Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama declares swine flu a national emergency (AP)
• White House situation room monitored wayward plane (AP)
• Patients — and patience — in health care end game (AP)
• Al-Qaida and the Taliban: Knowing your enemy (AP)
• Bernanke's trillion-dollar decision (Politico)
• Obama: Time for big banks to help small businesses (AP)
• Republicans bash Dems over health care proposals (AP)
• EPA: Climate bill could cost family $100 annually (AP)
• Recyclers want more time to dispose of clunkers (AP)
• Report defends stimulus spending, questions linger (AP)
• In his own image: Obama's DNC (Politico)
• Taliban call for Afghan vote boycott, threaten violence (AFP)
• White House opens Web site programming to public (AP)
• Obama calls French, Russian presidents on Iran (AP)
• Obama calls Sarkozy, Medvedev on Iran nuclear plan (Reuters)
• Ensign resignation would set up Nevada scramble (AP)
• White House: Syria should release detained lawyer (AP)
• Obama presses banks on small business loans (Reuters)
• Taliban threaten Afghan run-off vote, urge boycott (Reuters)
• Afghan Envoy Says Karzai Is Open to UN-Run Election (Bloomberg)

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

White House situation room monitored wayward plane (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - There was concern at the White House about that wayward Northwest Airlines jet that flew past its scheduled destination in Minneapolis.

Patients — and patience — in health care end game (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - In Congress these days, the health care debate is as much about patience as patients.

Al-Qaida and the Taliban: Knowing your enemy (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - Senior al-Qaida leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan war strategy that more narrowly targets the terrorists.

Bernanke's trillion-dollar decision (Politico) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:59 AM PDT Politico - The biggest decision of the economic recovery will be made in the next six months, and Barack Obama will have almost nothing to do with it.

Obama: Time for big banks to help small businesses (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama says.

Republicans bash Dems over health care proposals (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - With landmark health care votes expected in the coming weeks, Republicans are warning voters that the Democratic plan to expand coverage to millions who lack it will increase costs for the average American.

EPA: Climate bill could cost family $100 annually (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - A Senate plan to tackle global warming would add about $100 a year to the energy costs for a typical household, according to an analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Recyclers want more time to dispose of clunkers (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 06:25 AM PDT AP - Trade-ins from the Cash for Clunkers program are piling up and auto recyclers are seeking more time to meet the deadline for disposing of all those vehicles.

Report defends stimulus spending, questions linger (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - A watchdog's review of stimulus spending by the Department of Homeland Security doesn't resolve the controversy about how the Obama administration allocated the money for border projects.

In his own image: Obama's DNC (Politico) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 03:20 PM PDT Politico - The Democratic National Committee, often relatively inactive in the year after a presidential election, is ramping up its hiring and aggressively broadening its mission under the direction of Obama campaign veterans intent on applying the lessons of 2008 to races in 2010 and 2012.

Taliban call for Afghan vote boycott, threaten violence (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:54 PM PDT AFP - The Taliban called Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.

White House opens Web site programming to public (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze — you won't notice a thing.

Obama calls French, Russian presidents on Iran (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has called French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sar-koh-ZEE') and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) to reaffirm their commitment to a U.N.-backed plan that would ship most of Iran's uranium abroad for enrichment.

Obama calls Sarkozy, Medvedev on Iran nuclear plan (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday to consult on Iran's nuclear program, the White House said.

Ensign resignation would set up Nevada scramble (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - Sen. John Ensign, dogged by ethics allegations and questions about an extramarital affair with a former aide, has vowed not to resign. But if Nevada's junior senator were to leave office, voluntarily or otherwise, the timing of his departure could set up a dizzying candidate shuffle and help determine Republican chances of retaining the seat.

White House: Syria should release detained lawyer (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:07 AM PDT AP - The White House says it's deeply concerned about the arrest of a 78-year-old human rights lawyer in Syria and wants an end to what it calls the Syrian government's "practice of arbitrary arrests."

Obama presses banks on small business loans (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged banks on Saturday to make more loans to small businesses and said his administration would do everything it can to push them to do so.

Taliban threaten Afghan run-off vote, urge boycott (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - The Taliban called on Afghans on Saturday to boycott next month's presidential election run-off and vowed to disrupt voting in a repeat of their threat to derail the disputed first round.

Afghan Envoy Says Karzai Is Open to UN-Run Election (Bloomberg) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT Bloomberg - Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government would accept the United Nations taking charge of a runoff election next month if that would alleviate concerns about fraud, the Afghan ambassador to Washington said.

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