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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1682 Most Emailed - Top Stories en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:28:21 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1682 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc nm/20080820/usa_poll_politics_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t070909_450x281_us_usa_poll_politics.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=5BRWbJZxUQ2hGC3zce42DQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (R) wave, as moderator Pastor Rick Warren watches, at the Civil Forum on the Presidency at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, August 16, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t070909_450x281_us_usa_poll_politics.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=5BRWbJZxUQ2hGC3zce42DQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (R) wave, as moderator Pastor Rick Warren watches, at the Civil Forum on the Presidency at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, August 16, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc nm/20080820/women_careers_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:31:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t073443_450x318_us_women_careers.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=or4Kldo1kOi11qMiIHT0CA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Women walk through a street in Tokyo August 13, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Women are their own workplace enemies when it comes to cracking the glass ceiling, with an international study finding they are less likely to promote themselves and network than their male counterparts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/lf_nm_life/women_careers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t073443_450x318_us_women_careers.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=or4Kldo1kOi11qMiIHT0CA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Women walk through a street in Tokyo August 13, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/hedgefund_fraud_dc nm/20080819/hedgefund_fraud_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:44 GMT Reuters - A former hedge fund manager was ordered to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc nm/20080816/governors_border_dc Reuters Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:08:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t033601_450x293_us_governors_border.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=6OtUzg5LSTkWdidlOB4aUw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Customs and Border Protection officer is handed a passport by a motorist at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the US in San Ysidro, California, January 31, 2008. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. and Mexican states are considering charging a fee for border crossings to raise money for infrastructure improvements that would reduce congestion at border posts, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/ts_nm/governors_border_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t033601_450x293_us_governors_border.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=6OtUzg5LSTkWdidlOB4aUw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Customs and Border Protection officer is handed a passport by a motorist at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the US in San Ysidro, California, January 31, 2008. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc nm/20080820/afghan_doubt_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc nm/20080820/shield_poland_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MI6qbmOXr7y51i89jfKjfg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow's intervention in Georgia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MI6qbmOXr7y51i89jfKjfg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc nm/20080819/iran_satellite_usa_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:12:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t005729_450x344_us_iran_satellite_usa.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=NKWJEcERS.MrNv4zaF2jlw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="The Safir (ambassador) satellite-carrier rocket is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran August 17, 2008. (FARS NEWS/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran's attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a "dramatic failure" that fell far short of the country's assertions of success, a U.S. official said on Tuesday</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t005729_450x344_us_iran_satellite_usa.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=NKWJEcERS.MrNv4zaF2jlw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Safir (ambassador) satellite-carrier rocket is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran August 17, 2008. (FARS NEWS/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc nm/20080815/texas_guns_dc Reuters Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:32:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t154055_450x300_us_texas_guns.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=idv5hISTOWCA0OXsvmoj0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Guns are seen inside a display case at the Cabela's store in Fort Worth, Texas, June 26, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/texas_guns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t154055_450x300_us_texas_guns.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=idv5hISTOWCA0OXsvmoj0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Guns are seen inside a display case at the Cabela's store in Fort Worth, Texas, June 26, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/goodyear_dc nm/20080819/goodyear_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:45:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/goodyear_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t203246_450x326_us_goodyear.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=kkzGSl.ztECS_aeWvMPrcw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A customer enters a Goodyear tire shop in a file photo. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co said it would close 12 percent, or 92, of its company-owned U.S. stores and cut 600 full- and part-time jobs as the U.S. economic downturn put more pressure on the company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/goodyear_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t203246_450x326_us_goodyear.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=kkzGSl.ztECS_aeWvMPrcw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="A customer enters a Goodyear tire shop in a file photo. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080820/ts_csm/aputsharraf csm/20080820/aputsharraf The Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - President Bush has long prided himself on his close personal relationships with foreign leaders. But over the last several weeks some of those relationships appear to have gone disastrously awry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc nm/20080819/pakistan_politics_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t040229_450x326_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=BbUNDlWLW0ngHFKQBE2XOw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf leaves the presidential house after his resignation in Islamabad August 18, 2008. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A day after President Pervez Musharraf quit, leaders of Pakistan's fractious coalition government squabbled over the judiciary on Tuesday and a bomb killed 25 people, underscoring the challenges facing the nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t040229_450x326_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=BbUNDlWLW0ngHFKQBE2XOw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf leaves the presidential house after his resignation in Islamabad August 18, 2008. