Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1761 Most Recommended Top en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:31:15 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1761 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts418 ynews/20090702/ynews_ts418 The Yahoo! Newsroom topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:53:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts418"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r390293795.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_JDztgTjttAN2JZe0W1G4Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>The Yahoo! Newsroom - Armageddon. Apocalypse. Disaster: These are the words being used to describe California's staggering $24 billion budget deficit. Lawmakers failed to pass a budget by Tuesday's midnight deadline and the state may now have to issue billions in IOUs to cover the bills.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts418"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r390293795.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_JDztgTjttAN2JZe0W1G4Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Yahoo! Newsroom) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota nm/20090630/us_usa_senate_minnesota Reuters politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1728494479.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=QGtC8zPc55jZ04vO0UlGGQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Al Franken speak to reporters after a three-judge panel dismisses Franken's opponent, former incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Franken's lead in a vote recount, outside his home in Minneapolis, April 13, 2009. EUTERS/Eric Miller" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama's party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1728494479.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=QGtC8zPc55jZ04vO0UlGGQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Al Franken speak to reporters after a three-judge panel dismisses Franken's opponent, former incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Franken's lead in a vote recount, outside his home in Minneapolis, April 13, 2009. EUTERS/Eric Miller" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_australia_bestjob nm/20090701/us_australia_bestjob Reuters topstories Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:36:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_australia_bestjob"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r2950938164.jpg?x=130&y=110&q=85&sig=_HJl.2ONxnDWqSAh21DQqg--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Winner of "The Best Job in the World" competition Ben Southall (L) of Britain carries his girlfriend Breanna Watkins in their house on Hamilton Island, about 950km (590 miles) north of Brisbane, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Queensland Tourism/Eddie Safarik/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It may sound like a paid holiday, but the winner of "best job in the world" said he intends to work hard promoting tourism to an Australian state as he set off for his first day in the office: a tropical island.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_australia_bestjob"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r2950938164.jpg?x=130&y=110&q=85&sig=_HJl.2ONxnDWqSAh21DQqg--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="photo" title="Winner of "The Best Job in the World" competition Ben Southall (L) of Britain carries his girlfriend Breanna Watkins in their house on Hamilton Island, about 950km (590 miles) north of Brisbane, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Queensland Tourism/Eddie Safarik/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_economy_california_budget nm/20090703/us_economy_california_budget Reuters politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:42:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_economy_california_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r390293795.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_JDztgTjttAN2JZe0W1G4Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year without an agreement to balance the state's books.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_economy_california_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r390293795.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_JDztgTjttAN2JZe0W1G4Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow usnews/20090702/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow U.S. News & World Report topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:47:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1760a6c29dd94eb4a36c4393af076a5a.obama_dcpm112.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=cafoURpYLhJkdI1ayqfmHA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama makes remarks about innovation and jobs, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - In a move that suggests its initial rescue plan was insufficient, the Obama administration yesterday announced plans to widen the eligibility parameters of a key housing initiative. The change would allow borrowers with mortgages valued at 125 percent of their home's worth to refinance into more affordable loans. Previously, only borrowers with so-called loan-to-value ratios of 105 percent or less could do so. The mortgage refinancing program is part of the president's two-pronged plan to pull the nation out of its worst housing slump since the Great Depression. ...</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1760a6c29dd94eb4a36c4393af076a5a.obama_dcpm112.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=cafoURpYLhJkdI1ayqfmHA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama makes remarks about innovation and jobs, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (U.S. News & World Report) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan nm/20090703/us_afghanistan Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3917997675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z3tAL3WKdaKVRLDBGfGcQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris Atayman" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new U.S.-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3917997675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z3tAL3WKdaKVRLDBGfGcQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris Atayman" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pakistan_violence nm/20090703/us_pakistan_violence Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1925703897.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=RSj1l9Xcxm6.O47xC3bpaQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Simon Cameron-Moore" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1925703897.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=RSj1l9Xcxm6.O47xC3bpaQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Simon Cameron-Moore" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault nm/20090702/us_afghanistan_assault Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:24:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1759461815.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=aJJN0EjePAAmEzGKCEvSJg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Marines dismount from a vehicle in a convoy in Taliban-held territory during an assault in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Graff" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency with an assault deep in Taliban territory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r1759461815.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=aJJN0EjePAAmEzGKCEvSJg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Marines dismount from a vehicle in a convoy in Taliban-held territory during an assault in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Graff" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_medicare_fraud nm/20090701/us_usa_medicare_fraud Reuters us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:47:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_medicare_fraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r80522168.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=XlKumymbUSvzbVUCDXDawg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A Type 1 diabetic fills her needle with insulin in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Since 2006, U.S. taxpayers have paid nearly $155,000 to send home health nurses to inject twice-daily insulin shots for an elderly, diabetic Miami man.