Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/964 Most Popular en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:32:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/964 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900 time/20090704/08599190866900 Time.com us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Although her stated reasons are hard to pin down, insiders say the Alaska governor's decision is unlikely to lead to a presidential run in 2012</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400 time/20090703/08599190750400 Time.com us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4464e0e67a174d4b9ff120e22f88c832.california_budget_la107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fdZU4LxEn1CgzK1hl_DROA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about the state budget crisis Thursday, July 2, 2009, during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Back in 1978, Proposition 13 was a boon to property to owners but it was a slow but sure carcinogen to the body politic. Now the patient is in dire straits</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4464e0e67a174d4b9ff120e22f88c832.california_budget_la107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fdZU4LxEn1CgzK1hl_DROA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about the state budget crisis Thursday, July 2, 2009, during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/scienceaustraliapalaeontologydinosaur afp/20090703/scienceaustraliapalaeontologydinosaur AFP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:11:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/scienceaustraliapalaeontologydinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609252391-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=QTd.8z8a0FAQXzz9fXxSYg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Will Murphy, 7, inspects the teeth of a Theropod dinosaur at an exhibition at the Melbourne Museum, 2008. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/File/William West)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/scienceaustraliapalaeontologydinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609252391-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=QTd.8z8a0FAQXzz9fXxSYg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Will Murphy, 7, inspects the teeth of a Theropod dinosaur at an exhibition at the Melbourne Museum, 2008. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/File/William West)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile ap/20090704/as_nkorea_missile AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:40:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.e59e92e532c84a1c805af94283a2aeca.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel106.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=atcuf3Q6Eq2D989g7csySA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_missile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.e59e92e532c84a1c805af94283a2aeca.south_korea_north_korea_missile_sel106.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=atcuf3Q6Eq2D989g7csySA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning ap/20090704/us_palin_resigning AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:38:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.ed326f4e9bfc427e85599d5c0c049753.palin_resigning_ohss101.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=o116ZD3UcsLN.GDTq__WyQ--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo, Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, left, smiles after introducing his Vice Presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Dayton, Ohio., Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday, July 3, 2009 she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is staying out of the public eye after her surprise announcement that she will leave office more than a year before her term is complete.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.ed326f4e9bfc427e85599d5c0c049753.palin_resigning_ohss101.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=o116ZD3UcsLN.GDTq__WyQ--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo, Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, left, smiles after introducing his Vice Presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Dayton, Ohio., Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday, July 3, 2009 she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_liberty_crown ap/20090704/us_liberty_crown AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:08:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_liberty_crown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.1993d00e2d654a3a93232444f818b386.aptopix_liberty_crown_nydg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gKsMZv2VRfC.dl6ypS4d.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Aaron Weisinger, 26, surprises his girlfriend Erica Breder, 25, both of Walnut Creek, Calif., with a wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David Goldman)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom, national pride — and for one couple, romance.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_liberty_crown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.1993d00e2d654a3a93232444f818b386.aptopix_liberty_crown_nydg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gKsMZv2VRfC.dl6ypS4d.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Aaron Weisinger, 26, surprises his girlfriend Erica Breder, 25, both of Walnut Creek, Calif., with a wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David Goldman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_armed_robberies_mother ap/20090704/us_armed_robberies_mother AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:26:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_armed_robberies_mother"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.739a4a975d67495997cf2ec67b6b8619.armed_robberies_mother_ny112.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=lUFnJSudUhiPiQrxrifOjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="An undated file photo, Ma Barker is shown. Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who Phoenix, Ariz., police say recently led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their young friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and aggravated assaults in the Phoenix area, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop. When Phoenix police arrested her with most of the young suspects on May 29, they dubbed Roberson 'Ma Barker,' the infamous mother who led her four young sons to commit robberies in the early 1900s. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_armed_robberies_mother"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.739a4a975d67495997cf2ec67b6b8619.armed_robberies_mother_ny112.