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All rights reservedFri, 19 Jul 2013 07:18:50 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/physicists-unveil-results-helping-explain-universe-092545255.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q7SZX2eAlSAUJV6uPIV8Xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/atlas-higgs.jpg1323790070" width="130" height="86" alt="New Atom-Smashing Magnet Passes First Tests" align="left" title="New Atom-Smashing Magnet Passes First Tests" border="0" /></a>Rare event in physics revealed today helps explain the universe.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/physicists-unveil-results-helping-explain-universe-092545255.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 07:18:50 -0400Associated Pressphysicists-unveil-results-helping-explain-universe-092545255<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/physicists-unveil-results-helping-explain-universe-092545255.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q7SZX2eAlSAUJV6uPIV8Xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/atlas-higgs.jpg1323790070" width="130" height="86" alt="New Atom-Smashing Magnet Passes First Tests" align="left" title="New Atom-Smashing Magnet Passes First Tests" border="0" /></a>Rare event in physics revealed today helps explain the universe.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-creates-commission-inquiry-finance-113658618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5MWpPFJpHCDm0cHOB8jp4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a6aa93dce895d317370f6a70670081db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter&#039;s Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican. The Vatican said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that Pope Francis is forgoing the bulletproof popemobile for his upcoming trip to Brazil and that he will use the same open-topped car he uses for zooming around St. Peter&#039;s Square, further evidence that he has no qualms about tweaking the Vatican&#039;s security operations for the sake of getting closer to the faithful. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter&#039;s Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican. The Vatican said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that Pope Francis is forgoing the bulletproof popemobile for his upcoming trip to Brazil and that he will use the same open-topped car he uses for zooming around St. Peter&#039;s Square, further evidence that he has no qualms about tweaking the Vatican&#039;s security operations for the sake of getting closer to the faithful. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi, File)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis on Friday created another commission of inquiry into the Vatican&#039;s troubled finances, naming an eight-member committee to recommend ways to cut waste, improve transparency and fix the Holy See&#039;s administrative shortcomings.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-creates-commission-inquiry-finance-113658618.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 08:40:29 -0400Associated Presspope-creates-commission-inquiry-finance-113658618<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-creates-commission-inquiry-finance-113658618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5MWpPFJpHCDm0cHOB8jp4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a6aa93dce895d317370f6a70670081db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter&#039;s Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican. The Vatican said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that Pope Francis is forgoing the bulletproof popemobile for his upcoming trip to Brazil and that he will use the same open-topped car he uses for zooming around St. Peter&#039;s Square, further evidence that he has no qualms about tweaking the Vatican&#039;s security operations for the sake of getting closer to the faithful. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter&#039;s Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican. The Vatican said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that Pope Francis is forgoing the bulletproof popemobile for his upcoming trip to Brazil and that he will use the same open-topped car he uses for zooming around St. Peter&#039;s Square, further evidence that he has no qualms about tweaking the Vatican&#039;s security operations for the sake of getting closer to the faithful. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi, File)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis on Friday created another commission of inquiry into the Vatican&#039;s troubled finances, naming an eight-member committee to recommend ways to cut waste, improve transparency and fix the Holy See&#039;s administrative shortcomings.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bruce-lees-daughter-recalls-energy-fans-mark-anniversary-121014834.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P_APMgISXq9h9uG.4RoOHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T124129Z_3_CBRE96I0XT500_RTROPTP_2_HONGKONG-BRUCELEE-DEATH-ANNIVERSARY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, poses with a poster of her father at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum" align="left" title="Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, poses with a poster of her father at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum" border="0" /></a>By Brian Yap HONG KONG (Reuters) - The daughter of kung fu legend Bruce Lee spoke fondly on Friday of her father&#039;s powerful presence and energy at a preview of an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of his death. Fans are gathering in the former British colony of Hong Kong for a series of commemorative events, including art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti. Many fans are urging the Hong Kong government to do more to honor the star of movies such as Enter The Dragon and Game Of Death. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bruce-lees-daughter-recalls-energy-fans-mark-anniversary-121014834.