Yahoo! News: Elections

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• In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians (AP)
• 2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early (AP)
• Study suggests costs rise under health care bill (AP)
• Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound (AP)
• Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe (AP)
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: What time is it? (AP)
• US-Russia arms control talks progressing (AP)
• Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos (AP)
• White House: IL prison eyed for Guantanamo inmates (AP)
• Former ambassador to China during Tiananmen dies (AP)
• Defiant Mousavi repeats call for new Iran election (AFP)
• Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters)
• Top GOP Challengers Pass Conservative Litmus Test (CQPolitics.com)
• Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests (Reuters)
• Fact Check: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama offers Myanmar better ties if it reforms (Reuters)

In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST AP - A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.

Study suggests costs rise under health care bill (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:18 PM PST AP - Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare.

Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST AP - The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST AP - Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:08 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: What time is it? (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:57 PM PST AP - What time is it again? Even White House press secretary Robert Gibbs found the time change startling as President Barack Obama's tour of Asia got under way. As he began briefing the traveling press corps, he found he didn't really know whether to wish them a good morning, afternoon, evening or night.

US-Russia arms control talks progressing (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 01:57 PM PST AP - The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say.

Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:26 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of 44 pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers.

White House: IL prison eyed for Guantanamo inmates (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:21 PM PST AP - The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday.

Former ambassador to China during Tiananmen dies (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 01:05 PM PST AP - James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81.

Defiant Mousavi repeats call for new Iran election (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:11 AM PST AFP - Iran's main opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has repeated his call for a new election, after unrest this month saw clashes between police and protesters, a reformist website reported on Saturday.

Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:13 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

Top GOP Challengers Pass Conservative Litmus Test (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:37 AM PST CQPolitics.com - The National Republican Congressional Committee learned from defeat in the chaotic special election in New York and quickly moved to make sure its 2010 recruits pass muster with conservative groups.

Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:54 AM PST Reuters - An Iranian court on Saturday sentenced a student who took part in protests following Iran's disputed presidential election this year to eight years in prison, a website reported.

Fact Check: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:50 AM PST CQPolitics.com - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

Obama offers Myanmar better ties if it reforms (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:03 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday offered Myanmar the prospect of better ties with Washington if it pursued democratic reform and freed political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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