Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 Top Stories en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:57 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/armored_vehicles ap/20080509/armored_vehicles AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:30:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/armored_vehicles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c316f478ab1648b482db833fbcb1af2b.armored_vehicles_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=WTv1K58.Bxx4lYpi0Sz3QQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP), produced by Navistar International, are loaded onto an airplane at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston, S.C. The military has bought thousands of MRAPs to guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from deadly roadside bombs. The surge in attacks in 2008 is putting the vehicles to the test, and so far they are largely passing. (AP Photos/Alice Keeney, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/armored_vehicles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c316f478ab1648b482db833fbcb1af2b.armored_vehicles_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=WTv1K58.Bxx4lYpi0Sz3QQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP), produced by Navistar International, are loaded onto an airplane at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston, S.C. The military has bought thousands of MRAPs to guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from deadly roadside bombs. The surge in attacks in 2008 is putting the vehicles to the test, and so far they are largely passing. (AP Photos/Alice Keeney, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement ap/20080509/obama_endorsement AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:29:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d5945112787840a485a9fea533931aed.obama_2008_pdss102.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=tyV7o7k3xJ1DFaFqi84l9A--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., leads a discussion on the economy at Vernier Software & Technology in Beaverton, Oregon Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.d5945112787840a485a9fea533931aed.obama_2008_pdss102.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=tyV7o7k3xJ1DFaFqi84l9A--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., leads a discussion on the economy at Vernier Software & Technology in Beaverton, Oregon Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/sharpton_s_money ap/20080509/sharpton_s_money AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:28:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/sharpton_s_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.a35f6ed804a642e99e6d5317f83ec6c2.sharpton_s_money_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9rvP5tNCuz8Dee4jwA.LfQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this March 24, 2005 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton walks to the Federal Communications Commission office in Washington. Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as New York City's most prominent civil rights leader. Government records reviewed by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties, mostly dating from the years leading up to his run for president in 2004. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/sharpton_s_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.a35f6ed804a642e99e6d5317f83ec6c2.sharpton_s_money_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9rvP5tNCuz8Dee4jwA.LfQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this March 24, 2005 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton walks to the Federal Communications Commission office in Washington. Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as New York City's most prominent civil rights leader. Government records reviewed by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties, mostly dating from the years leading up to his run for president in 2004. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone ap/20080509/myanmar_cyclone AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.b28b99f389b9433f867f191111c75505.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=5rRcDGwUqEw2sWXzysoB0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, on Friday May 9, 2008. The U.N. blasted Myanmar's military government Friday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers to help victims of the devastating cyclone was 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.b28b99f389b9433f867f191111c75505.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=5rRcDGwUqEw2sWXzysoB0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, on Friday May 9, 2008. The U.N. blasted Myanmar's military government Friday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers to help victims of the devastating cyclone was 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/csi_manson_ranch ap/20080509/csi_manson_ranch AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/csi_manson_ranch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.e20cacf870db47838b1f4b908993135b.csi_manson_ranch_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=yf2AwCyBtjGqccXQJSCqag--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 file photo, a Life magazine showing Charles Manson on the cover is left on a table in the abandoned Barker Ranch house in the Panamint Mountains west of Death Valley National Park, Calif. National Park Service officials say Barker Ranch where Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)" border="0" /></a>AP - The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/csi_manson_ranch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.e20cacf870db47838b1f4b908993135b.csi_manson_ranch_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=yf2AwCyBtjGqccXQJSCqag--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 file photo, a Life magazine showing Charles Manson on the cover is left on a table in the abandoned Barker Ranch house in the Panamint Mountains west of Death Valley National Park, Calif. National Park Service officials say Barker Ranch where Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/18_kids ap/20080509/18_kids AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:25:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/18_kids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c99a3bf2ec3e4b3d8c1d2a0bfb781da1.18_kids_arbh102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=C1vR1sC0MLLqpjCxSEvH9g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, third from right after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. The Duggars announced on Friday, May 9, 2008 that they are expecting their 18th child. