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Yahoo! News: Elections


Geithner says economy growing faster than expected (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 08:01 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the economy is growing faster than the Obama administration expected.


Top general says US withdrawal from Iraq on track (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2-1- file photo, a U.S. Army soldier from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stands guard in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq. Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq says the planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops by the end of August is on track despite a recent increase in attacks by militant forces.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - The planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August is on track in spite of a recent increase in attacks by militant forces, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Sunday.


White House spokesman: Twitter an 'amazing tool' (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 08:00 AM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs the media during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Monday, April 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama's spokesman says the Internet's Twitter site is an "amazing tool" and a "fabulous medium."


Obama to sell financial overhaul to country (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:17 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is preparing to travel outside Washington in the coming weeks to sell his proposal for financial regulatory reform to the country.

GOP leader: Take bank reform back to drawing board (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:53 AM PDT

AP - The Republican leader in the Senate says President Barack Obama is trying to 'politicize' financial reform.

Counting sea life, sometimes little things are big (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:05 AM PDT

This undated handout image provided by the Census of Marine Life shows, the acantharians are one of the four types of large amoebae that occur in marine open waters. Their fragile skeletons are made of a single crystal of strontium sulfate that quickly dissolves in the ocean water after the cell dies. If the Census Bureau thinks it has it;s hands full counting Americans, imagine the problems of scientists trying to tally everything living in the oceans, including microbes so small they seem invisible. (AP Photo/Bob Andersen and D. J. Patterson, Census of Marine Life)AP - If the Census Bureau thinks it has its hands full counting Americans, imagine what scientists are up against in trying to tally every living thing in the ocean, including microbes so small they seem invisible.


Clinton: Look beyond judges for high court pick (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, former President Bill Clinton speaks at the University of California at Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif. Clinton warned of a slippery slope from angry anti-government rhetoric to violence like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, saying 'the words we use really do matter.'  (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)AP - Bill Clinton says someone who hasn't been a judge should be considered for the Supreme Court.


Clinton: Democrats to hold Senate, House in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:02 AM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton has seen congressional elections where Republicans dominate. But he says this year is no 1994.

McCain says US lacks effective policy on Iran (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain says he didn't need to hear about a secret memorandum from the Pentagon to know the U.S. doesn't have an effective policy for dealing with Iran's nuclear program.

Gates says US is prepared on Iran's nuclear plan (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2010, file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks after a meeting with Peru's President Alan Garcia at the presidential palace in Lima. Gates is disputing the characterization of a memo he wrote in January suggesting the U.S. needed to advance a long-term plan for dealing with Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to take a range of actions against the Iranian nuclear program and told friends and foes not to fall for any perception Iran can catch Washington off guard .


Poll: Americans' distrust of federal government is deepening (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday.

Democrats add aggressively to 2010 election coffers (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Congressional Democrats facing competitive re-election bids added aggressively to their financial war chests in early 2010, girding themselves for an expected onslaught from Republicans and special-interest groups, analysts and official documents said.

Geithner: Obama taking steps to shrink deficit (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:06 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says President Barack Obama is taking steps to reduce the nation's red ink.


New Afghan election chief promises to clean house (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:49 AM PDT

Staffan De Mistura, the new Special Representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan, speaks during a news conference in Kabul April 17, 2010. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghanistan's newly appointed election chief promised on Sunday to remove officials responsible for fraud in last year's presidential vote in time to hold a cleaner parliamentary election this year.


Palin taken aback by Obama 'superpower' remark (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:17 PM PDT

Former U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin smiles as she heads to a dinning hall in Hamilton, Canada on Thursday April 15, 2010. Palin brought her neo-con star power to Canada for a $200-a-plate fundraiser Thursday that drew both fans of the former U.S. vice-presidential candidate and the undecided. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sheryl Nadler)AP - Sarah Palin criticized President Barack Obama on Saturday for saying America is a military superpower "whether we like it or not," saying she was taken aback by his comment.


Peace talks at stake as Turkish Cypriots vote (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 08:32 PM PDT

A woman walks past a poster showing right-wing National Unity Party (UBP) leader and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) presidential candidate, Dervis Eroglu, in Nicosia. Voters in the self-declared Turkish Cypriot state go to the polls on Sunday in a leadership election that could put a hardliner in power and jeopardise talks on reunification of the divided island(AFP/Birol Bebek)AFP - Voters in the self-declared Turkish Cypriot state go to the polls on Sunday in a leadership election that could put a hardliner in power and jeopardise talks on reunification of the divided island.


California Democrats seek election-year momentum (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at the California Democratic Convention in Los Angeles Saturday, April 17, 2010.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Democrats facing a tough election year dared Republicans on Saturday to challenge them on issues from Wall Street regulations to health care reform, testing what they hope will be a winning message with most voters in the fall.


Obama cancels Poland trip due to volcano fallout (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:29 PM PDT

Polish army officers walk next to the coffin of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski during a commemoration ceremony   in Warsaw on Saturday, April 17, 2010  in Warsaw, Poland.  Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in Russia last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ludmila Mitregai)AP - President Barack Obama scrapped plans to travel to Poland on Saturday for the funeral of Poland's president because of hazardous flying conditions caused by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe.


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