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=lUFnJSudUhiPiQrxrifOjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="An undated file photo, Ma Barker is shown. Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who Phoenix, Ariz., police say recently led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their young friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and aggravated assaults in the Phoenix area, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop. When Phoenix police arrested her with most of the young suspects on May 29, they dubbed Roberson 'Ma Barker,' the infamous mother who led her four young sons to commit robberies in the early 1900s. (AP Photo, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_med_europe_health_lessons ap/20090704/eu_med_europe_health_lessons AP business Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:32:24 GMT AP - As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_sthasia_afp/entertainmentindiabritainfilmslumdoghousing afp/20090704/entertainmentindiabritainfilmslumdoghousing AFP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:36:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_sthasia_afp/entertainmentindiabritainfilmslumdoghousing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246702990203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=XiEhND4GQgATKOTIQtIW9A--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire's child star Azharuddin Ismail prepares to pose for a photo outside his new home in Mumbai. The boy has moved from his Mumbai shantytown shack into a new home, the trust set up to manage his interests said Saturday.(AFP/Pal Pillai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - One of the child actors from the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" has moved from his Mumbai shantytown shack into a new home, the trust set up to manage his interests said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_sthasia_afp/entertainmentindiabritainfilmslumdoghousing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246702990203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=XiEhND4GQgATKOTIQtIW9A--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire's child star Azharuddin Ismail prepares to pose for a photo outside his new home in Mumbai. The boy has moved from his Mumbai shantytown shack into a new home, the trust set up to manage his interests said Saturday.(AFP/Pal Pillai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_fireworks_explosion ap/20090704/us_fireworks_explosion AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:47:36 GMT AP - A truckload of fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, killing one worker and critically injuring four others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies ap/20090704/eu_russia_us_first_ladies AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:57:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.6c22004ef9b04f44b548b898271e0651.russia_us_first_ladies_lon108.jpg?x=67&y=130&q=85&sig=TK9f.qR.288qVdBnooycnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="67" alt="FILE -- In this July 16, 2009, file photo, Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is seen in Moscow. Medvedev's wife Svetlana is pious and discreet and met her husband while she was a schoolgirl. She supports charity and the arts, but has assumed no independent voice on issues facing the country. She dresses conservatively, lacking the edgy fashion sense that has attracted a nationwide following for Michelle Obama who will accompany her husband U.S. President Barack Obama on his summit with the Russian president, this weekend. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_first_ladies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.6c22004ef9b04f44b548b898271e0651.russia_us_first_ladies_lon108.jpg?x=67&y=130&q=85&sig=TK9f.qR.288qVdBnooycnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="67" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this July 16, 2009, file photo, Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is seen in Moscow. Medvedev's wife Svetlana is pious and discreet and met her husband while she was a schoolgirl. She supports charity and the arts, but has assumed no independent voice on issues facing the country. She dresses conservatively, lacking the edgy fashion sense that has attracted a nationwide following for Michelle Obama who will accompany her husband U.S. President Barack Obama on his summit with the Russian president, this weekend. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20090704/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:52:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.d847589af52344f095a7d1b61663353b.addition_afghanistan_xdg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=shv1S56DhUvKiEM.z0XTfw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.d847589af52344f095a7d1b61663353b.addition_afghanistan_xdg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=shv1S56DhUvKiEM.z0XTfw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson ap/20090704/us_michael_jackson AP entertainment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:52:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.cd97340d83b940c694bc17249a91fd2a.michael_jackson_reax_camw104.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=lyrTXBcDia5_gZnHYtDsPg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.cd97340d83b940c694bc17249a91fd2a.michael_jackson_reax_camw104.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=lyrTXBcDia5_gZnHYtDsPg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_en_mu/us_med_jackson_children_mental_health ap/20090704/us_med_jackson_children_mental_health AP entertainment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:13:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_en_mu/us_med_jackson_children_mental_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.8eead5fd0ac6455ebd8340759666a8d6.michael_jackson_neverland_carb104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=_wwnjHShYRKNxgnzTngXbw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0" /></a>AP - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_en_mu/us_med_jackson_children_mental_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.8eead5fd0ac6455ebd8340759666a8d6.michael_jackson_neverland_carb104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=_wwnjHShYRKNxgnzTngXbw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_hot_helmand ap/20090704/as_afghan_hot_helmand AP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:43:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_hot_helmand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.0017722e63ef4d43ab66f93efa440423.