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 08:41:29 -0400Reutersbruce-lees-daughter-recalls-energy-fans-mark-anniversary-121014834<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bruce-lees-daughter-recalls-energy-fans-mark-anniversary-121014834.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P_APMgISXq9h9uG.4RoOHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T124129Z_3_CBRE96I0XT500_RTROPTP_2_HONGKONG-BRUCELEE-DEATH-ANNIVERSARY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, poses with a poster of her father at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum" align="left" title="Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, poses with a poster of her father at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum" border="0" /></a>By Brian Yap HONG KONG (Reuters) - The daughter of kung fu legend Bruce Lee spoke fondly on Friday of her father&#039;s powerful presence and energy at a preview of an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of his death. Fans are gathering in the former British colony of Hong Kong for a series of commemorative events, including art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti. Many fans are urging the Hong Kong government to do more to honor the star of movies such as Enter The Dragon and Game Of Death. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (AP) ? A bomb exploded inside a Sunni mosque in central Iraq during midday prayers Friday, killing at least 17 people in the latest outburst of deadly violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan.http://news.yahoo.com/bombing-sunni-mosque-iraq-kills-least-17-131058042.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 09:10:58 -0400Associated Pressbombing-sunni-mosque-iraq-kills-least-17-131058042<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-released-072257210.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5HfycFfvu_8SDN3WV0XfsA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ebe3ad1b25bf0118380f6a70670061ae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia, as he was released in a courtroom in Kirov, Russia Friday, July 19, 2013. A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. The release came after a surprise request by prosecutors, who said that because Navalny is a candidate in this fall?s Moscow mayoral race keeping him in custody would deny him his right to seek election. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia, as he was released in a courtroom in Kirov, Russia Friday, July 19, 2013. A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. The release came after a surprise request by prosecutors, who said that because Navalny is a candidate in this fall?s Moscow mayoral race keeping him in custody would deny him his right to seek election. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? A Russian court Friday freed charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement, a surprise release he attributed to protests over a five-year prison sentence seen by supporters as a blatantly political attempt to silence a Kremlin foe.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-released-072257210.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 09:22:50 -0400Associated Pressrussian-opposition-leader-navalny-released-072257210<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-released-072257210.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5HfycFfvu_8SDN3WV0XfsA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ebe3ad1b25bf0118380f6a70670061ae.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia, as he was released in a courtroom in Kirov, Russia Friday, July 19, 2013. A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. The release came after a surprise request by prosecutors, who said that because Navalny is a candidate in this fall?s Moscow mayoral race keeping him in custody would deny him his right to seek election. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia, as he was released in a courtroom in Kirov, Russia Friday, July 19, 2013. A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. The release came after a surprise request by prosecutors, who said that because Navalny is a candidate in this fall?s Moscow mayoral race keeping him in custody would deny him his right to seek election. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? A Russian court Friday freed charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement, a surprise release he attributed to protests over a five-year prison sentence seen by supporters as a blatantly political attempt to silence a Kremlin foe.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vet-returns-nkorea-1st-black-navy-aviator-090343925.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oN7UBHpul4vHGoZyElMxQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c4fc9d4025dd0118380f6a706700d3e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo from around 1950 provided by the U.S. Navy, Ensign Jesse Brown, who died in December 1950 after his plane crashed in North Korea, sits in a cockpit of his plane. Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames. A chopper hovered nearby. Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner could save himself, but not his friend. Hudner heads to Pyongyang on Saturday, July 20, 2013 with hopes of traveling in the coming week to the region known in North Korea as the Jangjin Reservoir, accompanied by soldiers from the Korean People&#039;s Army, to the spot where Brown died in December 1950. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated file photo from around 1950 provided by the U.S. Navy, Ensign Jesse Brown, who died in December 1950 after his plane crashed in North Korea, sits in a cockpit of his plane. Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames. A chopper hovered nearby. Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner could save himself, but not his friend. Hudner heads to Pyongyang on Saturday, July 20, 2013 with hopes of traveling in the coming week to the region known in North Korea as the Jangjin Reservoir, accompanied by soldiers from the Korean People&#039;s Army, to the spot where Brown died in December 1950. