Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm ap/20100210/us_california_storm AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new wave of winter rains on Tuesday washed over the wildfire-scarred foothill towns north of Los Angeles, forcing some residents to flee homes while others risked remaining to deploy shovels and buckets in an attempt to hold back the muddy deluge.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_california_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3291a3ee08654424828cae57dec35c87.california_storm_cahm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VkPYSlWR2mkAjsJxkISrOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman ap/20100210/cb_cuba_oldest_woman AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5d69e03e0c3c49659f1100a3b5d9aeb5.cuba_oldest_person_xpl103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=cnf9SQxknQYB2Sev6ZSpRg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez sits in her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. Bautista, who is also known as Candulia, was born in 1885 according to the civil registry and celebrated her 125th birthday on Feb. 2, making her possibly the oldest person in the world. A spokesperson for Guinness World Records told the AP they were not aware of Bautista. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)" border="0" /></a>AP - Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5d69e03e0c3c49659f1100a3b5d9aeb5.cuba_oldest_person_xpl103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=cnf9SQxknQYB2Sev6ZSpRg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez sits in her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. Bautista, who is also known as Candulia, was born in 1885 according to the civil registry and celebrated her 125th birthday on Feb. 2, making her possibly the oldest person in the world. A spokesperson for Guinness World Records told the AP they were not aware of Bautista. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_burping_lawsuit ap/20100210/us_odd_burping_lawsuit AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:56 GMT AP - A Roanoke man claims sheriff's deputies beat him in the city jail because of his burping. Thomas Scott Vandegrift made the allegations in a federal lawsuit filed last week against several deputies, the city, the sheriff's office and the sheriff. According to the lawsuit, the deputies were annoyed by Vandegrift's burping, which was caused by acid reflux. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade ap/20100210/us_super_bowl_parade AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:18:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.04793ba73117453186e5087ae2b94b08.super_bowl_parade_laps106.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=ekmClcH74bFb5ZXNUVGTDw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton displays the Vince Lombardi Trophy to fans while riding a float during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday for the first NFL football championship in the franchise's history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.04793ba73117453186e5087ae2b94b08.super_bowl_parade_laps106.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=ekmClcH74bFb5ZXNUVGTDw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton displays the Vince Lombardi Trophy to fans while riding a float during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday for the first NFL football championship in the franchise's history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear nm/20100209/us_iran_nuclear Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:54:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3668693089.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=CemZ1nzT8_znpl5yr14iOA--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks while visiting an exhibition of Iran laser science and technology in Tehran, February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3668693089.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=CemZ1nzT8_znpl5yr14iOA--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks while visiting an exhibition of Iran laser science and technology in Tehran, February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*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/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota_specialreport nm/20100209/us_toyota_specialreport Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:28:18 GMT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/tc_nm/us_google_social nm/20100210/us_google_social Reuters technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:05:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/tc_nm/us_google_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2156770711.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LHeP9LB9Lm8G7RQqWuBlrw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A model demonstrates a Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile phone Google will sell directly to consumers based on its Android platform, after a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/tc_nm/us_google_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2156770711.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LHeP9LB9Lm8G7RQqWuBlrw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A model demonstrates a Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile phone Google will sell directly to consumers based on its Android platform, after a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota nm/20100209/us_toyota Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:17:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3a799e70ace7484f9a8c46aee1cc5764.japan_toyota_recall_ksx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=R6abUXdmkrngAiqpBCNVFA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Photographers and cameramen surround a recalled Prius as a technician fixes the program of the antilock brake system at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering and braking problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3a799e70ace7484f9a8c46aee1cc5764.japan_toyota_recall_ksx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=R6abUXdmkrngAiqpBCNVFA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Photographers and cameramen surround a recalled Prius as a technician fixes the program of the antilock brake system at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_quake_haiti_missionaries nm/20100208/us_quake_haiti_missionaries Reuters topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:20 GMT Reuters - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20100209/us_usa_healthcare Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r1079045888.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I4eknlKT2zuikywWyUDiew--" 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>Reuters - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r1079045888.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=I4eknlKT2zuikywWyUDiew--" 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"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_taiwan_submarines nm/20100209/us_taiwan_submarines Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:25:39 GMT Reuters - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal afp/20100210/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal AFP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics afp/20100209/irannuclearpolitics AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:27:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265738695537-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=O_7ymlq.Jbt_oVF0yPkpBw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the unveiling ceremony of new satellite rockets in Tehran on February 3. Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers which suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.(AFP/File/Rohollah Vahdati)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265738695537-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=O_7ymlq.Jbt_oVF0yPkpBw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the unveiling ceremony of new satellite rockets in Tehran on February 3. Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers which suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.(AFP/File/Rohollah Vahdati)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)