Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Medicare, spoiler combine for Democratic upset in NY26 (The Ticket)
• Tesla rolling out more stock to fund 'Model X' (AFP)
• US lawmaker shooter ruled unfit to stand trial (AFP)
• AP source: Edwards could be indicted within days (AP)
• Obama to Speak in Joplin, One Stop of Many in Disaster Areas (ContributorNetwork)
• Blago spokesman: Ousted governor plans to testify (AP)
• Palin signals she has WH ambitions, reluctance (AP)
• Judge: Ariz. shooting suspect mentally incompetent (AP)
• US promotes climate aid to skeptical Congress (AFP)
• Senate votes down controversial House budget (AP)
• Dems rejoice over NY; will Medicare redo 2012? (AP)
• CBO: Stimulus law will cost $43 billion more than estimated (Daily Caller)
• Angle won't run in Nevada special election (AP)
• Pawlenty says cut Social Security, not defense (Reuters)
• US supplies bombs to allies for Libya war:Pentagon (AFP)
• Goodwin Liu withdraws appeals court nomination (AP)
• New RNC chairman says NC will be 2012 battleground (AP)

Medicare, spoiler combine for Democratic upset in NY26 (The Ticket) Posted: 25 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT The Ticket - Democratic county clerk Kathy Hochul has both a tea party opponent and a congressman from Wisconsin to thank for boosting her to a win last night in New York's 26th District special election. Democrats were able to make Medicare an issue in last night's contest because House budget chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) included Medicare reform [...]

Tesla rolling out more stock to fund 'Model X' (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT AFP - Tesla Motors announced plans on Wednesday to offer another 5.3 million shares in the US electric carmaker to the public to help fuel development of another model.

US lawmaker shooter ruled unfit to stand trial (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT AFP - A US judge ruled Wednesday that Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate a US congresswoman and killing six other people in Tucson, is mentally unfit to stand trial.

AP source: Edwards could be indicted within days (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department plans to bring criminal charges against John Edwards after a two-year investigation into whether the former presidential candidate illegally used money from some of his political backers to cover up his extramarital affair, a person familiar with the case said Wednesday.

Obama to Speak in Joplin, One Stop of Many in Disaster Areas (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:52 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Sunday in Joplin, Mo., regarding the huge disaster that has befallen this Midwestern town. His visit comes a week after the tornado and upon his return from an official state visit to Great Britain.

Blago spokesman: Ousted governor plans to testify (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - On just his 10th day in office, Chicago's new mayor found himself on the witness stand in the federal corruption trial of a former governor, testifying just after a congressman who talked about money and political deals.

Palin signals she has WH ambitions, reluctance (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has authorized a documentary film about her rise in politics, is adding staff and says she has "that fire in the belly" for a presidential bid.

Judge: Ariz. shooting suspect mentally incompetent (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT AP - The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly rampage lowered his head to within inches of the courtroom table Wednesday. When he lifted it, he began yelling, angry and loud.

US promotes climate aid to skeptical Congress (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:37 PM PDT AFP - The US administration said Wednesday that assistance to poor countries for climate change was crucial to US credibility as it struggled to convince a skeptical Congress.

Senate votes down controversial House budget (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT AP - Joined by several moderate Republicans, Democrats controlling the Senate rejected a controversial House budget plan for turning Medicare into a voucher-like program for future beneficiaries.

Dems rejoice over NY; will Medicare redo 2012? (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - Jubilant Democrats demanded Republicans abandon their sweeping plans to remake Medicare on Wednesday after casting a House race in upstate New York as a referendum on the popular program and emerging victorious.

CBO: Stimulus law will cost $43 billion more than estimated (Daily Caller) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:49 PM PDT Daily Caller - The Congressional Budget Office said in a new report that President Obama's economic stimulus law will raise the federal deficit $830 billion over ten years, $43 billion more than the initially estimated cost of $787 billion.

Angle won't run in Nevada special election (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT AP - Tea party-backed Sharron Angle took herself out of the running Wednesday for Nevada's U.S. House special election, calling a recent court ruling on how candidates will be chosen an "illegitimate process" that disenfranchises voters.

Pawlenty says cut Social Security, not defense (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty urged big changes to the Social Security retirement program Wednesday, but said paring defense spending is not vital to tame the bloated federal budget.

US supplies bombs to allies for Libya war:Pentagon (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:27 PM PDT AFP - The US military is supplying bombs and spare parts to allies carrying out strikes in the NATO-led air campaign against Libya's regime, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Goodwin Liu withdraws appeals court nomination (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:19 PM PDT AP - A liberal legal scholar is withdrawing his nomination to an appeals court judgeship after Senate Republicans blocked a vote on his confirmation last week.

New RNC chairman says NC will be 2012 battleground (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:52 PM PDT AP - The Republican National Committee's new chairman on Wednesday pleaded with North Carolina party leaders for more money to support candidates in 2012, but some activists told him the national party needs to better embrace the conservative values of the tea party movement.

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