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All rights reservedThu, 18 Jul 2013 08:01:41 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steadily-improving-mandela-celebrates-95th-birthday-065251492.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S9e_vbwmFp_xZm1GAB.OzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T120141Z_1_AJOE96H0XEU00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-MANDELA-20130718.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Peroshni Govender PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was &quot;steadily improving&quot; from a six-week lung infection. The country has been on edge since the former president and father of the multi-racial &#039;Rainbow Nation&#039; established at the end of apartheid in 1994 was admitted to hospital on June 8 with recurring lung problems that kept him in a critical condition. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/steadily-improving-mandela-celebrates-95th-birthday-065251492.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 08:01:41 -0400Reuterssteadily-improving-mandela-celebrates-95th-birthday-065251492<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steadily-improving-mandela-celebrates-95th-birthday-065251492.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S9e_vbwmFp_xZm1GAB.OzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T120141Z_1_AJOE96H0XEU00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-MANDELA-20130718.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Peroshni Govender PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was &quot;steadily improving&quot; from a six-week lung infection. The country has been on edge since the former president and father of the multi-racial &#039;Rainbow Nation&#039; established at the end of apartheid in 1994 was admitted to hospital on June 8 with recurring lung problems that kept him in a critical condition. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/sandusky-name-change-155725805.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MJZao_bS1GSpoSsO7BF6zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/499b382607c9ed18370f6a7067008253.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" border="0" /></a>An adopted son of disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has filed papers to have his name and the names of his family changed. Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky&#039;s six adopted children, filed a formal name change request in Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, a little over a [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/sandusky-name-change-155725805.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:57:25 -0400blogs/news/sandusky-name-change-155725805<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/sandusky-name-change-155725805.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MJZao_bS1GSpoSsO7BF6zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/499b382607c9ed18370f6a7067008253.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky filed papers Tuesday July 16, 2013 in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Though the documents are sealed, they show he filed for a name change, along with his wife and four children. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" border="0" /></a>An adopted son of disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has filed papers to have his name and the names of his family changed. Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky&#039;s six adopted children, filed a formal name change request in Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, a little over a [...]</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-day-celebrations-around-world-162239634.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6NBEHB8xM1AUZiTw9QRqiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/58636f51084cef18370f6a706700eaa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An electronic billboard announces Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday in New York&#039;s Times Square, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Mandela&#039;s birthday 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/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="An electronic billboard announces Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday in New York&#039;s Times Square, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Mandela&#039;s birthday 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/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The world is celebrating Nelson Mandela Day with acts of community service and messages of goodwill to the former South African president who remains hospitalized on his 95th birthday. Here are some of the international events:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-day-celebrations-around-world-162239634.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:21:56 -0400Associated Pressmandela-day-celebrations-around-world-162239634<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-day-celebrations-around-world-162239634.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6NBEHB8xM1AUZiTw9QRqiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/58636f51084cef18370f6a706700eaa9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An electronic billboard announces Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday in New York&#039;s Times Square, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Mandela&#039;s birthday 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/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="An electronic billboard announces Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday in New York&#039;s Times Square, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Mandela&#039;s birthday 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/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The world is celebrating Nelson Mandela Day with acts of community service and messages of goodwill to the former South African president who remains hospitalized on his 95th birthday. Here are some of the international events:</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGD7zMQ7xPtYyLqycTlmdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/6837633d-f4f3-4875-8bfb-f7cecc76eb7e_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" align="left" title="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" border="0" /></a>Nelson Mandela turns 95 on Thursday. Yahoo asked readers and Mandela admirers to offer reflections, appreciations and birthday wishes ? each in 95 words or fewer. Here are several we received this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 07:39:14 -0400nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nelson-mandela-birthday-celebrating-forgiveness-145642297.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cGD7zMQ7xPtYyLqycTlmdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/6837633d-f4f3-4875-8bfb-f7cecc76eb7e_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" align="left" title="Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th Birthday exclusives for Yahoo!" border="0" /></a>Nelson Mandela turns 95 on Thursday. Yahoo asked readers and Mandela admirers to offer reflections, appreciations and birthday wishes ? each in 95 words or fewer. Here are several we received this week.