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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama declares 'reckless' BP will pay Gulf cleanup (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Dedicating new urgency to the Gulf oil spill, Obama accused BP of 'recklessness' in the first Oval Office address of his presidency and swore not to rest until the company has paid for the damage it has caused to lives, businesses and shorelines. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Vowing to "make BP pay," President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of "recklessness" in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life.


Obama: 'We will make BP pay' (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says the nation will continue to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for "as long as it takes," but he vows that BP will pay for the damage it's caused.

CIA film depicts a failed Cold War spy mission (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:43 PM PDT

AP - Far from the glare of Hollywood lights, the CIA on Tuesday premiered a nonfiction film produced for the agency that recounts the mystique and the misery of a botched James Bond-like spy mission in China.

Obama picks official to head oil oversight agency (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is briefed on the BP oil spill by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen and Florida Governor Charlie Crist in Pensacola, Florida, June 15, 2010.    REUTERS/Jim Young    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - President Barack Obama has selected a former federal prosecutor to take over the troubled government agency that oversees oil and gas development and has been accused of lax oversight.


Apple secrecy is bitter fruit on Hill (Politico)

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:38 AM PDT

Politico - Apple is famous for its veil of secrecy around the new iPads and iPhones. But Sen. John Rockefeller and others in Congress wonder whether the company has more than technological innovations to hide.

Obama signs bill to release money for Gulf cleanup (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that makes more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

AP Poll: Most unhappy with Obama on oil spill (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes an unannounced visit to Tacky Jack's, a restaurant in Orange Beach, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, June 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Americans have become just as dissatisfied with President Barack Obama's work on the Gulf oil spill as they were with his predecessor's handling of Hurricane Katrina, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday.


Obama: Drilling moratorium is necessary (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:07 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says he understands the difficulties stemming from a six-month moratorium on new permits for deepwater drilling but tells the nation that he has to ensure the safety of those who work on the oil rigs at sea.

EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:01 PM PDT

AP - A climate and energy bill being pushed in the Senate would cost American households 22 to 40 cents a day — less than the cost of a first-class postage stamp, the Obama administration said Tuesday.

Nevada candidate Angle left GOP in Reagan years (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:11 PM PDT

Nevada Republican Senate candidate  walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2010, as she leaves the Republican party policy luncheon. Angle is running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative's conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show.


Democrats question temper of GOP gov candidate (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:16 PM PDT

After winning the Republican nomination for governor of California, Meg Whitman talks to reporters at a post-primary election celebration in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, June 9, 2010   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - California Democrats said Tuesday that a reported altercation three years ago between former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman and an employee raises questions about her temperament.


Brown regrets 'propaganda' remark in CA gov race (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT

California Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Jerry Brown challenges Republican candidate Meg Whitman to hold 10 joint town hall appearances around the state, during a news conference at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has told a Jewish-rights group that he regrets recent remarks to a reporter in which he compared his rival's campaign tactics to Joseph Goebbels' Nazi propaganda.


Instant View: Obama calls for energy reform, tighter rules (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to do all he could to contain the BP Plc oil spill and help the Gulf Coast recover.

Factbox: Main points from Obama's Oval Office speech (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama spoke about the BP oil spill in a speech from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, laying out a "battle plan" for going forward.

US oil spill 'epidemic' may last years: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:02 PM PDT

A researcher collects oil for study in Bay Jimmy on June 15, 2010 off of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The United States will be fighting the oil spill AFP - US President Barack Obama has warned Americans they faced a long battle against an "epidemic" of oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and called for a new "national mission" to wean the United States off fossil fuels.


House passes tax cut for small-business investment (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT

AP - Long-term investors in some small businesses would escape capital gains taxes under a bill passed by the House Tuesday as congressional Democrats tried to revive their jobs agenda.

Iowa Republican: Obama favors blacks over whites (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 19, 20007 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - Democrats on Tuesday denounced an Iowa Republican congressman who says President Barack Obama favors blacks over whites, and a GOP candidate from Colorado canceled a fundraiser the Iowan was to keynote.


Utah Senate hopeful to file complaint about mailer (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT

AP - Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Lee will file a federal election complaint over a mysterious campaign mailer that was sent out by an unidentified group and may have influenced the outcome of Utah's recent state GOP convention, his campaign manager said Tuesday.

Liberals balk at NRA concession in campaign bill (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

AP - Angered by a concession to the National Rifle Association, liberal groups mobilized Tuesday against House legislation calling for tougher disclosure requirements on political advertising and other campaign activity.

Kirk on defensive against Pentagon over politics (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., announces his candidacy for U.S. Senate during a news conference outside his boyhood home in Kenilworth Ill. The Pentagon said Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk,  a commander in the Navy Reserve, has been cautioned twice for improperly mingling politics with his military service, but Kirk's campaign denied any improper conduct Tuesday, June 14, 2010. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)AP - Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk's newest adversary in the latest controversy over his military service is the Defense Department itself.


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