Yahoo news headlines 12.29 pm eastern time
--Obama makes clear support for ground zero mosque (AP)
AP - After skirting the controversy for weeks, President Barack Obama is weighing in forcefully on the mosque near ground zero, saying a nation built on religious freedom must allow it.
--8 shot outside Buffalo, NY, restaurant; 4 killed (AP)
--Obama claims GOP trying to destroy Social Security (AP)
--Afghan, NATO troops pursue Haqqani fighters (AP)
--Gunmen kill 5 in Baghdad checkpoint shootings (AP)
--Will Medicare checks in the mail help Democrats? (AP)
Buzz
--Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site | 70 Votes
--High-Profile Exits: Buzz Week in Review | 222 Votes
--16 Classic Movie Posters You’ve Probably Never Seen | 147 Votes
--Hael To Chael | 127 Votes
--A look at School Grants in USA | 131 Votes
--12 Hilarious and Crazy Radar Stories | 82 Votes
Local news (Phoenix, Arizona)
--Bashas' stays afloat as judge OKs debt plan (The Arizona Republic)
--Startup crime-prevention program helping cash-strapped cities (The Arizona Republic)
--Phoenix police round up 4 suspects in series of aggravated assaults (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
--Lesson in gun safety takes deadly turn of events in Mesa (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
-- Seized: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital (Phoenix New Times)
--Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 12, 2010 (Phoenix New Times)
Entertainment News
--Doctor: Anna Nicole Smith medication 'overkill' (AP)
AP - A hospital psychiatrist testified Friday that medication given to Anna Nicole Smith by a doctor now on trial was "overkill" for the kind of pain she was describing.
--Publicist says Gabor returns to hospital (AP)
--Redmond O'Neal completes drug diversion program (AP)
--Cast doesn't find much 'Trust' in dark comedy (AP)
--Lindsay Lohan's mother says actress will move East (AP)
--Richie Hayward, co-founder of Little Feat, dies (AP)
Sports News
--Furyk pushes for lead as PGA resumes (AP)
--Braves 3B Jones to try comeback in 2011 (AP)
--Michigan to meet NCAA over allegations (AP)
--Giants acquire OF Guillen from Royals (AP)
--Mets' Dickey 1-hits Phillies in 1-0 win (AP)
--Merriman ends holdout, signs tender (AP)
World News
--Afghan, NATO troops pursue Haqqani fighters (AP)
AP - More than 20 insurgents including Arab, Chechen and Pakistani fighters have been killed by NATO and Afghan forces who are ramping up operations in the east against a Taliban faction linked to al-Qaida, the international coalition said Saturday.
--Cholera strikes amid Pakistani flood disaster (AP)
--WikiLeaks says it won't be threatened by Pentagon (AP)
--Aid workers warn of famine disaster in Niger (AP)
--Sudan Referendum commission calls for vote delay (AP)
--Four E.U. Nations Stoke Fears of an Immigrant Flood (Time.com)
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