Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1682 Most Emailed - Top Stories en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:56 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1682 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings nm/20091106/us_countries_rankings Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1099389855.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=rH0h2QV6WclVvEFQ_zouaA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not shown) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barack Obama has done it again. The president's starpower has made the United States the place most people want to visit and do business with, according to an annual survey that ranks nations like retail brands.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1099389855.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=rH0h2QV6WclVvEFQ_zouaA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not shown) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing nm/20091106/us_afghanistan_missing Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091102/ts_usnews/howtheautobailoutispunishingford usnews/20091102/howtheautobailoutispunishingford U.S. News & World Report topstories Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:54:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091102/ts_usnews/howtheautobailoutispunishingford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r4258102073.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=eQZ5AbdblIYFg_o5jnY4CA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Workers build the 2010 Ford Taurus at the Ford assembly plant in Chicago, Illinois August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Frank Polich" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - Ford Motor Co.'s latest earnings report doesn't mention General Motors or Chrysler, its crosstown rivals. But those competitors have a lot to do with Ford's surprising $1 billion profit in the third quarter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091102/ts_usnews/howtheautobailoutispunishingford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r4258102073.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=eQZ5AbdblIYFg_o5jnY4CA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers build the 2010 Ford Taurus at the Ford assembly plant in Chicago, Illinois August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Frank Polich" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (U.S. News & World Report) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/lf_afp/lifestyleusgamingpoker afp/20091106/lifestyleusgamingpoker AFP topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/lf_afp/lifestyleusgamingpoker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525870801-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=sHWQxO139d7qwsGgOz9cNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A poker player collects his chips. A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/lf_afp/lifestyleusgamingpoker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525870801-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=sHWQxO139d7qwsGgOz9cNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="A poker player collects his chips. A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/en_nm/us_britain_beatles nm/20091106/us_britain_beatles Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:44 GMT Reuters - Seven black-and-white photographs of the Beatles sitting on a grassy field, taken by a teenage girl on the last day of filming for their movie Help!, will be sold next week, the auctioneer said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/scienceneurologylanguageinfants afp/20091106/scienceneurologylanguageinfants AFP topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:55:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/scienceneurologylanguageinfants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257511904611-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cET67DSmWI2jKN.JzWYi8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman undertakes a scan on her unborn child. A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/scienceneurologylanguageinfants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257511904611-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cET67DSmWI2jKN.JzWYi8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman undertakes a scan on her unborn child. A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew usnews/20091106/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2813220410.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KO8HkaxrO0mh8mzugcQDFQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="People wait for assistance at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Alexandria, Virginia November 6, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent and 190,000 jobs were lost in October, exceeding expectations for a 9.9 percent rate and a loss of 175,000 jobs. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - In what will no doubt boost skepticism over the Obama administration's message of stimulus success, the unemployment rate in October rocketed to 10.2 percent, a figure much higher than economists had expected and just 0.6 percentage points away from the post-World War II high seen in 1982. While unemployment snapped back down swiftly in the early-1980s recession, it is widely expected that job creation will be slow in this recovery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2813220410.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KO8HkaxrO0mh8mzugcQDFQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="People wait for assistance at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Alexandria, Virginia November 6, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent and 190,000 jobs were lost in October, exceeding expectations for a 9.9 percent rate and a loss of 175,000 jobs. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (U.S. News & World Report) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw usnews/20091106/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:16 GMT U.S. News & World Report - In the hopes of sustaining the real estate market's recent momentum, Uncle Sam has made more than two-thirds of current homeowners and nearly all first-time buyers eligible for thousands of dollars in tax perks when they purchase a house. President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law Friday, a day after the House of Representatives approved it by a 403-to-12 vote. The legislation includes language that significantly expands the popular first-time home buyer tax credit that was enacted in February. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091104/ts_usnews/4waystostopstressingoutyourkids usnews/20091104/4waystostopstressingoutyourkids U.S. News & World Report health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:31:56 GMT U.S. News & World Report - Kids are stressed out, and their parents all too often don't know it. That's the word from the American Psychological Association's Stress in America survey, which for the first time asked children about their stress levels. One third of the 1,206 children ages 8 to 17 said they were more stressed now than a year ago. And parents seem to be missing those clues: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_lebanon_government nm/20091107/us_lebanon_government Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:18:28 GMT Reuters - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/militarytodebutvirtualschool usnews/20091106/militarytodebutvirtualschool U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:08 GMT U.S. News & World Report - When new assignments force members of the armed forces to move, it often means children need to switch schools. In some military families, children change schools multiple times during the course of their academic lives. The Department of Defense says that the disruptions can produce setbacks in students' schooling, but department officials are working to fix that: They're developing the military's first online virtual high school, to be open in time for the 2010-2011 school year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicaustraliaspears afp/20091106/entertainmentusmusicaustraliaspears AFP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicaustraliaspears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257494836714-2-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=Iaa4jvJVW5PRTz9RZ1kalA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="US pop star Britney Spears is pictured in August 2009. Spears' Australian tour ran into controversy before it even began, with an official suggesting concert goers should be told if the pop icon would be miming her songs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britney Spears' Australian tour ran into controversy before it even began, with an official suggesting concert goers should be told if the pop icon would be miming her songs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentusmusicaustraliaspears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257494836714-2-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=Iaa4jvJVW5PRTz9RZ1kalA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="US pop star Britney Spears is pictured in August 2009. Spears' Australian tour ran into controversy before it even began, with an official suggesting concert goers should be told if the pop icon would be miming her songs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/ts_nm/us_obama_japan_okinawa nm/20091106/us_obama_japan_okinawa Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:16:30 GMT Reuters - Idyllic beach resorts jostle for space with U.S. military bases on Japan's subtropical island of Okinawa, at the center of a feud that may cast a shadow over U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Japan next week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/ahealthcareportfolioforanagingsociety usnews/20091106/ahealthcareportfolioforanagingsociety U.S. News & World Report health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:28 GMT U.S. News & World Report - The greatest unknown in retirement planning is the uncertainty of future healthcare expenses. On average, they will total between $250,000 and $300,000 for the typical retired couple. And this is for out-of-pocket spending--after all the insurance and other benefit programs have helped pay medical bills. Although it's admittedly a bit whimsical, one way to cushion the impact could be to invest in a portfolio of healthcare companies that cater to an aging population. These are firms whose products and services are particularly keyed to an aging population. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida nm/20091108/us_storm_ida Reuters topstories Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2f86f196e1bf46c7817dc7d9ed1e82d5.noaa_clouds_ny2.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=56haKKj3GKH5ucDqyGbYww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. EST shows a mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula associated with Tropical Storm Ida as it moves generally northward towards the Gulf of Mexico. This storm may become a threat to the Gulf Coast early next week. Clear skies are noted through the East as no precipitation is observed. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2f86f196e1bf46c7817dc7d9ed1e82d5.noaa_clouds_ny2.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=56haKKj3GKH5ucDqyGbYww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. EST shows a mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula associated with Tropical Storm Ida as it moves generally northward towards the Gulf of Mexico. This storm may become a threat to the Gulf Coast early next week. Clear skies are noted through the East as no precipitation is observed. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/en_nm/us_britain_missengland nm/20091106/us_britain_missengland Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:21 GMT Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/en_nm/us_ono_activism nm/20091106/us_ono_activism Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:29:10 GMT Reuters - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_honduras_election nm/20091107/us_honduras_election Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:20 GMT Reuters - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.