Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:51:37 GMT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)

On Independence Day, Liberty's crown reopens (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:08:25 GMT Erica Breder, 25, right, looks over at Aaron Weisinger, 26, both of Walnut Creek, Calif., after accepting his surprise wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. Looking on at left is Luke Rankin of Yakima Washington. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David Goldman, Pool)

SKorea says North fires 7 missiles off east coast (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:49:36 GMT A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Serena tops Venus again for third Wimbledon title (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:51:14 GMT Venus Williams of U.S. plays a return to Serena Williams of U.S. during their women's singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:51:07 GMT In this photo released by Mehr News Agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, accompanied by his Vice-President Parviz Davoudi, as they attend a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency,Sajjad Safari) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT

Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:52:00 GMT Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Obama's trip: 3 more countries, 1 broad mission (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13:25 GMT President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, walk back to their limousine after greeting a crowd at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:42 GMT U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Downturn dating: Hearts flutter as markets stutter (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:04:27 GMT Lisa Lilly, left, and Victor Tirumalai joke as they play board games at the Holiday Club during a singles event, Nerds at Heart, in Chicago, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attendance at the monthly gatherings, where mostly young professionals pay $25 for a drink and a chance to spend the evening clustered around trivia and board games, was more than double expectations in April and has stayed high since. (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)

Tour de France starts in Monaco (AP) Top Stories News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:55:32 GMT American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, right, listens to his team director Johan Bruyneel of Belgium, left, as he warms up prior to taking the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial of 15.5 kilometers (9.63 miles) with start and finish in Moncao, Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)