Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Conn. governor candidates spar over death penalty (AP)
• Presidential seal falls off podium as Obama speaks (AP)
• Vt. gov candidates spar over future of nuke plant (AP)
• Californians see green in climate law: poll (Reuters)
• US seeks big vote on Russia nuclear arms pact (AP)
• Bank bailout supporters struggling for re-election (AP)
• GOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads (AP)
• Whitman spends $140M, much of it her own money (AP)
• Few find work at Illinois candidate's job fair (AP)
• Nevada Tea Party chairman quits after tape flap (AP)
• Cuomo tries to seize momentum in NY governor race (AP)
• Lawyer in Whitman flap mum on details, party ties (AP)
• GOP hopeful outraised Dem Ohio governor last month (AP)
• Michigan students get DC vote site to play song (AP)
• Rand Paul, national Democrats escalate ad war (AP)
• Obama returns to Pa. for rally in Philadelphia (AP)
• Wis. governor candidates compete to be cheapest (AP)
• MTV, BET: Obama to face youth at town hall meeting (AP)
• Ex-NY gov's group targets NH Dems on health care (AP)
• Obama hails 'new era of engagement' worldwide (AP)

Conn. governor candidates spar over death penalty (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:09 PM PDT AP - The two major-party nominees for Connecticut governor are sparring over the death penalty and whether it would apply to a man convicted of the home invasion killings of a woman and her two daughters.

Presidential seal falls off podium as Obama speaks (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:58 PM PDT AP - The presidential seal has fallen off President Barack Obama's podium and clattered to the stage as Obama delivered a speech to a women's conference.

Vt. gov candidates spar over future of nuke plant (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:49 PM PDT AP - The two top candidates for governor continued to disagree Tuesday over the future of the state's only nuclear power plant.

Californians see green in climate law: poll (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:43 PM PDT Reuters - They've banned gay marriage and are poised to blow off a chance to legalize marijuana, but California voters are remaining true to one stereotype -- their commitment to the environment.

US seeks big vote on Russia nuclear arms pact (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:37 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is hoping for an overwhelming Senate vote this year to ratify the new arms control treaty with Russia, the chief U.S. negotiator said Tuesday.

Bank bailout supporters struggling for re-election (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it. Support for the program is turning into a kiss of death for many in Congress.

GOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:25 PM PDT AP - A deep-pocketed alliance with ties to top Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie is pumping more than $4 million into key Senate races in a single week of advertising, a crucial infusion to counter a surge in Democratic Party spending as Election Day draws near.

Whitman spends $140M, much of it her own money (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - Republican Meg Whitman has spent more than $140 million on her campaign for California governor so far, nearly $40 million of it during the last three months, she reported Tuesday.

Few find work at Illinois candidate's job fair (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - Martina Love had two words to describe the job fair hosted Tuesday by Scott Lee Cohen, the independent candidate for Illinois governor: "false advertisement."

Nevada Tea Party chairman quits after tape flap (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the Tea Party of Nevada resigned Tuesday after a recording was made public capturing Republican Sharron Angle badmouthing GOP leaders during a meeting with the shadowy group's U.S. Senate candidate.

Cuomo tries to seize momentum in NY governor race (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - Trying to shed criticism that he was sitting on a lead and a pile of campaign cash, Democrat Andrew Cuomo emerged this week with daily public events as a new poll shows he may be reclaiming momentum in the race for New York governor.

Lawyer in Whitman flap mum on details, party ties (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Republican Meg Whitman's former maid said Tuesday she's not a Democratic pawn in California's race for governor, but her attorney refused again to provide key details about her claims that Whitman employed her for nearly a decade despite knowing she was in the U.S. illegally.

GOP hopeful outraised Dem Ohio governor last month (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Newly released campaign finance reports in the Ohio governor's race show Republican John Kasich (KAY'-sik) raised about $480,000 more in contributions last month than Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.

Michigan students get DC vote site to play song (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - University of Michigan students hacked a prototype D.C. elections voting site and programmed it to play their fight song, prompting election officials to temporarily take it down.

Rand Paul, national Democrats escalate ad war (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - Fresh television advertising in the Kentucky Senate race began airing Tuesday as national Democrats swooped in to aid Jack Conway while Republican Rand Paul's latest commercial uses the voice of a Barack Obama impersonator.

Obama returns to Pa. for rally in Philadelphia (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will headline a rally in Philadelphia this weekend that's open to the public as he tries to invigorate Democratic voters ahead of two crucial statewide races.

Wis. governor candidates compete to be cheapest (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett took a page out of Republican Scott Walker's play book in his most recent television ad, claiming to be "one of the cheapest guys on the planet."

MTV, BET: Obama to face youth at town hall meeting (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:05 PM PDT AP - The MTV and BET networks say President Barack Obama is scheduled to take part in a youth town hall meeting broadcast from Washington on Oct. 14.

Ex-NY gov's group targets NH Dems on health care (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - An advocacy group led by former New York Gov. George Pataki has begun running television ads in New Hampshire and New York attacking Democratic supporters of the new health care reform law.

Obama hails 'new era of engagement' worldwide (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is greeting foreign diplomats at a White House reception, hailing a "new era of engagement in the world."

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