Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Hurled bricks, threats surround health overhaul (AP)
• State Dept employee sentenced to probation (AP)
• CAPITAL CULTURE: Women have own White House 'club' (AP)
• Treaty to cut US-Russia nukes; signing in 2 weeks (AP)
• It's back: Abortion debate reignites (Politico)
• AP sources: US, Israel try to repair ties (AP)
• FBI investigating threats to Democrats (AP)
• Discharging gays to draw more scrutiny in military (AP)
• House passes bill to fund infrastructure, tax cuts (AP)
• US, Pakistan report only modest progress in talks (AP)
• Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot (Reuters)
• Britain hits rich in pre-election budget (AFP)
• Petraeus denies political side to NH trip (AP)
• Haiti aid swells US deficit by 2.8 billion dollars (AFP)
• Obama seeks $2.8 billion for Haiti (AP)
• Frenchman arrested, targeted Obama's Twitter account (Reuters)
• Obama calls on Cuba to respect its people's rights (AP)
• Obama: Rights situation in Cuba "deeply disturbing" (Reuters)
• Obama allies worry over violent payback for health vote (AFP)
• Obama issues low-key order on abortions (AP)

Hurled bricks, threats surround health overhaul (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:27 PM PDT AP - Unrest over sweeping federal health care legislation has turned to vandalism and threats, with bricks hurled through Democrats' windows, a propane line cut at the home of a congressman's brother and menacing phone messages left for lawmakers who supported the bill.

State Dept employee sentenced to probation (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - A State Department employee has been sentenced to a year of probation for accessing the passport applications of more than 60 celebrities and their families.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Women have own White House 'club' (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - Late last year, President Barack Obama summoned the highest-ranking women on his staff to a dinner at the White House so he could ask them a question: Should he be worried about a nagging perception that his administration was a testosterone-fueled boys club?

Treaty to cut US-Russia nukes; signing in 2 weeks (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Russia reached a breakthrough agreement Wednesday for a historic treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals, the most significant pact in a generation and an important milestone in the decades-long quest to lower the risk of global nuclear war.

It's back: Abortion debate reignites (Politico) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:11 AM PDT Politico - After nearly derailing the health care bill that passed the House on Sunday, the abortion issue is poised to make a political comeback, returning the familiar wedge issue to the campaign trail after a brief hiatus.

AP sources: US, Israel try to repair ties (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - The United States and Israel engaged in overtime talks Wednesday trying to win agreement on gestures Israel can take to restore confidence among Palestinians and the Obama administration and salvaging a diplomatic visit marred by the worst U.S.-Israeli breach in years.

FBI investigating threats to Democrats (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - The FBI is investigating threats against lawmakers stemming from intense opposition to the health care overhaul law.

Discharging gays to draw more scrutiny in military (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:53 PM PDT AP - Discharging a gay person for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy will draw unprecedented scrutiny under new orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is already pushing to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military.

House passes bill to fund infrastructure, tax cuts (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:13 PM PDT AP - Local governments would receive billions of dollars for construction projects and welfare programs under a bill passed Wednesday in the House, the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress.

US, Pakistan report only modest progress in talks (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's top diplomat said Wednesday that the United States is likely to pay Pakistan nearly $2 billion this spring that Pakistan says it is owed for cooperation against terrorism.

Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:39 PM PDT Reuters - A California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday, in what supporters called a "watershed moment" for their cause.

Britain hits rich in pre-election budget (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:51 PM PDT AFP - Britain's finance minister vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election.

Petraeus denies political side to NH trip (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:44 PM PDT AP - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, took the stage Wednesday where presidential candidates have debated but said his visit had nothing to do with politics or New Hampshire, home to the first presidential primaries.

Haiti aid swells US deficit by 2.8 billion dollars (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to approve the funding of the post-quake US relief effort in Haiti, swelling America's growing budget deficit by an additional 2.8 billion dollars.

Obama seeks $2.8 billion for Haiti (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti following January's devastating earthquake.

Frenchman arrested, targeted Obama's Twitter account (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - An unemployed Frenchman has been arrested for targeting the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears, French police said on Wednesday.

Obama calls on Cuba to respect its people's rights (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is calling on the Cuban government to respect the rights of its people.

Obama: Rights situation in Cuba "deeply disturbing" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday denounced recent human rights developments in Cuba as "deeply disturbing."

Obama allies worry over violent payback for health vote (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PDT AFP - Top Democratic US lawmakers on Wednesday called in police and the FBI after House members who voted for historic health care reform received violent threats and obscene, abusive messages.

Obama issues low-key order on abortions (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - Anything but jubilant, President Barack Obama awkwardly kept a promise Wednesday he made to ensure passage of historic health care legislation, pledging the administration would not allow federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance.

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