Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 Presidential Elections en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*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/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_ukraine_election nm/20100209/us_ukraine_election Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:51 GMT Reuters - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_civil_rights_music ap/20100209/us_obama_civil_rights_music AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:10:15 GMT AP - Facing another wintry wallop, the White House decided to move a concert celebrating civil rights music from Wednesday to Tuesday to beat what could be a second crippling storm in a week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292374 cq/20100209/politics3292374 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Despite a renewed appeal from President Obama, Republican leaders in Congress remained cool Tuesday to the idea of naming a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to control the nation's ballooning debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_nominees ap/20100209/us_obama_nominees AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:40 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to stop blocking the confirmation of government appointees in the Senate by raising objections not related to their qualifications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100209/us_obama_bipartisanship AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:37:21 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says it's time for Democrats and Republicans to work hard because the American people "expect a seriousness of purpose that transcends petty politics." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamajobs afp/20100209/uspoliticsobamajobs AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamajobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733757397-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0YywcnQCBjdj1982zxLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamajobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733757397-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0YywcnQCBjdj1982zxLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/ukrainevote afp/20100209/ukrainevote AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:03:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/ukrainevote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265740382669-7-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=aG8EDZOFxDDqY2V56pnNOw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Ukraine's Prime Minister and the presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko makes a statement for the results of exit-pols after the second round of Presidential elections in her headquarters in Kiev on February 7. Tymoshenko will challenge the results of the bitterly contested election, aides said Tuesday, intensifying fears the country is heading for political turmoil.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ukraine's defeated presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko will challenge the results of the bitterly contested election, aides said on Tuesday, intensifying fears the country is heading for political turmoil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/ukrainevote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265740382669-7-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=aG8EDZOFxDDqY2V56pnNOw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Ukraine's Prime Minister and the presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko makes a statement for the results of exit-pols after the second round of Presidential elections in her headquarters in Kiev on February 7. Tymoshenko will challenge the results of the bitterly contested election, aides said Tuesday, intensifying fears the country is heading for political turmoil.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticseconomyobama afp/20100209/uspoliticseconomyobama AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:49:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticseconomyobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733757397-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0YywcnQCBjdj1982zxLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama pressed leaders of Congress to move foward "in a more bipartisan fashion" to spur jobs growth and bring ballooning deficits and debt under control.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticseconomyobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265733757397-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0YywcnQCBjdj1982zxLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_obama_obesity nm/20100209/us_obama_obesity Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:03 GMT Reuters - Alarmed that nearly a third of U.S. children are obese or overweight -- and likely to stay that way all their lives -- President Barack Obama launched an initiative on Tuesday to roll back the numbers and put his wife in charge of promoting it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_obama_economy_summers nm/20100209/us_obama_economy_summers Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:51:41 GMT Reuters - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said on Tuesday that the job market was stabilizing but the economy still had a long way to go to return to health. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100209/pl_bloomberg/ajvkothh0lfw bloomberg/20100209/ajvkothh0lfw Bloomberg politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:38:05 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today signed an executive order to begin first lady Michelle Obama’s national campaign to fight childhood obesity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency ap/20100209/us_michelle_obama_presidency AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - First lady Michelle Obama says President Barack Obama "has done a phenomenal job," but that people have a right to criticize him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_michelle_obama_presidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2e1badc721a14ffbb0b6fd0094647424.first_lady_s_cause_wx202.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=gqexDHHgJRlG7TG2XlDRCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - in this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20100209/us_obama_preview AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will be sticking around the White House today as Washington continues to dig out from its big snowfall, and prepares for another one expected to begin this afternoon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2859463196.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=.knvNz51JoCqsuZ.KXf0WA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre afp/20100209/philippinespoliticsmassacre AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698257731-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YNFmOarDiT6lUTFpijR_jA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Police investigators look at the victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province on November 24, 2009. A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over the election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that horrified the nation, prosecutors said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698257731-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YNFmOarDiT6lUTFpijR_jA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Police investigators look at the victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province on November 24, 2009. A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over the election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291925 cq/20100208/politics3291925 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - State election officials are looking at holding a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha on May 18, the previously scheduled statewide primary date.