Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Case closed: FBI says scientist was anthrax killer (AP)
• DOJ: No misconduct for Bush interrogation lawyers (AP)
• Obama challenges GOP on health care, boosts Reid (AP)
• Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security (AP)
• Pelosi goes on offense (Politico)
• Barbour won't rule out 2012 run (AP)
• Military relaxes ban on computer flash drives (AP)
• Dem. Rep. Ellsworth to run for Bayh Senate seat (AP)
• Both sides take tobacco fight to Supreme Court (AP)
• Crist, McCain challengers woo conservatives (AP)
• Obama sets record straight: 'I love Vegas' (AP)
• GOP 2012 field takes backseat at CPAC (Politico)
• British Labour party gets tips from Obama campaign (Reuters)
• Obama to spell out new healthcare plan (Reuters)
• Giddy conservatives celebrate despite their internal divisions (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Mississippi governor discusses potential 2012 bid (AP)
• Obama as campaigner in chief: Will his record improve? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sestak says White House offered him job to not run (AP)
• Rap star says Romney first touched him on plane (AP)
• Toyota's president to testify before Congress (AP)

Case closed: FBI says scientist was anthrax killer (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide.

DOJ: No misconduct for Bush interrogation lawyers (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - Justice Department lawyers showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism, an internal review released Friday found.

Obama challenges GOP on health care, boosts Reid (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - Days before hosting an intensive health care summit with both Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama made a fervent push for his overhaul, calling it critical not just for the millions without insurance but for the entire country's economic well-being.

Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says Social Security is slowly running out of money but that it can exist well into the future with a slight fix.

Pelosi goes on offense (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:40 AM PST Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is getting her hands dirty.

Barbour won't rule out 2012 run (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, two possible 2012 presidential candidates, called for a return to conservative principles before a critical constituency Friday, while Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour wouldn't rule out a White House bid of his own.

Military relaxes ban on computer flash drives (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:02 PM PST AP - Nearly 15 months after the Defense Department banned the use of external computer flash drives, officials have agreed to allow limited use of the convenient high-tech storage devices.

Dem. Rep. Ellsworth to run for Bayh Senate seat (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:01 PM PST AP - Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth said Friday that he will run for Evan Bayh's Senate seat, giving his party a socially conservative candidate who could have broad appeal with Indiana voters.

Both sides take tobacco fight to Supreme Court (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to allow the government to seek nearly $300 billion from the tobacco industry for a half-century of deception that "has cost the lives and damaged the health of untold millions of Americans."

Crist, McCain challengers woo conservatives (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:45 PM PST AP - Marco Rubio and J.D. Hayworth have different styles and different backgrounds, and they're from opposite sides of the country. But both are hoping to win Senate seats by tapping into the energy of conservatives to defeat big-name, establishment-backed Republicans.

Obama sets record straight: 'I love Vegas' (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:45 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is setting the record straight — he loves Las Vegas. And Las Vegas was glad to hear it.

GOP 2012 field takes backseat at CPAC (Politico) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST Politico - At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) three years ago, a young man in a dolphin costume dubbed “Flipper” stalked the corridors to draw attention to presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s policy flip-flops.

British Labour party gets tips from Obama campaign (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:42 PM PST Reuters - Britain's ruling Labor party is taking a page from U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign book by contacting voters directly and encouraging word of mouth campaigning by members, its election coordinator said.

Obama to spell out new healthcare plan (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama is expected to publish his healthcare plan as early as Sunday or Monday, combining features of the two Democratic bills passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, congressional aides and healthcare advocates said on Friday.

Giddy conservatives celebrate despite their internal divisions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Conservatives predict a political comeback against President Barack Obama and the Democrats who control Congress, rallying Friday against their liberal agenda while offering their own sometimes-competing visions of how they'd govern.

Mississippi governor discusses potential 2012 bid (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:30 PM PST AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former lobbyist and Republican Party chairman, says he has not ruled out a presidential race in 2012.

Obama as campaigner in chief: Will his record improve? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:24 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - So far, President Obama doesn’t have the best track record in helping fellow Democrats get elected. Just ask former Gov. Jon Corzine of New Jersey or never-Gov. Creigh Deeds of Virginia, both of whom had Mr. Obama come visit for some last-ditch campaign support in November, and came up short.

Sestak says White House offered him job to not run (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST AP - U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak says the White House offered him a federal job in an effort to persuade him not to mount a Democratic primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.

Rap star says Romney first touched him on plane (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:12 PM PST AP - A rapper with the Grammy-nominated club act LMFAO says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him — and not the other way around — during a confrontation aboard an Air Canada flight that was preparing to take off from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Toyota's president to testify before Congress (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:48 PM PST AP - Toyota's president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of sweeping recalls, will testify before a congressional hearing next week, appealing to U.S. lawmakers and aggrieved customers for understanding while the company fixes its safety problems.

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