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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1760 Most Recommended en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:48 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/ap/us_odd_marijuana_drunken_driving ap/20091106/us_odd_marijuana_drunken_driving AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:36:49 GMT AP - Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>AP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.</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_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated ap/20091107/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:30 GMT AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_yankees_parade ap/20091106/us_yankees_parade AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_yankees_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f2641ea300104dcd90266bfcc7816c42.yankees_parade_baseball_nyha101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NfXpa8hf3k8QkWaCZ43iGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_yankees_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f2641ea300104dcd90266bfcc7816c42.yankees_parade_baseball_nyha101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NfXpa8hf3k8QkWaCZ43iGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_missing nm/20091106/us_afghanistan_missing Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola afp/20091106/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:01:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091107/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:31 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/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let people who get federal subsidies buy insurance plans that include abortion coverage.</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/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis ap/20091107/us_obama_jobs_analysis AP opinion Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam afp/20091106/usshootingcrimereligionislam AFP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:37:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257539474684-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=MRUb12D3kAsflBSs9c4wZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="A Muslim girl prays at the MCC mosque during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Silver Spring, Maryland in September 2009. Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257539474684-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=MRUb12D3kAsflBSs9c4wZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="A Muslim girl prays at the MCC mosque during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Silver Spring, Maryland in September 2009. Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_rihanna ap/20091107/us_people_rihanna AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_rihanna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.90dae9f37aaf436d8ff09ccbf6673f4b.people_rihanna_nyet315.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=SNz6E8iqsWhMcSP336Mv3w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this publicity image released by ABC, Diane Sawyer, left, interviews singer Rihanna about her relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in New York. The interview aired on the morning program 'Good Morning America,' Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, and will also air Friday on the prime time news program '20/20'. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_rihanna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.90dae9f37aaf436d8ff09ccbf6673f4b.people_rihanna_nyet315.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=SNz6E8iqsWhMcSP336Mv3w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this publicity image released by ABC, Diane Sawyer, left, interviews singer Rihanna about her relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in New York. The interview aired on the morning program 'Good Morning America,' Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, and will also air Friday on the prime time news program '20/20'. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217 mcclatchy/20091107/3351217 McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3641597869.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=XucFc1QAHIlEwMTZUz_54Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. Investigators searched for the motive on Friday behind the mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which the Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people. Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents, was shot four times by police, a base spokesman said. He was unconscious but in stable condition. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they'll be collectively found guilty for the actions of one man.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3351217"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3641597869.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=XucFc1QAHIlEwMTZUz_54Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. Investigators searched for the motive on Friday behind the mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which the Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people. Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents, was shot four times by police, a base spokesman said. He was unconscious but in stable condition. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland nm/20091106/us_missengland Reuters odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r783291815.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GUa98DOa0c805uOX.Wro7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Rachel Christie after being crowned Miss England in London, July 20, 2009. REUTERS/Miss England/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r783291815.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GUa98DOa0c805uOX.Wro7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Rachel Christie after being crowned Miss England in London, July 20, 2009. REUTERS/Miss England/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_citizen_pulaski ap/20091107/us_us_citizen_pulaski AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:48:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator ap/20091107/us_space_elevator AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space &mdash; an idea spurred by science fiction novels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/car_nascar_texas_qualifying ap/20091107/car_nascar_texas_qualifying AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:54:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/car_nascar_texas_qualifying"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e478683b285f49438de3476001aa5e59.nascar_texas_auto_racing_tms133.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=xRKSE2Yk8Vr.Opet2Uesvw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Jeff Gordon holds up the Pole flag after qualifying first for Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/car_nascar_texas_qualifying"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.e478683b285f49438de3476001aa5e59.nascar_texas_auto_racing_tms133.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=xRKSE2Yk8Vr.Opet2Uesvw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Jeff Gordon holds up the Pole flag after qualifying first for Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_texas_shooting nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles afp/20091107/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles AFP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257566678296-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ASmLd9evIRKBtqidUCEz.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritainitinternetmusicbluebeatemibeatles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257566678296-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ASmLd9evIRKBtqidUCEz.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa ap/20091107/as_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0" /></a>AP - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/15493400 thenation/20091106/15493400 The Nation opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:37 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- Don't bring your pitchforks. This is to be our "last stand" to stop health care reform, it's Alamo time.