Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)
• Emotions high, Senate opens partisan health debate (AP)
• Clinton daughter, Chelsea, engaged to be married (AP)
• Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP)
• 7 stories Obama doesn't want told (Politico)
• Court won't disturb $82.6M award in SUV rollover (AP)
• Doctors in training still learn from cadavers (AP)
• Court sides with Gov't in detainee photo case (AP)
• US: Honduras' election important but not last step (AP)
• Court hears Vioxx lawsuit arguments (AP)
• The right hammers Huck over shooting (Politico)
• Networks plan live coverage of Obama's speech (AP)
• Suspect in Washington police murders could haunt Mike Huckabee (The Newsroom)
• U.S. recognizes Honduras vote with caveats (Reuters)
• Senators urge renegotiation of U.S. trade deals (Reuters)
• U.S. praises Honduran vote, says more steps needed (Reuters)
• Huckabee’s Link to Shooting Suspect Could Be Setback (Bloomberg)
• Iraqi civilian deaths drop to lowest level of war (Reuters)
• Huckabee’s Link to Shooting Suspect Could Be Political Setback (Bloomberg)
• Official: Leaders may join Obama at climate summit (AP)

Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST AP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.

Emotions high, Senate opens partisan health debate (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block.

Clinton daughter, Chelsea, engaged to be married (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:16 PM PST AP - Turns out those discredited rumors of a possible Chelsea Clinton wedding last summer were mostly just premature: The 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, 31-year old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.

Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.

7 stories Obama doesn't want told (Politico) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:45 AM PST Politico - Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds.

Court won't disturb $82.6M award in SUV rollover (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:22 AM PST AP - The Supreme Court has left in place an $82.6 million award to a woman who was paralyzed after her Ford Explorer rolled over.

Doctors in training still learn from cadavers (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:14 AM PST AP - Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. Tan, the family wants those remains back for burial, eventually.

Court sides with Gov't in detainee photo case (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:16 AM PST AP - The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their U.S. captors.

US: Honduras' election important but not last step (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST AP - The United States on Monday called Honduras' weekend election an important step forward but said more needs to be done to achieve reconciliation after a coup earlier this year threw the country into turmoil.

Court hears Vioxx lawsuit arguments (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:54 PM PST AP - Lawyers for Merck & Co. told the Supreme Court Monday that investors waited too late and didn't do all of the necessary investigations to sue the drug maker over whether it properly warned about the risks of its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx.

The right hammers Huck over shooting (Politico) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:09 PM PST Politico - The conservative blogosphere unleashed a torrent of criticism against Mike Huckabee Monday after a man whose sentence he commuted as Arkansas governor was suspected of gunning down four police officers in Washington state over the weekend.

Networks plan live coverage of Obama's speech (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST AP - A number of TV networks are announcing plans for live coverage of President Barack Obama's speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Suspect in Washington police murders could haunt Mike Huckabee (The Newsroom) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST The Newsroom - The murder of four police officers in Washington on Sunday cast a pall on the nation's Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and now there's a political controversy brewing over the the main suspect in the killings. Investigators have named former Arkansas prison inmate Maurice Clemmons their primary suspect. Clemmons was released nine years ago after being granted clemency by then-governor and former GOP presidential-candidate hopeful Mike Huckabee. Huckabee now faces questions about that decision, which could damage his standing as a prospective Republican presidential nominee.

U.S. recognizes Honduras vote with caveats (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Monday recognized the results of a controversial election in Honduras but said the vote was only a partial step toward restoring democracy after a June coup that ousted the elected president.

Senators urge renegotiation of U.S. trade deals (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:38 PM PST Reuters - A group of U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs.

U.S. praises Honduran vote, says more steps needed (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Reuters - The United States on Monday said Honduras' controversial election was a significant but not sufficient step in its efforts to restore democracy after a military coup five months ago.

Huckabee’s Link to Shooting Suspect Could Be Setback (Bloomberg) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:12 AM PST Bloomberg - Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The political future of former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee could be damaged by his role in commuting the sentence of a man who is now suspected of killing four police officers in Washington state.

Iraqi civilian deaths drop to lowest level of war (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:39 AM PST Reuters - The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in November since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as bombings receded, defying predictions of a spike in violence before an election next year, officials said on Monday.

Huckabee’s Link to Shooting Suspect Could Be Political Setback (Bloomberg) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:36 AM PST Bloomberg - Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The political future of former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee could be damaged by his role in commuting the sentence of the gunman suspected of killing four police officers in Washington state.

Official: Leaders may join Obama at climate summit (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:18 AM PST AP - An administration official says some world leaders may change their schedules so they can attend an upcoming climate conference the same day as President Barack Obama.

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