Yahoo! News: Elections

Mass. Senate candidates battle to the end (AP)
Obama honors slain civil rights leader (AP)
Gates says US not planning policing role in Haiti (AP)
FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds (AP)
Massachusetts gets ugly (Politico)
Magazine raises questions over 3 detainee deaths (AP)
Obama to give State of the Union speech Jan. 27 (AP)
Obama visits American Red Cross headquarters (AP)
Pete Domenici Jr. running for NM governor (AP)
Coleman: Family voted against Minn. governor run (AP)
Obama State of Union set for Jan 27, budget Feb 1 (Reuters)
New poll: Brown up 9 (Politico)
Senate election pushes Obama agenda to cliff edge (AFP)
Pro-Russia rivals face-off in Ukraine presidential run-off (AFP)
CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama emphasizes volunteerism (AP)
Three ways healthcare reform could pass even if Coakley loses (The Christian Science Monitor)
AP sources: Obama in TV ad for Coakley (AP)
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A by-the-numbers look at Obama's first year (AP)
Key events during Obama's first year in office (AP)

Mass. Senate candidates battle to the end (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST

AP - Nearly one year to the day after President Barack Obama was sworn into office as an agent of change, Massachusetts Senate candidates battled to the wire Monday in an election that threatened his agenda and reflected voters' frustration with the status quo.

Obama honors slain civil rights leader (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:26 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation's first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

Gates says US not planning policing role in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the U.S. forces in Haiti for earthquake relief can defend themselves and innocent Haitians or foreigners if lawlessness boils over.

FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST

AP - Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there's increasing scientific consensus that there's no such thing as a safe tan, either.

Massachusetts gets ugly (Politico)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST

Politico - BOSTON — The campaigns of Scott Brown and Martha Coakley exchanged angry jibes Monday as emotions in the crucial Massachusetts Senate contest seemed to reach the boiling point in its final day of campaigning and polls showed Brown either leading or in a dead heat.

Magazine raises questions over 3 detainee deaths (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:47 PM PST

AP - Three Guantanamo Bay detainees whose deaths were ruled a suicide in 2006 apparently had been transported from their cells hours before their deaths to a secret site on the island, an article in Harper's magazine asserts.

Obama to give State of the Union speech Jan. 27 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

Obama visits American Red Cross headquarters (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:51 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has personally thanked some American Red Cross workers for their efforts following the earthquake in Haiti last week. He also sent his first Twitter message.

Pete Domenici Jr. running for NM governor (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:22 AM PST

AP - A well-known name in New Mexico politics has joined the race for governor.

Coleman: Family voted against Minn. governor run (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:05 PM PST

AP - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman says his family voted 3-1 against him running for governor, so he will not join the race.

Obama State of Union set for Jan 27, budget Feb 1 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address on January 27 and his budget plan on February 1, setting the tone for a second year in office marked by a long list of economic and foreign policy challenges.

New poll: Brown up 9 (Politico)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:01 PM PST

Politico - A new InsiderAdvantage poll conducted exclusively for POLITICO shows Republican Scott Brown holding a 9-point advantage over Martha Coakley a day before Massachusetts voters trek to the ballot box to choose a new senator.

Senate election pushes Obama agenda to cliff edge (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:01 PM PST

AFP - Voters in Massachusetts decide on a new senator Tuesday -- and possibly the fate of President Barack Obama's ambitious reform agenda.

Pro-Russia rivals face-off in Ukraine presidential run-off (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 11:24 AM PST

AFP - Voters in Ukraine forced two old rivals who both favour close ties with Russia into a tense presidential election run-off Monday after rejecting the pro-Western leader of the 2004 Orange Revolution.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama emphasizes volunteerism (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:28 AM PST

AP - A retired teacher went back to a classroom in need. A barber is giving time to a child whose first years remind him of his own. A college graduate decided to help kids learn instead of helping investors on Wall Street.

Three ways healthcare reform could pass even if Coakley loses (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:25 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Itâs an extraordinary political situation: The fate of healthcare reform now may be determined by the outcome of Tuesdayâs Senate election in Massachusetts.

AP sources: Obama in TV ad for Coakley (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:53 AM PST

AP - Democratic officials tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama is featured in a new TV ad for endangered Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.