Yahoo! News: Elections

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• GOP Senate hopes ride with tea party activists (AP)
• Back in Chicago, Obamas enjoy weekend barbecue (AP)
• In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist (AP)
• House vote advances end to ban on gays in military (AP)
• Report: US weighs military option in Pakistan (AP)
• White House applauds Malawi pardon for gay couple (AP)
• Fight in Kandahar: US says it won't look like war (AP)
• Alabama Dems may nominate 1st black for governor (AP)
• Video gone from phone activist used in La. caper (AP)
• Centre-right wins Czech election on austerity plan (Reuters)
• Japan PM says to stay in post, but poll outlook grim (Reuters)
• Rafsanjani boosts pressure on Iran regime before anniversary (AFP)
• BP, not Obama, taking brunt of public's oil spill ire: poll (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama: Memorial Day is time to honor fallen troops (AP)
• Report: 2 dozen terror leaders among detainees (AP)
• Tar balls and promises: Obama visits Gulf Coast (AP)
• House approves pared-back tax and spending bill (AP)

GOP Senate hopes ride with tea party activists (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - In Kentucky, the Republican Senate candidate stumbles over a question on racial segregation. In Connecticut, the party's hopes rest on an executive who banked millions on female wrestlers in skimpy outfits. In Nevada, one contender wants to phase out Social Security and another suggests trading chickens for medical care.

Back in Chicago, Obamas enjoy weekend barbecue (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his family are enjoying their hometown holiday weekend with barbecue Saturday night at a friend's home.

In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:30 AM PDT AP - The impatient nation isn't getting answers fast enough in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

House vote advances end to ban on gays in military (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:07 PM PDT AP - The House on Friday passed a defense bill that paves the way for gays to serve openly in the military for the first time, but advocates on both sides geared up for a fight in the Senate.

Report: US weighs military option in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 03:18 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strike in the United States that can be traced to them, The Washington Post reports.

White House applauds Malawi pardon for gay couple (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 10:21 AM PDT AP - The White House hopes it's a new day for gay rights in the African nation of Malawi and around the world.

Fight in Kandahar: US says it won't look like war (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:33 AM PDT AP - In the make-or-break struggle for Kandahar, birthplace of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency, U.S. commanders will try to pull off the military equivalent of brain surgery: defeating the militants with minimal use of force.

Alabama Dems may nominate 1st black for governor (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 11:24 AM PDT AP - A well-funded black congressman has a shot at becoming the first African-American to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama, even without the backing of the state's traditional civil rights organizations.

Video gone from phone activist used in La. caper (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 09:55 AM PDT AP - Conservative activist-videographer James O'Keefe said video he shot of conversations with staffers of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu was deleted when his cell phone was returned after he and three others pleaded guilty to charges in a caper he orchestrated at the Democrat's New Orleans office.

Centre-right wins Czech election on austerity plan (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2010 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - Center-right Czech parties advocating austerity to prevent a Greek-style debt crisis beat pro-welfare leftists in an election on Saturday and looked set to form a government able to push through deep economic reforms.

Japan PM says to stay in post, but poll outlook grim (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2010 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - Japan's premier said Saturday he would stay in his post despite a political furor over a U.S.-Japan deal on a Marine airbase, but he was not optimistic about the party's chances in a looming election.

Rafsanjani boosts pressure on Iran regime before anniversary (AFP) Posted: 29 May 2010 09:36 AM PDT AFP - Opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election.

BP, not Obama, taking brunt of public's oil spill ire: poll (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 May 2010 06:33 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Gulf oil spill is indeed a Hurricane Katrina-sized public relations disaster for someone. But that someone may be BP, not President Obama.

Obama: Memorial Day is time to honor fallen troops (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 06:15 AM PDT AP - More than just barbecues and family time, Memorial Day is the chance to honor members of the military who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country, President Barack Obama says.

Report: 2 dozen terror leaders among detainees (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:08 PM PDT AP - About six dozen people who were being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison when President Barack Obama took office were directly implicated in terrorist attacks against the United States or played significant roles within al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, an administration task force concluded.

Tar balls and promises: Obama visits Gulf Coast (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:05 PM PDT AP - Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to "heartbreaking stories" of loss, President Barack Obama personally confronted the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico — and the bitter anger that's rising onshore.

House approves pared-back tax and spending bill (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:14 PM PDT AP - House Democrats on Friday salvaged a bill to continue providing unemployment checks to people out of work more than six months and revive tax breaks popular with families and businesses.

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