Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget (AP)
• Democrats look to new budget rules to tame deficit (AP)
• Dem leaders unite on health care strategy (AP)
• Girls may learn math anxiety from female teachers (AP)
• Dems' Bush-bashing goes bust (Politico)
• GOP sends letter appearing to be census form (AP)
• Vice president's son decides not to run for Senate (AP)
• Clinton cites exodus effect from Haitian capital (AP)
• Thousands of vets could get benefits upgrade (AP)
• Obama joins White House effort to boost Bernanke (AP)
• Sri Lanka polls open for presidential election (AFP)
• Obama to address voter fears in State of Union (Reuters)
• Obama sees Geithner, Summers staying on (Reuters)
• Obama to propose spending freeze (Politico)
• Blasts heard in Sri Lanka's north ahead of key vote: monitor (AFP)
• Obama: Bernanke the "best person for job" (Reuters)
• Obama wants $14.2 billion more to train Afghan forces (Reuters)
• Top US Senator: Health overhaul still critical (AFP)
• Sri Lanka heads to polls for tense election (AFP)
• Obama billboard to come down, company wants Palin (AP)

AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:30 PM PST AP - Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents.

Democrats look to new budget rules to tame deficit (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST AP - Democrats are trying to toughen budget rules to make it more difficult to run up the deficit with new tax cuts or federal benefit programs, a move Republicans say is a recipe for tax increases.

Dem leaders unite on health care strategy (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - Democratic congressional leaders are uniting around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.

Girls may learn math anxiety from female teachers (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:44 PM PST AP - Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.

Dems' Bush-bashing goes bust (Politico) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:07 AM PST Politico - After three consecutive losses in statewide races, some top Democrats are questioning a tactic aimed at boosting the party’s candidates in each of those contests: Bush-bashing.

GOP sends letter appearing to be census form (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST AP - The Republican Party is seeking input and money from GOP voters — seemingly under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Vice president's son decides not to run for Senate (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden's eldest son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, dealt another body blow to the flailing Democratic Party on Monday, announcing that he will not run for the Senate seat long held by his father.

Clinton cites exodus effect from Haitian capital (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST AP - An effective recovery strategy for Haiti must take into account a sudden rush of thousands of quake survivors from Port-au-Prince into the countryside, where the economy cannot sustain them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.

Thousands of vets could get benefits upgrade (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:45 PM PST AP - A military review could bring millions of dollars in benefits to thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Obama joins White House effort to boost Bernanke (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:30 PM PST AP - Bolstered by a White House lobbying effort that included the president, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's chances at a second four-year term improved Monday, calming a stock market that had grown anxious over the uncertainty of his support.

Sri Lanka polls open for presidential election (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:14 PM PST AFP - Voting began Tuesday in Sri Lanka's presidential election, which pits incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse against his former army chief in a tense contest hit by pre-dawn bomb blasts.

Obama to address voter fears in State of Union (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama, concerned by voter anxiety over high unemployment, said on Monday he would use his State of the Union speech on Wednesday to reassure Americans worried about jobs and the economy.

Obama sees Geithner, Summers staying on (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:25 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday said he expects Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers to stay in their jobs, and called them "terrific advisers."

Obama to propose spending freeze (Politico) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:29 PM PST Politico - President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday's State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.

Blasts heard in Sri Lanka's north ahead of key vote: monitor (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST AFP - At least four explosions were heard in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil heartland of Jaffna ahead of Tuesday's crucial presidential vote, an independent election monitor told AFP.

Obama: Bernanke the "best person for job" (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has his strongest support and is doing a good job.

Obama wants $14.2 billion more to train Afghan forces (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:10 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for another $14.2 billion to train Afghanistan's army and police over the next two years, a move a key lawmaker welcomed on Monday as part of a long-term U.S. commitment to that country's military.

Top US Senator: Health overhaul still critical (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:22 PM PST AFP - The US Congress has not placed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on the back burner in order to address election-year voter anger at the sour economy, a top lawmaker said Monday.

Sri Lanka heads to polls for tense election (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST AFP - Sri Lanka goes to the polls Tuesday in its first post-war presidential election, contested by the men who ended the island nation's 37-year conflict but whose bitter clash threatens more instability.

Obama billboard to come down, company wants Palin (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will soon be leaving Times Square.

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