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Yahoo! News: Elections


GOP's Brown holds steady lead in Mass. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:14 PM PST

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, center, greets a supporter before voting in Wrentham, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Striving for an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown pushed ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday in a U.S. Senate election that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his first year.


Dems cast blame at each other over Senate campaign (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:09 PM PST

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, second from left, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., greets supporters on the street with her husband Thomas O'Connor, Jr., left, at a campaign stop in front of the Boston Public Library, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The buck stops ... Well, it was hard to tell just where the buck stopped Tuesday as Democrats in Boston and Washington began dodging blame and pointing fingers at each other even before the first returns were in.


Analysis: Mass. race exposes public's anger, fears (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 01:52 PM PST

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., waves as she departs a campaign stop in front of the Boston Public Library, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The high-stakes Senate race in Massachusetts exposed intense anti-Washington feelings that are startling and perplexing Democrats and throwing a scare into the Obama White House.


Voters show independence in Mass. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST

AP - John Triolo, a 38-year-old retail sales manager, is like more than half the voters in "true-blue Democratic" Massachusetts: an independent.

Finger-pointing begins for Dems (Politico)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:29 PM PST

US President Barack Obama waves alongside the Democrat's Senate candidate Martha Coakley during a campaign rally at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Voters in Massachusetts have headed to the polls to decide on a new US senator, and possibly the fate of President Barack Obama's health care reform and other ambitious domestic plans.(AFP/Saul Loeb)Politico - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As voters head to the polls in Massachusetts, nervous Democrats have already begun to blame one another for putting at risk the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held for more than 40 years.


Dem health care overhaul endangered by Mass. race (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., center, meets with the media in his office on Capital Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Democrats faced the unthinkable Tuesday — losing their prized health care overhaul along with Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, just as Kennedy's and President Barack Obama's goal seemed tantalizingly close to reality.


Michigan defense contractor has God in its sights (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:01 PM PST

This handout photo provided by the Defense Department, taken March 25, 2009, shows U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Alonzo, of the 177th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Brigade, allows an Iraqi police officer to look at his M-4 carbine assault rifle at a post in Hayy, Iraq.  Combat rifle sights used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan carry references to Bible verses, stoking concerns about whether the inscriptions break a government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops. (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Rasheen A. Douglas, Defense Department)AP - Army officials said Tuesday they will investigate whether a Michigan defense contractor violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights used by American forces to kill enemy fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Troubles at every turn in Hasan's medical training (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2009, file photo a federal agent stands in the door of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's apartment in Killeen, Texas, a day after Nidal shot and killed 13 soldiers at the Fort Hood Army Base. Cited in 2007 by his Army superior for unprofessional behavior, inappropriately discussing religion, underperforming in his residency program, and being too fat, Nidal was rated at graduation by that same superior as 'Outstanding Performance', according to material gathered during an internal Pentagon review and obtained by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Often teetering on failure during his medical training, Nidal Hasan hit a particularly rough patch in 2007 when his Army superior cited him for unprofessional behavior, inappropriately discussing religion, underperforming in his residency program and being too fat.


Report cites 'radicalization' of US prisoners (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:04 PM PST

AP - U.S. law enforcement authorities believe as many as three dozen Americans who converted to Islam in prison have traveled to Yemen, possibly to train with al-Qaida, according to a Senate report.

Military sends more troops in Haiti aid effort (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

A young earthquake survivor poses as she rests inside her makeshift tent on a street in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. World leaders have promised massive assistance to rebuild Haiti and Haiti's President Rene Preval appealed to donors to focus not just on immediate aid for Haitians but also on long-term development of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - American military officials are pressing ahead with a new infusion of troops in a bid to break a logjam blocking critical supplies from reaching desperate Haitian earthquake refugees.


White House likely to name deficit panel (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:42 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is poised to name a special commission to come up with a plan to curb the spiraling budget deficit, top Democrats said Tuesday evening.

Online initiative signatures set up showdown in UT (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:58 PM PST

AP - A citizens group seeking ethics law changes in Utah said Tuesday it is soliciting signatures for its initiatives online, potentially setting up a showdown with state elections officials who must decide whether electronic signatures are valid when it comes to placing an initiative on the ballot.

Mass. secretary of state dismissed vote problems (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST

AP - The Massachusetts secretary of state is discounting reports of voter irregularities in the state's Senate special election.

Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:22 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - It's difficult for any handicapper, professional or amateur, to think the unthinkable. And Republican Scott Brown defeating Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate special election to fill the remainder of the term of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) certainly would have been unthinkable even a month ago.

High court tosses ruling favorable to Abu-Jamal (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

A demonstrator has AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a ruling that had set aside the death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in a racially tinged case that has made the former Black Panther an international cause celebre.


22 indicted in FBI sting on paying foreign bribes (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

AP - Twenty-two executives and employees at suppliers to the military and law enforcement agencies were arrested on the eve of their industry's annual trade show in Las Vegas after a 2 1/2-year undercover sting operation aimed at schemes to bribe a foreign official.

Turnout heavy in crucial Massachusetts Senate poll (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:36 PM PST

Supporters of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Maureen Kelly, left, and Donna Gagnon, second from left, both of Quincy, Mass., react to a vote tally displayed at Coakley's election-night headquarters in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Coakley, a Democrat, is on the ballot of a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Coakley is running against Mass. State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, and a Libertarian running as an independent and not related to the late Sen. Kennedy.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Reuters - Massachusetts voters streamed to the polls on Tuesday in a close election for a new U.S. senator that could derail Democrats' dominance in Washington and scuttle President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare reform.


Obama allies seek to save health care plan (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies, including Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, seen here in 2009, raced Tuesday to enact his top domestic goal of remaking US health care.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - President Barack Obama's top Democratic allies vowed Tuesday to achieve his top domestic goal, remaking US health care, no matter the outcome of a special Senate election that could doom the plan.


Nervous Democrats vow to pass healthcare bill (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:28 PM PST

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)(L-MD) speaks at a press conference where a plan to deal with executive compensation at companies which received capital under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was announced on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - Democratic congressional leaders vowed on Tuesday to pass a healthcare overhaul this year even if they lose their crucial 60th vote in a special Senate election in Massachusetts.


2000s warmest decade on record, government reports (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:03 PM PST

AP - The 2000-2009 decade was the warmest on record, easily surpassing the previous hottest decade — the 1990s — researchers said Tuesday in a report providing fresh evidence that the planet may be warming at a potentially disastrous rate.

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