Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/politics Most Viewed - Politics en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/politics http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/us_senator_blocking_nominations ap/20100209/us_senator_blocking_nominations AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/us_senator_blocking_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3f6e90c066d74f17a81752b336e1ffb6.senator_blocking_nominations_ny108.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=_vTbFIy3Js1LuALUvkcEHA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby of Alabama has released most of the 'holds' he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday, Feb. 8. 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, his office said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/us_senator_blocking_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3f6e90c066d74f17a81752b336e1ffb6.senator_blocking_nominations_ny108.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=_vTbFIy3Js1LuALUvkcEHA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby of Alabama has released most of the 'holds' he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday, Feb. 8. 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_obesity AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled "Let's Move" &mdash; her national public awareness campaign against childhood obesity, a problem she says concerns her both as first lady and as a mom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_presidency AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - First lady Michelle Obama says President Barack Obama "has done a phenomenal job," but that people have a right to criticize him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha ap/20100209/us_obit_murtha AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:22:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_murtha"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3615085948ea4238a6e4c0f1d2c3f3dd.obit_murtha_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5.XxisUsbayGsTPOJv_zyg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_obama_obesity nm/20100209/us_obama_obesity Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:03 GMT Reuters - Alarmed that nearly a third of U.S. children are obese or overweight -- and likely to stay that way all their lives -- President Barack Obama launched an initiative on Tuesday to roll back the numbers and put his wife in charge of promoting it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy afp/20100208/healthusinsuranceeconomy AFP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:53:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265665957458-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=vJXDbqMOnvmMq2ZZqczM1w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/healthusinsuranceeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265665957458-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=vJXDbqMOnvmMq2ZZqczM1w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy nm/20100210/us_obama_economy Reuters business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20100209/us_obama_preview AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will be sticking around the White House today as Washington continues to dig out from its big snowfall, and prepares for another one expected to begin this afternoon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_co/us_obit_murtha_hospital ap/20100209/us_obit_murtha_hospital AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:17:53 GMT AP - A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421685 mcclatchy/20100208/3421685 McClatchy Newspapers politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421685"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.1ebe22cfc14c4889aee12dd5e3ad0a11.obama_whcd110.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=b00zx8Ahjr18K6717Nkeug--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama answers reporters questions during an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; Don't count on President Barack Obama's upcoming health care summit to thaw the bitter political climate that's stalled legislation for months, analysts said Monday, not least because Republicans remain wary of the plan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100208/pl_mcclatchy/3421685"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.1ebe22cfc14c4889aee12dd5e3ad0a11.obama_whcd110.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=b00zx8Ahjr18K6717Nkeug--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama answers reporters questions during an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100209/pl_bloomberg/acrloocimcg bloomberg/20100209/acrloocimcg Bloomberg politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:01:01 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Insurers and mutual-fund companies are starting to sell retirement accounts with built-in annuities in response to concerns Americans will outlive their savings. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_new_orleans_mayor ap/20100208/us_new_orleans_mayor AP Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:01:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_new_orleans_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.2b83b1626f8c416cb08077d031b2a9ba.new_orleans_mayor_lawh111.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=Z7iQchhuaVdnr4CjQqUaeQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="New Orleans Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu address supporters at his election night headquarters in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Landrieu was elected mayor of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four years ago, Mitch Landrieu narrowly lost to Ray Nagin in a racially divisive election for mayor of Katrina-scarred New Orleans. This time, there was no doubt who frustrated voters wanted to take over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_new_orleans_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.2b83b1626f8c416cb08077d031b2a9ba.new_orleans_mayor_lawh111.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=Z7iQchhuaVdnr4CjQqUaeQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu address supporters at his election night headquarters in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Landrieu was elected mayor of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100208/pl_bloomberg/ab7xgnidsuuo bloomberg/20100208/ab7xgnidsuuo Bloomberg politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:10:03 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Insurers, drugmakers and hospitals will likely slash costs and merge companies to maneuver through a U.S. health-care landscape marked by rising medical expenses and the loss of millions of potential paying customers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause ap/20100208/us_first_lady_s_cause AP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cfb42364a8f4764ae67c1c42777db22.first_lady_s_cause_wx201.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=EAN10JzLMYcr730A8_sO4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010 file photo, First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, regarding childhood obesity policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first lady talks about this "guilty pleasure" all the time, trying to ward off any notion that she is a nutrition nanny even as she cajoles Americans to eat better.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_first_lady_s_cause"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cfb42364a8f4764ae67c1c42777db22.first_lady_s_cause_wx201.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=EAN10JzLMYcr730A8_sO4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010 file photo, First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, regarding childhood obesity policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*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/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100208/pl_usnw/DC51203 usnw/20100208/DC51203 PR Newswire politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:00 GMT PR Newswire - It works!: "Off-the-grid" water machine first-ever unveiling provides miraculous assistance in hard hit Haiti http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition ap/20100208/us_school_nutrition AP politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:53:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.394e16ac10254ac48793dc138a6818f1.farm_scene_farm_to_school_mr207.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=03z8udJ9jE2g8AOIekiMxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_school_nutrition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.394e16ac10254ac48793dc138a6818f1.farm_scene_farm_to_school_mr207.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=03z8udJ9jE2g8AOIekiMxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100208/pl_politico/32661 politico/20100208/32661 Politico politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:46:00 GMT Politico - For a president who ran on uplifting themes like change and hope, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time scolding Americans about how he hopes they’ll change. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker afp/20100209/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265386617188-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=xqz17VPVCKxPFTNKfMuoKw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee seen here in 2009, has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US Senator has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamasenateeadsboeingnorthroptanker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265386617188-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=xqz17VPVCKxPFTNKfMuoKw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee seen here in 2009, has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare ap/20100208/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare AP Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:39:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_el_gu/us_illinois_democratic_nightmare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.ce4aac519f314ac98058bd8c9170c045.illinois_primary_ilnh402.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=hTZ5NV0iWZdTF23Mid8_3w--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen speaks during an interview WTTW television studio in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)