Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama reaffirms will end 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
• Wait for benefits is 3 years if health care passes (AP)
• Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)
• Clinton basks in diplomatic victory (AP)
• Can Obama win the gay community? (Politico)
• Russians praise, GOP mocks, Obama's peace prize (AP)
• Rep. Frank: Gays should lobby elected officials (AP)
• Clinton talks to Mubarak; US envoy busy in Mideast (AP)
• Obama: Consensus and obstructionism on health care (AP)
• Congress could thwart bid to view abuse photos (AP)
• Watering down the public option (Politico)
• Obama praises Republicans who support health reform (AFP)
• 'Die quickly' congressman new hero for Fla. Dems (AP)
• Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is "call to action" (Reuters)
• Hawaii evangelical churches plan election push (AP)
• State budgets get adrenaline shot from Clunkers (AP)
• Iran sentences three to death over vote unrest (Reuters)
• Three Iranian protestors face death penalty (AFP)
• Democrats may lose two state governors' races (Reuters)
• Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama (Reuters)

Obama reaffirms will end 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected.

Wait for benefits is 3 years if health care passes (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They'll have to wait another three if President Barack Obama gets a bill to sign this year.

Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.

Clinton basks in diplomatic victory (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the glow of praise from her Nobel laureate boss on Saturday after spearheading successful efforts to salvage historic accords between longtime bitter foes Turkey and Armenia.

Can Obama win the gay community? (Politico) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 05:01 AM PDT Politico - Strident conservative attacks on two of President Barack Obama’s gay nominees could temper the impatience gay and lesbian activists show as he speaks to a major gay civil rights group Saturday night — but the widespread restlessness still will be palpable.

Russians praise, GOP mocks, Obama's peace prize (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:55 PM PDT AP - While Russia's president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they're using it to raise campaign money.

Rep. Frank: Gays should lobby elected officials (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington this weekend, calling the demonstration "a waste of time at best."

Clinton talks to Mubarak; US envoy busy in Mideast (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:19 PM PDT AP - U.S. officials are keeping in touch with Mideast leaders in hopes of getting the faltering peace process back on track.

Obama: Consensus and obstructionism on health care (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:58 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama sees both "unprecedented consensus" from outside Congress on his drive to remake the nation's health care system and obstructionism by some on Capitol Hill.

Congress could thwart bid to view abuse photos (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:42 PM PDT AP - Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a move intended to end a legal fight over the photographs' release that has reached the Supreme Court.

Watering down the public option (Politico) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:49 PM PDT Politico - Senate Democrats are growing increasingly bold in predicting a public health insurance option will pass Congress this year, defying months of pessimism and outright opposition from party moderates.

Obama praises Republicans who support health reform (AFP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Saturday praised Republicans who expressed support for his health care reform, saying it was time for Congress to "rise above" political posturing and pass his proposals.

'Die quickly' congressman new hero for Fla. Dems (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - Weeks after his harsh remarks toward the GOP, a Florida congressman's popularity with Democrats isn't dying quickly.

Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is "call to action" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world.

Hawaii evangelical churches plan election push (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - In the last 50 years, religious conservatives have scored few victories in Hawaii. They did manage to oust a half-dozen pro-gay marriage lawmakers and lead a successful drive for a constitutional amendment to reject same-sex marriages a decade ago.

State budgets get adrenaline shot from Clunkers (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:29 PM PDT AP - Struggling states and towns got a dose of badly needed money this summer from a Cash for Clunkers program that poured hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue into their budgets.

Iran sentences three to death over vote unrest (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:50 AM PDT Reuters - A court has sentenced three people to death over unrest that erupted after Iran's disputed election in June and links to exiled opposition groups, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Three Iranian protestors face death penalty (AFP) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 08:56 AM PDT AFP - Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death despite a global outcry over trials of people who claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election was rigged.

Democrats may lose two state governors' races (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia face possible defeat in November, despite strong showings by President Barack Obama in those states last year, in elections that could render the first judgments on the Obama presidency.

Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:45 AM PDT Reuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments.

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