Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1706 Most Viewed - Top Stories en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1706 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090702/ts_usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow usnews/20090702/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow U.S. News & World Report topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:47:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090702/ts_usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1760a6c29dd94eb4a36c4393af076a5a.obama_dcpm112.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=cafoURpYLhJkdI1ayqfmHA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama makes remarks about innovation and jobs, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - In a move that suggests its initial rescue plan was insufficient, the Obama administration yesterday announced plans to widen the eligibility parameters of a key housing initiative. The change would allow borrowers with mortgages valued at 125 percent of their home's worth to refinance into more affordable loans. Previously, only borrowers with so-called loan-to-value ratios of 105 percent or less could do so. The mortgage refinancing program is part of the president's two-pronged plan to pull the nation out of its worst housing slump since the Great Depression. ...</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090702/ts_usnews/obamashousingrescueexpands6thingstoknow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1760a6c29dd94eb4a36c4393af076a5a.obama_dcpm112.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=cafoURpYLhJkdI1ayqfmHA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama makes remarks about innovation and jobs, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (U.S. News & World Report) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin nm/20090704/us_usa_politics_palin Reuters politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1751661420.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=epqgKaMERaFgnCzllrMo0g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090704/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1751661420.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=epqgKaMERaFgnCzllrMo0g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)