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Yahoo! News: Top Stories Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:27:06 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit ap/20100909/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:51:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283985247038-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sDrvg0C_SJqyKuLcNi6M7w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283985247038-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sDrvg0C_SJqyKuLcNi6M7w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning ap/20100909/quran_burning AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:43:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wT.VAZ5QdUk9d9W53VyJUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wT.VAZ5QdUk9d9W53VyJUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama ap/20100908/us_obama AP business Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:58:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.169985b59dd641bc86e76d0efba43200-169985b59dd641bc86e76d0efba43200-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=rAxZuvfqrNBUbIHtgdfWcQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans &mdash; and some fellow Democrats &mdash; just two months before bruising midterm elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.169985b59dd641bc86e76d0efba43200-169985b59dd641bc86e76d0efba43200-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=rAxZuvfqrNBUbIHtgdfWcQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires ap/20100909/us_colorado_wildfires AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:46:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.59c3705b888d420688e858ecaa98c45f-59c3705b888d420688e858ecaa98c45f-0.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ASR8d86WOZyuubGv4isiHA--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="A woman wear a mask for protection from smoke as she and her husband attend a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. They confirmed they owned a home in the fire area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 135 homes in just three days.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.59c3705b888d420688e858ecaa98c45f-59c3705b888d420688e858ecaa98c45f-0.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ASR8d86WOZyuubGv4isiHA--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="A woman wear a mask for protection from smoke as she and her husband attend a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. They confirmed they owned a home in the fire area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill ap/20100908/us_gulf_oil_spill AP science Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/ra711247306.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=exGGVytR3xw_EsPIw12UYA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/ra711247306.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=exGGVytR3xw_EsPIw12UYA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque ap/20100909/us_nyc_mosque AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=Qxc.WPcOQzhKEpdd1oqr9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zero" border="0" /></a>AP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=Qxc.WPcOQzhKEpdd1oqr9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zero" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_instant_search ap/20100908/us_tec_google_instant_search AP technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_instant_search"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OcfonVAev7z5nwSB.1uVtQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This screen grab taken from Google, shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_instant_search"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OcfonVAev7z5nwSB.1uVtQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen grab taken from Google, shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Spears' former bodyguard sues for sex harassment (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_britney_spears ap/20100909/us_people_britney_spears AP entertainment Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:03:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.2f243154322f45cf904e41dc42ef6dc0-2f243154322f45cf904e41dc42ef6dc0-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=gJGWt3NUfLsNVlda8WTUvA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A former bodyguard sued Britney Spears on Wednesday, claiming the singer repeatedly subjected him to "repeated unwanted sexual advances" and harassment.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.2f243154322f45cf904e41dc42ef6dc0-2f243154322f45cf904e41dc42ef6dc0-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=gJGWt3NUfLsNVlda8WTUvA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) 'Get Money' haircut identifies Seattle suspect (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_get_money_haircut ap/20100908/us_odd_get_money_haircut AP odd Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:41 GMT AP - A woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window. Djokovic, Zvonareva reach US Open semifinals (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open ap/20100909/ten_us_open AP sports Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:27:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.30c09d4c58ba461393de8e9d2716c1ef-30c09d4c58ba461393de8e9d2716c1ef-0.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=afG0ZjZbtLMFmqOr9ywvqw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Gael Monfils of France returns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during quarterfinal play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe Novak Djokovic is growing up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.30c09d4c58ba461393de8e9d2716c1ef-30c09d4c58ba461393de8e9d2716c1ef-0.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=afG0ZjZbtLMFmqOr9ywvqw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gael Monfils of France returns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during quarterfinal play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) BP points fingers in oil spill blame game (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/bs_nm/us_bp nm/20100909/us_bp Reuters business Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:10:57 GMT Reuters - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill. Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/bs_nm/us_obama_economy nm/20100909/us_obama_economy Reuters business Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:33:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283990110538-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=NcoimEso_ZCUzdZPQMJ_RA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama admitted Wednesday if US voters in the upcoming midterm elections make their choices based on their opinion of the economy, his Democratic Party could be in big trouble.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283990110538-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=NcoimEso_ZCUzdZPQMJ_RA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama admitted Wednesday if US voters in the upcoming midterm elections make their choices based on their opinion of the economy, his Democratic Party could be in big trouble.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_usa_muslims nm/20100908/us_usa_muslims Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:58:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_usa_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r3680809738.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=g8DTx1zfAWQhwmwgrPvCdA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Afghan protesters shout slogans during a protest in Kabul September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammad Ishaq" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_usa_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r3680809738.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=g8DTx1zfAWQhwmwgrPvCdA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan protesters shout slogans during a protest in Kabul September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammad Ishaq" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_mexico_massacre nm/20100908/us_mexico_massacre Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:17:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_mexico_massacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r3657970336.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_hsLiowBIKz.hSWQ1WsgRg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Soldiers wheel one of 11 coffins of Salvadoran migrant workers murdered in Mexico after they were flown home at an army base in Comalapa, 45 km (28 miles) south of San Salvador September 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war, the government said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_mexico_massacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r3657970336.