Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Murkowski widens lead over Miller in Senate race (AP)
• White House-Hill leaders meeting postponed (AP)
• Pelosi tries to soothe unhappy House Democrats (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Endowment fund will honor Obama's mom (AP)
• Obama summit with Republicans postponed (AFP)
• Reality Shows in New Poll: Sarah Palin as Unpopular as Ever (ContributorNetwork)
• Soldier given highest medal for heroism on a ridge (AP)
• Obama to meet Republican leaders on November 30 (Reuters)
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• Minority Leader McConnell, GOP Stress Economy but Not Other Issues (Time.com)
• Montana senator faces first Republican challenger (AP)
• France's Sarkozy eyes taxes, immigration for now (Reuters)
• Tea party seeks Capitol clout after election gains (AP)
• Obama: Congress should pass DREAM Act this year (AP)
• US aims to transfer power to Afghans by 2014 (AP)
• Top RNC strategist delivers scathing resignation (AP)
• Top medal given to 1st post-Vietnam living winner (Reuters)
• Biden says nuclear pact failure would endanger US (AP)
• First lady's chief of staff leaving White House (AP)
• Obama deficit panel likely to come up empty-handed, Democrat says (Daily Caller)

Murkowski widens lead over Miller in Senate race (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:10 PM PST AP - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has widened her lead over GOP rival Joe Miller to 10,400 votes in Alaska's Senate race and is returning to the state, where she could declare victory as early as Wednesday.

White House-Hill leaders meeting postponed (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:33 PM PST AP - The White House has postponed a meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to Nov. 30 after top Republicans said they had a scheduling conflict.

Pelosi tries to soothe unhappy House Democrats (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:04 PM PST AP - Fractious House Democrats feuded Tuesday over their leader's refusal to step aside after massive election losses, and some signaled they will compromise with Republicans over the next two years. In contrast, Republicans who won control of the House and strengthened their power in the Senate further closed ranks.

APNewsBreak: Endowment fund will honor Obama's mom (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PST AP - The University of Hawaii Foundation is forming an endowment fund that will honor the late Stanley Ann Dunham, President Barack Obama's mother.

Obama summit with Republicans postponed (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:33 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's post-election summit this week with congressional leaders, including his top Republican foes, has been postponed to November 30, the White House said Tuesday.

Reality Shows in New Poll: Sarah Palin as Unpopular as Ever (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:11 PM PST ContributorNetwork - It has been over two years since the "Lower 48" was introduced to Sarah Palin because of the immeasurably meticulous and thoughtful vetting performed by Senator John McCain's campaign staff, which felt that the governor of Alaska was a better running mate for the presidency in 2008 than former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney or sitting Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.

Soldier given highest medal for heroism on a ridge (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:56 PM PST AP - Ambushed in Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta stepped into a "wall of bullets" and chased down two Taliban fighters who were carrying his mortally wounded friend away.

Obama to meet Republican leaders on November 30 (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:41 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama has postponed a meeting with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to November 30 because of a scheduling conflict, the White House said.

(AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PST AP - Obama meeting with bipartisan congressional leadership rescheduled to Nov. 30 at GOP request.

Minority Leader McConnell, GOP Stress Economy but Not Other Issues (Time.com) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:25 PM PST Time.com - A Mitch McConnell talk soon after the election showed how keen the GOP is to stick to its message

Montana senator faces first Republican challenger (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:17 PM PST AP - Reinvigorated Republicans have their first announced candidate in what could be a 2012 election battleground to win Montana Democrat Jon Tester's seat and control of the U.S. Senate.

France's Sarkozy eyes taxes, immigration for now (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:59 PM PST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday his newly reshuffled government would seek tax reform and keep a tight rein on illegal immigrants, but refused to be drawn on whether he would run for re-election .

Tea party seeks Capitol clout after election gains (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST AP - Tea party activists and other conservatives, eager to transform electoral gains into clout on Capitol Hill, are pressuring Republican leaders to take a hardline approach in the next Congress, shunning compromise for confrontation with Democrats.

Obama: Congress should pass DREAM Act this year (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has called on the Senate to pass legislation this year that would allow certain foreign-born young people who entered the United States as children without documents to become legal U.S. residents.

US aims to transfer power to Afghans by 2014 (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:14 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and leaders of other NATO countries will sign off this week on a plan for Afghan forces to take the lead in securing their country by 2014, the first clear indication of when Obama envisions most American troops leaving Afghanistan.

Top RNC strategist delivers scathing resignation (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:24 PM PST AP - A senior Republican National Committee strategist quit Tuesday, leaving behind a scathing resignation letter that blasts Chairman Michael Steele for spending as much as 70 percent of donations on fundraising and credits other GOP groups for the party's gains.

Top medal given to 1st post-Vietnam living winner (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:19 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry to Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, the first living recipient of the top military honor for a post-Vietnam era conflict.

Biden says nuclear pact failure would endanger US (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:09 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden says Senate failure to ratify a pending nuclear arms treaty with Russia would endanger U.S. national security.

First lady's chief of staff leaving White House (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST AP - Michelle Obama is losing another chief of staff.

Obama deficit panel likely to come up empty-handed, Democrat says (Daily Caller) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:56 AM PST Daily Caller - A leading Democrat on President Obama’s deficit commission said that the proposal released by the panel’s co-chairs last week would receive support from no one on the 18-member body, and strongly signaled that the Dec. 1 deadline will pass without any agreement on a set of recommendations.

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