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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:50:56 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria ap/20120204/ml_syria AP world Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:58:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.3e0ec3962ae84a8cb6ceb56afed0f7e8-3e0ec3962ae84a8cb6ceb56afed0f7e8-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PhOBcjpizb9tL4JTUdID.Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads, 'to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you,' as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>AP - In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.3e0ec3962ae84a8cb6ceb56afed0f7e8-3e0ec3962ae84a8cb6ceb56afed0f7e8-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PhOBcjpizb9tL4JTUdID.Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads, 'to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you,' as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_economy ap/20120204/us_economy AP us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:51:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.ec4ff26228024fb48a4fad13aa3369de-ec4ff26228024fb48a4fad13aa3369de-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=NHfhAC7CmNUdypT0j0dpTA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 30, 2012, UPS Store employee, Candy Mojica, weighs packages before shipping at The UPS Store in the Lake Balboa area of Los Angeles. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January &mdash; across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.ec4ff26228024fb48a4fad13aa3369de-ec4ff26228024fb48a4fad13aa3369de-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=NHfhAC7CmNUdypT0j0dpTA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Jan. 30, 2012, UPS Store employee, Candy Mojica, weighs packages before shipping at The UPS Store in the Lake Balboa area of Los Angeles. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_he_me/us_med_planned_parenthood_who_it_helps ap/20120204/us_med_planned_parenthood_who_it_helps AP health Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:02:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_he_me/us_med_planned_parenthood_who_it_helps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.a67f3847b3724a03af8cde5e854d3654-8e1121de521d44df897407de06c14e12-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=Fg9jRAXwoirHynF5wbRaMQ--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Paschal High School seniors Jaz Tinsley, Emily Linstrom and Leigh Larson volunteer at Planned Parenthood of North Texas' 2012 annual luncheon at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, David Kent)" border="0" /></a>AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_he_me/us_med_planned_parenthood_who_it_helps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.a67f3847b3724a03af8cde5e854d3654-8e1121de521d44df897407de06c14e12-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=Fg9jRAXwoirHynF5wbRaMQ--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="Paschal High School seniors Jaz Tinsley, Emily Linstrom and Leigh Larson volunteer at Planned Parenthood of North Texas' 2012 annual luncheon at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, David Kent)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_elections_chief_charged ap/20120204/us_elections_chief_charged AP us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:50:56 GMT AP - Indiana's top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_gazzara ap/20120204/us_obit_gazzara AP entertainment Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:48:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_gazzara"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.03f7ef4d8bac47fb8ebe3a93a799a090-03f7ef4d8bac47fb8ebe3a93a799a090-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=DzPMna37txEJpBhbOVAAAA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, actor Ben Gazzara attends The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures awards gala in New York. Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in films, on television and on Broadway in the original 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' has died at age 81. Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados said Gazzara died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Manhattan after being in hospice care with cancer. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_gazzara"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.03f7ef4d8bac47fb8ebe3a93a799a090-03f7ef4d8bac47fb8ebe3a93a799a090-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=DzPMna37txEJpBhbOVAAAA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, actor Ben Gazzara attends The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures awards gala in New York. Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in films, on television and on Broadway in the original 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' has died at age 81. Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados said Gazzara died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Manhattan after being in hospice care with cancer. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong ap/20120204/cyc_doping_armstrong AP sports Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-0.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=d02uNPIlG7qI2H_Gtg7N0g--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="FILE - In this July 17, 2009, file phot, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong reacts as he answers questions of reporters prior to the start of the 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200 kilometers (124.3 miles) with start in Vittel and finish in Colmar, central France. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_doping_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-952f3fb054ec4a29b15b8ebedd6828c2-0.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=d02uNPIlG7qI2H_Gtg7N0g--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 17, 2009, file phot, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong reacts as he answers questions of reporters prior to the start of the 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200 kilometers (124.3 miles) with start in Vittel and finish in Colmar, central France. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_as/as_india_election ap/20120204/as_india_election AP world Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:36 GMT AP - One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits flanking the stage. A gated semicircle keeps tens of thousands of supporters 20 yards (meters) away. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi ap/20120204/hacking_fbi AP technology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MZXyVpYLue8p7mBB1wsVpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MZXyVpYLue8p7mBB1wsVpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather ap/20120204/us_winter_weather AP us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:36:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.582824583820473b822bf9f6ca8bb6b8-582824583820473b822bf9f6ca8bb6b8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1UBLSc2tPS_0wBKBQgUXGw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Truck drivers Kevin Kropf, 32, of Montrose, Colo., left, and Edwin Hostetler, of Hotchkiss, Colo., prepare a cattle truck with chins before heading up I-70 as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Denver. A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.582824583820473b822bf9f6ca8bb6b8-582824583820473b822bf9f6ca8bb6b8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1UBLSc2tPS_0wBKBQgUXGw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Truck drivers Kevin Kropf, 32, of Montrose, Colo., left, and Edwin Hostetler, of Hotchkiss, Colo., prepare a cattle truck with chins before heading up I-70 as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Denver. A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_micron_ceo_plane_crash ap/20120204/us_micron_ceo_plane_crash AP technology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:12:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_micron_ceo_plane_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.ca97567778ff4cb0b9c6b420072c3114-ca97567778ff4cb0b9c6b420072c3114-0.