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Yahoo! News: Elections


Eye on Greece, finance leaders to attack debt (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 03:15 PM PDT

**RETRANSMITTED FOR ALTERNATE CROP** Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, center, arrives for a  meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about Greece's deepening debt crisis at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Saturday, April 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Financial leaders, with a nervous eye on Greece, pledged on Saturday to address the risks posed to the global recovery from high government debt.


Climate bill placed on hold over Senate dispute (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Sen. John Kerry says he's placing his long-awaited climate-change bill on hold after immigration politics threatened to unravel his bipartisan coalition.


Obama cites `devastating chapter' in Armenia past (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Armenians lay flowers at a memorial to Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, as they mark the 95th anniversary of the mass killings, in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, April 24, 2010. Thousands of Armenians marked the anniversary of the mass killings during World War I. (AP Photo/Hayk Badalyan, Photolure)AP - Candidate Barack Obama repeatedly promised he'd call the almost century-old massacre of Armenians in Turkey a genocide. President Obama twice now has refused to do so.


Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaul (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, General Motors CEO Edward Whitacre, left, and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, right, meet at the Treasury Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday cited encouraging signs of an auto industry rebound as he promoted stronger financial rules that he said would help prevent a repeat of the crisis that pushed carmakers to the brink.


Obama's Supreme Court point man tough, but low-key (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

FILE -  This  Feb. 12, 2010 photo released by the White House, shows President Barack Obama laughing during a meeting with, from left, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen, White House Counsel Bob Bauer, and Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle in the Oval Office. Bauer, 58, Obama's point man in the search for a new Supreme Court justice, is plying his mix of legal reasoning and tough-guy determination from a West Wing corner office, and planning how to steer that choice safely through the shoals of Senate confirmation. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)AP - White House counsel Bob Bauer, President Barack Obama's point man in the search for a new Supreme Court justice, manages to get credit both for an even temperament and his finesse with a sledge hammer.


Potential clouds over Fla. Senate front-runner (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2010, file photo Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, greets and talks with a students during a visit to the McFatter Technical Center in Davie, Fla. Crist, 53, who gave up a likely easy re-election as governor to jump into the Senate race to replace Republican Mel Martinez, has until April 30 to announce whether he'll abandon his bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate and instead run as an independent. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)AP - Now that Republicans have made him the U.S. Senate front-runner, Marco Rubio is trying to weather potentially damaging revelations about his credit card use, double billing for airfare and murky finances.


Obama's home congressional district in play (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - This April 9, 2010 picture shows Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Case of Kaneohe, Hawaii, who is running for the 1st Congressional District seat vacated by Neil Abercrombie who resigned from Congress to run for the Hawaii's governor's post. Case is running against Hawaii state Senate President and Democrat Colleen Hanabusa and Republican candidate and Honolulu Councilman Charles Djou. In all 14 candidates are running in the May 22 special election. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Republicans believe they've seen this movie before: Campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. Money from national political parties flowing in. And polls showing their candidate virtually tied with the competition.


US urges quick movement on Greek rescue talks (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, waits for the arrival of Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou to discuss Greece's deepening debt crisis at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Saturday, April 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The United States is hoping for a quick deal on a financial rescue package to keep Greece from defaulting on its massive debts.


Obamas take a tour of famous Biltmore estate (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 03:46 PM PDT

Crowds keep an eye out for President Barack Obama, not shown, as he plays golf at the course at Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., Saturday, April 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama and his friends are touring a famous estate during their Blue Ridge getaway.


Obama says auto bailouts have paid off (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday taxpayer-funded bailouts of the auto industry that he approved had paid off, in what amounted to a rejection of conservative arguments against such government help.


Obama pal Patrick banks on 3-way Mass. gov. race (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick will face Republican Charles Baker and independent Tim Cahill when he runs for re-election in November 2010.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - In a tough year for Democrats, the political fate of Obama pal Deval Patrick is on the line in his bid for a second term as Massachusetts' governor.


Whitman ends California tour with Romney, McCain (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Meg Whitman, left, who is running for governor of California, campaigns with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a fund raising dinner for Whitman in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, April 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman wrapped up a week of fundraising with help from some big GOP names while facing protests about the amount of money she is spending on her quest for California's highest office.


Palin raises money for GOP in liberal Oregon town (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT

Protestors hold signs outside the hotel where former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak to a gathering of Lane County Republicans in Eugene, Ore., Friday, April 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - Sarah Palin praised Republicans at a fundraising dinner in a liberal-leaning Oregon town for having the boldness to invite her to speak.


UK Conservatives issue election stalemate warning (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's Conservatives said on Saturday a stalemate in next month's election would threaten the country's economy as polls showed the tightest election race in nearly 20 years was likely to produce no outright winner.

Candidate for Obama's old US Senate seat undaunted (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 02:59 AM PDT

Illinois Democratic senatorial candidate Alexi Giannoulias pauses as he reads a statement about the failing and takeover of his family's bank, the Broadway Bank, during a news conference Friday, April 23, 2010 in Chicago. Giannoulias was a senior loan officer at the bank for four years before he ran for treasurer, and questionable loans made to convicted felons during his tenure have dogged him in his quest for Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias appeared undaunted by the shuttering of his family's bank, saying he would continue his bid to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Democratic hands with renewed purpose.


Allies aim to start handover of power to Afghans (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:54 PM PDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday, April 22, 2010. The two-day NATO  meeting is to focus on Afghanistan, alliance nuclear weapons policy and missile defense. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Fearful of losing public support for the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO on Friday agreed to start transferring control of the country back to its leaders by year's end but acknowledged that achieving stability will take decades.


Obama, first lady start NC vacation with BBQ, hike (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama orders at 12 Bones Smokehouse in Asheville, N.C., Friday, April 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - First stop for the first couple's weekend getaway on Friday was a roadside restaurant that President Barack Obama visited during the final month of his White House campaign. First meal on the trip: barbecued ribs.


Obama warns of "misguided" immigration efforts (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to "misguided efforts" such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights.

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