Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 Most Recommended en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:53 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/ap/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091122/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:53 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/rids/20091121/i/r568930774.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=nlBzl.USEeYC9a2Xr_qHuw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>AP - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.</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/rids/20091121/i/r568930774.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=nlBzl.USEeYC9a2Xr_qHuw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails ap/20091121/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0" /></a>AP - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online &mdash; stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_changing_dixie ap/20091121/fbc_changing_dixie AP sports Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:39:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_changing_dixie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ddc012f8a619489ba4af57f9c425c721.changing_dixie_msjad101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CeQlkvCSIhseOwDXY1OsOg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Members of the Ku Klux Klan protest on the steps of Fulton Chapel at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Ryan Moore)" border="0" /></a>AP - About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday's football game with No. 10 LSU.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_changing_dixie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ddc012f8a619489ba4af57f9c425c721.changing_dixie_msjad101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CeQlkvCSIhseOwDXY1OsOg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Ku Klux Klan protest on the steps of Fulton Chapel at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Ryan Moore)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_wargames nm/20091121/us_iran_wargames Reuters topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:27:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_wargames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r467075778.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=q6fMJOJooLqS1ifa9KYcJQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Tondar missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran's military said it will begin large-scale air defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at "the heart of Tel Aviv" if attacked.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_wargames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r467075778.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=q6fMJOJooLqS1ifa9KYcJQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Tondar missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs ap/20091122/us_obama_jobs AP business Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:13:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.3b4f6d5cfd964e86aece4638e6a09dcf.obama_us_south_korea_korm139.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tIbCFrBNoYbQ43hat23bMg--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama, center, walks to Air Force One with Gen. Walter Sharp, right, and US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens , left, during his departure from Osan Air Base in South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.3b4f6d5cfd964e86aece4638e6a09dcf.obama_us_south_korea_korm139.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tIbCFrBNoYbQ43hat23bMg--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama, center, walks to Air Force One with Gen. Walter Sharp, right, and US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens , left, during his departure from Osan Air Base in South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/15499337 thenation/20091120/15499337 The Nation opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:10 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- You gotta give Sarah Palin's book tour credit for one thing: It's really putting the passive-aggressive instincts of the religious right on public display. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091122/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:27:03 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 - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said 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/ny_tween_mall_frenzy ap/20091121/ny_tween_mall_frenzy AP entertainment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:49:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ny_tween_mall_frenzy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.8eaa875cf41f4ee9bf20f006eabfd6d9.tween_mall_frenzy_ny126.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=aP0hI0z67gxHh6Ra.tElng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, singer Justin Bieber appears on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York. New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Nassau County police say girls and adults in the crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they waited for the 15-year-old sensation to arrive Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ny_tween_mall_frenzy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.8eaa875cf41f4ee9bf20f006eabfd6d9.tween_mall_frenzy_ny126.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=aP0hI0z67gxHh6Ra.tElng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, singer Justin Bieber appears on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York. New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Nassau County police say girls and adults in the crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they waited for the 15-year-old sensation to arrive Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_war_games ap/20091121/ml_iran_war_games AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:32 GMT AP - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily. 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/nm/us_northkorea_odds nm/20091120/us_northkorea_odds Reuters odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_northkorea_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2861902309.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=JknO18PCvHhkzu054JZ73w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_northkorea_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2861902309.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=JknO18PCvHhkzu054JZ73w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29785 politico/20091121/29785 Politico politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29785"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>Politico - Nancy Pelosi did it. Can Harry Reid?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29785"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_uranium_mystery ap/20091121/us_uranium_mystery AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:10 GMT AP - Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_t25_lsu_mississippi ap/20091122/fbc_t25_lsu_mississippi AP sports Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:27:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_t25_lsu_mississippi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ed8ec1e3c5a748ebb81051d961e75eb3.lsu_mississippi_football_msrs101.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=5Coocd1TAr6PccReJDdH9g--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Mississippi running back Dexter McCluster (22) hurdles over LSU cornerback Jai Eugene (4) for a first down in the second half of their NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0" /></a>AP - So many unusual things happened in the final 3 minutes of Mississippi's victory Saturday against No. 10 LSU, it got confusing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbc_t25_lsu_mississippi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ed8ec1e3c5a748ebb81051d961e75eb3.lsu_mississippi_football_msrs101.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=5Coocd1TAr6PccReJDdH9g--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Mississippi running back Dexter McCluster (22) hurdles over LSU cornerback Jai Eugene (4) for a first down in the second half of their NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security nm/20091121/us_afghanistan_security Reuters topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:54:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4070562109.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OijVej3IhXUCC9C0j0goWA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training mission will be headed by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4070562109.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OijVej3IhXUCC9C0j0goWA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training mission will be headed by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_thanksgiving_travel ap/20091122/us_thanksgiving_travel AP business Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:30:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.03f5b0e96f79442c938b02fc54e4fd0c.thanksgiving_travel_dcjl105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hfd8oLQKfd2bFrvuBun6Yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Teacher Jodie Hogan, center, hands out the boarding pass to her students of South River High School for their trip to Peru at Reagan National airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.03f5b0e96f79442c938b02fc54e4fd0c.thanksgiving_travel_dcjl105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hfd8oLQKfd2bFrvuBun6Yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Teacher Jodie Hogan, center, hands out the boarding pass to her students of South River High School for their trip to Peru at Reagan National airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" 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_ripples_of_war ap/20091121/us_ripples_of_war AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:03:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ripples_of_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.b46f508b01d44f62bf859d7d67606806.ripples_of_war_ny360.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bY4Noud1r8ZadnnRtHiHZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Betsy Charlesworth holding her son, Marty, as son, Myles, right, takes a turn at Monopoly in their kitchen in Jericho, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ripples_of_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.b46f508b01d44f62bf859d7d67606806.ripples_of_war_ny360.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bY4Noud1r8ZadnnRtHiHZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Betsy Charlesworth holding her son, Marty, as son, Myles, right, takes a turn at Monopoly in their kitchen in Jericho, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_box_office_new_moon ap/20091121/us_box_office_new_moon AP entertainment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:41:40 GMT AP - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.