Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/964 Most Popular en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/964 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall ap/20091125/us_chinese_drywall AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/surpriseyourskincanhear livescience/20091125/surpriseyourskincanhear LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:06:22 GMT LiveScience.com - We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091125/pl_politico/29896 politico/20091125/29896 Politico politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:54:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091125/pl_politico/29896"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259089887031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=NlWchjsrsIrp8y0xiwEb6Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="VIDEO: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV/POOL)" border="0" /></a>Politico - The Obama White House is addicted to the &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091125/pl_politico/29896"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259089887031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=NlWchjsrsIrp8y0xiwEb6Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="VIDEO: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV/POOL)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/mideastenvironmentwaterjordan afp/20091125/mideastenvironmentwaterjordan AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:28:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/mideastenvironmentwaterjordan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259075611220-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=x169.9uRoMexXdbTYAJ2MQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="A picture shows the drying shores of the Dead Sea, south of the Jordanian capital Amman, on November 9. The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_mideast_afp/mideastenvironmentwaterjordan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259075611220-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=x169.9uRoMexXdbTYAJ2MQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="A picture shows the drying shores of the Dead Sea, south of the Jordanian capital Amman, on November 9. The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests ap/20091126/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tesla_motors_factory ap/20091126/us_tesla_motors_factory AP business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:12:22 GMT AP - This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj ap/20091125/ml_saudi_hajj AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:43:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6bdc8edf71d04e5dbfe8580f6998f410.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=OwJLOrQmTcWSf0qbxmz56Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions &mdash; umbrellas and face masks &mdash; as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6bdc8edf71d04e5dbfe8580f6998f410.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=OwJLOrQmTcWSf0qbxmz56Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen ap/20091126/us_obama_copenhagen AP science Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/wl_time/031542194260400 time/20091125/031542194260400 Time.com world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT Time.com - One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats ap/20091125/us_toyota_floor_mats AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:29:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.34220ac5b1c441d5b895b0ef4d4ebfce.toyota_floor_mats_pack101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=MgebhOfAJnt5OyKkuJIjig--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.34220ac5b1c441d5b895b0ef4d4ebfce.toyota_floor_mats_pack101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=MgebhOfAJnt5OyKkuJIjig--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091125/en_ynews/ynews_en1000 ynews/20091125/ynews_en1000 The Newsroom entertainment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:53:40 GMT The Newsroom - Earlier this month we reported on a minor controversy that arose after PBS re-aired a two-year-old episode of &ldquo;Sesame Street&rdquo; that parodied Fox News. Last night, in an effort to make light of that episode, a Sesame Workshop executive went on Fox News&rsquo; &ldquo;The O'Reilly Factor&rdquo; to introduce a brand-new muppet: Spill O'Reilly. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_en_tv/us_lou_dobbs_senate ap/20091126/us_lou_dobbs_senate AP entertainment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:30:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_en_tv/us_lou_dobbs_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.367cf210668044b2ae002d713ad9d63f.lou_dobbs_senate_ny118.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ieNtUo9O2z7wSZvzz3TxJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid &mdash; a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_en_tv/us_lou_dobbs_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.367cf210668044b2ae002d713ad9d63f.lou_dobbs_senate_ny118.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ieNtUo9O2z7wSZvzz3TxJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault ap/20091126/us_anesthesia_assault AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:31:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0" /></a>AP - A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_anesthesia_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.889f9708633849d7b6931a7042ac9d26.anesthesia_assault_ny123.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=9Yx1ZXX3Pi9PYacpaLWY8A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aig_greenberg ap/20091125/us_aig_greenberg AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:07:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aig_greenberg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e53a0bbe83e243d7bf5a214ce37d4384.aig_greenberg_nybz140.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=c.xiC_IvZH0__jevzecKEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington prior to testifying before the House Oversight Committee. American International Group Inc. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 said it reached an agreement to settle all legal disputes with Greenberg. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - American International Group Inc. has agreed to settle all legal disputes with its former chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the company said late Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aig_greenberg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e53a0bbe83e243d7bf5a214ce37d4384.aig_greenberg_nybz140.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=c.xiC_IvZH0__jevzecKEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington prior to testifying before the House Oversight Committee. American International Group Inc. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 said it reached an agreement to settle all legal disputes with Greenberg. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings ap/20091126/us_white_house_health_meetings AP business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:37:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages ap/20091126/us_sept11_pager_messages AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0" /></a>AP - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed ap/20091126/as_philippines_hostages_killed AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Wednesday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/en_nm/us_obama nm/20091126/us_obama Reuters health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/en_nm/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e1dd87aba16a4212bc505013b39b232e.obama_copenhagen_ny107.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=4Q_1YjgukiMR7iW0Z5MxFg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington. President Barack Obama is committing the United States to a goal of substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade when he travels to a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The queen of daytime will interview the president of the United States during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/en_nm/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e1dd87aba16a4212bc505013b39b232e.obama_copenhagen_ny107.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=4Q_1YjgukiMR7iW0Z5MxFg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington. President Barack Obama is committing the United States to a goal of substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade when he travels to a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_dog_clerk ap/20091126/us_odd_dog_clerk AP odd Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:01:40 GMT AP - Customers at one Gulf coast gas station might be surprised at who responds to the counter when they pull up to the drive-through window: The store owner's dog. Dozens of times each day, Cody the chocolate Labradaor retriever will pop up on two paws behind the counter at a BP gas station and convenience store in Clearwater. He even has a BP logo shirt and a name tag. Customers grin and kids squeal with joy in response. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus afp/20091125/japanautotoyotarecallus AFP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259149103354-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HH3LIuNlJDqTHtkLFWS97A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Toyota cars and trucks for sale in Whittier, California. Toyota has said it would fix accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to prevent them from becoming stuck and leading to unintentional acceleration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's Toyota Motor is planning to fix accelerator pedals in around four million vehicles in the United States, a media report said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/japanautotoyotarecallus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259149103354-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HH3LIuNlJDqTHtkLFWS97A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota cars and trucks for sale in Whittier, California. Toyota has said it would fix accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to prevent them from becoming stuck and leading to unintentional acceleration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)