Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:32:30 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/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100311/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.985eb3e417fc4659af4084ef6a9e1c96.obama_motg103.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=.XuesFYxNHdlhfkthCnh1w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama greets spectators Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after arriving in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.985eb3e417fc4659af4084ef6a9e1c96.obama_motg103.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=.XuesFYxNHdlhfkthCnh1w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama greets spectators Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after arriving in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_earmarks ap/20100311/us_congress_earmarks AP business Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_earmarks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100304/capt.046ecc3e13984a6a88cd0127ac829fa8.boehner_dcmc114.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=U_eOaS6r.2d7JqZd14Y5BQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_earmarks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100304/capt.046ecc3e13984a6a88cd0127ac829fa8.boehner_dcmc114.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=U_eOaS6r.2d7JqZd14Y5BQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_rates ap/20100311/us_foreclosure_rates AP business Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:05:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_rates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100301/capt.photo_1267480692078-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=CJcxsqwuwyswWEGVBJ7z7w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A pre-foreclosure sign is displayed outside a home in Miami, Florida in 2009. The US home mortage sector remains under siege -- as recent huge losses reported by government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show -- from high unemployment and troubled loans.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AP - The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_rates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100301/capt.photo_1267480692078-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=CJcxsqwuwyswWEGVBJ7z7w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pre-foreclosure sign is displayed outside a home in Miami, Florida in 2009. The US home mortage sector remains under siege -- as recent huge losses reported by government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show -- from high unemployment and troubled loans.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20100311/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.2b579190975d435cb36bb09ace6486a8.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_us_jrl113.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zvDAYK8iy74qfs1wL7tvaQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0" /></a>AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.2b579190975d435cb36bb09ace6486a8.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_us_jrl113.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zvDAYK8iy74qfs1wL7tvaQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_go_co/us_female_world_war_ii_pilots ap/20100311/us_female_world_war_ii_pilots AP politics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_go_co/us_female_world_war_ii_pilots"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.c0594887eec943a2ba6af726e5f2d20d.female_world_war_ii_pilots_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=jYma8vJdkpExhUA.AqhzCA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_go_co/us_female_world_war_ii_pilots"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.c0594887eec943a2ba6af726e5f2d20d.female_world_war_ii_pilots_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=jYma8vJdkpExhUA.AqhzCA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_prius_panic ap/20100311/us_prius_panic AP science Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_prius_panic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.99c8d14a81654ae89958283571ffd7a2.prius_panic_nysw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nb86tEy12tVLaGuB6VtZ6g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_prius_panic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.99c8d14a81654ae89958283571ffd7a2.prius_panic_nysw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nb86tEy12tVLaGuB6VtZ6g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_american_terror_plot ap/20100311/us_american_terror_plot AP us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_american_terror_plot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.54bb0125bec14eba9d7839cf945262e0.american_terror_plot_ny122.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=0mTBjuYAPW1bE9ktyRM8Rg--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)" border="0" /></a>AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_american_terror_plot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.54bb0125bec14eba9d7839cf945262e0.american_terror_plot_ny122.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=0mTBjuYAPW1bE9ktyRM8Rg--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="photo" title="In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_s911_call ap/20100311/us_boy_s911_call AP us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:43:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_s911_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.424db8b2f08245b1a6df4788c6743b1f.boys_911_call_la109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NDXVPNFZaQhk39wicYDYcQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_s911_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.424db8b2f08245b1a6df4788c6743b1f.boys_911_call_la109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NDXVPNFZaQhk39wicYDYcQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (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/20100311/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_american_idol_men ap/20100311/us_tv_american_idol_men AP entertainment Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_american_idol_men"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100308/i/r1405174156.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=DxhzLnwrVXPA0VyP00SPig--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Simon Cowell (R) and Mezhgan Hussainy arrive at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (OSCARS-PARTY)(UNITED STATES (ENTERTAINMENT)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_american_idol_men"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100308/i/r1405174156.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=DxhzLnwrVXPA0VyP00SPig--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Simon Cowell (R) and Mezhgan Hussainy arrive at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (OSCARS-PARTY)(UNITED STATES (ENTERTAINMENT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_nets_mavericks ap/20100311/bkn_nets_mavericks AP sports Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_nets_mavericks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.9475ff0733b84e73a749d4c4c31caebb.nets_mavericks_basketball_dna107.jpg?x=71&y=130&q=85&sig=cOpoS1VAqjQQ7NoTk_NlEg--" align="left" height="130" width="71" alt="Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Kidd (2) and New Jersey Nets guard Devin Harris (34) leap for a loose ball in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 96-87 giving them a 13-game win streak. