Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended Most Recommended en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_crack_credit_card ap/20100209/us_odd_crack_credit_card AP odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:06:10 GMT AP - Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_presidency ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_presidency AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - First lady Michelle Obama says President Barack Obama "has done a phenomenal job," but that people have a right to criticize him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_pollution_census ap/20100209/as_china_pollution_census AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_pollution_census"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265705563505-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=UiOOtttNnIh.LA4ALxSUJw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Farmers work their field near a reservoir in the outskirts of Beijing. China on has named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AP - China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first national pollution census has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_pollution_census"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265705563505-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=UiOOtttNnIh.LA4ALxSUJw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Farmers work their field near a reservoir in the outskirts of Beijing. China on has named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated ap/20100209/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.00d5685d522747e0892b848bdb9e8d26.correction_fashion_sports_illustrated_ny180.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=4x0YRo4Due7MLROuqueKdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="An image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition featuring model Brooklyn Decker, on sale now. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.00d5685d522747e0892b848bdb9e8d26.correction_fashion_sports_illustrated_ny180.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=4x0YRo4Due7MLROuqueKdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="An image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition featuring model Brooklyn Decker, on sale now. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthdrinkcancer afp/20100209/healthdrinkcancer AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china nm/20100209/us_disney_google_china Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:55:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3175733746.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8Urx3hKc7fHtN6sM1llZig--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Traffic on the 3rd ring road during rush hour in Beijing in a file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3175733746.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8Urx3hKc7fHtN6sM1llZig--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traffic on the 3rd ring road during rush hour in Beijing in a file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_iran ap/20100209/us_obama_iran AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:45:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bb69adc425844367a856902cc779bcc2.aptopix_obama__dcsa103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VeqvRIfap_ntNoGNHqkTkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Iran remains on an "unacceptable" path to nuclear weapons, despite its denials, and that the U.S. and like-minded countries will soon produce a set of punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bb69adc425844367a856902cc779bcc2.aptopix_obama__dcsa103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VeqvRIfap_ntNoGNHqkTkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/279218 csm/20100209/279218 The Christian Science Monitor opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:05:27 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - At the recent London Conference on Afghanistan, the United States, its NATO allies, and Afghanistan’s regional neighbors agreed to more closely align civilian and military efforts to stabilize that nation so foreign forces can withdraw and local Afghan forces can take over security. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_texas_church_fires ap/20100209/us_texas_church_fires AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_texas_church_fires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.eea8f4c8c8fb4dcd92bb6ee705f89a0d.texas_church_fires_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hYRuLjUWa8CmlauPEHwuBw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_texas_church_fires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.eea8f4c8c8fb4dcd92bb6ee705f89a0d.texas_church_fires_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hYRuLjUWa8CmlauPEHwuBw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_lil_wayne ap/20100210/us_people_lil_wayne AP entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_lil_wayne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d7313aebe76b443ebe065d9a8783ed4c.people_lil_wayne_nyll101.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=WyOYAoPojYtGUKHiMJx59w--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in New York. Sentencing in the hip-hop artist's 2007 gun-possession case was postponed until March 2 due to his need for oral surgery. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano )" border="0" /></a>AP - After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_lil_wayne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d7313aebe76b443ebe065d9a8783ed4c.people_lil_wayne_nyll101.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=WyOYAoPojYtGUKHiMJx59w--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="Rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in New York. Sentencing in the hip-hop artist's 2007 gun-possession case was postponed until March 2 due to his need for oral surgery. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano )" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan ap/20100210/as_afghanistan AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a604fef7e8be44fab47bd790e25a8e16.afghanistan_xbl110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGG8oDP_jSUxsl6B0TL2qQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. Army flight medic looks through the window of a Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, during a mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a604fef7e8be44fab47bd790e25a8e16.afghanistan_xbl110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGG8oDP_jSUxsl6B0TL2qQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. Army flight medic looks through the window of a Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, during a mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama afp/20100209/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/oly2010fskatejpnasadaoffbeat afp/20100208/oly2010fskatejpnasadaoffbeat AFP odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:37:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/oly2010fskatejpnasadaoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265657776884-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=5YFzztZkxqFsdDwsKCl7pg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Mao Asada of Japan performs in the exhibition gala during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Jeonju, about 240 km south of Seoul, on January 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's figure skating star Mao Asada has captured her first honour at the Winter Olympics by having a hot dog named after her by a street vendor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/oly2010fskatejpnasadaoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265657776884-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=5YFzztZkxqFsdDwsKCl7pg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Mao Asada of Japan performs in the exhibition gala during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Jeonju, about 240 km south of Seoul, on January 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_senator_blocking_nominations ap/20100209/us_senator_blocking_nominations AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_senator_blocking_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3f6e90c066d74f17a81752b336e1ffb6.senator_blocking_nominations_ny108.