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vet-returns-nkorea-1st-black-navy-aviator-090343925.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 05:38:36 -0400Associated Pressvet-returns-nkorea-1st-black-navy-aviator-090343925<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vet-returns-nkorea-1st-black-navy-aviator-090343925.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oN7UBHpul4vHGoZyElMxQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c4fc9d4025dd0118380f6a706700d3e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo from around 1950 provided by the U.S. Navy, Ensign Jesse Brown, who died in December 1950 after his plane crashed in North Korea, sits in a cockpit of his plane. Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames. A chopper hovered nearby. Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner could save himself, but not his friend. Hudner heads to Pyongyang on Saturday, July 20, 2013 with hopes of traveling in the coming week to the region known in North Korea as the Jangjin Reservoir, accompanied by soldiers from the Korean People&#039;s Army, to the spot where Brown died in December 1950. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated file photo from around 1950 provided by the U.S. Navy, Ensign Jesse Brown, who died in December 1950 after his plane crashed in North Korea, sits in a cockpit of his plane. Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames. A chopper hovered nearby. Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner could save himself, but not his friend. Hudner heads to Pyongyang on Saturday, July 20, 2013 with hopes of traveling in the coming week to the region known in North Korea as the Jangjin Reservoir, accompanied by soldiers from the Korean People&#039;s Army, to the spot where Brown died in December 1950. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy&#039;s first black pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lima-where-pallbearers-black-075929226.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q7B2.whnpcYT1ApzJ4ByWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a774d17224a1fb18370f6a70670005e3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 2, 2013 photo, black pallbearers put on their white gloves as they prepare to handle a coffin during a burial in Lima, Peru. These pallbearers are in the job precisely because of the color of their skin, a phenomenon unique to this South American capital that was a regional seat of Spain?s colonial empire for more than three centuries and where racism remains so deeply ingrained that many Peruvians don?t consider the practice discriminatory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" align="left" title="In this July 2, 2013 photo, black pallbearers put on their white gloves as they prepare to handle a coffin during a burial in Lima, Peru. These pallbearers are in the job precisely because of the color of their skin, a phenomenon unique to this South American capital that was a regional seat of Spain?s colonial empire for more than three centuries and where racism remains so deeply ingrained that many Peruvians don?t consider the practice discriminatory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>LIMA, Peru (AP) ? Elegant in tuxedos and white gloves, the six black pallbearers silently and gracefully remove the mahogany coffin bearing a Lima tire magnate from his mansion. They slide it into the Cadillac hearse that will parade Jorge Reyna&#039;s body through the Chorrillos district where he was once mayor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lima-where-pallbearers-black-075929226.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 07:59:06 -0400Associated Presslima-where-pallbearers-black-075929226<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lima-where-pallbearers-black-075929226.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q7B2.whnpcYT1ApzJ4ByWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a774d17224a1fb18370f6a70670005e3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 2, 2013 photo, black pallbearers put on their white gloves as they prepare to handle a coffin during a burial in Lima, Peru. These pallbearers are in the job precisely because of the color of their skin, a phenomenon unique to this South American capital that was a regional seat of Spain?s colonial empire for more than three centuries and where racism remains so deeply ingrained that many Peruvians don?t consider the practice discriminatory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" align="left" title="In this July 2, 2013 photo, black pallbearers put on their white gloves as they prepare to handle a coffin during a burial in Lima, Peru. These pallbearers are in the job precisely because of the color of their skin, a phenomenon unique to this South American capital that was a regional seat of Spain?s colonial empire for more than three centuries and where racism remains so deeply ingrained that many Peruvians don?t consider the practice discriminatory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>LIMA, Peru (AP) ? Elegant in tuxedos and white gloves, the six black pallbearers silently and gracefully remove the mahogany coffin bearing a Lima tire magnate from his mansion. They slide it into the Cadillac hearse that will parade Jorge Reyna&#039;s body through the Chorrillos district where he was once mayor.</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.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 06:01:46 -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/wildfire-still-looms-over-calif-mountain-town-071453760.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oTtYIbokBKtmMtyLB12bpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4e71f55705f1e418370f6a706700e129.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)" align="left" title="A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Longtime resident Dave Jones was back in his Southern California home a day after evacuating, but remained ready to leave as a huge wildfire fire threatened to top a ridge near his mostly empty mountain town.