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Yahoo! News: Elections

Denver schools chief named to fill Senate vacancy (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:09 AM CST

In this Nov. 1, 2005 file photo, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet enters a victory party for Amendment 3A in Denver. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Saturday Jan. 3, 2009 appointed Denver's public schools superintendent to fill a Senate vacancy that will be created by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to interior secretary in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Bill Ross, File)AP - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Saturday named Denver's public schools superintendent as his choice to fill a Senate vacancy that will be created by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to interior secretary in the Obama administration.

Former DNC chief announces Virginia governor run (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 11:21 PM CST

In this May 13, 2008 file photo, Terry McAuliffe, speaks at an event in Charleston, W.Va. Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said on Saturday Jan. 3, 2009 he intends to run for governor of Virginia. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said on Saturday he intends to run for governor of Virginia.

Sen. Reid called Blagojevich about Obama seat (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:10 AM CST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has some final words for the media after he announces his choice of former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat in Chicago. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, file)AP - Illinois' embattled governor complained through his spokesman Saturday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is guilty of a conflict of interest in that Reid telephoned him in early December to discuss the seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Diplomats say US blocks UN statement on Gaza (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:07 AM CST

Alejandro Wolff, US Ambassador to UN waits to speak to reporters at UN Headquarters on the situation in Gaza after emergency consultations of the Security Council which ended without any agreement Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Wolff said the United States saw no prospect of Hamas abiding by last week's council call for an immediate end to the violence. Therefore, he said, a new statement at this time 'would not be adhered to and would have no underpinning for success, would not do credit to the council.' (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - The United States late Saturday blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, diplomats said.

Top conservatives back Blackwell (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 02:57 PM CST

Politico - Two dozen conservative luminaries will announce today their support for former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell for Republican Nation Committee chairman.

US blames Hamas for growing Mideast violence (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 11:01 PM CST

A wounded Palestinian man is wheeled into hospital after a missile strike on a mosque in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike on the mosque in the Gaza Strip has killed 10 people and wounded dozens more. It is not clear whether the dead were Hamas militants. The mosque is named after a founder of the militant group who was killed by Israel in 2004.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - The Bush administration on Saturday blamed the more than week-old onslaught in Gaza squarely on Hamas militants, but did not mention the invasion of Israeli ground troops into Gaza and avoided any criticism of Israel despite mounting world outrage over the growing death toll.

Franken leads as Minn. recount nears finish line (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 08:23 PM CST

Election judges Willy Lee (L) and Joanne Caspersen recount marked ballots cast for the 2008 Minnesota senate race between former Saturday Night Live comedian Al Franken (DFL-MN) and incumbent Norm Coleman (R-MN) at an elections warehouse in Minneapolis November 19, 2008. (Eric Miller/Reuters)AP - Victory in Minnesota's drawn-out Senate race moved within Democrat Al Franken's grasp Saturday when he increased his lead over Republican Norm Coleman as the statewide recount drew to a close.

Colo. gov names schools chief for Senate vacancy (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 05:42 PM CST

In this Nov. 1, 2005 file photo, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet enters a victory party for Amendment 3A in Denver. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Saturday Jan. 3, 2009 appointed Denver's public schools superintendent to fill a Senate vacancy that will be created by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to interior secretary in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Bill Ross, File)AP - A whip-smart lawyer who has turned successively to the worlds of business and education, Denver Superintendent Michael Bennet won't have much trouble adjusting to the biggest promotion of his life: to U.S. senator.

Michelle Obama, daughters arrive in Washington (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 07:44 PM CST

AP - Michelle Obama and her two daughters arrived Saturday in Washington, ahead of President-elect Barack Obama who was expected to make the trip the next day.

Analysis: Bush's personality shapes his legacy (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:12 AM CST

In this Aug. 25, 2001 file photo, President Bush uses a chainsaw to cut up a hackberry tree on his ranch in Crawford, Texas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - President George W. Bush will be judged on what he did. He will also be remembered for what he's like: a fast-moving, phrase-mangling Texan who stays upbeat even though his country is not.

Incoming US first family to spend first full day in capital (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

Michelle Obama (2nd right) prepares to board a flight home to the US after a 12 day family holiday in Hawaii. The family of Barack Obama was to spend its first full day in the US capital as the president-elect prepared to work on an urgent economic recovery plan and his daughters got ready to start school.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - The family of Barack Obama was to spend its first full day in the US capital Sunday as the president-elect prepared to work on an urgent economic recovery plan and his daughters got ready to start school.

Obama considering expanding jobless benefits: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 11:09 PM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama waves as he and his wife Michelle board their plane at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, after spending the holidays in Hawaii, January 1, 2009. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are considering a major expansion of government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment benefits as part of a two-year economic recovery program, The New York Times reported in its Sunday editions.

Japan's beleaguered PM says no plan for snap election (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 10:52 PM CST

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on January 4. The increasingly unpopular leader has signalled that he will not call elections at least for a few months, pledging instead to tackle the worsening economic crisis.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso signalled Sunday he would not call elections at least for a few months, pledging instead to tackle the worsening economic crisis.

Bon Jovi to sing at NYC Hillary Clinton fundraiser (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 10:30 PM CST

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., greets someone in the crowd at Times Square before she help to start the New Year's ball drop in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The final note of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign may very well be sung by Jon Bon Jovi.

Navy to consider closing case of missing pilot (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 08:25 PM CST

This a photo of Michael Scott Speicher made aboard the carrier USS Saratoga in 1990 when he was promoted to Lt. Commander. Speicher, whose jet fighter went down Jan. 17, 1991 over Iraq, has been missing ever since. (AP Photo/Barry Hull, HO)AP - The family of a Navy pilot missing since his plane was shot down during the first Gulf war isn't ready to give up hope that he is alive and say they will oppose any decision to declare him killed in action.

Minn. recount nearly done; next up, the lawsuits (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 06:58 PM CST

AP - This coming week, Minnesota's Canvassing Board will declare what everyone's been waiting for in the state's prolonged U.S. Senate race: A winner.

Top 10 political newcomers of 2008 (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 05:13 PM CST

Politico - Even in a year dominated by oversized political personalities — Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain chief among them — a few lesser-known newcomers helped define the electoral landscape.

Denver School Chief Bennet Gets Colorado Senate Appointment (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 04:49 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - Democrat Michael Bennet will be the next U.S. senator from Colorado. Bennet -- who heads the school system in the state capital city of Denver -- was officially named Saturday by Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. to the Senate seat that soon will be vacated by Democrat Ken Salazar, whom President-elect Barack Obama has nominated to be his secretary of the Interior.

Obama keeps silent on explosive Gaza conflict (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST

Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Gaza border waiting to deploy into the Gaza Strip. As the clock ticks down to Barack Obama's inauguration, the US president-elect has kept silent on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its latest deadly turn in the Gaza Strip.(AFP/Marco Longari)AFP - As the clock ticks down to Barack Obama's inauguration, the US president-elect has kept silent on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its latest deadly turn in the Gaza Strip.

Sen. Reid called Blagojevich about Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2009 11:14 AM CST

AP - A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Reid called Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in early December to discuss the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

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