Yahoo! News: Top StoriesTop StoriesBill Clinton offers support to Obama (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Former President Clinton on Tuesday offered to help Barack Obama win the White House, although what work he'll do for his wife's former rival remained uncertain.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on... Senate housing rescue bill clears key test vote (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - U.S. Senate backers of a housing bill easily cleared a procedural hurdle on Tuesday, sending a measure opposed by the White House toward its expected final passage, as early as Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm... Girl, 3, uses song lyrics to call 911 for mom (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - A 3-year-old girl used the simple song lyrics "911 green" to call 911 and get help after her pregnant mother fainted. Jessica Eaves, 24, taught her daughter Madelyn the song a week before she fainted due to a medical condition called vasovogal syncope.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on... Mugabe regime vows to hold vote, defying world opinion (AFP)- June 24, 2008 AFP - Zimbabwe's government defied global criticism on Tuesday by vowing to push ahead with a presidential run-off election this week even as the opposition leader remained holed up in the Dutch embassy.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/ts_a... McCain runs into opposition over offshore oil plan (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday ran into opposition in environmentally conscious California to his policy switch in favor of U.S. offshore oil drilling.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm... House prices, consumer confidence dive (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Consumer sentiment slid to a 16-year low in June while house prices suffered record annual drops in April, according to data Tuesday that suggested a retrenchment in spending that will keep squelching economic growth.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/bs_nm... Suicide sets off panic at Sarkozy ceremony in Israel (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - An Israeli guard on the perimeter of a farewell airport ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy shot himself dead on Tuesday, causing a security stir but not endangering the visiting leader, police said.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/ts_nm... Flooded Midwest asks White House for more aid (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Midwest governors pleaded with the White House on Tuesday for more help to counter billions of dollars in damages from floods that drowned parts of the U.S. farm heartland and drove thousands from their homes.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm... Bill with billions in health plan cuts passes House (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would shave billions of dollars in reimbursement from health plans that contract with the federal Medicare program.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm... Mugabe defies mounting pressure to stop vote (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday defied mounting pressure from both inside and outside Africa to call off Friday's presidential election, saying he had a legal obligation to go ahead.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/ts_nm... |