Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons (AP)
• Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara dies at 93 (AP)
• Senate to post staff salaries, expenses on Web (AP)
• Panel urges huge increase in outdoor spending (AP)
• For Reid, 60 is the loneliest number (Politico)
• US, Japan make progress on opening Japanese market (AP)
• Final rules out for government stem cell research (AP)
• Leahy finds solace from Senate on his Vermont farm (AP)
• Analysis: US, Russia have different views on nukes (AP)
• Delicate economic summer crucial to Obama's agenda (AP)
• Michelle Obama's UC Merced visit cost school $1M (AP)
• Ousted Honduran president expected in Washington (AP)
• Popular Tehran Bureau site covers Iran from Mass. (AP)
• AdWatch: TV ad war begins over health overhaul (AP)
• Top Dem senator, hospitals near health care deal (AP)
• Okla. congressman returning to DC after rehab (AP)
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: For Russia, Obama or soccer? (AP)
• White House concerned about deadly China protest (AP)
• Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem (Reuters)
• Obama agrees arms cuts, Afghan transit with Russia (Reuters)

Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans — a major stumbling block to such an agreement.

Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara dies at 93 (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93.

Senate to post staff salaries, expenses on Web (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:56 PM PDT AP - How your senators are spending their multimillion-dollar budgets for staff salaries, travel and office expenses may soon be just a computer mouse click away.

Panel urges huge increase in outdoor spending (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - Despite the recession, a blue-ribbon panel says the federal government should increase by tenfold its spending on outdoor recreation and conservation.

For Reid, 60 is the loneliest number (Politico) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:40 AM PDT Politico - Oh, the burdens of a Democratic supermajority.

US, Japan make progress on opening Japanese market (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - The United States says it has made progress in opening Japan's market to foreign investors.

Final rules out for government stem cell research (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT AP - The government issued final rules Monday expanding taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells, easing scientists' fears that some of the oldest batches might not qualify and promising a master list of all that do.

Leahy finds solace from Senate on his Vermont farm (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:58 PM PDT AP - Sen. Patrick Leahy calls his Vermont home Drawbridge Farm for the shelter and solace it can offer him from the rigors of life in Washington. But its 300 acres is not enough to keep out the politics of Sonia Sotomayor's upcoming confirmation hearings.

Analysis: US, Russia have different views on nukes (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:57 PM PDT AP - The new U.S.-Russia plan to negotiate deeper cuts in nuclear weapons fits well with each country's shifting focus — the U.S. toward more reliance on precision conventional weapons and Russia toward more modern short-range nuclear weapons to offset U.S. conventional superiority.

Delicate economic summer crucial to Obama's agenda (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:14 PM PDT AP - Politically and economically, the next three months are critical for Barack Obama's presidency.

Michelle Obama's UC Merced visit cost school $1M (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - The final price of the University of California, Merced's commencement ceremony featuring first lady Michelle Obama was more than $1 million — surpassing the original estimate tenfold.

Ousted Honduran president expected in Washington (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet with deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this week as the Obama administration weighs responses to his ouster.

Popular Tehran Bureau site covers Iran from Mass. (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:46 PM PDT AP - The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from the ayatollah of more violence to come.

AdWatch: TV ad war begins over health overhaul (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:40 PM PDT AP - Staring at the camera, Canadian citizen Shona Holmes says a brain tumor would have killed her had she relied on her government-run health plan that would have provided treatment far too late. "Now, Washington wants to bring Canadian-style health care to the U.S.," a narrator says darkly.

Top Dem senator, hospitals near health care deal (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - With health care legislation at a crossroads, the nation's hospitals are near agreement with a key lawmaker and the White House to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama's plan for expanded coverage, officials said Monday.

Okla. congressman returning to DC after rehab (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, who is returning to Washington after a 30-day stay in a treatment center for alcohol addiction, said Monday he plans to work harder than ever and will seek re-election next year.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: For Russia, Obama or soccer? (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:30 PM PDT AP - Millions of Russians were expected to tune out President Barack Obama's news conference Monday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and instead tune in to a rebroadcast of a June 13 Russian league soccer match on the main state-run sports channel.

White House concerned about deadly China protest (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:05 PM PDT AP - The White House says it is deeply concerned by reports of dozens of deaths and injuries caused by violence in China's western Xinjiang (shin-jahng) province.

Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:07 PM PDT Reuters - In a slip of the tongue, U.S. President Barack Obama described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday as president, echoing the widely held view that he remains Russia's most powerful man.

Obama agrees arms cuts, Afghan transit with Russia (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jul 2009 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - Visiting President Barack Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties.

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