Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Judge delays records release in Arizona shooting (AP)
• Obama says companies can help bottom line & nation (AP)
• Ariz firefighter too distraught to respond to call (AP)
• NM's Bingaman becomes 3rd Dem senator to retire (AP)
• Democratic Senator Bingaman won't seek sixth term (Reuters)
• Palestinians say U.S. veto does not serve peace (Reuters)
• Obama wades into budget battle in US states (AFP)
• Alaska regents vote to ban gay discrimination (AP)
• Obama to court small business owners in Ohio (Reuters)
• Controversial proposals in House GOP spending bill (AP)
• California congresswoman talks of own abortion (AP)
• Obama advisers report income: They're rich (AP)
• Coulter on Palin: ‘I love her,’ she’d be ‘crazy’ to seek presidency (Daily Caller)
• Repealing healthcare law would cost $210 bln: CBO (Reuters)
• Curb regulations along with spending, House votes (AP)
• Republican House votes to defund Environmental Protection Agency (Daily Caller)
• Obama to visit Latin America in March (AP)
• U.S. vetoes U.N. draft condemning Israeli settlements (Reuters)
• House votes to deny Obama healthcare law funds (Reuters)

Judge delays records release in Arizona shooting (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST AP - News organizations failed to persuade a federal judge Friday to release a second mug shot and search warrant records involving the suspect in the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, among others.

Obama says companies can help bottom line & nation (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:57 PM PST AP - Pushing his jobs agenda, President Barack Obama made the case Friday that companies can make money and build up the country at the same time, citing the giant Intel Corp. chip maker as his model of smart investing in education.

Ariz firefighter too distraught to respond to call (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST AP - A veteran firefighter who refused to respond to last month's shooting spree in Tucson that left six people dead and U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords wounded said he was too distraught and distracted to focus on the emergency.

NM's Bingaman becomes 3rd Dem senator to retire (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:44 PM PST AP - As U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman shook hands of those congratulating him on his years of service, he turned to the crowd and said: "Sure seems like a wake in here, doesn't it?"

Democratic Senator Bingaman won't seek sixth term (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:39 PM PST Reuters - Democrat Jeff Bingaman, first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1982, said on Friday he will not seek re-election next year, becoming the fourth member of the Senate Democratic caucus to announce retirement plans.

Palestinians say U.S. veto does not serve peace (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:18 PM PST Reuters - Palestinians said on Friday the U.S. veto of an Arab-sponsored U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building on occupied land harmed the cause of peace by letting Israel escape its obligations.

Obama wades into budget battle in US states (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST AFP - The budget battle embroiling Washington is heating up in US states as newly elected Republican lawmakers move to bust public workers unions and slash services in the face of big deficits.

Alaska regents vote to ban gay discrimination (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:57 PM PST AP - The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted Friday to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, with its president saying the state may have been the only one in the nation not to have sexual orientation specifically listed as a protection in a public university policy.

Obama to court small business owners in Ohio (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will host a forum on Tuesday with small business owners in Ohio, seeking to boost his support with an important constituency as he looks ahead to his 2012 re-election campaign.

Controversial proposals in House GOP spending bill (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:32 PM PST AP - The House Republicans' $1.2 trillion bill for financing federal programs the rest of the year is littered with spending cuts and prohibitions that make a showdown with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats inevitable this year.

California congresswoman talks of own abortion (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:27 PM PST AP - After stunning colleagues by recalling that she once had an abortion, Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California made clear Friday that the procedure was not something she welcomed and was done because the baby was not going to survive.

Obama advisers report income: They're rich (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:25 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's new chief of staff Bill Daley and incoming senior adviser David Plouffe have filed financial disclosure forms showing — no surprise — they're rich.

Coulter on Palin: ‘I love her,’ she’d be ‘crazy’ to seek presidency (Daily Caller) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:54 PM PST Daily Caller - Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said Thursday that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be "crazy" to run for president in 2012.

Repealing healthcare law would cost $210 bln: CBO (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST Reuters - Repealing the U.S. healthcare law enacted last year would add $210 billion to the nation's deficit over the next decade, congressional auditors said on Friday.

Curb regulations along with spending, House votes (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:32 PM PST AP - The Republican-controlled House voted to shield greenhouse-gas polluters and privately owned colleges from federal regulators on Friday, strengthening the pro-business emphasis of legislation that also would chop $61 billion from government spending.

Republican House votes to defund Environmental Protection Agency (Daily Caller) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:27 PM PST Daily Caller - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved an amendment late Friday afternoon that will eliminate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The measure, known as the Poe-Carter Amendment after its sponsors, Reps. Ted Poe and John Carter of Texas, is part of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution.

Obama to visit Latin America in March (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:05 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will make their first foreign trip of the year when they travel to Latin America March 19-23.

U.S. vetoes U.N. draft condemning Israeli settlements (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:46 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Friday vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory after the Palestinians refused to withdraw the Arab-drafted text.

House votes to deny Obama healthcare law funds (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:39 PM PST Reuters - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Friday to choke off cash to fund President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, stepping up a fight with Democrats over budget cuts and deficits.

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