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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2753 Most Recommended U.S. en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:12:19 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2753 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum ap/20091125/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5364be63df7f43b394cc0758a3e6e78d.gay_marriage_stalled_momentum_risr601.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Fi71qzHUqb.xWoBvx_g6Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - The state-to-state march to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a major setback three weeks ago at the ballot box in Maine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5364be63df7f43b394cc0758a3e6e78d.gay_marriage_stalled_momentum_risr601.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Fi71qzHUqb.xWoBvx_g6Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_teen_set_on_fire ap/20091125/us_teen_set_on_fire AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:35:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_teen_set_on_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.01cdaa8acdfc486ea0aa408abd4dd256.teen_set_on_fire_flda104.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=BrW0OGPTLP.1g0G5UmAzvw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Valerie Brewer speaks about the recovery of her son Michael, 15, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being doused with rubbing alcohol by a group of bullies, during an interview at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami Wednesday Nov 25, 2009. (AP Photo/David Adame)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the days after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire by a group of teens, his mother, Valerie Brewer, sat at his hospital bedside and worried.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_teen_set_on_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.01cdaa8acdfc486ea0aa408abd4dd256.teen_set_on_fire_flda104.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=BrW0OGPTLP.1g0G5UmAzvw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Valerie Brewer speaks about the recovery of her son Michael, 15, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being doused with rubbing alcohol by a group of bullies, during an interview at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami Wednesday Nov 25, 2009. (AP Photo/David Adame)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sept11_pager_messages ap/20091126/us_sept11_pager_messages AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:12:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0" /></a>AP - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsbookpeoplepalin afp/20091125/uspoliticsbookpeoplepalin AFP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsbookpeoplepalin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259182848689-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rmoGsKWE7DCilpMmjZdxGQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to someone in the crowd before signing her memoir "Going Rogue" as her daughter Piper Palin (L) looks on at the North Post Exchange on November 23 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Sara D. Davis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Republican former governor Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsbookpeoplepalin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259182848689-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rmoGsKWE7DCilpMmjZdxGQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to someone in the crowd before signing her memoir "Going Rogue" as her daughter Piper Palin (L) looks on at the North Post Exchange on November 23 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Sara D. Davis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_anesthesia_assault ap/20091126/us_anesthesia_assault AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:31:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0" /></a>AP - A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_thanksgiving ap/20091125/us_palin_thanksgiving AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:55:04 GMT AP - Sarah Palin is taking a Thanksgiving break from her book tour to spend time with family members in Washington for a 5K run to benefit the Red Cross. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dui_shaming ap/20091125/us_dui_shaming AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:48:53 GMT AP - Mug shots of drunken driving suspects are landing on the Honolulu Police Department's Web site, creating a virtual wall of shame long before suspects get their day in court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wildfire ap/20091126/us_wildfire AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:09:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wildfire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.edd767836d59487b87d489d474a9ee2f.wildfire_cajh101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=aVjh4PRFtW3kpd_yEL2dnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A firefighter stands by a fire truck as a wildfire burns near Anaheim Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Firefighters say they are making good progress against a wind-driven wildfire burning in Southern California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Santa Ana winds fanned a fire across 80 acres of Southern California hills before firefighters reduced it Wednesday to a smoldering &mdash; but still dangerous &mdash; black scar.