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, Caron Butler added 16 points, and the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory, 96-87 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_nets_mavericks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.9475ff0733b84e73a749d4c4c31caebb.nets_mavericks_basketball_dna107.jpg?x=71&y=130&q=85&sig=cOpoS1VAqjQQ7NoTk_NlEg--" align="left" height="130" width="71" alt="photo" title="Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Kidd (2) and New Jersey Nets guard Devin Harris (34) leap for a loose ball in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 96-87 giving them a 13-game win streak. (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/nm/20100311/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20100311/us_usa_healthcare Reuters politics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r621243979.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=b3cSUFqRdT3K8NoagN.Ssw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama welcomes El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (not shown) to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r621243979.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=b3cSUFqRdT3K8NoagN.Ssw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama welcomes El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (not shown) to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/bs_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs nm/20100311/us_usa_congress_jobs Reuters business Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:06 GMT Reuters - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_billionaires nm/20100310/us_billionaires Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_billionaires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r1174487826.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Bfo7bl9FezfsyscqQNJeRg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Lifetime Honorary Chairman of Telefonos de Mexico Carlos Slim Helu participates in the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington November 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_billionaires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r1174487826.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Bfo7bl9FezfsyscqQNJeRg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lifetime Honorary Chairman of Telefonos de Mexico Carlos Slim Helu participates in the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington November 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/ts_nm/us_israel_palestinians_arabs nm/20100311/us_israel_palestinians_arabs Reuters topstories Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/ts_nm/us_israel_palestinians_arabs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r2397815879.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=tVBXXQ2Jg0eurXPBE8.sCg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Amr Moussa, chief of the Arab League, talks to reporters after a meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Defence Compound in Sanaa in this October 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the contacts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/ts_nm/us_israel_palestinians_arabs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r2397815879.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=tVBXXQ2Jg0eurXPBE8.sCg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Amr Moussa, chief of the Arab League, talks to reporters after a meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Defence Compound in Sanaa in this October 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_earmarks nm/20100311/us_usa_congress_earmarks Reuters politics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:49 GMT Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to limit the ability of lawmakers to tuck pet projects into spending bills amid mounting election-year ethics concerns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/ts_nm/us_usa_security_sweden nm/20100311/us_usa_security_sweden Reuters topstories Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:28:48 GMT Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_newyork nm/20100310/us_usa_politics_newyork Reuters politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_newyork"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3953675568.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=j9qvqoBsvuI8Vdm2vCkZ.g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="New York Gov. David Paterson, with his wife Michelle Paige-Patterson standing by him, announces he will withdraw from the state governor's race at his office in New York, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With Governor David Paterson enveloped in scandal, New York's lieutenant governor is leading the notoriously difficult budget process and freeing up his boss to fight for his political life, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_newyork"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3953675568.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=j9qvqoBsvuI8Vdm2vCkZ.g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Gov. David Paterson, with his wife Michelle Paige-Patterson standing by him, announces he will withdraw from the state governor's race at his office in New York, February 26, 2010. 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/20100310/ts_nm/us_toyota_prius nm/20100310/us_toyota_prius Reuters science Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:30 GMT Reuters - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_afp/mideastusdiplomacy afp/20100311/mideastusdiplomacy AFP world Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_afp/mideastusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100311/capt.photo_1268276769341-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Su8SarjWxgUbR5Id_JA3.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Vice President Joe Biden and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas read a statement to the press following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Prospects for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks lay in tatters after the Arab League came out against them unless Israel reversed its plans to build more settler homes in the occupied territories(AFP/David Furst)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prospects for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks lay in tatters after the Arab League came out against them unless Israel reversed its plans to build more settler homes in the occupied territories.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_afp/mideastusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100311/capt.photo_1268276769341-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Su8SarjWxgUbR5Id_JA3.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Vice President Joe Biden and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas read a statement to the press following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Prospects for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks lay in tatters after the Arab League came out against them unless Israel reversed its plans to build more settler homes in the occupied territories(AFP/David Furst)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/ts_afp/pakistanunrest afp/20100310/pakistanunrest AFP topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/ts_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268228774326-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=dnwkPFH0krNzga4_AFd.LA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Pakistani men stand next to an injured victim at a field hospital after a militant attack on the offices of a US-based charity near the town of Oghi in the Mansehra district of North West Frontier Province. Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of the Christian charity, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/ts_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268228774326-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=dnwkPFH0krNzga4_AFd.LA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani men stand next to an injured victim at a field hospital after a militant attack on the offices of a US-based charity near the town of Oghi in the Mansehra district of North West Frontier Province. Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of the Christian charity, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)