Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama administration ends high-tech border fence (AP)
• GOP ousts Steele, picks Priebus to head party (AP)
• Republican Party dumps Steele, picks new chief (Reuters)
• Obama calls for free and fair Tunisia elections (AFP)
• House panel will probe health overhaul, gas curbs (AP)
• NASA's Human Space Exploration Framework Summary -- Is It 'Affordable?' (ContributorNetwork)
• Barbour: GOP must recognize it doesn't run gov't (AP)
• Public congressional events resume after shooting (AP)
• Toll in Ivory Coast rises to 247 dead: U.N. (Reuters)
• Obama condemns violence in Tunisia (AP)
• Obama eulogizes Holbrooke as clear-eyed diplomat (AP)
• Giffords intern handling sudden fame after speech (AP)
• AP source: Obama to visit GE plant in NY next week (AP)
• Obama talks terrorism, economy with Zardari (AP)
• Obama stresses U.S. support for Pakistan in meeting (Reuters)
• WH: Benefits of payroll tax cuts start Friday (AP)
• Possible Republican White House candidates in 2012 (Reuters)
• Four challengers try to unseat Michael Steele as Republican Party chair (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Veteran Tunisian leader quits after protests (Reuters)
• Poll: Very few Americans blame Arizona shooting on ‘political rhetoric’ (Daily Caller)

Obama administration ends high-tech border fence (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Friday ended a high-tech southern border fence scheme that cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion but did little to improve security. Congress ordered the high-tech fence in 2006 amid a clamor over the porous border, but the project yielded only 53 miles of protection.

GOP ousts Steele, picks Priebus to head party (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST AP - The national Republican Party, coming off huge election victories but facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over identity, ousted chairman Michael Steele Friday and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race.

Republican Party dumps Steele, picks new chief (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST Reuters - Republican Party leaders refused Michael Steele a new term as party chairman on Friday and turned to a low-key insider to erase a $20 million debt and unify Republicans for the 2012 presidential election.

Obama calls for free and fair Tunisia elections (AFP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:19 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday called for free and fair elections in Tunisia and praised the courage and dignity of its people after the toppling of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

House panel will probe health overhaul, gas curbs (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:50 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, new rules overseeing the Internet and administration plans to curb gas emissions will be scrutinized in congressional hearings, the Republican chairman of a House subcommittee said Friday.

NASA's Human Space Exploration Framework Summary -- Is It 'Affordable?' (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Ever since President Barack Obama canceled the Constellation program, NASA has been struggling to come up with a new program that not only incorporates the desires of the President but is aligned with the authorization bill passed by Congress.

Barbour: GOP must recognize it doesn't run gov't (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:15 PM PST AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday told Republicans newly in charge of the U.S. House that they must keep voters' frustrations with the nation's lagging economy focused on Democrats who still run the Senate and control the White House.

Public congressional events resume after shooting (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:02 PM PST AP - Less than a week after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot at her public "Congress on Your Corner" event, similar gatherings across the country resumed in full force Friday, though under greater police presence.

Toll in Ivory Coast rises to 247 dead: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST Reuters - At least 247 people have been killed in violence in Ivory Coast since its disputed November 28 presidential election, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

Obama condemns violence in Tunisia (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:03 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is condemning violence against Tunisian protesters.

Obama eulogizes Holbrooke as clear-eyed diplomat (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:55 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was an extraordinary diplomat with a clear-eyed vision of America's place in the world who "served his country until his final moments."

Giffords intern handling sudden fame after speech (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST AP - He sat next to President Barack Obama in the nationally televised event. People are lining up to shake his hand, seeking an autograph or photograph. A mariachi band recognized him and rushed over with a spontaneous serenade.

AP source: Obama to visit GE plant in NY next week (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:32 PM PST AP - A federal official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will visit General Electric Co.'s energy division in upstate New York on Jan. 21.

Obama talks terrorism, economy with Zardari (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:54 AM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discussed terrorism and Pakistan's economy in a short meeting Friday.

Obama stresses U.S. support for Pakistan in meeting (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama stressed U.S. support for Pakistan during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday and reiterated plans to visit Pakistan later this year, the White House said.

WH: Benefits of payroll tax cuts start Friday (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:33 AM PST AP - The administration says Americans will start seeing the benefits of the payroll tax cut that President Barack Obama signed into law in their paychecks starting Friday.

Possible Republican White House candidates in 2012 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:29 AM PST Reuters - Only one year before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election, no Republican has formally announced his or her candidacy in an unusually slow start to the campaign.

Four challengers try to unseat Michael Steele as Republican Party chair (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:26 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is in the fight of his political life, hoping to hold off four challengers in an election Friday for his position atop the GOP.

Veteran Tunisian leader quits after protests (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:43 PM PST Reuters - A surge of anger in the streets over police repression and poverty swept Tunisia's veteran leader from power on Friday, sending a chill through unpopular authoritarian governments across the Arab world.

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