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Michelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 36 min 34 sec ago

AP - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she'll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Cinderella-like spins on the dance floor as first lady.


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Democratic senator opposes fast-track health bill (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 48 min 15 sec ago

AP - A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.


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Navy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 51 min 48 sec ago
AP - The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect explosives.
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Biden condemns new E. Jerusalem settlements (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 3 min ago

AP - Vice President Joe Biden is condemning Israel's approval of 1,600 new settlement homes in disputed East Jerusalem and says the timing undermines the peace process the United States is attempting to revive.


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Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 9 min ago

AP - Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.


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US official apologizes for joke about Gadhafi (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 14 min ago
AP - A senior State Department official said Tuesday he's sorry for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retaliation unless he apologized.
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Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 18 min ago

AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.


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Greek PM urges US to crackdown on speculators (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 23 min ago
AP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (pah-pahn-DRAY'-oh) says President Barack Obama reacted positively in a meeting Tuesday to European ideas about cracking down on currency speculation.
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Business groups launch ad against health care bill (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 43 min ago
AP - Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.
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Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 56 min ago

AP - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.


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Brown team to apply winning strategy elsewhere (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 1 hour 59 min ago

AP - The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. First stop: Rhode Island.


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Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 2 hours 4 min ago

AP - President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to health care reform.


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FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 2 hours 35 min ago

AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.


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IRS eases rules on tax settlements (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 3 hours 8 min ago
AP - As tax day approaches, the Internal Revenue Service is giving agents more flexibility to work with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.
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First lady to deliver 3 commencement addresses (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 3 hours 9 min ago
AP - First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring.
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White House, Democrats Make Time for Energy and Climate Bill (CQPolitics.com)

Elections - Yahoo - 4 hours 22 min ago
CQPolitics.com - Even as President Obama and congressional Democrats struggle to finish a health care overhaul, they are ramping up efforts to rally support for a comprehensive energy and climate change bill.
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Gates walks town that was a 'no-go zone' weeks ago (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 5 hours 31 min ago

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, aiming to show progress in the expanded war against insurgents in south Afghanistan, took a brief, heavily guarded walk Tuesday down a rutted street in this scruffy market town where the Taliban lobbed mortars at U.S. forces only weeks ago.


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House accepts Massa resignation (Politico)

Elections - Yahoo - 5 hours 55 min ago
Politico - The House of Representatives accepted the resignation of Rep. Eric Massa on Tuesday, just hours after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer dismissed as “absurd” and “untrue” his claim that he was pushed out because of his opposition to the Democrats’ health care bill.
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A policy change on abortion, but how radical? (AP)

Elections - Yahoo - 6 hours 6 min ago

AP - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear.


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Britain heads for inconclusive election: poll (Reuters)

Elections - Yahoo - 8 hours 58 min ago
Reuters - No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed on Tuesday.
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