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pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-trip-chinas-next-leader-obama-iowa-061654195.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nmLePuyIBledHATfAq__dQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6cecdc8dd3eb7e03060f6a706700b9d2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2011 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, not in the picture, attend a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. Xi, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will be in the U.S. to meet President Barack Obama and other leaders and introduce himself to a U.S. audience. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2011 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, not in the picture, attend a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. Xi, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will be in the U.S. to meet President Barack Obama and other leaders and introduce himself to a U.S. audience. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)" border="0" //a In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He returns next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-fm-syria-amid-escalating-violence-100333498.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nJS2e4huyV5AClj7wpNuYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c795dfdbc7e7103060f6a7067003bcb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)" border="0" //a Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia's foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus Tuesday for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad on the country's escalating violence./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-fete-giants-parade-broadway-080616110--spt.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2tSkuEPjXnJBF4UM1QgWrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fe9f8794bd2b7403060f6a70670078c4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, left, arrives with his NFL football team at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Newark, N.J. A day earlier, the Giants beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" align="left" title="New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, left, arrives with his NFL football team at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Newark, N.J. A day earlier, the Giants beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" border="0" //a The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/staff-removed-la-school-during-abuse-probe-085638310.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B.jg2n.GJmPYXxq6jKJhlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5dea01b2bcc27203060f6a7067004ed7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ivis Urbina, right, with her granddaughter Alexa Agillon, 6, protest with others outside Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" align="left" title="Ivis Urbina, right, with her granddaughter Alexa Agillon, 6, protest with others outside Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" //a The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/autopsy-kids-killed-wa-suffered-hatchet-wounds-083040308.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kZ2H69e9DrYi8tfIZFw8ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/957d4f82bddd7703060f6a706700b0db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by Chuck and Judy Cox, Chuck Cox sits with his grandsons, Charlie, left, and Braden, right, at the Coxes home in Pullayup, Wash. Charlie and Braden were killed along with their father, Josh Powell, on Sunday in what police said was an intentional fire set by Powell. Chuck Cox is the father of Powell's wife, Susan, who has been missing since 2009. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chuck and Judy Cox)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by Chuck and Judy Cox, Chuck Cox sits with his grandsons, Charlie, left, and Braden, right, at the Coxes home in Pullayup, Wash. Charlie and Braden were killed along with their father, Josh Powell, on Sunday in what police said was an intentional fire set by Powell. Chuck Cox is the father of Powell's wife, Susan, who has been missing since 2009. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chuck and Judy Cox)" border="0" //a Josh Powell painted himself as a tortured man, ridiculed without reason in the disappearance of his wife, steadfastly insisting he was innocent until the end./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/oregon-copter-pilot-knack-finding-lost-081524750.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S7BDT8hZw9XmLku2LKTvHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b100c639b90b6103060f6a7067006d11.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dan Conne carries two of his dogs out of the Curry County animal shelter in Gold Beach, Ore., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 where they were cared for while he, his wife and son spent six nights lost in the forest of southwestern Oregon. The Connes were rescued Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" align="left" title="Dan Conne carries two of his dogs out of the Curry County animal shelter in Gold Beach, Ore., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 where they were cared for while he, his wife and son spent six nights lost in the forest of southwestern Oregon. The Connes were rescued Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0" //a A few years ago, John Rachor painted his helicopter orange and yellow, so it would be easier to spot if he ever crashed and became the target of a search and rescue operation in the rugged forests of southwestern Oregon./pbr clear="all"/

