Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/elections Elections en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/elections http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery ap/20100209/us_med_murtha_surgery AP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music ap/20100210/us_obama_civil_rights_music AP entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:25:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.39b2ddbbe4574046b71ac880fbbb0f8c.obama_whcd116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AwnGdzkydVpnY1nBRNUcVA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.39b2ddbbe4574046b71ac880fbbb0f8c.obama_whcd116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AwnGdzkydVpnY1nBRNUcVA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100208/pl_politico/32661 politico/20100208/32661 Politico politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:46:00 GMT Politico - For a president who ran on uplifting themes like change and hope, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time scolding Americans about how he hopes they’ll change. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine ap/20100210/us_democrats_wilder_kaine AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100210/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs ap/20100210/us_congress_jobs AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.e977af3717a143669ffcbc8181cc8d78.campaign_finance_dclb110.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=L.Nc84wlrObcx_jqHbyQkQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, to dicuss campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.e977af3717a143669ffcbc8181cc8d78.campaign_finance_dclb110.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=L.Nc84wlrObcx_jqHbyQkQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, to dicuss campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs_package ap/20100209/us_obama_jobs_package AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:49:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs_package"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.61775ddc1f0c42a995cd81f97226fe4e.obama_whcd111.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KpuyplG5C6Jc0gHhyTMjOg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question as he makes an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room for the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama says he doesn't think it's necessary to get an ideal jobs package out of Congress, but that passing something quickly could build momentum toward greater achievements.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs_package"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.61775ddc1f0c42a995cd81f97226fe4e.obama_whcd111.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KpuyplG5C6Jc0gHhyTMjOg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question as he makes an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room for the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat ap/20100210/us_murtha_seat AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat &mdash; and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor ap/20100210/us_ny_governor AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0" /></a>AP - New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or "in a box."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_ny_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.effcdf6d731e45bd8b94065ade7dabbf.ny_governor_nymg105.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=zKnakAzQOTCWyeRzGdRPGA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs nm/20100210/us_usa_congress_jobs Reuters politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:29:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_obama_economy nm/20100210/us_obama_economy Reuters politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/pl_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_republicans nm/20100209/us_usa_congress_republicans Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:46:20 GMT Reuters - Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb ap/20100209/us_senate_nlrb AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.6dd10d93949144fb95562f179027211c.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm111.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tPyaiBGkHaFf1_W7o5A_dw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama's choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined Republicans to block the nomination.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.6dd10d93949144fb95562f179027211c.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm111.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tPyaiBGkHaFf1_W7o5A_dw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_white_house_palin ap/20100209/us_white_house_palin AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_white_house_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.0e00ed1880624bd88ec65bd3b5e290e1.obama_dcpm130.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AOw.xPMcH9vigsdaggkmCA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_white_house_palin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.0e00ed1880624bd88ec65bd3b5e290e1.obama_dcpm130.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=AOw.xPMcH9vigsdaggkmCA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_iran ap/20100209/us_obama_iran AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:45:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bb69adc425844367a856902cc779bcc2.aptopix_obama__dcsa103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VeqvRIfap_ntNoGNHqkTkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Iran remains on an "unacceptable" path to nuclear weapons, despite its denials, and that the U.S. and like-minded countries will soon produce a set of punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bb69adc425844367a856902cc779bcc2.aptopix_obama__dcsa103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VeqvRIfap_ntNoGNHqkTkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_obesity AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled "Let's Move" &mdash; her national public awareness campaign against childhood obesity, a problem she says concerns her both as first lady and as a mom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59c1b2ecec274eee9906cb82b7df4461.michelle_obama_obesity_dcsa108.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=mUUu0GXlth6YbjgVH7VFfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_energy ap/20100209/us_obama_energy AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:14:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_energy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3ee32324a9354a47b1ef19d0a7c8760d.obama_dcpm134.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=q93xyFiCXXjwRQapitNOog--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama approaches the podium to begin the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama says the country must develop cleaner energy technologies while at the same time still relying upon traditional power sources like nuclear and coal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_energy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3ee32324a9354a47b1ef19d0a7c8760d.obama_dcpm134.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=q93xyFiCXXjwRQapitNOog--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama approaches the podium to begin the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_crib_recall ap/20100209/us_crib_recall AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:17:35 GMT AP - Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.