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wildfire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.edd767836d59487b87d489d474a9ee2f.wildfire_cajh101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=aVjh4PRFtW3kpd_yEL2dnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="A firefighter stands by a fire truck as a wildfire burns near Anaheim Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Firefighters say they are making good progress against a wind-driven wildfire burning in Southern California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_colonial_skull_burial ap/20091125/us_colonial_skull_burial AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:25:45 GMT AP - A Colonial-era skull believed to belong to a Revolutionary War soldier is set to be reburied in Connecticut with full military honors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sex_change_killer ap/20091125/us_sex_change_killer AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:03 GMT AP - A federal judge has denied a convicted murderer's request for more hair removal treatments as she waits to find out if she can get state-funded sex change surgery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_charred_remains ap/20091126/us_charred_remains AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:05 GMT AP - Investigators found more charred human remains at the home of one of two missing Southern California boys as a third teen turned up safe Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_religion_today ap/20091125/us_rel_religion_today AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:12:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.837d2c02f2874854ade45374345bd4a1.religion_today_cd301.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=2D1hHfvXFKOENPXbJXx7KQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Timothy Beal, a religion professor at Case Western Reserve University, poses by the campus arch with the Biblical 'Tree of Knowledge' motif on campus Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Cleveland. The nation's culture wars have politicians on the left and right invoking Biblical images but some people in secular America may be missing the point, according to new book written by Beal highlighting Bible stories that have entered the nation's lexicon .(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.837d2c02f2874854ade45374345bd4a1.religion_today_cd301.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=2D1hHfvXFKOENPXbJXx7KQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="Timothy Beal, a religion professor at Case Western Reserve University, poses by the campus arch with the Biblical 'Tree of Knowledge' motif on campus Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Cleveland. The nation's culture wars have politicians on the left and right invoking Biblical images but some people in secular America may be missing the point, according to new book written by Beal highlighting Bible stories that have entered the nation's lexicon .(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_aircraft_carrier_donation ap/20091125/us_aircraft_carrier_donation AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:05:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_aircraft_carrier_donation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.45490beb722d48a5bd36483e2989f431.aircraft_carrier_donation_px105.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=nF13doAXmJVptmy.q91mpg--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Saturday March 22, 2008, file photo, the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy makes it's way up the Delaware River near Philadelphia guided by tug boats. The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier as a museum or memorial. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. Navy plans to give away the retired aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy for a museum or memorial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_aircraft_carrier_donation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.45490beb722d48a5bd36483e2989f431.aircraft_carrier_donation_px105.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=nF13doAXmJVptmy.q91mpg--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Saturday March 22, 2008, file photo, the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy makes it's way up the Delaware River near Philadelphia guided by tug boats. The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier as a museum or memorial. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cave_rescue ap/20091126/us_cave_rescue AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:46 GMT AP - Rescuers chipped away with air-powered tools in a narrow tunnel Wednesday to free a man trapped upside down about 150 feet below ground in a popular Utah cave. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_racketeering_criminal_group ap/20091125/us_racketeering_criminal_group AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:58:25 GMT AP - Eight men have pleaded guilty to federal charges for selling stolen goods at five St. Louis area convenience stores and funneling part of their profits to the Palestinian territories. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_toxic_algae_fish ap/20091125/us_toxic_algae_fish AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:32:19 GMT AP - Scientists say they believe toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_kentucky_lethal_injection ap/20091125/us_kentucky_lethal_injection AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:02:53 GMT AP - The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state improperly adopted the same three-drug lethal injection protocol that was upheld in the nation's highest court and is used by dozens of other states. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_religion_today_glance ap/20091125/us_rel_religion_today_glance AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:22:15 GMT AP - Familiar Bible phrases in contemporary culture: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/deaths ap/20091126/deaths AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:19 GMT AP - Ira "Babe" Hanford http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sc_governor ap/20091125/us_sc_governor AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.b2ffcfca35724d32864d4cf68ddd6a69.sc_governor_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=LXlFuenWTFqJfeFThOfA7g--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford listens as his attorney Butch Bowers talks about the actions of the Ethics Commission during a news conference, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gov. Mark Sanford's tearful confession that he quietly disappeared from the state for five days to rendezvous with his lover in Argentina has shattered his marriage and dimmed his once-bright political future.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.b2ffcfca35724d32864d4cf68ddd6a69.sc_governor_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=LXlFuenWTFqJfeFThOfA7g--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford listens as his attorney Butch Bowers talks about the actions of the Ethics Commission during a news conference, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)