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 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:28:32 GMT USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Republicans a rare find in blue Vermont http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412491938/2008-10-06-50states-vermont_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:23:19 GMT Vermont Republicans and John McCain campaign organizers are glad contested New Hampshire is right next-door. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=1W7UGY"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=1W7UGY" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412491938" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-06-50states-vermont_N.htm?csp=34 Obama's link to '60s radical fuels new attacks http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412420490/2008-10-05-campaign_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:56:47 GMT Republican John McCain's campaign spent the weekend trying to tie the Democratic nominee to a 1960s radical. "It's really important ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=hbTS9i"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=hbTS9i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412420490" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-05-campaign_N.htm?csp=34 Young voters hint at electorate shift http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412157352/2008-10-05-poll-youth_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:47:09 GMT A striking majority of the Millennial generation agrees on one thing: who should be the next president. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=x8jGIK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=x8jGIK" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412157352" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-05-poll-youth_N.htm?csp=34 Both parties target voter registration, turnout http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412407949/2008-10-05-voterreg_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:35 GMT A record-breaking season for voter registration drives ends Oct. 6 (Monday) in nearly half the nation's states, closing the books ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=m0tVIG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=m0tVIG" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412407949" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-05-voterreg_N.htm?csp=34 Wells Fargo, Citigroup in tug of war over Wachovia http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412079179/2008-10-05-wells-fargo-wachovia_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:15:47 GMT Wachovia and Citigroup lawyers spent the weekend in state and federal courts, sparring about Wachovia's decision Friday to break ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=Y5tbRu"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=Y5tbRu" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412079179" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2008-10-05-wells-fargo-wachovia_N.htm?csp=34 Road salt shortage puts cities in a pinch http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412393991/2008-10-05-roadsalt_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:39:37 GMT Road salt shortages have cities and states across the USA scrambling to stock up before the snow hits. As they do, they are finding ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=Kwd39X"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=Kwd39X" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412393991" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-05-roadsalt_N.htm?csp=34 Rampant Medicare fraud suspected in Miami http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412393992/2008-10-05-home-health-fraud_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:23:15 GMT Home health care costs charged to Medicare in the Miami area have risen 20 times the national average in the past five years, ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=A25Iam"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=A25Iam" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412393992" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-05-home-health-fraud_N.htm?csp=34 Sleuths go door to door to sniff out Medicare fraud http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412377621/2008-10-05-fraud-inside_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:22:19 GMT Investigators are trying to crack down on fraud in one of the nation's hot spots for Medicare scams: Miami-Dade County. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=8u61TL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=8u61TL" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412377621" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-05-fraud-inside_N.htm?csp=34 Simpson jury held strong views on 1995 acquittal http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412350790/2008-10-05-simpson_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:34:15 GMT Nearly half of the jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping in a casino hotel disagreed with Simpson's ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=EmKIMV"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=EmKIMV" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412350790" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-05-simpson_N.htm?csp=34 Alaska state employees to testify in Palin probe http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412288697/2008-10-05-alaska-palin_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:42:35 GMT Seven Alaska state employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether Republican vice presidential ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=6hCbFJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=6hCbFJ" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412288697" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-05-alaska-palin_N.htm?csp=34 Mexico feels our fiscal pain http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412307986/2008-10-05-Mexicofrets_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:32:01 GMT Many Mexicans fear that the U.S. economic crisis is beginning to spill over to Mexico, the United States' biggest trading partner ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=Ua51pk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=Ua51pk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412307986" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-10-05-Mexicofrets_N.htm?csp=34 Clinton has raised $8M for Obama http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412298843/2008-10-05-Clinton_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:15:57 GMT Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has raised more than $8 million for former rival Barack Obama's presidential campaign since July ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=I9quQd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=I9quQd" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412298843" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-05-Clinton_N.htm?csp=34 Iraqi stock exchange small but surging http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412298844/2008-10-05-iraqstocks_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:55 GMT Iraq's fledgling stock exchange has increased 25% this year as improved security fans hope for an economic revival. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=taCLip"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=taCLip" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412298844" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2008-10-05-iraqstocks_N.htm?csp=34 Dead man on campus: 'Zombie tag' is off and running http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412288673/2008-10-05-zombie-tag_N.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:47:08 GMT Al Palmer has a slim build, an easy smile, and a near-insatiable hunger for human flesh. Welcome to the world of Humans vs. ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=rbrqJn"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=rbrqJn" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412288673" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-05-zombie-tag_N.htm?csp=34 Runoff next for indicted La. lawmaker http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/412272370/2008-10-05-jefferson_N.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:04:24 GMT U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, who came in first in Louisiana's Democratic primary on Saturday, faces former TV reporter Helena ... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=VFuewN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=VFuewN" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/412272370" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-05-jefferson_N.htm?csp=34