Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama holds to measured course on unrest in Iran (AP)
• Military: Deadly US airstrikes didn't follow rules (AP)
• Obama to fathers: Be involved in your kids' lives (AP)
• Sotomayor quits women's club after GOP criticism (AP)
• Sotomayor quits all women's group (Politico)
• Officials: Hawaii anti-missile move is prudent (AP)
• Dems' health care plan stumbles but keeps moving (AP)
• Billionaire Stanford jailed in alleged $7B fraud (AP)
• Aide: Husband of Ensign's ex-mistress sought cash (AP)
• Pro skateboarder takes a glide through White House (AP)
• 'World is watching' Obama warns Iran (AFP)
• Sharpening tone, White House condemns Iran violence (Reuters)
• Ensign takes offensive in affair drama (Politico)
• House impeaches federal judge from Texas (AP)
• Obama pokes fun at broadcasters' annual dinner (AP)
• Liz Becton's next move (Politico)
• Obama taps 3 more big donors for ambassadorships (AP)
• Mousavi rally in doubt after Iran leader warning (Reuters)
• Democrats push for new government health plan (Reuters)
• Congress Backs Iran Protests (CQPolitics.com)

Obama holds to measured course on unrest in Iran (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Friday stuck to a measured response to the uprising in Iran over a disputed presidential election, even as both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly to condemn an official crackdown on mostly peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Tehran.

Military: Deadly US airstrikes didn't follow rules (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - A U.S. warplane failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan last month that killed an estimated 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the U.S. military concluded in a report released Friday.

Obama to fathers: Be involved in your kids' lives (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - Growing up without a father left a hole in his heart, President Barack Obama told boys at the White House Friday in a remarkably personal Father's Day weekend message. He implored fathers everywhere — and the kids when they're older — to be involved in the lives of their own children.

Sotomayor quits women's club after GOP criticism (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings.

Sotomayor quits all women's group (Politico) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT Politico - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Friday resigned from an elite women’s only group after facing questions from Republican Senators about whether her membership violated judicial codes barring judges from belonging to discriminatory groups.

Officials: Hawaii anti-missile move is prudent (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - A new anti-missile system ordered for Hawaii is partly a strategy to deter North Korea from test-firing a long-range missile across the Pacific and partly a precaution against the unpredictable regime, military officials said Friday.

Dems' health care plan stumbles but keeps moving (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - Democrats got a sobering glimpse of what it would look like if their ambitious health care overhaul ran into a wall — and they quickly pulled back to regroup and get moving again.

Billionaire Stanford jailed in alleged $7B fraud (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford was indicted and jailed Friday on charges his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi scheme built on lies, bluster and bribery.

Aide: Husband of Ensign's ex-mistress sought cash (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - The husband of Sen. John Ensign's former mistress made "exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits" through an attorney, an aide to the Nevada Republican said Friday. In a statement, Ensign spokesman Tory Mazzola said the demands from an attorney for Doug Hampton were made within the past month.

Pro skateboarder takes a glide through White House (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT AP - Hey, kids, don't try this at home. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk on Friday took a brief ride at the White House as part of a Father's Day celebration.

'World is watching' Obama warns Iran (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama warned Iran Friday that the "world is watching" its actions, and said the United States stood with those seeking "peaceful" justice in the post-election tumult.

Sharpening tone, White House condemns Iran violence (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama toughened his rhetoric on Friday in support of Iranian demonstrators protesting a disputed presidential election and criticized the Tehran government for its violent response.

Ensign takes offensive in affair drama (Politico) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:12 PM PDT Politico - Sen. John Ensign is going on the offensive against the husband of the woman with whom he had an affair, charging that the man not only tried to shop the story to Fox News but also demanded large sums of money from Ensign himself.

House impeaches federal judge from Texas (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - The House on Friday impeached a federal judge imprisoned for lying about sexual assaults of two women in the first such vote since impeaching former President Bill Clinton a decade ago.

Obama pokes fun at broadcasters' annual dinner (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama knows a little something about catching flies — knowledge he says he's using to help win over groups in solving the nation's health care crisis.

Liz Becton's next move (Politico) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT Politico - There’s no such thing as bad publicity. Unless you’re Elizabeth Becton, that is.

Obama taps 3 more big donors for ambassadorships (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Friday named three more big fundraisers and contributors to his presidential campaign to ambassadorships in Sweden, Italy and Morocco.

Mousavi rally in doubt after Iran leader warning (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - Backers of beaten presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi will decide on Saturday whether to defy a stern warning by Iran's top authority and stage mass protests over a disputed election.

Democrats push for new government health plan (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - Democrat lawmakers on Friday proposed guaranteeing health coverage for nearly every American, despite mounting concerns the cost of doing so could torpedo the Obama administration's healthcare reform effort.

Congress Backs Iran Protests (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:15 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The House and Senate Friday adopted separate resolutions of support for Iranians protesting the outcome of that country's June 12 presidential election, putting Congress at odds with President Obama's more guarded approach.

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