Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1706 Most Viewed - Top Stories en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:24 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/afp/20091105/sc_afp/franceitalyswitzerlandsciencemountain afp/20091105/franceitalyswitzerlandsciencemountain AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:12:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/franceitalyswitzerlandsciencemountain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257433348369-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=A2VwG75ro1KCYTKyhOAkeQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Chartered surveyors during their ascent of the Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said following an official survey.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said Thursday following an official survey.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/franceitalyswitzerlandsciencemountain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257433348369-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=A2VwG75ro1KCYTKyhOAkeQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chartered surveyors during their ascent of the Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said following an official survey.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear_warhead nm/20091105/us_iran_nuclear_warhead Reuters topstories Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:26:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear_warhead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2253561554.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=BpBTILxhFSI17KU6Y1J8.Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, south of Tehran, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Caren Firouz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear_warhead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2253561554.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=BpBTILxhFSI17KU6Y1J8.Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, south of Tehran, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Caren Firouz" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw usnews/20091106/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:16 GMT U.S. News & World Report - In the hopes of sustaining the real estate market's recent momentum, Uncle Sam has made more than two-thirds of current homeowners and nearly all first-time buyers eligible for thousands of dollars in tax perks when they purchase a house. President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law Friday, a day after the House of Representatives approved it by a 403-to-12 vote. The legislation includes language that significantly expands the popular first-time home buyer tax credit that was enacted in February. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing nm/20091106/us_afghanistan_missing Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/lf_nm_life/us_language_babies nm/20091105/us_language_babies Reuters topstories Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:04:59 GMT Reuters - The wail of a newborn may sound the same to the ears of sleep-deprived parents the world over, but according to scientists, that's not the case: Babies cry in the language their parents speak from the first days of life. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/germanyusautocompanygmopel afp/20091105/germanyusautocompanygmopel AFP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:05:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/germanyusautocompanygmopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257443880712-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=A2dtMGV7VhrLi17NmSxIZA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Opel workers demonstrate with banners at the main plant of carmaker Opel in Ruesselsheim, western Germany, during a protest one day after General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plan to cut some 10,000 jobs.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Angry German workers on Thursday protested General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and its plans to cut 10,000 jobs, moves slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/germanyusautocompanygmopel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257443880712-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=A2dtMGV7VhrLi17NmSxIZA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Opel workers demonstrate with banners at the main plant of carmaker Opel in Ruesselsheim, western Germany, during a protest one day after General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plan to cut some 10,000 jobs.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew usnews/20091106/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2813220410.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KO8HkaxrO0mh8mzugcQDFQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="People wait for assistance at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Alexandria, Virginia November 6, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent and 190,000 jobs were lost in October, exceeding expectations for a 9.9 percent rate and a loss of 175,000 jobs. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - In what will no doubt boost skepticism over the Obama administration's message of stimulus success, the unemployment rate in October rocketed to 10.2 percent, a figure much higher than economists had expected and just 0.6 percentage points away from the post-World War II high seen in 1982. While unemployment snapped back down swiftly in the early-1980s recession, it is widely expected that job creation will be slow in this recovery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/octoberjobsreportatruewitchesbrew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2813220410.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KO8HkaxrO0mh8mzugcQDFQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="People wait for assistance at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Alexandria, Virginia November 6, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent and 190,000 jobs were lost in October, exceeding expectations for a 9.9 percent rate and a loss of 175,000 jobs. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)" 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/ap/20091107/ap_on_to_in_hi/history ap/20091107/history AP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:24 GMT AP - Today is Saturday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2009. There are 54 days left in the year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.45b58d96fdc44aadbf02a10cc28e1573.aptopix_fort_hood_shootings_txjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b748S2t5BmGk07NTTVbhgA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings nm/20091106/us_countries_rankings Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1099389855.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=rH0h2QV6WclVvEFQ_zouaA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not shown) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barack Obama has done it again. The president's starpower has made the United States the place most people want to visit and do business with, according to an annual survey that ranks nations like retail brands.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/lf_nm_life/us_countries_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1099389855.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=rH0h2QV6WclVvEFQ_zouaA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not shown) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)