Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Swine flu hits hard, early — claims 11 more kids (AP)
• Obama urges people to serve their communities (AP)
• Pigs may have tested positive for H1N1 (AP)
• Congress weighs bill to stop nuke waste imports (AP)
• Public option backers fight on (Politico)
• Investigators find flaws in Army body armor tests (AP)
• House Democrats paring cost of health care bill (AP)
• NJ candidate's unique business cred: Sex-toy sales (AP)
• STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus boon for South, Southwest (AP)
• Figure in Abramoff scandal gets a year in prison (AP)
• Obama, urging service, says government can't do it all (Reuters)
• California man charged with threatening Obama (AP)
• Karzai likely to win second Afghan vote: Clinton (AFP)
• Democrats' ethics problems spark GOP election hopes (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Elder Bush sees 'ugliness' in attacks on Obama (AP)
• Obama names new head of Military Office (AP)
• Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights (AP)
• McCain presses Obama to pardon black boxer (AP)
• News group asks court to stop NJ exit poll ban (AP)
• Biden visits Reno to tout stimulus, support Reid (AP)

Swine flu hits hard, early — claims 11 more kids (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - Swine flu is causing unprecedented illness for so early in the fall — including a worrisome count of child deaths — and the government warned Friday that vaccine supplies will be even more scarce than expected through this month.

Obama urges people to serve their communities (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Calling public service "the essence of our liberty," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Americans to step up and volunteer in their communities.

Pigs may have tested positive for H1N1 (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - Pigs in Minnesota may have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test, the first potential U.S. cases in swine, Agriculture Department officials said Friday.

Congress weighs bill to stop nuke waste imports (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - Federal regulators told Congress on Friday that they have no power to stop Italy or any other country from dumping tons of radioactive waste in the United States.

Public option backers fight on (Politico) Posted: 15 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT Politico - The forces in favor of a public health insurance option roared back Thursday on Capitol Hill after weeks when their cause looked bleak.

Investigators find flaws in Army body armor tests (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - The Army made critical mistakes in tests of a new body armor design, according to congressional investigators who recommend an independent review of the trials before the gear is issued to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

House Democrats paring cost of health care bill (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 10:27 AM PDT AP - Early estimates from congressional budget umpires show that House Democrats are close to President Barack Obama's $900 billion target for health care legislation, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday.

NJ candidate's unique business cred: Sex-toy sales (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:53 PM PDT AP - A lot of small business owners run for the Legislature, but one New Jersey candidate can tout a unique entrepreneurial experience: hosting sex-toy parties.

STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus boon for South, Southwest (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:39 AM PDT AP - Businesses in the South and Southwest benefited most from the first federal contracts awarded under President Barack Obama's stimulus program, according to initial data released by a government oversight board. Military construction and environmental cleanup contributed to a boost of about 30,000 jobs.

Figure in Abramoff scandal gets a year in prison (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT AP - The former top procurement official in George W. Bush's administration was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for lying about his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Obama, urging service, says government can't do it all (Reuters) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:23 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama joined former President George H.W. Bush on Friday in issuing a renewed call to public service, saying government alone cannot solve all America's problems.

California man charged with threatening Obama (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - A Northern California man remained in federal custody without bail Friday after being charged with sending racist, profanity-laced e-mail threatening to kill President Barack Obama and his family.

Karzai likely to win second Afghan vote: Clinton (AFP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will likely emerge the winner even if his country's election authorities call a second round in contested polls, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.

Democrats' ethics problems spark GOP election hopes (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 03:01 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charlie Rangel endured one of those unflattering television moments that political opponents love when a reporter approached him earlier this week and asked how he allegedly had failed to include hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal assets on congressional disclosure forms.

Elder Bush sees 'ugliness' in attacks on Obama (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - Former President George H.W. Bush doesn't like the "ugliness" President Barack Obama has faced since taking office, but he thinks it's no worse than his son experienced and is not about Obama being black.

Obama names new head of Military Office (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has named George Mulligan director of the White House Military Office.

Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of military service members and other Americans overseas when officials failed to mail more than 2,100 absentee ballots in time for last year's presidential election.

McCain presses Obama to pardon black boxer (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:28 PM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain on Friday pressed President Barack Obama to give a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

News group asks court to stop NJ exit poll ban (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:23 PM PDT AP - Six major media outlets who use Election Day polling to gauge the mood and attitudes of the nation asked a federal judge on Friday to stop enforcement of a state court ruling that bans exit polling near voting sites.

Biden visits Reno to tout stimulus, support Reid (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 12:03 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden visited economically troubled Nevada on Friday to promote the progress of the federal stimulus program and boost the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has troubles of his own.

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