Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1767 Most Recommended Politics en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:59:53 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1767 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_afghanistan_marines ap/20080704/us_afghanistan_marines AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_afghanistan_marines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cc9950a89a5b4f7697318b0acd1801dd.afghanistan_marines_rmx109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mt1DYra3Bq.6vSxheUTnMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather for a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_afghanistan_marines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cc9950a89a5b4f7697318b0acd1801dd.afghanistan_marines_rmx109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mt1DYra3Bq.6vSxheUTnMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather for a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/warner_speed_limit ap/20080704/warner_speed_limit AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:01 GMT AP - An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and possibly ease fuel prices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/zimbabwepoliticsun afp/20080703/zimbabwepoliticsun AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:23:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/zimbabwepoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa63.040708012151.photo00.photo.default-410x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=nPuKy25RmduEmBh0zfpGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the opening of the 11th African Union Summit in the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt in June 2008. The United States on Thursday formally submitted a sanctions resolution in the UN Security Council that would target Mugabe and 11 of his aides.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States on Thursday pushed for a UN travel ban and an assets freeze on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and 13 of his cronies in protest at last week's widely condemned, one-man presidential runoff vote.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/zimbabwepoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa63.040708012151.photo00.photo.default-410x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=nPuKy25RmduEmBh0zfpGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the opening of the 11th African Union Summit in the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt in June 2008. The United States on Thursday formally submitted a sanctions resolution in the UN Security Council that would target Mugabe and 11 of his aides.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/passports_privacy ap/20080703/passports_privacy AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:16:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/passports_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080628/i/r2405478588.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=kp4EYjkYrxWEZicw8gZWrQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A pedestrian holds her and her child's passport while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Ysidro, California January 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Greaves" border="0" /></a>AP - An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed. It urges new steps to secure the files.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/passports_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080628/i/r2405478588.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=kp4EYjkYrxWEZicw8gZWrQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pedestrian holds her and her child's passport while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Ysidro, California January 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Greaves" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/marines_with_children ap/20080703/marines_with_children AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:06:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/marines_with_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.75b1be28c70048d589381ef398e1f91f.marines_with_children_wx121.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ezmL6mK0klRP4sPBW0pHdA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Marine Corps musician Sgt. Franklin Smith, a trombonist with the Quantico Marine Corps band, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he convinced a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/marines_with_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.75b1be28c70048d589381ef398e1f91f.marines_with_children_wx121.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ezmL6mK0klRP4sPBW0pHdA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Marine Corps musician Sgt. Franklin Smith, a trombonist with the Quantico Marine Corps band, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc nm/20080703/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t173646_450x318_us_usa_politics_mccain_mexico.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=MUOw_XlhUwrN.PRd2xPQwA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy attend a news conference during a visit to a new federal police center in Mexico City July 3, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain took a veiled swipe at Democratic rival Barack Obama over trade on Thursday in the final leg of a Latin American trip aimed at showcasing the Arizona senator's foreign policy credentials.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t173646_450x318_us_usa_politics_mccain_mexico.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=MUOw_XlhUwrN.PRd2xPQwA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy attend a news conference during a visit to a new federal police center in Mexico City July 3, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritaineconomypaulsoninflation afp/20080703/usbritaineconomypaulsoninflation AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritaineconomypaulsoninflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa51.040708004453.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=Bwb4CAhAd_Mf0BK4euRi3g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, pictured in June 2008, said in an interview Thursday.(AFP/File/Natalia Kolesnikova)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritaineconomypaulsoninflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa51.040708004453.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=Bwb4CAhAd_Mf0BK4euRi3g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, pictured in June 2008, said in an interview Thursday.(AFP/File/Natalia Kolesnikova)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_red_states ap/20080703/obama_red_states AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:02:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_abortion ap/20080703/obama_abortion AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:59 GMT AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush ap/20080704/bush AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:59:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c949107d670140dfb8be800407af0bbd.bush_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=gksmQnL_QsGM.Bh56hampA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Bush salutes as he walks off of Marine One, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the White House after returning from a groundbreaking ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush will spend some time this July 4th at the home of the man who virtually wrote the Declaration of Independence. Bush plans to visit Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va. He'll taking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, addressing 76 new American citizens.