Interest rates have crept up this year, and that has made dividend stocks a bit less attractive lately. Yet there are many stocks that pay well above the current annual yield on traditional income vehicles like treasury bonds.Below, Motley Fool investors place the spotlight on three such stocks. British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A), each pay over 4% in annual yield and could make attractive buys today. Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading