<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_go_co/congress_autos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081118/capt.afc436b7b0984df6a24688ef683fc674.financial_meltdown_dcev109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GwWfWxo.AOwBDmmxf33DjQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, before the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government's $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit's Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081118/capt.12fb5af369454faf816707b33fb0604f.financial_meltdown_dcev123.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=bw4Od2ZHwTPDFFHIe5MsCw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="From left, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chairwoman Sheila Bair testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, before the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson expressed fresh reservations Tuesday about tapping a $700 billion bailout pool to provide mortgage guarantees to help stem soaring home foreclosures.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_re_us/wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081117/capt.05e1172db87844f9962b974b5c3dad0a.wildfires_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=TipxIDx.uYbXdUWjideF8w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Metro Bus carries residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif. to see the destruction from the wildfire on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Once considered a paradise with swimming pools and tennis courts, residents of Oakridge Mobile Home park felt safe there until winds with the intensity of a hurricane blew a wall of fire through nearly 500 manufactured homes and set them ablaze so quickly that even firefighters had to drop their hoses and run. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, POOL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Smoky skies cleared and once-whipping winds slowed to a standstill Tuesday, as another wave of those who fled Southern California's ferocious weekend wildfires prepared to sort through the remains of their homes.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_re_af/ml_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081117/capt.cps.ofw90.171108191534.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=wr3kkcvINroFqGXmFScLMg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="This photo provided by the US Navy shows some of the Somali pirates off of Somalia's coast in October 2008. Pirates have seized control of the Saudi-owned super tanker Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa and are taking it towards a Somali port, the US Navy said on Monday.(AFP/US Navy/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. Navy says a cargo ship has been hijacked off the Somalia coast — the latest in a series of attacks by pirates operating out of the African country.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_go_co/senate_lieberman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081118/capt.fedc89b8f12e432da9610c88316a2820.senate_lieberman_dclb103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KZlE8aTOcF0VLsWLcCzuyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is questioned by reporters as he walks to the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, where his colleagues will vote on party leadership and other matters. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081117/capt.11ae9b3495af44eaa314caa3b568ab12.space_shuttle_dn202.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=ZB76_YL7WQ4RlCZ0GOERnQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="In this image from NASA TV mission specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, front, and Steve Bowen work in the air lock aboard the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 to prepare for their space walk scheduled for Tuesday. (AP Photo/NASA TV)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.</p><br clear="all"/>

AP - Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception.

AP - A day after giving the National League's Most Valuable Player honor to Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols, the Baseball Writers' Association of America ends its postseason awards run today by naming the American League MVP. Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau and Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez are expected to be among those drawing support.

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/bs_nm/us_financial_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081118/2008_11_18t103832_450x346_us_financial_usa_paulson.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=vb7CuKbGC4LRipcrxFWbTA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testify at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'Oversight of Implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and of Government Lending and Insurance Facilities; Impact on Economy and Credit Availability' on Capitol Hill, November 18, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Secretary and members of Congress locked horns on Tuesday over a $700 billion financial bailout fund, with lawmakers demanding money to stem foreclosures and Henry Paulson arguing it was meant for investing in financial companies.</p><br clear="all"/>

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_lieberman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081118/2008_11_18t053608_450x310_us_usa_politics_lieberman.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WTkxC87j5Eh.BudWgXb3YQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Senator Joe Lieberman pauses while addressing the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Senate Democrats on Tuesday yielded to the wishes of President-elect Barack Obama and allowed Joe Lieberman to keep his committee chairmanship despite having backed Republican John McCain for the White House, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa said.</p><br clear="all"/>