Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security (AP)
• Intense tracking for swine flu shot's side effects (AP)
• More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation (AP)
• Federal program misses problem nursing homes (AP)
• William Safire dies, age 79 (Politico)
• Gates: Closing Gitmo more complicated than thought (AP)
• Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy (AP)
• Gates: Mistake to set Afghan withdrawal timelines (AP)
• Gates shows no signs of leaving Pentagon (AP)
• Clinton says 2010 elections won't be as bad as '94 (AP)
• A Declaration of Independents in 2010 (Politico)
• Obama congratulates Merkel after poll victory: White House (AFP)
• Merkel wins as Germans choose centre-right (Reuters)
• Portugal's Socialists win election, lack majority: exit polls (AFP)
• Merkel wins new term to lead Germany out of slump (AFP)
• Portugal's Socialists ahead in general election: partial results (AFP)
• Clinton: Hard for Iran to make peaceful nuke claim (AP)
• German officials to probe Twitter election leaks (AFP)
• Searching for the 'real' America, political-style (AP)
• Merkel has narrow center-right majority: exit poll (Reuters)

Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.

Intense tracking for swine flu shot's side effects (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:27 PM PDT AP - More than 3,000 people a day have a heart attack. If you're one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and fries?

More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 03:01 PM PDT AP - Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Federal program misses problem nursing homes (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:57 AM PDT AP - A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.

William Safire dies, age 79 (Politico) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT Politico - William Safire, a New York PR man turned speechwriter for Richard Nixon turned Pulitzer Prize winning conservative voice of the New York Times opinion page, died on Sunday at a hospice in Rockville, Md. He was 79.

Gates: Closing Gitmo more complicated than thought (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says trying to close down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has proved more complicated than anticipated.

Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:46 AM PDT AP - Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama.

Gates: Mistake to set Afghan withdrawal timelines (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action, as some liberals have sought, and that a defeat would be disastrous for the U.S.

Gates shows no signs of leaving Pentagon (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 07:16 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates used to keep a clock on his desk that ticked off the days he had left to serve in the Bush administration.

Clinton says 2010 elections won't be as bad as '94 (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:52 AM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton predicts that Democrats won't suffer the kind of political meltdown that hobbled his administration after the 1994 elections.

A Declaration of Independents in 2010 (Politico) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT Politico - Independent candidates are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.

Obama congratulates Merkel after poll victory: White House (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:04 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to offer warm congratulations on her sweeping reelection victory, the White House said.

Merkel wins as Germans choose centre-right (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term on Sunday and a mandate to partner with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) in a government that will rein in the role of the state in Europe's largest economy.

Portugal's Socialists win election, lack majority: exit polls (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT AFP - Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates' Socialists won a general election on Sunday but failed to retain their majority in parliament with which they imposed ambitious reforms over the past four years, exit polls showed.

Merkel wins new term to lead Germany out of slump (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:14 PM PDT AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel swept to a second mandate in Germany's election Sunday at the head of a new centre-right alliance she says will steer Europe's powerhouse economy back to robust growth.

Portugal's Socialists ahead in general election: partial results (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:00 PM PDT AFP - Portugal's Socialists were ahead in Sunday's election with 36.8 percent against 32.4 percent for their centre-right rivals, preliminary official results showed with half of all districts counted.

Clinton: Hard for Iran to make peaceful nuke claim (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she doesn't believe Iran can convince the U.S. and other world powers that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, putting Tehran on course for tougher economic penalties beyond the current "leaky sanctions."

German officials to probe Twitter election leaks (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:37 PM PDT AFP - German election officials Sunday said they would investigate the appearance of broadly accurate exit poll results on the Twitter microblogging site before voting had ended.

Searching for the 'real' America, political-style (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:07 AM PDT AP - The guy who runs the planet's latest G-20 summit city made an illuminating remark as he welcomed the world to his front door.

Merkel has narrow center-right majority: exit poll (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives appear to have won just enough votes in a German election to form a center-right government with their preferred partners, the Free Democrats (FDP), exit polls showed on Sunday.

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