Yahoo! News: Elections

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• GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
• Analysis: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim (AP)
• Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris (AP)
• Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP)
• Beck to announce 'big plan' for 2010 (Politico)
• Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan (AP)
• Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case (AP)
• US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)
• Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent (Reuters)
• Colo. billboard links Obama with jihadists (AP)
• Landrieu leans yes in Sat. cliffhanger (Politico)
• UN committee targets Iran's rights violations (AP)
• US lawmakers press on Taiwan arms sales (AFP)
• SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP)
• Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption (AP)
• Romney Leads In PAC Fundraising (CQPolitics.com)
• No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving (Reuters)
• Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP)

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:29 PM PST AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Analysis: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:47 AM PST AP - The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:14 PM PST AP - The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:34 PM PST AP - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

Beck to announce 'big plan' for 2010 (Politico) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST Politico - Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking.

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 06:03 PM PST AP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:30 PM PST AP - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 06:00 PM PST AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.

Colo. billboard links Obama with jihadists (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:17 PM PST AP - A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.

Landrieu leans yes in Sat. cliffhanger (Politico) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:52 PM PST Politico - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday.

UN committee targets Iran's rights violations (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:18 PM PST AP - A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.

US lawmakers press on Taiwan arms sales (AFP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:39 PM PST AFP - Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress on Friday pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:14 PM PST AP - South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:38 PM PST AP - The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

Romney Leads In PAC Fundraising (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 11:59 AM PST CQPolitics.com - After spending millions of his own money during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney apparently has learned a thing or two about fundraising.

No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 11:26 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:27 AM PST AP - First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

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