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=S0l0.v9I39Cvnm107iv8lQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bravo Company commander Cpt. Drew Schoenmaker of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines gathers with his Marines in a abandoned farm house in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_hot_helmand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.0017722e63ef4d43ab66f93efa440423.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=S0l0.v9I39Cvnm107iv8lQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bravo Company commander Cpt. Drew Schoenmaker of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines gathers with his Marines in a abandoned farm house in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle ap/20090704/us_odd_obama_turtle AP odd Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:47:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0fcedad2393241de994d15c2cf8870cc.obama_turtle_flan101.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=ukRSRGT.rOSZANImpZzFbg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, staff and volunteers from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital release 'Obama' the loggerhead sea turtle, at Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, July 4, 2009. The turtle was found severely ill Jan. 19, 2009, the day before President Barack Obama's inauguration and nicknamed after the 44th president of the United States. Turtle Hospital officials said that since the 200-pound reptile had come to the hospital at a historic moment, it was appropriate to release it to freedom on America's Independence Day anniversary. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal)" border="0" /></a>AP - A sea turtle named after President Barack Obama that was rescued just before Inauguration Day has been set free on Independence Day.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0fcedad2393241de994d15c2cf8870cc.obama_turtle_flan101.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=ukRSRGT.rOSZANImpZzFbg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, staff and volunteers from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital release 'Obama' the loggerhead sea turtle, at Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, July 4, 2009. The turtle was found severely ill Jan. 19, 2009, the day before President Barack Obama's inauguration and nicknamed after the 44th president of the United States. Turtle Hospital officials said that since the 200-pound reptile had come to the hospital at a historic moment, it was appropriate to release it to freedom on America's Independence Day anniversary. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week ap/20090704/us_obama_pivotal_week AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:43:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.83dba172857d445ab5d6dffdc658e88b.obama_whmc104.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=0r0rk8qlUr0pMRc14Iof5g--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, walk back to their limousine after greeting a crowd at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.83dba172857d445ab5d6dffdc658e88b.obama_whmc104.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=0r0rk8qlUr0pMRc14Iof5g--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, walk back to their limousine after greeting a crowd at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/hl_time/08599190840700 time/20090703/08599190840700 Time.com health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:20:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/hl_time/08599190840700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9da45d658821462bb4fb3c9a3570076e.mexico_swine_flu_summit_mxmt107.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=JfkCyFhzQcqG59tTYLANsQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag gestures during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Reports of 'swine flu parties' have British health officials warning parents of "seriously flawed thinking", even as the country shifts its policy on treating the pandemic in the face of the virus' rapid spread</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/hl_time/08599190840700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9da45d658821462bb4fb3c9a3570076e.mexico_swine_flu_summit_mxmt107.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=JfkCyFhzQcqG59tTYLANsQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag gestures during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_shiner_centennial ap/20090704/us_shiner_centennial AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_shiner_centennial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0c0fe2230d824afa97617ca179642ae9.shiner_centennial_txeg104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=xQ9RhHj5rur1kep7YB0hBQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Brewmaster Jimmy Mauric holds samples of the Shiner beers produced at Spoeltz Brewery in Shiner, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 2009. The brewery is celebrating 100 years of brewing beer. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0" /></a>AP - By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_shiner_centennial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.0c0fe2230d824afa97617ca179642ae9.shiner_centennial_txeg104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=xQ9RhHj5rur1kep7YB0hBQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brewmaster Jimmy Mauric holds samples of the Shiner beers produced at Spoeltz Brewery in Shiner, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 2009. The brewery is celebrating 100 years of brewing beer. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_powell_michael_jackson ap/20090704/us_powell_michael_jackson AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:38:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_powell_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9d1cfb208a7b41e592118fa5f56928c8.michael_jackson_neverland_carb102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=kPsUbJhcUy1s4Y85FoCK2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Luis Aldama, 17, of Salinas, Calif., holds a portrait of Micheal Jackson near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_powell_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9d1cfb208a7b41e592118fa5f56928c8.michael_jackson_neverland_carb102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=kPsUbJhcUy1s4Y85FoCK2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Luis Aldama, 17, of Salinas, Calif., holds a portrait of Micheal Jackson near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)