Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed Most Viewed en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly ap_travel/20100209/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:29:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.d9d5be94c47145278c75d055079fdc57.italy_mcitaly_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TKFW4Hi3QP_fQDgc7C1X8A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia, center, holds up a burger in a McDonalds restaurant in central Rome, on Jan. 26, 2010. Italy's Agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he was selling out to multinationals and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Agriculture Ministry press office, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0" /></a>AP - Italy's agriculture minister defended his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger Monday amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.d9d5be94c47145278c75d055079fdc57.italy_mcitaly_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TKFW4Hi3QP_fQDgc7C1X8A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia, center, holds up a burger in a McDonalds restaurant in central Rome, on Jan. 26, 2010. Italy's Agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he was selling out to multinationals and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Agriculture Ministry press office, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100209/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1122 ynews/20100209/ynews_ts1122 The Newsroom topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:58:07 GMT The Newsroom - For all of the wonderful things life in the Internet age provides us, there are some notable drawbacks. One of them is that email and popular social media tools like Twitter and Facebook provide powerful launching pads for unchecked rumors and popular myths. Often these rumors and myths are proven false by websites like Snopes.com and FactCheck.org, but not this time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_americans_detained ap/20100210/cb_haiti_americans_detained AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.664fb82ec10741fca7020d83b49eaad7.haiti_americans_detained_pap101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6qhbRtw1L.a9Tfw.mrzehQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Three of ten Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, far right, Jimmy Allen, 47, of Amarillo, Texas, behind left of Culberth, and Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, are escorted by Haitian police as they arrive to court in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans were brought to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.664fb82ec10741fca7020d83b49eaad7.haiti_americans_detained_pap101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6qhbRtw1L.a9Tfw.mrzehQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Three of ten Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, far right, Jimmy Allen, 47, of Amarillo, Texas, behind left of Culberth, and Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, are escorted by Haitian police as they arrive to court in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans were brought to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_tv/us_reality_contestant_convicted ap/20100210/us_reality_contestant_convicted AP entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:45 GMT AP - A San Francisco jury has found a former reality TV show contestant guilty of killing a man in 2007. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100210/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_intrigue ap/20100209/eu_vatican_intrigue AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:16:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_intrigue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.0ef7aab4452046519d09c79d116e3c96.vatican_pope_rom104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.i9qN4aTI9ld8kEoGqFSLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_intrigue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.0ef7aab4452046519d09c79d116e3c96.vatican_pope_rom104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.i9qN4aTI9ld8kEoGqFSLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_mystery_patient ap/20100210/cb_haiti_mystery_patient AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_mystery_patient"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.c3ad129a311449288d5d9f5e9004e2fa.haiti_earthquake_mystery_patient_pap144.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4A47g4pQ6w01D3_VbrbEg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, is attended at the Salvation Army medical center after being brought in by two men in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought. (AP Photo/Michael Andrew, michaelthemaven.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating a man who, according to two other Haitians, had been trapped by debris since the Jan. 12 earthquake &mdash; but he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_mystery_patient"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.c3ad129a311449288d5d9f5e9004e2fa.haiti_earthquake_mystery_patient_pap144.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4A47g4pQ6w01D3_VbrbEg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, is attended at the Salvation Army medical center after being brought in by two men in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought. (AP Photo/Michael Andrew, michaelthemaven.com)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone livescience/20100209/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone LiveScience.com health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake ap/20100209/cb_haiti_earthquake AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_driver_psychology ap/20100210/us_toyota_driver_psychology AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:26:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_driver_psychology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.901cebd3ec8447eba210385b9bcf753b.toyota_driver_psychology_scam102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TlvAN7SeEMd4bbimzoP1lA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Venkat Thannir poses in his 2010 Toyota Camry at his home Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Lexington, S.C. In the Fall, Thannir's car accelerated on it's own as he was pulling out of a parking lot in a Burger King in North Carolina. He has not taken his car in for the recall. (AP Photo/Anne McQuary)." border="0" /></a>AP - You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in seconds, you do what comes naturally &mdash; hit the brakes. But what if the car keeps going?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_driver_psychology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.901cebd3ec8447eba210385b9bcf753b.toyota_driver_psychology_scam102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TlvAN7SeEMd4bbimzoP1lA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Venkat Thannir poses in his 2010 Toyota Camry at his home Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Lexington, S.C. In the Fall, Thannir's car accelerated on it's own as he was pulling out of a parking lot in a Burger King in North Carolina. He has not taken his car in for the recall. (AP Photo/Anne McQuary)." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_doctor_s_trial ap/20100209/us_jackson_doctor_s_trial AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_doctor_s_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c5efb43d6838471597e9bc8040bb83d4.michael_jackson_doctor_cadd108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=X_JB0qNLTCtYsyEEjAYa1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Joe Jackson and his son Jermaine Jackson leave the Airport Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray, not seen, was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter. Murray pleaded not guilty. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - There's no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_mu/us_jackson_doctor_s_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c5efb43d6838471597e9bc8040bb83d4.michael_jackson_doctor_cadd108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=X_JB0qNLTCtYsyEEjAYa1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Joe Jackson and his son Jermaine Jackson leave the Airport Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray, not seen, was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter. Murray pleaded not guilty. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale ap/20100209/us_hollywood_for_sale AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:52:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4fc8cca9bab44302b68987ce117d6a38.hollywood_for_sale_la101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=VEl.2zm5.1CjtOAGRW9xnA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Friday Jan.29,2010 showing the top of Beachwood Canyon, shows the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. A nature conservation group said Monday Feb. 8, 2010 it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4fc8cca9bab44302b68987ce117d6a38.hollywood_for_sale_la101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=VEl.2zm5.1CjtOAGRW9xnA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Friday Jan.29,2010 showing the top of Beachwood Canyon, shows the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. A nature conservation group said Monday Feb. 8, 2010 it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_espn_andrews_video ap/20100210/us_espn_andrews_video AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_espn_andrews_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.8e3e3e41a7284fefafa27181677c9f15.espn_andrews_video_ny127.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=fwL_8j2awg3KVqe4tYk11A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, Michael Barrett, who is accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, arrives to federal court in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors say in a memo filed Monday Feb. 8, 2010, the man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped a dozen other women and ran background checks on 30 others, including female sports reporters and TV personalities. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according to court documents.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_espn_andrews_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.8e3e3e41a7284fefafa27181677c9f15.espn_andrews_video_ny127.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=fwL_8j2awg3KVqe4tYk11A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, Michael Barrett, who is accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, arrives to federal court in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors say in a memo filed Monday Feb. 8, 2010, the man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped a dozen other women and ran background checks on 30 others, including female sports reporters and TV personalities. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*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/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)