Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama defends airport security measures (Reuters)
Taiwan pro-China party holds edge in mayoral races (Reuters)
Global crises overshadow Obama's economic message (AP)
Steele's tenure as GOP chief may be nearing end (AP)
Cuban-American to head House Foreign Affairs (AP)
Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth (AP)
Obamas say their daughters prefer to just be kids (AP)

Obama defends airport security measures (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:35 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama defended controversial new security measures at U.S. airports in an interview released on Friday, saying the methods were necessary to prevent a potential terrorist attack.

Taiwan pro-China party holds edge in mayoral races (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:02 PM PST

Reuters - Taiwan's China-friendly ruling party held onto most of the island's mayoral posts up for grabs in tense elections Saturday seen as a test of the party's popularity ahead of the 2012 presidential race.

Global crises overshadow Obama's economic message (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PST

AP - Foreign policy challenges are intruding on President Barack Obama's promise to focus on the economy after the Democrats' election debacle and threatening to knock the White House off message altogether.

Steele's tenure as GOP chief may be nearing end (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:18 AM PST

AP - A significant bloc of Republican National Committee members wants embattled chairman Michael Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members.

Cuban-American to head House Foreign Affairs (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:51 AM PST

AP - She hung up on the next president, Barack Obama. Twice. She thought it was a prank.

Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:49 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.