Yahoo! News: Elections

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• 'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand (AP)
• Obama faces trouble with $4 gasoline (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama pumps plan to develop renewable energy (AP)
• Yemen ruling party accepts Gulf plan to end crisis (AFP)
• In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy (AP)
• Syrian forces raid homes as Assad opposition mounts (Reuters)
• Giffords intern loses student-government election (AP)
• Obama again won't call Armenian deaths 'genocide' (AP)
• Renewed fight for gay marriage in NY hits suburbs (AP)
• Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP)
• NYC board: Trump skipped primary voting 21 years (AP)
• Obama sees no magic bullet to push down gas prices (Reuters)
• UN, donor nations voice concern over Haiti vote fraud (AFP)
• Boozy Brits abroad part of national character: poll (AFP)
• Haiti's Martelly urges world to ignore vote results (AFP)

'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT AP - It's the conspiracy theory that won't go away. And it's forcing Republican officials and presidential contenders to pick sides: Do they think Barack Obama was born outside the United States and disqualified to be president?

Obama faces trouble with $4 gasoline (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:02 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Presidential campaigns are all about numbers â€" dollars raised, voters registered, poll results. In the early days of his reelection bid, President Obama is focusing on one number: $4 per gallon gasoline.

Obama pumps plan to develop renewable energy (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says one answer to high gasoline prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources.

Yemen ruling party accepts Gulf plan to end crisis (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT AFP - The ruling General People's Congress in Yemen has accepted a Gulf plan under which President Ali Abdullah Saleh would quit, a party official told AFP on Saturday, as Washington urged a peaceful transition.

In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT AP - Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Barack Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth.

Syrian forces raid homes as Assad opposition mounts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:15 PM PDT Reuters - Secret police raided homes near Damascus overnight, rights campaigners said on Sunday, as popular opposition to authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad mounted following the bloodiest attacks on pro-democracy protesters.

Giffords intern loses student-government election (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:24 PM PDT AP - The intern who helped save U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' life after she was shot more than three months ago has lost the election to become student government president at the University of Arizona.

Obama again won't call Armenian deaths 'genocide' (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:25 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Turkey nearly a century ago by calling it a "horrific" slaughter, but once again stopped short of branding it genocide.

Renewed fight for gay marriage in NY hits suburbs (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - Lady Gaga on stage on Long Island this weekend, actors Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Julianne Moore on video and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany are headliners in New York's growing push to legalize gay marriage, a fight that may already be won thanks to shifting voter sentiment and a concerted, disciplined campaign.

Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT AP - With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.

NYC board: Trump skipped primary voting 21 years (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT AP - Donald Trump says he's considering running in the primary for the Republican presidential nomination, but the real estate mogul didn't vote in primary elections for more than two decades, according to the New York City Board of Elections.

Obama sees no magic bullet to push down gas prices (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT Reuters - Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday there is no "magic bullet" to bring down high gasoline prices and said he wants to end what he called $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies to oil and gas companies.

UN, donor nations voice concern over Haiti vote fraud (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:43 AM PDT AFP - The United Nations and Haiti's major donor nations, including the United States, have voiced concern over allegations of fraud in final results of the country's legislative elections.

Boozy Brits abroad part of national character: poll (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT AFP - More than a quarter of Britons think getting drunk abroad is a national characteristic, according to a survey marking England's national day Saturday.

Haiti's Martelly urges world to ignore vote results (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 08:14 PM PDT AFP - Haiti's president-elect Michel Martelly urged the international community to "not recognize the results of legislative elections" tainted by fraud to benefit the ruling party.

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