Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 Most Recommended en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds nm/20091120/us_peru_crime_odds Reuters odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3351667503.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aD224tSj4zKky25M8WXBCw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3351667503.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aD224tSj4zKky25M8WXBCw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll nm/20091120/us_obama_poll Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1117025656.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3o6d7RBXWeWPOG9XGIQtnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1117025656.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3o6d7RBXWeWPOG9XGIQtnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine ap/20091121/eu_sci_big_bang_machine AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.3dcb2cdcc9144648884a3eeba69eeadc.switzerland_big_bang_machine_fra103.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1dzijLMVVVBvfXI61yy3Jg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, a European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientist controls a computer screen showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its switch on operation at the Cern's press center near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.3dcb2cdcc9144648884a3eeba69eeadc.switzerland_big_bang_machine_fra103.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1dzijLMVVVBvfXI61yy3Jg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, a European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientist controls a computer screen showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its switch on operation at the Cern's press center near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyeuropecrimegamblingfblger afp/20091121/germanyeuropecrimegamblingfblger AFP sports Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:14:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyeuropecrimegamblingfblger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258765956276-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=M.6ecBOLD1PVWwIKaADBgg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A betting shop is pictured in Berlin. Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on November 20.(AFP/DDP/Philipp Guelland)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyeuropecrimegamblingfblger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258765956276-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=M.6ecBOLD1PVWwIKaADBgg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A betting shop is pictured in Berlin. Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on November 20.(AFP/DDP/Philipp Guelland)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_nuclear_iran_offer nm/20091120/us_nuclear_iran_offer Reuters topstories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_nuclear_iran_offer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1321472089.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1OZ5HfFuLgQHq11f4gNr.g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_nuclear_iran_offer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1321472089.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1OZ5HfFuLgQHq11f4gNr.g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091121/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:19:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.1c127a5ccf2740ae9c3b92d487a8ca5e.health_care_overhaul__dcmc107.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=TsXaYB14kZJrVT39Rrhv2A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., right, lifts copy of the Democratic health care reform bill, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.1c127a5ccf2740ae9c3b92d487a8ca5e.health_care_overhaul__dcmc107.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=TsXaYB14kZJrVT39Rrhv2A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., right, lifts copy of the Democratic health care reform bill, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_iran_analysis ap/20091120/us_us_iran_analysis AP opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:47:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_iran_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.5590bab6d1f44c479cf8f7cd3895fb15.iran_nuclear_gfx985.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=u14pXR4mysRIG4yE3EbuvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Map locates uranium enrichment plant in Iran" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_iran_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.5590bab6d1f44c479cf8f7cd3895fb15.iran_nuclear_gfx985.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=u14pXR4mysRIG4yE3EbuvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="photo" title="Map locates uranium enrichment plant in Iran" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091120/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258780585526-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=wrbCfooz4fFgc2_.dUoHoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)" border="0" /></a>AP - An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258780585526-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=wrbCfooz4fFgc2_.dUoHoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus ap/20091120/us_tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus AP entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.2c6b867e91f14260a35344fa143f21e6.tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus_varit101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=467qNGt.T1MuY0U4PDhedA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Authorites work on an overturned bus Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, in Dinwiddie, Va. One person was killed Friday when a tour bus belonging to entertainer Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old 'Hannah Montana' star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, ) MAGS OUT; NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.2c6b867e91f14260a35344fa143f21e6.tour_bus_crash_miley_cyrus_varit101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=467qNGt.T1MuY0U4PDhedA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Authorites work on an overturned bus Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, in Dinwiddie, Va. One person was killed Friday when a tour bus belonging to entertainer Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old 'Hannah Montana' star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, ) MAGS OUT; NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear ap/20091120/iran_nuclear AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.3f07a7b0f99243dc9d513eab29429401.iran_nuclear_ny122.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=fMikS.oxNgvVnuRr2oaalQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses the media in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.3f07a7b0f99243dc9d513eab29429401.iran_nuclear_ny122.