Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/politics Most Emailed - Politics en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/politics http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare ap/20100208/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare AP Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:39:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids afp/20100208/africaushealthaids AFP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy afp/20100208/healthusinsuranceeconomy AFP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:53:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265665957458-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=vJXDbqMOnvmMq2ZZqczM1w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265665957458-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=vJXDbqMOnvmMq2ZZqczM1w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care ap/20100209/us_obama_health_care AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's says he's willing to start from scratch on health care &mdash; as long as the final bill meets his goals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (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/20100209/ap_on_go_co/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/abiyybtjexbi bloomberg/20100208/abiyybtjexbi Bloomberg politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/abiyybtjexbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265581681687-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=vCcWAsl3fhjy2dzSeQzAog--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said Sunday he would call Republicans to a top-level White House meeting later this month in a bid to forge a breakthrough on his stalled health reform plan.(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Insurers, drugmakers and hospitals will likely slash costs and merge companies to maneuver through a U.S. health-care landscape marked by rising medical expenses and the loss of millions of potential paying customers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/abiyybtjexbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265581681687-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=vCcWAsl3fhjy2dzSeQzAog--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said Sunday he would call Republicans to a top-level White House meeting later this month in a bid to forge a breakthrough on his stalled health reform plan.(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421643 mcclatchy/20100208/3421643 McClatchy Newspapers politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:54:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421643"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.bcaaa8ea475248acbbc0820d15251588.texas_schools_social_studies_txjp103.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=woUG.g4dRj9SWsXwV8dtgg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="University of Texas student Roberto Flotte, left, and State Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, talk after Chavez gave testimony at a State Board of Education hearing on new social studies curriculum standards on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Chavez asked the board to require inclusion of more hispanic figures in the new curriculum.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; Failing to overhaul the nation's immigration system, currently a backburner issue for Congress and President Barack Obama, could play a pivotal role in key mid-term election races in November, according to a new study on Latino voting patterns.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421643"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.bcaaa8ea475248acbbc0820d15251588.texas_schools_social_studies_txjp103.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=woUG.g4dRj9SWsXwV8dtgg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="University of Texas student Roberto Flotte, left, and State Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, talk after Chavez gave testimony at a State Board of Education hearing on new social studies curriculum standards on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Chavez asked the board to require inclusion of more hispanic figures in the new curriculum.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition ap/20100208/us_school_nutrition AP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:53:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.394e16ac10254ac48793dc138a6818f1.farm_scene_farm_to_school_mr207.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=03z8udJ9jE2g8AOIekiMxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.394e16ac10254ac48793dc138a6818f1.farm_scene_farm_to_school_mr207.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=03z8udJ9jE2g8AOIekiMxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat ap/20100210/us_murtha_seat AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat &mdash; and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/apqraq9cdheu bloomberg/20100208/apqraq9cdheu Bloomberg politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/apqraq9cdheu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/ra2823373974.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4bGWLPIxaJTOEtYOhWkTwA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sarah Palin speaks during the National Tea Party Convention at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Josh Anderson" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin stormed back onto the national political stage, mocking President Barack Obama at a convention of “Tea Party” activists and saying she would consider running for the White House.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/apqraq9cdheu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/ra2823373974.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4bGWLPIxaJTOEtYOhWkTwA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sarah Palin speaks during the National Tea Party Convention at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Josh Anderson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause ap/20100208/us_first_lady_s_cause AP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cfb42364a8f4764ae67c1c42777db22.first_lady_s_cause_wx201.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=EAN10JzLMYcr730A8_sO4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010 file photo, First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, regarding childhood obesity policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first lady talks about this "guilty pleasure" all the time, trying to ward off any notion that she is a nutrition nanny even as she cajoles Americans to eat better.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cfb42364a8f4764ae67c1c42777db22.first_lady_s_cause_wx201.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=EAN10JzLMYcr730A8_sO4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010 file photo, First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, regarding childhood obesity policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/uscanadaenvironmentfishing afp/20100208/uscanadaenvironmentfishing AFP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:42:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/uscanadaenvironmentfishing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265668937640-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=hoPe.oFjoR2bKFmW8yyU0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Graphic on Asian carp in North American waterways. The White House said Monday it was eyeing "multiple lines of attack" against invasive Asian carp threatening Great Lakes eco-systems and fisheries after talking strategy with local state governors.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The White House said Monday it was eyeing "multiple lines of attack" against invasive Asian carp threatening Great Lakes eco-systems and fisheries after talking strategy with local state governors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/uscanadaenvironmentfishing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265668937640-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=hoPe.oFjoR2bKFmW8yyU0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Graphic on Asian carp in North American waterways. The White House said Monday it was eyeing "multiple lines of attack" against invasive Asian carp threatening Great Lakes eco-systems and fisheries after talking strategy with local state governors.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_obama_obesity nm/20100209/us_obama_obesity Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:03 GMT Reuters - Alarmed that nearly a third of U.S. children are obese or overweight -- and likely to stay that way all their lives -- President Barack Obama launched an initiative on Tuesday to roll back the numbers and put his wife in charge of promoting it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/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/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama afp/20100209/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama AFP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/healthuspoliticsobesitychildrenobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265728440610-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WoqVwarqLndbONh0DQrwfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/uspoliticspalinhand afp/20100209/uspoliticspalinhand AFP odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:03:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/uspoliticspalinhand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265688137678-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=WifE8_UOW.Lo4DE4cRkxhw--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. Palin was shown to have the words "Energy," "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" scrawled on her hand during the question-and-answer session of a speech late Saturday to the Republican Tea Party movement.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/uspoliticspalinhand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265688137678-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=WifE8_UOW.Lo4DE4cRkxhw--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="photo" title="Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. Palin was shown to have the words "Energy," "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" scrawled on her hand during the question-and-answer session of a speech late Saturday to the Republican Tea Party movement.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)