Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions (AP)
• Wind farm plans stir up storm over military radar (AP)
• A Southern-style taste of health care politics (AP)
• The Senate's proud porkers (Politico)
• US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP)
• New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP)
• Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline (AP)
• Retired general: Gays made Dutch weak in Bosnia (AP)
• VA seeks to make getting benefits easier for vets (AP)
• Reid says he's proud of Senate accomplishments (AP)
• Colo. abortion foes say they cleared petition bar (AP)
• Grand jury subpoenas GOP unit in Sen. Ensign probe (AP)
• A look at the health care overhaul bill (AP)
• Obama ditches Indonesia, Australia trip over health care (AFP)
• Obama scraps Asia trip as health plan faces Sunday test (AFP)
• AP source: Clinton, Netanyahu to meet next week (AP)
• White House spokesman takes show to Rose Garden (AP)
• Obama postpones Asia trip to focus on health care (AP)
• CAPITAL CULTURE: Designer favored by Obama closes (AP)

Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - Hoping to diffuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront face to face an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.

Wind farm plans stir up storm over military radar (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies, a problem that is stalling the alternative energy projects around the country.

A Southern-style taste of health care politics (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - It may not bode well for Rep. Travis Childers that many voters in his rural Mississippi district have stronger opinions about President Barack Obama's health care plan than they do about the Democratic congressman.

The Senate's proud porkers (Politico) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:19 AM PDT Politico - Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday that he’s taking a “very unpopular stand” by fighting for the right to keep sending pork back home.

US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.

New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:03 PM PDT AP - Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Ohio Democrat opened his local newspaper, The Cincinnati Enquirer, on Wednesday to find a giant ad urging him to vote against the bill — featuring a photo of him with his two young daughters. Tea party protesters stormed his office and berated his staff.

Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year.

Retired general: Gays made Dutch weak in Bosnia (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened, partly because it included openly gay soldiers.

VA seeks to make getting benefits easier for vets (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 10:18 AM PDT AP - The Veterans Affairs Department took steps Thursday to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits. To qualify for the new streamlined status, they must have malaria, West Nile Virus or one of seven other diseases.

Reid says he's proud of Senate accomplishments (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday he's proud of what he's accomplished during four terms in the Senate, and he challenged critics and opponents who say he's lost touch with Nevada.

Colo. abortion foes say they cleared petition bar (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT AP - Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall — potentially the first state this election year to see the question.

Grand jury subpoenas GOP unit in Sen. Ensign probe (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:49 PM PDT AP - A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Sen. John Ensign, who has been under scrutiny for his efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress.

A look at the health care overhaul bill (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:38 PM PDT AP - Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Some of the main features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve:

Obama ditches Indonesia, Australia trip over health care (AFP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:34 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama Thursday dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June, as he wages a vote-by-vote struggle to drive his health reform bill through Congress.

Obama scraps Asia trip as health plan faces Sunday test (AFP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to help steer his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.

AP source: Clinton, Netanyahu to meet next week (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - A U.S. official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to meet next week amid troubles in the U.S.-Israel alliance.

White House spokesman takes show to Rose Garden (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - Good thing President Barack Obama's bill signing in the Rose Garden didn't take too long on Thursday. His press secretary had booked the real estate for his own event just a short time later.

Obama postpones Asia trip to focus on health care (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible vote Sunday on his health care overhaul.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Designer favored by Obama closes (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT AP - The signs of Maria Pinto's rise were clear when Michelle Obama entered the world stage wearing her designs, also favored by Oprah Winfrey.

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