list USATODAY.com News - Top Stories http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm USATODAY.com News - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2009, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:36:48 GMT USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Former Sen. Larry Craig dropping further appeals http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/IKKb6TbPWnw/2009-01-08-craig-appeal_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:21:51 GMT Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/rWmpwMO-L6xkbydCC-JPZRFzQyU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/rWmpwMO-L6xkbydCC-JPZRFzQyU/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/IKKb6TbPWnw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2009-01-08-craig-appeal_N.htm?csp=34 Missouri Sen. Kit Bond won't seek re-election http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/_GfCjSiAYzA/2009-01-08-bond-reelection_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:14:25 GMT Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he does not "aspire to become Missouri's ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/DpDJhvcC92lXhPHugqbKX3Fb9ig/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/DpDJhvcC92lXhPHugqbKX3Fb9ig/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/_GfCjSiAYzA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2009-01-08-bond-reelection_N.htm?csp=34 Clinton State Dept. team takes shape http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/AdgO8dfeX0M/2009-01-08-clinton-state_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:13:48 GMT Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't waiting to be confirmed to name her team, settling already on several ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_c6eWKBDezIBRpEenHjtUj3y1TE/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_c6eWKBDezIBRpEenHjtUj3y1TE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/AdgO8dfeX0M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-08-clinton-state_N.htm?csp=34 Teen charged with 4 N.Y. killings http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/ak_pTsutJK8/2009-01-08-ny-killings_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:45:40 GMT A 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3KFOOjqXCfDM0n199QQDMkqRLKM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3KFOOjqXCfDM0n199QQDMkqRLKM/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/ak_pTsutJK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-ny-killings_N.htm?csp=34 Bush touts education law http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/7oCKHiYlIzM/2009-01-08-bush_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:31:06 GMT President George W. Bush says his signature education law should not be weakened when he leaves office because it has "forever ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/VsXYZdfoNeF-eKaktuupVTqTGCI/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/VsXYZdfoNeF-eKaktuupVTqTGCI/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/7oCKHiYlIzM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-08-bush_N.htm?csp=34 Ill. panel poised to back Blagojevich impeachment vote http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/4KJolldPDXY/2009-01-07-governor_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:35:11 GMT The Illinois House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich released a draft report Thursday saying the panel believes the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/S_TtAUzQHiInlKuHhQKZo28omZ4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/S_TtAUzQHiInlKuHhQKZo28omZ4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/4KJolldPDXY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-07-governor_N.htm?csp=34 Evacuees return home as Colo. wildfire partially contained http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/J6FlvL7edds/2009-01-07-boulder-fires_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:00:25 GMT Thousands of evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters took advantage of slowing ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Oy2pq2_ui2rqFL1wn6xPgYCVZxg/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Oy2pq2_ui2rqFL1wn6xPgYCVZxg/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/J6FlvL7edds" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/2009-01-07-boulder-fires_N.htm?csp=34 Police: Roadside bombs kill 6 Iraqi soldiers http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/04nhvqxrNCM/2009-01-08-roadside-bombs-soldiers_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:17:19 GMT Six Iraqi soldiers were killed Thursday when an Iraqi army patrol was ambushed by two roadside bombs as they were responding ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vWpdyiP-N51wFsaR1j1m4rrasNU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vWpdyiP-N51wFsaR1j1m4rrasNU/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/04nhvqxrNCM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-01-08-roadside-bombs-soldiers_N.htm?csp=34 Flooding, avalanches cause evacuations in Northwest http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/T4ReGI5_mpQ/2009-01-07-storms-southeast-northeast-northwest_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:08 GMT A winter storm is drenching the Pacific Northwest and touching off avalanches, mudslides and floods that shut down highways and ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ClMiSUHCjT-Lb07WisPbmTnZ8AE/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ClMiSUHCjT-Lb07WisPbmTnZ8AE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/T4ReGI5_mpQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2009-01-07-storms-southeast-northeast-northwest_N.htm?csp=34 U.S. study: Literacy still a problem for about 1 in 7 adults http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/9kctSIw_TCY/2009-01-08-adult-literacy_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:05 GMT A long-awaited federal study finds that an estimated 32 million adults in the USA about one in seven are saddled with such ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/oxStVRQNUOMROptqehP8TVJyw3M/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/oxStVRQNUOMROptqehP8TVJyw3M/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/9kctSIw_TCY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-08-adult-literacy_N.htm?csp=34 Attorney General Mukasey says farewell to justice department http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/23FnSmr7a0I/2009-01-08-mukasey_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:26:11 GMT Attorney General Michael Mukasey said farewell to Justice Department employees Thursday, praising their dedication and poking ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Mg45YX5Vy3LVPhXC1AOmApaFyk8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Mg45YX5Vy3LVPhXC1AOmApaFyk8/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/23FnSmr7a0I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-08-mukasey_N.htm?csp=34 Report: U.S. had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/Wp1uaU-ZID8/2009-01-08-us-afghanistan_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:04:53 GMT The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/2V9CuOeYlJMDsmNoQ2-dGMrcmAc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/2V9CuOeYlJMDsmNoQ2-dGMrcmAc/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/Wp1uaU-ZID8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-08-us-afghanistan_N.htm?csp=34 Defense wants conviction dismissed in MySpace hoax http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/Hu40gye4C-Q/2009-01-08-myspace-case_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:57:00 GMT Contending it's not a federal crime to violate the service terms of a website, a defense attorney has asked a judge to dismiss ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/wPCqViNnAVnT8o4W1DZenDb51Zw/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/wPCqViNnAVnT8o4W1DZenDb51Zw/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/Hu40gye4C-Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-myspace-case_N.htm?csp=34 Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/RqJX5Vf7B-c/2009-01-08-israel-lebanon-gazastrip_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:09:39 GMT Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a new front for the Jewish ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cW-xEkQnKHNa_HTfIVbXnPnOTFQ/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cW-xEkQnKHNa_HTfIVbXnPnOTFQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/RqJX5Vf7B-c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-08-israel-lebanon-gazastrip_N.htm?csp=34 N.Y. man demands estranged wife pay him for kidney http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/QzV1oQ56OEQ/2009-01-08-kidney-estranged-wife_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:34:29 GMT A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YaHRD4pQAYfTUR0jhmmohIwdg1k/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YaHRD4pQAYfTUR0jhmmohIwdg1k/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/QzV1oQ56OEQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-kidney-estranged-wife_N.htm?csp=34