Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Expanded Medicare won't provide seamless coverage (AP)
• Americans held in Pakistan straddled 2 worlds (AP)
• Obama blasts banks for opposing financial overhaul (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Science not faked, but not pretty (AP)
• Dems paint Wall St. vote as big win (Politico)
• Senate GOP denied on spending filibuster attempt (AP)
• White House unhappy with Iranian nuke proposal (AP)
• GOP: US competitiveness at risk from climate pact (AP)
• State Department says Cuba has detained US citizen (AP)
• 968 detained at climate rally urging bold pact (AP)
• Billionaire leads race for Chilean presidency (AFP)
• Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays (AP)
• Panel faults Marine for response to Iraq killings (AP)
• Hawaii abuzz about Obama's expected holiday return (AP)
• Houston voters could elect first openly gay mayor (AP)
• Republicans, lobbyists blocking financial reform: Obama (AFP)
• Top U.N. official: Climategate 'exaggerated' (Politico)
• U.S. and China trade taunts at summit (Politico)
• Obama argues for strong financial watchdog agency (Reuters)
• Major makeover of Wall Street rules passes House (AP)

Expanded Medicare won't provide seamless coverage (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - Think Medicare is a great deal? Better ask grandma first. Senate Democrats are talking about allowing aging baby boomers into the program, but it's far from free.

Americans held in Pakistan straddled 2 worlds (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - They had grown up in the same Virginia neighborhood and been friends for years. Some were in college now. Some had jobs. Some had Facebook pages filled with friends.

Obama blasts banks for opposing financial overhaul (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama singled out financial institutions for causing much of the economic tailspin and criticized their opposition to tighter federal oversight of their industry.

AP IMPACT: Science not faked, but not pretty (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:58 PM PST AP - E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press.

Dems paint Wall St. vote as big win (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:19 AM PST Politico - Not a single Republican cast a “yes” vote for the Wall Street reform bill in the House Friday.

Senate GOP denied on spending filibuster attempt (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST AP - The Democratic-controlled Senate on Saturday cleared away a Republican filibuster of a huge end-of-year spending bill that rewards most federal agencies with generous budget boosts.

White House unhappy with Iranian nuke proposal (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:36 PM PST AP - The White House is expressing unhappiness over Iran's announcement that it is ready to exchange uranium for nuclear fuel.

GOP: US competitiveness at risk from climate pact (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST AP - A Republican lawmaker says U.S. participation in an international agreement on climate change would result in soaring energy prices and damage America's economic competitiveness.

State Department says Cuba has detained US citizen (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST AP - The Cuban government has arrested an American citizen, and U.S. diplomats in Havana are trying to learn more about the case, the State Department said Saturday.

968 detained at climate rally urging bold pact (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST AP - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the chilly Danish capital and nearly 1,000 were detained Saturday in a mass rally to demand an ambitious global climate pact, just as talks hit a snag over rich nations' demands on China and other emerging economies.

Billionaire leads race for Chilean presidency (AFP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST AFP - A conservative billionaire is the frontrunner in first-round Chilean presidential elections on Sunday, challenging the center-left ruling coalition's 20-year hold on power.

Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:35 PM PST AP - The Episcopal Church should respond with "prayer and discernment" to the recent election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop of the Los Angeles diocese, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said Saturday.

Panel faults Marine for response to Iraq killings (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST AP - A military panel found that a Marine officer displayed substandard performance in his response to the deaths of 24 Iraqis but said he should maintain his rank.

Hawaii abuzz about Obama's expected holiday return (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:34 AM PST AP - Many in this upscale, oceanside suburb of Honolulu are expecting it to again serve as the holiday getaway for scores of reporters, photographers, federal agents_ and one president.

Houston voters could elect first openly gay mayor (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:46 AM PST AP - Houston voters could elect the city's first openly gay mayor Saturday when they cast ballots in a hotly contested runoff election marked by fierce campaigning and anti-gay rhetoric.

Republicans, lobbyists blocking financial reform: Obama (AFP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 06:17 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama blasted Saturday collusion between congressional Republicans and Wall Street lobbyists who he believes have forged an alliance to block stronger government regulation of the financial sector.

Top U.N. official: Climategate 'exaggerated' (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 05:27 AM PST Politico - COPENHAGEN — A top United Nations climate official said climate skeptics had “exaggerated” the impact of thousands of hacked e-mails that suggested attempts by scientists to supress doubts about global warming.

U.S. and China trade taunts at summit (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:19 AM PST Politico - COPENHAGEN — Reaching an international agreement to curb the dangerous impacts of global warming largely depends on the two key players at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen  — China and the United States.

Obama argues for strong financial watchdog agency (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:05 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama defended on Saturday a consumer watchdog agency the financial industry wants to weaken or strip from legislation that would strengthen the regulation of Wall Street.

Major makeover of Wall Street rules passes House (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:43 AM PST AP - The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's Wall Street failures that plunged the nation deep into recession.

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