Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/us Most Recommended U.S. en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/us http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*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/highestratedus/*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/highestratedus/*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/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions ap/20100209/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.905ddb7a35844e1c94d7c2468918c117.bridge_collapse_adoptions_mndv104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=n.TUyE.1ddcVxEK3ASDemA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="New mother Betsy Sathers puts her two-year-old twins Alyse and Ross down for a nap Monday Feb 1, 2010 at their home in Blaine, Minn. Sathers, who lost her husband Scott in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, brought home her adopted twins from Haiti just days after the earthquake devastated that country. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)" border="0" /></a>AP - Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.905ddb7a35844e1c94d7c2468918c117.bridge_collapse_adoptions_mndv104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=n.TUyE.1ddcVxEK3ASDemA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="New mother Betsy Sathers puts her two-year-old twins Alyse and Ross down for a nap Monday Feb 1, 2010 at their home in Blaine, Minn. Sathers, who lost her husband Scott in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, brought home her adopted twins from Haiti just days after the earthquake devastated that country. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear ap/20100210/iran_nuclear AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missing_arizona_baby ap/20100209/us_missing_arizona_baby AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missing_arizona_baby"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.34c5438dc2974f609eeebe41cd9235c8.missing_arizona_baby_ny140.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=ToUfK25HNKLTw4FfqJzTAw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="FILE- In this undated file photo released by the Tempe Police Department, Gabriel Johnson is shown. Police say this photo is from the camera of the baby's mother, 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson, and was taken around the time the baby was last seen. Elizabeth Johnson was arrested Dec. 30 in Florida and is charged in Arizona with kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference. Police arrested Tammi Smith, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at her Scottsdale, Ariz., home on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery. (AP Photo/Tempe Police Department, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day after Christmas.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missing_arizona_baby"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.34c5438dc2974f609eeebe41cd9235c8.missing_arizona_baby_ny140.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=ToUfK25HNKLTw4FfqJzTAw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="FILE- In this undated file photo released by the Tempe Police Department, Gabriel Johnson is shown. Police say this photo is from the camera of the baby's mother, 23-year-old Elizabeth Johnson, and was taken around the time the baby was last seen. Elizabeth Johnson was arrested Dec. 30 in Florida and is charged in Arizona with kidnapping, child abuse and custodial interference. Police arrested Tammi Smith, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at her Scottsdale, Ariz., home on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery. (AP Photo/Tempe Police Department, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cyanide_death ap/20100209/us_cyanide_death AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:43 GMT AP - A family member who testified earlier that an Ohio doctor denied poisoning his wife now says the defendant admitted to the killing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_maryland_girl_slain ap/20100209/us_maryland_girl_slain AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:45:29 GMT AP - A registered sex offender has been indicted on murder charges in the death of an 11-year-old Maryland girl whose body was found on Christmas day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dna_criminal_relatives ap/20100209/us_dna_criminal_relatives AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:02:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dna_criminal_relatives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.83039a8f1c1e4b85909fa954ce85b14f.dna_criminal_relatives_coea101.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=X9_6RysfsGKib7cIRnDROA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey stands next to a model of DNA structure in his office in Denver. Morrissey's office was able to get a conviction in a case using the DNA of the suspect's brother to identify the suspect. Morrissey says he's solved the first crime in the U.S. using 'familial DNA,'' a controversial technique where investigators develop a lead based on a family relationship, rather than linking crime-scene evidence to a person. Britain has used the technique for years to solve high-profile crimes, but it has raised privacy concerns in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dna_criminal_relatives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.83039a8f1c1e4b85909fa954ce85b14f.dna_criminal_relatives_coea101.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=X9_6RysfsGKib7cIRnDROA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey stands next to a model of DNA structure in his office in Denver. Morrissey's office was able to get a conviction in a case using the DNA of the suspect's brother to identify the suspect. Morrissey says he's solved the first crime in the U.S. using 'familial DNA,'' a controversial technique where investigators develop a lead based on a family relationship, rather than linking crime-scene evidence to a person. Britain has used the technique for years to solve high-profile crimes, but it has raised privacy concerns in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gang_interventionist_killed ap/20100210/us_gang_interventionist_killed AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:59:02 GMT AP - When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission &mdash; steering kids away from crime &mdash; but he paid for it with his life. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usweathercalifornia afp/20100209/usweathercalifornia AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usweathercalifornia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741671052-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=V_W2K5D0k10GayNUrW3V0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A debris flow damages a home after heavy rains caused mudslides on February 6, in La Canada Flintridge, California. More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usweathercalifornia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741671052-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=V_W2K5D0k10GayNUrW3V0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A debris flow damages a home after heavy rains caused mudslides on February 6, in La Canada Flintridge, California. More than 500 homes were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Los Angeles braced for more rain after a weekend storm which triggered mudslides that damaged 43 properties.