Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama won't rule out freeing Gitmo detainees in US (AP)
• 3 Gitmo detainees sent home to Saudi Arabia (AP)
• Historic anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens (AP)
• Tax on health benefits likely to be in Senate bill (AP)
• Kennedy paid $2M for autobiography (Politico)
• White House: US may confront ships near NKorea (AP)
• Gates: Need new ways to cut Afghan casualties (AP)
• Pakistan planning offensive against terror havens (AP)
• Locations of high-risk coal ash sites kept secret (AP)
• Ousted AmeriCorps watchdog defends waste probe (AP)
• Ahmadinejad heading for victory in Iran vote (AFP)
• Ahmadinejad leads Iran vote, challenger defiant (Reuters)
• Expats in US vote in Iranian presidential election (AP)
• Ahmadinejad takes strong lead in Iran vote (AFP)
• Obama launches ocean protection plan (Reuters)
• AP News in Brief (AP)
• SPIN METER: What's in a date? It's about leverage (AP)
• Obama makes light of spill in his office (AP)
• U.S. Lawmakers to Vote on $106 Billion War Measure (Update1)) (Bloomberg)
• Obama lauds Zimbabwe's PM for courage (AP)

Obama won't rule out freeing Gitmo detainees in US (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - Despite fierce opposition in Congress, the White House insisted Friday it has not ruled out releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States. But with narrowing options, the administration has begun shipping newly cleared inmates abroad to regain momentum in its effort to close the Cuba-based prison camp.

3 Gitmo detainees sent home to Saudi Arabia (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:57 PM PDT AP - U.S. officials say three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been sent home to Saudi Arabia.

Historic anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:04 PM PDT AP - No more "light" cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers.

Tax on health benefits likely to be in Senate bill (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - Legislation to be outlined next week in the Senate Finance Committee will likely include a new tax on workers with the costliest employer-provided health coverage, officials said Friday, but with implementation delayed until 2013 to minimize any political fallout.

Kennedy paid $2M for autobiography (Politico) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 09:33 AM PDT Politico - Sen. Ted Kennedy, the veteran Massachusetts Democrat who is battling brain cancer, was paid nearly $2 million last year for an author’s advance on a new autobiography, according to financial disclosure reports made public Friday.

White House: US may confront ships near NKorea (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.

Gates: Need new ways to cut Afghan casualties (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - The thousands of new U.S. troops deploying in Afghanistan can lessen the reliance on airstrikes that sometimes kill civilians and undermine support for the fight against the Taliban, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

Pakistan planning offensive against terror havens (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - U.S. defense officials said Friday that Pakistan is planning a new assault into South Waziristan aimed at key al-Qaida strongholds, a move tied to the Obama administration's broader strategy for the Afghanistan war.

Locations of high-risk coal ash sites kept secret (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Dozens of communities nationwide are at risk from a coal ash spill like the one that blanketed a Tennessee neighborhood last year, but the Obama administration has decided not to tell the public about it because of the danger of a terrorist attack.

Ousted AmeriCorps watchdog defends waste probe (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - An inspector general fired by President Barack Obama said Friday he acted "with the highest integrity" in investigating AmeriCorps and other government-funded national service programs. Gerald Walpin said in an interview with The Associated Press that he reported facts and conclusions "in an honest and full way" while serving as inspector general at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Ahmadinejad heading for victory in Iran vote (AFP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was heading for victory in Iran's presidential election, official results showed, as his supporters early Saturday began celebrating in the streets of Tehran.

Ahmadinejad leads Iran vote, challenger defiant (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - State media declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Iran's election but challenger Mirhossein Mousavi alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.

Expats in US vote in Iranian presidential election (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - Iranian expatriates and their children living in the United States cast ballots Friday in the Middle Eastern country's heated presidential election between incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival, a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the U.S.

Ahmadinejad takes strong lead in Iran vote (AFP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:48 PM PDT AFP - Hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken a strong lead in Iran's presidential election with almost half the votes counted, the poll chief said, even as his reformist rival claimed a landslide victory for himself.

Obama launches ocean protection plan (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:26 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama launched a plan on Friday to protect the oceans, U.S. coasts and Great Lakes from the threats of climate change, pollution and overfishing.

AP News in Brief (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:20 PM PDT AP - Iran's state news agency says President Ahmadinejad has won the election, rival also claims win

SPIN METER: What's in a date? It's about leverage (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - The spat between Republicans and Democrats about when to hold hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation really has nothing to do with the calendar.

Obama makes light of spill in his office (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - Not just oops. Oval Office oops.

U.S. Lawmakers to Vote on $106 Billion War Measure (Update1)) (Bloomberg) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT Bloomberg - June 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. lawmakers are set to approve a $106 billion war-spending bill after President Barack Obama said he would use “every legal and administrative remedy available” to block the release of photos of troops abusing detainees.

Obama lauds Zimbabwe's PM for courage (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:10 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama praised Zimbabwe's prime minister on Friday for his tenacity in trying to lead the beleaguered nation out of a "very dark and difficult period." He chided Zimbabwe's hardline president, Robert Mugabe, for opposing freedoms.

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