Yahoo! News: Elections

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• UN promotes health campaign for women, children (AP)
• Tax, spending cuts top GOP campaign-year 'Pledge' (AP)
• Cuomo seeks independent appeal in NY gov's race (AP)
• House Republicans draft campaign manifesto (Reuters)
• Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser (AP)
• Obama defends, refines US approach to world aid (AP)
• Dem, unions bash McMahon, WWE in Conn. Senate race (AP)
• Emanuel Eyes Chicago Run, Could Leave White House Soon (Time.com)
• Ohio governor candidates clash over school funding (AP)
• Tea party returning to Alaska to help Joe Miller (AP)
• Army veteran in Ill. accused of threatening Obama (AP)
• 2010 Illinois 14th House District race: Polling favors Hultgren over Foster in toss-up (The Newsroom)
• GOP will try to get own candidate off NY ballot (AP)
• Emanuel still mulling whether to leave: White House (Reuters)
• Kennedy nephew blasts JFK ad in Conn. Senate race (AP)
• White House seeks to limit fallout from Afghan war book (Reuters)
• Arkansas conservative Democrats hold Senate race key (Reuters)
• Dems struggle for resolution on taxes, spending (AP)
• Obama tries to humanize the healthcare debate (Reuters)
• Summers' successor to set tone on economic policy (Reuters)

UN promotes health campaign for women, children (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - The world's nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama spoke about what America can do to help the U.N.'s ambitious development goals.

Tax, spending cuts top GOP campaign-year 'Pledge' (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Six weeks before midterm elections, House Republicans vowed to cut taxes and federal spending, repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and ban federal funding of abortion as part of a campaign manifesto designed to propel them to victory in November and a majority in the next Congress.

Cuomo seeks independent appeal in NY gov's race (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - Democrat Andrew Cuomo sought to bolster his appeal among independents Wednesday in the race for New York governor with an endorsement from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as a new poll showed tea party Republican Carl Paladino gaining ground.

House Republicans draft campaign manifesto (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - Republicans hoping to gain control of the House of Representatives in the November 2 election vow to slash spending and stop "job-killing tax hikes" in a campaign manifesto set to be unveiled on Thursday.

Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama got heckled at a fundraiser Wednesday night by protesters pushing for more funding for AIDS programs and quicker action to allow gays to serve openly in the military.

Obama defends, refines US approach to world aid (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. aid to impoverished people even during sour economic times at home yet promised a sterner approach, favoring nations that commit to democracy and economic revival.

Dem, unions bash McMahon, WWE in Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal and his supporters in organized labor united on Wednesday to heap criticism on Republican Linda McMahon and how she has run her Connecticut-based professional wrestling empire.

Emanuel Eyes Chicago Run, Could Leave White House Soon (Time.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - If White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel decides to run for Chicago mayor, the decision could come before Election Day

Ohio governor candidates clash over school funding (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - In a defining moment in the Ohio governor's race, Gov. Ted Strickland and his rival in the fall election are locking horns over the new public schools funding system on which Strickland has staked his governorship.

Tea party returning to Alaska to help Joe Miller (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:55 PM PDT AP - The tea party group that vowed to do whatever it takes to beat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is returning to Alaska.

Army veteran in Ill. accused of threatening Obama (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:51 PM PDT AP - An Army veteran arrested after a seven-hour standoff was charged Wednesday with threatening to kill President Barack Obama as part of what authorities said was his plan to ignite a war between Muslims and Christians and "start an apocalypse."

2010 Illinois 14th House District race: Polling favors Hultgren over Foster in toss-up (The Newsroom) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:32 PM PDT The Newsroom - Illinois' 14th U.S. House District comprises a fast-growing area west of Chicago, including Aurora and Kendall County. The Illinois 14th is a traditionally Republican enclave. The incumbent Bill Foster is a Democrat, running for his second full term, having been elected in both a special election to replace Dennis Hastert in 2008 and the follow-up general election that year. His opponent is Republican Randy Hultgren, a state senator.

GOP will try to get own candidate off NY ballot (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Republicans will try to remove their own candidate from the ballot in a suburban New York congressional race because he wrote an article warning against racial mingling, a party official said Wednesday.

Emanuel still mulling whether to leave: White House (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has yet to decide whether he will leave to run for mayor of Chicago, administration officials said on Wednesday, as speculation mounted he could step down as early as October.

Kennedy nephew blasts JFK ad in Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - A nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy is asking Connecticut's Republican candidate for Senate, Linda McMahon, to pull her political advertisement featuring the former president talking about tax cuts, saying it is misleading to voters.

White House seeks to limit fallout from Afghan war book (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:10 PM PDT Reuters - The White House on Wednesday sought to limit any fallout from a new book that chronicles bitter infighting among President Barack Obama's aides who helped craft his Afghan war strategy, with some doubting it can succeed.

Arkansas conservative Democrats hold Senate race key (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - If Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas is to win re-election against the odds in November, she will have to start by convincing voters such as Claude Spradling.

Dems struggle for resolution on taxes, spending (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - Behind in the polls and split on the issues, Democrats are grappling with politically difficult decisions over tax cuts and federal spending in the final days before Congress adjourns for midterm elections.

Obama tries to humanize the healthcare debate (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:41 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama launched a new attempt to convince Americans of the advantages of his healthcare overhaul on Wednesday, just six weeks before an election in which the plan has proved more of a liability than a benefit for his fellow Democrats.

Summers' successor to set tone on economic policy (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - Republicans on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to pick a more business-friendly successor to economic adviser Larry Summers, a move that would signal a shift to the center.

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