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Bush’s last rule-making hurrah
(The Yahoo! Newsroom)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20081121/pl_ynews/ynews_pl158"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081121/capt.cps.ogy50.211108151554.photo00.photo.default-385x504.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=FXCx_mMJ4KoWnusLRDTzyw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="US President George W. Bush, seen here boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, headed to an Asia-Pacific summit in Peru to work on progress in dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs and seek a more united front on the global economic meltdown.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>The Yahoo! Newsroom - In recent days, the Bush administration announced new rules to speed oil shale development across 2 million rocky acres in the West. It scheduled an auction for drilling rights alongside three national parks. It has also set in motion processes to finalize major changes in endangered species protection, allow more mining waste to flow into rivers and streams, and exempt factory farms from air pollution reporting.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
(AP)
| AP - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home — a scene also captured on the Internet — it was too late.
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Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_us/space_tourism_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/ra3827476721.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=zm1EN429JfiLsIAOO1kpmw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Astronaut Shane Kimbrough relocates one of the two Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) carts while attached to the International Space Station's robot arm in this view from NASA TV November 20, 2008. REUTERS/NASA TV" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he claims the company that was supposed make his dream come true brushed him aside with little more than a "sorry, no refunds."</p><br clear="all"/>
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Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_en_mu/people_travis_barker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081122/capt.d125146f406e4fe9bc034e25a4d1d460.learjet_crash_ny149.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=bENR4SU9dVGMEZpLj8EVkg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This Nov. 17, 2006 file photo shows Travis Barker as he appears onstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios, in New York. Travis Barker has sued over a plane crash that left him injured and killed two of his friends. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Hoax witness: Neighbor hoped to 'mess with Megan'
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_re_us/internet_suicide"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081118/capt.ec1f1d74e4854d60a7b73ed3919a1116.internet_suicide_carf101.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=bvqkH0AZJ_nHhNI.Q6MsXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Lori Drew walks to federal court Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, in Los Angeles. Drew has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing computers without authorization. She is accused of helping create a false-identity account on the the MySpace social networking site then posing as a teenage boy and befriending a 13-year old girl who later committed suicide. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)" border="0" /></a>AP - A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity "to mess with Megan."</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/us_nm/us_usa_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t013157_450x314_us_usa_obama.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Mm7UtPgXGh1zEKaZprtcg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton attend a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, October 20, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_go_co/obama_autos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.6b1dd0f2804f4f45b9666f5324465e15.obama__ilcd104.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=9bOXWUZPkumZNNVxtwX2Zg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama, with money in hand, looks to pay for his order during a visit to Manny's Deli in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - While President-elect Barack Obama publicly sidelined himself during congressional debate over an auto industry bailout this week, he and his top aides quietly prodded congressional leaders to find a solution to rescue struggling automakers.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Government warns of "catastrophic" U.S. quake
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/us_nm/us_earthquake_study"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081113/i/r6670310.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=ruoXPlPO3o7yDP9Vb7DJOQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Simulated earthquake victims arrive at an outdoor triage center during an earthquake drill at the University California San Diego Medial Center in San Diego, California November 13, 2008. Millions of Southern Californians took part in an exercise simulating the response to a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the largest-scale earthquake drill in U.S. history. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Geithner likely treasury pick; Clinton 'on track'
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_cabinet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.c6f52dea0e134578acb248c8bcbb573f.obama_cabinet_ny142.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=MpmHH4kUyMPHpGX6I6PU8Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, listens to Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, before speaking at the Economic Club of New York. President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary in a time of intense economic turmoil as he rounds out the upper echelon of his Cabinet, a senior Democratic official familiar with the deliberations said Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Palestinian security gets a feminine touch
(The Christian Science Monitor)
| The Christian Science Monitor - Palestinian police surround the house of suspected militants and knock, demanding to be let in. Normally, they'd kick in the door if it didn't open immediately, but today they have the thing that every home is said to need: a woman's touch.
