Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Free speech versus kids and violent video games (AP)
• Democrats push bank controls; GOP delays action (AP)
• Video shows suspected airliner bomber training (AP)
• US extradites Noriega to France (AP)
• Baucus: A bank tax is coming (Politico)
• Obama calls Miss. governor after deadly storms (AP)
• AP-GfK poll: Recession helps GOP against Democrats (AP)
• Obama welcomes champion NY Yankees to White House (AP)
• WH: No Supreme Court pick this week (AP)
• CIA rolls out plan to beef up spy techniques (AP)
• Obama orders flags at half-staff to honor Height (AP)
• Obama 'disappointed' Republicans block finance debate (AFP)
• Obama: U.S. can't afford to see financial reform killed (Reuters)
• Financial reform bill stumbles in Senate (Reuters)
• Democrats dominate list of lobbyist: fundraisers (Reuters)
• Sioux tribe member named to lead Indian Affairs (AP)
• Obama has first talks with Honduran president (AP)
• Obama calls power base to action for 2010 vote (AFP)
• Gadhafi: US nuclear snub of Libya hurts peace (AP)
• Friends suggest armed man no threat to Obama in NC (AP)

Free speech versus kids and violent video games (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court will decide whether free speech rights are more important than helping parents keep violent material away from children.

Democrats push bank controls; GOP delays action (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Undaunted by a Senate setback, Democrats appeared increasingly confident Monday they will be able to take advantage of Americans' anger at Wall Street and push through the most sweeping new controls on financial institutions since the Great Depression.

Video shows suspected airliner bomber training (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT AP - A video has surfaced showing accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with al-Qaida in Yemen.

US extradites Noriega to France (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - The U.S. extradited former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France on Monday, clearing the way for him to stand trial there on money laundering charges.

Baucus: A bank tax is coming (Politico) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:49 AM PDT Politico - It was a short hallway conversation but spoke volumes about the dilemma facing Democrats, hungry for new revenues after emptying the cupboard on health care reform.

Obama calls Miss. governor after deadly storms (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:35 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is expressing his concern for the people of Mississippi after a deadly tornado struck the state over the weekend.

AP-GfK poll: Recession helps GOP against Democrats (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:02 PM PDT AP - Notch one more victim of the recession: With crucial midterm elections nearing, Democrats have lost the advantage they've held for years as the party the public trusts to steer the economy.

Obama welcomes champion NY Yankees to White House (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama celebrated the world champion Yankees on Monday for their heroics and character — and bemoaned that his Chicago White Sox couldn't match New York's remarkable record of success.

WH: No Supreme Court pick this week (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:49 AM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama won't announce a Supreme Court nominee this week.

CIA rolls out plan to beef up spy techniques (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:08 PM PDT AP - The CIA will spend millions of dollars over the next five years to improve intelligence gathering, upgrade technologies and enable analysts to work more closely with spies in the field, under a new plan laid out Monday.

Obama orders flags at half-staff to honor Height (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has ordered the U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and at all public buildings and military installations on Thursday in honor of civil rights legend Dorothy Height.

Obama 'disappointed' Republicans block finance debate (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said Monday he was "deeply disappointed" that Senate Republicans had blocked a bid to debate finance reform, as haggling continued over the landmark effort in Congress.

Obama: U.S. can't afford to see financial reform killed (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday he was "deeply disappointed" after Senate Republicans blocked debate on a financial regulatory reform bill and said the American people cannot afford to see the legislation derailed.

Financial reform bill stumbles in Senate (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - The most sweeping overhaul of U.S. banking rules since the Great Depression stumbled in the Senate on Monday as Republicans united to prevent action on the bill.

Democrats dominate list of lobbyist: fundraisers (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - The Democratic Party's 2010 congressional election campaign is looking to an elite group of lobbyists for bundled political contributions worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a study released on Monday.

Sioux tribe member named to lead Indian Affairs (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - Longtime Interior Department official Michael Black has been named director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Obama has first talks with Honduran president (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has commended Honduran President Porfirio Lobo for his leadership in promoting national reconciliation and restoring democratic and constitutional order in the Central American country after a coup last year.

Obama calls power base to action for 2010 vote (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama Monday launched the Democratic mid-term election campaign, urging his young, multi-racial supporters to thwart what an aide termed a Republican-induced "nightmare" at the polls.

Gadhafi: US nuclear snub of Libya hurts peace (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:08 PM PDT AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi complained Monday that the Obama administration had not invited him to a nuclear security summit earlier this month in Washington and said the snub would hurt efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Friends suggest armed man no threat to Obama in NC (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:57 PM PDT AP - An Ohio man who authorities say was carrying a gun and driving a car loaded with law enforcement equipment when he said he wanted to see the president is a "public-service-minded" ham-radio, weather and police buff, acquaintances said Monday.

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