Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/us Most Emailed - U.S. en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/us http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions ap/20100209/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.905ddb7a35844e1c94d7c2468918c117.bridge_collapse_adoptions_mndv104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=n.TUyE.1ddcVxEK3ASDemA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="New mother Betsy Sathers puts her two-year-old twins Alyse and Ross down for a nap Monday Feb 1, 2010 at their home in Blaine, Minn. Sathers, who lost her husband Scott in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, brought home her adopted twins from Haiti just days after the earthquake devastated that country. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)" border="0" /></a>AP - Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_bridge_collapse_adoptions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.905ddb7a35844e1c94d7c2468918c117.bridge_collapse_adoptions_mndv104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=n.TUyE.1ddcVxEK3ASDemA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="New mother Betsy Sathers puts her two-year-old twins Alyse and Ross down for a nap Monday Feb 1, 2010 at their home in Blaine, Minn. Sathers, who lost her husband Scott in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, brought home her adopted twins from Haiti just days after the earthquake devastated that country. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather ap/20100210/us_winter_weather AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.2682046dec4f46298d39a72b17794a35.aptopix_winter_weather_wirac101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7I7KKQ3Gqe34O9f7W4D0nw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices were remaining closed at least through Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.2682046dec4f46298d39a72b17794a35.aptopix_winter_weather_wirac101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7I7KKQ3Gqe34O9f7W4D0nw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa nm/20100210/us_weather_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:38:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196066100 time/20100209/08599196066100 Time.com us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:00 GMT Time.com - Hidden behind property signs, a California tree carving has become an eloquent clue to the science of the Chumash people, whose descendants still live in the state http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196212600 time/20100209/08599196212600 Time.com us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196212600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.13ad09a931d0483ea2b39a553fc4998f.afghan_the_electricity_war_lkw108.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=lkWesx59sEixCTg1prOsIg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 17, 2010 photo, Cpl. Jeremy Newman from Little Rock, Ark., right, of the 293rd Military Police Company out of Fort Stewart, Ga., performs an inventory of weapons under torch light due to lack of electric power, at a police station in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. If the push to electrify Kandahar City succeeds, the potential payoff is great. It would mean lights in the streets at night, access to news broadcasts and the opportunity to grow Kandahar into a manufacturing hub that can compete with neighboring Pakistan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - The looming battle for the small town of Marja could prove to be an important indicator of the prospects for U.S. forces in Afghanistan</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196212600"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.13ad09a931d0483ea2b39a553fc4998f.afghan_the_electricity_war_lkw108.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=lkWesx59sEixCTg1prOsIg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Jan. 17, 2010 photo, Cpl. Jeremy Newman from Little Rock, Ark., right, of the 293rd Military Police Company out of Fort Stewart, Ga., performs an inventory of weapons under torch light due to lack of electric power, at a police station in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. If the push to electrify Kandahar City succeeds, the potential payoff is great. It would mean lights in the streets at night, access to news broadcasts and the opportunity to grow Kandahar into a manufacturing hub that can compete with neighboring Pakistan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196072600 time/20100208/08599196072600 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196072600"><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>Time.com - Rather than form a new party, the movement will remain leaderless and campaign for approved conservatives. And they all love Sarah Palin</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196072600"><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"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear ap/20100210/iran_nuclear AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda afp/20100209/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:22:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota president Akio Toyoda said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_church_fires ap/20100209/us_texas_church_fires AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_church_fires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.eea8f4c8c8fb4dcd92bb6ee705f89a0d.texas_church_fires_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hYRuLjUWa8CmlauPEHwuBw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_church_fires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.eea8f4c8c8fb4dcd92bb6ee705f89a0d.texas_church_fires_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hYRuLjUWa8CmlauPEHwuBw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_child_porn_paying_victims ap/20100208/us_child_porn_paying_victims AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_child_porn_paying_victims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.c701c531d7c141a2934e8d9dc5c68923.child_porn_paying_victims_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=FyPn.qvq4QeFyMAw4y0WTA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In Feb. 4, 2010 Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, poses for a portrait at their offices in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's been more than a decade since "Amy," as she's known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle. The abuse ended long ago and he's in prison, but the pictures he made when she was 8 or 9 are among the most widely circulated child pornography images online.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_child_porn_paying_victims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.c701c531d7c141a2934e8d9dc5c68923.child_porn_paying_victims_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=FyPn.qvq4QeFyMAw4y0WTA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In Feb. 4, 2010 Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, poses for a portrait at their offices in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor ap/20100210/us_ny_governor AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0" /></a>AP - New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or "in a box."