Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Big speech: Obama wants control of health debate (AP)
• SEC bungled Madoff probes, agency watchdog says (AP)
• Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos (AP)
• Inquiry of alleged misconduct at embassy under way (AP)
• Gay military question still up in air (Politico)
• Obama using 5 measures to assess Afghan report (AP)
• Poll suggests public opinion of Congress slipping (AP)
• Justice Stevens' hiring at high court slows (AP)
• US extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm (AP)
• US envoy's Asia trip won't include NKorea (AP)
• US diplomats say US-Japan alliance to stay strong (AP)
• Japan's Hatoyama tells Obama U.S.-Japan ties key (Reuters)
• Obama to make Sept 9 speech to Congress (AFP)
• FEC: NFL team's McCain video OK (Politico)
• Senator calls for Lockerbie investigation (AP)
• Obama to give health-care speech to joint session of Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Another challenger for Reid? (Politico)
• AP News in Brief (AP)
• Obama to address Congress as healthcare debate grows (Reuters)
• Obama congratulates next Japanese PM (AFP)

Big speech: Obama wants control of health debate (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to gain control of the debate that has been slipping from his grasp under withering Republican-led attacks.

SEC bungled Madoff probes, agency watchdog says (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - Pushing past years of "red flags," investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission bungled their probes of Bernard Madoff so badly that his multibillion-dollar fraud not only flourished but he used the exams to suck in new investors, an agency watchdog declared Wednesday.

Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.

Inquiry of alleged misconduct at embassy under way (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - A wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of misconduct and mismanagement by a private security firm guarding the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan could lead to the termination of the company's $189 million contract, a department spokesman said Wednesday.

Gay military question still up in air (Politico) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:25 PM PDT Politico - When gay rights advocates march on Washington in October, they’ll be confronting a bleak political landscape in their effort to allow gays to openly serve in the military.

Obama using 5 measures to assess Afghan report (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is weighing an expected request for more U.S. troops against concerns that an expanded American presence could be perceived by Afghan civilians as an occupation army and not a liberating force battling a determined and bloody Taliban resurgence.

Poll suggests public opinion of Congress slipping (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - Slightly more than one-third of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Democratic-led Congress, a new poll said Wednesday in a clear warning to the majority party.

Justice Stevens' hiring at high court slows (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year.

US extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the security firm once known as Blackwater USA even though the company doesn't have a license to operate in the country.

US envoy's Asia trip won't include NKorea (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will travel to Asia this week but will not go to North Korea.

US diplomats say US-Japan alliance to stay strong (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is not worried that a landslide election victory by Japan's opposition party signals a drift from close ties with the United States, senior U.S. diplomats said Wednesday.

Japan's Hatoyama tells Obama U.S.-Japan ties key (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, told U.S. President Barack Obama in a telephone call that close relations with the United States would remain a fundamental part of Japanese policy.

Obama to make Sept 9 speech to Congress (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:30 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama, seeking to breathe new life into his drive to remake US health care, will address a rare joint session of the US Congress on September 9, congressional aides said Wednesday.

FEC: NFL team's McCain video OK (Politico) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:26 PM PDT Politico - The Federal Election Commission revealed this week it had dismissed a complaint alleging that the Kansas City Chiefs professional football team had illegally boosted Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Senator calls for Lockerbie investigation (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - Congress should investigate whether a lucrative oil contract might have played a role in the release of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, a New Jersey senator said Wednesday.

Obama to give health-care speech to joint session of Congress (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:35 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Eager to turn the page after a politically damaging month, President Barack Obama will launch a new push next week to overhaul health care, highlighted by an evening address next Wednesday to a joint session of Congress.

Another challenger for Reid? (Politico) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT Politico - LAS VEGAS – Sue Lowden plans to step down from her position running Nevada’s Republican Party, a sign that she’s preparing to challenge Majority Leader Harry Reid in next year’s Senate race.

AP News in Brief (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - Obama tries to grab control of health care debate, will address Congress next Wednesday night

Obama to address Congress as healthcare debate grows (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek to boost flagging support for healthcare reform next week with a rare speech to Congress after a rocky summer raised questions both about his leadership and legislative program.

Obama congratulates next Japanese PM (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:09 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama Wednesday spoke by telephone with Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to congratulate him and his Democratic Party of Japan on a landslide election win.

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