Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/politics Most Recommended Politics en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:10:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/politics http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*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/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_white_house_palin ap/20100209/us_white_house_palin AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_white_house_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.0e00ed1880624bd88ec65bd3b5e290e1.obama_dcpm130.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AOw.xPMcH9vigsdaggkmCA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_white_house_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.0e00ed1880624bd88ec65bd3b5e290e1.obama_dcpm130.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AOw.xPMcH9vigsdaggkmCA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_obesity ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_obesity AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled "Let's Move" &mdash; her national public awareness campaign against childhood obesity, a problem she says concerns her both as first lady and as a mom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_economy nm/20100210/us_obama_economy Reuters politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld afp/20100209/irannuclearpoliticsworld AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755232181-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2d5gWQTfaUhKXYr66e4OIg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755232181-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2d5gWQTfaUhKXYr66e4OIg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20100209/us_usa_healthcare Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r1079045888.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I4eknlKT2zuikywWyUDiew--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r1079045888.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I4eknlKT2zuikywWyUDiew--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_haiti_americans_detained ap/20100209/us_us_haiti_americans_detained AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:41:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265288678239-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=qooAFMaks8DmPGwubvZsjQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Laura Silsby, the detained head of New Life Children's Refuge, is the leader of a group of 10 Americans accused of trying to smuggle children out of quake-stricken Haiti. The group is waiting to hear if they will be charged with child trafficking for trying to take children out of the quake-hit nation, where the death toll has risen above 200,000.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265288678239-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=qooAFMaks8DmPGwubvZsjQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Laura Silsby, the detained head of New Life Children's Refuge, is the leader of a group of 10 Americans accused of trying to smuggle children out of quake-stricken Haiti. The group is waiting to hear if they will be charged with child trafficking for trying to take children out of the quake-hit nation, where the death toll has risen above 200,000.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha_hospital ap/20100209/us_obit_murtha_hospital AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:17:53 GMT AP - A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_preview ap/20100209/us_obama_preview AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will be sticking around the White House today as Washington continues to dig out from its big snowfall, and prepares for another one expected to begin this afternoon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker afp/20100209/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265386617188-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=xqz17VPVCKxPFTNKfMuoKw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee seen here in 2009, has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US Senator has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265386617188-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=xqz17VPVCKxPFTNKfMuoKw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee seen here in 2009, has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_nominees ap/20100209/us_obama_nominees AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:40 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to stop blocking the confirmation of government appointees in the Senate by raising objections not related to their qualifications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_congress_republicans nm/20100209/us_usa_congress_republicans Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:46:20 GMT Reuters - Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestusgermanymilitary afp/20100210/afghanistanunrestusgermanymilitary AFP politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:10:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestusgermanymilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265760595116-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=aE3cZEYT.A0ZmhQPmwV1Cg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A helicopter flies from the Bundeswehr camp Marmal in Masar i Sahrif, Afghanistan to Kunduz in 2009. US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestusgermanymilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265760595116-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=aE3cZEYT.A0ZmhQPmwV1Cg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A helicopter flies from the Bundeswehr camp Marmal in Masar i Sahrif, Afghanistan to Kunduz in 2009. US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3292380 cq/20100209/politics3292380 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he intends to push for a vote by this weekend on job creation legislation, though another winter storm bearing down on Washington made the Senate schedule increasingly tenuous. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3292374 cq/20100209/politics3292374 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Despite a renewed appeal from President Obama, Republican leaders in Congress remained cool Tuesday to the idea of naming a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to control the nation's ballooning debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_economy_summers nm/20100209/us_obama_economy_summers Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:51:41 GMT Reuters - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said on Tuesday that the job market was stabilizing but the economy still had a long way to go to return to health. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3291956 cq/20100209/politics3291956 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:56:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - It's never too early to line up support for a presidential run, so it's not surprising that several possible 2012 Republican contenders are using their political action committees to dole out large amounts of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsiraq afp/20100209/uspoliticsiraq AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsiraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US congressman John Murtha, who died Monday of complications from gallbladder surgery at age 77, was a fierce critic of the Iraq war despite being a staunchly pro-military former marine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsiraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression livescience/20100209/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression LiveScience.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com)