Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 topstories Top Stories en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:19:44 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091108/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:19:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:47:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091108/capt.5764befe8c1743a48b60281214e818a8.addition_fort_hood_shooting_txtg109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=aEQzkPXLSd2c8BVVCMu.JQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George Casey attends a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in honor of the fallen from the mass shootings on Fort Hood Army Post Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him and ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091108/capt.5764befe8c1743a48b60281214e818a8.addition_fort_hood_shooting_txtg109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=aEQzkPXLSd2c8BVVCMu.JQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George Casey attends a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in honor of the fallen from the mass shootings on Fort Hood Army Post Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found ap/20091107/us_cleveland_bodies_found AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them &mdash; most by strangulation &mdash; and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences ap/20091107/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:37:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1f0ffa4e3a354357a23055f93c946568.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_dchg101.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=KKsqBxgIz6Bbs_CdaMxZ7w--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This October 2002 photo provided by the Equal Justice Initiative shows Terrance Graham, 15, in Jacksonville, Fla. Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence without parole by a judge who told the teenager he threw his life away. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. Graham, now 22, is in prison in Florida. (AP Photo/Graham Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1f0ffa4e3a354357a23055f93c946568.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_dchg101.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=KKsqBxgIz6Bbs_CdaMxZ7w--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This October 2002 photo provided by the Equal Justice Initiative shows Terrance Graham, 15, in Jacksonville, Fla. Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence without parole by a judge who told the teenager he threw his life away. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. Graham, now 22, is in prison in Florida. (AP Photo/Graham Family)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobless_then_and_now ap/20091107/us_jobless_then_and_now AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:36:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobless_then_and_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a4ef36e70eb34b44a55639161fc52817.jobless_then_and_now_cd401.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4tpJhxT_4E2QRN2uTBJw2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In ths Oct.22, 2009 photo, Vicki Adriano works at the Lordstown General Moters plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Compared with 1982, Americans have more than triple the amount of debt and less than half the savings. Their unemployment spells last 10 weeks longer, on average. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>AP - It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobless_then_and_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a4ef36e70eb34b44a55639161fc52817.jobless_then_and_now_cd401.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4tpJhxT_4E2QRN2uTBJw2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In ths Oct.22, 2009 photo, Vicki Adriano works at the Lordstown General Moters plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Compared with 1982, Americans have more than triple the amount of debt and less than half the savings. Their unemployment spells last 10 weeks longer, on average. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas ap/20091107/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_lsu_alabama ap/20091108/fbc_t25_lsu_alabama AP sports Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:55:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_lsu_alabama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ed07af4f1fe648ec9285b5ba25fe2ae0.lsu_alabama_football_aldm103.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=W4KdOusr9rmKmp_BMyqP3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson (9) is stopped by Alabama's Kareem Jackson (3) in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_lsu_alabama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ed07af4f1fe648ec9285b5ba25fe2ae0.lsu_alabama_football_aldm103.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=W4KdOusr9rmKmp_BMyqP3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson (9) is stopped by Alabama's Kareem Jackson (3) in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_northwestern_iowa ap/20091107/fbc_t25_northwestern_iowa AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:55:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_northwestern_iowa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a306939b161e4e18b22653326880f6b2.northwestern_iowa_football_iacn102.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=YjrroxdZfdfUewhQ7DIySw--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Northwestern's Marshall Thomas, center, celebrates with teammates David Arnold, left, and Jack DiNardo, right, after he recovered an Iowa fumble for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - No. 8 Iowa finally ran out of time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_northwestern_iowa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a306939b161e4e18b22653326880f6b2.northwestern_iowa_football_iacn102.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=YjrroxdZfdfUewhQ7DIySw--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="photo" title="Northwestern's Marshall Thomas, center, celebrates with teammates David Arnold, left, and Jack DiNardo, right, after he recovered an Iowa fumble for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091108/us_usa_healthcare Reuters politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:08:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3635266423.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ap3eppMzMR9NgANfKzGBIw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A protester holds a sign outside a building where a dialogue on the proposed healthcare reform for ticketed guests is being held in Dallas, Texas August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3635266423.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ap3eppMzMR9NgANfKzGBIw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A protester holds a sign outside a building where a dialogue on the proposed healthcare reform for ticketed guests is being held in Dallas, Texas August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/pl_nm/us_texas_shooting_obama nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting_obama Reuters politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:39 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_search nm/20091107/us_afghanistan_search Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:06:37 GMT Reuters - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20 nm/20091107/us_g20 Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:48:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r220737385.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=E0qnXwhkuXld7Kx5vE7Hrw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in London October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r220737385.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=E0qnXwhkuXld7Kx5vE7Hrw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in London October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_iran_arrest_police nm/20091107/us_iran_arrest_police Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:30 GMT Reuters - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election nm/20091107/us_honduras_election Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3428405488.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=BAHlVlZmDMfdYmlpM2NaIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Porfirio Lobo, presidential candidate of the National Party, arrives to attend the opening of the commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between Honduran de facto government and a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_honduras_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3428405488.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=BAHlVlZmDMfdYmlpM2NaIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Porfirio Lobo, presidential candidate of the National Party, arrives to attend the opening of the commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between Honduran de facto government and a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida nm/20091108/us_storm_ida Reuters topstories Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2f86f196e1bf46c7817dc7d9ed1e82d5.noaa_clouds_ny2.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=56haKKj3GKH5ucDqyGbYww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. EST shows a mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula associated with Tropical Storm Ida as it moves generally northward towards the Gulf of Mexico. This storm may become a threat to the Gulf Coast early next week. Clear skies are noted through the East as no precipitation is observed. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2f86f196e1bf46c7817dc7d9ed1e82d5.noaa_clouds_ny2.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=56haKKj3GKH5ucDqyGbYww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. EST shows a mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula associated with Tropical Storm Ida as it moves generally northward towards the Gulf of Mexico. This storm may become a threat to the Gulf Coast early next week. Clear skies are noted through the East as no precipitation is observed. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/ts_nm/us_usa_office_shooting nm/20091106/us_usa_office_shooting Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:42:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/ts_nm/us_usa_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2464915758.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=S7PdsXAF6bOD7FvhKvDTxA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="Shooting suspect Jason Rodriguez is taken into custody by police in Orlando, November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Image courtesy of News 13/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/ts_nm/us_usa_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2464915758.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=S7PdsXAF6bOD7FvhKvDTxA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="Shooting suspect Jason Rodriguez is taken into custody by police in Orlando, November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Image courtesy of News 13/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britain AFP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611124546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KmJNAlURuwgBr1z2DMv8ow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611124546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KmJNAlURuwgBr1z2DMv8ow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress afp/20091107/healthuspoliticscongress AFP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:53:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xSh6_Eg2llFc8e.o9BGHpg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xSh6_Eg2llFc8e.o9BGHpg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)