Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama (AP)
• Senate 'Liberal Lion' remembered in health debate (AP)
• Obama makes Christmas calls to US troops (AP)
• War zone pregnancy punishments being dropped (AP)
• Senate passes historic health bill (Politico)
• Obamas salute military in their Christmas message (AP)
• USDA announces signup for disaster program (AP)
• Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion (AP)
• Obama asked to halt wild-horse roundup in Nevada (AP)
• Yemen strikes al-Qaida chiefs in US-aided assault (AP)
• Obamas arrive in Hawaii for vacation (AP)
• Senior US senator promises vote on new Iran sanctions (AFP)
• Marine security zone around Obama vacation home (AP)
• Parties risk it all on health care reform (Politico)
• Ex-aides to Japan's PM charged in funding scandal (AP)
• Fewer Katrina, Rita trailers but challenges left (AP)
• Obama hails Senate passage of health care bill (AP)
• Registration rules set for makers of baby products (AP)
• US Senate passes 'historic' health reform bill (AFP)

Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:12 PM PST AP - In an epic struggle settled at dawn, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed health care legislation Thursday, a triumph for President Barack Obama that clears the way for compromise talks with the House on a bill to reduce the ranks of the uninsured and rein in the insurance industry.

Senate 'Liberal Lion' remembered in health debate (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:56 PM PST AP - The memory of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy loomed over the Senate on Thursday when his weary colleagues moved his life's work, health care reform, to the brink of reality.

Obama makes Christmas calls to US troops (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:03 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he personally delivered a holiday message to a few members of the U.S. military.

War zone pregnancy punishments being dropped (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:09 PM PST AP - A recent military policy that added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier could be disciplined in a war zone will be rescinded by a new order drafted by the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

Senate passes historic health bill (Politico) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 04:19 AM PST Politico - After months of blown deadlines and political near-death experiences, a sweeping health care reform bill cleared the Senate on Thursday on a party-line vote, putting President Barack Obama within reach of a domestic policy achievement that has eluded Democrats for decades.

Obamas salute military in their Christmas message (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season.

USDA announces signup for disaster program (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST AP - Farmers hurt by bad weather last year will soon be able to sign up for aid under a federal disaster program.

Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:44 PM PST AP - The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year.

Obama asked to halt wild-horse roundup in Nevada (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:07 PM PST AP - Sheryl Crow and other wild-horse advocates on Thursday called on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to block a major roundup of mustangs set to begin Monday in Nevada.

Yemen strikes al-Qaida chiefs in US-aided assault (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:05 PM PST AP - Yemen's military hit suspected al-Qaida hideouts for the second time in a week, killing at least 30 militants in a remote area of the country — a fragmented, unstable nation the U.S. fears could turn into an Afghanistan-like refuge for the terrorist network.

Obamas arrive in Hawaii for vacation (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:11 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has arrived in Hawaii for a holiday vacation in the state where he lived as a child.

Senior US senator promises vote on new Iran sanctions (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST AFP - US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged Thursday to move forward to a vote legislation allowing President Barack Obama to sanction companies that export gasoline to Iran.

Marine security zone around Obama vacation home (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:36 PM PST AP - The U.S. Coast Guard is setting up a security zone in the waters off President Barack Obama's vacation home on Oahu.

Parties risk it all on health care reform (Politico) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:18 PM PST Politico - As health care legislation staggered erratically through Congress this year, something happened to the biggest domestic policy debate of a generation.

Ex-aides to Japan's PM charged in funding scandal (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST AP - Two former aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged Thursday with falsifying reports of campaign contributions — dashing the promise of the leader who vowed to usher in a new, cleaner era in the country's politics.

Fewer Katrina, Rita trailers but challenges left (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:11 AM PST AP - Nearly 1,600 families in Louisiana and Mississippi remain in government-supplied trailers and mobile homes more than four years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Obama hails Senate passage of health care bill (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:08 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama has hailed Senate passage of an historic health care bill, saying the government is now "finally poised to deliver on the promise" of overhauling a troubled system.

Registration rules set for makers of baby products (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 08:41 AM PST AP - The government is requiring the manufacturers of products for infants and toddlers to create programs for keeping in touch with people who own cribs, strollers, changing tables and other items.

US Senate passes 'historic' health reform bill (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST AFP - Senators gave President Barack Obama a huge political boost on Thursday by passing a sweeping remake of the US health care system that aims to extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.

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