Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1776 Most Viewed en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:48 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1776 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_recovered_van ap/20091106/us_recovered_van AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_recovered_van"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.9057be852df2491e897e53187f168868.recovered_van_sea101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=nsc5ZoX4Qo5k6frvCUH_nA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 1965 Volkswagen van that was stolen 35 years ago from Spokane, Wash., is shown after it was recovered on Oct. 19, 2009, from a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles bound for The Netherlands. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_recovered_van"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.9057be852df2491e897e53187f168868.recovered_van_sea101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=nsc5ZoX4Qo5k6frvCUH_nA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 1965 Volkswagen van that was stolen 35 years ago from Spokane, Wash., is shown after it was recovered on Oct. 19, 2009, from a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles bound for The Netherlands. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims ap/20091107/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:30:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.208456dc87634b8e93e4034f44c1f080.fort_hood_shooting_txmo126.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=U0o.V5ciyY7i0mHc_yoiKg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Soldiers hold a candle light vigil at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Authorities said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.208456dc87634b8e93e4034f44c1f080.fort_hood_shooting_txmo126.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=U0o.V5ciyY7i0mHc_yoiKg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soldiers hold a candle light vigil at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Authorities said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:43:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091107/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let people who get federal subsidies buy insurance plans that include abortion coverage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/od_nm/us_rental nm/20091106/us_rental Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/od_nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/od_nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas ap/20091107/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:34:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting ap/20091107/us_orlando_office_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ea012742658947c6885efb95dbdbee13.orlando_office_shooting_ny131.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=Z_hZnUxzjYKySppSi3MK5Q--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ea012742658947c6885efb95dbdbee13.orlando_office_shooting_ny131.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=Z_hZnUxzjYKySppSi3MK5Q--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091107/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:18:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey ap/20091107/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming &mdash; as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_estate ap/20091107/us_jackson_estate AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:22:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.87dfd88475d843f9b9c9406f59b3ed09.jasckson_estate_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=kaIM6v.gw0M7msW3H8Z0QQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.87dfd88475d843f9b9c9406f59b3ed09.jasckson_estate_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=kaIM6v.gw0M7msW3H8Z0QQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on ap/20091107/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:36:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r845268649.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=._HyUDCA5OTt.6YdIjQm2w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Medical practitioners attend to a boy who was injured in a grenade attack, at a hospital in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. At least six people, including security officials, on Monday were injured in a grenade attack at a checkpoint in Meezan Chowk, local media reported. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders &mdash; and tattoos &mdash; exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r845268649.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=._HyUDCA5OTt.6YdIjQm2w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Medical practitioners attend to a boy who was injured in a grenade attack, at a hospital in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. At least six people, including security officials, on Monday were injured in a grenade attack at a checkpoint in Meezan Chowk, local media reported. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/od_nm/us_python_odd nm/20091105/us_python_odd Reuters odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/od_nm/us_python_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3539362090.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=oydbC6m.7e9Bkzft0M76vg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Burmese pythons is seen shortly before capture by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in an undated image. REUTERS/FWC/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/od_nm/us_python_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3539362090.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=oydbC6m.7e9Bkzft0M76vg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Burmese pythons is seen shortly before capture by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in an undated image. REUTERS/FWC/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_hsbc_champions ap/20091107/glf_hsbc_champions AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:36:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_hsbc_champions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ebcbe2643ecb4ed38b7ae6dc5d6f0333.china_hsbc_champions_golf_xeh113.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=b.6jcCx20OV0RHzmQPLmpA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Phil Mickelson tees off at the 5th tee during the third round of the 2009 HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The American lefty shot a 67 on Saturday and grabbed lead with 14-under 202. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_hsbc_champions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ebcbe2643ecb4ed38b7ae6dc5d6f0333.china_hsbc_champions_golf_xeh113.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=b.6jcCx20OV0RHzmQPLmpA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Phil Mickelson tees off at the 5th tee during the third round of the 2009 HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The American lefty shot a 67 on Saturday and grabbed lead with 14-under 202. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:47:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski ap/20091107/us_us_citizen_pulaski AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:48:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator ap/20091107/us_space_elevator AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space &mdash; an idea spurred by science fiction novels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_mu/us_symphony_bankruptcy ap/20091107/us_symphony_bankruptcy AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:12:44 GMT AP - The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes ap/20091107/us_immigrant_hate_crimes AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:44:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20091107/lf_ucda/teenslieabouthispastjeopardizesfuturewithgirl ucda/20091107/teenslieabouthispastjeopardizesfuturewithgirl Dear Abby entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:16:26 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old guy in my sophomore year of high school. I am known as a friendly, outgoing guy who gets along with girls. My problem is, I used to be one of the biggest jerks who ever was. I was involved in fighting and other things I won't go into. But I turned my life around. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood ap/20091107/us_obama_fort_hood AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:14:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)