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wildfire-still-looms-over-calif-mountain-town-071453760.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 03:14:53 -0400Associated Presswildfire-still-looms-over-calif-mountain-town-071453760<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wildfire-still-looms-over-calif-mountain-town-071453760.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oTtYIbokBKtmMtyLB12bpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4e71f55705f1e418370f6a706700e129.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)" align="left" title="A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Longtime resident Dave Jones was back in his Southern California home a day after evacuating, but remained ready to leave as a huge wildfire fire threatened to top a ridge near his mostly empty mountain town.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bulgers-ex-partner-testify-killings-061923362.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MWnBGI4QTnBb_nEqQS.yVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cfef6f8405d8e418370f6a7067005f15.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This pair of file photos shows Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi, left, on Sept. 22, 2008, as he testified in a Miami court in the murder trial of former FBI agent John Connolly; and James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger, right, in a June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service. Flemmi, Bulger&#039;s alleged former partner serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to 10 killings, is expected to testify in Bulger&#039;s trial Thursday, July 18, 2013 in federal court in Boston. Bulger, now 83, is accused in a 32-count racketeering indictment and in playing a role in 19 killings in the 1970s and ?80s while he allegedly led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston. (AP Photos/J. Pat Carter and U.S. Marshals Service, File)" align="left" title="This pair of file photos shows Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi, left, on Sept. 22, 2008, as he testified in a Miami court in the murder trial of former FBI agent John Connolly; and James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger, right, in a June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service. Flemmi, Bulger&#039;s alleged former partner serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to 10 killings, is expected to testify in Bulger&#039;s trial Thursday, July 18, 2013 in federal court in Boston. Bulger, now 83, is accused in a 32-count racketeering indictment and in playing a role in 19 killings in the 1970s and ?80s while he allegedly led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston. (AP Photos/J. Pat Carter and U.S. Marshals Service, File)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi barely scratched the surface of his long criminal relationship with James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger as he began what is expected to be hours of testimony against Bulger at his racketeering trial.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bulgers-ex-partner-testify-killings-061923362.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 02:35:15 -0400Associated Pressbulgers-ex-partner-testify-killings-061923362<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bulgers-ex-partner-testify-killings-061923362.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MWnBGI4QTnBb_nEqQS.yVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cfef6f8405d8e418370f6a7067005f15.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This pair of file photos shows Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi, left, on Sept. 22, 2008, as he testified in a Miami court in the murder trial of former FBI agent John Connolly; and James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger, right, in a June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service. Flemmi, Bulger&#039;s alleged former partner serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to 10 killings, is expected to testify in Bulger&#039;s trial Thursday, July 18, 2013 in federal court in Boston. Bulger, now 83, is accused in a 32-count racketeering indictment and in playing a role in 19 killings in the 1970s and ?80s while he allegedly led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston. (AP Photos/J. Pat Carter and U.S. Marshals Service, File)" align="left" title="This pair of file photos shows Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi, left, on Sept. 22, 2008, as he testified in a Miami court in the murder trial of former FBI agent John Connolly; and James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger, right, in a June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service. Flemmi, Bulger&#039;s alleged former partner serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to 10 killings, is expected to testify in Bulger&#039;s trial Thursday, July 18, 2013 in federal court in Boston. Bulger, now 83, is accused in a 32-count racketeering indictment and in playing a role in 19 killings in the 1970s and ?80s while he allegedly led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston. (AP Photos/J. Pat Carter and U.S. Marshals Service, File)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi barely scratched the surface of his long criminal relationship with James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger as he began what is expected to be hours of testimony against Bulger at his racketeering trial.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/once-mighty-motor-city-files-bankruptcy-204952123.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fy_xkZkbEkxwAee.nQGNtA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a29e4e700967f418370f6a7067004605.