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans nm/20100209/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans Reuters sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:35:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cbc9dd1f0d64bdcb3475893fb2a4b84.super_bowl_saints_football_reax_laps116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0btlVuuZCAml_3hbrSWm4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans after the NFL football Super Bowl between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 to attain its first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42-year history.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cbc9dd1f0d64bdcb3475893fb2a4b84.super_bowl_saints_football_reax_laps116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0btlVuuZCAml_3hbrSWm4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans after the NFL football Super Bowl between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 to attain its first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather_philadelphia ap/20100208/us_winter_weather_philadelphia AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:49:26 GMT AP - Another huge snowstorm is expected to smack the Philadelphia area this week and make it the snowiest winter on record in the city. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732053804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OJ_52ON4i0YNE4Q79LZIkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Vehicles at a Toyota dealership in Tustin, California. US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands what is causing its accelerator problems and are even less sure new floor mats are a solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands its accelerator problems and are even less sure that new floor mats are an adequate solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732053804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OJ_52ON4i0YNE4Q79LZIkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vehicles at a Toyota dealership in Tustin, California. US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands what is causing its accelerator problems and are even less sure new floor mats are a solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor nm/20100208/us_newyork_governor Reuters topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:53:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.87129c5b009e4fb4bc43adfc84f69738.ny_governor_ny118.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=.gsr_NZQzMwBrzp2rRN_Mg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.87129c5b009e4fb4bc43adfc84f69738.ny_governor_ny118.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=.gsr_NZQzMwBrzp2rRN_Mg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/healthustobacco afp/20100209/healthustobacco AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/healthustobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265696133003-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=rqFxtHKYWiV7DnPP3R_nTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Smokers at Tampa International Airport are seen taking advantage of the airport's smoking area. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke -- tobacco residue clinging to surfaces -- is also bad for you.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/healthustobacco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265696133003-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=rqFxtHKYWiV7DnPP3R_nTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Smokers at Tampa International Airport are seen taking advantage of the airport's smoking area. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_snow_rescue_colorado ap/20100209/us_odd_snow_rescue_colorado AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:57 GMT AP - A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_edwards_sex_tape ap/20100209/us_edwards_sex_tape AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_edwards_sex_tape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100129/capt.8f0067d799cc4cd5a8b059c997b4b09d.edwards_book_ny132.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=fI9eiDfrzV.HLTKMI99zog--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>AP - A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_edwards_sex_tape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100129/capt.8f0067d799cc4cd5a8b059c997b4b09d.edwards_book_ny132.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=fI9eiDfrzV.HLTKMI99zog--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm afp/20100209/usweatherstorm AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737000160-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=eTsUj14DMNa2MydURn_big--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 8. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Already paralyzed after an epic weekend blizzard, the northeast US including the capital Washington braced Tuesday for a second storm set to dump enough snow to smash all-time winter records.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737000160-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=eTsUj14DMNa2MydURn_big--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 8. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_criminal_relatives ap/20100209/us_dna_criminal_relatives AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:02:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_criminal_relatives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.83039a8f1c1e4b85909fa954ce85b14f.dna_criminal_relatives_coea101.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=X9_6RysfsGKib7cIRnDROA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey stands next to a model of DNA structure in his office in Denver. Morrissey's office was able to get a conviction in a case using the DNA of the suspect's brother to identify the suspect. Morrissey says he's solved the first crime in the U.S. using 'familial DNA,'' a controversial technique where investigators develop a lead based on a family relationship, rather than linking crime-scene evidence to a person. Britain has used the technique for years to solve high-profile crimes, but it has raised privacy concerns in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_criminal_relatives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.83039a8f1c1e4b85909fa954ce85b14f.dna_criminal_relatives_coea101.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=X9_6RysfsGKib7cIRnDROA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey stands next to a model of DNA structure in his office in Denver. Morrissey's office was able to get a conviction in a case using the DNA of the suspect's brother to identify the suspect. Morrissey says he's solved the first crime in the U.S. using 'familial DNA,'' a controversial technique where investigators develop a lead based on a family relationship, rather than linking crime-scene evidence to a person. Britain has used the technique for years to solve high-profile crimes, but it has raised privacy concerns in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)