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=_vTbFIy3Js1LuALUvkcEHA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby of Alabama has released most of the 'holds' he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday, Feb. 8. 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, his office said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_senator_blocking_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3f6e90c066d74f17a81752b336e1ffb6.senator_blocking_nominations_ny108.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=_vTbFIy3Js1LuALUvkcEHA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby of Alabama has released most of the 'holds' he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday, Feb. 8. 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaanimaltiger afp/20100209/chinaanimaltiger AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaanimaltiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265623634556-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=DbI1ZrhIMyIBJooWewlsog--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China said Tuesday it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/chinaanimaltiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265623634556-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=DbI1ZrhIMyIBJooWewlsog--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father ap/20100210/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f131970d78c44804977f086a9486212d.nancy_kerrigan_s_father_bx103.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=AB4bMp1pEdaOjGbqL14GWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f131970d78c44804977f086a9486212d.nancy_kerrigan_s_father_bx103.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=AB4bMp1pEdaOjGbqL14GWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_singapore_religion nm/20100209/us_singapore_religion Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:48:08 GMT Reuters - Singapore has warned a Christian pastor that his online videos are offensive to Buddhists and Taoists, underlining the city-state's concerns that religion is a potential faultline for its multicultural society. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview nm/20100209/us_google_china_interview Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:53:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political censorship."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/279184 csm/20100209/279184 The Christian Science Monitor opinion Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:01 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Victory or defeat in Afghanistan will be determined by how the United States engages Pakistan this year. In particular, the US counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan hinges on whether or not the “Afghan Taliban,” a Pashtun movement, maintains sanctuary and support from outside the country. Currently, the Pakistani government is not denying that sanctuary to the Afghan Taliban, or the “Pakistan Taliban” (also Pashtun). I spent 10 days last month in Islamabad and Peshawar speaking with leaders from across society, including those with direct access to the Taliban. Conversations revealed that there are three things that the US must understand in order to end the Taliban insurgencies on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border: respect, reconciliation, and religious freedom. 1. Reverse the respect deficit between Pakistan and America. Pakistan views its relationship with the US in the context of its primary threat: India. The Indian Army’s commander recently said it could invade Pakistan from the east and defeat it in 96 hours as part of it’s “Cold Start” military doctrine, which calls for a rapid and integrated offensive using all of India's military forces. A pro-Indian Afghanistan along the western border of Pakistan would encircle the country with potential enemies. Because Pakistan is not sure of US intentions in Afghanistan (I was constantly asked whether America is planning to stay or leave Afghanistan) the Pakistani Army has no incentive to defeat the Pakistan Taliban in the border areas. Better to keep the Taliban, conventional Pakistani wisdom suggests, as a buffer against the possibility of a pro-Indian Afghanistan. The US, on the other hand, views the relationship with Pakistan through its biggest concern: Al Qaeda. The US is focused on defeating an Arab-dominated Al Qaeda, whose forces are nested among Taliban groups along both sides of the Pakistani-Afghan border. Thus, the US has put so much pressure on the Pakistani government to move against Al Qaeda and the terrorist elements of the Taliban that many Pakistanis consider President Asif Ali Zardari to be an American stooge. The Pakistani reluctance to go after all of the Taliban groups within its borders, after a new multibillion dollar aid package from the US, meanwhile, gives some Americans the impression of ingratitude. Adding injury to insult for the Pakistanis are the American drone attacks that the Pakistani government has unofficially sanctioned – at the insistence of the US – but not publicly acknowledged. While most Pakistanis believe that these strikes do not respect them or their sovereignty, there is also general recognition that they are increasingly accurate, killing Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Nevertheless, too many civilians have been killed by accident. The Taliban manipulates these civilian deaths to justify suicide bomber attacks throughout the border areas. Incredibly, the Taliban blame a ficticious “American Taliban” – CIA and Blackwater infiltrators sent to destabilize the region – for these attacks. (I wish I was kidding.) In the absence of access to other information, or a concerted effort by the Pakistani government and press to deny such rumors, many along the border believe such nonsense. Although the majority of Pashtuns do not support the Taliban, the Pashtuns are, as someone told me, “one body.” They all know someone who has lost a family member to the drone and terrorist attacks, and they all know someone in the Taliban. 2. Reconciliation is central to a solution. If the Pakistan Taliban can be integrated into the Pakistani political process, they are much more likely to stop providing sanctuary and support to their Pashtun brothers who make up the Afghan Taliban. And if support of the Afghan Taliban ceases from within the Pakistan border, Afghan stability is not far behind. The US-Pakistan relationship would then be freed to mature beyond the perceived disrespect of the moment into a healthy recognition of long-term and common interests.