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/lf_afp/oly2008chinalanguageenglish afp/20080820/oly2008chinalanguageenglish AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:53:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/lf_afp/oly2008chinalanguageenglish"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin88.200808065229.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=F8ZEqsh9hsyDo.iElKEOFA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A security guard stands next to a sign which reads in English "To Take Notice of Safe The Slippery Are Very Crafty" at the entrance to a shopping mall in Beijing, in 2007. A campaign to correct the notoriously goofy English translations on city signs in time for the Olympics has meant the end for the misnomers that had confused and amused visitors to China for years.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - For seven years, David Tool has patrolled Beijing's streets hunting for embarrassing signboards, inspecting menus and teaching residents English to help the city prepare for the Olympics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/lf_afp/oly2008chinalanguageenglish"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin88.200808065229.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=F8ZEqsh9hsyDo.iElKEOFA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A security guard stands next to a sign which reads in English "To Take Notice of Safe The Slippery Are Very Crafty" at the entrance to a shopping mall in Beijing, in 2007. A campaign to correct the notoriously goofy English translations on city signs in time for the Olympics has meant the end for the misnomers that had confused and amused visitors to China for years.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080820/ts_csm/adollar csm/20080820/adollar The Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - This fall, as customers shop for imported olive oil and pungent French cheeses at Fairway Market's stores in Manhattan, they will be in for a pleasant surprise: Their prices are coming down. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080819/ts_usnews/whywashingtonembracedgeorgiasleader usnews/20080819/whywashingtonembracedgeorgiasleader U.S. News & World Report Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:11:45 GMT U.S. News & World Report - To many in Washington, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili exemplifies the new, courageous--and very pro-American--generation of democratic leaders who have risen in now-independent lands once under Soviet domination. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/zimbabweeconomyinflation afp/20080819/zimbabweeconomyinflation AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:02:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/zimbabweeconomyinflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nij40.190808145829.photo00.photo.default-433x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=2PR.gX1vlO3VR_qVGhbJxw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="A Zimbabwean man displays new bank notes in Harare that announced a series of money reforms including removing ten zeroes from the Zimbabwe dollar, revaluing a 10 billion dollar note to equal one zimdollar. the country's annual inflation rate has soared to 11.2 million percent in June(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate zoomed to 11.2 million percent in June, state media reported on Tuesday, amid a ruinous political crisis which is exacerbating the southern African nation's meltdown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/zimbabweeconomyinflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nij40.190808145829.photo00.photo.default-433x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=2PR.gX1vlO3VR_qVGhbJxw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="A Zimbabwean man displays new bank notes in Harare that announced a series of money reforms including removing ten zeroes from the Zimbabwe dollar, revaluing a 10 billion dollar note to equal one zimdollar. the country's annual inflation rate has soared to 11.2 million percent in June(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_to_in_hi/history ap/20080820/history AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:02:06 GMT AP - Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 233rd day of 2008. There are 133 days left in the year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc nm/20080820/usa_politics_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:17:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t011251_450x314_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S8Y4W74JyS8kxt4fbch1.Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina August 19, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sly hints and outright guesses fostered speculation in the U.S. vice presidential sweepstakes on Tuesday as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain neared their choices of a No. 2.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t011251_450x314_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S8Y4W74JyS8kxt4fbch1.Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina August 19, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord afp/20080820/oly2008athletics200mrecord AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:28:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir53.200808164046.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=bQ4V_beIaY15NpKiYVHwJA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Jamaican Usain Bolt broke the men's 200 metres world record here on Wednesday timing 19.30 seconds as he clinched the Olympic Games gold to add to his 100m crown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/ts_afp/oly2008athletics200mrecord"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir53.200808164046.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=bQ4V_beIaY15NpKiYVHwJA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/lf_afp/lifestylephilosophyhealtheconomyhappiness afp/20080814/lifestylephilosophyhealtheconomyhappiness AFP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:36:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/lf_afp/lifestylephilosophyhealtheconomyhappiness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb32.140808053503.photo00.photo.default-405x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=WEvl72iVFB89l2xXInqn5w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Singaporean Andy Goh expresses his happiness after being named the happiest person in the city-state, back in April. After reviewing 30 studies carried out worldwide over periods ranging from one to 60 years, a Dutch professor has concluded that the effects of happiness on longevity are "comparable to that of smoking or not".(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Keep humming "Don't Worry Be Happy". The 1980s New Age-inspired hit got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/lf_afp/lifestylephilosophyhealtheconomyhappiness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb32.140808053503.photo00.photo.default-405x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=WEvl72iVFB89l2xXInqn5w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Singaporean Andy Goh expresses his happiness after being named the happiest person in the city-state, back in April. After reviewing 30 studies carried out worldwide over periods ranging from one to 60 years, a Dutch professor has concluded that the effects of happiness on longevity are "comparable to that of smoking or not".(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)