Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2755 Most Viewed - U.S. en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:15 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/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages ap/20091126/us_sept11_pager_messages AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0" /></a>AP - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault ap/20091126/us_anesthesia_assault AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:31:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0" /></a>AP - A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_obama_dinner_security nm/20091126/us_obama_dinner_security Reuters topstories Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:02:20 GMT Reuters - The Secret Service is investigating how an uninvited couple was admitted to U.S. President Barack Obama's White House state dinner, penetrating layers of security, a spokesman said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_charred_remains ap/20091126/us_charred_remains AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:05 GMT AP - Investigators found more charred human remains at the home of one of two missing Southern California boys as a third teen turned up safe Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sex_trafficking ap/20091126/us_sex_trafficking AP health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:21:45 GMT AP - A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in Brooklyn, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_cave_rescue ap/20091126/us_cave_rescue AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:46 GMT AP - Rescuers chipped away with air-powered tools in a narrow tunnel Wednesday to free a man trapped upside down about 150 feet below ground in a popular Utah cave. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/ts_alt_afp/usthanksgivinghomelesspeoplefilmdouglas afp/20091125/usthanksgivinghomelesspeoplefilmdouglas AFP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:44:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/ts_alt_afp/usthanksgivinghomelesspeoplefilmdouglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192660759-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=yT.lPfD45Bqe9G0hlQc6SQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US actor Kirk Douglas and his wife get ready to serve a Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless in downtown Los Angeles, California. Douglas and his wife Anne, namesake of the Anne Douglas Center for Women at the Los Angeles Mission, are hosts for this event, featuring the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas served up seasonal cheer to homeless people in Los Angeles on Wednesday, dishing up Thanksgiving turkey dinners to the needy for the fifth year in a row.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/ts_alt_afp/usthanksgivinghomelesspeoplefilmdouglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192660759-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=yT.lPfD45Bqe9G0hlQc6SQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US actor Kirk Douglas and his wife get ready to serve a Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless in downtown Los Angeles, California. Douglas and his wife Anne, namesake of the Anne Douglas Center for Women at the Los Angeles Mission, are hosts for this event, featuring the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio ap/20091125/us_death_penalty_ohio AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:12:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.64f9838278754497a35de6daf0a5e691.death_penalty_ohio_cd101.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=JmVxmwJorhUEiY1dl9l_OQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo released by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Kenneth Biros is shown. Biros was convicted of killing Tami Engstrom in February 1991. A previously blocked execution for Biros set for Dec. 8 can now go forward due to a change in Ohio's lethal injection policies, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)" border="0" /></a>AP - An inmate whose execution was put on hold as he argued that Ohio's method of lethal injection was unconstitutional can die as scheduled next month, now that the state has instituted a different method, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.64f9838278754497a35de6daf0a5e691.death_penalty_ohio_cd101.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=JmVxmwJorhUEiY1dl9l_OQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this undated file photo released by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Kenneth Biros is shown. Biros was convicted of killing Tami Engstrom in February 1991. A previously blocked execution for Biros set for Dec. 8 can now go forward due to a change in Ohio's lethal injection policies, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_train_child ap/20091125/us_train_child AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:37:04 GMT AP - Portland's mass transit agency has fired a light-rail train operator who ignored a father's calls for help after his 3-year-old son was left behind at a station last week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_toxic_algae_fish ap/20091125/us_toxic_algae_fish AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:32:19 GMT AP - Scientists say they believe toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall ap/20091125/us_chinese_drywall AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_radio_repentance ap/20091125/us_radio_repentance AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:01:39 GMT AP - An anonymous letter with $500 and a plea for forgiveness sheds some light on a long-forgotten crime at an Iowa Catholic college. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_flu_usa nm/20091125/us_flu_usa Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:39:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_flu_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3357347234.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9pAtGoNBba4sP3RAw63SVQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they are seeing a worrying pattern of serious bacterial infections in swine flu patients, mostly among younger adults not normally vulnerable to them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_flu_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3357347234.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9pAtGoNBba4sP3RAw63SVQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrants_injured ap/20091125/us_immigrants_injured AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:22:16 GMT AP - Authorities say a truck carrying illegal immigrants from Guatemala and Mexico has plummeted more than 40 feet off a cliff in southwest Texas. All 18 aboard were injured. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_aircraft_carrier_donation ap/20091125/us_aircraft_carrier_donation AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:05:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_aircraft_carrier_donation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.45490beb722d48a5bd36483e2989f431.aircraft_carrier_donation_px105.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=nF13doAXmJVptmy.q91mpg--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Saturday March 22, 2008, file photo, the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy makes it's way up the Delaware River near Philadelphia guided by tug boats. The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier as a museum or memorial. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. Navy plans to give away the retired aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy for a museum or memorial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_aircraft_carrier_donation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.45490beb722d48a5bd36483e2989f431.aircraft_carrier_donation_px105.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=nF13doAXmJVptmy.q91mpg--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Saturday March 22, 2008, file photo, the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy makes it's way up the Delaware River near Philadelphia guided by tug boats. The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier as a museum or memorial. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum ap/20091125/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5364be63df7f43b394cc0758a3e6e78d.gay_marriage_stalled_momentum_risr601.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Fi71qzHUqb.xWoBvx_g6Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - The state-to-state march to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a major setback three weeks ago at the ballot box in Maine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_stalled_momentum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5364be63df7f43b394cc0758a3e6e78d.gay_marriage_stalled_momentum_risr601.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Fi71qzHUqb.xWoBvx_g6Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_colombian_kingpin_lawyer ap/20091125/us_colombian_kingpin_lawyer AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:44:05 GMT AP - The Justice Department is dropping all charges against a prominent Florida lawyer in a drug money-laundering case. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20091125/us_space_shuttle AP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c7641a01c7a4141a28fc449836e01af.space_shuttle_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Kc8f8yHYAJX8_f12ofVr0g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c7641a01c7a4141a28fc449836e01af.space_shuttle_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Kc8f8yHYAJX8_f12ofVr0g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today_glance ap/20091125/us_rel_religion_today_glance AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:22:15 GMT AP - Familiar Bible phrases in contemporary culture: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_thanksgiving_friends_in_tragedy ap/20091125/us_thanksgiving_friends_in_tragedy AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:57 GMT AP - When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick &mdash; Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail.