Yahoo! News: Elections

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• GOP's Bunning relents, OKs action on jobless bill (AP)
• Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ (AP)
• US may require accelerator override in new cars (AP)
• Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide (AP)
• Perry taps into fear of Washington (Politico)
• Obama cites GOP ideas as he preps health care plan (AP)
• Postal Service's emerging model: Never on Saturday (AP)
• Few details in White House summary of cyber plan (AP)
• Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP)
• Rove admits to error on Iraq as Bush strategist (AP)
• GOP titans square off in Texas gubernatorial race (AP)
• Obama says he's open to Republican healthcare ideas (Reuters)
• Gov't adopts formula that doubles elderly poor (AP)
• GOP primary could reshape Texas board, textbooks (AP)
• Ford not running for NY Senate, Zuckerman possible (AP)
• Gates says study on gays should include troops (AP)
• Romney accuses Obama of wrongly apologizing for US (AP)
• Fla. man pleads guilty to threatening president (AP)
• Dodd, Corker regulatory offer gets cool reception (AP)
• Obama won't fill Fed seats this week (Reuters)

GOP's Bunning relents, OKs action on jobless bill (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:34 PM PST AP - A Republican that had been stubbornly blocking a stopgap measure to extend help for the jobless relented on Tuesday under withering assaults from Democrats and dwindling support within his own party.

Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two veteran prosecutors. One urged caution. The other aggressively pushed the case forward.

US may require accelerator override in new cars (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals to prevent sudden acceleration problems like those that led to reports of deaths and the recall of millions of Toyotas, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Congress on Tuesday.

Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:19 PM PST AP - The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities' outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates. But the justices indicated less severe limits could survive, continuing disputes over the "right to keep and bear arms."

Perry taps into fear of Washington (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:44 AM PST Politico - AUSTIN — Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie and Scott Brown scored recent Republican victories by singing from the same political hymnal: focusing on kitchen-table issues, criticizing Washington without demeaning the president and keeping their distance from the GOP’s most polarizing figures.

Obama cites GOP ideas as he preps health care plan (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama embraced a handful of Republican health care ideas Tuesday to lure votes of Democrats wary of a more partisan approach as he prepared to spell out his final package for a sharply divided House and Senate, where its fate is unsure.

Postal Service's emerging model: Never on Saturday (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this year.

Few details in White House summary of cyber plan (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Tuesday gave the public a peek at the Bush administration's classified plan to secure the nation's computer systems, but the newly revealed list of broad goals provided few surprises and key provisions remain secret.

Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:39 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a small dent in Chile's growing needs following a massive earthquake, handing over 25 satellite phones Tuesday while promising more in the country's capital.

Rove admits to error on Iraq as Bush strategist (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:27 PM PST AP - Republican strategist Karl Rove says in a new memoir that the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq badly damaged the Bush administration's credibility and led to dwindling public support for the war.

GOP titans square off in Texas gubernatorial race (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PST AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought the GOP nomination for an unprecedented third four-year term Tuesday in a battle against another Republican heavyweight, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and a third candidate drawing support from the state's tea party movement.

Obama says he's open to Republican healthcare ideas (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:12 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would explore adding more Republican ideas to his healthcare plan, even as congressional Democrats prepared for a final push to pass the overhaul without Republican backing.

Gov't adopts formula that doubles elderly poor (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST AP - The government took steps Tuesday to highlight the increasing numbers of poor Americans, adopting a revised formula that is expected to double the number of older people classified as living in poverty to nearly 1 in 5.

GOP primary could reshape Texas board, textbooks (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PST AP - What millions of students read about science and history could hinge Tuesday on a Republican primary in Texas for several seats on the state board of education, a panel whose decisions affect the content of textbooks sold nationwide.

Ford not running for NY Senate, Zuckerman possible (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:35 PM PST AP - Harold Ford Jr. didn't name names when he said a divisive Democratic primary might help a Republican win the U.S. Senate seat, but a likely possibility is Mortimer Zuckerman, the real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher.

Gates says study on gays should include troops (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:34 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that a Pentagon review of how the ban on openly gay military service could be lifted must involve troops and their families at all levels of the armed forces without ensnaring them in the political debate.

Romney accuses Obama of wrongly apologizing for US (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Once and possibly future Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says in a new book that President Barack Obama's international outreach efforts during his first year in office have been "kindling" to the "anti-American fires burning all across the globe."

Fla. man pleads guilty to threatening president (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PST AP - A Florida man faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and his family.

Dodd, Corker regulatory offer gets cool reception (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PST AP - Getting new regulations to govern Wall Street boils down to this: If everybody hates a compromise, can it still work as a deal?

Obama won't fill Fed seats this week (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:57 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to move quickly to fill vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board, but has made no decision yet and will not be announcing appointments this week, White House officials said on Tuesday.

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