Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Miller opposes Murkowski intervention in lawsuit (AP)
• More challenges to Emanuel's Chicago residency (AP)
• Bid to knock Rahm Emanuel off ballot for Chicago mayor: Can it succeed? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth (AP)
• White House identifies player who injured Obama (AP)
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• Obamas say their daughters prefer to just be kids (AP)
• Backlash feared as some in GOP push social issues (AP)
• Obama hit during basketball game, gets stitches (Reuters)
• Obama to speak to South Korea's Lee after attack (Reuters)
• SC man accused of threatening to shoot president (AP)
• Obama defends U.S. airport security measures (Reuters)
• Obama: eager to extend middle-class tax cuts (Reuters)
• Fla congresswoman to head House Foreign Affairs (AP)
• US Haitians put hope in prayer, not the ballot box (AFP)
• Steele on thin ice at helm of Republican Party (AP)
• Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender? (AP)
• Indiana: Obama Touts Successes of His Economic Policies (Time.com)
• Irish bailout talks accelerate as PM faces setback (AFP)
• Leading Haiti candidates are study in contrasts (AFP)

Miller opposes Murkowski intervention in lawsuit (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:49 PM PST AP - Sen. Lisa Murkowski's rival in Alaska's contentious U.S. Senate race is opposing her motion to intervene in his lawsuit against the state's elections office.

More challenges to Emanuel's Chicago residency (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - A longtime Chicago election attorney joined the effort Friday to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot over his residency status, even as Emanuel's supporters say the challenges are a frivolous distraction.

Bid to knock Rahm Emanuel off ballot for Chicago mayor: Can it succeed? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A challenge filed Friday to invalidate Rahm Emanuel’s candidacy in the Chicago mayoral race, says Mr. Emanuel's campaign, is a political trick by forces looking to "hijack" the election in February.

Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

White House identifies player who injured Obama (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - The White House has identified the person whose elbow injured President Barack Obama during a pickup game of basketball on Friday. His name is Rey Decerega and he works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

(AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST AP - White House says person who injured Obama works for Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Obamas say their daughters prefer to just be kids (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST AP - SpongeBob or cable TV news?

Backlash feared as some in GOP push social issues (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PST AP - Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and even divorce laws.

Obama hit during basketball game, gets stitches (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:49 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama was accidentally elbowed in the face while playing basketball on Friday and received 12 stitches to his lip, the White House said.

Obama to speak to South Korea's Lee after attack (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:22 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will speak to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak after an artillery attack by the North on a South Korean island, White House spokesman Bill Burton said on Tuesday.

SC man accused of threatening to shoot president (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:05 AM PST AP - A 78-year-old South Carolina man with more than a dozen weapons in his home has been arrested after federal authorities say he told a nurse he wanted to kill President Barack Obama.

Obama defends U.S. airport security measures (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:02 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama defended controversial new security measures at U.S. airports in an interview released on Friday, saying the methods were necessary to prevent a potential terrorist attack.

Obama: eager to extend middle-class tax cuts (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:57 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States must extend tax cuts for the middle class but could not afford to do so for the wealthy, laying out his position before next week's meeting on the issue with Republicans.

Fla congresswoman to head House Foreign Affairs (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PST AP - She hung up on the next president, Barack Obama. Twice. She thought it was a prank.

US Haitians put hope in prayer, not the ballot box (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PST AFP - A preacher urged people in Miami's "Little Haiti" to pray for their homeland, claiming only divine intervention, not voting in Sunday's elections, could solve their country's myriad problems.

Steele on thin ice at helm of Republican Party (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:31 AM PST AP - A significant bloc of Republican National Committee members wants embattled chairman Michael Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members.

Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender? (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:44 AM PST AP - Sarah Palin, the telegenic Republican who exasperates and delights voters about equally, is dropping ever more hints of a presidential bid, including a visit Saturday to the key state of Iowa.

Indiana: Obama Touts Successes of His Economic Policies (Time.com) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:25 AM PST Time.com - Two years after Obama became the first Democrat in four decades to capture the Hoosier State's electoral votes, Indiana was at the heart of the Republican landslide in the midterm elections

Irish bailout talks accelerate as PM faces setback (AFP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:10 PM PST AFP - Ireland's government was Friday awaiting the results of a by-election expected to cut its already slim majority, as talks on an international bailout for the country's ailing economy gathered pace.

Leading Haiti candidates are study in contrasts (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST AFP - Haitian voters mulled a stark choice Friday as they prepared to pick a new leader to rebuild a nation crippled by mismanagement, natural disaster, economic stagnation, and now cholera.

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