Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama praises Senate committee's health care vote (AP)
• Obama administration shifting policy on Sudan (AP)
• Peanut products doing just fine after health scare (AP)
• Teachers' unions uneasy with Obama (Politico)
• Biden visits Reno to tout stimulus, support Reid (AP)
• Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu (AP)
• Brauchli knew salons were off the record (Politico)
• Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP)
• Afghanistan braces for possible election runoff (Reuters)
• Decide Afghan vote before adding troops: Kerry (Reuters)
• Obama, Turkish prez discuss Afghanistan (AP)
• Obama hails progress on health reform (AFP)
• Health insurers "deceptive and dishonest": Obama (Reuters)
• Labor chief takes on White House (Politico)
• Figure in Abramoff scandal gets a year in prison (AP)
• Campaign cash: The tops and the flops (Politico)

Obama praises Senate committee's health care vote (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - Pushing back against his critics, President Barack Obama says overhauling the health care system, while helping millions of people, also will test whether policy makers can "serve the national interest despite the unrelenting efforts of the special interests."

Obama administration shifting policy on Sudan (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:27 AM PDT AP - In a new effort to engage the government of Sudan, U.S. officials say the White House will shift its policy toward Khartoum, but they warn that the violence and humanitarian abuses in Darfur must stop.

Peanut products doing just fine after health scare (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:36 PM PDT AP - Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months.

Teachers' unions uneasy with Obama (Politico) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 03:57 PM PDT Politico - A skirmish between powerful teachers’ unions and President Barack Obama over nearly $5 billion in education spending is shaping up as a preview of the battle to come over No Child Left Behind in Congress early next year.

Biden visits Reno to tout stimulus, support Reid (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 01:02 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden visited economically troubled Nevada on Friday to promote the progress of the federal stimulus program and boost the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has troubles of his own.

Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT AP - Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the swine flu virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said Friday. They stressed the finding does not threaten food safety.

Brauchli knew salons were off the record (Politico) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT Politico - Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli says he knew more about the controversial “salons” the paper had planned than previously has been reported, including the fact that they were being billed as “off-the-record” to potential sponsors.

Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - With Afghanistan's election crisis deepening, Sen. John Kerry says it would be irresponsible for the U.S. to consider sending additional troops to the region at this time.

Afghanistan braces for possible election runoff (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - Senior foreign officials pressed President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to resolve a disputed election that threatens to undermine the Western effort to stabilize Afghanistan amid a growing Taliban insurgency.

Decide Afghan vote before adding troops: Kerry (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - It would be irresponsible of President Barack Obama to commit to sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan when the outcome of that country's election is undecided, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Saturday.

Obama, Turkish prez discuss Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has discussed a range of issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (ab-DOO'-lah gool).

Obama hails progress on health reform (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 09:02 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed progress by Congress toward approval of his health care reform, but blasted the health insurance industry for trying to block his proposals.

Health insurers "deceptive and dishonest": Obama (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out on Saturday against the "deceptive and dishonest" efforts of health insurance companies, who he said are trying to kill healthcare reform, no matter the cost to the country.

Labor chief takes on White House (Politico) Posted: 17 Oct 2009 03:33 AM PDT Politico - The president of one of America's largest labor unions, Gerry McEntee, has emerged as a major obstacle to the White House's efforts to maintain a unified front in the health care debate.

Figure in Abramoff scandal gets a year in prison (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:30 PM PDT AP - The former top procurement official in George W. Bush's administration was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for lying about his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Campaign cash: The tops and the flops (Politico) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:54 PM PDT Politico - In politics, money chases momentum. So the latest fundraising figures reported by congressional candidates provide a good measure of the progress of House and Senate campaigns across the nation.

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