list USATODAY.com News - Top Stories http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm USATODAY.com News - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2010, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:46:23 GMT USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/hKWAH3Y2gAE/2010-03-13-pope-scandal_N.htm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:45:46 GMT It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. 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in vaccine didn't cause autism http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/HRgZb8SeSJE/2010-03-12-autism-vaccines_N.htm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:07:52 GMT The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNVhgPd84-15zZdRXWCk7vyfcxI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNVhgPd84-15zZdRXWCk7vyfcxI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNVhgPd84-15zZdRXWCk7vyfcxI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNVhgPd84-15zZdRXWCk7vyfcxI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/HRgZb8SeSJE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-12-autism-vaccines_N.htm?csp=34 Prom offers flood in for Mississippi students http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/7JvQViFUpSE/2010-03-12-no-prom-mississippi_N.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:26:10 GMT An advocacy group for gay students in Mississippi said it has been fielding dozens of offers from around the nation to hold a ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1XpNiP_YG1xwakHW1vRNU7lvOA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1XpNiP_YG1xwakHW1vRNU7lvOA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1XpNiP_YG1xwakHW1vRNU7lvOA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1XpNiP_YG1xwakHW1vRNU7lvOA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/7JvQViFUpSE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-12-no-prom-mississippi_N.htm?csp=34