The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/xstrata-glencore-agree-90-billion-merger-071840823.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CzryIsEV3_drhV__k1NdkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-07T074946Z_5_BTRE8150VJN00_RTROPTP_2_GLENCORE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Special Report GLENCORE/" align="left" title="To match Special Report GLENCORE/" border="0" //aLONDON (Reuters) - Glencore and Xstrata agreed an all-share merger worth $90 billion on Tuesday in the industry's largest ever deal, creating a commodities powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and trading. Glencore, the world's largest diversified commodities trading house, will issue 2.8 new shares for each Xstrata share in a deal they said was a "merger of equals." The ratio is a 15.2 percent premium to Xstrata shareholders compared with its share price last Wednesday before word leaked out about the merger talks, a joint statement said. .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/bp-preparing-vigorously-oil-spill-lawsuits-074017024.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LJ7vd9fSaiykdIahd.eLzw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-07T074017Z_1_BTRE8160LC100_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-BP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Aerial photograph shows continuing preparations to drill a relief well at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico" align="left" title="Aerial photograph shows continuing preparations to drill a relief well at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico" border="0" //aLONDON (Reuters) - BP said it was preparing "vigorously" for lawsuits related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which are due to start later this month, as it unveiled a rise in fourth quarter earnings on the back of higher oil prices. Chief Executive Bob Dudley said BP was ready to settle on "fair and reasonable terms" but added he was also ready to fight. .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/toyota-q3-profit-rises-51-percent-raises-forecasts-062038263.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9RgFpbMR_RNHPlJARcreAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-07T063106Z_1_BTRE8160HMU00_RTROPTP_2_AUTOSHOW.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A 2013 Toyota Prius V hybrid is displayed on the final press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit" align="left" title="A 2013 Toyota Prius V hybrid is displayed on the final press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit" border="0" //aTOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly operating profit and raised its annual forecast on cost cuts and Japanese government subsidies, though this is still some way below analysts' expectations. Widespread floods in Thailand late last year battered Toyota just as it was recovering from production lost to the earthquake in Japan in March. The floods cost Toyota 240,000 vehicles in lost output worldwide, dragging 2011 global sales down by 6 percent and allowing General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG to overtake it in global vehicle sales. .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-looks-squelch-santorums-rise-072654856.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4wjOYB4T75uclZNLM0wDhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c0ea250cd3567c03060f6a706700c0ea.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Cable Center in Denver, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Cable Center in Denver, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" //a Mitt Romney hopes his presidential campaign hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's aggressive attacks for too long, as caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday could reshuffle the race for the Republican presidential nomination./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-enters-musical-heights-carnegie-hall-064733674.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ayC_jJTKd1_CjC5wHPL94Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1352e27d38c7d03060f6a706700c738.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Rapper Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, performs on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Ticket sales from the Carnegie Hall shows will benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation and the United Way of New York. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)" align="left" title="Rapper Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, performs on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Ticket sales from the Carnegie Hall shows will benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation and the United Way of New York. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)" border="0" //a As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-sanctions-iran-aim-head-off-israel-064342664.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F3i1TYrRo0_8TSuC0idlkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70d9715da2de5a03060f6a70670098b8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)" align="left" title="FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)" border="0" //a Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for sanctions to work./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/staff-removed-during-probe-la-school-051933080.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UjxLMYV9RwrL4VJLuATMEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/66143c02bd147403060f6a706700c31b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" align="left" title="Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" //a The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night./pbr clear="all"/

You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"?

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/official-faculty-removed-la-school-035628689.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UjxLMYV9RwrL4VJLuATMEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/66143c02bd147403060f6a706700c31b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" align="left" title="Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" //aThe entire faculty at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent told parents Monday./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/autopsies-powell-boys-suffered-chop-injuries-031641192.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mGAPgsPvPQbvPxqmxhlH1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c1f82cb9bd6b7503060f6a7067005a1a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, Josh Powell plays with his son Braden in a park near his home, in Puyallup, Wash. Powell had long been a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance from their home in West Valley City, Utah, two years ago. When Powell's two sons arrived Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, for a court-ordered, supervised child custody visit with their father, Powell barred a social worker from entering and then torched the house. All three died. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" align="left" title="In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, Josh Powell plays with his son Braden in a park near his home, in Puyallup, Wash. Powell had long been a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance from their home in West Valley City, Utah, two years ago. When Powell's two sons arrived Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, for a court-ordered, supervised child custody visit with their father, Powell barred a social worker from entering and then torched the house. All three died. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" //a Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/greece-wrangling-tempers-market-momentum-rba-holds-rates-040312882.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9BZ5y5.WF9gSeZiTvsfIKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-07T040548Z_7_BTRE8150G6800_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-JAPAN-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passers-by walk in front of a stock quotation board in Tokyo" align="left" title="Passers-by walk in front of a stock quotation board in Tokyo" border="0" //aTOKYO (Reuters) - Markets edged down on Tuesday as Greek resistance to the strict conditions attached to a bailout fund sapped recent momentum spurred by hopes the global economy is improving, and the euro eased on renewed fears of a messy debt default. The Australian dollar leapt to a six-month high but stocks turned negative after the central bank held rates steady at a review. Markets had positioned for a rate cut. .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-campaign-takes-aim-rival-santorum-024602718.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MpBLY1cdUhIiugG3IGDWtA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-07T032303Z_1_BTRE81609EI00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate Romney pauses while speaking at a packed campaign event in Centennial" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate Romney pauses while speaking at a packed campaign event in Centennial" border="0" //aCENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off the former senator's surge in two of three states with nominating contests this week. Coming off a runaway victory in Nevada on Saturday, Romney hopes to cement his front-runner status in caucuses and primaries in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday - the next battlegrounds in the state-by-state fight to pick a Republican challenger to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. .../pbr clear="all"/