Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1712 Most Viewed - Politics en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:52 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1712 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091108/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0a63dba46f524a2a897ac31f39ec8e06.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab105.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=lKytRlWL67lnKBUE02cXCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks as others, including Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen outside the Cannon Caucus Room after meeting with President Obama about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. In the back are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history" and expand coverage to millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0a63dba46f524a2a897ac31f39ec8e06.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab105.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=lKytRlWL67lnKBUE02cXCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks as others, including Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen outside the Cannon Caucus Room after meeting with President Obama about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. In the back are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences ap/20091108/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:18:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/wl_mcclatchy/3351521 mcclatchy/20091107/3351521 McClatchy Newspapers world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/wl_mcclatchy/3351521"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8228375600ce4e81a6234cb1006febbc.afghanistan_xdg107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jMSIUEiK.OZ8NArlMX2FyA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="SSG John Wade, a U.S. soldier from Bakersfield, Calif. and the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division takes an overwatch position on a mountain top in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/wl_mcclatchy/3351521"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8228375600ce4e81a6234cb1006febbc.afghanistan_xdg107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jMSIUEiK.OZ8NArlMX2FyA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="SSG John Wade, a U.S. soldier from Bakersfield, Calif. and the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division takes an overwatch position on a mountain top in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape ap/20091108/us2010_election_landscape AP Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547 mcclatchy/20091107/3351547 McClatchy Newspapers politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:57:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257630804748-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=nzftkvEbz4Aa2Oz5Tp.z0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="House Majority Whip James Clyburn (L) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (C) listen while House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (R) speak to the press after a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill. Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; These are some of the changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States if the House bill were to become law:</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257630804748-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=nzftkvEbz4Aa2Oz5Tp.z0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Majority Whip James Clyburn (L) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (C) listen while House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (R) speak to the press after a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill. Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_dingell ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_dingell AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:05:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_dingell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.8da97853f4ae4739a341d0ae4ca18c10.health_care_overhaul_dcab110.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=VCEDUmbL1.QiOBU61mnZvA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., holds a gavel used during the passage of Medicare, as he speaks about health care, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats gave the gavel Saturday to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_dingell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.8da97853f4ae4739a341d0ae4ca18c10.health_care_overhaul_dcab110.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=VCEDUmbL1.QiOBU61mnZvA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., holds a gavel used during the passage of Medicare, as he speaks about health care, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting_obama nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting_obama Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:39 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:48:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><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 - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><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/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>AP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/useconomyunemployment afp/20091107/useconomyunemployment AFP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/useconomyunemployment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567180374-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=q_qiRcl0YS5UfMm8N2Nduw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/useconomyunemployment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567180374-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=q_qiRcl0YS5UfMm8N2Nduw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29272 politico/20091107/29272 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:35:00 GMT Politico - With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29267 politico/20091107/29267 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT Politico - WEST ALLIS, Wisc. &ndash; Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091106/pl_cq_politics/politics3243275 cq/20091106/politics3243275 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:20:14 GMT CQPolitics.com - After dropping out of the race against Utah Sen. Robert F. Bennett, state Attorney General Mark Shurtleffsays he's looking for another way to help defeat the three-term senator in next year's Republican primary. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091107/pl_cq_politics/politics3243414 cq/20091107/politics3243414 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:10 GMT CQPolitics.com - The consensus view is undoubtedly that you could count on one hand (or two if you are really generous) the Washington politicians who have serious credibility as deficit hawks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091108/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress afp/20091108/healthuspoliticscongress AFP topstories Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:16:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091108/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091108/capt.photo_1257649603186-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bdmoMmX_z9lLxvAmm28wJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Activists join a nationwide rally in support of health care reforms in Miami, Florida. The US House of Representatives is drawing close to a vote on the broadest US health care overhaul in forty years, spurred on by President Barack Obama's call to "answer the call of history."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives is drawing close to a vote on the broadest US health care overhaul in forty years, spurred on by President Barack Obama's call to "answer the call of history."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091108/ts_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091108/capt.photo_1257649603186-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bdmoMmX_z9lLxvAmm28wJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists join a nationwide rally in support of health care reforms in Miami, Florida. The US House of Representatives is drawing close to a vote on the broadest US health care overhaul in forty years, spurred on by President Barack Obama's call to "answer the call of history."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29262 politico/20091107/29262 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT Politico - House leaders have won the backing of the nation&rsquo;s Catholic bishops for a last-minute abortion compromise, a critical boost that could give the health reform bill enough momentum &ndash; and enough votes &ndash; for passage as early as Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:41:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091107/pl_bloomberg/amsy0f1etvbi bloomberg/20091107/amsy0f1etvbi Bloomberg politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091107/pl_bloomberg/amsy0f1etvbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.7314d0e74d294bbda2c8b1a6d476deca.republicans_dchh136.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=oj1b2T_lXnQb.SkQ4zjwHw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., left, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, Eric Cantor, criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate and said his party needs to be inclusive.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091107/pl_bloomberg/amsy0f1etvbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.7314d0e74d294bbda2c8b1a6d476deca.republicans_dchh136.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=oj1b2T_lXnQb.SkQ4zjwHw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., left, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia ap/20091107/us_obama_asia AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)