Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Former Cold War foes US, Russia to slash nukes (AP)
• Romney attacks health care law similar to his own (AP)
• INSIDE WASHINGTON: Mail perk is re-election tool (AP)
• Her career rising, Palin now gives McCain a boost (AP)
• Still time to fix lapse in jobless benefits (AP)
• Black farmers' settlement still not a done deal (AP)
• Court rejects GOP bid to raise unlimited money (AP)
• At last: Final health care measure heads to Obama (AP)
• Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws (AP)
• Nevada tea party candidate facing felony charges (AP)
• '08 presidential campaign redux? Palin stumps for McCain (AFP)
• Secularist former leader Allawi wins Iraq vote (Reuters)
• Two big wins, a presidency transformed for Obama (AFP)
• Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race (Reuters)
• Products recalled due to potential salmonella risk (AP)
• Obama to sign last bit of health overhaul Tuesday (AP)
• Congress banning misleading census mailings (AP)
• White House expands housing aid program (Reuters)
• Allawi narrowly wins Iraq election, Maliki rejects result (AFP)

Former Cold War foes US, Russia to slash nukes (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Russia sealed the first major nuclear weapons treaty in nearly two decades Friday, agreeing to slash the former Cold War rivals' warhead arsenals by nearly one-third and talking hopefully of eventually ridding a fearful world of nuclear arms altogether.

Romney attacks health care law similar to his own (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:44 AM PDT AP - Mitt Romney has a problem with Obamacare. It looks a lot like Romneycare. The prospective Republican presidential candidate's vulnerability on the issue was evident this week, when he was interrupted during a tour for his new book by a woman upset with the Massachusetts health care law Romney signed as governor in 2006. That law has some of the same core features as the federal law President Barack Obama, a Democrat, signed on Tuesday.

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Mail perk is re-election tool (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - Freshman members of Congress are using a perk to blanket districts with mass mailings and other messages to promote themselves back home, particularly those in this year's tightest election contests, an Associated Press review shows.

Her career rising, Palin now gives McCain a boost (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin lent her star power among fellow conservatives to former running mate John McCain in his tough Senate re-election campaign, telling a rally Friday that McCain pegged President Barack Obama right when he said the Democrat would swell the size of government.

Still time to fix lapse in jobless benefits (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:17 PM PDT AP - Congress left for a two-week vacation Friday without extending jobless benefits for people who have been out of work for more than six months.

Black farmers' settlement still not a done deal (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:36 PM PDT AP - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after Congress adjourned for a two-week break without approving the spending.

Court rejects GOP bid to raise unlimited money (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - Two court decisions Friday are likely to help set the ground rules for 2010 election fundraising: The Republican Party lost its bid to raise unlimited contributions, while a conservative group won approval to raise big donations for ads but must regularly disclose its givers.

At last: Final health care measure heads to Obama (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:29 AM PDT AP - Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama on Friday before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes threatening — public.

Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:08 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Friday upheld limitations on gun ownership that the District of Columbia put in place following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city's outright ban on handguns.

Nevada tea party candidate facing felony charges (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in Las Vegas that allege he bounced a $5,000 business check last year.

'08 presidential campaign redux? Palin stumps for McCain (AFP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT AFP - It was the 2008 presidential campaign all over on Friday, with Alaska's Sarah Palin taking swipes at Democrat Barack Obama with folksy quips and Senator John McCain standing at her side.

Secularist former leader Allawi wins Iraq vote (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi's coalition won the most seats in Iraq's election, according to preliminary results on Friday, but the tight race foreshadowed long, divisive talks to form a new government.

Two big wins, a presidency transformed for Obama (AFP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:35 PM PDT AFP - Two big wins for Barack Obama at home and abroad -- a historic health care bill and a new arms treaty with Russia -- have injected sudden momentum into a presidency that had been looking beleaguered.

Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - Conservative darling Sarah Palin urged a cheering crowd on Friday to vote for her former running mate John McCain, lending much-needed support as he faces the toughest re-election battle of his long career in the U.S. Senate.

Products recalled due to potential salmonella risk (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT AP - The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:

Obama to sign last bit of health overhaul Tuesday (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to sign the final piece of his health care overhaul on Tuesday.

Congress banning misleading census mailings (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - Misleading mailings that appear to be from the Census Bureau, such as fundraising letters recently sent by Republican groups, will be more tightly restricted under legislation passed by Congress on Friday.

White House expands housing aid program (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday announced a $14 billion effort to try to stem a rising tide of home foreclosures by giving lenders incentives to erase some mortgage debt and slash mortgage payments for the unemployed.

Allawi narrowly wins Iraq election, Maliki rejects result (AFP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:03 PM PDT AFP - Former premier Iyad Allawi's secular bloc won the most seats in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, edging incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition, official results showed on Friday.

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