially writing off 47 percent of Americans as "completely wrong." "Clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and... Full Story Top Are Swing States Swinging Back to Romney? Two different pollsters show Virginia, Ohio, and Florida leaning more towards Mitt Romney than they had been, but the tracking polls still have President Obama up nationally. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.  Full Story Top Obama, Romney clash on September jobs report FAIRFAX, Va.—President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed word that the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1 to 7.8 percent in September as vindication of his economic policies. Republican challenger Mitt Romney's first statement countered that "this is not what a real recovery looks like." "This morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to [...] Full Story Top 8-Year-Old’s Letter to Romney Urges Him to Not Fire Big Bird People are still talking about Wednesday night's presidential debate, but regular joes and political pundits standing around the water cooler aren't the only ones putting in their two cents. Even youngsters are getting in on the controversy sparked by GOP nominee Mitt Romney's remarks, particularly those about beloved PBS character Big Bird. Eight-year-old Cecelia Crawford [...] Full Story Top Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Californians awoke on Friday to yet another unprecedented spike in the price of gasoline that brought the one-week increase in the Golden State to a whopping 36 cents a gallon. Prices dropped, however, on the wholesale market, possibly signaling the end to a price spike that has blindsided the state's car-loving consumers. "It's insane," said Matt Hurd, 35, as he filled up at a San Francisco gas station near the Bay Bridge. "Especially with this thing," Hurd, who works in real estate, added, motioning toward his white SUV. ... Full Story Top GOP Jobs Report Manipulation Claims Dismissed The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low of 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since President Obama took office. Most economists were expecting a slight rise, so the number has raised suspicions that the White  House might be cooking the books ahead... Full Story Top Obama mocks Romney as ‘getting tough on Big Bird’ DENVER—President Barack Obama, stung by bad reviews in his first debate of the 2012 White House race, joked Thursday that the "very spirited fellow" onstage with him was "not the real Mitt Romney." Obama also mocked the former Massachusetts governor's pledge to cut government subsidies for PBS as "finally getting tough on Big Bird." "When [...] Full Story Top Spidery black objects on Mars surface raise speculation Someone alert Ziggy Stardust, there appear to be spiders on Mars. Strange black objects seen from 200 miles above the surface of Mars are generating interest and speculation that the unidentified objects could be anything from geysers to sunbathing colonies of microorganisms. NPR presents several photos of the objects, including one taken by the Mars [...] Full Story Top October Surprise Job Numbers Draw Republican Skepticism Republicans Reject New Jobs Report As Too Little, Too Late For Obama Full Story Top Film dramatizing bin Laden raid airing Nov. 4 A film dramatizing the death of Osama bin Laden is set to debut next month on the National Geographic Channel, two days before the presidential election. Full Story Top Scalia says abortion, gay rights are easy cases Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed issues that come before the Supreme Court among the easiest to resolve. Full Story Top Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Full Story Top Chicago police find about 1,500 pot plants in city In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana. Full Story Top In North Dakota, hard to tell an oil millionaire from regular Joe STANLEY, North Dakota (Reuters) - The retired men shooting the breeze at Joyce's Cafe in Stanley don't look like oil barons but appearances can be deceptive, especially in North Dakota. Take Robert Western, a farmer who was dressed in rumpled overalls and a baseball cap as he sipped coffee and discussed the oil boom that has transformed this once sleepy town. "Some of the younger people buy a lot more - machinery, vehicles, things like that," said the 75-year-old Western. "The rest of us, I guess it doesn't alter our lifestyle a great deal. I don't have a lot of needs. ... Full Story Top Kid Executes Epic Gymnastics Move During Gym Class Dodge Ball Game For many high schoolers, the mere mention of dodge ball brings a feeling of either excitement or downright fear. People who are good at the game find it to be a real treat, and one kid in a new hit YouTube video may have just mastered the perfect dodge ball move. The match being played in [...] Full Story Top Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney gained ground on Democratic President Barack Obama after a strong performance in their first debate heading into the November 6 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken after their prime-time face-off. Romney is now viewed positively by 51 percent of voters, the first time he has enjoyed a net positive in the U.S. presidential race, the poll found. Obama's favorability rating remained unchanged at 56 percent, according to the poll. ... Full Story Top Have TV networks, AP already called 19 states? Television networks and the Associated Press will skip exit polling in 19 states in the upcoming presidential election, apparently deciding those states have already gone to President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. Full Story Top Hundreds seen at risk in meningitis outbreak The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people widened dramatically Thursday as health officials warned that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients who got steroid back injections in 23 states could be at risk. Full Story Top Boy Scout denied Eagle award after coming out [Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET] A longtime Boy Scout claims he's being denied the organization's highest honor because he's gay. Ryan Andresen, who lives near San Francisco, recently finished an extensive service project needed to earn his Eagle Scout award, but his troop leader refuses to give him the rank. "He said he can't because [...] Full Story Top California Gas Prices Force Some Station Owners to Shut Pumps California Drivers Could Be Paying More Than $6 a Gallon by the Weekend Full Story Top On the Romney plane, laughter and smiles after the debate ABOARD THE ROMNEY PLANE EN ROUTE TO VIRGINIA—Reporters couldn't quite see Mitt Romney, but they could hear him. As his campaign plane crawled along the tarmac in Denver the morning after his first debate with President Barack Obama, the Republican nominee's distinctive laugh could be heard repeatedly in the front cabin of his aircraft. "Ha [...] Full Story Top Well-preserved mammoth carcass found in Siberia A teenage mammoth that