Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2755 Most Viewed - U.S. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:51:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2755 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning ap/20090704/us_palin_resigning AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:51:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has defied political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree ap/20090704/us_sc_killing_spree AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:50:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8a247888bfdf46e889a0f9c01fe1a83b.killing_spree_scspa106.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=SF6iwHTAxiz0Mr6unbMn1A--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="This is an updated composite drawing of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County, South Carolina made available on Friday, July 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0" /></a>AP - A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_killing_spree"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.8a247888bfdf46e889a0f9c01fe1a83b.killing_spree_scspa106.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=SF6iwHTAxiz0Mr6unbMn1A--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="This is an updated composite drawing of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County, South Carolina made available on Friday, July 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900 time/20090704/08599190866900 Time.com us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Although her stated reasons are hard to pin down, insiders say the Alaska governor's decision is unlikely to lead to a presidential run in 2012</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090704/us_time/08599190866900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400 time/20090703/08599190750400 Time.com us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4464e0e67a174d4b9ff120e22f88c832.california_budget_la107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fdZU4LxEn1CgzK1hl_DROA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about the state budget crisis Thursday, July 2, 2009, during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Back in 1978, Proposition 13 was a boon to property to owners but it was a slow but sure carcinogen to the body politic. Now the patient is in dire straits</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090703/us_time/08599190750400"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4464e0e67a174d4b9ff120e22f88c832.california_budget_la107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fdZU4LxEn1CgzK1hl_DROA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about the state budget crisis Thursday, July 2, 2009, during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral ap/20090703/us_billy_mays_funeral AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.75b78ae92b5f4d08adf234b5ebf16750.billy_mays_funeral_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ru7UX5oyp8fRYZueGqHttg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0" /></a>AP - References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_mays_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.75b78ae92b5f4d08adf234b5ebf16750.billy_mays_funeral_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ru7UX5oyp8fRYZueGqHttg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change ap/20090703/med_begging_for_change AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b2f018ddc94440518ac82a0d9b8fd7a9.begging_for_change_mepw101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=P4mTvjm288f9DEB63Yb6hQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Carpenter Greg Douglas sits with dozens of medical bills at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The community held a benefit for him and put out collection cans to help with medical expenses after he was injured when his truck rolled on black ice. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)" border="0" /></a>AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/med_begging_for_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b2f018ddc94440518ac82a0d9b8fd7a9.begging_for_change_mepw101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=P4mTvjm288f9DEB63Yb6hQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carpenter Greg Douglas sits with dozens of medical bills at his home in Harpswell, Maine, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The community held a benefit for him and put out collection cans to help with medical expenses after he was injured when his truck rolled on black ice. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)