U.S. National News

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_no_fix"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.8acd50a09e4b47c49616d8644558671a-8acd50a09e4b47c49616d8644558671a-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=IqDvRSB5eXnAgQwTLBtQ.w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, the Toyota logo is seen on a car at a dealership in Nashville, Tenn. An analysis by The Associated Press finds that the U.S. government has received more than 100 complaints from drivers who say their recalled Toyotas are still accelerating on their own even after receiving the automaker's fix. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.

Mar 17, 2010 22:04:00 GMT

AP - A Minnesota man has been arrested in Chicago and charged with selling his wife's sexual services on Craigslist.

Mar 17, 2010 22:29:01 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_he_me/us_prescription_drug_theft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100316/capt.4c54b3c04d1a47f59d7b1082e2185c7b-4dc8d9b428f54aeb885e184b7c7fcb8c-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=jhwc_BLzzQI_QgUKznhfRw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The Eli Lilly warehouse is seen here in Enfield, Conn., Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Authorities say tens of millions of dollars worth of prescription drugs have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company's regional warehouse in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Leslloyd F. Alleyne) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>AP - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market.

Mar 17, 2010 21:11:23 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/us_flood_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.01aeb57719184100b54a452ca9ebec6d-01aeb57719184100b54a452ca9ebec6d-0.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=jCeoxs.Q9ogso3KhTLLGxg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Kaleb Chase, left, and Mark Segovia toss sandbags outside Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, N.D. on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The school's football score board, lower left, is partly submerged by the Red River. Thousands of volunteers are lending a hand this week to fill and stack sandbags to place along the river and near endangered homes as Fargo faces the threat of a severe flood after the river's expected crest Sunday. But the heart of that volunteer corps are the city's youngest citizens. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)" border="0" /></a>AP - Schoolchildren, parents and hundreds of residents have spent days packing and stacking sandbags to protect their cities against the rising Red River. The National Guard is in place, keeping watch over the water. Dike builders are finishing last-minute work.

Mar 17, 2010 22:15:29 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_sc/us_monkey_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.8df75e5f3e214bbf823045a43451566f-8df75e5f3e214bbf823045a43451566f-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=jMggh2M8k8B7jQJ7KaSEYA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Monday, March 9, 2010, the Charles River Laboratory is seen in Reno, Nev. Workers at a Nevada research lab were making a routine check on one of their primate facilities in 2008 when they came across a ghastly sight: a room full of dead monkeys. Thirty monkeys had succumbed to stifling temperatures because someone left the heater on, and two more later had to be euthanized. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" border="0" /></a>AP - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.

Mar 17, 2010 20:14:05 GMT

AP - A convicted embezzler who snagged a $9.1 million business tax credit from the state of Michigan and appeared on stage with Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been arrested on a parole violation.

Mar 17, 2010 22:03:42 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/st_patrick_s_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.b7bbf615fcd748c7869628f2a7532adf-b7bbf615fcd748c7869628f2a7532adf-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W2JU7.KUlKlvDFUeO3h_Hg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="John Ruplenas, foreground, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and in background from left, Jessica Scott, Brandy Bazinet, and Johnna Pitt, all from Alabama, wait on 5th Ave for the start of the St. Patrick's day parade, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in New York. Ruplenas arrived on 5th Ave to get a spot at 5 a.m. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick's Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration.

Mar 17, 2010 20:08:37 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/us_wal_mart_racial_comment"><img src="" align="left" height="" width="" alt="A worker gathers shopping carts near a Wal-Mart store Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Washington Township, N.J. Wal-Mart officials are reviewing security tapes after an announcement was made for 'all black people' to leave the southern New Jersey store. Shortly before 7 p.m., Sunday, a male voice came over the public-address system at the Route 42 store in Washington Township and calmly announced: 'Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now.' Management later apologized. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - An announcement at a Walmart store in New Jersey ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.

Mar 17, 2010 21:20:48 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/us_flood_threat_student_volunteers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100316/capt.f9c9f926fb344de2b21dffa6e3a1052a-f9c9f926fb344de2b21dffa6e3a1052a-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=CbA5n3pg2k0mE186LI0EDg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Three-year-old Carsen Gianakos uses his plastic shovel to assist in the sandbagging efforts on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 'Sandbag Central,' a warehouse in Fargo, N.D. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some children lugged sandbags that weighed more than they did. Determined teens showed up just after dawn with groups of friends, ready and willing to shovel. New groups of kids arrived by the busloads, all ready to join the race to protect their city from the rising Red River.

Mar 17, 2010 19:58:37 GMT

AP - The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 22:08:00 GMT

AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs was fined $227,500 after incorrect radiation doses were given to 97 veterans with prostate cancer at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, a federal agency announced Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 21:17:46 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.d6d9e2af76f9411a9f26124b7451ce17-aca4eca98a124380afbaabe02fa5e6a0-0.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=5M1aPhrSRC0iN9jteUpxzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, press secretary Marissa Shorenstein, left, watches New York Gov. David Paterson leave a room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Shorenstein announced Wednesday, March 17, 2010, that she is resigning, making her the fourth top staffer to resign amid scandals that threaten the administration. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gov. David Paterson's press secretary on Wednesday became the fourth top staffer to quit amid dual scandals, resigning just hours after her boss publicly proclaimed for the first time that he did nothing wrong when he talked to a woman who had accused one of his top aides of abuse.

Mar 17, 2010 21:46:00 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_us/us_smithsonian_human_evolution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.dd859b36de3744f5adc862b9d3177ae8-dd859b36de3744f5adc862b9d3177ae8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hWhHIJZxRXfXh18X93kxFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Part of the exhibit comparing the brain size of early humans is seen inside the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hundreds of early human fossils, artifacts and forensically recreated faces of our prehistoric relatives went on display Wednesday, exploring 6 million years of evolution at the National Museum of Natural History.

Mar 17, 2010 20:54:50 GMT

AP - Tennessee's head Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Levy was arrested in Mississippi and charged with felony marijuana possession after investigators found a package of pot with his name on it and more of the drug at his hotel room, authorities said Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 21:39:45 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_he_me/us_michelle_obama_childhood_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100317/i/r1597065323.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=Fe0QJkIZciltxDOu2cHgOA--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="U.S. first lady Michelle Obama participates in a discussion on childhood obesity with Newsweek's editor Jon Meacham (not seen) at the Newseum in Washington March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)" border="0" /></a>AP - First lady Michelle Obama says her fight against childhood obesity isn't about appearance but about whether kids have enough energy to be productive at school.

Mar 17, 2010 17:51:11 GMT