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_hsLiowBIKz.hSWQ1WsgRg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soldiers wheel one of 11 coffins of Salvadoran migrant workers murdered in Mexico after they were flown home at an army base in Comalapa, 45 km (28 miles) south of San Salvador September 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/ts_nm/us_memory_vitaminb nm/20100909/us_memory_vitaminb Reuters topstories Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:05:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/ts_nm/us_memory_vitaminb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100909/i/r1129831763.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=R5JjdY9_aL4CfPPacOB99w--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="Seniors relax by the sea in Andernos, Southwestern France, June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/ts_nm/us_memory_vitaminb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100909/i/r1129831763.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=R5JjdY9_aL4CfPPacOB99w--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="Seniors relax by the sea in Andernos, Southwestern France, June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Tea party members attending political training 'school' (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/pl_nm/us_usa_elections_teaparty nm/20100908/us_usa_elections_teaparty Reuters politics Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:45:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/pl_nm/us_usa_elections_teaparty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r937619945.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=huwxNQPMa6UX4r3FU6Sr0A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Gabriel Thomas, 9, of Middletown, New York wears a sign around his neck at a tax day rally by Tea Party activists in the New York City suburb of New City, New York, April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/pl_nm/us_usa_elections_teaparty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r937619945.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=huwxNQPMa6UX4r3FU6Sr0A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gabriel Thomas, 9, of Middletown, New York wears a sign around his neck at a tax day rally by Tea Party activists in the New York City suburb of New City, New York, April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_cuba_castro nm/20100908/us_cuba_castro Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:28:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_cuba_castro"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100909/i/r2112010210.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=rrCHZ5u7rXqyU_An43fXHA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="A man works at a chemist shop with a poster of Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, former leader Fidel Castro, on the wall in Havana September 8, 2010. Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week. Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine, wrote in a blog that he asked Castro, 84, if Cuba's model - Soviet-style communism - was still worth exporting to other countries and he replied, "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore." REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_cuba_castro"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100909/i/r2112010210.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=rrCHZ5u7rXqyU_An43fXHA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="A man works at a chemist shop with a poster of Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, former leader Fidel Castro, on the wall in Havana September 8, 2010. Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week. Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine, wrote in a blog that he asked Castro, 84, if Cuba's model - Soviet-style communism - was still worth exporting to other countries and he replied, "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore." REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Pakistan to charge three men in Times Square plot (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_pakistan_timesquare nm/20100908/us_pakistan_timesquare Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:12:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_pakistan_timesquare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r218243756.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iZvwVJGZ5cUpFqK2Bhck_g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A bomb technician examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square, May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100908/ts_nm/us_pakistan_timesquare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/r218243756.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iZvwVJGZ5cUpFqK2Bhck_g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bomb technician examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square, May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/ts_afp/usattacksreligionislam afp/20100909/usattacksreligionislam AFP topstories Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:43:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/ts_afp/usattacksreligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100909/capt.photo_1283980697616-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BZKeOY0Dr1O4Jzu6s_B7UA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A trailer with a sign announcing the Koran burning sits outside the entrance to the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. A small Florida church shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest.(AFP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A small Florida church shrugged off global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony amid growing fears it will ignite a wave of Islamic rage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/ts_afp/usattacksreligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100909/capt.photo_1283980697616-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BZKeOY0Dr1O4Jzu6s_B7UA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A trailer with a sign announcing the Koran burning sits outside the entrance to the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. A small Florida church shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest.(AFP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) BP seeks to shift blame for oil spill (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/wl_uk_afp/usoilenvironmentpollutioncompanybpbritain afp/20100909/usoilenvironmentpollutioncompanybpbritain AFP world Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:09:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/wl_uk_afp/usoilenvironmentpollutioncompanybpbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100909/capt.photo_1283964830031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=mb1J0TbxvhiHgrcflexWaw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A US Coast Guard handout image of fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the BP operated off shore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21. BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.(AFP/USCG/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/wl_uk_afp/usoilenvironmentpollutioncompanybpbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100909/capt.photo_1283964830031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=mb1J0TbxvhiHgrcflexWaw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Coast Guard handout image of fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the BP operated off shore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21. BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.(AFP/USCG/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) PHP RSS ReaderYahoo! News  Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP)

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.



Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)

Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.



Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.



Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP)

A woman wear a mask for protection from smoke as she and her husband attend  a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. They confirmed they owned a home in the fire area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 135 homes in just three days.



BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen  at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.



AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP)

Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zeroAP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.



Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)

This screen grab taken from Google, shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.



Spears' former bodyguard sues for sex harassment (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - A former bodyguard sued Britney Spears on Wednesday, claiming the singer repeatedly subjected him to "repeated unwanted sexual advances" and harassment.



'Get Money' haircut identifies Seattle suspect (AP)

AP - A woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window.

Djokovic, Zvonareva reach US Open semifinals (AP)

Gael Monfils of France returns the ball  to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during quarterfinal play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Maybe Novak Djokovic is growing up.



 
 

 

 

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