http://news.yamour.com Frontpage Sports News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1058049/Skater-Joubert-of-France-wins-NHK-Trophy.html NAGANO, Japan (AP) -- Brian Joubert of France won the NHK Trophy on Saturday, earning his first Grand Prix title of the season with a strong performance in the free skate.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1058048/ITF-confirms-1-year-ban-for-Wickmayer--Malisse.html LONDON (AP) -- The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1058047/West-Africa-s-last-giraffes-make-surprise-comeback.html KOURE, Niger (AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057963/Lock-and-roll--Presley-s-hair-for-sale-at-auction.html LONDON (AP) -- A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057962/Prized-mushroom-collection-returns-to-China.html BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057961/Guard-arrested-for-torture-in-Tijuana-prison-riots.html TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057960/Britain-gives-impetus-to-global-tax-on-banks-------Reuters--.html Reuters - World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057854/Prized-mushroom-collection-returns-to-China.html BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057853/Obama-to-meet-Myanmar--other-ASEAN-leaders.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057852/US--More-foreign-troops-certain-in-new-Afghan-plan.html BRUSSELS (AP) -- A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057787/Another-attack-leaves-US-Muslims-fearing-backlash.html As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057729/Pakistan-s-fashionistas-defy-Taliban.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057728/Venezuelans-struggling-with-water-shortages.html FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela (AP) -- While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057727/Pakistan-s-fashionistas-defy-Taliban.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057656/LeBron-gets-33-in-only-MSG-visit--Cavs-beat-Knicks.html NEW YORK (AP) -- LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057655/No--5-Boise-State-survives-Louisiana-Tech-45-35.html RUSTON, La. (AP) -- Just when Boise State looked vulnerable, Kellen Moore and the Broncos quickly reminded a national television audience why they've been unbeatable.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057654/Police--LA-celebrity-burglaries-led-by-19-year-old.html LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057653/Seattle-team-wins--900-000-in-Space-Elevator-Games.html LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated - and rewarding.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057652/Sea-lions-killed--but-Columbia-salmon-toll-rises.html Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057651/No--5-Boise-State-survives-Louisiana-Tech-45-35.html RUSTON, La. (AP) -- Just when Boise State looked vulnerable, Kellen Moore and the Broncos quickly reminded a national television audience why they've been unbeatable.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057650/Tens-of-thousands-of-homes-flooded-in-Mexico.html VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) -- A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057649/Cuban-blogger-says-she-is-briefly-detained.html HAVANA (AP) -- A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057648/Unique-homecoming-to-Vietnam-for-US-commander.html DANANG, Vietnam (AP) -- On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years , he makes an unlikely homecoming - as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057572/Authorities-say-man-stole-car-to-face-theft-charge.html VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057571/Yanks--Damon-wants-to-return--will-explore-options.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Damon soaked it all in as he shared a float with first-timers Nick Swisher and Jerry Hairston Jr. for the New York Yankees' championship parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Friday. The whole scene made him a little wistful.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057481/Authorities-say-man-stole-car-to-face-theft-charge.html VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057480/LeBron--No-timetable-for-free-agency-decision.html NEW YORK (AP) -- LeBron James thinks his present is too good to spend time worrying about his future.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057479/Freddie-Mac-loses--6-3B-in-3Q-------AP--.html AP - Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057478/U-S--regulators-close-Gateway-Bank--Prosperan-Bank-------Reuters--.html Reuters - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057477/Freddie-Mac-posts--5-billion-loss-------Reuters--.html Reuters - Freddie Mac , the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a prolonged deterioration in housing. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057476/Stocks-eye-retailers-as-jobless-ranks-swell-------Reuters--.html Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057333/Yanks--Damon-wants-to-return--will-explore-options.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Damon soaked it all in as he shared a float with first-timers Nick Swisher and Jerry Hairston Jr. for the New York Yankees' championship parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Friday. The whole scene made him a little wistful.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057332/Stepfather-convicted-in-death-of--Baby-Grace-.html GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A Southeast Texas man was convicted Friday of capital murder in the 2007 beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter whose battered body was found in a container floating in Galveston Bay.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057331/Computers--records-seized-at-ACORN-offices-in-La-.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057330/NZ-lawmaker-sculpted-in-cow-manure.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057329/France-hunts-for-security-driver-in-big-bank-heist.html PARIS (AP) -- French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057328/Davis-wins-World-Cup-1-000-in-course-record.html BERLIN (AP) -- Shani Davis of the United States shattered the course record in winning the 1,000-meter race at the season-opening speedskating World Cup on Friday.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057327/Dale-Jr---Nothing-new--but-Patrick-good-for-NASCAR.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IRL star joining his team.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057326/Long-shots-come-home-on-Day-1-of-Breeders--Cup.html ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Long shots ruled on Friday's opening day of the Breeders' Cup, with American horses winning three races and European horses winning two.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057325/Abbas--move-reflects-deep-Palestinian-despair.html JERUSALEM (AP) -- By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057324/Freddie-Mac-loses--6-3B-in-3Q-------AP--.html AP - Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057323/How-the-major-stock-indexes-fared-on-Friday-------AP--.html AP - Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057322/Freddie-Mac-posts--5-billion-loss-------Reuters--.html Reuters - Freddie Mac , the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, said on Friday it lost $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would require further support from the Treasury amid a prolonged deterioration in housing. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057321/Berkshire-Hathaway-s-net-income-triples-------Reuters--.html Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057320/U-S--closes-Home-Federal-Savings-in-Detroit-------Reuters--.html Reuters - Bank regulators closed Home Federal Savings Bank, of Detroit, on Friday, the 117th U.S. bank to fail this year as deteriorating loans continue to take their toll on financial institutions. Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057205/Fla--cops--Wife-faked-own-abduction-to-scam-hubby.html PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057204/Wyoming-hunter-bags-deer--then-hungry-lion.html SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) -- Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. Because the light was fading, he decided to return the next day to recover the deer. But when he returned Wednesday morning, the carcass had been covered by grass and bush - which is what mountain lions typically do.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057203/Developer--Proposed-wind-farm-site-is-too-windy.html RUMFORD, Maine (AP) -- A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines. First Wind's Matthew Kearns told a public meeting in Rumford on Thursday that its proposed Longfellow wind farm on Black Mountain and North and South Twin mountains may not be viable.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057202/Pa--prostitution-case-tossed-over-gov-t-funded-sex.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An appeals court has ruled that state police botched an eastern Pennsylvania prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.... Yamour News - News - Headline News http://news.yamour.com/breaking_news_journal/1057201/Twins-get-SS-Hardy--Brewers-get-OF-Gomez.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process.... Yamour News - News - Headline News