James Vaughn's Feed Feed Digest http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/DXUIGIA6IY.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/ts_afp/mideastconflictgaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.cps.orw73.060109011301.photo06.photo.default-512x324.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=W1PM03xV750c4DEnB80b5g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Smoke billows as an Israeli flare lights up the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.(AFP/Patrick Baz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/ts_afp/mideastconflictgaza Yahoo! News: Top Stories http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/ts_afp/mideastconflictgaza? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.47d4073d9c2147f4a18b9b5846ac4af4.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl806.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=xXn0xyL1SkHxFtk7DEwUvw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="An Israeli soldier wounded in the Gaza Strip arrives at Soroka Hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The expansion of Israel's offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers into ground battles and artillery salvos is taking a heavier toll on the civilians of the crowded sliver of land, including three toddlers killed Monday by the blast of a crashing shell. (AP Photo/Diego Mittelberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel's expanding ground and air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers took a heavy civilian toll Monday, including three young brothers reported killed by a crashing shell and wounded who filled hospital corridors.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Yahoo! News: Top Stories http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_re_us/amber_alert_abduction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.f1308ccce7614af984c6c2793bbd467a.amber_alert_abuduction_gajb101.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=gk7uNJxQdpbDyDH9xlhk.g--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="A police officer carries an infant to a waiting ambulance following a standoff between a former police officer and authorities at a motel in Madison, Ga., Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Authorities say David Dietz, 25, kidnapped the infant and two women on Saturday night in West Columbia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)" border="0" /></a>AP - A former South Carolina policeman who fired shots from a Georgia motel while holding his infant son and two women hostage surrendered peacefully Monday after a 13-hour standoff.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_re_us/amber_alert_abduction Yahoo! News: U.S. National http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_re_us/amber_alert_abduction? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42 GMT AP - The Kansas parents who failed to report their 11-year-old adopted son missing nearly a decade ago are "people of interest" as authorities search for him nationwide, a sheriff said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/missing_boy_search Yahoo! News: U.S. National http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/missing_boy_search? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:42 GMT AP - Anthrax mailing suspect Bruce Ivins tormented his wife with rudeness and behaved erratically in the weeks before the Army scientist took his own life by overdosing on Tylenol, according to documents released Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/anthrax_ivins Yahoo! News: U.S. National http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/anthrax_ivins? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20090105/i/r959581346.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=7wbLk9CSyTh1bxUzFZSY1g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Former Illinois attorney general and senate appointee Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's choice to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama, speaks to the media at BWI airport on his way to Washington DC, in Baltimore, Maryland, January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - State legislators weighing evidence against Gov. Rod Blagojevich may finish their work before getting any tapes of the governor's conversations that were made secretly by the FBI, attorneys indicated Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor Yahoo! News: U.S. National http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/richardson_probe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.e0fa604b90de4031b387156d6d9a49eb.richardson_nmcf104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Qw0NKkNprlAumC8umPYuTw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson puts on a smile as he leaves a news, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 in Santa Fe, N.M. after withdrawing his nomination as U.S. Commerce Department secretary. At left is Brian Condit, the governor's chief of staff. (AP Photo / Craig Fritz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gov. Bill Richardson's gold-plated resume had never been tarnished as he moved up the political ladder from congressman and diplomat to governor.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/richardson_probe Yahoo! News: U.S. National http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/richardson_probe? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cubs_bradley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.eb4602eafd7d49fe8a8f84087338362b.cubs_bradley_baseball_ny177.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=8h8ksdQpTai6Q9pJaC5j_A--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="In this June 27, 2008 photo, Texas Rangers designated hitter Milton Bradley during an at-bat in a Major League baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Arlington, Texas. The Chicago Cubs and free agent Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The deal is subject to a physical scheduled for Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Chicago Cubs and free agent Milton Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The deal is subject to a physical scheduled for Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cubs_bradley Yahoo! News: Top Stories http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cubs_bradley? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_panetta"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090106/2009_01_05t145537_331x450_us_usa_obama_panetta.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=Vk5bZwlXY2az2Lj00rKLHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta gestures during a break in a televised interview with Larry King for the CNN program 'Larry King Live' March 19, 1998 in Los Angeles. (Rose Prouser/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, which has been widely criticized for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, Democratic officials said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_panetta Yahoo! News: Top Stories http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_panetta? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_spy_agencies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.fd56564ee02e43dca50285d057f3c73f.panetta_cia_wx113.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=tls.W6EcP1YHt46vAM0y4w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 27, 1996 file photo, then-White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Panetta to head the CIA, according to an Obama transition official. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat's intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies.</p><br clear="all"/> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_spy_agencies Yahoo! News: Top Stories http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_spy_agencies? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:05 GMT