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Yahoo! News: Elections


AP: Gingrich to start testing presidential bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PST

FILE - In a Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Republican officials say Gingrich intends to take a formal step in the next two weeks toward a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.  The officials say an announcement is likely in the first half of March.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - A spokesman for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the former House speaker will begin raising money to test whether a bid for the GOP presidential nomination is feasible.


Former White House counsel now working for Edwards (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's former lawyer has signed on to help former presidential candidate John Edwards as he tries to ward off a criminal indictment over payments to his ex-mistress.

Robert F. Kennedy assassin faces parole board (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PST

2009 photograph obtained from the California Department of Corrections shows Sirhan Sirhan. The assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 faced a parole board on Wednesday, his 14th such hearing since he was convicted, officials said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 faced a parole board on Wednesday, his 14th such hearing since he was convicted, officials said.


Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii won't seek re-election (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:49 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 16, 2011 photo shows Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)AP - Democratic U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii announced Wednesday he won't run for re-election next year after 22 years in the Senate.


Lawmakers set March 10 date for Muslim hearings (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PST

A key US congressional panel will hold a hearing March 10 into the radicalization of US Muslims, even as some lawmakers charge the goal is to tar an entire population as possible extremists. The House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee hearing has drawn heavy fire since its chairman Republican Representative Peter King, pictured in 2010, announced general plans to hold the event.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A key US congressional panel will hold a hearing March 10 into the radicalization of US Muslims, even as some lawmakers charge the goal is to tar an entire population as possible extremists.


Miss. mom charged after son's body found in oven (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:43 PM PST

This is a booking photograph released by the Greenville, Miss., Police Department, March 2, 2011 of Terrie A. Robinson, 24, who was arrested Wednesday in the death of her 3-year-old son after authorities said they found the child's burned body in an oven at her Greenville, Miss., home. (AP Photo/Greenville, Miss., Police Department)AP - A Mississippi mother was arrested Wednesday in the death of her 3-year-old son after authorities said they found the child's burned body in an oven. Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson said police found Tristan Robinson's body inside the electric oven at his mother's apartment shortly after midnight. Johnson said the child had been burned in the oven, but an autopsy was ordered to determine whether he died before or after being put there.


Fox News takes Gingrich and Santorum off air for now (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PST

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Fox News said Wednesday it was taking off the air two prominent Republican analysts because they appear to be preparing presidential campaigns, denying them a powerful platform to advocate their views.


Obama's View of DOMA Challenges More Than Religious Gay Marriage Arguments (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:15 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Since Feb. 23, it's been widely understood that President Obama flat-out instructed Attorney General Eric Holder to stop defending DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) in general.

Ex-Governor Roemer to launch presidential bid (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PST

Reuters - Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer said on Wednesday he plans to take a step toward a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 and campaign against business-as-usual in Washington.

Democrats ready spending bill with few cuts: aide (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PST

Reuters - Senate Democrats are preparing a spending bill that yields no ground to House Republicans who are seeking deep cuts in government spending, a Democratic aide said on Wednesday.

Wisconsin fines runaway Democrats over union plan (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:13 PM PST

Protestors continue to occupy the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Darren HauckReuters - Wisconsin state Senate Republicans voted on Wednesday to impose fines of $100 a day on Democrats who have fled the state to block Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to curb the power of public sector unions.


Web, billboards spark leads on East Coast Rapist (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PST

AP - A campaign to catch a man known as the East Coast Rapist by using electronic billboards and a website is generating leads, an investigator said Wednesday.

White House seeks $15 billion from federal property sales (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:59 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Libya from the White House in Washington February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed a plan to save billions of taxpayer dollars by creating an independent board to speed up the sale of thousands of unneeded federal properties at home and abroad.


Mikhail Gorbachev, 80, Shares His Thoughts on Perestroika, Glasnost, Obama (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - In 1987, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev reminded us that perestroika was not an "illumination or revelation." Perestroika was highly celebrated by his Western admirers. In Russia the changes during perestroika were often difficult and the attempted transition to a government designed with the best aspects of socialism and democracy was confusing to many citizens.

Barbour says Obama cheers for higher gas prices (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:46 PM PST

In this photo provided by NBC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour talks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES.AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential contender, accused the Obama administration Wednesday of favoring a run-up in gas prices to prod consumers to buy more fuel-efficient cars.


Former Louisiana governor running for Republican presidential nomination (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:44 PM PST

Daily Caller - Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer will announce this week his intention to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

Coburn knocks Gingrich (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:36 PM PST

Daily Caller - Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn expressed doubt Wednesday that likely Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has what it takes to be president. “He is undoubtedly the smartest man I've ever met,” Coburn said of the former Speaker of the House in an interview with C-SPAN. “He is a thinker. He has great vision. The question to me is, does he have the capability to lead the country? And having served under him in the House, he is probably not one that I would choose to support in a presidential primary."

New governors may outshine White House hopefuls (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. What's wrong with this picture? While half a dozen current and former Republican governors weigh bids to challenge President Barack Obama, the party's lightning and thunder are raining down from a different handful of governors, who threaten to overshadow those potential candidates. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)AP - What's wrong with this picture? While half a dozen current and former Republican governors weigh bids to challenge President Barack Obama, the party's lightning and thunder are coming from a different handful of governors, who threaten to overshadow those potential candidates.


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