Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Absentee ballots add no clarity in AK Senate race (AP)
• Jindal: No plans to run for president in 2012 (AP)
• Tomblin succeeds Manchin as West Virginia governor (AP)
• Minority Leader McConnell, GOP Stress Economy but Not Other Issues (Time.com)
• U.S. urges Egypt to allow foreign election observers (Reuters)
• Guinea tense as Conde declared winner of presidential poll (AFP)
• Billions can be saved in defense budget: McCain (Reuters)
• Obama, Republicans target symbolic spending cuts (AFP)
• US officials: deal close on NATO missile shield (AP)
• Barbour: No timeline to decide presidential run (AP)
• Obama praises voter registration efforts in Sudan (AP)
• Obama hails 'critical milestone' on Sudan referendum (AFP)
• Obama to hold second Native American conference (AP)
• 5 election winners to be sworn in early (AP)
• Immigration Reform, According to Obama (associatedcontent)
• Imaginary Town Hall: Questions Obama and Boehner should answer (associatedcontent)
• Putting Barack Obama and John Boehner in the 'hot seat' (associatedcontent)
• Pelosi in political purgatory, Dems in turmoil (AP)
• GOP lobbyists on rise again (Politico)
• Alaska elections director thrust into spotlight (AP)

Absentee ballots add no clarity in AK Senate race (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:17 PM PST AP - The addition of the last big batch of absentee ballots has provided no clarity in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race between GOP nominee Joe Miller and incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Jindal: No plans to run for president in 2012 (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PST AP - Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, now promoting his new book "Leadership and Crisis," says he doesn't plan to run for president in 2012.

Tomblin succeeds Manchin as West Virginia governor (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST AP - West Virginia Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin has become the state's 35th governor.

Minority Leader McConnell, GOP Stress Economy but Not Other Issues (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:55 PM PST Time.com - A Mitch McConnell talk soon after the election showed how keen the GOP is to stick to its message

U.S. urges Egypt to allow foreign election observers (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:21 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Monday said Egypt should allow peaceful political gatherings, open media coverage and international observers in the run up to its November 28 parliamentary election.

Guinea tense as Conde declared winner of presidential poll (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:13 PM PST AFP - Guinea's veteran opposition politician Alpha Conde was declared the winner of its first free presidential election Monday after a tense day of violent clashes as his rival's camp claimed voting fraud.

Billions can be saved in defense budget: McCain (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST Reuters - Senator John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said billions of dollars could be saved from the defense budget by cutting lawmakers' pet projects, known as earmarks, and fixing troubled arms programs.

Obama, Republicans target symbolic spending cuts (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:39 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama and his Republican foes found rare agreement Monday on targeting pet projects seen as symbols of wasteful government spending, fuel for voter anger in elections this month.

US officials: deal close on NATO missile shield (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:35 PM PST AP - The U.S. and its NATO allies are close to an agreement to erect a missile shield over Europe, a project that would give the military alliance a fresh purpose while testing President Barack Obama's campaign to improve relations with Russia.

Barbour: No timeline to decide presidential run (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:35 PM PST AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he's not setting any "artificial deadline" to decide whether he'll run for president in 2012.

Obama praises voter registration efforts in Sudan (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:28 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is praising efforts to begin registering voters in Southern Sudan ahead of a January independence referendum.

Obama hails 'critical milestone' on Sudan referendum (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:22 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama urged Sudanese leaders on Monday to ensure a peaceful referendum on the partition of Africa's largest country as he hailed voter registration as a "critical milestone."

Obama to hold second Native American conference (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will play host to Native American leaders at a White House conference on Dec. 16.

5 election winners to be sworn in early (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 12:02 PM PST AP - Five winners of special House and Senate elections will be sworn in before the rest of the freshman class.

Immigration Reform, According to Obama (associatedcontent) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST associatedcontent - Undocumented immigrants have long hoped against hope that a comprehensive immigration law reform would alter their precarious legal standing to such an extent that they might apply to become permanent residents. As a permanent resident with a clean criminal record, a path to citizenship thus becomes a reality for those who overstayed visas or entered the country illegally. With the term 'comprehensive immigration reform' on virtually everyone's lips, it is interesting to note that there really is no consensus on what it actually means.

Imaginary Town Hall: Questions Obama and Boehner should answer (associatedcontent) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST associatedcontent - If a town hall were convened with the president and majority leader prepared to answer citizen questions about topics of concern to the American public, these are the questions I would pose and the thoughts behind them.

Putting Barack Obama and John Boehner in the 'hot seat' (associatedcontent) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST associatedcontent - One week after the much-anticipated 2010 mid-term election, President Barack Obama will face a House of Representatives with a GOP majority at the beginning of the 112th Congress.

Pelosi in political purgatory, Dems in turmoil (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:36 AM PST AP - The petite woman in regal purple edged her way behind a raucous mob of reporters awaiting the next speaker of the House, a brutal midterm election behind her and an unclear future ahead.

GOP lobbyists on rise again (Politico) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:32 AM PST Politico - Even before the midterms, things started changing for Republicans on K Street. Returned phone calls. Prospective client meetings. They were becoming something other than a Washington afterthought.

Alaska elections director thrust into spotlight (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:05 AM PST AP - She presses a ballot close to her red glasses, pauses to scrutinize the botched spelling and declares in a singsong voice: "Murkowski."

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