once roamed the Siberian tundra in search of fodder and females might have been killed by an Ice Age man on a summer day tens of thousands of years ago, a Russian scientist said Friday. Full Story Top Jack Welch sets Twitter ablaze with Obama job jab BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jack Welch, the former chairman of General Electric Co, provoked cries of outrage in Washington on Friday when he suggested that the White House manipulated September job figures for political gains. White House officials dismissed as "ludicrous" a tweet Welch sent to his more than 1.3 million followers that gave the impression President Barack Obama's administration may have rigged the data as a way of recovering from a poor showing at Wednesday night's debate with Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger for the White House. ... Full Story Top US jobless rate falls to 7.8 pct., 44-month low The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate declined because more people found work, a trend that could have an impact on undecided voters in the final month before the presidential election. Full Story Top Hidden Powers of Your Mouse You use your mouse for just about everything: you drag, you drop, you highlight, you scroll. But even if you click your mouse a thousand times a day, I bet I've got a few secret mouse tricks you've never heard of. Click Tricks You surely know that double clicking highlights a word, and you might [...] Full Story Top 'Bully' Viewer Stands by Critical Email to Overweight TV Anchor He wrote an email so critical of his local TV anchorwoman's weight that it caused her to deliver an on-air response that made national headlines. Yet, Kenneth Krause, the Wisconsin man behind the infamous email to Jennifer Livingston, a morning anchor with WKBT-TV in La... Full Story Top One presidential debate over, and still undecided in Ohio President Obama mentioned Cleveland; Mitt Romney cited Dayton. Both Ohio cities made it into the first national presidential debate Wednesday, and Maggie O'Toole, an undecided voter from this small city in southeast Ohio, definitely noticed. Full Story Top KitchenAid tweet about Obama’s dead grandmother brings apology KitchenAid, maker of dishwashers and other home appliances, has a big social media mess to clean up. During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama credited his tenacious grandmother who helped raise him and passed away three days before he was elected president. Moments later, @KitchenAidUSA, the company's official Twitter account, sent this: "Obamas gma even [...] Full Story Top Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama administration policy could benefit women's health. Full Story Top Economy adds 114,000 jobs in September, unemployment drops to 7.8 percent The economy added 114,000 jobs in September, bringing the unemployment rate down to 7.8 percent, the lowest it's been since January 2009. August's gains were revised up from 96,000 to 142,000 jobs, helping to bring the official unemployment number down from 8.1 percent. The number of people participating in the labor force also rose slightly [...] Full Story Top Boy Basketball Hopeful Barred for Pink Breast-Cancer Mohawk Claims Victory Columbus, Ind., Principal Initially Bars Trevor Foster From Team, Then Allows Tryout Full Story Top How to burst the college bubble: Stop pretending your alma mater matters I first starting noticing it about a year ago: My '90s college education is nearly obsolete. Full Story Top Actress Daryl Hannah arrested in Keystone pipeline protest SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested in Texas on Thursday after she stood in front of an earth-moving machine clearing ground for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, her representative said. The protest took place outside Winnsboro, Texas, about 80 miles east of Dallas, said Hannah's agent, Paul Bassis. Hannah, 51, a longtime environmental activist, was arrested last year outside the White House in another protest against the pipeline. ... Full Story Top Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be fatal mistake ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his country did not want war but warned Syria not to make a "fatal mistake" by testing its resolve, and its army retaliated for a third day running after more mortar rounds from Syria landed on its soil. In a belligerent speech to a crowd in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Turkey would not shy away from war if provoked. The speech followed a Syrian mortar barrage on a town in southeast Turkey that killed five people on Wednesday. ... Full Story Top Obama touts jobs report as he seeks to lift campaign FAIRFAX, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a drop in the U.S. jobless rate to the lowest level since he took office, saying the country had "come too far to turn back now," as he sought to recover from a lackluster debate performance against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. A decline in unemployment to 7.8 percent in September, announced just more than four weeks before Election Day, gave an unexpected shine to the most vulnerable part of Obama's record - his economic stewardship - and offered him a chance to reset his re-election bid. The rate dropped from 8. ... Full Story Top Newest Navy destroyer pays tribute to SEAL from NY The U.S. Navy's newest warship will not be named for a former president, distinguished member of Congress or some historic figure from the past. Full Story Top Fussy baby eats to ‘Gangnam Style’ video Oh, the many creative ways parents get their toddlers to eat. There's playing airplane with the food. "Open wide!" There's also pretending to eat the food yourself. For a North London couple, their trick is the global Internet sensation "Gangnam Style," by Psy. Andrew Tsai learned that when he plays the hit Korean music video [...] Full Story Top SF archbishop jokes about recent DUI arrest San Francisco's new Roman Catholic archbishop made self-deprecating jokes about his recent drunken-driving arrest during his formal installation ceremony, which came just days after he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of reckless driving. Full Story Top Romney blasts Obama despite drop in unemployment Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says a drop in the nation's unemployment rate to 7.8 percent "is not what a real recovery looks like." Full Story Top Prominent Republicans in Washington state, Colorado endorse legal pot (Reuters) - Ballot measures to legalize marijuana in Washington state and Colorado gained support this week from a pair of prominent Republicans - U.S. Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner and former Representative Tom Tancredo - who could help sway conservative voters. No state has ever legalized marijuana for recreational use. The federal government considers it an illegal drug, but 17 states and the District of Columbia allow it as medicine. ... Full Story Top

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