</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/1.2/2sTc6HYs1j3qeZiR.fBS0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/ed8bc172-20d2-42b2-a519-8adf4b2f35a2_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" align="left" title="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" border="0" /></a>A birthday cake waits to be cut and served at the ANC tree planted ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township. The ANC hosted a tree planting ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township for Mandela Day on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 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 09:40:05 -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/1.2/2sTc6HYs1j3qeZiR.fBS0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-18/ed8bc172-20d2-42b2-a519-8adf4b2f35a2_Mandela_Day_Charlie_Shoemaker-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" align="left" title="Exclusive: Mandela&#039;s 95th in photos" border="0" /></a>A birthday cake waits to be cut and served at the ANC tree planted ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township. The ANC hosted a tree planting ceremony at Thokoza Park in Soweto Township for Mandela Day on July 18, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 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"/>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the state's clinics that provide the procedure, a final step for the Republican-backed measure that has caused weeks of sometimes raucous protests at the Capitol.http://news.yahoo.com/perry-signs-sweeping-texas-abortion-restrictions-170013000.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:00:26 -0400Associated Pressperry-signs-sweeping-texas-abortion-restrictions-170013000<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-steadily-improving-95th-birthday-050940812.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mRlenXAQgowW2K8SuLPjZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/043a6f29066be718370f6a706700b6da.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A portrait representing former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed on the windows of a building as lights inside the building reflect in downtown Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday 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/Schalk van Zuydam)" align="left" title="A portrait representing former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed on the windows of a building as lights inside the building reflect in downtown Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday 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/Schalk van Zuydam)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? 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.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-steadily-improving-95th-birthday-050940812.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 08:11:35 -0400Associated Pressmandela-steadily-improving-95th-birthday-050940812<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-steadily-improving-95th-birthday-050940812.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mRlenXAQgowW2K8SuLPjZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/043a6f29066be718370f6a706700b6da.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A portrait representing former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed on the windows of a building as lights inside the building reflect in downtown Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday 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/Schalk van Zuydam)" align="left" title="A portrait representing former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed on the windows of a building as lights inside the building reflect in downtown Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday 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/Schalk van Zuydam)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? 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.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? U.K. air accident investigators recommended Thursday that aviation authorities temporarily disable a Honeywell emergency transmitter on all Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a fire last week at London's Heathrow Airport.http://news.yahoo.com/uk-investigators-disable-locator-beacon-787s-153035978.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:18:53 -0400Associated Pressuk-investigators-disable-locator-beacon-787s-153035978<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian opposition leader and Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison, a harsh ruling his supporters called an obvious attempt to shut down a foe of President Vladimir Putin and intimidate other opposition activists.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:54:00 -0400Associated Pressrussian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-leader-sentenced-5-years-084213369.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian opposition leader and Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison, a harsh ruling his supporters called an obvious attempt to shut down a foe of President Vladimir Putin and intimidate other opposition activists.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5SOdZV51LHyv25VDNTCoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a90ceafae9e8da17370f6a706700887f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) ? Dell has delayed Thursday&#039;s vote on founder Michael Dell&#039;s plan to take the slumping computer maker private in a sign the board needs more time to rally support.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:47:37 -0400Associated Pressdell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dell-delays-vote-buyout-sign-lacks-support-131703626.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5SOdZV51LHyv25VDNTCoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a90ceafae9e8da17370f6a706700887f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Dell CEO Michael Dell smiles at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Dell Inc. is making a late push to win shareholder support for founder Michael Dell?s plan to take the slumping computer maker private, an indication that the scheduled vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, could be close. Supporters of the $24.4 billion buyout believe Dell Inc. stands a better chance of turning around if it can make long-term strategic decisions without worrying about meeting Wall Street?s quarter-to-quarter expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) ? Dell has delayed Thursday&#039;s vote on founder Michael Dell&#039;s plan to take the slumping computer maker private in a sign the board needs more time to rally support.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OKEDTewkA05bIULM.Tuw6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1af1840808ee18370f6a706700f685.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Netflix&#039;s &quot;House of Cards&quot; made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television&#039;s leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:49:08 -0400Associated Pressonline-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/online-series-house-cards-makes-emmy-history-124950469.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OKEDTewkA05bIULM.Tuw6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a1af1840808ee18370f6a706700f685.