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=yNTmEk_c4QkDXVPtEyYqew--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., looks out through the engine compartment of his stunt jet airplane inside the hanger where he keeps several different types of aircraft in Boise, Idaho. Appleton, has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Boise. He was 51. (AP Photo/Troy Maben, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_micron_ceo_plane_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.ca97567778ff4cb0b9c6b420072c3114-ca97567778ff4cb0b9c6b420072c3114-0.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=yNTmEk_c4QkDXVPtEyYqew--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., looks out through the engine compartment of his stunt jet airplane inside the hanger where he keeps several different types of aircraft in Boise, Idaho. Appleton, has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Boise. He was 51. (AP Photo/Troy Maben, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign nm/20120204/us_usa_campaign Reuters politics Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r1994460392.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=y1Z9s2zY6BWsgk2ODoN7XQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Businessman and real estate developer Donald Trump greets Mitt Romney and his wife Anne after Trump endorsed Romney's candidacy for president at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Marcus" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With a huge lead in polls, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appears poised for an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party's see-sawing presidential nominating race.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r1994460392.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=y1Z9s2zY6BWsgk2ODoN7XQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Businessman and real estate developer Donald Trump greets Mitt Romney and his wife Anne after Trump endorsed Romney's candidacy for president at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Marcus" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/bs_nm/us_usa_economy nm/20120203/us_usa_economy Reuters business Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:14:26 GMT Reuters - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_syria nm/20120204/us_syria Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.097342396e724396b5dd92c6d264a916-097342396e724396b5dd92c6d264a916-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=IK3OfgEu.uEHrhEicUfayg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back a softened version of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, though it was unclear if the compromise wording would compel President Bashar Assad to step down as Washington wants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.097342396e724396b5dd92c6d264a916-097342396e724396b5dd92c6d264a916-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=IK3OfgEu.uEHrhEicUfayg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back a softened version of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, though it was unclear if the compromise wording would compel President Bashar Assad to step down as Washington wants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/bs_nm/us_facebook_investment nm/20120203/us_facebook_investment Reuters business Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:19 GMT Reuters - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_komen nm/20120203/us_usa_healthcare_komen Reuters politics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:47:39 GMT Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/ts_nm/us_syria_assad nm/20120203/us_syria_assad Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/ts_nm/us_syria_assad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r1933664663.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=I3pu2_S8TsdQOW.YPNfLAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pictures of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his father, the late former president Hafez al-Assad, hang from a government building in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With the enemy at the gates, Bashar al-Assad was dining out.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/ts_nm/us_syria_assad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r1933664663.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=I3pu2_S8TsdQOW.YPNfLAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pictures of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his father, the late former president Hafez al-Assad, hang from a government building in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/bs_nm/us_glencore_xstrata_ironore nm/20120203/us_glencore_xstrata_ironore Reuters business Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:15 GMT Reuters - An $80 billion marriage of commodities trader Glencore and miner Xstrata could lead to a new round of takeovers in iron ore, creating a goliath eager to muscle its way onto one of mining's richest and most closely guarded sectors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_micron nm/20120204/us_micron Reuters topstories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:58:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_micron"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r3904692621.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=TpsRyNjWKFpIAUVgR_WB4Q--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="The wreckage of the small plane flown by Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton is seen after crashing at Boise airport, February 3, 2012. The 51-year old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/ts_nm/us_micron"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120203/i/r3904692621.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=TpsRyNjWKFpIAUVgR_WB4Q--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="The wreckage of the small plane flown by Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton is seen after crashing at Boise airport, February 3, 2012. The 51-year old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120204/ts_csm/461694 csm/20120204/461694 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:28 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Hackers describing themselves as part of the group Anonymous posted on the Internet Friday a recording of a conference call between FBI and Scotland Yard officials discussing the legal cases against individuals believed to be part of the group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120204/ts_csm/461678 csm/20120204/461678 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:05:40 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - United Nations Security Council members contemplated a watered-down resolution on Syria Friday, with Russia balking at any wording that could be construed as support for “regime change” targeting President Bashar al-Assad.