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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama to visit Miami school on hard road to reform (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:57 PM PST

AP - At the Miami high school that President Barack Obama will visit on Friday, neon-colored flyers taped to the walls quiz students on tough vocabulary words.

White House agrees to $6.5B more in budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PST

President Barack Obama signs the two-week funding bill averting a government shutdown in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill that trims $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation designed to keep partisan divisions from forcing a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House called for $6.5 billion in immediate spending cuts Thursday as negotiations opened with tea party-backed Republicans in Congress seeking reductions nearly 10 times as large in their drive to reduce the size of federal government.


Judge denies feds' request on Tucson autopsies (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PST

AP - The judge presiding over the case against the suspect in January's Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage has refused to grant a prosecution request to bar the release of autopsy reports for the six people killed in the attack.

Republicans meet with Biden amid budget pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST

Vice President Joseph Biden speaks at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Vice President Joe Biden held budget talks with U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday as Republicans came under pressure to scale back their plan to slash domestic spending by 25 percent.


Mike Huckabee Gaffe Points to that Obama Kenya Muslim Stuff -- Again (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Former Arkansas governor and potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee seems to have gotten himself into a little word bind about President Obama and his raised near madrassas, implying, it would seem, that Obama was influenced at an early age by Muslim teachings or was exposed to those teachings by proximity. He seems to have gotten himself into the entanglement by attempting to explain himself out of another entanglement, one in which he said that Obama has a different worldview due to his being raised in Kenya.

Different Opinions Follow Bernanke Congressional Testimony (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Sen. Ron Paul asked the single most striking question of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the bi-annual Congressional hearings on unemployment and inflation control:

Obama, Calderon pledge cooperation on drug wars (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during their joint news conference, Thursday, March 3, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Seeking to repair damaged relations, President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Thursday to deepen their cooperation in combating drug violence and declared a breakthrough in efforts to end a long-standing dispute over cross-border trucking.


Indiana elections chief arrested for vote fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Reuters - Indiana's top elections official was arrested on Thursday for vote fraud, and the state's governor said he should immediately step down.

Group: Jindal biz backers giving to wife's charity (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - A charitable foundation set up by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's wife has accepted about $790,000 in donations from corporations that also have given to the governor's campaign committee since 2007, a nonpartisan watchdog group said Thursday.

Wis. Dems threatened with police action, layoffs (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST

Union supporter Sam Schlarb, of Madison, Wis., wakes-up outside of the state Capitol, Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 16th day of protests. The Wisconsin Department of Administration officials shut the doors to many protesters and some chose to sleep outside. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Wisconsin's governor threatened Thursday to issue thousands of layoff notices within 24 hours if Senate Democrats who fled to Illinois fail to return for a vote on a measure that would cripple public unions, and their Republican colleagues also stepped up the pressure by authorizing police to round up the missing lawmakers.


White House, lawmakers hold first spending summit (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the Capitol for a meeting with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Biden and top lawmakers on Thursday held their first closed-door talks on government spending cuts, seeking elusive common ground with just two weeks to reach a deal.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden and top lawmakers on Thursday held their first closed-door talks on government spending cuts, seeking elusive common ground with just two weeks to reach a deal.


Giffords shows more progress in recovery (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, Ron Barber, aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is shown at his home in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been showing emotion, good memory skills and an impressive grasp of everything from legislative business to song lyrics as she recovers in a Houston hospital from a gunshot wound to the head.


Ind. elections chief charged with voter fraud (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:29 PM PST

A signed photo of Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White hangs with those of other public officials at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 3, 2011. A grand jury in Hamilton county has indicted White on seven felony counts, including voter fraud and perjury. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - Indiana's top elections official was indicted Thursday on voter fraud and other charges for allegedly listing his ex-wife's address as his own on voting and loan forms and serving on a town council when he was ineligible, a prosecutor said.


Haitian presidential candidate stops in Florida (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:26 PM PST

AP - A former first lady of Haiti who is running to be its president says it would be better if ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide waited to return to the Caribbean country until after the next round of elections.

Obama checks up on astronauts, new R2 robonaut (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:39 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama called the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, and he couldn't resist asking whether they were putting their new robot to work washing the dishes.

APNewsBreak: Harvard to let ROTC back on campus (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:15 PM PST

AP - Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus this week, 41 years after banishing it amid dissent over the Vietnam War.

GOP to relaunch flood insurance overhaul (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST

Reuters - Draft legislation to overhaul the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program will be unveiled next week, said the Republican chairman of a congressional insurance oversight panel on Thursday.

Rajaratnam trial jury jeopardized by SEC: defense (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST

Reuters - Lawyers for Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam accused U.S. market regulators of polluting the jury pool for his insider trading trial by filing charges, a week before jury selection, against a friend who is also a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director.

Gingrich exploring 2012 presidential bid (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:57 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 - Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday edged toward becoming the first big-name Republican to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election.


Iowa GOP chief: 'Risky' for Palin to ignore Iowa (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:39 PM PST

Iron Dog snowmobile racer Todd Palin, of Wasilla, Alaska, gets a kiss from his wife, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, before the start of the 2,031-mile race, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, in Big Lake, Alaska. (AP Photo/Loren Holmes)AP - The Iowa Republican Party chairman said Thursday that if Sarah Palin seeks the presidency, she shouldn't think she can win the GOP nomination without seriously participating in the first-in-the-nation caucuses.


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