Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/us/time us U.S. - Time en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/us/time http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196215900 time/20100209/08599196215900 Time.com us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:00 GMT Time.com - As Viktor Yanukovych once again prepares to become Ukraine's President, TIME takes a look at other politicians who have made comebacks at the polls http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196210800 time/20100209/08599196210800 Time.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:00 GMT Time.com - Invasive species of Asian carp may be infiltrating the Great Lakes. If they establish themselves in Midwestern waterways, scientists say they will destroy the existing ecosystem http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*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/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196082400 time/20100208/08599196082400 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:55:00 GMT Time.com - The first of two excerpts from TIME contributing editor Jim Frederick's new book, Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/0288041960734196075000 time/20100208/0288041960734196075000 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:00 GMT Time.com - TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the ads of Super Bowl XLIV http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/09171196031100 time/20100208/09171196031100 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:00 GMT Time.com - Republicans Must Embrace the Vital Center http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/08599196193600 time/20100208/08599196193600 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT Time.com - TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the ads of Super Bowl XLIV http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100208/us_time/09171196031400 time/20100208/09171196031400 Time.com us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:00 GMT Time.com - Trying to Revitalize a Dying Small Town http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/us_time/08599196045800 time/20100206/08599196045800 Time.com us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:35:00 GMT Time.com - Posting your celebrity twin is the latest ill-advised viral fad to take over the popular social-networking site http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/us_time/08599196063900 time/20100206/08599196063900 Time.com us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:35:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/us_time/08599196063900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.7e93c494d9b84ec1b1cde19307be8763.stimulus_unemployment_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RzcQNSLqwCjy7ZWDvjA53A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Isaac Zimmerle stands leans on his work truck Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in front of a home on which he was forced to halt construction in Chapel Hill, Tenn., after unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer. Construction contractors like Zimmerle would seem to be in line to benefit from the stimulus spending. But money for road construction offers little relief to most contractors who don't work on transportation projects, a niche that requires expensive, heavy equipment that most residential and commercial builders don't own. Residential and commercial building make up the bulk of the nation's construction industry. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - While the national unemployment figure improved slightly to 9.7% in January, that of the construction industry jumped to 24.7%</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/us_time/08599196063900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.7e93c494d9b84ec1b1cde19307be8763.stimulus_unemployment_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RzcQNSLqwCjy7ZWDvjA53A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Isaac Zimmerle stands leans on his work truck Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in front of a home on which he was forced to halt construction in Chapel Hill, Tenn., after unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer. Construction contractors like Zimmerle would seem to be in line to benefit from the stimulus spending. But money for road construction offers little relief to most contractors who don't work on transportation projects, a niche that requires expensive, heavy equipment that most residential and commercial builders don't own. Residential and commercial building make up the bulk of the nation's construction industry. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/us_time/08599195901300 time/20100206/08599195901300 Time.com us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:35:00 GMT Time.com - A trusted aide to six Presidents, Robert Gates is the most powerful Defense Secretary in a generation. But what is the Republican at the head of Obama's war room fighting for? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/09171196026000 time/20100205/09171196026000 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:00 GMT Time.com - Facebook Gifts Get Real http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/09171196027600 time/20100205/09171196027600 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:00 GMT Time.com - How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599195908200 time/20100205/08599195908200 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:00 GMT Time.com - Why some people opt to go through two awful things at once http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196037800 time/20100205/08599196037800 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT Time.com - With a little help from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts staged the political upset of the year http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040800 time/20100205/08599196040800 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040800"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100126/capt.44cce36417e84da38f31405f944089a8.tea_party_politics_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=LV86jh1hAXQ2mF7FRx7QYg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this April 15, 2009, file photo, about 4,000 people gathered on the south steps of the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City, as part of a National Tax Day Tea Party to protest excessive government spending. A once-dismissed loose confederation of Tea Party activists opposed to big government, bailouts and higher taxes is causing heartburn for establishment candidates across the country. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - The genteel atmosphere of the first day of the Tea Party convention was a far cry from the angry, raucous crowds usually associated with the right-wing protests</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040800"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100126/capt.44cce36417e84da38f31405f944089a8.tea_party_politics_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=LV86jh1hAXQ2mF7FRx7QYg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 15, 2009, file photo, about 4,000 people gathered on the south steps of the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City, as part of a National Tax Day Tea Party to protest excessive government spending. A once-dismissed loose confederation of Tea Party activists opposed to big government, bailouts and higher taxes is causing heartburn for establishment candidates across the country. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040900 time/20100205/08599196040900 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100201/capt.43873b2155834b5bb29a31337151cd13.sc_governors_wife_ny124.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=hD4S18OCL0Kj488u6uYyNw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="FILE - In a Friday, June 26, 2009 photo, Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission in Sullivans Island, S.C. Sanford's book 'Staying True' goes on sale Friday Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney, File)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was cheap, terrible at giving presents, attention-hungry, unsettled and ultimately not true to his ideals. Oh -- and he cheated on his wife</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196040900"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100201/capt.43873b2155834b5bb29a31337151cd13.sc_governors_wife_ny124.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=hD4S18OCL0Kj488u6uYyNw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="FILE - In a Friday, June 26, 2009 photo, Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission in Sullivans Island, S.C. Sanford's book 'Staying True' goes on sale Friday Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timeus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100205/us_time/08599196041700 time/20100205/08599196041700 Time.com us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:35:00 GMT Time.com - While the missionaries who took the Haitian kids may have meant well, theymay have been doing the children and the country a disservice -- as wellas breaking the law