Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama denounces emphasis on health care protests (AP)
• GOP backs away from end-of-life counseling (AP)
• Liberal bloggers watch Obama closely, want action (AP)
• Afghan election an early test of Obama's war plan (AP)
• NYT backs off of WashTimes charge (Politico)
• Consumer agency is blocked from some import data (AP)
• Vilsack calls for renewed emphasis on forests (AP)
• Clinton: US sent 'tough love' message to Africa (AP)
• Obama visits Mountain West, knowing vulnerability (AP)
• Efforts to reform BCS face tall order in Congress (AP)
• Sanford faces stormy forecast (Politico)
• Controller didn't warn pilot before Hudson crash (AP)
• Obama: 'TV loves a ruckus' (Politico)
• Iran elections-Jackson death videos spur online viewing (AFP)
• Obama says insurance companies holding U.S. hostage (Reuters)
• Good manners in Obama's Montana audience (AP)
• Armey leaves firm amid health care flap (Politico)
• Obama says he's not trying to vilify insurers (AP)
• Obama defends health care plan amid cost questions (AP)
• Suspension lifted for contractor tied to Murtha (AP)

Obama denounces emphasis on health care protests (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:43 PM PDT AP - Trying to lower the temperature of the health care fight, President Barack Obama on Friday denounced news media emphasis on angry protesters at town hall meetings.

GOP backs away from end-of-life counseling (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - Until last week, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was among the most enthusiastic backers of end-of-life counseling in government health care programs like Medicare.

Liberal bloggers watch Obama closely, want action (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:37 AM PDT AP - They wish he'd done more in his first eight months, but the liberal bloggers who helped propel Barack Obama to the White House are far from giving up on him.

Afghan election an early test of Obama's war plan (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:25 AM PDT AP - Barack Obama's new Afghanistan war plan is facing its first major test, and it's not on the battlefield.

NYT backs off of WashTimes charge (Politico) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT Politico - John Solomon, executive editor of The Washington Times, wrote in a staff-wide e-mail on Friday that The New York Times has backed off a charge that the Washington paper has been “decidedly opposed” to President Barack Obama.

Consumer agency is blocked from some import data (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - Despite the growing number of imports, the government's product safety agency has no access to certain customs information that could help prevent the sale of unsafe products, congressional investigators say.

Vilsack calls for renewed emphasis on forests (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday outlined a vision for managing the nation's forests that placed a high priority on restoration to protect water resources and combat climate change.

Clinton: US sent 'tough love' message to Africa (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:45 AM PDT AP - Winding up an 11-day African tour, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she's optimistic about its future and voiced no regrets about "tough love" messages she gave to government leaders there.

Obama visits Mountain West, knowing vulnerability (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:04 AM PDT AP - Perhaps no region of the country better illustrates President Barack Obama's political vulnerabilities than the mountain West.

Efforts to reform BCS face tall order in Congress (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:31 AM PDT AP - Rep. Joe Barton had a plane to catch, but he wanted to give college football officials a warning before leaving the highly publicized hearing.

Sanford faces stormy forecast (Politico) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:59 PM PDT Politico - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has promised to take a new, less strident approach toward his legislative adversaries. His goal for his last year in office, he says, is to focus on reforms that will benefit future governors.

Controller didn't warn pilot before Hudson crash (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:17 PM PDT AP - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, federal safety officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.

Obama: 'TV loves a ruckus' (Politico) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:29 PM PDT Politico - BELGRADE, Mont. – It was another town hall and another well-mannered crowd for President Barack Obama as he took his pitch for health care reform to the Rockies, telling residents of a small town in this big Republican state that none of the health care nightmares raised by opponents will come true.

Iran elections-Jackson death videos spur online viewing (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:58 PM PDT AFP - ComScore reported on Friday that US online video viewing hit a record high in June as people turned to the Internet for news of pop star Michael Jackson's death and Iran's election turmoil.

Obama says insurance companies holding U.S. hostage (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:54 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama, pushing for healthcare reform during a trip to the West, said on Friday the country was "held hostage" by insurance companies that deny coverage to sick people.

Good manners in Obama's Montana audience (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama faced a polite audience in Montana on Friday despite a selection method that might have let more protesters get inside.

Armey leaves firm amid health care flap (Politico) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:40 PM PDT Politico - Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress.

Obama says he's not trying to vilify insurers (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he isn't trying to vilify the insurance companies. He says he's just trying to stop their practices that hurt people.

Obama defends health care plan amid cost questions (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - At a town hall style meeting, a Montana man bluntly challenged President Barack Obama's contention that he can overhaul health care without raising Americans' taxes to pay for it.

Suspension lifted for contractor tied to Murtha (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:32 PM PDT AP - Despite a growing corruption investigation, the Navy has allowed a defense contractor in the middle of a federal contracts-for-cash probe to keep working with the government.

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