Yahoo! News: Elections

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• New Hawaii congressman hopes for quick swearing-in (AP)
• Move afoot in Congress to ban drop-side cribs (AP)
• White House: Justice Dept. has been to Gulf spill (AP)
• White House mum on whether Sestak offered a job (AP)
• WH official says US hunting Yemeni-American cleric (AP)
• Palin: I'm big supporter of offshore drilling (AP)
• NY's Cuomo announces he's running for governor (AP)
• Big business seeking to weaken finance reforms: Obama (AFP)
• GOP wins House seat in Obama's home district (AP)
• Ethiopia polls marred by fraud allegations (AFP)
• Experts: Blumenthal tried relating to fellow vets (AP)
• Fla. AFL-CIO backs Democrat in US Senate race (AP)
• Fresh appeals lodged in Iraqi election impasse (Reuters)
• US official: At odds with China over NKorea, Iran (AP)
• Republicans win House seat in Democrat-heavy Hawaii (Reuters)
• Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown? (The Christian Science Monitor)

New Hawaii congressman hopes for quick swearing-in (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - Hawaii's newest member of Congress hopes to be quickly sworn in this week after his special election victory.

Move afoot in Congress to ban drop-side cribs (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - The baby crib, usually a safe haven for little ones, became a death trap for 6-month-old Bobby Cirigliano. The side rail on his drop-side crib slid off the tracks and trapped his head and neck between the mattress and the malfunctioning side rail. His face pressed against the mattress, the boy suffocated.

White House: Justice Dept. has been to Gulf spill (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 08:45 AM PDT AP - The White House says the Justice Department has been gathering information about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

White House mum on whether Sestak offered a job (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT AP - What job did the White House offer Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak if he skipped the Pennsylvania Senate primary and who made the offer?

WH official says US hunting Yemeni-American cleric (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 07:17 AM PDT AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the U.S. is actively hunting American-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Palin: I'm big supporter of offshore drilling (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 06:03 AM PDT AP - Sarah Palin says she remains a "big supporter of offshore drilling" despite the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

NY's Cuomo announces he's running for governor (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 12:33 AM PDT AP - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo declared his candidacy for governor Saturday, delivering an impassioned call for political reform and pledging to make the notoriously dysfunctional state government more accountable to its citizens.

Big business seeking to weaken finance reforms: Obama (AFP) Posted: 23 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama is rallying supporters to stop what he said was a campaign by big business to weaken the sweeping finance reforms just passed by the US Congress.

GOP wins House seat in Obama's home district (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - Republicans cited Rep.-elect Charles Djou's victory for a seat long out of their reach as evidence of steadily increasing election-year strength, but Democrats said Sunday the winner's 40-percent vote share portends a short stay in Congress for him and predicts nothing about the fall.

Ethiopia polls marred by fraud allegations (AFP) Posted: 23 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT AFP - Ethiopia's opposition accused Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling coalition of rigging the country's election on Sunday, though no major violence was reported in sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country.

Experts: Blumenthal tried relating to fellow vets (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal acknowledged he misstated his service in Vietnam, said he made mistakes, regretted them and took responsibility. What he didn't explain was why.

Fla. AFL-CIO backs Democrat in US Senate race (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 11:10 AM PDT AP - The labor union AFL-CIO has endorsed a Democrat in the race for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat after an unusual sales pitch by the state's governor, who's running as an independent.

Fresh appeals lodged in Iraqi election impasse (Reuters) Posted: 23 May 2010 10:05 AM PDT Reuters - Election officials in Iraq said Sunday they had received new appeals stemming from March's parliamentary election but did not expect more than a brief delay in ratification of the results.

US official: At odds with China over NKorea, Iran (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 08:52 AM PDT AP - The United States and China are still at odds about how to deal with North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship it has been blamed for, a senior U.S. official said Sunday. They also remain apart on the specifics on new U.N. sanctions to impose on Iran over its suspect nuclear program, the official said.

Republicans win House seat in Democrat-heavy Hawaii (Reuters) Posted: 23 May 2010 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - A Hawaii Republican defeated two Democrats who split their party's vote Saturday in a special U.S. congressional election in the heavily Democratic district where President Barack Obama grew up.

Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 May 2010 05:52 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The victory of Republican Charles Djou in a special election in Hawaii’s First Congressional District â€" the heavily Democratic district where President Obama grew up â€" is a welcome political reversal for the GOP.

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