Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Baucus outlines health plan without GOP support (AP)
• Obama: No 'pending' decision on troops to Afghan (AP)
• EPA tells court it will redo Bush-era smog rule (AP)
• Embattled ACORN orders independent investigation (AP)
• GOP seizes on ACORN funding (Politico)
• Under fire, Napolitano halts projects for review (AP)
• Afghan war benchmarks focus heavily on Pakistan (AP)
• White House: Criticism of Obama not based on race (AP)
• SPIN METER: Biden's water projects claim a stretch (AP)
• Senate votes to allow guns on Amtrak (AP)
• A look at who's in, out for Kennedy seat (AP)
• No Time to Waste in N.Y. 23 House Special (CQPolitics.com)
• The race from race: Dems rebut Carter (Politico)
• Tally shows Karzai in lead; EU casts doubt on votes (Reuters)
• White House: G-20 summit will not be `victory lap' (AP)
• Obama visits Hispanic caucus' gala (AP)
• Harper: Tentative deal reached on flight dispute (AP)
• WWE CEO Linda McMahon wades into Conn. Senate race (AP)
• One-time coal miner Trumka takes helm of AFL-CIO (AP)

Baucus outlines health plan without GOP support (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - His calls for compromise rebuffed by Republicans, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled sweeping legislation Wednesday to remake the nation's costly health care system largely along the lines outlined by President Barack Obama.

Obama: No 'pending' decision on troops to Afghan (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday there will be no quick decision on whether to send more U.S. troops into the widening war in Afghanistan, saying "my determination is to get this right."

EPA tells court it will redo Bush-era smog rule (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that it would scrap a controversial Bush-era rule that set stricter limits for smog but fell short of scientific recommendations.

Embattled ACORN orders independent investigation (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - An advocacy group under fire after employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman's profession to get housing help said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation.

GOP seizes on ACORN funding (Politico) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:38 AM PDT Politico - Seizing on an issue that has been trumpeted by conservative media, Republican congressional leaders have launched an all-out campaign to choke off any federal dollars from going to ACORN, the scandal-plagued anti-poverty group.

Under fire, Napolitano halts projects for review (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.

Afghan war benchmarks focus heavily on Pakistan (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's road map to winning the war in Afghanistan relies heavily on clearing al-Qaida terrorists from Pakistan, according to a list of benchmarks given Wednesday to an increasingly skeptical Congress.

White House: Criticism of Obama not based on race (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama doesn't believe he's being criticized because of his race.

SPIN METER: Biden's water projects claim a stretch (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 01:03 PM PDT AP - Under pressure to show quick results from the economic stimulus, the White House is taking credit for starting to build hundreds of rural water systems nationwide.

Senate votes to allow guns on Amtrak (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage.

A look at who's in, out for Kennedy seat (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - A glance at who's in and who's out of the special election race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.:

No Time to Waste in N.Y. 23 House Special (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The long-stalled confirmation of New York Republican Rep. John McHugh as secretary of the Army now appears imminent, which in turn will kick the special election race to succeed him into high gear.

The race from race: Dems rebut Carter (Politico) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT Politico - Jimmy Carter is 84 years old and three decades removed from the White House, but he still has the power to make Democrats run.

Tally shows Karzai in lead; EU casts doubt on votes (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai won the presidential vote outright in the first round, election officials said on Wednesday, but the European Union said more than a third of his votes might be suspect because of fraud.

White House: G-20 summit will not be `victory lap' (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - Wary of complacency, President Barack Obama will urge a summit of world financial powers to stick with efforts to boost the global economy rather than abandon coordinated economic stimulus work, a top White House adviser said Wednesday.

Obama visits Hispanic caucus' gala (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is pushing his ambitious health care overhaul to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Harper: Tentative deal reached on flight dispute (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Canada have a tentative deal to settle a dispute over charter flights that threatened to disrupt the upcoming professional hockey and basketball seasons, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday.

WWE CEO Linda McMahon wades into Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she's plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.

One-time coal miner Trumka takes helm of AFL-CIO (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Richard Trumka, who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the top ranks of the nation's labor movement, took the helm of the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, ushering in a more aggressive style of leadership and vowing to revive unions' sagging membership rolls.

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