Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Analysis: Obama's buck-stopping goes only so far (AP)
• Attacks show al-Qaida-inspired groups target West (AP)
• US, Arabs press for shift in Mideast peace talks (AP)
• VP Biden's 92-year-old mother dies (AP)
• Dems plot to protect Napolitano (Politico)
• Gates, holdover from Bush team, to stay at Defense (AP)
• Military leader says no plans for troops in Yemen (AP)
• Obama refocuses on jobs after weak labor report (AP)
• Giuliani: Obama 'turned the corner' on terrorism (AP)
• Crisis inquiry commission set to quiz top bankers (AP)
• Talk show hosts as candidates? Sounds good in theory (Politico)
• Republican Lugar Rejects Cheney’s Obama Criticism (Bloomberg)
• Crist seeks 'pro-life' label in Fla. Senate race (AP)
• Beleaguered U.S. climate bill seeks Obama lift (Reuters)
• Maine's Snowe hasn't deserted health care debate (AP)
• Obama awards $2.3 billion clean energy tax credits (Reuters)
• U.S. pushes Sudan on election preparations (Reuters)
• U.S. government to release emergency heating subsidies (Reuters)
• Gerlach Move Improves GOP Chances to Hold Swing Seat (CQPolitics.com)
• NH seeks to stay No. 1 in presidential primaries (AP)

Analysis: Obama's buck-stopping goes only so far (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - He says "the buck stops with me," but nearly a year into office President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation's troubles — the economy, terrorism, health care — on George W. Bush.

Attacks show al-Qaida-inspired groups target West (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:00 PM PST AP - From Detroit to Afghanistan, scattered terrorists inspired and equipped by al-Qaida have attacked recently with surprising speed and worldwide reach, challenging the U.S. strategy of slowly and deliberately targeting the terror group's top leaders.

US, Arabs press for shift in Mideast peace talks (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:52 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Friday laid out a bold shift in its Mideast peace strategy, stepping up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to resume stalled talks by moving immediately to negotiations on the toughest issues dividing them, like the borders of a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem.

VP Biden's 92-year-old mother dies (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:33 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden's 92-year-old mother has died after becoming seriously ill in recent days.

Dems plot to protect Napolitano (Politico) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:16 PM PST Politico - Democrats worried about protecting the homeland in wake of the Christmas Day terror plot are also working to protect one of their own: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Gates, holdover from Bush team, to stay at Defense (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:49 AM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the most prominent Republican in President Barack Obama's inner circle, plans to remain in his Cabinet post for at least another year.

Military leader says no plans for troops in Yemen (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - The nation's top military leader said Friday the United States has no plans to send troops into Yemen, and that country has made it clear it does not want U.S. ground forces there.

Obama refocuses on jobs after weak labor report (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST AP - His agenda altered by the Christmas bombing attempt, President Barack Obama pivoted back to the domestic economy on Friday, promoting new U.S. spending to create tens of thousands of clean-technology jobs.

Giuliani: Obama 'turned the corner' on terrorism (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:16 PM PST AP - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday he believes President Barack Obama "turned the corner" on understanding the nature of terrorism when he publicly declared the U.S. at war.

Crisis inquiry commission set to quiz top bankers (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:25 AM PST AP - Two blocks from the Treasury, where the government not long ago scrambled to save a collapsing financial system, a team of investigators armed with subpoena powers is preparing the official narrative of the crisis and what went wrong.

Talk show hosts as candidates? Sounds good in theory (Politico) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:10 PM PST Politico - Ed Schultz for Senate? Lou Dobbs for president? Maybe Glenn Beck as Sarah Palin’s vice presidential running mate?

Republican Lugar Rejects Cheney’s Obama Criticism (Bloomberg) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended President Barack Obama’s handling of recent terrorism threats, taking issue with former Vice President Dick Cheney’s criticism.

Crist seeks 'pro-life' label in Fla. Senate race (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:25 PM PST AP - Gov. Charlie Crist is saying he'll fight for "pro-life" legislation if he's elected to the U.S. Senate.

Beleaguered U.S. climate bill seeks Obama lift (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech to Congress could indicate how badly he wants a global warming bill, which opponents say will cost U.S. jobs and raise prices -- a scary prospect for politicians trying to ride out a horrible economy in an election year.

Maine's Snowe hasn't deserted health care debate (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:54 PM PST AP - Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe said Friday she's still willing to work with the Obama administration to try to improve the final version of the health care overhaul bill even though she's frustrated by the way it was rushed through Congress.

Obama awards $2.3 billion clean energy tax credits (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:33 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a $2.3 billion tax credit on Friday to boost jobs by promoting clean energy, as new data showed the country's unemployment rate remained stuck in the double digits.

U.S. pushes Sudan on election preparations (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:48 AM PST Reuters - Sudan's leaders must redouble efforts to guarantee fair elections or risk plunging the giant African nation back into chaos and violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

U.S. government to release emergency heating subsidies (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. government is set to provide more than $1 billion over the next several weeks to help low-income families pay their energy bills, an agency spokesman said on Friday.

Gerlach Move Improves GOP Chances to Hold Swing Seat (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:19 AM PST CQPolitics.com - Rep. Jim Gerlach's (R-Pa.) decision to leave the gubernatorial race and instead run for re-election to his current House seat makes this race more competitive for Republicans.

NH seeks to stay No. 1 in presidential primaries (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST AP - New Hampshire lawmakers hope to erase any doubt that the state intends to continue holding the nation's first presidential primary election by making a small but important change to state law.

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