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c949107d670140dfb8be800407af0bbd.bush_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=gksmQnL_QsGM.Bh56hampA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Bush salutes as he walks off of Marine One, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the White House after returning from a groundbreaking ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_iraq ap/20080704/obama_iraq AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:42:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_guantanamo_bay ap/20080704/bush_guantanamo_bay AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_obama_dc nm/20080703/usa_politics_obama_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_obama_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205327_450x307_us_usa_politics_obama.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9z5vB_MbJQOMYKSHQGxljg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to children in a summer youth program at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pushed deep into Republican territory in North Dakota on Thursday, saying he saw the potential for a significant political realignment in November's election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_politics_obama_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205327_450x307_us_usa_politics_obama.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9z5vB_MbJQOMYKSHQGxljg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to children in a summer youth program at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/political_play_of_the_day ap/20080703/political_play_of_the_day AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:33:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/political_play_of_the_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.87b87f35c46648dfbf6ede38a5bf176e.obama_2008_cojh101.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=Afy9R8fkv3ek9oTUWSaoKA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, poses with Jerry Orvin, a Colorado Springs police officer who suffered minor injuries after his motorcycle crashed with a van while escorting Obama's motorcade Wednesday, at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - A local police officer involved in a motorcycle crash got a consolation prize Thursday — a chance to meet Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/political_play_of_the_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.87b87f35c46648dfbf6ede38a5bf176e.obama_2008_cojh101.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=Afy9R8fkv3ek9oTUWSaoKA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, poses with Jerry Orvin, a Colorado Springs police officer who suffered minor injuries after his motorcycle crashed with a van while escorting Obama's motorcade Wednesday, at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/montana_battleground ap/20080704/montana_battleground AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_usa_iran_dc nm/20080703/israel_usa_iran_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_usa_iran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t111830_450x239_us_israel_usa_iran.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=9kn_s5F4uCx3B3gPJi3XRQ--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="A woman stands next to an anti-Israel banner during a demonstration to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran November 4, 2007. (Caren Firouz/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. ambassador to Israel played down speculation on Thursday that an attack by either country on Iranian nuclear sites was imminent, saying the allies agreed sanctions should run their course.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_usa_iran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t111830_450x239_us_israel_usa_iran.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=9kn_s5F4uCx3B3gPJi3XRQ--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman stands next to an anti-Israel banner during a demonstration to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran November 4, 2007. (Caren Firouz/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_walter_reed ap/20080703/bush_walter_reed AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:24:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_walter_reed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.9519dde8c9d14174b12df0f08a2d309e.aptopix_bush_mdcd105.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=Bk38__2NGV3RZOHYLXLXzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="President Bush, left, greets Marine Capt. Ray Baronie, right, who was wounded in Iraq, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush helped break ground Thursday for a new military medical center to replace Walter Reed hospital, whose reputation was soiled by allegations of shoddy care for war veterans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_walter_reed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.9519dde8c9d14174b12df0f08a2d309e.aptopix_bush_mdcd105.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=Bk38__2NGV3RZOHYLXLXzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="President Bush, left, greets Marine Capt. Ray Baronie, right, who was wounded in Iraq, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/olympics_bush_dc nm/20080703/olympics_bush_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:22:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/olympics_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t160558_371x450_us_olympics_bush.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=eZ4q3XisSFyXVBlICXf9Lw--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="President Bush waves from the steps of the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure July 3, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/olympics_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t160558_371x450_us_olympics_bush.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=eZ4q3XisSFyXVBlICXf9Lw--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="President Bush waves from the steps of the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure July 3, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_bush_olympics ap/20080704/oly_bush_olympics AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_bush_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa14.030708223634.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=PCuBqwmzOU_5KctJkCgTKg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="US President George W. Bush arrives to speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on July 2. Bush will attend the August 8 opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, the White House said Thursday. The announcement quashed any talk of a presidential boycott over China's violent crackdown after anti-government riots and protests in Tibet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_bush_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa14.030708223634.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=PCuBqwmzOU_5KctJkCgTKg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President George W. Bush arrives to speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on July 2. Bush will attend the August 8 opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usvoterepublicansmccainmexico afp/20080704/usvoterepublicansmccainmexico AFP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:36:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usvoterepublicansmccainmexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxb07.040708043453.photo00.photo.default-420x512.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=_oOarSPvvk91QcF4aQhOtA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain awaits the beginning of a press conference at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City. McCain on Thursday visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, this country's most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, home to Mexico's most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usvoterepublicansmccainmexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxb07.040708043453.photo00.photo.default-420x512.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=_oOarSPvvk91QcF4aQhOtA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain awaits the beginning of a press conference at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City. McCain on Thursday visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, this country's most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)