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/18_kids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c99a3bf2ec3e4b3d8c1d2a0bfb781da1.18_kids_arbh102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=C1vR1sC0MLLqpjCxSEvH9g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, third from right after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. The Duggars announced on Friday, May 9, 2008 that they are expecting their 18th child. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/shuttle_recovered_data ap/20080509/shuttle_recovered_data AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:25:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/shuttle_recovered_data"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.7921c28576c34bc49f2848ca732d6e48.shuttle_recovered_data_nybz134.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=96DiPNqo6IlsxD5pMjYsOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="In this photo provided by Kroll Ontrack Inc., a data drive that fell from the space shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed in 2003 is shown. During Columbia's fateful final mission, the drive had been used to capture data from a scientific experiment on the way xenon gas flows. (AP Photo/Kroll Ontrack Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/shuttle_recovered_data"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.7921c28576c34bc49f2848ca732d6e48.shuttle_recovered_data_nybz134.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=96DiPNqo6IlsxD5pMjYsOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by Kroll Ontrack Inc., a data drive that fell from the space shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed in 2003 is shown. During Columbia's fateful final mission, the drive had been used to capture data from a scientific experiment on the way xenon gas flows. (AP Photo/Kroll Ontrack Inc.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_en_ot/people_hogan_son_crash ap/20080509/people_hogan_son_crash AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:24:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_en_ot/people_hogan_son_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.5da02293c57346e6ba03aac3b050456c.people_hogan_son_crash_nyol933.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=sTBcIIQZibp7ITv_JLgdyw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="In this 2006 file photo, Nick Bollea, son of wrestler Hulk Hogan, arrives at a nightclub in Los Angeles. A judge in Florida on Friday, May 9, 2008 said Bollea should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. He will be on five years' probation and lose his driving privileges for three years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_en_ot/people_hogan_son_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.5da02293c57346e6ba03aac3b050456c.people_hogan_son_crash_nyol933.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=sTBcIIQZibp7ITv_JLgdyw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="In this 2006 file photo, Nick Bollea, son of wrestler Hulk Hogan, arrives at a nightclub in Los Angeles. A judge in Florida on Friday, May 9, 2008 said Bollea should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bad_day ap/20080509/odd_bad_day AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:27:53 GMT AP - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_mariners_sexson_suspended ap/20080509/bba_mariners_sexson_suspended AP Fri, 09 May 2008 20:21:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_mariners_sexson_suspended"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.58c8f6133b8146759ad68f79440efad5.rangers_mariners_baseball_wakc208.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=phjA24mN4_SLcdsDMqn6VA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Texas Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard is tackled by Seattle Mariners' Richie Sexson (44) after Gobbard threw a pitch close to Sexson in the fourth inning of an MLB baseball game in Seattle on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball after charging the mound and throwing his helmet at a Texas pitcher the previous night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_mariners_sexson_suspended"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.58c8f6133b8146759ad68f79440efad5.rangers_mariners_baseball_wakc208.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=phjA24mN4_SLcdsDMqn6VA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Texas Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard is tackled by Seattle Mariners' Richie Sexson (44) after Gobbard threw a pitch close to Sexson in the fourth inning of an MLB baseball game in Seattle on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc nm/20080509/lebanon_conflict_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t053657_450x310_us_lebanon_conflict.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ROcTDkDzZF3gLVqKqHNWVA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Shi'ite opposition gunmen shoot with their rifles during clashes with pro-government supporters in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. (Ezzat Attar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t053657_450x310_us_lebanon_conflict.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ROcTDkDzZF3gLVqKqHNWVA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Shi'ite opposition gunmen shoot with their rifles during clashes with pro-government supporters in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. (Ezzat Attar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc nm/20080509/myanmar_cyclone_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 18:58:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t054803_450x317_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=prZsofccPwhd8GMS7btceQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="People fetch water out of a pond to use it at a village after Cyclone Nargis hit the village in Yangon May 9, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations said it would resume aid flights to cyclone-struck Myanmar despite the military government's seizure of food supplies on Friday, and Myanmar approved one U.S. aid flight.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t054803_450x317_us_myanmar_cyclone.