Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Attack on IRS part of long line of tax protesters (AP)
• Governors brace for more economic turmoil (AP)
• Beleaguered NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid (AP)
• GOP's 2012 hopefuls crowd town they love to hate (AP)
• Alexander Haig remembered as soldier-statesman (AP)
• Beck wants GOP to fess up like Tiger Woods (AP)
• Live From Washington! It's Obama health care drama (AP)
• Ron Paul wins conservative straw poll (AP)
• Construction ahead: Trees hauled from White House (AP)
• Ill. town's ex-mayor's return reawakens corruption (AP)
• Paul Tops U.S. Presidential Straw Poll at Conservative Event (Bloomberg)
• Longest-serving US Rep. Dingell to run again (AP)
• Research finds brain link for words, music ability (AP)
• Scientists report on way to derail spread of AIDS (AP)
• Conservatives Fuel Primary Challenges to Republicans (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine PM drops court challenge to election defeat (AFP)
• White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday (Reuters)
• Obama touts Dem. rookies, vets (Politico)
• Ukraine's Tymoshenko drops legal challenge on election (Reuters)

Attack on IRS part of long line of tax protesters (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST AP - Joseph Stack's methods were unthinkable — he is accused of ramming a plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Texas — but his views on taxation follow a long line of protesters who believe tax laws don't apply to them.

Governors brace for more economic turmoil (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - On the recession's front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth.

Beleaguered NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:35 PM PST AP - David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life.

GOP's 2012 hopefuls crowd town they love to hate (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST AP - Republicans who may want President Barack Obama's job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat, an early tryout of sorts for the GOP nomination.

Alexander Haig remembered as soldier-statesman (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST AP - Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Haig died Saturday at age 85 having held high posts in three Republican administrations and some of the U.S. military's top jobs.

Beck wants GOP to fess up like Tiger Woods (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:57 PM PST AP - Glenn Beck says it's still morning in America: a head-pounding, hangover morning.

Live From Washington! It's Obama health care drama (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:28 PM PST AP - Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.

Ron Paul wins conservative straw poll (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - Rep. Ron Paul won the most support for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in an unofficial straw poll of conservative activists attending an annual conference.

Construction ahead: Trees hauled from White House (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST AP - On an otherwise quiet Saturday at the White House, there was quite a sight along the driveway: the careful unearthing of two trees to make way for some construction underneath the front lawn.

Ill. town's ex-mayor's return reawakens corruption (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:16 PM PST AP - Prohibition was the law of the land when Al Capone took over Cicero in 1924, muscling his way in with gun-toting hoodlums on Election Day. And many residents were happy to hear his beer wagons rumbling through the streets en route to speakeasies.

Paul Tops U.S. Presidential Straw Poll at Conservative Event (Bloomberg) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Ron Paul of Texas was the top vote-getter among potential Republican presidential candidates in a straw poll of activists today at the Conservative Action Political Conference in Washington.

Longest-serving US Rep. Dingell to run again (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:05 PM PST AP - The longest-serving member of the U.S. House is running for re-election.

Research finds brain link for words, music ability (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - Words and music, such natural partners that it seems obvious they go together. Now science is confirming that those abilities are linked in the brain, a finding that might even lead to better stroke treatments.

Scientists report on way to derail spread of AIDS (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST AP - A successful AIDS vaccine remains elusive, but researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of disease.

Conservatives Fuel Primary Challenges to Republicans (Bloomberg) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:45 PM PST Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Before the activists at this week’s Conservative Action Political Conference battle Democratic candidates in the fall election, they’re first helping challenge some Republican officeholders.

Ukraine PM drops court challenge to election defeat (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST AFP - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal challenge to her rival's presidential election victory, saying she had lost faith in the country's courts.

White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST Reuters - The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

Obama touts Dem. rookies, vets (Politico) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:49 AM PST Politico - LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama's Western swing this week showcased the two fronts he'll be defending in the midterm elections: old guard Democrats, such as Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, and the new guard, exemplified by Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko drops legal challenge on election (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:50 AM PST Reuters - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal case challenging the election of rival Viktor Yanukovich as president, saying the court could not be trusted to reach a fair verdict.

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