Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry (AP)
• Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions (AP)
• Obama asks men to be better fathers than their own (AP)
• Clinton urges countries to combat refugee crisis (AP)
• Health reform gets boost with Rx deal (Politico)
• Analysis: Obama offers split verdict on economy (AP)
• Obama puts critics of financial overhaul on notice (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps (AP)
• GOP criticizes Dems on cost of health overhaul (AP)
• Obama may need firmer hand on health care debate (AP)
• Deal reached to cut drug costs (Reuters)
• Obama praises drug deal, says it's 'turning point' (AP)
• Mousavi calls for purge of "lies" (Reuters)
• Obama urges Iran to 'stop all violent and unjust actions' (AFP)
• Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama and daughters snack on frozen custard (AP)
• Kennedy goes to bat for Dodd in campaign ad (AP)
• Events move Obama's approach to Iran (Politico)
• FBI tried in vain to stop 'Deep Throat' film (AP)
• Iran police clash with defiant protestors (AFP)

Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House.

Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's postelection response.

Obama asks men to be better fathers than their own (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:04 PM PDT AP - Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else.

Clinton urges countries to combat refugee crisis (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is committed to helping the world's 34 million refugees build safe and fulfilling lives, calling their struggle a "humanitarian emergency."

Health reform gets boost with Rx deal (Politico) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:25 AM PDT Politico - Giving a boost to health legislation after a bruising week, the pharmaceutical industry struck a deal Saturday with Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the White House to commit $80 billion over 10 years to help pay for comprehensive reform.

Analysis: Obama offers split verdict on economy (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:21 AM PDT AP - It's a difficult balancing act.

Obama puts critics of financial overhaul on notice (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:41 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one."

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:13 AM PDT AP - One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

GOP criticizes Dems on cost of health overhaul (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:06 AM PDT AP - Sensing a political opening, the Senate's GOP leader said Saturday that Democratic efforts to overhaul health care will bury the nation in debt.

Obama may need firmer hand on health care debate (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is seeing the downside of his light touch on revamping the nation's health care system.

Deal reached to cut drug costs (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - Drug manufacturers will offer some $80 billion in prescription discounts for Medicare recipients under a deal unveiled on Saturday, which could boost President Barack Obama as he pushes to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.

Obama praises drug deal, says it's 'turning point' (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama praised the agreement has been reached between Senator Max Baucus and the nation's pharmaceutical companies intended to rerduce costs of prescription drugs for millions of America's seniors.

Mousavi calls for purge of "lies" (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said the Islamic Republic must be purged of what he called lies and dishonesty, sending out a direct challenge to conservative rulers after a day of unrest across Tehran.

Obama urges Iran to 'stop all violent and unjust actions' (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:13 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama called on Iran's government Saturday to "stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people," amid post-election tensions in the Islamic republic.

Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - Iran descended further into chaos Saturday, as security forces used guns, tear gas and metal batons against defiant protesters, protesters fought back and the toll of dead and injured mounted in the country's escalating post-election crisis.

Obama and daughters snack on frozen custard (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT AP - The first family was in the mood for something sweet — something like vanilla custard, fudge and sprinkles.

Kennedy goes to bat for Dodd in campaign ad (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy is going to bat in a new TV campaign ad for longtime pal Sen. Christopher Dodd, who faces a tough re-election fight in Connecticut.

Events move Obama's approach to Iran (Politico) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT Politico - President Obama condemned Iran's repression of post-election protests Saturday as the turmoil turned violent and harrowing images of bloodied protesters flooded American television and computer screens.

FBI tried in vain to stop 'Deep Throat' film (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT AP - When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose "Deep Throat" alias was taken from the movie's title.

Iran police clash with defiant protestors (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of Iranians clashed with police on Saturday as they defied an ultimatum from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for an end to protests over last week's disputed presidential election.

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