Yahoo! News: Elections

Unbalanced warfare not new for US Navy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:17 PM PDT

AP - Not for the first time, a powerful U.S. naval fleet designed for all-out war must find a way to swat belligerent mosquitoes in this case, pirates holding hostage the captain of a container ship in a lifeboat off the African coast.

Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:24 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama declared Friday that the slumping economy has begun to show "glimmers of hope," but cautioned that it remains severely stressed and will require lots more work to turn it around.

Cautious response is quintessential Obama (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:29 PM PDT

AP - True to form, President Barack Obama is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out.

Officials: Navy has amphibious assault ship ready (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 11:00 AM PDT

AP - The Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the pirate hostage standoff off Somalia.

Obama may get ASU honor after all (Politico)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:38 PM PDT

Politico - Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, tells POLITICO that the school is reconsidering its widely mocked plans not to give President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement on May 13 and will “honor him in every way possible.”

Officials: Pirate fired weapon in foiled escape (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:14 AM PDT

AP - Defense officials say that one of the pirates holding an American captive fired an automatic weapon when the hostage tried to swim to safety.

Stimulus spending invested in volcanoes (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT

AP - Weeks after Mount Redoubt erupted in Alaska, the Interior Department is spending some of its first stimulus dollars to improve volcano monitoring.

Justice Ginsburg laments being court's only woman (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday it's lonely being the only woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Analysis: Pirates put Obama in 21st-century bind (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 05:14 AM PDT

AP - A ragtag band of pirates has put President Barack Obama in a bind: He commands overwhelming firepower in the form of a growing flotilla of U.S. warships, but he doesn't want to use it.

Obama asks quick congressional OK of new war money (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:08 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama wants Congress to act quickly on his $83.4 billion request for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, an appeal that's disappointing the most liberal, anti-war wing of his party.

Obama phones Ghana's president (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has phoned Ghana's new president and congratulated him on the African nation's peaceful transfer of power.

Obama confers with Peru's president about economy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has called the president of Peru to discuss how their two countries could work together to restore economic growth.

Obama releases Reagan records (Politico)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama is ordering the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush.

US 'concerned' over Algerian elections (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT

AFP - The US State Department on Friday said it was 'concerned' at fraud accusations during the landslide re-election victory of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika but did not call into question the poll's legitimacy.

Obama orders pizza from St. Louis, Chicago miffed (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:49 PM PDT

AP - The news is hitting Chicago deep dish pizza makers' eye like a big pizza pie.

Congresswoman wants answers on KBR contract (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - A New Hampshire congresswoman said the Pentagon has failed to justify giving a new, $35 million contract to a company whose electrical work on U.S. facilities in Iraq has been criticized as shoddy and unsafe.

Obama sees "glimmers of hope" in economy (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday the recession-hit U.S. economy was showing "glimmers of hope" despite remaining under strain and promised further steps in coming weeks to tackle the financial crisis.

McCain's daughter slated to write book on politics (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 11:51 AM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain's daughter will write a book about her experience as a progressive Republican.

Algeria's Bouteflika re-elected in landslide (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT

AFP - Veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his main foes.