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Editor's Note: Please note with the holiday week, your Afternoon Update will be on hiatus. We will return on Monday. Most Viewed Articles on washingtonpost.com 1) Toyota to replace 4M gas pedals that could jam WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats, another blow to the reputation of the world's largest automaker. 2) In his slow decision-making, Obama goes with head, not gut President George W. Bush once boasted, "I'm not a textbook player, I'm a gut player." The new tenant of the Oval Office takes a strikingly different approach. President Obama is almost defiantly deliberative, methodical and measured, even when critics accuse him of dithering. When describing his... 3) Prawns & protocol It may be that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has forever set the standard for an evening at the White House. In the warm and golden fictional world he envisioned in "The American President" and "The West Wing," events at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. were always grand, glorious and utter perfection. The amo... 4) In wake of woman's disappearance, her family sees a pattern of clues Romance is for younger folks, Thelma Butler said. Until she noticed a cluster of heart-shaped red balloons on sale at a grocery store one morning, it hadn't occurred to her that Valentine's Day was near. To an elderly widow living alone, the occasion meant little. 5) A college freshman with a major difference The spartan dorm room where Mario Rocha spent his first semester at George Washington University felt a little like solitary confinement. 6) 'Illegal health reform'? Not quite. Congress has every authority to force every American to buy health insurance. 7) A man who reached out to others Abe Pollin was known for winning a championship and building Verizon Center. But he also built a great friendship with Wes Unseld and was Magic Johnson's first mentor in business. 8) Bankers making turkeys out of taxpayers The nation's bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday. 9) A rusty nail for South Carolina A minority woman in a six-way Republican primary in the heart of bubba-land. 10) HDTV Buying Guide: Select the Right Flat-Panel Technology High-definition television is truly different from the standard-definition television that it replaces. The screen is wider, and since many more pixels make up the image, you get greater detail. And these days, many television shows and sports broadcasts, as well as Blu-ray Disc movies, can deliver... UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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