Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/696 Elections en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:59:47 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/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091108/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:19:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas ap/20091108/us_clinton_overseas AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:51:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.80af8f97106c4e4c8775bf87af8ed532.south_korea_koreas_nuclear_sel108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=3RDjak6kULpUtmKaqWX7_g--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A South Korean man watches a TV news program about North Korea's latest claim on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. North Korea said Tuesday it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. The letters on the screen read ' Completion of reprocessing nuclear fuel rods'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.80af8f97106c4e4c8775bf87af8ed532.south_korea_koreas_nuclear_sel108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=3RDjak6kULpUtmKaqWX7_g--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean man watches a TV news program about North Korea's latest claim on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. North Korea said Tuesday it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. The letters on the screen read ' Completion of reprocessing nuclear fuel rods'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia ap/20091107/us_obama_asia AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape ap/20091108/us2010_election_landscape AP Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29267 politico/20091107/29267 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT Politico - WEST ALLIS, Wisc. &ndash; Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:48:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats ap/20091108/us_health_overhaul_democrats AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:43:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7b792806a79f424c83802ba8449734d7.health_care_overhaul_cap204.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=4fdckjXKkUU.t_N5uqUTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for continuing debate health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7b792806a79f424c83802ba8449734d7.health_care_overhaul_cap204.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=4fdckjXKkUU.t_N5uqUTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for continuing debate health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_obama ap/20091108/us_health_overhaul_obama AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:59:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1ce0cc8c33334ac284554f1348c76526.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab102.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D2y_HZgQlrbGti2lXfopYg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1ce0cc8c33334ac284554f1348c76526.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab102.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D2y_HZgQlrbGti2lXfopYg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences ap/20091108/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood ap/20091107/us_obama_fort_hood AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:08:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fort_hood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills ap/20091108/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:25:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.c4b08c83d07548f699c8808a105845b2.health_care_overhaul_cap203.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=bRR0.axZB.eNPxUmdzfvwg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for the continuing health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.c4b08c83d07548f699c8808a105845b2.health_care_overhaul_cap203.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=bRR0.axZB.eNPxUmdzfvwg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for the continuing health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091108/pl_bloomberg/ajotl7z7rss0 bloomberg/20091108/ajotl7z7rss0 Bloomberg politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:02:47 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most far-reaching changes in U.S. health-care policy in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.” http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/world_briefly ap/20091107/world_briefly AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:11:38 GMT AP - Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091107/pl_politico/29272 politico/20091107/29272 Politico politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:35:00 GMT Politico - With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress afp/20091107/healthuspoliticscongress AFP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:53:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xSh6_Eg2llFc8e.o9BGHpg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/pl_afp/healthuspoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620505941-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xSh6_Eg2llFc8e.o9BGHpg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091107/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/r2149145422.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=9W9vEGBtmxVkd1_qe6C5MA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House vote on health care reform November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/r2149145422.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=9W9vEGBtmxVkd1_qe6C5MA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House vote on health care reform November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_overhaul_obama_text ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_obama_text AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:16:58 GMT AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_texas_shooting_obama nm/20091107/us_texas_shooting_obama Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:39 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_test_vote ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_test_vote AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:47 GMT AP - President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.