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 17, 2013, aerial photo is the city of Detroit. On Thursday, July 18, 2013, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy when State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" align="left" title="In this July 17, 2013, aerial photo is the city of Detroit. On Thursday, July 18, 2013, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy when State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) ? Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/once-mighty-motor-city-files-bankruptcy-204952123.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 20:28:23 -0400Associated Pressonce-mighty-motor-city-files-bankruptcy-204952123<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/once-mighty-motor-city-files-bankruptcy-204952123.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fy_xkZkbEkxwAee.nQGNtA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a29e4e700967f418370f6a7067004605.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this July 17, 2013, aerial photo is the city of Detroit. On Thursday, July 18, 2013, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy when State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" align="left" title="In this July 17, 2013, aerial photo is the city of Detroit. On Thursday, July 18, 2013, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy when State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) ? Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-extols-health-care-law-amid-public-doubts-201248597.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9yLivVZHwPp6ySeQrxZb3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8b8a09b80866f018370f6a706700aded.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn?t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care as he speaks about health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn?t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care as he speaks about health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program&#039;s benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-extols-health-care-law-amid-public-doubts-201248597.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 16:12:48 -0400Associated Pressobama-extols-health-care-law-amid-public-doubts-201248597<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-extols-health-care-law-amid-public-doubts-201248597.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9yLivVZHwPp6ySeQrxZb3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8b8a09b80866f018370f6a706700aded.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn?t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care as he speaks about health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn?t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care as he speaks about health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program&#039;s benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/upbeat-health-report-mandela-95th-birthday-184329811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tYnIg5n0bTIh1kvRUnu6dA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fce1db7c0847ef18370f6a7067006006.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Children stand next to a birthday cake to mark former South African President Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday outside his home in Johannesburg, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president&#039;s health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" align="left" title="Children stand next to a birthday cake to mark former South African President Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday outside his home in Johannesburg, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president&#039;s health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday ? his 95th birthday ? and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president&#039;s health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/upbeat-health-report-mandela-95th-birthday-184329811.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:43:29 -0400Associated Pressupbeat-health-report-mandela-95th-birthday-184329811<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/upbeat-health-report-mandela-95th-birthday-184329811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tYnIg5n0bTIh1kvRUnu6dA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fce1db7c0847ef18370f6a7067006006.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Children stand next to a birthday cake to mark former South African President Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday outside his home in Johannesburg, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president&#039;s health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" align="left" title="Children stand next to a birthday cake to mark former South African President Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday outside his home in Johannesburg, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president&#039;s health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday ? his 95th birthday ? and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president&#039;s health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.</p><br clear="all"/>PANAMA CITY (AP) ? A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect from an Italian street has been detained in Panama after Italy requested his arrest in one of the most notorious episodes of the U.S. program known as extraordinary rendition, Italian and Panamanian officials said Thursday.http://news.yahoo.com/panama-holds-ex-cia-officer-rendition-234309194.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 19:43:09 -0400Associated Presspanama-holds-ex-cia-officer-rendition-234309194<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpIAYwsUlIzAopWnKC14pQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da49d5210878f018370f6a7067000696.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria&#039;s civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:04:54 -0400Associated Pressun-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-warns-trauma-children-syria-war-210454503.