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');document.write('02-09-2010 03:05 PM
'); document.write('Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--\" align=\"left\" height=\"84\" width=\"130\" alt=\"In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. 

'); document.write('US Army closes in on south Afghan town (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.b7c47ab7fa3f49f29b0f50532d627b0e.afghanistan_hmd104.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Uor29F9p..jU5o07CRgHBg--\" align=\"left\" height=\"96\" width=\"130\" alt=\"An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs — known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs — to inflict casualties on the attackers. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 01:50 PM
'); document.write('Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.73ebe0682ea14c62805ef5e4ce616d89.mideast_iran_nuclear_cai101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=n5Kb6vBvcO9FoUvVpMq2lQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"87\" width=\"130\" alt=\"FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's atomic agency Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 that Iran, which is set to start enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 01:42 PM
'); document.write('Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.21ed40b822e546da98d23a9e5a43eddd.winter_weather_dcmc109.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=xYp3uQ_ZKvKlXvaB5f5Y7g--\" align=\"left\" height=\"71\" width=\"130\" alt=\"Kevin McMahon of Washington, uses an oven pan as he slides on the slope of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 11:08 AM
'); document.write('GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r429043362.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hbD7BAXIxfuebb7nTXwoXA--\" align=\"left\" height=\"89\" width=\"130\" alt=\"A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Obama to Miami, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy. 

'); document.write('State Farm says it warned NHTSA on Toyota in 2007 (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall_us\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r938856496.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=fnzZF4c.tczzla0QdtYt4g--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"99\" alt=\"A Toyota Prius' badge is pictured on a car at a Toyota dealership in west London February 9, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 11:24 AM
'); document.write('Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.d719282141bc4e02aa537bb740c82d88.space_shuttle_ksc122.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=p1SowfRWcHwIUZ0kGxw7Pw--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"84\" alt=\"Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour's six member crew will deliver a large room with a cupola to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station. 

'); document.write('Stocks climb on hopes for Greece debt assistance (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.9dcd32eac604453f9ae7993857ff280b.wall_street_nybz162.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=U_xakalcCZKIi.Ifm9QvtQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"82\" width=\"130\" alt=\"FILE - In this March 17, 2009 file photo, the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange is seen. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Stocks surged Tuesday morning as hopes grow the European Union will help Greece with its growing debt burden. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 02:36 PM
'); document.write('Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_mu/us_people_lil_wayne\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.93056aab9e534dc998bb3b1e551533e1.people_lil_wayne_ny107.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=pxhisrOie303OZM7DetSCw--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"85\" alt=\"FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2009 file photo, Lil Wayne performs in New Orleans. The performer, whose real name is Duane Carter, pleaded guilty in October to a weapons possession charge and will be sentenced Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. His plea deal calls for a year in jail. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/file)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony. His latest album, "Rebirth," was officially released Feb. 2. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 11:39 AM
'); document.write('Parade to give another jolt of Saints euphoria (AP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.cbf3c5926b2647a4884dc094add881a1.super_bowl_new_orleans_laps109.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=JVIx39YOZ.LeFp5W3y9e.A--\" align=\"left\" height=\"104\" width=\"130\" alt=\"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal leaves the airport after greeting the New Orleans Saints upon their return from the Super Bowl, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Kenner, La. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 on Sunday in the NFL football Super Bowl, for the first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AP - Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city. 

'); document.write('Toyota adds new Prius to global recall list (Reuters)
'); document.write('<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/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"87\" alt=\"Toyota is recalling around 8,500 Prius hybrid cars in Britain over a braking failure as the Japanese carmaker scrambles to cope with the latest technical problems affecting its vehicles.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)\" border=\"0\" /></a>Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it battled criticism of its response to the spiraling safety crisis. 

'); document.write('Iran says starts making 20 percent nuclear fuel (Reuters)
'); document.write('<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/20100208/i/r4113295458.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=JfjKw8x2XVstfraqGEP2hw--\" align=\"left\" height=\"89\" width=\"130\" alt=\"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during the opening ceremony of the 2nd National Festival of Innovation and Prosperity in Tehran, February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl\" border=\"0\" /></a>Reuters - Iran began making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks" over its nuclear program. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 04:02 AM
'); document.write('Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game (Reuters)
'); document.write('<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. 

'); document.write('Weather closes government offices a second day (Reuters)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/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 - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow. 

'); document.write('02-08-2010 10:31 PM
'); document.write('U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her (Reuters)
'); document.write('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.

'); document.write('Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source (Reuters)
'); document.write('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.

'); document.write('02-08-2010 11:53 PM
'); document.write('John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies (Reuters)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/pl_nm/us_usa_defense_murtha\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r1793841661.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5RMUnLWPTrEzMc2R8CW8IQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"85\" width=\"130\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) convenes a House Appropriations Committee hearing about patient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst\" border=\"0\" /></a>Reuters - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday. 

'); document.write('NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down (Reuters)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_assault_warning\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r744788139.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5AAGEAA_elSw.n691u_rYQ--\" align=\"left\" height=\"86\" width=\"130\" alt=\"An Afghan villager watches U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV as they patrol next to a police station at Manzai village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, December 19, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra\" border=\"0\" /></a>Reuters - Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday. 

'); document.write('02-09-2010 10:04 AM
'); document.write('Toyota announces mass hybrid vehicle recall (AFP/File)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyota\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265697325183-7-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=VmdwaCNkambgOgea21P1ZA--\" align=\"left\" height=\"80\" width=\"130\" alt=\"A Toyota Motors Tsutsumi factory worker assembles the Prius hybrid vehicle at the factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture. The Japanese auto giant has announced a mass safety recall of its popular Prius and two other hybrid models in Japan Tuesday, plunging the auto giant deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AFP/File - Toyota said Tuesday it would recall more than 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, plunging deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up. 

'); document.write('Nigerian parliament votes to suspend ailing president (AFP)
'); document.write('<a href=\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresident\"><img src=\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265715683430-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=V_J.2iSLwBewoSsSSZOwDA--\" align=\"left\" height=\"130\" width=\"86\" alt=\"Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua (seen here on 2009) and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.(AFP/File/Joedson Alves)\" border=\"0\" /></a>AFP - Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume. 

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