Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 Most Recommended en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/59653 nf/20080508/59653 NewsFactor Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:39 GMT NewsFactor - Cybercriminals collect a treasure trove of data from Web surfers whose computers are infected with Trojans. That's all-too-common news these days, but a recent case shows that the problem is getting worse. Finjan Inc., which makes secure Web gateway products, discovered a server in Malaysia being used by hackers to store more than 1.4 gigabytes of stolen data. What surprised the Finjan researchers was that the data was stolen from businesses as well as individuals -- and it was amassed in just three weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_arnold ap/20080508/obit_arnold AP Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_arnold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.08a4e1d31f734605a31ff15727ec5465.obit_arnold_ny118.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=T2caL1SAfFTvEuiwlJK7cg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="** In this Jan. 18, 2002 file photo, country music legend Eddy Arnold is shown in his memorabilia-filled office in Brentwood, Tenn. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning May 8, 2008. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_arnold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.08a4e1d31f734605a31ff15727ec5465.obit_arnold_ny118.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=T2caL1SAfFTvEuiwlJK7cg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="** In this Jan. 18, 2002 file photo, country music legend Eddy Arnold is shown in his memorabilia-filled office in Brentwood, Tenn. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning May 8, 2008. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/myanmarweathercyclone afp/20080509/myanmarweathercyclone AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 10:01:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy40.090508115834.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MOpFjTQ6P__nA17t.CGVAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Myanmar people beg for food from passing motorists in Bogalay, Irrawaddy region of Myanmar. Myanmar says it is not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Myanmar said Friday it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy40.090508115834.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MOpFjTQ6P__nA17t.CGVAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Myanmar people beg for food from passing motorists in Bogalay, Irrawaddy region of Myanmar. Myanmar says it is not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors.(AFP/Khin Maung Win)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_oldest_gorilla ap/20080509/odd_oldest_gorilla AP Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_oldest_gorilla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.b311193b19844d62a1f7223354eb2dff.oldest_gorilla_txtg105.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=e2keHwVyvzdQY5U_c2wy0w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Jenny, a western lowland gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, eats a piece of birthday cake as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jenny, recognized as the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats at her wooded home in the Dallas Zoo.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_oldest_gorilla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.b311193b19844d62a1f7223354eb2dff.oldest_gorilla_txtg105.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=e2keHwVyvzdQY5U_c2wy0w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jenny, a western lowland gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, eats a piece of birthday cake as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/the_law_of_intended_consequenc realclearpolitics/20080509/the_law_of_intended_consequenc RealClearPolitics.com Fri, 09 May 2008 03:30:00 GMT RealClearPolitics.com - In recent weeks, Congress has been furiously backtracking on ethanol, with Democrats considering legislation that would freeze ethanol subsidies and mandates at their current level, while Republicans are talking about rolling back the whole system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/charleston_fire ap/20080509/charleston_fire AP Fri, 09 May 2008 02:19:32 GMT AP - Emergency crews didn't have enough hoses or adequate water pressure to properly fight a blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters in a giant furniture store almost a year ago, according to a federal report released late Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiotechflucanada afp/20080508/sciencebiotechflucanada AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 16:50:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiotechflucanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct99.080508184302.photo00.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=4gdsnomQQxFyMWNVCaD3hw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Researchers working at a lab. A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections.(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiotechflucanada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct99.080508184302.photo00.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=4gdsnomQQxFyMWNVCaD3hw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Researchers working at a lab. A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections.(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_stroke_dc nm/20080508/usa_stroke_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 19:59:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_stroke_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t155446_450x330_us_usa_stroke.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=oBSxgaw.2su7dDeCl3l0Fw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A woman covers her eyes in an undated photo. Fewer than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the CDC said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fewer than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_stroke_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t155446_450x330_us_usa_stroke.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=oBSxgaw.2su7dDeCl3l0Fw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman covers her eyes in an undated photo. Fewer than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the CDC said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oldest_gorilla ap/20080509/oldest_gorilla AP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oldest_gorilla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.16e8004a3edd475b92f31190e9f008f5.oldest_gorilla_txtg101.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=RDVRg4hrxKQga3wKlfdvXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="Jenny, a Western Lowland Gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, eats a piece of birthday as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oldest_gorilla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.16e8004a3edd475b92f31190e9f008f5.oldest_gorilla_txtg101.