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Yahoo! News: Elections

Bush reportedly rejected Israeli plea to raid Iran (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:20 AM CST

President George W. Bush gives a thumbs up as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, in Norfolk, Va.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President George W. Bush rejected a plea from Israel last year to help it raid Iran's main nuclear complex, opting instead to authorize a new U.S. covert action aimed at sabotaging Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, The New York Times reported.


Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:52 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama walks with his wife Michelle, and daughters Sasha and Malia, after touring the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Saturday night with his family to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he frequently invokes as an inspiration.


A presidential welcome for USS George H.W. Bush (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:30 PM CST

Former President George H. W. Bush speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - It's the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop.


Cosby hails Obama, knocks Hannity (Politico)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:51 PM CST

Politico - Bill Cosby, the entertainer-turned-activist known for his controversial comments on race, told Washington’s WTOP radio station Saturday that Barack and Michelle Obama were examples of the parenting and family values he’s challenged black America to strengthen.

Lifting veil of privacy, friends discuss Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:24 PM CST

In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, then Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to supporters with Caroline Kennedy, after she endorsed him during a rally at American University in Washington. Although she was no stranger to politics, much was made of the daughter of a president and niece of two senators' decision to go public last January with her support of then-candidate Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - When community groups and the Board of Education were caught in an acrimonious dispute over an arts program, education officials brought in a fixer: Caroline Kennedy.


Obama advisers: Plan would create up to 4.1M jobs (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 10:58 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama shakes hands as he stops to eat at Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama countered critics with an analysis Saturday by his economic team showing that a program of tax cuts and spending like he's proposed would create up to 4.1 million jobs, far more than the 3 million he has insisted are needed to lift the country from recession.


Obama's first foreign trip as president: Canada (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:45 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to take his first international trip to Canada.

Partisan wrangling mars Senate wilderness bill (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:55 AM CST

AP - In an early showdown for the new Congress, senators are considering setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness.

History calls on Obama to uncork a great speech (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:01 PM CST

In this Jan. 20, 1961, file photo, President John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural address at the Capitol in Washington after he took the oath of office.  Listening in front row of inaugural seats, from left, are, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M Nixon, Kennedy's campaign opponent, Sen John Sparkman of Alabama, and former President Harry Truman. (AP Photo, File)AP - The pressure's on for Barack Obama, orator.


Obama takes a break for some chili and sausage (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 09:17 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama stops to eat in Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - What does the president-elect order on his first Saturday afternoon since moving into town? A chili dog and cheese fries.


Obama touts stimulus plan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:38 PM CST

US president-elect Barack Obama orders his lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, DC. Obama has said his economic stimulus plan will AFP - Barack Obama has said his economic stimulus plan will "save or create three to four million jobs" as the president-elect sought to stem criticism of the 775-billion-dollar package designed to revive the ailing US economy.


FCC head opposes Obama bid to delay US shift to digital TV (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:17 PM CST

Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta (pictured in this file photo) has written to key US lawmakers asking for an extension to the legislatively-mandated analog cutoff date, according to copy of the letter made available to AFP.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)AFP - The head of the US Federal Communication Commission on Saturday spoke out against president-elect Barack Obama's bid to delay the national shift to only digital television broadcasting.


Change comes to W.H. ... press pool (Politico)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:10 PM CST

Politico - That change we keep hearing about won’t be restricted to the president’s quarters.

Venezuela's Chavez threatens to expel U.S. diplomat (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 05:47 PM CST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends the ceremony where Chinese technicians hand over the operational system of the Simon Bolivar Satellite in the central state of Guarico, 200 miles (322 km) south of Caracas, January 10, 2008. (Edwin Montilva/Reuters)Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to expel a U.S. diplomat he said may have advised opposition leaders on how win a vote on whether the leftist can run for re-election.


Obama says stimulus plan can save jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:34 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama at a news conference in Chicago, December 7, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday an analysis of his stimulus proposals showed that up to 4 million U.S. jobs could be saved or created by 2010, nearly 90 percent of them in the private sector.


Obama Team Defends Job-Creating Potential of Stimulus Plan (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - The Obama transition team released a report Saturday defending the president-elect's emerging stimulus plan against criticism that its tax cut provisions will not do enough to promote job creation.

Obama campaign pledges postponed, calls for sacrifice: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:05 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama (C) holds a child as he greets diners with DC mayor Adrian Fenty (L) at Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, DC. Obama will ask all Americans for sacrifice to fix the troubled economy, and will have to scale back promises he made during his campaign, according to an ABC interview to be aired Sunday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Incoming US president Barack Obama will ask all Americans for sacrifice to fix the troubled economy, and will have to scale back promises he made during his campaign, according to an ABC interview to be aired Sunday.


A Klan Initiation Murder: A Backlash to Obama's Victory? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:05 PM CST

Time.com - Marginalized white supremacist groups have become more active since the election of Barack Obama. One recent case in Louisiana may become emblematic

Obama vows stimulus plans will create millions of jobs (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:44 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama projected Saturday that his yet-to-be-written economic stimulus plan would create nearly 3.7 million jobs by the end of next year, mainly in construction, leisure services and manufacturing.

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