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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama weighs Clinton, Richardson as sec. of state (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 03:29 AM CST

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a New York Public Transit Association conference in Albany on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.  Clinton said she would not comment on speculation that she may be selected to become secretary of state.  (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is interviewing some of his one-time political opponents as he ponders building his own "team of rivals" to help him run the country.


Obama has more threats than other presidents-elect (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:05 PM CST

President-elect Obama talks on his cell phone after boarding his plane at Washington's Reagan National Airport after meeting with President Bush at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before.


Stevens falls further back in Alaska Senate count (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 09:22 PM CST

Division of Election workers Margaret Campizi, right, and LouAnne Culey, left, validate mail-in ballots as Iyllamae Olsonoski, with the Sen. Ted Stevens campaign, center, watches at the Office of Elections in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday Nov. 14, 2008. About 12 percent of ballots in the general election are still to be counted with Democrat Mark Begich leading 814-votes over Stevens.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a stalwart of Alaska politics who was convicted of felony charges last month, fell further behind his Democratic rival Friday, and most remaining ballots come from parts of the state that have favored the challenger.


Audit: Sharpton campaign owes US nearly $500,000 (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:08 PM CST

In this Monday, Oct. 6 , 2008, file photo, the Rev. Al Sharpton arrives at criminal court, in New York. Federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties.  (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)AP - Federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties.


HHS transition member appears to break lobbyist ban (Politico)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:22 PM CST

Politico - One of the leading members of President-elect Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services transition team was an anti-tobacco lobbyist as recently as September, a position that would appear to break a transition team rule that prevents lobbyists from serving in policy areas they have worked to influence within the past year.

Clinton could be mixed blessing as No. 1 diplomat (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:14 PM CST

Hillary Clinton talks to reporters outside her polling station after casting her vote in the 2008 presidential election in Chappaqua, New York. Intense speculation flared over reports that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AP - During the Democrats' quarrelsome nominating contest, Hillary Rodham Clinton argued that she, and not upstart rival Barack Obama, had more impressive credentials as a statesman: familiarity with world leaders and problems, toughness under fire.


Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:11 PM CST

President-elect Senator Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Republican rival Senator John McCain at the end of the third presidential debate at Hofstra University in October 2008 in Hempstead, New York. Obama will meet Monday with McCain to discuss ways of working together now the election is over, his aides said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AP - President-elect Barack Obama won one of Nebraska's electoral votes, the first time in history that the state has split its votes and the first time in 44 years that it had given a vote to a Democrat.


High Court to hear appeal over anti-Clinton movie (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 02:33 PM CST

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a New York Public Transit Association conference in Albany on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.   Clinton said she would not comment on speculation that she may be selected to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state..  (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a conservative group that wanted to promote and air its anti-Hillary Clinton movie without complying with a landmark campaign finance law.


Musical chairs begin before Clinton leaves (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 02:12 PM CST

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat is still warm — and occupied — but the first notes are already sounding in the New York game of musical chairs to succeed her.

Congress has fast-track power to kill Bush rules (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 05:13 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama will have limited authority to overturn federal regulations approved in the waning months of the Bush administration. But a little-used power offers the new Democratic Congress an early test of how aggressively lawmakers might unravel such rules pushed through by Republicans.

Husband's foreign deals may pose issue for Clinton (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

In this Oct. 20, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. greet supporters at the end of a rally in Orlando, Fla.  Former President Bill Clinton's globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and it could cause complications for her if President-elect Barack Obama considers her to be secretary of state. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)AP - Former President Bill Clinton's globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and it could cause complications for her if President-elect Barack Obama picks her to be secretary of state.


Obama rumored to favor Clinton as top diplomat (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 12:30 AM CST

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waits to speak at an October rally for the Utah Democratic party. Intense speculation flared over reports that president-elect Barack Obama is weighing whether to name former Democratic primary rival Clinton as a heavy-hitting secretary of state.(AFP/Getty Images/File/George Frey)AFP - The US capital on Saturday was abuzz with speculation that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.


Barack Obama's late grandmother remembered (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 12:17 AM CST

The burial niche of Stanley A Dunham is seen at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 in Honolulu.  Madelyn Dunham, the grandmother of President-elect Barack Obama, was honored at a ceremony, Friday, at the National Memorial.  Over 100 people attended the ceremony.  Madelyn Dunham died Nov. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - The late grandmother of President-elect Barack Obama was eulogized Friday as a strong, vibrant woman who was dedicated to her profession and her family.


Will Obama's copyright czar help save the music? (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:17 PM CST

'60 Minutes' correspondents Andy Rooney, Scott Pelley, Katie Couric and Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon and Morley Safer in an undated photo courtesy of CBS. '60 Minutes' has snagged the first interview with President-elect Barack Obama. (CBS/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - From Bruce Springsteen to Stevie Wonder, plenty of musicians supported President-elect Barack Obama. Now music executives are wondering what kind of support they'll see from the Obama administration.


Fidel Castro sees little change under Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:00 PM CST

Reuters - Without naming U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro cast doubt on Friday on the possibility that a new president would bring much change in U.S. policy.

Obama names Valerie Jarrett as senior adviser (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 09:17 PM CST

Valerie Jarrett, top advisor to Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to reporters prior to the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.  President-elect Barack Obama named Valerie Jarrett White House senior adviser, according to the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is naming his longtime friend and supporter Valerie Jarrett to be his White House senior adviser.


Former bureaucrats head transportation team (Politico)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 09:08 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama has tapped a handful of former government bureaucrats now in the private sector to head his transportation review team.

Obama, Clinton discussed secretary of state job (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:04 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama listens to Senator Hillary Clinton in Unity, New Hampshire, June 27, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton left the door open to becoming secretary of state on Friday, a day after a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama at which a Democratic official said they discussed the job.


Science transition member big Dem donor (Politico)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:00 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team heading up efforts on science, technology, space and the arts has former NASA administrators and White House technology experts — and Don Beyer, who owns five Volvo dealerships in Northern Virginia.

Obama picks another Chicagoan for senior post, sets meeting with McCain (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 07:57 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Barack Obama on Friday named longtime friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett to a senior post in his White House, a move that makes clear the importance of his Chicago political connections as he moves to take the reins of power in Washington.

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