list USATODAY.com News - Top Stories http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm USATODAY.com News - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2008, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:08:28 GMT USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Obamas choose school for daughters http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/QYPZQxmdkec/2008-11-21-obama-school_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:04:41 GMT President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen private Sidwell Friends School in Washington for their two daughters, a ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/VxsbmacUd3whUtrMPOVyNmi1zh4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/VxsbmacUd3whUtrMPOVyNmi1zh4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/QYPZQxmdkec" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-11-21-obama-school_N.htm?csp=34 Report: Obama close to naming Clinton as secretary of State http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/ujE6l_yD5qQ/2008-11-21-obama-transition_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:06:09 GMT Discussions are "very much on track" for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of State nominee, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/CyCgyrEz-d1Eoxx2FYMM-bczdIU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/CyCgyrEz-d1Eoxx2FYMM-bczdIU/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/ujE6l_yD5qQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-11-21-obama-transition_N.htm?csp=34 Neb. gov. signs bill on safe-haven age limit http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/lAh8iyJYp5s/2008-11-21-safe-haven_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:15:35 GMT Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/cY338CxEmYjG8h4zAxLMFNzNGEA/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/cY338CxEmYjG8h4zAxLMFNzNGEA/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/lAh8iyJYp5s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-21-safe-haven_N.htm?csp=34 Syria all but rules out more U.N. nuclear inspection http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/GTVdzntTF_E/2008-11-21-syria-iran_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:23:32 GMT A senior Syrian official on Friday all but ruled out new visits by U.N inspectors probing allegations that his country had a ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/SOFbdMGZTU3Jpy1hHEVnFIiMFSk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/SOFbdMGZTU3Jpy1hHEVnFIiMFSk/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/GTVdzntTF_E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-21-syria-iran_N.htm?csp=34 Years after Katrina, permanent homes remain elusive for some http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/ByCEJzbhS1c/2008-11-20-katrinafamily_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10:53 GMT Nearly 300 families in Mississippi have returned to hotels as FEMA closes the last of its emergency housing sites in the state. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h29w4A99RsBP9cDIGSquyfQnW94/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h29w4A99RsBP9cDIGSquyfQnW94/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/ByCEJzbhS1c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-20-katrinafamily_N.htm?csp=34 U.S. renews appeal to Iran on missing American http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/7QwgnIeUwMA/2008-11-21-iran-american_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:54:06 GMT The State Department has renewed an appeal to Iran for information about a former FBI agent, Floridian Robert Levinson, who went ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/vlh297GPzeytaBVphr5I4filbQI/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/vlh297GPzeytaBVphr5I4filbQI/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/7QwgnIeUwMA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-21-iran-american_N.htm?csp=34 EU wants early foreign policy focus from Obama http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/oefwVzMe7Ag/2008-11-21-obama-europe_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:53:29 GMT The European Union's foreign policy chief says he expects U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to move quickly to address top trans-Atlantic ... <p><a 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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-20-mukasey-collapse_N.htm?csp=34 The year 2025: U.S., dollar could further decline http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/ZumGcOCOW8A/2008-11-21-intel-trends_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:25 GMT Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/o0rNT6dDkcyQQ8qJiJHXEapZGc0/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/o0rNT6dDkcyQQ8qJiJHXEapZGc0/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/ZumGcOCOW8A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-21-intel-trends_N.htm?csp=34 Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/nLvDKsXsV08/2008-11-21-piracy_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:06:00 GMT Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, Kenya's foreign affairs minister said Friday, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UwG2I7yn4gnr1KRwQhTD9WyzYME/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UwG2I7yn4gnr1KRwQhTD9WyzYME/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/nLvDKsXsV08" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-21-piracy_N.htm?csp=34 Bush to promote action plan on global financial crisis http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/-XDu2ojYwZU/2008-11-21-bush-economy_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:04:50 GMT President George W. Bush hopes to win more converts at a summit here for an action plan aimed at showing governments have the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/iU4hUbsIQjw8WPA04aGOfS5f9OQ/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/iU4hUbsIQjw8WPA04aGOfS5f9OQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/-XDu2ojYwZU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-21-bush-economy_N.htm?csp=34 Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/dLrKiuKiQ_A/2008-11-21-myspace-hoax_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:26:17 GMT A Missouri woman knew her 13-year-old neighbor was depressed and suicidal when she sent cruel Internet messages to the teenager, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/T2SVKuC5bLNsC0yOoeVLaL68Ml4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/T2SVKuC5bLNsC0yOoeVLaL68Ml4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/dLrKiuKiQ_A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-21-myspace-hoax_N.htm?csp=34 Bush effigy burned in anti-U.S. protest in Baghdad http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/vwp25G5_xYA/2008-11-21-shiite-protests_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:41:55 GMT Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/BsXUeTfgKOVLt3tM9nwFz1tJ3zg/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/BsXUeTfgKOVLt3tM9nwFz1tJ3zg/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/vwp25G5_xYA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-11-21-shiite-protests_N.htm?csp=34 Defense secretary details role for additional Afghan forces http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/muuNhmuqRAw/2008-11-21-gates-afghanistan_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:32:25 GMT With the United States reevaluating strategy in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling allies that additional ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/EqqYlSBku5oU4Y1c64F280Vo1LQ/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/EqqYlSBku5oU4Y1c64F280Vo1LQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/muuNhmuqRAw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/executive/cabinet/2008-11-21-gates-afghanistan_N.htm?csp=34 Aides: Obama will nominate Clinton as secretary of state http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/uKnyilaHZ2c/2008-11-21-obama-clinton-friday_N.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:21:19 GMT President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, a new milestone ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/uaLagJeVU1YwO5Onmax98jy9tKE/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/uaLagJeVU1YwO5Onmax98jy9tKE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/uKnyilaHZ2c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-11-21-obama-clinton-friday_N.htm?csp=34