Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Judge: Alaska deserves senator by Jan. 3 (AP)
• Correction: Obit-Holbrooke story (AP)
• Obama, CEOs make peace, search for common ground (AP)
• Month-long suspension ordered in Obama e-mail flap (AP)
• WH: Afghan review will support July drawdown (AP)
• Senate to push ahead on US-Russia nuclear treaty (AP)
• Obama considers Levin, others for economic adviser (Reuters)
• Chicago residents quiz Emanuel over eligibility (AP)
• Obama talks economy with Buffett, Gates (AP)
• Obama discusses economy with Buffett, Gates (Reuters)
• Obama to review Afghanistan, Pakistan (AP)
• Wooing Joe Lieberman for 2012 (Politico)
• House Dems stew over Obama's handling of tax deal (AP)
• Emanuel's wife won't have to be at Chicago hearing (AP)
• Miller takes elections case to Alaska's top court (Reuters)
• Obama Health Care Reform Timeline (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama tax deal gets nod from Senate. Will House risk making changes? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Republican chief Michael Steele to seek re-election (Reuters)

Judge: Alaska deserves senator by Jan. 3 (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST AP - Alaska should have a U.S. senator in place by the time Congress convenes in early January, even if all of the legal wrangling between the two rivals contesting the seat isn't resolved by then, a federal judge said Tuesday.

Correction: Obit-Holbrooke story (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:35 PM PST AP - In a Dec. 13 obituary for Richard Holbrooke, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he had reflected on his role as President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan in a March 2008 article in The Washington Post. Holbrooke did not become Obama's special envoy until January 2009.

Obama, CEOs make peace, search for common ground (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:25 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and the nation's business sector, staunch rivals in past battles over how to overhaul health care and banking regulations, are moving toward a wary embrace.

Month-long suspension ordered in Obama e-mail flap (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST AP - A Louisiana State Senate employee has been formally reprimanded and suspended for a month without pay because she sent an e-mail to hundreds of government workers that appeared to try to show President Barack Obama as white.

WH: Afghan review will support July drawdown (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:28 AM PST AP - The White House says a yearlong review of the Afghanistan war will show that the U.S. can begin withdrawing troops in July.

Senate to push ahead on US-Russia nuclear treaty (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST AP - The Senate Democratic leader said Tuesday he will press ahead on a U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty, President Barack Obama's top foreign policy priority, despite strong opposition from some Republican lawmakers.

Obama considers Levin, others for economic adviser (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 10:39 AM PST Reuters - The White House has cast a wide net in its search for a replacement for outgoing economic adviser Larry Summers with a list that includes Yale University President Richard Levin.

Chicago residents quiz Emanuel over eligibility (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST AP - Rahm Emanuel, who left a powerful job with President Barack Obama at the White House to move back to Chicago and run for mayor, endured hours of questioning on Tuesday from everyone from attorneys to a woman named Queen Sister — all intent on keeping his name off the ballot.

Obama talks economy with Buffett, Gates (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:37 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama invited two of the world's richest men to the White House Tuesday to discuss ways to boost the U.S. economy.

Obama discusses economy with Buffett, Gates (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama met billionaire philanthropists and businessmen Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on Tuesday for a conversation that touched on how to expand the economy, the White House said.

Obama to review Afghanistan, Pakistan (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 02:35 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama's morning will be dominated by the monthly meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Wooing Joe Lieberman for 2012 (Politico) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:33 AM PST Politico - It got so bad two years ago between Joe Lieberman and Senate Democrats that he started skipping weekly caucus lunches because tensions were at a boil.

House Dems stew over Obama's handling of tax deal (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2010 12:30 AM PST AP - The struggle over tax cuts is seriously straining President Barack Obama's relationship with House Democrats, who have backed him on key issues even when it cost them politically.

Emanuel's wife won't have to be at Chicago hearing (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:44 PM PST AP - An election official says Rahm Emanuel's wife won't have to testify at a hearing over challenges to the former White House chief of staff's Chicago residency.

Miller takes elections case to Alaska's top court (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST Reuters - Tea Party favorite Joe Miller on Monday took his fight over the November election to the Alaska Supreme Court, asking justices to throw out contested write-in ballots cast for fellow Republican Lisa Murkowski in their Senate race.

Obama Health Care Reform Timeline (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST ContributorNetwork - A federal judge in Virginia on Monday struck down a key provision of the health care reform law requiring all citizens to have health insurance. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said the case will likely end up in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court when issuing his ruling.

Obama tax deal gets nod from Senate. Will House risk making changes? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:15 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a break with gridlock, the Senate voted 83 to 15 Monday to move ahead with a bipartisan deal ­â€" first proposed by President Obama and Republican leaders â€" on extending the Bush tax cuts for two years, including for those in the top income brackets.

Republican chief Michael Steele to seek re-election (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 05:39 PM PST Reuters - Republican Party chief Michael Steele, resisting appeals that he step down, told fellow Republicans on Monday he planned to seek a new term to help lead the party through the 2012 presidential election.

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