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actors Aaron Paul, left, and Neil Patrick Harris announce nominations at the 65th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Netflix&#039;s &quot;House of Cards&quot; made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television&#039;s leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/769SRuThM_GcEnrdUc0U3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/388a2657064ee618370f6a7067009ad7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:45:08 -0400Associated Presscooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cooks-recount-horror-indian-school-lunch-deaths-112415613.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/769SRuThM_GcEnrdUc0U3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/388a2657064ee618370f6a7067009ad7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian woman sits beside a child who fell sick after eating a free school lunch, at a hospital in Patna, India, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Indian officials say at least 22 children have died and more than two dozen others were sickened after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide. India&#039;s midday meal scheme is one of the world&#039;s biggest school nutrition programs, covering some 120 million school children. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? Soon after they served the daily free lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realized something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.</p><br clear="all"/>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the clinics in the state.http://news.yahoo.com/gov-perry-signs-sweeping-abortion-restrictions-145931464.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:11:10 -0400Associated Pressgov-perry-signs-sweeping-abortion-restrictions-145931464<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutors-ask-free-russian-opposition-leader-162930385.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian prosecutors says they have asked that opposition leader Alexei Navalny be freed pending appeal after he was sentenced to five years in prison on embezzlement charges, a decision the West criticized as politically driven.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutors-ask-free-russian-opposition-leader-162930385.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:29:30 -0400Associated Pressprosecutors-ask-free-russian-opposition-leader-162930385<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutors-ask-free-russian-opposition-leader-162930385.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIwupzOIoJaPHoZlogKdgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b2967540644e618370f6a70670050bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" align="left" title="Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles as he listens to judge in a court in Kirov, Russia on Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Russian judge on Thursday found Navalny guilty of embezzlement, a finding that could bring the charismatic anti-corruption blogger and Moscow mayoral candidate up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)" border="0" /></a>KIROV, Russia (AP) ? Russian prosecutors says they have asked that opposition leader Alexei Navalny be freed pending appeal after he was sentenced to five years in prison on embezzlement charges, a decision the West criticized as politically driven.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artists-celebrate-mandela-paintings-093546862.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sIg8uqTO7Ta9QhZf2nPqUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e24e551a06e3e918370f6a706700a29a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Many South African artists and graphic designers are celebrating Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday who remains hospitalized as hit condition improves Thursday July 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Many South African artists and graphic designers are celebrating Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday who remains hospitalized as hit condition improves Thursday July 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? With giant portraits of Nelson Mandela and colorful posters, South African artists are celebrating the 95th birthday Thursday of the anti-apartheid leader, who remains hospitalized although his condition has improved.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/artists-celebrate-mandela-paintings-093546862.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:35:21 -0400Associated Pressartists-celebrate-mandela-paintings-093546862<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artists-celebrate-mandela-paintings-093546862.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sIg8uqTO7Ta9QhZf2nPqUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e24e551a06e3e918370f6a706700a29a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Many South African artists and graphic designers are celebrating Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday who remains hospitalized as hit condition improves Thursday July 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Many South African artists and graphic designers are celebrating Nelson Mandela&#039;s 95th birthday who remains hospitalized as hit condition improves Thursday July 18, 2013.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? With giant portraits of Nelson Mandela and colorful posters, South African artists are celebrating the 95th birthday Thursday of the anti-apartheid leader, who remains hospitalized although his condition has improved.</p><br clear="all"/>MIAMI (AP) ? Trayvon Martin's parents made appearances on network morning shows Thursday, saying they are still shocked that jurors acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of their 17-year-old son.http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martins-parents-shocked-verdict-120011034.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:02:57 -0400Associated Presstrayvon-martins-parents-shocked-verdict-120011034<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/deE5g1xkXakIOUJb4DrM2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1710a0d0708e918370f6a706700ac29.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? By the time you&#039;re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:25:33 -0400Associated Presswheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wheres-royal-baby-kate-overdue-102611020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/deE5g1xkXakIOUJb4DrM2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1710a0d0708e918370f6a706700ac29.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo royal supporter Margaret Tyler displays balloons for the media in front of the Lindo Wing at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London. By the time you?re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. As Britain?s Prince William and his wife, Kate, await the birth of their first child _ and the next heir to the English throne _ some are convinced the royal due date has already passed, even though the Palace has not given an exact date. Many in the British media predicted the baby would be born last week and the Prince himself is now on official leave. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? By the time you&#039;re reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks.</p><br clear="all"/>

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