Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Gates says urgent need to cut defense bureaucracy (AP)
• US Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention (AP)
• 1st lady echoes King's call to brace for hardship (AP)
• Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded (AP)
• Utah US Rep. Matheson forced into Dem primary (AP)
• Obama: US, Russia must fight terrorism together (AP)
• US officials: New focus on striking US, the West (AP)
• Age could be a key factor in high court pick (AP)
• Obama says health care law already helps millions (AP)
• Senator Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters)
• Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)
• British opposition leaders in talks to end deadlock (AFP)
• Senator Bob Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters)
• Britain's Cameron, Clegg hold post-vote talks (Reuters)
• SEIU Elects First Female President (CQPolitics.com)
• Fed chief to grads: Money can't buy happiness (AP)
• Powerful SEIU selects first woman as president (AP)
• Obama makes rare comment about dollar on Russian TV (Reuters)
• Jimmy Carter hits the campaign trail with grandson (AP)

Gates says urgent need to cut defense bureaucracy (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search of at least $10 billion in annual savings needed to prevent an erosion of U.S. combat power.

US Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.

1st lady echoes King's call to brace for hardship (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - Michelle Obama told graduates Saturday to prepare to overcome adversity, building on Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at the same university, when he told students to summon their courage to fight segregation.

Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - It was a two-day trip to the Midwest to talk about jobs and clean energy. President Barack Obama didn't mention the drama unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil was gushing from a broken well pipe a mile beneath the sea.

Utah US Rep. Matheson forced into Dem primary (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson has been forced into a Democratic primary next month by Utah party delegates upset that he voted against President Barack Obama's health care reforms.

Obama: US, Russia must fight terrorism together (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 01:08 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he wants greater cooperation between Russia and the United States on economic, security and anti-terrorism matters.

US officials: New focus on striking US, the West (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:13 PM PDT AP - The failed bombing in New York's Times Square is a possible signal that militant leaders in Pakistan have shifted their focus to targets in the U.S. and other Western countries instead of sticking to their home base, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials.

Age could be a key factor in high court pick (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 03:58 PM PDT AP - The most important number in President Barack Obama's consideration of a Supreme Court nominee may be 50.

Obama says health care law already helps millions (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - The new health care law already is helping millions of people through tax breaks for small businesses and assistance for families with young adults, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Senator Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - Senator Bob Bennett, a conservative Utah Republican, failed in his bid for re-election in a state convention as a groundswell of discontent with politics in Washington claimed its latest victim Saturday.

Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

British opposition leaders in talks to end deadlock (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT AFP - Britain's opposition leaders Saturday held their first face-to-face talks on thrashing out a pact to enter government and end the political deadlock left by the general election.

Senator Bob Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - Senator Bob Bennett, a conservative Republican, failed in his bid for re-election in a state convention as a groundswell of discontent with politics in Washington claimed its latest victim.

Britain's Cameron, Clegg hold post-vote talks (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - The leaders of Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats met for over an hour of talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the stalemate from this week's election.

SEIU Elects First Female President (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:30 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The Service Employees International Union, a key White House ally in the 2008 presidential campaign and the recent health care debate, elected its first female president on Saturday.

Fed chief to grads: Money can't buy happiness (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Your parents were right. Money can't buy you happiness. That was the message from the Federal Reserve chairman on Saturday to graduates of the University of South Carolina.

Powerful SEIU selects first woman as president (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - The nation's fastest growing labor union elected its first woman president Saturday.

Obama makes rare comment about dollar on Russian TV (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said if the United States has a strong economy it will have a strong dollar, in rare comments about the U.S. currency in an interview with Russian television broadcast on Saturday.

Jimmy Carter hits the campaign trail with grandson (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 01:17 PM PDT AP - Most candidates for the state Legislature would love to campaign door-to-door with a former president, but Jason Carter wanted to keep his famous grandfather away for a while.

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