Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: Encouraged on Mideast peace (AP)
• Analysis: Liberals tired of health care compromise (AP)
• Political columnist Robert Novak dies at 78 (AP)
• Factory logjam could delay some swine flu shots (AP)
• Palin reports gifts: Gun case, statue (Politico)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Stand-ins work as placeholders (AP)
• AP sources: NJ corruption prosecutor faces probe (AP)
• Clinton seeks to reassure on US-Colombia agreement (AP)
• FACT CHECK: White House ignores health concession (AP)
• Obama talks to Bill Clinton about NKorean mission (AP)
• Seattle voters deciding on 20-cent grocery bag fee (AP)
• Clinton: Insurgents seek to intimidate Afghans (AP)
• Obama thanks Bill Clinton for North Korea mission (Reuters)
• Security issues to steal health spotlight (Politico)
• Study finds tiny traces of cocaine on US dollars (AP)
• Liberals push for public health insurance plan (AP)
• Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option (AP)
• White House OK with $7 million salary for AIG CEO (AP)
• Obama hails Mideast peace progress (Politico)
• Robert D. Novak dies at 78 (Politico)

Obama: Encouraged on Mideast peace (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama won lavish praise from his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday and spoke of an "extraordinary opportunity" for making peace in the Middle East, saying he was encouraged by U.S. efforts to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Analysis: Liberals tired of health care compromise (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:30 PM PDT AP - Frustrated liberals have a question for President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers: Isn't it time the other guys gave a little ground on health care? What's the point of a bipartisan bill, they ask, if we're making all the concessions?

Political columnist Robert Novak dies at 78 (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:22 PM PDT AP - Political columnist Robert Novak, a conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" moniker, died Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer that was diagnosed in July 2008. He was 78.

Factory logjam could delay some swine flu shots (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - Faced with an unexpected delay, health officials are trying to counter new problems with swine flu vaccine production including a logjam at factories that put the precious liquid into syringes.

Palin reports gifts: Gun case, statue (Politico) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:05 PM PDT Politico - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has reported receiving more than a dozen gifts last year, including a gun case, a glass elephant and a statue of the Virgin Mary.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Stand-ins work as placeholders (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - Rose and Zine Hosein have stand-up jobs — and get paid $15 an hour for it. The 60-something couple have the ultimate niche occupation in Washington's influence economy, holding places in line for lobbyists outside crowded congressional hearing rooms.

AP sources: NJ corruption prosecutor faces probe (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey is facing an internal ethics investigation over public comments that may have helped his ex-boss' campaign for governor, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Clinton seeks to reassure on US-Colombia agreement (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Tuesday to reassure Latin America that a pending agreement to give U.S. forces greater access to Colombian military facilities will not create permanent U.S. bases. The planned expanded American military presence in Colombia has worried both U.S.-friendly nations in the region and members of President Barack Obama's own political party.

FACT CHECK: White House ignores health concession (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:40 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has indicated a willingness to drop a government-run health care plan from any overhaul. The White House says that's not a shift. Actually, it is.

Obama talks to Bill Clinton about NKorean mission (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:11 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that information her husband brought back from North Korea has been "extremely helpful" by providing a window into what's happening in the reclusive country.

Seattle voters deciding on 20-cent grocery bag fee (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - Voters in eco-conscious Seattle were deciding Tuesday whether to pay a 20-cent fee for every paper or plastic bag they get from supermarkets, drug stores and convenience stores.

Clinton: Insurgents seek to intimidate Afghans (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the latest rise in insurgent violence in Afghanistan reflects a deliberate campaign to intimidate voters ahead of Thursday's presidential election.

Obama thanks Bill Clinton for North Korea mission (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama thanked former President Bill Clinton in person on Tuesday for his trip to North Korea early this month to secure the release of two American journalists, the White House said.

Security issues to steal health spotlight (Politico) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:37 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama plans an all-out push for health care reform legislation after Labor Day — but he is likely to find Congress and the media distracted by a series of thorny national security problems, including Guantanamo and Iran, which are set to come roaring back onto the national agenda.

Study finds tiny traces of cocaine on US dollars (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - Chances are there's cocaine in your wallet. Researchers looked at 234 bank notes from 17 cities in the U.S. and found that 90 percent had small traces of the illegal drug.

Liberals push for public health insurance plan (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 01:46 PM PDT AP - Congressional liberals are telling the Obama administration that a health overhaul bill cannot pass unless it includes a new government-run insurance option.

Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 01:17 PM PDT AP - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insists the Obama administration has not shifted its goals on health care reform or distanced itself from a government-run public insurance option.

White House OK with $7 million salary for AIG CEO (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:38 PM PDT AP - The White House is fine with bailed-out insurer AIG's decision to pay its new CEO $7 million a year.

Obama hails Mideast peace progress (Politico) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:29 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed reports of a partial halt of Israeli settlement activity as a sign that his administration’s efforts to rejuvenate the Middle East peace process were finding traction.

Robert D. Novak dies at 78 (Politico) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 10:24 AM PDT Politico - Robert Novak, one of Washington’s most influential political journalists of the past half-century, died Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 78.

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