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=prZsofccPwhd8GMS7btceQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="People fetch water out of a pond to use it at a village after Cyclone Nargis hit the village in Yangon May 9, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc nm/20080509/usa_politics_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:29:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080510/2008_05_09t172025_450x340_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=fPn0m43aoSuJ8LtCDp2Mwg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama steps off his plane as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham airport in North Carolina, May 5, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama turned his focus to a general election showdown with John McCain on Friday and said the Republican White House candidate would continue the failed policies of President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080510/2008_05_09t172025_450x340_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=fPn0m43aoSuJ8LtCDp2Mwg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama steps off his plane as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham airport in North Carolina, May 5, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/food_dc nm/20080509/food_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:15:21 GMT Reuters - Good weather will help the world's farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S. government said on Friday, which should allay fears of shortages and help bring prices down from current high levels. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc nm/20080509/usa_politics_mccain_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:21:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t134945_450x347_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=7hwVMj.aOBl1j9u4Oz.UPQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A television frame grab shows Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his mother Roberta McCain, 96, in a new television ad, entitled 'Johnny's Mom,' that was released by the campaign on May 8, 2008. The new ad, where McCain and his mother discuss his childhood, will air this Sunday on Mother's Day on networks including ABC Family, A and E, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Oxygen and TLC. (John McCain 2008/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Did U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t134945_450x347_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=7hwVMj.aOBl1j9u4Oz.UPQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A television frame grab shows Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his mother Roberta McCain, 96, in a new television ad, entitled 'Johnny's Mom,' that was released by the campaign on May 8, 2008. The new ad, where McCain and his mother discuss his childhood, will air this Sunday on Mother's Day on networks including ABC Family, A and E, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Oxygen and TLC. (John McCain 2008/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/train_dc nm/20080509/train_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 21:14:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/train_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t133013_450x360_us_train.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=J1qFjkTMwDVgp1j85OCAmQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday. (Graphics/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Canadian health officials said on Friday that a death and reported outbreak of flu-like symptoms aboard a cross-Canada train were not due to an infectious disease and in fact were likely not related at all.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/train_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t133013_450x360_us_train.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=J1qFjkTMwDVgp1j85OCAmQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday. (Graphics/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/olympics_usa_tibet_dc nm/20080509/olympics_usa_tibet_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:32:22 GMT Reuters - A group of senior U.S. senators urged President George W. Bush on Friday to visit Tibet when he travels to China in August to attend the Beijing Olympics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/china_tibet_germany_dc nm/20080509/china_tibet_germany_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 14:47:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/china_tibet_germany_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t104631_450x340_us_china_tibet_germany.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=w6Db.5ldDDAOynS2peaoTg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="The Dalai Lama meets with Paula Dobriansky, the U.S. under secretary of the State Department for Global Affairs and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan April 21, 2008. The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting. (Rebecca Coo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/china_tibet_germany_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t104631_450x340_us_china_tibet_germany.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=w6Db.5ldDDAOynS2peaoTg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Dalai Lama meets with Paula Dobriansky, the U.S. under secretary of the State Department for Global Affairs and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan April 21, 2008. The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting. (Rebecca Coo/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone afp/20080509/myanmarweathercyclone AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:28:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb99.090508212719.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=_NUzbx0CcEBuASh4IZobhQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="How cyclones are formed and where they occur. The UN said it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors.(AFP iactic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The UN said Friday it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/myanmarweathercyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb99.090508212719.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=_NUzbx0CcEBuASh4IZobhQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="How cyclones are formed and where they occur. The UN said it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors.(AFP iactic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrest AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 20:45:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc48.090508224142.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FnIxzajoenTRQJrNy2Rvsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Shiite gunmen guard pro-government detainees in west Beirut. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Hassan Ibrahim)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc48.090508224142.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FnIxzajoenTRQJrNy2Rvsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Shiite gunmen guard pro-government detainees in west Beirut. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Hassan Ibrahim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)