Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:34 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/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria ap/20120206/ml_syria AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:27:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.8cfbaa764c344ed898c373c8a3a52794-8cfbaa764c344ed898c373c8a3a52794-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=S3WbJ2VvDeTBKw9ZlB_fjA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, the U.S. embassy building is seen in Damascus, Syria. The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.8cfbaa764c344ed898c373c8a3a52794-8cfbaa764c344ed898c373c8a3a52794-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=S3WbJ2VvDeTBKw9ZlB_fjA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, the U.S. embassy building is seen in Damascus, Syria. The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_mom_utah ap/20120206/us_missing_mom_utah AP us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_mom_utah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.e091695078844077ac6379b8d44a364b-e091695078844077ac6379b8d44a364b-0.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=oolnP0lpzFqIjOn.RlGbng--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="The smoldering remains of a house, left, where an explosion killed Josh Powell and his two sons, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, is shown from the air in Graham, Wash. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. Powell's wife Susan went reportedly missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_mom_utah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.e091695078844077ac6379b8d44a364b-e091695078844077ac6379b8d44a364b-0.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=oolnP0lpzFqIjOn.RlGbng--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="photo" title="The smoldering remains of a house, left, where an explosion killed Josh Powell and his two sons, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, is shown from the air in Graham, Wash. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. Powell's wife Susan went reportedly missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tax_reform_woes ap/20120206/us_tax_reform_woes AP business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:16:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tax_reform_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.5725417219514d83a9d28245aea3dbc4-5725417219514d83a9d28245aea3dbc4-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=nAv1h5jEmyq.laRP86M6pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters in Tampa, Fla. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tax_reform_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.5725417219514d83a9d28245aea3dbc4-5725417219514d83a9d28245aea3dbc4-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=nAv1h5jEmyq.laRP86M6pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters in Tampa, Fla. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_iran_life_with_sanctions ap/20120206/ml_iran_life_with_sanctions AP business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:19:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_iran_life_with_sanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.d1669715f6b440adae1f31055c6294fc-d1669715f6b440adae1f31055c6294fc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ryh4vs7xxjkRy8EamBst8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 photo, an Iranian vendor sells pistachio in Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran. A simple trip the store these days offers a crash course in life under sanctions. The price tags on many imported goods from South Korean refrigerators to Turkish crackers are sometimes double from last year. The money to buy them, meanwhile, has plunged in value against the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>AP - A simple trip to the store in Iran these days offers a crash course in life under Western economic sanctions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_iran_life_with_sanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.d1669715f6b440adae1f31055c6294fc-d1669715f6b440adae1f31055c6294fc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ryh4vs7xxjkRy8EamBst8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 photo, an Iranian vendor sells pistachio in Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran. A simple trip the store these days offers a crash course in life under sanctions. The price tags on many imported goods from South Korean refrigerators to Turkish crackers are sometimes double from last year. The money to buy them, meanwhile, has plunged in value against the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis ap/20120206/eu_greece_financial_crisis AP business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.e94ea0101ff84863a08ac80c2a992fc0-e94ea0101ff84863a08ac80c2a992fc0-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=s34CHBpts_n.8kfSB7Xd3A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A woman walks past a advertising board for a pawn shop, in central Athens, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Parties backing Greece's coalition government will hold a second day of emergency talks Monday on a vital austerity deal with rescue creditors, after an intense weekend of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough needed to avert bankruptcy in March. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.e94ea0101ff84863a08ac80c2a992fc0-e94ea0101ff84863a08ac80c2a992fc0-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=s34CHBpts_n.8kfSB7Xd3A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks past a advertising board for a pawn shop, in central Athens, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Parties backing Greece's coalition government will hold a second day of emergency talks Monday on a vital austerity deal with rescue creditors, after an intense weekend of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough needed to avert bankruptcy in March. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_prison_guard_killing ap/20120206/us_prison_guard_killing AP us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_prison_guard_killing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.43926daf55b041c3a4e16b4c8958a6b5-43926daf55b041c3a4e16b4c8958a6b5-0.