Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Bill Clinton has two stents placed in heart artery (AP)
• Dems offer smaller jobs bill in bid for support (AP)
• Dodd finds new GOP partner for banking bill talks (AP)
• SPIN METER: Regional air safety gains questioned (AP)
• Can Gregg help W.H. save health bill? (Politico)
• Toyota president expected to travel to US in March (AP)
• Obama to address Hampton U. and Michigan graduates (AP)
• Defense source: US to spread training in Pakistan (AP)
• American Indian tribes get $1B in stimulus funds (AP)
• Obama report: 95,000 jobs to come each month (AP)
• Texas gov. candidate questions any US role in 9/11 (AP)
• Obama wishes Clinton a speedy recovery (AP)
• Nevada Lt. Gov. won't seek race against Harry Reid (AP)
• Obama pins hope for growth on exports, investment (Reuters)
• Woman asks Obama to cut 27-year term for crack (AP)
• Clinton says Blair to play bigger role in Mideast (AP)
• Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S. (Reuters)
• US Senate unveils pared-down jobs bill (AFP)
• States get new leeway to tally prisoners in census (AP)
• US dismisses Iran's uranium claims (AP)

Bill Clinton has two stents placed in heart artery (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:24 PM PST AP - Former President Bill Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering chest pains. Two stents resembling tiny mesh scaffolds were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.

Dems offer smaller jobs bill in bid for support (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - Stung by criticism that a bipartisan jobs bill emerging in the Senate wouldn't create many jobs, Senate Democrats on Thursday proposed a new, stripped-down version they hope will still get support from both Republicans and Democrats.

Dodd finds new GOP partner for banking bill talks (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:17 PM PST AP - After all the talk, some glimmers of real bipartisanship. Senate Democrats and Republicans are looking for a few dry patches of common ground, showing mixed results on a jobs bill and new hope for legislation aimed at avoiding another financial meltdown.

SPIN METER: Regional air safety gains questioned (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:50 PM PST AP - A year after the fiery crash of a regional airliner killed 50 people near Buffalo, N.Y., regulators have missed their own deadlines for overhauling pilot-fatigue rules and are still rewriting regulations to improve crew training. They also haven't done anything to address tiring long-distance commutes by regional companies' pilots.

Can Gregg help W.H. save health bill? (Politico) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:39 AM PST Politico - Is Judd Gregg a tease or a real potential partner for President Barack Obama in trying to salvage some health care reform in this Congress?

Toyota president expected to travel to US in March (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST AP - Toyota's top executive is expected to visit the United States in early March amid pressure from a House Republican that the company's leader testify before Congress about the automaker's safety lapses.

Obama to address Hampton U. and Michigan graduates (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:02 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will deliver commencement addresses this spring at the University of Michigan and Virginia's Hampton University.

Defense source: US to spread training in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:53 PM PST AP - The U.S. military is planning to set up new training centers inside Pakistan where American special operations trainers would work with Pakistani forces close to the Afghan border battle zone, a senior defense official said.

American Indian tribes get $1B in stimulus funds (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - Seventy-six American Indian tribes across the country will share $1 billion in economic stimulus money to help create jobs and revitalize Indian communities.

Obama report: 95,000 jobs to come each month (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:05 PM PST AP - The United States is likely to add an average of 95,900 more jobs each month this year, while personal savings will remain high as credit remains tight, according to a White House report released Thursday.

Texas gov. candidate questions any US role in 9/11 (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - A Republican gubernatorial candidate said Thursday she has questions about whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — a statement she swiftly backed away from and one that drew immediate criticism from her better-known rivals in the race.

Obama wishes Clinton a speedy recovery (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:38 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has called Bill Clinton to wish him a speedy recovery.

Nevada Lt. Gov. won't seek race against Harry Reid (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:58 PM PST AP - Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki says he won't seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Harry Reid, despite months of courting from top party leaders in Washington.

Obama pins hope for growth on exports, investment (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:09 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's administration said on Thursday that exports and investment would drive future U.S. economic growth and provide a more solid basis for prosperity than past reliance on consumption.

Woman asks Obama to cut 27-year term for crack (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - A woman serving a 27-year prison term for a crack cocaine conspiracy is asking President Barack Obama to use his power of forgiveness for the first time since taking office to commute her sentence.

Clinton says Blair to play bigger role in Mideast (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is going to play a bigger role in efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks by intensifying his partnership with special U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell.

Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:47 PM PST Reuters - Americans are deeply divided over demands by U.S. Republicans that bills backed by President Barack Obama to reform the $2.5 trillion health system be scrapped and the whole process be started again from scratch.

US Senate unveils pared-down jobs bill (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:39 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate pushed a pared-down jobs package on Thursday, aiming for speedy passage amid election-year worries about high unemployment.

States get new leeway to tally prisoners in census (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - Prisoners will soon be bigger players in those high-stakes redistricting fights, even if unwittingly, thanks to a change in federal policy governing how they're to be counted in the 2010 census.

US dismisses Iran's uranium claims (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:34 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Thursday dismissed Iran's contention that it is enriching uranium at a higher level than before and accused the Iranian government of mounting an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition to quell protests on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

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