Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/696 Elections en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/696 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091121/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AP - Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions ap/20091121/us_courts_vs_commissions AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:31:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ec8e8ded344d40da93839ed3667b8b27.courts_vs_commissions_wx302.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=GDE6._Y2gP2DgomOpi0jHA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ec8e8ded344d40da93839ed3667b8b27.courts_vs_commissions_wx302.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=GDE6._Y2gP2DgomOpi0jHA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs ap/20091121/us_obama_jobs AP business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:04:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.b1bf544948584b6e8bcc353379501b0b.obama_mdco104.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=e02uGHwM6JnRVp_aKaP5RA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.b1bf544948584b6e8bcc353379501b0b.obama_mdco104.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=e02uGHwM6JnRVp_aKaP5RA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_fort_hood_senate ap/20091121/us_fort_hood_senate AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:49:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_fort_hood_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.229b3018dbcc4b289ef820d8e2beee53.fort_hood_senate_ny112.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=CIN5QTkNcMo2xyiRrJfmTw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - WASHINGTON &mdash; The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_fort_hood_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.229b3018dbcc4b289ef820d8e2beee53.fort_hood_senate_ny112.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=CIN5QTkNcMo2xyiRrJfmTw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091121/pl_politico/29785 politico/20091121/29785 Politico politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091121/pl_politico/29785"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>Politico - Nancy Pelosi did it. Can Harry Reid?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091121/pl_politico/29785"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258746448004-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZEtGgngMsTvBJOrpSXOBXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_women_s_tests ap/20091121/us_health_care_women_s_tests AP business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:24:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_women_s_tests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.96709bb8514248c5b616acaf5c0c47d1.health_care_overhaul_dcmc108.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=MFUPg8ycCUyID6KhLs0ASA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, shows copy of the Democratic health care reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., McConnell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care &mdash; and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_women_s_tests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.96709bb8514248c5b616acaf5c0c47d1.health_care_overhaul_dcmc108.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=MFUPg8ycCUyID6KhLs0ASA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, shows copy of the Democratic health care reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., McConnell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_palin ap/20091121/cn_canada_mccain_palin AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.b7562c68079943f48809d0d5047e7dd2.palin_book_tour_ohtu104.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=ZAmWUNny3L.IMC6YtCTSWA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, 'Going Rogue', at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.b7562c68079943f48809d0d5047e7dd2.palin_book_tour_ohtu104.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=ZAmWUNny3L.IMC6YtCTSWA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, 'Going Rogue', at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_thanksgiving_travel ap/20091122/us_thanksgiving_travel AP business Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:10:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.4f5a2577425c46e8a56882cdcfe611fb.thanksgiving_travel_dcjl106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kZAurDMLA6yRzKJ0rGIAlQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Travelers line up at Delta counter at Reagan National Airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_thanksgiving_travel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.4f5a2577425c46e8a56882cdcfe611fb.thanksgiving_travel_dcjl106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kZAurDMLA6yRzKJ0rGIAlQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Travelers line up at Delta counter at Reagan National Airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091122/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258780585526-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=wrbCfooz4fFgc2_.dUoHoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Army psychiatrist charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258780585526-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=wrbCfooz4fFgc2_.dUoHoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_night_out ap/20091122/us_obama_night_out AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:54 GMT AP - President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_fort_hood ap/20091121/cn_canada_mccain_fort_hood AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:46:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.19f4756b4d54412a824c0aa9bae0819a.canada_mccain_hal106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=4q06FFmkPCMJ2q9QJ0mYyQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., right, answers a question at a press availability after a session on Afghanistan at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. Rick Hillier, left, former chief of Canada's defence staff, listens. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_mccain_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.19f4756b4d54412a824c0aa9bae0819a.canada_mccain_hal106.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=4q06FFmkPCMJ2q9QJ0mYyQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., right, answers a question at a press availability after a session on Afghanistan at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. Rick Hillier, left, former chief of Canada's defence staff, listens. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/world_briefly ap/20091121/world_briefly AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:53 GMT AP - Democrats seal 60-vote majority to advance health care bill; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes' http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate afp/20091121/healthuspoliticssenate AFP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258843187812-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.S1toQa57S1y9Tuz4zZxJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to senators who will appear on the Sunday morning talk shows in his Senate office in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258843187812-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.S1toQa57S1y9Tuz4zZxJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to senators who will appear on the Sunday morning talk shows in his Senate office in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_war_games ap/20091121/ml_iran_war_games AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:32 GMT AP - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091121/pl_cq_politics/politics3253486 cq/20091121/politics3253486 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:24:32 GMT CQPolitics.com - Andrew Jackson would assuredly be pleased at the rising congressional distrust of the Federal Reserve. The populist president, who won re-election in 1832 on a platform of abolishing the Second Bank of the United States, was an early hater of power concentrated in huge financial institutions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091121/pl_politico/29792 politico/20091121/29792 Politico politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:47:00 GMT Politico - Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, and she and fellow centrists are making clear they expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to scrap his current plan for a government-run insurance program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/ts_nm/us_iraq_election nm/20091121/us_iraq_election Reuters topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:31 GMT Reuters - Iraq's parliament suspended efforts on Saturday to reach a deal on a law which is crucial for an election to take place in January and could affect the U.S. military' s plans for a partial withdrawal next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_blackwater_prosecution ap/20091121/us_blackwater_prosecution AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:18:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_blackwater_prosecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.03fd8656c4b44e84b84837f33b4526a7.iraq_blackwater_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pnvNQq5iBfdnkaQNNMwcZg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_blackwater_prosecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.03fd8656c4b44e84b84837f33b4526a7.iraq_blackwater_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pnvNQq5iBfdnkaQNNMwcZg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/pl_nm/us_obama_economy nm/20091121/us_obama_economy Reuters politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:02:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/pl_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r2057714771.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHaDsDfTsMbu_lkRZHpNiQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a rally with troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/pl_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r2057714771.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHaDsDfTsMbu_lkRZHpNiQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a rally with troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/uschinataiwanmilitary afp/20091121/uschinataiwanmilitary AFP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:12:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/uschinataiwanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258753128591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=j8VO7okL7yXnLaQJsfQS7A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Demonstrators are seen during a rally outside Taipei's presidential office, in 2006. Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress are pushing for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would likely set back warming US ties with China.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/uschinataiwanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258753128591-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=j8VO7okL7yXnLaQJsfQS7A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators are seen during a rally outside Taipei's presidential office, in 2006. Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress are pushing for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)