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=cm843xzMHrEyh2SFeEdD1w--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Rodney Berget, accused of killing a South Dakota prison guard during an unsuccessful escape in 2011, is escorted to court in Sioux Falls, SD. A judge on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, sentenced Berget to death for his part in the murder. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Elisha Page, File) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge on Monday sentenced a South Dakota inmate to death for killing a prison guard by bashing him with a pipe and covering his mouth with plastic wrap during a failed escape attempt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_us/us_prison_guard_killing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.43926daf55b041c3a4e16b4c8958a6b5-43926daf55b041c3a4e16b4c8958a6b5-0.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=cm843xzMHrEyh2SFeEdD1w--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Rodney Berget, accused of killing a South Dakota prison guard during an unsuccessful escape in 2011, is escorted to court in Sioux Falls, SD. A judge on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, sentenced Berget to death for his part in the murder. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Elisha Page, File) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_co/us_defense_budget_new_reality ap/20120206/us_defense_budget_new_reality AP politics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:41:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_co/us_defense_budget_new_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.3bdddd36e2ed4b0bb4d81df34aa918c1-3bdddd36e2ed4b0bb4d81df34aa918c1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=RkaWFSzhuep7ZMYOcEq8dw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon. 'Make no mistake, the savings that we are proposing will impact on all 50 states and many districts, congressional districts, across America,' Panetta said, spelling out the new strategy. 'This will be a test, a test of whether reducing the deficit is about talk or about action.' President Barack Obama submits his complete budget proposal to Congress on Feb. 13, but included in Panetta's preview were enough details to stir alarm on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_co/us_defense_budget_new_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.3bdddd36e2ed4b0bb4d81df34aa918c1-3bdddd36e2ed4b0bb4d81df34aa918c1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=RkaWFSzhuep7ZMYOcEq8dw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon. 'Make no mistake, the savings that we are proposing will impact on all 50 states and many districts, congressional districts, across America,' Panetta said, spelling out the new strategy. 'This will be a test, a test of whether reducing the deficit is about talk or about action.' President Barack Obama submits his complete budget proposal to Congress on Feb. 13, but included in Panetta's preview were enough details to stir alarm on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_massacre ap/20120206/eu_norway_massacre AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_massacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.2c03e31ebd18436ca5210f8ffad9e7d7-2c03e31ebd18436ca5210f8ffad9e7d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=ENXetTzdnjyRbIL3v7ywmg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, arrives for a detention hearing at a court in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About 100 survivors and relatives of the victims of the July 22 massacre attended the hearing in Oslo's district court - expected to decide to keep Breivik in jail until his trial begins in April. (AP Photo/Lise Aserud, Scanpix Norway) NORWAY OUT" border="0" /></a>AP - The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime massacre told a court Monday that he deserves a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_massacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.2c03e31ebd18436ca5210f8ffad9e7d7-2c03e31ebd18436ca5210f8ffad9e7d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=ENXetTzdnjyRbIL3v7ywmg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, arrives for a detention hearing at a court in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About 100 survivors and relatives of the victims of the July 22 massacre attended the hearing in Oslo's district court - expected to decide to keep Breivik in jail until his trial begins in April. (AP Photo/Lise Aserud, Scanpix Norway) NORWAY OUT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation ap/20120206/ml_palestinians_reconciliation AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:53:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.5da5a826f574441f96dc3d9ea5476a8f-5da5a826f574441f96dc3d9ea5476a8f-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Q3JBXYpWNc0Q5Xgjn1mkMA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by by the Palestinian President's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, confer with Qatar's crown prince Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, center, during a reconciliation meeting in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The main Palestinian political rivals took a major step Monday toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)" border="0" /></a>AP - After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.5da5a826f574441f96dc3d9ea5476a8f-5da5a826f574441f96dc3d9ea5476a8f-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Q3JBXYpWNc0Q5Xgjn1mkMA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by by the Palestinian President's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, confer with Qatar's crown prince Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, center, during a reconciliation meeting in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The main Palestinian political rivals took a major step Monday toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_redbox ap/20120206/us_tec_verizon_redbox AP technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_redbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.61c2d9e018464101bd1da0c6668358bb-61c2d9e018464101bd1da0c6668358bb-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=umRHM82Iur.EcpCafxKmOA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)" border="0" /></a>AP - Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_redbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120206/capt.61c2d9e018464101bd1da0c6668358bb-61c2d9e018464101bd1da0c6668358bb-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=umRHM82Iur.EcpCafxKmOA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_greece nm/20120206/us_greece Reuters business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_greece"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r1898471878.