Yahoo! News: Elections

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• House GOP unveils deeper spending cuts (AP)
• Iran, NKorea are Americans' least favorite lands (AP)
• Republican bill would slash U.S. air traffic budget (Reuters)
• WH contenders woo conservative activists (AP)
• Republican blames Obama for trade programs lapse (Reuters)
• Obama to go to West Coast, visit Intel Corp. (AP)
• Conservatives heckle Hatch at CPAC (AP)
• Obama's budget will include spending freeze: source (Reuters)
• Maine Tea Party leader to challenge Snowe in 2012 (AP)
• Ore. man dies after hospital tells police call 911 (AP)
• Orrin Hatch: I may have made a mistake in voting for TARP (Daily Caller)
• US view of Pakistan, Afghanistan at new low (AFP)
• Tim Pawlenty turns up heat on Obama in vigorous CPAC speech (Daily Caller)
• Man gets 60-years for killing US intern Levy (AFP)
• Egypt's New 'Freedom' -- The Dangers of Revolution (ContributorNetwork)
• Phoenix police: Adult care centers had bugs, mold (AP)
• Pawlenty: Obama projecting weakness to world (AP)
• Obama: Egyptian military has acted responsibly (AP)
• Sen. Lee won't back Hatch in primary (AP)
• Obama urges Egyptian army to ensure democratic change (Reuters)

House GOP unveils deeper spending cuts (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST AP - House Republicans on Friday proposed cutting hundreds of programs across the face of government in a $61 billion package of spending cuts toughened at the last minute at the demand of tea party-backed lawmakers.

Iran, NKorea are Americans' least favorite lands (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST AP - Americans are not too keen on Iran and North Korea, are all right with Canada and Britain, and are thinking better thoughts about France, according to Gallup's annual World Affairs poll, released Friday.

Republican bill would slash U.S. air traffic budget (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST Reuters - Proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would roll back funding for air traffic control and would eliminate a popular airline subsidy that ensures service to small communities.

WH contenders woo conservative activists (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:08 PM PST AP - Republicans angling for his job compared President Barack Obama to a one-term Democratic president and a Democratic vice president who fell short in his bid to win the presidency.

Republican blames Obama for trade programs lapse (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's failure to lay out a timetable for winning congressional approval of free trade pacts with Colombia and Panama has blocked renewal of trade programs for the Andean region and displaced U.S. workers, a top Republican lawmaker said on Friday.

Obama to go to West Coast, visit Intel Corp. (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:26 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will travel to Oregon next week to visit Intel Corp., yet another step in the president's effort to draw attention to the role of education in preparing Americans for new high-tech jobs.

Conservatives heckle Hatch at CPAC (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST AP - Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah was heckled for his support of the Wall Street bailout during his Friday appearance at a conservative gathering, another sign the Republican could face trouble earning his party's nomination for re-election in 2012.

Obama's budget will include spending freeze: source (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:11 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2012 includes the five-year freeze on domestic spending that he outlined in his State of the Union address last month, a Democratic aide said on Friday.

Maine Tea Party leader to challenge Snowe in 2012 (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST AP - The Maine coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots says he will run against U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe in the 2012 Republican primary.

Ore. man dies after hospital tells police call 911 (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:56 PM PST AP - The death of an Oregon man just feet from an emergency room has left his family in grief, upset police and drawn a request for an investigation from a congressman, all asking why an officer was told to call 911 for a heart attack victim just outside the hospital door.

Orrin Hatch: I may have made a mistake in voting for TARP (Daily Caller) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST Daily Caller - When an audience member questioned Orrin Hatch's conservative principles because he voted for the 2008 TARP bailout, the Republican senator from Utah said he may have made a mistake with that vote. Hatch was sitting on a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) panel on whether there should be a constitutional amendment to force a balanced budget, and defended his decision as one made under pressure.

US view of Pakistan, Afghanistan at new low (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:23 PM PST AFP - US public perceptions of Pakistan and Afghanistan have sunk to new lows as the war campaign against Islamic extremism approaches its 10th year, a poll said Friday.

Tim Pawlenty turns up heat on Obama in vigorous CPAC speech (Daily Caller) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:20 PM PST Daily Caller - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty railed against President Barack Obama, like every other Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speaker, but the likely 2012 presidential candidate surprised the audience with his high-energy delivery.

Man gets 60-years for killing US intern Levy (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:10 PM PST AFP - A Salvadoran man was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison for the 2001 murder of government intern Chandra Levy, whose sexual relationship with a US congressman unleashed a media frenzy after her disappearance.

Egypt's New 'Freedom' -- The Dangers of Revolution (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST ContributorNetwork - As evening falls on Cairo Friday, Tahrir Square is filled to the bursting point with cheering protesters, some of whom have been there for days in makeshift communities. Vice President and Mubarak supporter Omar Suleiman announced on state-run television that Mubarak was relinquishing power and that the military would assume control of the country effective immediately. After three decades of ruling Egypt, Mubarak has left Cairo. Speculation runs rampant that he has finally found a country that will allow him to live in exile without fear of extradition or prosecution.

Phoenix police: Adult care centers had bugs, mold (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST AP - The owner of three assisted living facilities has been charged with abusing dozens of residents who endured bug bites, mold, open wounds, bad plumbing and faulty electrical wiring, police said.

Pawlenty: Obama projecting weakness to world (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST AP - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says bullies and world leaders respect strength, not weakness, and President Barack Obama needs to stop apologizing to the nation's enemies.

Obama: Egyptian military has acted responsibly (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:22 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the Egyptian military has served patriotically and responsibly and now must ensure a transition of power that is credible to the Egyptian people.

Sen. Lee won't back Hatch in primary (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:09 PM PST AP - Tea party favorite Sen. Mike Lee says he won't endorse fellow Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's re-election in the 2012 GOP primary.

Obama urges Egyptian army to ensure democratic change (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:35 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reflected the will of the Egyptian people and called on the country's powerful military to ensure a transition to "genuine democracy."

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