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[h=4]The Short List: Crowds cheer #PopeInDC; sad goodbye to Yogi Berra; sing 'Happy Birthday' like you wrote it[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed on the pope's big visit, Yogi Berra's passing and the court ruling about 'Happy Birthday.'
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Pope Francis greets people from the popemobile on Constitution Avenue after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Sept. 23, 2015. L01(Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo, European Press Agency)
Washington<span style="color: Red;">*</span>gives Pope Francis a big hug
Pope Francis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>waved to a cheering crowd, embraced children and basked in the pageantry of a city that essentially shut down to welcome him Wednesday. He talked to President Obama (topic: climate change). He zipped around among the masses in a glass-enclosed Jeep. He led Mass.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pope fever is officially sweeping America.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>If you only read one story about the pope today, we recommend this one. A Phoenix family says that Francis held their baby during a visit to the Vatican last year, and he literally healed the holes her tiny heart. (Pass the tissues, please. We have something in our eye.) The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>pope isn't done yet: His schedule is still packed. Coming up Thursday: A historic address to Congress.
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"The pope healed our baby's heart." Lynn Cassidy has no other words to explain what happened to her 3-month-old daughter Ave after the baby was held by Pope Francis. VPC
'Always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise, they won’t come to yours.'
Call them Yogi-isms or Berra-isms.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Either way, these famous and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>funny quotes made Yogi Berra not just the greatest catcher to ever play the game, but a linguistical legend. Berra transcended baseball, so when he died Tuesday night at the age of 90 it wasn't just the sports world that mourned. We all did. The Yankees great<span style="color: Red;">*</span>showed his character on the field and off: He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>befriended<span style="color: Red;">*</span>minority players when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Before that, he<span style="color: Red;">*</span>volunteered<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for the Navy and fought<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the Battle of Normandy. He's a baseball Hall of Famer who also received a Purple Heart and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>He was a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>national treasure, smiling in pinstripes.
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R.I.P. Yogi Berra USA TODAY Sports
Take a break from actual politics to enjoy these fascinating and creepy manipulated photos of the contenders
By 2025, Sen. Marco Rubio would look like a heavy-set man with graying hair but still sporting a boyish grin.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jeb Bush would emerge looking younger than brother<span style="color: Red;">*</span>George, but a bit grayer than his father did.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>That’s the way an artist is depicting the would-be presidents after two terms in the most stressful job on the planet.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“It’s art based on scientific principles,” said Emanuel Craciunescu of photo manipulation firm, Phojoe.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>company used age-progression technology on photos of 11 GOP presidential candidates, the two leading Democratic candidates and potential candidate Vice President Biden.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Check out the images here. And remember to check back in 2025.
VW CEO resigns as stink over emissions deception spreads
We saw this coming even through the cloud of scandal. Volkswagen's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>CEO is out.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“I am shocked by the events of the past few days," Martin Winterkorn said. (You can read his full statement<span style="color: Red;">*</span>here.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The short version of what led to his resignation:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The German automaker installed softwared that would cheat<span style="color: Red;">*</span>emissions tests,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which is bad news all the way around.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Buyers of Volkswagen diesels are among the most environmentally conscious motorists in the U.S., and they feel deceived. (They were.) And then there are<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the matters of a criminal probe, lawsuits and recalls, all of which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the next CEO will have to deal with. It's a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>crisis so deep that it could take years to unwind.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>And it leaves us wondering, do other carmakers cheat?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Probably not.
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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has resigned, just days after admitting that the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests. (Sept. 23) AP
Give your eyes a rest, try the audio version of The Short List!
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Hey, lawyers! 'Happy Birthday' belongs to all of us<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Oh, happy day! We can keep doing what we've been doing:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Singing Happy Birthday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>en masse, and off-key.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It's one of the most widely sung songs in history, and now a federal judge in California has ruled that the Happy Birthday to You<span style="color: Red;">*</span>song belongs in the public domain. The judge decided the decades-old copyright claim on the song<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a claim worth $2 million per year<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was invalid. Bring on the cake and presents!
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A federal judge has ruled the decades-old copyright claim on the song "Happy Birthday," a claim worth $2 million per year, is invalid.
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Today we bring you a glimpse of one man's astounding antique car collection.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Before Grant Quam<span style="color: Red;">*</span>died in 2007 at age 91, he had amassed 85 antique cars, among the most unusual and eclectic collection in Iowa. They hit the auction block this weekend.
1959 Chrysler 300E 2-door Hard Top. Rare car collection of the late Grant J. Quam to be auctioned Sept. 26th inBoone,Iowa, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Rachel Mummey/The Register)
Have you seen it?Meet Honest Gil Fulbright. He wants your vote.
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Paul Singer, Gregory Korte,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>David Jackson, Christine Rushton,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Chris Woodyard, Nathan Bomey, Jayne O'Donnell, Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY; Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports; Ted Berg, Nate Scott, Mike Foss, For the Win;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>James Call, the Tallahassee Democrat;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bryan West, KPNX, Phoenix
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