Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1706 Most Viewed - Top Stories en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:42:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1706 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc nm/20080820/usa_poll_politics_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080818/capt.b39334647a954757ab76c115673fce01.mccain_2008_flma101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=878zFXykN6RPYDWe4.rsgg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cindy McCain, left, applauds as her husband, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is introduced at the Annual Veterans of Foreign War Convention, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080818/capt.b39334647a954757ab76c115673fce01.mccain_2008_flma101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=878zFXykN6RPYDWe4.rsgg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cindy McCain, left, applauds as her husband, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is introduced at the Annual Veterans of Foreign War Convention, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc nm/20080820/women_careers_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:31:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t073443_450x318_us_women_careers.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=or4Kldo1kOi11qMiIHT0CA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Women walk through a street in Tokyo August 13, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Women are their own workplace enemies when it comes to cracking the glass ceiling, with an international study finding they are less likely to promote themselves and network than their male counterparts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t073443_450x318_us_women_careers.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=or4Kldo1kOi11qMiIHT0CA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Women walk through a street in Tokyo August 13, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc nm/20080820/shield_poland_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MI6qbmOXr7y51i89jfKjfg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow's intervention in Georgia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MI6qbmOXr7y51i89jfKjfg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/spain_crash_dc nm/20080820/spain_crash_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:53:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/spain_crash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t104301_450x274_us_spain_crash.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=1d1Zy1dkR4OfJZS0VP8LXg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Emergency vehicles and helicopters surround the area where a plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport August 20, 2008. (Juan Medina/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - At least 45 people were killed when a Spanair plane crashed on takeoff at Madrid airport on Wednesday, the government said, but an emergency services source reported nearly 150 fatalities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/spain_crash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t104301_450x274_us_spain_crash.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=1d1Zy1dkR4OfJZS0VP8LXg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Emergency vehicles and helicopters surround the area where a plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport August 20, 2008. (Juan Medina/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc nm/20080816/governors_border_dc Reuters Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:08:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t033601_450x293_us_governors_border.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=6OtUzg5LSTkWdidlOB4aUw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Customs and Border Protection officer is handed a passport by a motorist at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the US in San Ysidro, California, January 31, 2008. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. and Mexican states are considering charging a fee for border crossings to raise money for infrastructure improvements that would reduce congestion at border posts, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t033601_450x293_us_governors_border.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=6OtUzg5LSTkWdidlOB4aUw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Customs and Border Protection officer is handed a passport by a motorist at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the US in San Ysidro, California, January 31, 2008. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc nm/20080820/usa_politics_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:17:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t011251_450x314_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S8Y4W74JyS8kxt4fbch1.Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina August 19, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sly hints and outright guesses fostered speculation in the U.S. vice presidential sweepstakes on Tuesday as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain neared their choices of a No. 2.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t011251_450x314_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S8Y4W74JyS8kxt4fbch1.Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina August 19, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/hedgefund_fraud_dc nm/20080819/hedgefund_fraud_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:44 GMT Reuters - A former hedge fund manager was ordered to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/storm_fay_dc nm/20080819/storm_fay_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:32:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/storm_fay_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t150812_450x240_us_storm_fay.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=dRrlaCoxEjd15QeIQgYGpQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="Workers view debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwest Florida from the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain but causing little damage after failing to strengthen into a hurricane as forecasters had predicted. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay swept into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and soaked the state on Tuesday while growing strong enough that forecasters said it could become a hurricane before smacking Florida a third time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/storm_fay_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t150812_450x240_us_storm_fay.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=dRrlaCoxEjd15QeIQgYGpQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers view debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwest Florida from the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain but causing little damage after failing to strengthen into a hurricane as forecasters had predicted. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080820/ts_csm/asugar csm/20080820/asugar The Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Banged out in secret meetings, a $1.75 billion taxpayer-funded plan to buy 187,000 acres of US Sugar's cane fields in the Lake Okeechobee basin marks one of the largest conservation buyouts of a major industry in the US, promising to break a major chokehold on the slowly dying Everglades. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080818/ts_csm/onextdoor csm/20080818/onextdoor The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080818/ts_csm/onextdoor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080820/i/r2239624240.jpg?x=130&y=45&q=85&sig=0FNM1P1EUdYDjPMDW9zcMg--" align="left" height="45" width="130" alt="Georgian servicemen line up at a military base outside Tbilisi, August 20, 2008. There are no clear signs that Russia has started a withdrawal from Georgia, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday, describing the situation as "very unsatisfactory". REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - They live in a historically battered region between West and East, the Rhine and the Volga, Berlin and Moscow. Now, as Russian tanks rumble in Georgia, the states of "new Europe" are urging the West to rethink its relationship with Russia and are pushing for new security and strong measures against an aggressive Moscow they say they know all too well.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080818/ts_csm/onextdoor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080820/i/r2239624240.jpg?x=130&y=45&q=85&sig=0FNM1P1EUdYDjPMDW9zcMg--" align="left" height="45" width="130" alt="photo" title="Georgian servicemen line up at a military base outside Tbilisi, August 20, 2008. There are no clear signs that Russia has started a withdrawal from Georgia, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday, describing the situation as "very unsatisfactory". REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc nm/20080819/iran_satellite_usa_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:12:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t005729_450x344_us_iran_satellite_usa.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=NKWJEcERS.MrNv4zaF2jlw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="The Safir (ambassador) satellite-carrier rocket is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran August 17, 2008. (FARS NEWS/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran's attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a "dramatic failure" that fell far short of the country's assertions of success, a U.S. official said on Tuesday</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t005729_450x344_us_iran_satellite_usa.