Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Consumers get more flexibility on clunkers program (AP)
• Boeing pays $25 million to settle US probe (AP)
• Analysis: Critics co-opt Obama organizing playbook (AP)
• Palin stands by 'death panel' claim on health bill (AP)
• Palin doubles down on 'death panels' (Politico)
• US detains Pakistani reporter for unknown reason (AP)
• E-mails from public overload House Web site (AP)
• SPIN METER: $3 billion buys not-so-green vehicles (AP)
• Clinton stays mum on tart response to questioner (AP)
• Gates: 'A few years' of combat in Afghanistan (AP)
• White House uses e-mail to counter health critics (AP)
• Are Dems losing August? (Politico)
• Biden to attend service for Eunice Kennedy Shriver (AP)
• Mont. restaurant has beef for Obama, not with him (AP)
• US says Asian banks are scrutinizing NKorea (AP)
• New lead limits take effect for small businesses (AP)
• Iran candidate says prisoners tortured to death (Reuters)
• Pentagon, governors face off over military reserve (AP)
• Clinton shows US support in Liberia visit (AP)
• Obama to attend APEC conference in Singapore (AP)

Consumers get more flexibility on clunkers program (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - Car shoppers running into shortages of certain vehicles at dealerships will still be able to use the Cash for Clunkers program to reserve the car of their choice, the Obama administration said Thursday.

Boeing pays $25 million to settle US probe (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:37 PM PDT AP - Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay the U.S. government $25 million to settle claims the company did defective work on critical military refueling planes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Analysis: Critics co-opt Obama organizing playbook (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:02 AM PDT AP - There's a certain irony here.

Palin stands by 'death panel' claim on health bill (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin refused to retreat from her debunked claim that a proposed health care overhaul would create "death panels," as the growing furor over end-of-life consultations forced a key group of senators to abandon the idea in their bill.

Palin doubles down on 'death panels' (Politico) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT Politico - Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin defended her claim that the Democratic health care proposal would create “death panels” in a statement Wednesday night slamming President Barack Obama.

US detains Pakistani reporter for unknown reason (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet.

E-mails from public overload House Web site (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Amid a boisterous debate on health care reform, people flooded members of Congress on Thursday with so many e-mails that they overloaded the House's primary Web site.

SPIN METER: $3 billion buys not-so-green vehicles (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:00 PM PDT AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the nation's top car salesman in recent weeks, has cited the Obama administration's best-seller list of mostly smaller, fuel-saving cars like the Ford Focus to describe the success of the Cash for Clunkers rebate program.

Clinton stays mum on tart response to questioner (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - A close aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton dismissed as "psychobabble" the fuss over the secretary of state's barbed response to a questioner asking for her famous husband's opinion instead of her own. Clinton ignored questions about the episode as she wound down a marathon African trip Thursday.

Gates: 'A few years' of combat in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fighting there or how many U.S. combat troops it will take to win.

White House uses e-mail to counter health critics (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's push to revamp health care got a boost Thursday as a new coalition of drug makers, unions, hospitals and others launched a $12 million pro-overhaul ad campaign. Meanwhile, the administration sought to regain control of the health care debate by asking supporters to forward a chain e-mail to counter criticism that's circulating on the Internet.

Are Dems losing August? (Politico) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:25 PM PDT Politico - After an intimate White House lunch last week, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said he was confident President Barack Obama was working toward a truly bipartisan health care reform bill.

Biden to attend service for Eunice Kennedy Shriver (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden plans to attend funeral services for Eunice Kennedy Shriver on Friday.

Mont. restaurant has beef for Obama, not with him (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:45 PM PDT AP - A Bozeman, Mont., restaurant is saluting the president's fondness for cheeseburgers by offering a "Barack Obama Burger" Friday to honor his visit to the area.

US says Asian banks are scrutinizing NKorea (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:39 PM PDT AP - A senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday that the Obama administration's efforts to derail North Korea's nuclear weapons program are causing Asian banks to examine more closely their financial dealings with Pyongyang.

New lead limits take effect for small businesses (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:16 PM PDT AP - Tighter limits on the amount of lead the government allows in children's products and a requirement for new tracking labels are stirring fear among small business owners, already hurting in a tough economy.

Iran candidate says prisoners tortured to death (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:11 PM PDT Reuters - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi said on his website Thursday that some of those arrested after the June presidential election were tortured to death, but other inmates defended their treatment.

Pentagon, governors face off over military reserve (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:10 AM PDT AP - The Pentagon is upsetting the nation's governors by pushing for authority to call up military reservists for natural disasters — and to control how the troops would be used in any state.

Clinton shows US support in Liberia visit (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 10:58 AM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered strong support Thursday for embattled Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and held up herself and President Barack Obama as models of political fence-mending.

Obama to attend APEC conference in Singapore (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 10:43 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will attend a meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders in Singapore in November.

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