Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Geithner: Recovery could be 'a little choppy' (AP)
• Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah (AP)
• Republican in NY House race suspends campaign (AP)
• After all the fuss, govt health plan to cover few (AP)
• Scozzafava bows out of NY-23 race (Politico)
• Obama tempers economic news with caution on jobs (AP)
• No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP)
• Clinton calls Israeli concessions "unprecedented" (AP)
• Third party challenges in NJ, NY shake up races (AP)
• Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care (AP)
• Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah may not run (Reuters)
• NY Republican abandons election bid (AFP)
• China taps huge copper reserves in Afghanistan (AP)
• Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race (AP)
• Abdullah poised to quit Afghan run-off (AFP)
• Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests (AP)
• NJ governor's race: Candidates at a glance (AP)
• Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked Plame's identity (AP)
• A profile in courage, it isn't (Politico)
• Abdullah to withdraw from Afghan run-off: report (Reuters)

Geithner: Recovery could be 'a little choppy' (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the economic recovery "could be a little choppy" and it's going to take a while.

Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.

Republican in NY House race suspends campaign (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - Fighting plunging support, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign Saturday in a special election for a U.S. House seat that has exposed a rift among national factions of the party.

After all the fuss, govt health plan to cover few (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:17 PM PDT AP - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.

Scozzafava bows out of NY-23 race (Politico) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT Politico - Republican Dede Scozzafava announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign in the Nov. 3 House special election in New York, a dramatic development that increases the GOP's chances of winning the contentious and closely-watched race.

Obama tempers economic news with caution on jobs (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:59 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news "does not mean there won't be difficult days ahead."

No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 05:46 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.

Clinton calls Israeli concessions "unprecedented" (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.

Third party challenges in NJ, NY shake up races (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.

Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats who hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they "recklessly pursue" a government takeover of the health care system, a GOP leader said.

Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah may not run (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week's run-off vote, as Western diplomats said he was leaning toward pulling out.

NY Republican abandons election bid (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT AFP - A moderate New York Republican abandoned her bid for the US Congress on Saturday, days before an election that pitted her against a more conservative rival and divided the country's political right.

China taps huge copper reserves in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.

Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - It sounds like another New Jersey joke. Except it's not funny if you actually live here. For the privilege of living in perhaps the nation's most-maligned state, New Jerseyans pay the highest property taxes in America.

Abdullah poised to quit Afghan run-off (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:48 PM PDT AFP - Abdullah Abdullah was poised Saturday to quit Afghanistan's run-off presidential election unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival.

Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT AP - Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle or top aides at the White House, newly released records show.

NJ governor's race: Candidates at a glance (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:42 PM PDT AP - Biographical details on the candidates for New Jersey governor:

Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked Plame's identity (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:32 PM PDT AP - Citing faulty memory, former Vice President Dick Cheney told federal investigators in a 2004 interview he had no idea who revealed to reporters that Valerie Plame, the wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

A profile in courage, it isn't (Politico) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT Politico - As conservative activists scored a political scalp, mainstream Republicans wasted no time in grasping at the coat tails of Conservative Doug Hoffman.

Abdullah to withdraw from Afghan run-off: report (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - Abdullah Abdullah, the chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has decided to withdraw from a November 7 runoff election, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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