Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Some House foes eye switch to 'yes' on health care (AP)
• Candidates make last sweep before Texas primary (AP)
• Vulnerable Ark. Dem faces Senate primary challenge (AP)
• 2,000 transportation workers idled over impasse (AP)
• Defense company BAE Systems enters guilty plea (AP)
• Biden defends bailouts before labor leaders (AP)
• Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts (AP)
• High court hears ex-Enron CEO Skilling's appeal (AP)
• Polite or panicky may depend on time to react (AP)
• Ford won't run against Gillibrand in NY for Senate (AP)
• Desserts to blame for Obama's higher cholesterol (AP)
• Clinton ferrying satellite gear to quake-hit Chile (AP)
• US report: Drug runners shifting south from Mexico (AP)
• Romney set for warmup to 2012 run with new book (Reuters)
• First lady talks obesity with school nutritionists (AP)
• Court weighs if silence alone can invoke Miranda (AP)
• Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in Africa (AP)
• White House Pushes Harder for Renewal of Expired Highway Programs (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama to name Kohn Fed replacement before end June (Reuters)

Some House foes eye switch to 'yes' on health care (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their "no" votes to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, brightening the party's hopes in the face of unyielding Republican opposition.

Candidates make last sweep before Texas primary (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - With the clock ticking in a rough Republican primary, Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison swept through the urban areas of Texas on Monday seeking votes in their gubernatorial showdown.

Vulnerable Ark. Dem faces Senate primary challenge (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PST AP - Faced with a primary challenge from Arkansas' lieutenant governor, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln found herself in the precarious position Monday of fending off angry liberal activists on the left as well as conservative Republicans on the right in her effort to keep her seat in the Senate.

2,000 transportation workers idled over impasse (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged with election-year politics.

Defense company BAE Systems enters guilty plea (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 03:49 PM PST AP - Defense company BAE Systems PLC pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Monday and a judge imposed a $400 million fine, among the largest in the Justice Department's efforts to combat overseas corruption in international business.

Biden defends bailouts before labor leaders (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 01:50 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden told AFL-CIO leaders Monday that the government bailouts of the banking and auto industries were necessary steps the Obama administration needed to take before it could tackle causes important to organized labor.

Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Monday addressed the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and school districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.

High court hears ex-Enron CEO Skilling's appeal (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PST AP - The Supreme Court appeared troubled Monday by the selection of the jury that convicted former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling as well as the use of a federal fraud law against him.

Polite or panicky may depend on time to react (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PST AP - When the ship is sinking is it really women and children first, or every man for himself? The answer, it seems, may depend on how fast it's going down.

Ford won't run against Gillibrand in NY for Senate (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:28 PM PST AP - Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr. says he's decided not to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand (KEHR'-sten JIL'-uh-brand) for U.S. Senate in New York's Democratic primary because he doesn't want to divide the party.

Desserts to blame for Obama's higher cholesterol (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:14 PM PST AP - Poll results, congressional head counts and federal deficits aren't the only numbers President Barack Obama has to worry about. Now, he's trying to walk off a marginally high cholesterol count.

Clinton ferrying satellite gear to quake-hit Chile (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 01:53 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she will bring 20 satellite phones and a technician with her when she visits earthquake-damaged Chile.

US report: Drug runners shifting south from Mexico (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 01:00 PM PST AP - Drug traffickers are adjusting to law enforcement pressures in Mexico by shifting their operations to smuggling corridors in Central America and the Caribbean, the State Department said Monday.

Romney set for warmup to 2012 run with new book (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:47 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama may have three years to go before the next presidential election, but Mitt Romney has regrouped after his failed 2008 White House run and is already setting himself up for the 2012 Republican nomination.

First lady talks obesity with school nutritionists (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:09 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama says the people who prepare meals for schools have more influence over what kids eat than parents do.

Court weighs if silence alone can invoke Miranda (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:52 AM PST AP - Police told Van Chester Thompkins he had a right to remain silent, and so he did.

Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in Africa (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:44 AM PST AP - Al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials.

White House Pushes Harder for Renewal of Expired Highway Programs (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:27 AM PST CQPolitics.com - The Obama administration is ratcheting up pressure on Congress to pass an extension of highway programs that expired Sunday.

Obama to name Kohn Fed replacement before end June (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 09:09 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will nominate a replacement for Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn, who is stepping down from his post, in time for confirmation before Kohn's term ends on June 23, a White House official said on Monday.

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