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_medicare_fraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r80522168.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=XlKumymbUSvzbVUCDXDawg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="A Type 1 diabetic fills her needle with insulin in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_israel_iran_submarine nm/20090703/us_israel_iran_submarine Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:55:19 GMT Reuters - An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran nm/20090703/us_iran Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:27:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3167122069.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=vF4teN1nN_6I5F16N2Ov3g--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3167122069.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=vF4teN1nN_6I5F16N2Ov3g--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north_life nm/20090701/us_korea_north_life Reuters topstories Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:29:05 GMT Reuters - North Koreans who recently arrived in the South live in a world of contradictions where their upbringing instills them with reverence for Kim Jong-il but their daily struggle leads them to believe he is a brutal despot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_russia_usa nm/20090703/us_russia_usa Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3692505427.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qLYDStfso_oOVhEFe7644w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3692505427.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qLYDStfso_oOVhEFe7644w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_nestle_recall_cookiedough nm/20090630/us_nestle_recall_cookiedough Reuters health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:04:40 GMT Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday confirmed that it has found E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in a sample of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_jackson nm/20090704/us_jackson Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:32:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.640db41b46714605b0b313989e55a568.michael_jackson_camr103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TiS1izbFsjFUSPf00XLEJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A person visits a makeshift memorial for the late pop star Michael Jackson outside the family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles Friday July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.640db41b46714605b0b313989e55a568.michael_jackson_camr103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TiS1izbFsjFUSPf00XLEJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A person visits a makeshift memorial for the late pop star Michael Jackson outside the family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles Friday July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north nm/20090704/us_korea_north Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:31:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3453556875.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Zq0qK.312XUwRqP..3TARQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean flags and mock North Korean missiles at a rally denouncing the North's missile launch, in Seoul July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea test-fired four missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3453556875.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Zq0qK.312XUwRqP..3TARQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean flags and mock North Korean missiles at a rally denouncing the North's missile launch, in Seoul July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghan_usa_troops nm/20090701/us_afghan_usa_troops Reuters topstories Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:32:45 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama's top security adviser has told U.S. military commanders there are no plans to send more troops to Afghanistan for now and that the focus instead will be on economic development and reconstruction, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_stanford_bail nm/20090630/us_stanford_bail Reuters us Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:06:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_stanford_bail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2740171653.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=tF82QYlzTWJpefBEKNGZ6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Texas billionaire Allen Stanford (C) leaves the Bob Casey Federal courthouse in the custody of U.S. Marshals in Houston June 29, 2009. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the financier, accused of a $7 billion fraud, held without bail until trial. REUTERS/ Steve Campbell" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas financier Allen Stanford, accused of a $7 billion fraud, held without bail until trial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_stanford_bail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2740171653.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=tF82QYlzTWJpefBEKNGZ6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Texas billionaire Allen Stanford (C) leaves the Bob Casey Federal courthouse in the custody of U.S. Marshals in Houston June 29, 2009. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the financier, accused of a $7 billion fraud, held without bail until trial. REUTERS/ Steve Campbell" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cars_poll nm/20090630/us_cars_poll Reuters topstories Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:11:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cars_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.db2d7d993d964ad39773097e15e8d4fc.electric_car_sharing_baltimore_mdsr102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Gm.zKZat5gmhOYL2cYRcbA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="James P. Harris, senior vice president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, points to the Maya 300 electric car outside the Maryland Science Center Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in Baltimore. ExxonMobil and Electrovaya, a manufacturer of electric car battery systems, announced an all-electric car-sharing program Tuesday in Baltimore. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Is green becoming mainstream? A new global survey shows nearly six in 10 people would choose an environment-friendly car over a petrol-powered one, even if they had all the money in the world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cars_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.db2d7d993d964ad39773097e15e8d4fc.electric_car_sharing_baltimore_mdsr102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Gm.zKZat5gmhOYL2cYRcbA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="James P. Harris, senior vice president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, points to the Maya 300 electric car outside the Maryland Science Center Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in Baltimore. ExxonMobil and Electrovaya, a manufacturer of electric car battery systems, announced an all-electric car-sharing program Tuesday in Baltimore. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_honduras nm/20090704/us_honduras Reuters world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:20:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090704/i/ra3758869491.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=QJzp_vWHgROhm5xZibxvyw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks during a news conference in Panama City July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Honduras's interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power and said they would no longer recognize the OAS charter, deepening Central America's worst political crisis in decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090704/i/ra3758869491.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=QJzp_vWHgROhm5xZibxvyw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks during a news conference in Panama City July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)