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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1767 Most Recommended Politics en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1767 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_turkey_pardon ap/20091125/us_obama_turkey_pardon AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:40:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_turkey_pardon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.bbdea10cf6ab4b119dbe53055f516150.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=keqcDisPI0UUgXg.19s0eg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon &mdash; to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_turkey_pardon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.bbdea10cf6ab4b119dbe53055f516150.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=keqcDisPI0UUgXg.19s0eg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests ap/20091126/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29896 politico/20091125/29896 Politico politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:54:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29896"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259089887031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=NlWchjsrsIrp8y0xiwEb6Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="VIDEO: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV/POOL)" border="0" /></a>Politico - The Obama White House is addicted to the &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29896"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259089887031-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=NlWchjsrsIrp8y0xiwEb6Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="VIDEO: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV/POOL)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_guests ap/20091125/us_state_dinner_guests AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:05:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.a0e62a23856148d9a78a38684f26d0de.obama_us_india_dcsw114.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=uCO7ZwuG_Wj7K6XEdGmJaQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Guests are seen in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House during a State Dinner with President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Celebrities, major Democratic fundraisers and prominent Indian businessmen were among those scoring coveted invitations to President Barack Obama's first state dinner.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_state_dinner_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.a0e62a23856148d9a78a38684f26d0de.obama_us_india_dcsw114.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=uCO7ZwuG_Wj7K6XEdGmJaQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Guests are seen in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House during a State Dinner with President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_usa nm/20091125/us_afghanistan_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:26:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259176154829-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3TAh7pMQir6dI9SerS8JMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Marines come under fire as they return to base following a search operation in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259176154829-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3TAh7pMQir6dI9SerS8JMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Marines come under fire as they return to base following a search operation in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_coast_guard_academy ap/20091125/us_coast_guard_academy AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_coast_guard_academy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.0f4ab3964c13424b84dadf75ab47838c.coast_guard_diversity_wx110.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfRb4hUkwE2XKEWCeHeLIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_coast_guard_academy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.0f4ab3964c13424b84dadf75ab47838c.coast_guard_diversity_wx110.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfRb4hUkwE2XKEWCeHeLIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/saudireligionhajjusobama afp/20091125/saudireligionhajjusobama AFP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/saudireligionhajjusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259191608969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=p81spqg62lu0YgdHG4a1ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims arriving at the tent city in Mina, Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.(AFP/SPA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/saudireligionhajjusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259191608969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=p81spqg62lu0YgdHG4a1ag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims arriving at the tent city in Mina, Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.(AFP/SPA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obamas_turkey_delivery ap/20091125/us_obamas_turkey_delivery AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:00:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obamas_turkey_delivery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obamas_turkey_delivery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingusobama afp/20091125/unclimatewarmingusobama AFP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:28:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259166299442-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Mcs70ev0XmJ1WYskq_my0g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from the chimney of a paper factory in Pietarsaari, Finland. President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, officials said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259166299442-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Mcs70ev0XmJ1WYskq_my0g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from the chimney of a paper factory in Pietarsaari, Finland. President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bc_obama_thanksgiving_proclamation ap/20091125/us_bc_obama_thanksgiving_proclamation AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:26:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bc_obama_thanksgiving_proclamation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House:</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bc_obama_thanksgiving_proclamation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_climate nm/20091125/us_climate Reuters topstories Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:49:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259153966667-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=.XiutpByndjzql_QOgEu.Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259153966667-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=.XiutpByndjzql_QOgEu.Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/auzyy7ajs24k bloomberg/20091125/auzyy7ajs24k Bloomberg politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:24:25 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will attend climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month, offering an emissions-cut goal of about 17 percent by 2020 after legislation to reduce greenhouse gases stalled in Congress. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_preview ap/20091125/us_obama_preview AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:04:03 GMT AP - President Barack Obama will publicly pardon a turkey in a Rose Garden ceremony Wednesday, honoring a Thanksgiving season tradition that dates to Harry Truman's presidency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/auncdqom5ysk bloomberg/20091126/auncdqom5ysk Bloomberg politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen for climate-change talks, where he’ll offer to cut U.S. emissions about 17 percent by 2020 in an effort to help break a deadlock between rich and poor nations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_afghanistan ap/20091126/us_us_afghanistan AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/29918 politico/20091125/29918 Politico politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:07:00 GMT Politico - President Barack Obama's decision to drop in on the international climate conference in Copenhagen next month lends some star power to an event that's lost much of its luster &mdash; but at considerable risk for Obama himself. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gaymarriage_newjersey nm/20091125/us_gaymarriage_newjersey Reuters us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:32:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gaymarriage_newjersey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1315663433.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Z.Ie6VdQIZFURsHKmqLIFA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Two bride figurines are seen during a rally in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling regarding Proposition 8 in Hollywood, California May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gaymarriage_newjersey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1315663433.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Z.Ie6VdQIZFURsHKmqLIFA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two bride figurines are seen during a rally in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling regarding Proposition 8 in Hollywood, California May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/mideastdiplomacysettlerclinton afp/20091125/mideastdiplomacysettlerclinton AFP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:35:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/mideastdiplomacysettlerclinton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259173631603-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=A9Nho5mHRD7P9L4qi7ptfA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Palestinian laborer clears the debris from a construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumin located between Jerusalem and Jericho. The Obama administration welcomed Israel's temporary freeze of settlement building Wednesday as a way to revive Middle East peace talks, despite its long struggle to break the deadlock.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that a temporary freeze on new Israeli settlement building in the West Bank would aid progress toward peace with the Palestinians.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/mideastdiplomacysettlerclinton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259173631603-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=A9Nho5mHRD7P9L4qi7ptfA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian laborer clears the debris from a construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumin located between Jerusalem and Jericho. The Obama administration welcomed Israel's temporary freeze of settlement building Wednesday as a way to revive Middle East peace talks, despite its long struggle to break the deadlock.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics3254539 cq/20091125/politics3254539 CQPolitics.com politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:13:22 GMT CQPolitics.com - When President Obama announced plans to give a speech to the nation's schoolchildren in September, it set off a frenzy among conservative commentators who deemed it, in the words of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer, an attempt to "indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/nysenaterace20091125 rasmussen/20091125/nysenaterace20091125 Rasmussen Reports politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:18 GMT Rasmussen Reports - Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand may have a serious problem on her hands if Rudy Giuliani gets in next year's race for the U.S. Senate in New York State.