Aug 17, 2010, Tuesday, Yahoo News Headlines

Yahoo news headlines 10.35 am eastern time

Top stories
--Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61 (AP)
AP - A suicide bomber sat for hours Tuesday among hundreds of army recruits before detonating nail-packed explosives strapped to his body, killing 61 people and casting new doubt on the ability of Iraqi forces as U.S. troops head home.
--AP Exclusive: Terrorist tapes found under CIA desk (AP)
--SC police: Mom killed children before sinking car (AP)
--UN says millions without help in Pakistan floods (AP)
--Housing construction rises 1.7 percent in July (AP)
--Calif. gays must wait to wed during Prop 8 appeal (AP)

Buzz
--Seven Great Guerrilla Marketing Campaigns | 0 Votes
--Get the Edge on Bejeweled Blitz! | 0 Votes
--Roberts laments 'power grab' by Obama administration, Congress | 0 Votes
--Early Show, Today Show, Good Day L.A. | 0 Votes
--Facebook "Dislike" Button Is a Scam | 0 Votes
--Harper signs with Nats for almost $10 million | 0 Votes

Local News (Pheonix, AZ)
--New seat belt rules proposed for tour buses (The Arizona Republic)
--Arizona's illegal immigrants can easily avoid E-verify system (The Arizona Republic)
--1 killed in Phoenix home invasion, 2 suspects on the loose (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
-- Drummer of anti-Meth band in Mesa stabbed in the neck (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)
[The final two headlines never, ever change...]

Entertainment
--After overdose, Fantasia back to promoting new CD (AP)
AP - A week after an overdose, Fantasia is back to promoting her new album.
--Auction-goers vie for a piece of Hollywood history (AP)
--Erykah Badu gets fine, probation for Dallas strip (AP)
--Mamet-speak: eggs, coffee, the talking walrus (AP)
--Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting (AP)
--Angelina Jolie urges aid for flood-hit Pakistan (AP)

Sports
--KRod out for season, hurt hand in fight (AP) [actually he hurt it attacking his father in law, and will be up on charges for assault in September]
--Giants' Manning gets 12 stitches in head (AP)
--Anelka suspended 18 matches for Cup rant (AP)
--Cards WR Fitzgerald has sprained knee (AP)
--Pavin: Woods high on list for Ryder Cup (AP)

World News
--same as top story
--UN says millions without help in Pakistan floods (AP)
--4th baby dies in Romanian hospital blaze (AP)
--Afghan presidential decree bans security firms (AP)
--Wounded buffalo kills Zimbabwean conservationist (AP)
--Kosovo Begins to Find an Independent National Identity (Time.com)


--Nats, Harper agree to $9.9M, 5-year deal (AP)