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Yahoo! News: Elections

'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. It’s the weird issue that won’t go away, and it’s forcing GOP presidential contenders and other Republican leaders to pick sides: do they think President Obama was born outside the United States and is therefore disqualified to be president? Polls show that a remarkable two-thirds of all Republican voters either think Obama was born abroad or they aren’t sure. With Donald Trump stirring the pot, other potential candidates are distancing themselves from his comments to varying degrees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)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

President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, April 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)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

Anti-government protestors and army soldiers protest calling for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in the capital Sanaa. The United States on Saturday urged Saleh to immediately begin the process to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in his country rocked by months of protests.(AFP/Mohammed Huwais)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

In this April 20, 2011 photo, the name Barack Hussain Obama II is seen highlighted in a computer generated birth index from 1960-1964 in a Hawaii State government binder held at the State Department of Health in Honolulu. Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President 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. Highlighted in yellow on page 1,218 of the thick binder is the computer-generated listing for a boy named Barack Hussein Obama II born in Hawaii, surrounded by the alphabetized last names of all other children born in-state between 1960 and 1964. This is the only government birth information, called 'index data,' available to the public. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)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

A still image taken from amateur video purportedly shows anti-government demonstrators rallying in Jasim, Deraa Governorate, April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Amateur Video via Reuters TVReuters - 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

President Barack Obama salutes as he steps off Marine One helicopter before his departure from Los Angeles International airport in Los Angeles, Friday, April 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)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

FILE - Andrew Chapin of New York holds a sign during a rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in this April 28, 2009 file photo. New Yorkers opposed to gay marriage are being swamped by younger people who support it, while polls seem to show a new tact by advocates is working in the suburbs and upstate, the more conservative region where the issue will be won or lost. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)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

President Barack Obama walks from the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 23, 2011, to his limo, for an afternoon of golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)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

FILE - In this March 9, 2011 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at a Comedy Central Roast in New York. The New York City Board of Elections says Donald Trump didn't vote in any primary elections for 21 years, The Associated Press reports Saturday, April 23, 2011. TV station NY1 was the first to report the information. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)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

Employee Josh Watkins changes gas prices on a sign at a Sunoco station in Alexandria, Virginia April 12, 2011. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - 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

Haiti's president-elect Michel Martelly, pictured at a press conference in Washington DC, urged the international community to 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

Money and beer swap sides of the bar during a beer festival in London. More than a quarter of Britons think getting drunk abroad is a national characteristic, according to a survey marking England's national day Saturday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)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

Haiti's president-elect Michel Martelly, pictured at a press conference in Washington DC, urged the international community to 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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