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpIAYwsUlIzAopWnKC14pQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da49d5210878f018370f6a7067000696.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The U.N. warns that Syria?s war is creating a generation of children who will grow up illiterate and filled with hate. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria&#039;s civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reputed-boston-crime-boss-faces-once-loyal-crony-212916691.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uQG18.gsfyGT4W4p7ZcMKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fe9d53720929f318370f6a706700d20e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This courtroom sketch depicts Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi testifying as defendant James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger listens, below, during his murder and racketeering trial at U.S. District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Bulger and his former partner faced each other for the first time in nearly two decades Thursday when Flemmi took the stand at Bulger&#039;s trial and told of their years as secret FBI informants while they ran a feared gang in South Boston. (AP Photo/Margaret Small)" align="left" title="This courtroom sketch depicts Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi testifying as defendant James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger listens, below, during his murder and racketeering trial at U.S. District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Bulger and his former partner faced each other for the first time in nearly two decades Thursday when Flemmi took the stand at Bulger&#039;s trial and told of their years as secret FBI informants while they ran a feared gang in South Boston. (AP Photo/Margaret Small)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? His hands on his hips in a you-want-a-piece-of-me stance, Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi glared at James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger in the courtroom, and the two men snarled what sounded like obscenities at each other.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/reputed-boston-crime-boss-faces-once-loyal-crony-212916691.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:36:49 -0400Associated Pressreputed-boston-crime-boss-faces-once-loyal-crony-212916691<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reputed-boston-crime-boss-faces-once-loyal-crony-212916691.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uQG18.gsfyGT4W4p7ZcMKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fe9d53720929f318370f6a706700d20e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This courtroom sketch depicts Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi testifying as defendant James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger listens, below, during his murder and racketeering trial at U.S. District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Bulger and his former partner faced each other for the first time in nearly two decades Thursday when Flemmi took the stand at Bulger&#039;s trial and told of their years as secret FBI informants while they ran a feared gang in South Boston. (AP Photo/Margaret Small)" align="left" title="This courtroom sketch depicts Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi testifying as defendant James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger listens, below, during his murder and racketeering trial at U.S. District Court in Boston, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Bulger and his former partner faced each other for the first time in nearly two decades Thursday when Flemmi took the stand at Bulger&#039;s trial and told of their years as secret FBI informants while they ran a feared gang in South Boston. (AP Photo/Margaret Small)" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) ? His hands on his hips in a you-want-a-piece-of-me stance, Stephen &quot;The Rifleman&quot; Flemmi glared at James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger in the courtroom, and the two men snarled what sounded like obscenities at each other.</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JybpdMC.p1rICm4CqUCK8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/30720384-cf37-4948-b0da-be70a20b3820_Mandela_Day_afternoon_Charlie_Shoemaker_018.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday" align="left" title="South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday" border="0" /></a>Birthday messages left outside of Nelson Mandela&#039;s home in Johannesburg. Crowds gather outside former South African President&#039; Nelson Mandela&#039;s Houghton house to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. he South African presidency has said that Mandela&#039;s health is &#039;steadily improving&#039;, as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in hospital. Photo: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images for Yahoo! News<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:35:05 -0400lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/nelson-mandela-s-95th-birthday-exclusives-for-yahoo-1374148896-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JybpdMC.p1rICm4CqUCK8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/30720384-cf37-4948-b0da-be70a20b3820_Mandela_Day_afternoon_Charlie_Shoemaker_018.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday" align="left" title="South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday" border="0" /></a>Birthday messages left outside of Nelson Mandela&#039;s home in Johannesburg. Crowds gather outside former South African President&#039; Nelson Mandela&#039;s Houghton house to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. he South African presidency has said that Mandela&#039;s health is &#039;steadily improving&#039;, as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in hospital. Photo: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images for Yahoo! 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