Yahoo! News: Elections

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• White House picks new cyber coordinator (AP)
• Abortion deal may be hard to keep in health bill (AP)
• Obama praises health care bill as it nears passage (AP)
• Obama defends self against black critics (AP)
• Senate advances landmark health bill (Politico)
• Gov't imposes 3-hour limit on tarmac strandings (AP)
• Who wins, who loses in Senate health bill (AP)
• Obama plan could limit records hidden from public (AP)
• Top US officer: Force must be option for Iran (AP)
• President Obama and first lady get swine flu shots (AP)
• AP source: Giuliani supports Lazio for NY governor (AP)
• Public option tensions linger (Politico)
• Despite recession, crime keeps falling (AP)
• Obama reads to kids, gets foosball challenge (AP)
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood conservatives win vote (Reuters)
• Economy, Obama inauguration: Top stories of 2009 (AP)
• Senate healthcare vote "big victory": Obama (Reuters)
• Govt. on track to save $40B in contract costs (AP)
• McCain says sanctions have to be tried with Iran (AP)

White House picks new cyber coordinator (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:18 PM PST AP - After months of wrangling and delays, President Barack Obama has chosen a national cyber security coordinator to take on the formidable task of organizing and managing the nation's increasingly vulnerable digital networks.

Abortion deal may be hard to keep in health bill (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST AP - Twice now, abortion was almost a dealbreaker. This time, it was a dealmaker. But of hundreds of deals cut so health care legislation can stay alive, the hardest to keep may be the Senate's abortion compromise — achieved after 13 hours of negotiation. The volatile issue remains the biggest threat to getting a history-making bill to President Barack Obama.

Obama praises health care bill as it nears passage (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST AP - Well on the way to winning passage before Christmas after clearing its biggest hurdle in the wee hours of the morning, the Senate's health care bill will make a "tremendous difference for families, for seniors, for businesses and for the country as a whole," President Barack Obama said Monday.

Obama defends self against black critics (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:44 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his health care effort as one example he says "will be hugely important" for blacks.

Senate advances landmark health bill (Politico) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST Politico - The Democratic Party’s decades-long push to remake the U.S. health care system cleared a major hurdle early Monday morning, with the Senate voting to advance a massive $871 billion bill to extend coverage to nearly all Americans and tighten regulations on private insurers.

Gov't imposes 3-hour limit on tarmac strandings (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST AP - Stinky toilets, crying babies, airless cabins — the Obama administration said Monday passengers don't have to take it any more. It ordered airlines to let people get off planes delayed on the ground after three hours.

Who wins, who loses in Senate health bill (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:44 PM PST AP - The little town of Libby, Mont., isn't mentioned by name in the Senate's mammoth health care bill, but its 2,900 citizens are big winners in the legislation, thanks to the influence of Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Obama plan could limit records hidden from public (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:58 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama plans to deal with a Dec. 31 deadline that automatically would declassify secrets in more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents by ordering government-wide changes that could sharply curb the number of new and old government records hidden from the public.

Top US officer: Force must be option for Iran (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:35 AM PST AP - Military force would have only limited effect in stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons but must remain an option, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

President Obama and first lady get swine flu shots (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 01:50 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have received their swine flu shots.

AP source: Giuliani supports Lazio for NY governor (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:04 PM PST AP - A Republican official says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (joo-lee-AH'-nee) is expected to endorse ex-GOP congressman Rick Lazio (LAH'-zee-oh) for New York governor.

Public option tensions linger (Politico) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:31 PM PST Politico - Just hours after a critical Monday morning vote in the Senate, Democrats were already talking about future changes to the health reform effort in hopes of calming a revolt among liberal activists.

Despite recession, crime keeps falling (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:47 PM PST AP - WASHINGTON — High unemployment. More folks on food stamps. Fewer owning their homes. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: More crime.

Obama reads to kids, gets foosball challenge (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:17 PM PST AP - Barack Obama brought a beloved book to read. He brought a press entourage. He brought cookies shaped like Bo the dog. Hey, he brought himself.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood conservatives win vote (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST Reuters - Egypt's main opposition group announced the results of an election for its governing body and analysts said most of the 16 members are conservatives, signaling that it will reduce its role in mainstream politics.

Economy, Obama inauguration: Top stories of 2009 (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST AP - The convoluted American economy — restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and distraught — was the top news story of 2009, followed closely by the inauguration of President Barack Obama, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press' annual poll.

Senate healthcare vote "big victory": Obama (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday heralded a Senate vote that moved a bill on his signature healthcare reform closer to passage and congratulated lawmakers for defying special interests.

Govt. on track to save $40B in contract costs (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:36 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is touting the federal government's efforts to become more efficient Monday, highlighting a new report that shows billions of dollars in savings on contract costs.

McCain says sanctions have to be tried with Iran (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:27 AM PST AP - GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona says the United States must try sanctions to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon before considering other options like a military attack.

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