Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2751 Most Emailed - U.S. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:34:02 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2751 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090704/i/ra644444990.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=iZqRpMkBYxamIxOYcxFPxA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009 in this video frame grab. REUTERS/KTUU-TV" 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/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090704/i/ra644444990.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=iZqRpMkBYxamIxOYcxFPxA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009 in this video frame grab. REUTERS/KTUU-TV" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_marijuana_cancer ap/20090704/us_marijuana_cancer AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:18:53 GMT AP - It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients' suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree ap/20090704/us_sc_killing_spree AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:34:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8a247888bfdf46e889a0f9c01fe1a83b.killing_spree_scspa106.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=SF6iwHTAxiz0Mr6unbMn1A--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="This is an updated composite drawing of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County, South Carolina made available on Friday, July 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say a teenage girl shot in her father's store has become the fifth person slain by a suspected serial killer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8a247888bfdf46e889a0f9c01fe1a83b.killing_spree_scspa106.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=SF6iwHTAxiz0Mr6unbMn1A--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="This is an updated composite drawing of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County, South Carolina made available on Friday, July 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*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/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady ap/20090703/us_bunny_lady AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090617/capt.0f8c1dee0aa84bdfb26074a64f7f6fa2.bunny_lady_ny116.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rr1I.RGgqukLURkiIhrNWA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This undated photo released by the Tigard Police Department shows Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions. In a plea deal, she was forbidden to have animals for five years. On Tuesday, authorities say she was found holed up in a hotel room in Tigard, Ore., with more than a dozen rabbits and was arrested. (AP Photo/Tigard Police Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090617/capt.0f8c1dee0aa84bdfb26074a64f7f6fa2.bunny_lady_ny116.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rr1I.RGgqukLURkiIhrNWA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="This undated photo released by the Tigard Police Department shows Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions. In a plea deal, she was forbidden to have animals for five years. On Tuesday, authorities say she was found holed up in a hotel room in Tigard, Ore., with more than a dozen rabbits and was arrested. (AP Photo/Tigard Police Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_pink_boxers ap/20090704/us_soldier_pink_boxers AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:46:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_pink_boxers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.acd6006a0bc84e59970bf4639350a573.soldier_pink_boxers_nyet914.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=8Cmg.jyiNO42DswCKeNI7g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, La. and Jordan Custer of Spokan, Wash, center. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American soldiers have more than their military might and training on their side in the war in Afghanistan. Some have pink underwear. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The soldier who was photographed fighting the Taliban in his boxer shorts says he's glad to be back home in Texas after his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan — especially on the Fourth of July.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_pink_boxers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.acd6006a0bc84e59970bf4639350a573.soldier_pink_boxers_nyet914.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=8Cmg.jyiNO42DswCKeNI7g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, La. and Jordan Custer of Spokan, Wash, center. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American soldiers have more than their military might and training on their side in the war in Afghanistan. Some have pink underwear. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/us_meltdown_faithful_unemployed ap/20090703/us_meltdown_faithful_unemployed AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/us_meltdown_faithful_unemployed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.e4869c6f5cbd484db0aa2d874711bdc6.meltdown_faithful_unemployed_maea203.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=81f49pRhXQdKzXhZNoNmGA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="This June 4, 2009 photo shows Sandra Friedrich, left, of Wenham, Mass. and Debbie Gonzalez of Saugus, Mass. praying during an unemployed support group meeting in Beverly, Mass. The group is one of several church-related unemployment support groups that have formed around the country as the jobless rate reaches heights not seen for decades. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /></a>AP - Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/us_meltdown_faithful_unemployed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.e4869c6f5cbd484db0aa2d874711bdc6.meltdown_faithful_unemployed_maea203.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=81f49pRhXQdKzXhZNoNmGA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="This June 4, 2009 photo shows Sandra Friedrich, left, of Wenham, Mass. and Debbie Gonzalez of Saugus, Mass. praying during an unemployed support group meeting in Beverly, Mass. The group is one of several church-related unemployment support groups that have formed around the country as the jobless rate reaches heights not seen for decades. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_screaming_sex_arrests ap/20090703/us_screaming_sex_arrests AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:48 GMT AP - A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman's bedroom in the Torrington home on June 6, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays ap/20090703/us_muslim_school_holidays AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:25:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.93cf32b39ae74bd399eda0d304e2be14.muslim_school_holidays_nysw103.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=aGeuj3lL0TbfpOlISrtzDw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="This July 1, 2009 photo shows Moneeb Hassan, 17, posing for a picture in front of his high school, Benjamin N. Cardozo, in New York. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.93cf32b39ae74bd399eda0d304e2be14.muslim_school_holidays_nysw103.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=aGeuj3lL0TbfpOlISrtzDw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="photo" title="This July 1, 2009 photo shows Moneeb Hassan, 17, posing for a picture in front of his high school, Benjamin N. Cardozo, in New York. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_bi_ge/us_high_speed_rail ap/20090704/us_high_speed_rail AP business Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:56:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_bi_ge/us_high_speed_rail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.a0134eade9714fa281f9ea7e433f2aab.high_speed_rail_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=WN8AArXuhjhgtx.Z76JDSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Menlo Park Vice Mayor Richard Cline walks next to an arriving train at the CalTrain station in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_bi_ge/us_high_speed_rail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.a0134eade9714fa281f9ea7e433f2aab.high_speed_rail_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=WN8AArXuhjhgtx.Z76JDSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Menlo Park Vice Mayor Richard Cline walks next to an arriving train at the CalTrain station in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral ap/20090703/us_billy_mays_funeral AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.75b78ae92b5f4d08adf234b5ebf16750.billy_mays_funeral_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ru7UX5oyp8fRYZueGqHttg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0" /></a>AP - References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.75b78ae92b5f4d08adf234b5ebf16750.billy_mays_funeral_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ru7UX5oyp8fRYZueGqHttg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/en_nm/us_jackson nm/20090704/us_jackson Reuters entertainment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:25:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/en_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.9364b1c0423746fdb6810ba59b4f4d86.michael_jackson_neverland_carb108.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=ZXAOTDV4ZR705S3TOCf3wQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Leandro Lapagesse, 27, of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, shows off his tattoo near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" 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/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/en_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.9364b1c0423746fdb6810ba59b4f4d86.michael_jackson_neverland_carb108.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=ZXAOTDV4ZR705S3TOCf3wQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="Leandro Lapagesse, 27, of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, shows off his tattoo near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)