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_storm ap/20100210/us_california_storm AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new wave of winter rains on Tuesday washed over the wildfire-scarred foothill towns north of Los Angeles, forcing some residents to flee homes while others risked remaining to deploy shovels and buckets in an attempt to hold back the muddy deluge.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_newark_airport_evacuation_suspect ap/20100209/us_newark_airport_evacuation_suspect AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:42:45 GMT AP - A lawyer for a Rutgers University graduate student charged with a January security breach at Newark Liberty Airport that led to worldwide flight delays entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday and defended his client as "simply a lovesick man who made a mistake." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_treatment_center_death ap/20100209/us_treatment_center_death AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02:54 GMT AP - A jury on Tuesday acquitted three former employees of an Ohio treatment center for troubled teens of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 17-year-old girl who suffocated and choked on her own vomit after being restrained facedown on the floor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ny_governor ap/20100210/us_ny_governor AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0" /></a>AP - New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or "in a box."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_weather_usa_congress nm/20100209/us_weather_usa_congress Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:53:27 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday postponed further action on legislation until later this month as the capital city braced for a second major snowstorm in less than a week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_drugged_to_death ap/20100209/us_drugged_to_death AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:22:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_drugged_to_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.f015d669946d413a941e3980c669e108.drugged_to_death_bx102.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=ABNZWzYUmBgOPpbrmpTD5Q--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="Carolyn Riley sits in Superior Court in Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, during the first day of her murder trial. Riley, of Hull, Mass., is accused in the December 2006 overdose death of her 4-year-old daughter Rebecca. (AP Photo/Gary Higgins, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_drugged_to_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.f015d669946d413a941e3980c669e108.drugged_to_death_bx102.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=ABNZWzYUmBgOPpbrmpTD5Q--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carolyn Riley sits in Superior Court in Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, during the first day of her murder trial. Riley, of Hull, Mass., is accused in the December 2006 overdose death of her 4-year-old daughter Rebecca. (AP Photo/Gary Higgins, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_edwards_sex_tape ap/20100209/us_edwards_sex_tape AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_edwards_sex_tape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100129/capt.8f0067d799cc4cd5a8b059c997b4b09d.edwards_book_ny132.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=fI9eiDfrzV.HLTKMI99zog--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>AP - A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_edwards_sex_tape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100129/capt.8f0067d799cc4cd5a8b059c997b4b09d.edwards_book_ny132.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=fI9eiDfrzV.HLTKMI99zog--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20100209/us_weatherpage_weather AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:05:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.38dcde98fd434e7db262e876eaf787a5.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=C1I4zZ8PyI64sZzbEUiE2g--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, shows a winter storm will move into the East, producing swaths of rain in the Southeast and mixed precipitation in the Eastern Valleys and the Mid-Atlantic. Out West, a strong storm will hit the West Coast with another round of coastal rain and mountain snow.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snowy weather was expected to move into the Eastern U.S. from the Plains on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.38dcde98fd434e7db262e876eaf787a5.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=C1I4zZ8PyI64sZzbEUiE2g--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, shows a winter storm will move into the East, producing swaths of rain in the Southeast and mixed precipitation in the Eastern Valleys and the Mid-Atlantic. Out West, a strong storm will hit the West Coast with another round of coastal rain and mountain snow.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nevada_budget ap/20100210/us_nevada_budget AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:07:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nevada_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.60df9ce014ee4503b95364ccce7fbd57.nevada_state_of_the_state_nvss109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=4PWufSjd9HFul0np58X0cQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons answers questions from reporters after delivering his state of the state speech in the Capitol building in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Feb., 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Scott Sady)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nevada officials on Tuesday outlined drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program that include plans to ration adult diapers, eliminate denture and hearing-aid programs, and force personal care assistants to buy their own disposable gloves.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nevada_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.60df9ce014ee4503b95364ccce7fbd57.nevada_state_of_the_state_nvss109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=4PWufSjd9HFul0np58X0cQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons answers questions from reporters after delivering his state of the state speech in the Capitol building in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Feb., 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Scott Sady)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nyc_terror ap/20100209/us_nyc_terror AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:27:00 GMT AP - The father of an airport driver accused of trying to cook up homemade bombs in a Colorado hotel for an attack on New York City pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he tried to get rid of chemicals and other evidence, prosecutors said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha ap/20100209/us_obit_murtha AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:22:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)