US marine's family pleads to access his e-mail

Offers of help have been pouring in for a Michigan family that is trying to persuade online giant Yahoo! To allow them access to the e-mail account of a Marine killed in Iraq.

From lawyers to computer-code crackers, people across the nation have come forward wanting to help the parents of 20-year-old Justin Ellsworth, who was killed last month during a foot patrol in Iraq.

Yahoo! is standing by its policy of protecting the privacy of its e-mail subscribers, spokeswoman Karen Mahon said.