Yahoo! News: Elections

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• White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal (AP)
• AP source: Guard to seek volunteers for border (AP)
• Discrimination ruling shapes Sotomayor debate (AP)
• Obama says Honduran ouster was 'not legal' (AP)
• Rudy weighing N.Y. governor run (Politico)
• White House: Court ruling shows nominee not biased (AP)
• EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP)
• Obama reaffirms support for gay-rights activism (AP)
• EPA reveals 44 hazardous coal ash sites (AP)
• Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes (AP)
• Obama says he'll get prime initiatives into law (AP)
• AP Interview: Snowe seeks bipartisan health bill (AP)
• Senators want hearing on Obama's firing of IG (AP)
• EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP)
• Iran upholds Ahmadinejad victory, says matter closed (Reuters)
• Obama voices support for Colombia trade deal (Reuters)
• Senate ups ante on whether to build more F-22s (McClatchy Newspapers)
• First lady visits community health clinic (AP)
• Iran police out in force as election result upheld (AFP)
• Dems warn GOP not to overreach in health care (AP)

White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

AP source: Guard to seek volunteers for border (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:55 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday.

Discrimination ruling shapes Sotomayor debate (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:58 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a racial discrimination decision endorsed by Sonia Sotomayor as a federal appeals judge provided fresh ammunition for her critics two weeks before her Senate confirmation hearing, but it's unlikely to sink her nomination.

Obama says Honduran ouster was 'not legal' (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:50 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal," widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world.

Rudy weighing N.Y. governor run (Politico) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT Politico - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Monday that he is considering running for governor in 2010.

White House: Court ruling shows nominee not biased (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 01:03 PM PDT AP - Spinning a Supreme Court decision in its favor, the White House said Monday that the justices' reversal of a ruling that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge proves that she follows judicial precedent.

EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:40 PM PDT AP - (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing to strengthen a key air pollution health standard.

Obama reaffirms support for gay-rights activism (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - Countering criticism that he's done little on gay rights, President Barack Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities.

EPA reveals 44 hazardous coal ash sites (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year.

Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 12:13 PM PDT AP - The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system — part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.

Obama says he'll get prime initiatives into law (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:17 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers.

AP Interview: Snowe seeks bipartisan health bill (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:13 PM PDT AP - Sen. Olympia Snowe, a key figure in shaping federal health care legislation, said Monday that a government-run plan that would take effect if the private insurance market fails to deliver affordable coverage could bridge the partisan divide that threatens to derail President Barack Obama's efforts to reform the system.

Senators want hearing on Obama's firing of IG (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - Two Republican senators asked Monday for a congressional hearing to look at whether President Barack Obama acted appropriately when he fired the national service agency's inspector general earlier this month.

EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:59 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Monday proposed to strengthen a key air pollution health standard to better protect children and people with respiratory illnesses.

Iran upholds Ahmadinejad victory, says matter closed (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his June 12 re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.

Obama voices support for Colombia trade deal (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama expressed hope that Congress would eventually approve a long-delayed free trade agreement with Colombia, but said that country needed to make more progress on human rights first.

Senate ups ante on whether to build more F-22s (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:05 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House are heading toward a showdown over the future of the F-22 jet fighter, as the Senate plans to consider adding seven more of the planes while the Obama administration warns that a veto is likely over the issue.

First lady visits community health clinic (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited a community health center Monday to announce the release of $850 million in stimulus grants to help such clinics across the country provide care.

Iran police out in force as election result upheld (AFP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT AFP - Iranian police were out in force across the capital Tehran on Monday as the authorities upheld the official results of this month's fiercely-disputed presidential election over opposition protests.

Dems warn GOP not to overreach in health care (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - Mainstream Democrats close to Barack Obama are warning Republicans about insisting on too many changes to the president's health care overhaul, saying the Democratic-controlled Congress will move ahead without GOP input if they do.

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