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=H3Fu5eGJGpXBUPrPXrwbKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Prime Minister Lucas Papademos arrives at his office in Athens for a meeting with Greek political leaders February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis" border="0" /></a>Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country's political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_greece"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r1898471878.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=H3Fu5eGJGpXBUPrPXrwbKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Prime Minister Lucas Papademos arrives at his office in Athens for a meeting with Greek political leaders February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign nm/20120206/us_usa_campaign Reuters politics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r1716682341.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=t2yKwvPjfuoWE2jnx5C.4Q--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wipes sweat off his face as he departs his Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after a big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with "timid" rival Mitt Romney.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r1716682341.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=t2yKwvPjfuoWE2jnx5C.4Q--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wipes sweat off his face as he departs his Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_syria nm/20120206/us_syria Reuters topstories Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:09:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r295380954.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=eUzjP6AU28qMDzmVhqEzBw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Hula near the city of Homs February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r295380954.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=eUzjP6AU28qMDzmVhqEzBw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Hula near the city of Homs February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign_poll nm/20120206/us_usa_campaign_poll Reuters politics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:34:58 GMT Reuters - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_mfglobal_winners nm/20120206/us_mfglobal_winners Reuters business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:14:14 GMT Reuters - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20120206/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:05:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r466667778.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=0BLFyEjIzm9JEL.NbKKXqA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Specialist trader Jason Hardzewicz (L) of Barclay's Capital gives prices to traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Stocks edged lower on Monday as investors found little reason to extend a five-week rally on lingering uncertainty over whether Greece would accept the terms of a bailout.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r466667778.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=0BLFyEjIzm9JEL.NbKKXqA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Specialist trader Jason Hardzewicz (L) of Barclay's Capital gives prices to traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_eurozone_economy_innovation nm/20120206/us_eurozone_economy_innovation Reuters topstories Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_eurozone_economy_innovation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r3059212793.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=S338BXQf_B8jj5qmQuXH_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="People walk on a promenade during a foggy day in Thessaloniki about 500 km (310 miles) north of Athens February 5, 2012. REUTERS/John Kolesidis" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_eurozone_economy_innovation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r3059212793.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=S338BXQf_B8jj5qmQuXH_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk on a promenade during a foggy day in Thessaloniki about 500 km (310 miles) north of Athens February 5, 2012. REUTERS/John Kolesidis" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_syria_usa_embassy nm/20120206/us_syria_usa_embassy Reuters topstories Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:37 GMT Reuters - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, even as world powers remained divided over how to end the crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120205/ts_csm/457562 csm/20120205/457562 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:03 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Michigan Senator&nbsp;Carl Levin, a Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He was the guest speaker at the Jan. 26 Monitor breakfast in Washington. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120205/ts_csm/461870 csm/20120205/461870 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:26:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Friday’s good news on the economy – an unemployment rate that dropped to 8.3 percent in January as the economy added 243,000 jobs – might have caused the White House staff to do cartwheels. If you’re going to get blamed when things are rough, why not celebrate when they go well?