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Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.a05ea45f4c704a2f9ea3022e4302a937.dow_review_gfx849.jpg?x=65&y=130&q=85&sig=tYgypY9R.bLGIUDJYVYFjg--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="Chart shows percentage changes in Dow Jones industrial average since mid September;" border="0" /></a>AP - Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the next treasury secretary and hand him the herculean task of righting the U.S. financial system.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_scientology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.d4b35762327c499ab1db3a0138af8a44.germany_scientology_ppd101.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=._pYhnRneuYp9DsMwEFAFQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Joerg Schoenbohm, Brandeburg state Interior Minister and current chairman of the German Interior Ministers Conference, center, opens the final day of the ministers meeting in Potsdam, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. At left is German Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. German security officials said Friday they will drop their attempt to pursue a ban of the Church of Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of unconstitutional activity. (AP Photo/Bernd Settnik Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_he_me/med_artificial_heart"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081119/2008_11_19t153505_287x450_us_usa_transplant.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=aUrdPd_dNIZb2MO8hogdBA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Fourteen-year-old D'Zhana Simmons (L) of South Carolina, who survived without a heart for nearly four months, walks with her mother, Twolla Anderson (R) as they enter a news conference at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami November 19, 2008. Simmons was kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood pumping device until she was able to have a heart transplant. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart."</p><br clear="all"/>
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Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_dissidents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.eb3647a1e2ea41c4b1a53db082ecaa17.myanmar_dissidents_lon104.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=2X7SndTitbfz2UYBy9dTWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="In this Sept. 24, 2007 file photo, Myanmar comedian Zarganar, who uses only one name, is seen joining a street protest in Yangon, Myanmar. Courts in military-ruled Myanmar handed long prison sentences Friday Nov. 21 2008, to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular comedian who are active in the country's pro-democracy movement, rounding out two weeks of an intensive judicial crackdown on activists. Comedian and activist Maung Thura — who is better known by his stage name, Zarganar — was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment for violations of the Electronics Act, which regulates all forms of electronic communication, said his lawyer, Khin Htay Kywe. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta's slow relief response.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Travis Barker Sues Over "Defective" Jet Crash
(E! Online)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081122/en_top_eo/70209"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20081122/capt.3623ffeb76e8b1dea7f1ac3ea6f796ad.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=x.r1yoXpLAhBbMFNVphvrA--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="Travis Barker Sues Over "Defective" Jet Crash(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Travis Barker is seeking a different kind of closure.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Road detour for Depp movie shoot costs county
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_en_ce/people_depp_move_road"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081122/capt.0c636b2fc0de4d028cc7d15e2fc533b8.people_depp_move_road_ny145.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=mbl0cdWPIRY5gU6d15nGFw--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="This Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 file photo shows Johnny Depp as he poses for a photograph at the Japan premiere of his film 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' in Tokyo. County officials in Wisconsin are holding the bag following a movie shoot involving Johnny Depp as famed bank robber John Dillinger. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayash, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - County officials in Wisconsin are holding the bag following a movie shoot involving Johnny Depp as famed bank robber John Dillinger.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
(AP)
| AP - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.
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Tyra Deal! Talk Show Joins Top Model at CW
(E! Online)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081121/en_top_eo/70191"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20081122/capt.b23997fe79506831dceeeb1369e099cc.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=4P8P6ew6OnqZg.nGxYXboQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="Tyra Deal! Talk Show Joins Top Model at CW(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Tyra Banks is shrinking her syndicate.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_us/cheney_indicted"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.dc57f11f5373435893a33f24a239dbb7.cheney_indicted_nyol915.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=oG51KUBLA2isAwwKZtc9yw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, and Vice President Dick Cheney are shown in this 2006 file photo at the White House. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing. Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself from the case, which alleges abuse at federally run prisons.</p><br clear="all"/>
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The year 2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_ot/intel_trends"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081120/capt.cps.ogu33.201108214406.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=5Zqwj9VyoCu_Z2Ko.LpJKg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="South Korean visitors walk past replicas of North and South Korean missiles at the Korea War Memorial in Seoul in October 2008. The use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, US intelligence predicted Thursday in a report on global trends that forecasts a tense, unstable world shadowed by war.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AP - Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025.</p><br clear="all"/>
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