Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: Bin Laden still pursued, 'deep underground' (AP)
• Senate urged to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
• Wis. agrees to extend deadline for some voters (AP)
• First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet (AP)
• Dems could lose 8 Empire State seats in US House (AP)
• Ohio politician goes viral with nomination pitch (AP)
• Shumlin wins primary re-count in Vt. governor race (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Obama's tone shifts on health care (AP)
• Obama sees enormous hurdles in Mideast peace talks (Reuters)
• Write-in option poses challenge of AK senator (AP)
• Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage (Reuters)
• Recession has left huge hole: Obama (AFP)
• Obama makes call for religious tolerance (Reuters)
• Obama says he won't back down on 'trying to stimulate' economy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist (Reuters)
• Obama defends his handling of the economy, but admits recovery is ‘painfully slow’ (The Upshot)
• Obama: America's enemy is al-Qaida, not Islam (AP)
• Capturing or killing bin Laden still priority: Obama (Reuters)
• Obama says some progress seen on Afghan corruption (Reuters)
• Guns kept from NJ man accused of threatening Obama (AP)

Obama: Bin Laden still pursued, 'deep underground' (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - Nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Barack Obama said the U.S. has forced Osama bin Laden "deep underground" but Americans will face an expanded terror threat for years to come from other al-Qaida extremists "willing to die to kill other people."

Senate urged to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - Elated by a major court victory, gay-rights activists are stepping up pressure on Congress to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy this month. They want to avoid potentially lengthy appeals and fear their chances for a legislative fix will fade after Election Day.

Wis. agrees to extend deadline for some voters (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin residents in the military or living overseas will have until Nov. 19 to return ballots they cast in the Nov. 2 election under an agreement the state reached Friday with the federal government.

First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - A 25-year-old soldier from Iowa who exposed himself to enemy gunfire to try to save two fellow soldiers will become the first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday.

Dems could lose 8 Empire State seats in US House (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - For all the Democrats' strength and swagger in New York, the party could lose as many as eight U.S. House seats in the Empire State alone in November.

Ohio politician goes viral with nomination pitch (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:46 PM PDT AP - An Ohio politician looking for a promotion has become a YouTube sensation with his double-fisted pitch to GOP leaders.

Shumlin wins primary re-count in Vt. governor race (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:37 PM PDT AP - Two and a half weeks after Vermont's oh-so-close Democratic gubernatorial primary, a winner finally emerged Friday when a re-count upheld state Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin's first-place finish — and then some.

FACT CHECK: Obama's tone shifts on health care (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama told voters repeatedly during the health care debate that the overhaul legislation would bring down fast-rising health care costs and save them money. Now, he's hemming and hawing on that.

Obama sees enormous hurdles in Mideast peace talks (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said Friday he saw "enormous hurdles" ahead in Middle East peace negotiations, but said it was a risk worth taking and the United States would remain engaged even if talks break down.

Write-in option poses challenge of AK senator (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - For Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the odds of winning a write-in campaign to keep her job would be exceedingly long and the personal political stakes just as high.

Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of holding the middle class hostage and defended his efforts to stimulate the sluggish economy as he tries to reverse grim election prospects for his fellow Democrats in November.

Recession has left huge hole: Obama (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:14 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said Friday the "hole" left by the worst recession in decades was "huge" and admitted the recovery had been "painfully slow," but vowed his policies were working.

Obama makes call for religious tolerance (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for religious tolerance Friday, saying the United States is not at war with Islam, as he sought to quell signs of anti-Muslim sentiment at home that have raised tensions overseas.

Obama says he won't back down on 'trying to stimulate' economy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has a message for voters angry about the sluggish economy: “I feel your pain.”

Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:48 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday named a member of his inner circle as top White House economist and gave a strong personal endorsement to a leading candidate to run his new consumer protection bureau.

Obama defends his handling of the economy, but admits recovery is ‘painfully slow’ (The Upshot) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:03 AM PDT The Upshot - With declining poll numbers and Democrats on the verge of losing control of Congress in November, President Obama went before reporters at the White House on Friday to defend his handling of the economy. And in a nod in the direction of the hard-fought midterm battles taking shape across the country, he repeatedly stressed that [...]

Obama: America's enemy is al-Qaida, not Islam (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:54 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is appealing for religious tolerance, reminding Americans that the "overwhelming majority" of Muslims around the world are peace-loving people.

Capturing or killing bin Laden still priority: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said Friday that capturing or killing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remains a high priority as the United States marks the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Obama says some progress seen on Afghan corruption (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he has seen some progress in fighting corruption in Afghanistan but there was still much to be done.

Guns kept from NJ man accused of threatening Obama (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT AP - A New Jersey judge has ruled that a former airport security guard accused of threatening to shoot President Barack Obama can't get his gun collection back.

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