Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Grim Obama says terror attack 'dots' not connected (AP)
• Obama suspends detainee transfers to Yemen (AP)
• Premiums are key issue for health care negotiators (AP)
• North Dakota Sen. Dorgan won't seek re-election (AP)
• Obama: No more 'finger-pointing' (Politico)
• Obama to tout job-creating efforts in Ohio speech (AP)
• PETA features Michelle Obama in new anti-fur ad (AP)
• GOP chairman doubts Republicans can retake House (AP)
• CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama making Oval Office his own (AP)
• Democrat Sen. Dorgan plans to leave Senate (Reuters)
• From Oregon, a new nephew for the first couple (AP)
• Lt. gov.'s withdrawal opens up Mich. gov.'s race (AP)
• Third White House crasher is local event planner (AP)
• Dorgan Will Not Seek Re-election in 2010 (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama says he still will close Guantanamo prison (AP)
• Yale society's skull-turned-ballot box to be sold (AP)
• Obama, Democrats forge ahead on health care overhaul (AFP)
• Calpers gets new board member, another reelected (Reuters)

Grim Obama says terror attack 'dots' not connected (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST AP - A grim-faced President Barack Obama declared Tuesday there was a deep failure of national intelligence in the botched Christmas Day airliner terror attack over Detroit, telling the nation the government had enough information to thwart potential disaster but could not "connect those dots."

Obama suspends detainee transfers to Yemen (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for now, as his administration ratcheted up security measures after a failed Christmas terror plot to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner.

Premiums are key issue for health care negotiators (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama began work in earnest Tuesday on difficult issues still standing in the way of their national health care overhaul after months of tortuous debate. Topping the list: How to help Americans pay for insurance premiums.

North Dakota Sen. Dorgan won't seek re-election (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST AP - North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan said Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, a surprise announcement that dealt another blow to Democrats already struggling to protect their Senate majority.

Obama: No more 'finger-pointing' (Politico) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST Politico - President Barack Obama told top security officials at the White House Tuesday that he wants immediate changes to prevent a recurrence of the attempted airplane bombing on Christmas Day — calling the incident “a screw-up that could have been disastrous,” according to a White House official.

Obama to tout job-creating efforts in Ohio speech (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama will travel to Ohio on Jan. 22 to build public support for his jobs agenda. Obama will meet with workers, small business owners and community leaders in Lorain County, near Cleveland. It's the second stop on the president's "White House to Main Street" tour. He visited Allentown, Pa. last month.

PETA features Michelle Obama in new anti-fur ad (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:12 PM PST AP - The fur is flying over a new ad campaign by an animal rights group the White House says is using first lady Michelle Obama's image without her permission.

GOP chairman doubts Republicans can retake House (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - GOP Chairman Michael Steele thinks Republicans have "screwed up" for the most part in the years since Ronald Reagan was president. And, he adds in an interview on the heels of his new book's release, Republicans won't win back the House in fall elections and might not be ready to lead even if they do.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama making Oval Office his own (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST AP - The decorative china plates are long gone. Historic metal gadgets and Native American pottery now stand in their stead. Resting on a bookshelf is a framed program from the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech.

Democrat Sen. Dorgan plans to leave Senate (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:47 PM PST Reuters - Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, announced on Tuesday he will not run for another six-year term, a move that could threaten his party's 60-vote majority in the Senate.

From Oregon, a new nephew for the first couple (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:34 PM PST AP - Oregon State University says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a new nephew.

Lt. gov.'s withdrawal opens up Mich. gov.'s race (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:28 PM PST AP - Lt. Gov. John Cherry's withdrawal from the Michigan governor's race has opened the door to a free-for-all that could lead to a Democratic candidate not saddled with the state's economic baggage or a splintered party unable to block a Republican win.

Third White House crasher is local event planner (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST AP - The third gate-crasher at November's White House state dinner turns out to be a local event planner who got in with members of the Indian delegation.

Dorgan Will Not Seek Re-election in 2010 (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST CQPolitics.com - Third-term Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., dropped a bombshell Tuesday evening when he announced he will retire rather than run for re-election in 2010, ending a political career that began in the 1960s.

Obama says he still will close Guantanamo prison (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he remains committed to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

Yale society's skull-turned-ballot box to be sold (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - A human skull that apparently was turned into a ballot box for Yale's mysterious Skull and Bones society is going on the auction block.

Obama, Democrats forge ahead on health care overhaul (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:03 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama and his top allies in Congress groped their way Tuesday towards a hard-fought compromise to ensure final passage of a historic US health care overhaul within weeks.

Calpers gets new board member, another reelected (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:28 PM PST Reuters - Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, said on Tuesday that unofficial election results show Kurato Shimada and Joseph 'J.J.' Jelincic winning member-at-large seats on its board.

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