Yahoo! News: Elections

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• GOP's Brown holds steady lead in Mass. Senate race (AP)
• Dems cast blame at each other over Senate campaign (AP)
• Analysis: Mass. race exposes public's anger, fears (AP)
• Voters show independence in Mass. Senate race (AP)
• Finger-pointing begins for Dems (Politico)
• Dem health care overhaul endangered by Mass. race (AP)
• Michigan defense contractor has God in its sights (AP)
• Troubles at every turn in Hasan's medical training (AP)
• Report cites 'radicalization' of US prisoners (AP)
• Military sends more troops in Haiti aid effort (AP)
• White House likely to name deficit panel (AP)
• Online initiative signatures set up showdown in UT (AP)
• Mass. secretary of state dismissed vote problems (AP)
• Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable (CQPolitics.com)
• High court tosses ruling favorable to Abu-Jamal (AP)
• 22 indicted in FBI sting on paying foreign bribes (AP)
• Turnout heavy in crucial Massachusetts Senate poll (Reuters)
• Obama allies seek to save health care plan (AFP)
• Nervous Democrats vow to pass healthcare bill (Reuters)
• 2000s warmest decade on record, government reports (AP)

GOP's Brown holds steady lead in Mass. Senate race (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:14 PM PST AP - Striving for an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown pushed ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday in a U.S. Senate election that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his first year.

Dems cast blame at each other over Senate campaign (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:09 PM PST AP - The buck stops ... Well, it was hard to tell just where the buck stopped Tuesday as Democrats in Boston and Washington began dodging blame and pointing fingers at each other even before the first returns were in.

Analysis: Mass. race exposes public's anger, fears (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 01:52 PM PST AP - The high-stakes Senate race in Massachusetts exposed intense anti-Washington feelings that are startling and perplexing Democrats and throwing a scare into the Obama White House.

Voters show independence in Mass. Senate race (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST AP - John Triolo, a 38-year-old retail sales manager, is like more than half the voters in "true-blue Democratic" Massachusetts: an independent.

Finger-pointing begins for Dems (Politico) Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:29 PM PST Politico - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As voters head to the polls in Massachusetts, nervous Democrats have already begun to blame one another for putting at risk the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held for more than 40 years.

Dem health care overhaul endangered by Mass. race (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST AP - Democrats faced the unthinkable Tuesday — losing their prized health care overhaul along with Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, just as Kennedy's and President Barack Obama's goal seemed tantalizingly close to reality.

Michigan defense contractor has God in its sights (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:01 PM PST AP - Army officials said Tuesday they will investigate whether a Michigan defense contractor violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights used by American forces to kill enemy fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Troubles at every turn in Hasan's medical training (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:48 PM PST AP - Often teetering on failure during his medical training, Nidal Hasan hit a particularly rough patch in 2007 when his Army superior cited him for unprofessional behavior, inappropriately discussing religion, underperforming in his residency program and being too fat.

Report cites 'radicalization' of US prisoners (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:04 PM PST AP - U.S. law enforcement authorities believe as many as three dozen Americans who converted to Islam in prison have traveled to Yemen, possibly to train with al-Qaida, according to a Senate report.

Military sends more troops in Haiti aid effort (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST AP - American military officials are pressing ahead with a new infusion of troops in a bid to break a logjam blocking critical supplies from reaching desperate Haitian earthquake refugees.

White House likely to name deficit panel (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:42 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is poised to name a special commission to come up with a plan to curb the spiraling budget deficit, top Democrats said Tuesday evening.

Online initiative signatures set up showdown in UT (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:58 PM PST AP - A citizens group seeking ethics law changes in Utah said Tuesday it is soliciting signatures for its initiatives online, potentially setting up a showdown with state elections officials who must decide whether electronic signatures are valid when it comes to placing an initiative on the ballot.

Mass. secretary of state dismissed vote problems (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST AP - The Massachusetts secretary of state is discounting reports of voter irregularities in the state's Senate special election.

Massachusetts Senate Race: Thinking the Unthinkable (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:22 PM PST CQPolitics.com - It's difficult for any handicapper, professional or amateur, to think the unthinkable. And Republican Scott Brown defeating Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate special election to fill the remainder of the term of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) certainly would have been unthinkable even a month ago.

High court tosses ruling favorable to Abu-Jamal (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a ruling that had set aside the death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in a racially tinged case that has made the former Black Panther an international cause celebre.

22 indicted in FBI sting on paying foreign bribes (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - Twenty-two executives and employees at suppliers to the military and law enforcement agencies were arrested on the eve of their industry's annual trade show in Las Vegas after a 2 1/2-year undercover sting operation aimed at schemes to bribe a foreign official.

Turnout heavy in crucial Massachusetts Senate poll (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:36 PM PST Reuters - Massachusetts voters streamed to the polls on Tuesday in a close election for a new U.S. senator that could derail Democrats' dominance in Washington and scuttle President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare reform.

Obama allies seek to save health care plan (AFP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's top Democratic allies vowed Tuesday to achieve his top domestic goal, remaking US health care, no matter the outcome of a special Senate election that could doom the plan.

Nervous Democrats vow to pass healthcare bill (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:28 PM PST Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders vowed on Tuesday to pass a healthcare overhaul this year even if they lose their crucial 60th vote in a special Senate election in Massachusetts.

2000s warmest decade on record, government reports (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:03 PM PST AP - The 2000-2009 decade was the warmest on record, easily surpassing the previous hottest decade — the 1990s — researchers said Tuesday in a report providing fresh evidence that the planet may be warming at a potentially disastrous rate.

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