Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP INVESTIGATION: Main Street's soaring sour loans (AP)
• Clinton paints robust picture of US abroad (AP)
• HARD TIMES: School budgets dip, class sizes grow (AP)
• US hopes China talks spur economy, job creation (AP)
• Clinton: Iran's pursuit of nukes 'futile' (Politico)
• Clinton says Israel should be patient on Iran (AP)
• Analysis: Fed in the middle of push-me, pull-me (AP)
• Clinton says she has no interest in White House (AP)
• US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years (AP)
• Clinton: NKorea has no friends left (AP)
• New deadlines, new woes for health bill (Politico)
• Past donors giving up on Ky. Sen. Bunning (AP)
• Results due Monday in Iraqi Kurd election (Reuters)
• Democrat says health overhaul needs GOP to pass (AP)
• New direction in terror fight may stem from case (AP)
• Sarkozy rushed to hospital after jogging collapse (AFP)
• Palin faces questions as she exits Alaska politics (AP)
• Al-Maliki: Iraqi officer 'out of line' (AP)
• Iran opposition asks to commemorate unrest victims (Reuters)
• Health bill boils down to August battle (Politico)

AP INVESTIGATION: Main Street's soaring sour loans (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:36 PM PDT AP - As the effects of the economic collapse began pouring down Main Street, the government last year was left holding a record $2.1 billion in write-offs of small business loans it had guaranteed. Officials expect the number of defaults to rise as the nation continues to climb out of the recession.

Clinton paints robust picture of US abroad (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stood fast Sunday behind the administration's readiness to engage with foes like Iran and North Korea and heaped praise on China in advance of two days of critical talks aimed at easing the global economic downturn.

HARD TIMES: School budgets dip, class sizes grow (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 11:15 AM PDT AP - Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher.

US hopes China talks spur economy, job creation (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:41 PM PDT AP - With the global economy mired in recession, the United States and China begin talks Monday to seek a solution together despite tensions over currencies, the U.S. budget deficit and the huge U.S. trade gap with China.

Clinton: Iran's pursuit of nukes 'futile' (Politico) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 07:27 AM PDT Politico - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Iran will never achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, declaring to Tehran: "Your pursuit is futile."

Clinton says Israel should be patient on Iran (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:59 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is implicitly urging Israel to give U.S. policy on Iran's nuclear ambitions a chance to work.

Analysis: Fed in the middle of push-me, pull-me (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:12 AM PDT AP - The Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank, is having a political Goldilocks moment.

Clinton says she has no interest in White House (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:03 PM PDT AP - There is apparently no such thing as a simple yes or no when it comes to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and questions about another run for the White House.

US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:06 AM PDT AP - A year after government scientist Bruce Ivins killed himself while under investigation for the lethal anthrax letters of 2001, the Justice Department is on the verge of closing the long, costly and vexing case.

Clinton: NKorea has no friends left (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that North Korea is isolated as never before and that China has been enormously helpful in pressuring the regime to abandon its nuclear program.

New deadlines, new woes for health bill (Politico) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:12 PM PDT Politico - After a week of major setbacks on health reform, White House officials and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did their best to sound upbeat Sunday, with new deadlines looming to move bills out of key committees before the August recess.

Past donors giving up on Ky. Sen. Bunning (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - Political contributors who donated thousands to Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning's past election campaigns have found a new Republican to support for Senate.

Results due Monday in Iraqi Kurd election (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:58 PM PDT Reuters - Iraqi Kurdistan's two ruling parties are likely to be confirmed in power despite an unprecedented opposition challenge when election results are announced on Monday.

Democrat says health overhaul needs GOP to pass (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 11:25 AM PDT AP - Senate Democrats alone cannot pass President Barack Obama's ambitious overhaul of how Americans receive health care, a top lawmaker acknowledged on Sunday. Republicans said they will continue their opposition to a plan they say is simply a government takeover of private decisions.

New direction in terror fight may stem from case (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:13 AM PDT AP - When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn't whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated.

Sarkozy rushed to hospital after jogging collapse (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:21 PM PDT AFP - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy collapsed while jogging near his weekend retreat Sunday and was rushed to hospital where officials said he was "doing well" but would remain overnight.

Palin faces questions as she exits Alaska politics (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:56 AM PDT AP - Gov. Sarah Palin gained fame — and to some infamy — since she embarked on a vice-presidential bid less than a year ago.

Al-Maliki: Iraqi officer 'out of line' (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:38 PM PDT AP - The prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, says an Iraqi officer was wrong to order American soldiers detained after they killed three Iraqis while going after insurgents.

Iran opposition asks to commemorate unrest victims (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:03 AM PDT Reuters - Opposition leaders in Iran want to organize a ceremony to commemorate pro-reformers killed since the disputed presidential election, a news agency reported on Sunday.

Health bill boils down to August battle (Politico) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:56 AM PDT Politico - Congress's failure to deliver major health care legislation by President Barack Obama's deadline next month transforms the traditionally sleepy August recess into what could be the decisive moment in the battle to win support for the legislation, especially from conservative Democrats considered crucial to its fate.

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