Daily News Digest: Top Stories

Yahoo! Alerts

Yahoo! News | My Alerts | Edit Alert

Monday, August 30, 2010 12:02 AM PDT

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com

Today's Top Stories: Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors Russian nursing home fire kills 9 people AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq Afghan president criticizes anti-terror strategy Abbas: No peace talks with settlement building Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes `Mad Men,' `Modern Family' win top Emmy Awards Pena, Crawford homer to power Rays past Red Sox Senator Kerry warns of instability if Pakistan unaided Obama says economy not growing fast enough Hitmen kill Mexican mayor in drug war state Fed policy on right course, economists say Obama vows to finish Gulf Coast recovery Indonesian volcano erupts again, many evacuated Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown BOJ eases policy to fight yen rise but impact seen slim Thousands more Indonesians flee new volcanic eruption Trapped Chile miners speak to loved ones Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim. "The facts are the facts," said Obama, who is a Christian. In an interview broadcast on "NBC Nightly News," the president blamed the confusion over his religious beliefs on "a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly." Full Story Top Russian nursing home fire kills 9 people Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:53 pm PDT AP - A blaze at a Russian nursing home killed nine people early Monday, and emergency officials said it may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets. Full Story Top Afghan president criticizes anti-terror strategy Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:11 pm PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai renewed his criticism of coalition strategy in fighting Afghanistan's stubborn insurgency, saying it has thus far produced nothing but civilian deaths. Full Story Top Abbas: No peace talks with settlement building Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that he will not back down from his threat to pull out of new peace talks with Israel if it resumes construction in West Bank settlements. Full Story Top Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 16 years in Washington. Full Story Top New video shows emotional trapped Chilean miners Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:24 pm PDT AP - A new video of 33 men trapped in a mine under Chile's Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families, talking about how they are doing better since receiving food and breaking into tears as they talk about loved ones. Full Story Top ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:52 pm PDT AP - Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries. Full Story Top `Mad Men,' `Modern Family' win top Emmy Awards Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:43 pm PDT AP - The darkly intimate 1960s-era drama "Mad Men" and the comedy romp "Modern Family" were the top honorees at Sunday's Emmy Awards as American life past and present proved a winning formula. Full Story Top Pena, Crawford homer to power Rays past Red Sox Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:53 pm PDT AP - Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday night. Full Story Top Senator Kerry warns of instability if Pakistan unaided Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:54 pm PDT Reuters - Flood-striken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, a U.S. official said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims. Full Story Top Obama says economy not growing fast enough Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:05 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the U.S. economy was expanding, but not quickly enough, and there was no "magic bullet" that will fix its problems. Full Story Top Hitmen kill Mexican mayor in drug war state Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:28 pm PDT Reuters - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico on Sunday in a region where two car bombs exploded last week and the bodies of 72 murdered migrant workers were found. Full Story Top Fed policy on right course, economists say Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:02 pm PDT Reuters - Most economists in a recent survey said they approved of the Federal Reserve's current course on monetary policy and see deflation as a risk for the short term. Full Story Top Obama vows to finish Gulf Coast recovery Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:04 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama pledged on Sunday to finish restoring the Gulf Coast area hit by Hurricane Katrina, five years after the storm ravaged the region and hurt the credibility of his Republican predecessor. Full Story Top Indonesian volcano erupts again, many evacuated Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:27 pm PDT Reuters - An Indonesian volcano, inactive for four centuries, erupted again on Monday, pitching ash two km (1.5 miles) into the air and sending nearby residents scurrying from their homes. Full Story Top Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:59 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis. Full Story Top BOJ eases policy to fight yen rise but impact seen slim Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:47 pm PDT Reuters - The Bank of Japan buckled under government pressure and eased monetary policy at an emergency meeting on Monday in an effort to curb a rise in the yen that is threatening a fragile economic recovery. Full Story Top Thousands more Indonesians flee new volcanic eruption Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:26 pm PDT AFP - An Indonesian volcano spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into the air on Monday, disrupting flights and sending thousands more people into temporary shelters, officials said. Full Story Top Trapped Chile miners speak to loved ones Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:08 pm PDT AFP - Chile's 33 trapped miners spoke for the first time with their loved ones, reassuring each other in brief but moving conversations by radio-telephone after 24 days underground. Full Story Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.