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=RDVRg4hrxKQga3wKlfdvXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="photo" title="Jenny, a Western Lowland Gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, eats a piece of birthday as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hkn_stars_red_wings ap/20080509/hkn_stars_red_wings AP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hkn_stars_red_wings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.0c04411108a4475b849847631a17356b.stars_red_wings_hockey_mico102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=wPNXi.OtsgHq2QYJSOJO2Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Dallas Stars defenseman Nicklas Grossman (2), of Sweden, pushes Detroit Red Wings winger Tomas Holmstrom, center, also of Sweden, as Stars goalie Marty Turco (35) deflects a shot during the first period of Game 1 of the Western Conference hockey finals in Detroit, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>AP - Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, who built a big lead in the second period and coasted to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hkn_stars_red_wings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.0c04411108a4475b849847631a17356b.stars_red_wings_hockey_mico102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=wPNXi.OtsgHq2QYJSOJO2Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Dallas Stars defenseman Nicklas Grossman (2), of Sweden, pushes Detroit Red Wings winger Tomas Holmstrom, center, also of Sweden, as Stars goalie Marty Turco (35) deflects a shot during the first period of Game 1 of the Western Conference hockey finals in Detroit, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/film_karen_allen ap/20080509/film_karen_allen AP Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/film_karen_allen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.18f6857cfb7b44c5b6d897be19f95e32.film_karen_allen_ny466.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=rH37NjLXRxH0KNuMJHh34g--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="In this Oct. 29, 2007 file photo, actress Karen Allen arrives at 'The Kite Runner' post screening dinner party at the Bon Appetit Supper Club in New York. Nothing ever seems to change in the stormy love-hate relationship between Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood. The characters created by Harrison Ford and Allen in 1981's 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' are back at it with 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,' due out May 22. Fran Drescher is behind Allen. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nothing ever seems to change in the stormy love-hate relationship between Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/film_karen_allen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.18f6857cfb7b44c5b6d897be19f95e32.film_karen_allen_ny466.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=rH37NjLXRxH0KNuMJHh34g--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 29, 2007 file photo, actress Karen Allen arrives at 'The Kite Runner' post screening dinner party at the Bon Appetit Supper Club in New York. Nothing ever seems to change in the stormy love-hate relationship between Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood. The characters created by Harrison Ford and Allen in 1981's 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' are back at it with 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,' due out May 22. Fran Drescher is behind Allen. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/iranusmideastiraqdiplomacy afp/20080508/iranusmideastiraqdiplomacy AFP Thu, 08 May 2008 13:52:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/iranusmideastiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct02.080508155220.photo00.photo.default-371x512.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=HY5Bj3Hi.fWw6E6wKNV0kw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran university in 2007. Khamenei has said that Iran's arch-foe the United States is the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that Iran's arch-foe the United States was the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/iranusmideastiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.nct02.080508155220.photo00.photo.default-371x512.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=HY5Bj3Hi.fWw6E6wKNV0kw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran university in 2007. Khamenei has said that Iran's arch-foe the United States is the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mexico_police_killed ap/20080509/mexico_police_killed AP Fri, 09 May 2008 01:02:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mexico_police_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.656be3e9ad88441b93a93a9b70677a6b.mexico_police_killed_mxam101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pU8wfs_Y7dydNTj.BmHfoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Federal police officers patrol the entrance to the hospital where Mexico's acting Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan Gomez died after being shot outside his home by unknown assailants in Mexico City, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead early Thursday outside his home — a brazen attack as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mexico_police_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.656be3e9ad88441b93a93a9b70677a6b.mexico_police_killed_mxam101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pU8wfs_Y7dydNTj.BmHfoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Federal police officers patrol the entrance to the hospital where Mexico's acting Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan Gomez died after being shot outside his home by unknown assailants in Mexico City, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/chile_volcano ap/20080508/chile_volcano AP Thu, 08 May 2008 20:47:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/chile_volcano"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.89adbbd5a37f46b098102b9155db734d.chile_volcano_eruption_xrc101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BRPYIFEyaHqxnk3KLj2hPA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A cloud of smoke and ashes produced by intensified eruption of the Chaiten volcano are seen over Chaiten, Chile, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Chaiten volcano poured out gas and ash for a sixth day on Wednesday as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised support for thousands of people forced to flee their homes. (AP Photo/La Tercera, Jorge Cadenas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong, overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/chile_volcano"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.89adbbd5a37f46b098102b9155db734d.chile_volcano_eruption_xrc101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BRPYIFEyaHqxnk3KLj2hPA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A cloud of smoke and ashes produced by intensified eruption of the Chaiten volcano are seen over Chaiten, Chile, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Chaiten volcano poured out gas and ash for a sixth day on Wednesday as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised support for thousands of people forced to flee their homes. (AP Photo/La Tercera, Jorge Cadenas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/doctor_suicides ap/20080509/doctor_suicides AP Fri, 09 May 2008 03:19:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/doctor_suicides"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.f93a4f00ef5b46d59d59f21547b29396.doctor_suicides_ardj201.