Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage (AP)
• House Dems struggle for final votes on health care (AP)
• Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed (AP)
• Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world (AP)
• Members fear their jobs are next (Politico)
• Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless (AP)
• Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall (AP)
• Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting (AP)
• Former NASA official sentenced to probation (AP)
• Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam (AP)
• Obama will push health bill in Saturday Hill visit (AP)
• Wis. man donates cheesehead hat signed by Obama (AP)
• Democrats race to line up 218 votes (Politico)
• Obama administration would talk to North Korea: aide (Reuters)
• NY village gets new voting system to aid Hispanics (AP)
• Gay marriage foes win with message about schools (AP)
• Obama weighs steps to spur jobs, wary on deficit (Reuters)
• Obama, Democrats hunt for health care votes (AFP)
• Expanded First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Becomes Law (U.S. News & World Report)

Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.

House Dems struggle for final votes on health care (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon.

Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST AP - For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.

Members fear their jobs are next (Politico) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 11:13 AM PST Politico - Of all the numbers swirling around this week Capitol Hill this week – health care whip counts, CBO estimates, winning and losing margins in Virginia, New York and New Jersey – one stands out from the rest: 10.2 percent.

Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.

Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 01:19 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation to Germany for next week's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the White House said Friday.

Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:45 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.

Former NASA official sentenced to probation (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:00 AM PST AP - A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.

Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST AP - A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam."

Obama will push health bill in Saturday Hill visit (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.

Wis. man donates cheesehead hat signed by Obama (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST AP - A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay.

Democrats race to line up 218 votes (Politico) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:42 PM PST Politico - Democratic leaders trying to preserve a high-stakes Saturday vote on a House health reform bill battled a swift current of rank-and-file defections Friday as the White House swung into action to help corral the final votes.

Obama administration would talk to North Korea: aide (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:12 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday.

NY village gets new voting system to aid Hispanics (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:36 PM PST AP - A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday, nearly two years after finding that the existing system was unfair to Hispanics.

Gay marriage foes win with message about schools (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:30 PM PST AP - Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.

Obama weighs steps to spur jobs, wary on deficit (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:09 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 1/2-year peak last month.

Obama, Democrats hunt for health care votes (AFP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:01 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama and top Democratic lawmakers struggled Friday to rally their troops behind legislation to remake US health care, ahead of what was expected to be a razor's edge weekend vote.

Expanded First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Becomes Law (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 01:35 PM PST U.S. News & World Report - In the hopes of sustaining the real estate market's recent momentum, Uncle Sam has made more than two-thirds of current homeowners and nearly all first-time buyers eligible for thousands of dollars in tax perks when they purchase a house. President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law Friday, a day after the House of Representatives approved it by a 403-to-12 vote. The legislation includes language that significantly expands the popular first-time home buyer tax credit that was enacted in February. ...

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