Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:52 GMT Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., gestures during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Analysis: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:47:57 GMT Map locates uranium enrichment plant in Iran

Sen. Nelson a 'yes' on health care test vote (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:10 GMT AP - Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:40 GMT FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., is interviewed by the Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office in Washington. Obama and other top Democrats sharply criticized his appointment to the Senate in December by an ethically tainted governor, Illinois' Rod Blagojevich, and they forced Burris to abandon hopes of winning election in 2010 by making it clear they would not back him. Burris, 72, has virtually nothing to lose by defying his party's leaders and voting as he pleases on overhauling the nation's health care system this fall. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Dems fight over funds left from bailout (Politico) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:01:00 GMT Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank listens to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:15 GMT AP - The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:48 GMT FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

Court filings: Accused spy couple to plead guilty (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:36 GMT AP - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of three decades of spying for Cuba are preparing to plead guilty in the case, according to a Friday court filing.

Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:18:47 GMT FILE - In this March 7, 2002 file photo, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vernon Clark testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clark, and former Army Secretary Togo West were named to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe, File)

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:26 GMT AP - First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.