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=NKWJEcERS.MrNv4zaF2jlw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Safir (ambassador) satellite-carrier rocket is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran August 17, 2008. (FARS NEWS/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008 afp/20080820/oly2008 AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:20:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq92.200808151730.photo00.photo.default-499x512.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=1IjrfhHdfvFCHPBGQA4zWg--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="Usain Bolt of Jamaica's waves beofre the men's 200m semi-final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Ukraine's heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska has failed a drugs test, the IOC confirmed as the first high-profile doping failure hit the Beijing Olympics on the 13th day.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ukraine's heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska has failed a drugs test, the IOC confirmed Wednesday as the first high-profile doping failure hit the Beijing Olympics on the 13th day.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq92.200808151730.photo00.photo.default-499x512.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=1IjrfhHdfvFCHPBGQA4zWg--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="photo" title="Usain Bolt of Jamaica's waves beofre the men's 200m semi-final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Ukraine's heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska has failed a drugs test, the IOC confirmed as the first high-profile doping failure hit the Beijing Olympics on the 13th day.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mwin afp/20080820/oly2008athletics200mwin AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:42:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir76.200808165140.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=KEmXZDDll3yeGmnmEQwFYQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir76.200808165140.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=KEmXZDDll3yeGmnmEQwFYQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice afp/20080820/commoditiesenergyoilprice AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq14.200808131524.photo00.photo.default-512x321.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=EaYUH2yN6pB1smCTUQqsKQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="The "flare fire" burns at the Basra oil refinery, 2003. Oil prices eased, reversing earlier gains and a sharp spike the day before, as the market awaited the latest weekly government report on the health of American energy inventories.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oil prices eased on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains and a sharp spike the day before, as the market awaited the latest weekly government report on the health of American energy inventories.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq14.200808131524.photo00.photo.default-512x321.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=EaYUH2yN6pB1smCTUQqsKQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="The "flare fire" burns at the Basra oil refinery, 2003. Oil prices eased, reversing earlier gains and a sharp spike the day before, as the market awaited the latest weekly government report on the health of American energy inventories.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc nm/20080815/texas_guns_dc Reuters Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:32:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t154055_450x300_us_texas_guns.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=idv5hISTOWCA0OXsvmoj0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Guns are seen inside a display case at the Cabela's store in Fort Worth, Texas, June 26, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t154055_450x300_us_texas_guns.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=idv5hISTOWCA0OXsvmoj0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Guns are seen inside a display case at the Cabela's store in Fort Worth, Texas, June 26, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/spainairaccident afp/20080820/spainairaccident AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:34:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/spainairaccident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir83.200808170004.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=.e01idPTlo2GmqR9Er_Kbg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Spanair plane flies above Madrid's Barajas airport in 2005. At least 45 people were killed and 40 injured when a Spanish airliner crashed at Madrid's airport.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A jet belonging to a Spanish airline skidded off a Madrid airport runway and crashed in flames on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, media reports said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/spainairaccident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir83.200808170004.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=.e01idPTlo2GmqR9Er_Kbg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Spanair plane flies above Madrid's Barajas airport in 2005. At least 45 people were killed and 40 injured when a Spanish airliner crashed at Madrid's airport.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/ts_nm/space_mars_dc nm/20080814/space_mars_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:07:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/ts_nm/space_mars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_14t155825_450x363_us_space_mars.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=m4Qg7lowBwlDajTaZKBcRg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Particles of Martian dust lying on NASA's Phoenix Lander's Optical Microscope's silicon substrate are seen in this photo released by NASA to Reuters August 14, 2008. A 3D 200x representation of the same sample is on the right, as seen by Phoenix's Atomic Force Microscope, and is the most highly magnified image ever seen from another world. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Neuchatel/Imperial College London/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/ts_nm/space_mars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_14t155825_450x363_us_space_mars.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=m4Qg7lowBwlDajTaZKBcRg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="Particles of Martian dust lying on NASA's Phoenix Lander's Optical Microscope's silicon substrate are seen in this photo released by NASA to Reuters August 14, 2008. A 3D 200x representation of the same sample is on the right, as seen by Phoenix's Atomic Force Microscope, and is the most highly magnified image ever seen from another world. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Neuchatel/Imperial College London/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord afp/20080820/oly2008athletics200mrecord AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:28:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir76.200808165140.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=KEmXZDDll3yeGmnmEQwFYQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Jamaican Usain Bolt broke the men's 200 metres world record here on Wednesday timing 19.30 seconds as he clinched the Olympic Games gold to add to his 100m crown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir76.200808165140.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=KEmXZDDll3yeGmnmEQwFYQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/olympics_earnings_dc nm/20080820/olympics_earnings_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:11:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/olympics_earnings_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t050622_338x450_us_olympics_earnings.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=qW8Hv5QclfxmHPoe7ZIk1A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps poses exclusively for the August 25, 2008 edition of Sports Illustrated in this photograph taken in Beijing, China on August, 17, 2008. (Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated - SI.com/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Olympic heroes Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt are set to make their fortunes after Beijing but spare a thought for the winners of the other 293 gold medals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/olympics_earnings_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t050622_338x450_us_olympics_earnings.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=qW8Hv5QclfxmHPoe7ZIk1A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps poses exclusively for the August 25, 2008 edition of Sports Illustrated in this photograph taken in Beijing, China on August, 17, 2008. (Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated - SI.com/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080819/ts_usnews/mccaingainsonobamabuoyedbycrisisingeorgia usnews/20080819/mccaingainsonobamabuoyedbycrisisingeorgia U.S. News & World Report Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:20:46 GMT U.S. News & World Report - John McCain is making gains on Barack Obama, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll released today, and one reason appears to be the smoldering crisis between Georgia and Russia.