Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner (AP)
• Geithner says US credit rating safe despite debt (AP)
• Obama invites GOP leaders to health care talk (AP)
• Obama adviser: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort (AP)
• Specter wins party nod, but not hearts (Politico)
• Palin says 'absurd' not to ponder presidential bid (AP)
• Obama predicts Colts victory in Super Bowl (AP)
• Obama adviser confident in Super Bowl security (AP)
• Palin: Obama could win votes by playing 'war card' (AP)
• US faces `serious and significant' cyberthreats (AP)
• Dem. Ill. lt. gov. candidate exits race amid furor (AP)
• First female poised for Costa Rica presidency (AFP)
• Pro-Russia candidate to win Ukraine presidency: exit polls (AFP)
• Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll (Reuters)
• Obama Invites Republicans to Discuss Health Care (Bloomberg)
• Holding September 11 trial in New York difficult: Obama (Reuters)
• For Palin, Tea Party, questions remain (Politico)
• Obama, partial to Saints, hosts Super Bowl party (Reuters)
• Palin stumps for TX Gov. Perry in suburban Houston (AP)
• Obama says economy turning corner to growth (Reuters)

Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:07 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.

Geithner says US credit rating safe despite debt (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:55 PM PST AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says the U.S. government "will never" lose its sterling credit rating despite big budget deficits and a newly increased debt limit that now tops $14 trillion.

Obama invites GOP leaders to health care talk (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:58 PM PST AP - In the first major step to revive his health care agenda after his party's loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss possible compromises in a televised gathering later this month.

Obama adviser: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST AP - An exasperated White House newly committed to preaching partisan peace slammed Republicans for playing politics on national security and making ignorant allegations about the investigation into the Christmas airliner plot.

Specter wins party nod, but not hearts (Politico) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:01 AM PST Politico - LANCASTER, Pa. – Even as he accepted the resounding backing of the Pennsylvania Democratic state committee here Saturday, party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter's vulnerability was on vivid display as he botched the name of a key Democratic officeholder in his acceptance speech.

Palin says 'absurd' not to ponder presidential bid (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 07:32 AM PST AP - Sarah Palin says it would be "absurd" for her not to consider running for president in 2012.

Obama predicts Colts victory in Super Bowl (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:18 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the Indianapolis Colts "have to be favored" in the Super Bowl, even though he has a "soft spot" for the New Orleans Saints.

Obama adviser confident in Super Bowl security (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:15 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser says he's not aware of any credible terrorist threats against the Super Bowl.

Palin: Obama could win votes by playing 'war card' (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:55 AM PST AP - Sarah Palin says that if President Barack Obama "played the war card," he could improve his chances of being re-elected.

US faces `serious and significant' cyberthreats (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 07:28 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser says the U.S. faces "serious and significant" cyberthreats that could compromise national security.

Dem. Ill. lt. gov. candidate exits race amid furor (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:05 PM PST AP - The Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor has dropped out of the race less than a week after winning the nomination amid a political uproar about his past.

First female poised for Costa Rica presidency (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:37 PM PST AFP - Costa Ricans voted Sunday in elections to choose a successor to Nobel Peace Prize-winning President Oscar Arias, with a woman tipped to become the country's first female head of state.

Pro-Russia candidate to win Ukraine presidency: exit polls (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:21 PM PST AFP - Russia-friendly politician Viktor Yanukovich was on course to win Ukraine's presidency, exit polls showed, after voters delivered a stinging rebuke Sunday to leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution.

Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:21 PM PST Reuters - Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich claimed victory in Ukraine's presidential elections on Sunday and told his bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko to resign as prime minister, but she refused to concede and declared she was ahead.

Obama Invites Republicans to Discuss Health Care (Bloomberg) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama invited Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate to a Feb. 25 meeting to discuss ways to get an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system through Congress.

Holding September 11 trial in New York difficult: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:41 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had not ruled out putting the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks on trial in New York City but logistical issues and local opposition made it difficult.

For Palin, Tea Party, questions remain (Politico) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:41 PM PST Politico - NASHVILLE – This weekend’s Tea Party convention did little to unite or advance the fractious populist movement, but it did mark the debut of Sarah Palin as the movement’s spokeswoman, if not leader, and perhaps the beginning of a new phase in her political career.

Obama, partial to Saints, hosts Super Bowl party (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:12 PM PST Reuters - With Washington blanketed by snow, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were spending Sunday at the White House hosting a Super Bowl party.

Palin stumps for TX Gov. Perry in suburban Houston (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:01 PM PST AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumped for Gov. Rick Perry at a rally Sunday in suburban Houston, adding some national Republican star power to Perry's re-election campaign.

Obama says economy turning corner to growth (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:29 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the economy has turned the corner and resumed growth.

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