list USATODAY.com News - Top Stories http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm USATODAY.com News - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2009, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:41:13 GMT USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/yvn5YWeHJCY/2009-07-02-marines-afghan_N.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:39:42 GMT U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Cn1bLN5YvITj6vVBsd8f_NKfgWs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Cn1bLN5YvITj6vVBsd8f_NKfgWs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Cn1bLN5YvITj6vVBsd8f_NKfgWs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Cn1bLN5YvITj6vVBsd8f_NKfgWs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/yvn5YWeHJCY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-07-02-marines-afghan_N.htm?csp=34 Fawcett's legacy beyond the biz: Spotlighting rare cancer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/SEFoK-izxLE/2009-07-02-fawcett-anal-cancer_N.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:21:31 GMT In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6IntsH_QQNkH9MDxIjXTa-4-MI0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6IntsH_QQNkH9MDxIjXTa-4-MI0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6IntsH_QQNkH9MDxIjXTa-4-MI0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6IntsH_QQNkH9MDxIjXTa-4-MI0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/SEFoK-izxLE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-07-02-fawcett-anal-cancer_N.htm?csp=34 Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/FYDe5a7DWr8/2009-07-02-myspace-case_N.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:29 GMT A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tzRyPgi6yeWCfFj6ruZq9smgxMI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tzRyPgi6yeWCfFj6ruZq9smgxMI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tzRyPgi6yeWCfFj6ruZq9smgxMI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tzRyPgi6yeWCfFj6ruZq9smgxMI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/FYDe5a7DWr8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-02-myspace-case_N.htm?csp=34 Top diplomat to demand return of Honduras leader http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/tjs8rdb1IFg/2009-07-02-honduras_N.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:26:40 GMT A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint a mission he ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WmXnF66AV3eYCsIUnXdQA0V5do4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WmXnF66AV3eYCsIUnXdQA0V5do4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WmXnF66AV3eYCsIUnXdQA0V5do4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WmXnF66AV3eYCsIUnXdQA0V5do4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/tjs8rdb1IFg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-07-02-honduras_N.htm?csp=34 Wife of S.C. Gov. Sanford says she may forgive affair http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/vfalgixJp90/2009-07-02-sanford_N.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:17:12 GMT The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. 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