Most popular news on 6 October 2009 | News That Matter

Yahoo - Most viewed

Most popular news on 6 October 2009

For young, recession offers deals of a lifetime
AP - The Great Recession has turned into the best of times for young investor Daniel Lee.

Italian scientist reproduces Shroud of Turin
Reuters - An Italian scientist says he has reproduced the Shroud of Turin, a feat that he says proves definitively that the linen some Christians revere as Jesus Christ's burial cloth is a medieval fake.

Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN
AFP - Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.

Most popular news on 5 October 2009

Even as layoffs persist, some good jobs go begging
AP - In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits.

Tenn. mom left to wonder when she'll see 4 kids
AP - A week ago, Maria Gurrolla was celebrating the birth of her fourth child. A blue yard sign announced: "IT'S A BOY!" She visited a local welfare office that helps low-income mothers.

8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting
AP - Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said.