Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1688 Most Emailed - Politics en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1688 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_boomerang_kids ap/20091124/us_boomerang_kids AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:10:47 GMT AP - Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner ap/20091125/us_state_dinner AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:04:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.da5a16c01cab43e693df305e95c4b3a5.obama_us_india_whcd132.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=p6O4.Fg3241V65xgaUpd5g--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Traditional evening gowns and vibrantly colored saris mixed with banded-collar dinner jackets and tuxedos at President Barack Obama's first state dinner.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.da5a16c01cab43e693df305e95c4b3a5.obama_us_india_whcd132.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=p6O4.Fg3241V65xgaUpd5g--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091124/pl_ynews/ynews_pl996 ynews/20091124/ynews_pl996 The Yahoo! Newsroom politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:57:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091124/pl_ynews/ynews_pl996"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091113/capt.photo_1258130447532-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=knzkSc7ua5u0E6vlKYovXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The US Republican party, whose platform condemns abortion as an "assault on the sanctity of innocent human life," will no longer offer health insurance that covers the procedure, the party confirmed Friday. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled," said RNC Chairman Michael Steele.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>The Yahoo! Newsroom - Ten members of the Republican National Committee are proposing a resolution demanding candidates embrace at least eight of 10 conservative principles if they hope to receive financial support and an official endorsement from the RNC. The "Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates," is designed to force candidates to prove that they support "conservative principles" while opposing "Obama's socialist agenda," according to The New York Times' Caucus blog. The proposal highlights the ongoing tug-of-war for the ideological soul of the Republican party, and has been met with skepticism both inside and outside of the party.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091124/pl_ynews/ynews_pl996"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091113/capt.photo_1258130447532-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=knzkSc7ua5u0E6vlKYovXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The US Republican party, whose platform condemns abortion as an "assault on the sanctity of innocent human life," will no longer offer health insurance that covers the procedure, the party confirmed Friday. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled," said RNC Chairman Michael Steele.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Yahoo! Newsroom) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*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 05:20:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091124/pl_politico/29861 politico/20091124/29861 Politico politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:32:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091124/pl_politico/29861"><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>Politico - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs fueled already rampant speculation about his political future Monday, sending the clearest signals yet that he's mulling a bid for president &mdash; and leaving third-party political operatives salivating over the possibility of a celebrity recruit for the 2012 campaign.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091124/pl_politico/29861"><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"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan ap/20091126/us_us_afghanistan AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_india ap/20091125/us_us_india AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:54:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_india"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6b6fab97720d43188f631eb64c882ae5.us_india_dccd102.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=gqzV1rvyT.KCFGtjWoYgEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh answers a question about the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks at a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - India's prime minister said Wednesday that Pakistan must do more to punish the masterminds of last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial capital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_india"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.6b6fab97720d43188f631eb64c882ae5.us_india_dccd102.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=gqzV1rvyT.KCFGtjWoYgEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh answers a question about the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks at a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nightmare_flight ap/20091124/us_nightmare_flight AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nightmare_flight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2677513543.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FWGiMrlXxDBZKryfYxaeIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn" border="0" /></a>AP - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nightmare_flight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2677513543.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FWGiMrlXxDBZKryfYxaeIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_turkey_pardon ap/20091125/us_obama_turkey_pardon AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:40:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_turkey_pardon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.bbdea10cf6ab4b119dbe53055f516150.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=keqcDisPI0UUgXg.19s0eg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet 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 - After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon &mdash; to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_turkey_pardon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.bbdea10cf6ab4b119dbe53055f516150.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=keqcDisPI0UUgXg.19s0eg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet 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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/pl_nm/us_usa_arms_landmines nm/20091126/us_usa_arms_landmines Reuters politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/pl_nm/us_usa_arms_landmines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r149782923.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=g.NyKFRHAqDvrqyVVUJmNw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U.S Marines check a road for explosives in Golestan district of Farah province May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A review of U.S. landmines policy is ongoing and will take awhile to complete, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, clarifying an earlier comment that the Obama administration had concluded it needed the weapons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/pl_nm/us_usa_arms_landmines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r149782923.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=g.NyKFRHAqDvrqyVVUJmNw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S Marines check a road for explosives in Golestan district of Farah province May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_india_state_dinner ap/20091124/us_obama_india_state_dinner AP politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:32:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_india_state_dinner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.5016ce70d9ec406791b77c5242924d56.us_india_obama_singh_whda108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=V34n9Tg3T2hfUiTgDULrZg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India walk down the Cross Hall during a State Arrival ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the history of U.S.-India relations, there's been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_india_state_dinner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.5016ce70d9ec406791b77c5242924d56.us_india_obama_singh_whda108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=V34n9Tg3T2hfUiTgDULrZg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India walk down the Cross Hall during a State Arrival ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_ot/us_coast_guard_academy ap/20091125/us_coast_guard_academy AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_ot/us_coast_guard_academy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.0f4ab3964c13424b84dadf75ab47838c.coast_guard_diversity_wx110.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfRb4hUkwE2XKEWCeHeLIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_ot/us_coast_guard_academy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.0f4ab3964c13424b84dadf75ab47838c.coast_guard_diversity_wx110.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfRb4hUkwE2XKEWCeHeLIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091125/pl_cq_politics/politics3254539 cq/20091125/politics3254539 CQPolitics.com politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:13:22 GMT CQPolitics.com - When President Obama announced plans to give a speech to the nation's schoolchildren in September, it set off a frenzy among conservative commentators who deemed it, in the words of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer, an attempt to "indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_india_state_dinner_guest_list ap/20091125/us_india_state_dinner_guest_list AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:49:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_india_state_dinner_guest_list"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3335101599.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=84Tq6Z_Zk0iEbP8FomEg9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Steven Spielberg (L), Alfre Woodard (C) and Blair Underwood arrive for a state dinner in honor of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_india_state_dinner_guest_list"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3335101599.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=84Tq6Z_Zk0iEbP8FomEg9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Steven Spielberg (L), Alfre Woodard (C) and Blair Underwood arrive for a state dinner in honor of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/saudireligionhajjusobama afp/20091125/saudireligionhajjusobama AFP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/saudireligionhajjusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259191608969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=p81spqg62lu0YgdHG4a1ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims arriving at the tent city in Mina, Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.(AFP/SPA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/saudireligionhajjusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259191608969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=p81spqg62lu0YgdHG4a1ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims arriving at the tent city in Mina, Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.(AFP/SPA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_menu_glance ap/20091124/us_state_dinner_menu_glance AP politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:21:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_menu_glance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.8f53396280874c2b82b7d37302834f71.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=tu7wzNAdUgR3eUqISYhEHQ--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo Michaele Salahi, right, with the CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, 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 - The food and wines on the menu for Tuesday night's White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_menu_glance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.8f53396280874c2b82b7d37302834f71.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=tu7wzNAdUgR3eUqISYhEHQ--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo Michaele Salahi, right, with the CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, 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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care ap/20091125/us_obama_health_care AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:45:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.1de9455cf7f74b2ea9e55b54e2c1409b.health_care_overhaul_dcjl113.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=J.Fnfm0KJw8GVJEauXGXxQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic senators will debate heavily in coming weeks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.1de9455cf7f74b2ea9e55b54e2c1409b.health_care_overhaul_dcjl113.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=J.Fnfm0KJw8GVJEauXGXxQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)