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=fMikS.oxNgvVnuRr2oaalQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses the media in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_winfrey_show_ending ap/20091121/us_winfrey_show_ending AP health Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_winfrey_show_ending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.baeb046ba2dc47af83022a5ab419320f.winfrey_show_ending_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=L0PVXH6kKdHVysiad5PGlA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_winfrey_show_ending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.baeb046ba2dc47af83022a5ab419320f.winfrey_show_ending_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=L0PVXH6kKdHVysiad5PGlA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_wrong_way_driver_twice ap/20091121/us_odd_wrong_way_driver_twice AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT AP - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_blackwater_prosecution ap/20091121/us_blackwater_prosecution AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:38:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_blackwater_prosecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.03fd8656c4b44e84b84837f33b4526a7.iraq_blackwater_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pnvNQq5iBfdnkaQNNMwcZg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_blackwater_prosecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.03fd8656c4b44e84b84837f33b4526a7.iraq_blackwater_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pnvNQq5iBfdnkaQNNMwcZg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth space/20091120/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091116/i/r3995089993.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q9Fqyw1KYAqs3mafGwe_Dw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Astronaut Randy Bresnik blows a kiss to the camera as he prepares to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida November 16, 2009. Atlantis and its crew will perform three spacewalks, deliver two control moment gyroscopes, the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 and other equipment to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - It may be the mother lode of all bad timing: Atlantis shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck at the International Space Station, hundreds of miles from his pregnant wife Rebecca, who is expected to give birth to a baby girl as early as today.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091116/i/r3995089993.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q9Fqyw1KYAqs3mafGwe_Dw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Astronaut Randy Bresnik blows a kiss to the camera as he prepares to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida November 16, 2009. Atlantis and its crew will perform three spacewalks, deliver two control moment gyroscopes, the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 and other equipment to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/box_pacquiao_mayweather ap/20091120/box_pacquiao_mayweather AP sports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/box_pacquiao_mayweather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.d6fa86e3e0a94c4e91e680daaeee60dc.philippines_boxing_pacquiao_xbm116.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=hBIpllyd6jYHGCNQ2qa_iA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao shows his championship belts as he is conferred the Order of Sikatuna, one of the highest awards given to diplomats and state leaders, by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during ceremony Friday Nov. 20, 2009 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines. Pacquiao made history in world boxing for winning seven world titles in seven weight divisions after defeating Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in their WBO welterweight fight Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it's up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to see what they can do together.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/box_pacquiao_mayweather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.d6fa86e3e0a94c4e91e680daaeee60dc.philippines_boxing_pacquiao_xbm116.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=hBIpllyd6jYHGCNQ2qa_iA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao shows his championship belts as he is conferred the Order of Sikatuna, one of the highest awards given to diplomats and state leaders, by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during ceremony Friday Nov. 20, 2009 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines. Pacquiao made history in world boxing for winning seven world titles in seven weight divisions after defeating Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in their WBO welterweight fight Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_usa_obama nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_usa_obama Reuters topstories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:56 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gourmet_salvation ap/20091120/us_gourmet_salvation AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gourmet_salvation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.c4d74b2818c5468d998d27d7a8895f29.gourmet_salvation_nykw105.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=aB6xI8WSOYH5fOpNb1QKZw--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Great Performances catering captain Ken Bohlander, right, sampling the types of dishes that will be served on behalf of the Salvation Army on Thanksgiving Day in New York along with operations manager Josh Satterthwaite, left, and celebrity chef Marc Spooner. The catering company, one of New York's premier caterers, will prepare and serve the gourmet dinners at 10 community centers in New York City, Westchester and Long Island on Thanksgiving Day. Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving &mdash; meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gourmet_salvation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.c4d74b2818c5468d998d27d7a8895f29.gourmet_salvation_nykw105.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=aB6xI8WSOYH5fOpNb1QKZw--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Great Performances catering captain Ken Bohlander, right, sampling the types of dishes that will be served on behalf of the Salvation Army on Thanksgiving Day in New York along with operations manager Josh Satterthwaite, left, and celebrity chef Marc Spooner. The catering company, one of New York's premier caterers, will prepare and serve the gourmet dinners at 10 community centers in New York City, Westchester and Long Island on Thanksgiving Day. Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/attheendofthedaydiversityhasjumpedthesharkhorrifically ucac/20091120/attheendofthedaydiversityhasjumpedthesharkhorrifically Ann Coulter opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:43 GMT Ann Coulter - It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: "Our diversity ... is a strength." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saipan_shooting ap/20091121/us_saipan_shooting AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:28:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saipan_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.41b76e5604e64cd3bee61b2f88654904.saipan_shooting_sel801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=soM5LpsjA1YqivoBRo6X7Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, and wounding eight others, a South Korean official said Friday. (AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap)" border="0" /></a>AP - The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_saipan_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.41b76e5604e64cd3bee61b2f88654904.saipan_shooting_sel801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=soM5LpsjA1YqivoBRo6X7Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, and wounding eight others, a South Korean official said Friday. (AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_newmoon nm/20091120/us_newmoon Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:12 GMT Reuters - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.