Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles — but how? (AP)
• Politics at play as Obama helps anemic Democrats (AP)
• Palin backs 3rd-party candidate in NY House race (AP)
• Women voters key to N.J., Va. elections (Politico)
• NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support (AP)
• Analysis: Obama's consumer agency no sure deal (AP)
• Obama: 'Cynical claims' attacking energy bill (AP)
• Obama Cabinet members often stop in Reid country (AP)
• Obama praises Dodd, pushes for regulatory reform (Reuters)
• Karzai wants "better" Afghan vote, vows "inclusivity" (Reuters)
• Top Republicans jump ship in NY-23 (Politico)
• 'Who cares' what Cheney says: Biden (AFP)
• Abbas sets gamble on January 24 Palestinian election (Reuters)
• Holbrooke expects less trouble in new Afghan election (AFP)
• Michelle Obama highlights breast cancer awareness (AP)
• Replaying the Ethics Card in New Jersey (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama hits out at climate 'naysayers' (AFP)
• Obama administration's foreign aid job left open (AP)

Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles — but how? (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them. Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.

Politics at play as Obama helps anemic Democrats (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama lent his popularity and cash-raising abilities to embattled fellow Democrats on Friday, defending White House allies whose potential losses would deliver embarrassments to the president.

Palin backs 3rd-party candidate in NY House race (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed a third-party candidate over the GOP-backed contender in New York's congressional special election, saying her own party has abandoned its core values.

Women voters key to N.J., Va. elections (Politico) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT Politico - The Democratic candidates in the closely watched New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests have relentlessly courted women voters this fall, but with notably different results.

NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT AP - Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding on a shift in war strategy.

Analysis: Obama's consumer agency no sure deal (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again.

Obama: 'Cynical claims' attacking energy bill (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynical ploy to undermine efforts to curb pollution and steer the nation to greener energy sources.

Obama Cabinet members often stop in Reid country (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:15 AM PDT AP - The travel industry may be hurting in Las Vegas these days but not for lack of visits from members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet.

Obama praises Dodd, pushes for regulatory reform (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged the financial industry on Friday to "join us, don't fight us" in backing regulatory reform while raising money for one of the reform's main architects, Senator Chris Dodd.

Karzai wants "better" Afghan vote, vows "inclusivity" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai said he wanted a better and cleaner presidential election run-off in November to bring stability at a time when Taliban violence is at its worst in eight years of war.

Top Republicans jump ship in NY-23 (Politico) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT Politico - Some of the most prominent names in national Republican Party politics are lining up against the GOP nominee in a key upstate New York House special election, the latest being former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who weighed in Friday.

'Who cares' what Cheney says: Biden (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden rebuked his predecessor Dick Cheney over Afghanistan on Friday, and said a war review the previous administration passed onto President Barack Obama was "irrelevant."

Abbas sets gamble on January 24 Palestinian election (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Friday for presidential and parliamentary elections on January 24, in a political gamble that could end in divorce for the divided Palestinian movement.

Holbrooke expects less trouble in new Afghan election (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:41 PM PDT AFP - US envoy Richard Holbrooke said Friday he expected fewer problems with the November 7 presidential run-off election in Afghanistan than with the fraud-tainted first round in August.

Michelle Obama highlights breast cancer awareness (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - Joni Lownsdale never thought her 2002 breast cancer diagnosis would land her in the middle of the Obama administration's fight with the health insurance industry.

Replaying the Ethics Card in New Jersey (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:09 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The New Jersey governor's race has been dominated by discussions on the economy and taxes, but the debate over ethics -- an issue never far from the surface in Garden State politics -- is regaining prominence with just more than a week until Election Day.

Obama hits out at climate 'naysayers' (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:23 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday hit out at naysayers he blamed for peddling "cynical" claims that global warming is a myth to derail a landmark climate change bill in Congress.

Obama administration's foreign aid job left open (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration's vacant top foreign assistance post, but there's no candidate in sight nine months into his term.

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