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=v.X34XbLa3JrwlInsVckFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Dr. Robert Lehmberg poses in a hallway at the Little Rock, Ark., Veterans Hospital Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Lehmberg says he has battled depression and long considered suicide 'an exit strategy if absolutely necessary.' About 300 or more U.S. doctors kill themselves each year. Doctors are particularly susceptible to the stubborn stigma of mental illness. Many fear admitting psychiatric problems could be professional suicide, so they suffer in silence. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0" /></a>AP - There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year — a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/doctor_suicides"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.f93a4f00ef5b46d59d59f21547b29396.doctor_suicides_ardj201.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=v.X34XbLa3JrwlInsVckFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Dr. Robert Lehmberg poses in a hallway at the Little Rock, Ark., Veterans Hospital Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Lehmberg says he has battled depression and long considered suicide 'an exit strategy if absolutely necessary.' About 300 or more U.S. doctors kill themselves each year. Doctors are particularly susceptible to the stubborn stigma of mental illness. Many fear admitting psychiatric problems could be professional suicide, so they suffer in silence. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hiker_shootings ap/20080509/hiker_shootings AP Fri, 09 May 2008 07:25:27 GMT AP - A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/conservation_deal ap/20080509/conservation_deal AP Fri, 09 May 2008 03:38:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/conservation_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.836851c0a6644f3887f8250cd4172919.conservation_deal_carf106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=d1uXKN96Rqtc0R0qeAfWCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An aerial of an expanse of land Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Lebec, Calif., that will become part of a vast nature preserve. A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of California wilderness, announced Thursday they have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in the state's history. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)" border="0" /></a>AP - A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/conservation_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.836851c0a6644f3887f8250cd4172919.conservation_deal_carf106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=d1uXKN96Rqtc0R0qeAfWCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An aerial of an expanse of land Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Lebec, Calif., that will become part of a vast nature preserve. A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of California wilderness, announced Thursday they have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in the state's history. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/severe_weather ap/20080509/severe_weather AP Fri, 09 May 2008 12:33:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.a1f865fb4d96464a89e2d48aec0cbb41.severe_weather_msrm102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=K46XDObLlL7B46K676sgqg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A damaged vehicle sits in the Mississippi Department of Transportation parking lot surrounded by twisted metal after a line of sever weather moved through the area Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Tupelo Miss. A number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under tornado watches or warnings until midafternoon Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.a1f865fb4d96464a89e2d48aec0cbb41.severe_weather_msrm102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=K46XDObLlL7B46K676sgqg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A damaged vehicle sits in the Mississippi Department of Transportation parking lot surrounded by twisted metal after a line of sever weather moved through the area Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Tupelo Miss. A number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under tornado watches or warnings until midafternoon Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrest AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 12:22:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncz12.090508141912.photo06.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MnGsmgrHIycErLc5v.7pnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A member of Hezbollah blocks a road on the Beirut seafront. Hezbollah gunmen have seized control of west Beirut after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncz12.090508141912.photo06.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MnGsmgrHIycErLc5v.7pnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A member of Hezbollah blocks a road on the Beirut seafront. Hezbollah gunmen have seized control of west Beirut after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_sinkhole ap/20080509/texas_sinkhole AP Fri, 09 May 2008 00:21:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_sinkhole"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.72403235d72146e19db1dbe24c850bc5.texas_sinkhole_txps103.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=CviQ4oSiI3LH1k5Z0uqEqA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A truck falls into a giant sinkhole as a tractor is used to remove other equipment from the site Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Daisetta, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_sinkhole"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.72403235d72146e19db1dbe24c850bc5.texas_sinkhole_txps103.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=CviQ4oSiI3LH1k5Z0uqEqA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="A truck falls into a giant sinkhole as a tractor is used to remove other equipment from the site Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Daisetta, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)