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Yahoo! News: Elections


Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:42 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama talks to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as they pose for the photographers during the G8 summit at the Deerhurst resort, near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Fresh from a congressional win on a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders on Friday to join him in backing stronger rules against banking abuses. He made little headway in his call for more stimulus to keep the world economy growing.


Federal regs set to restrain Wall Street risk (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the tarmac to Marine One upon his arrival at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Friday, June 25, 2010, for the World Summit.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Paul Chiasson)AP - Congressional negotiators struck a deal Friday on the toughest financial regulations since the Great Depression, aiming to rein in Wall Street excess and tighten rules on everything from simple debit card swipes to the most complex securities.


GOP to spotlight military controversy on Kagan (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan laughs during her meeting with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Republicans will call three military witnesses to testify against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Capitol Hill next week, an indication they plan to highlight her dispute with the military over recruiters' access to Harvard Law School's campus while she was dean.


Possible pitfalls for Kagan's with her own words? (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 11:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan walks a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - How might a Justice Elena Kagan rule on the leading issues of the day?


Obama: 'On the brink' of Wall St. reform (Politico)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:52 AM PDT

Politico - An all-night House-Senate conference committee delivered President Barack Obama and Democrats a far-reaching and historic achievement Friday – a realignment of the rules that govern Wall Street and a second victory toward Obama’s legislative triple crown.

IRS wants taxes from BP payments for lost wages (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Oily residue comes ashore in the surf in Gulf Shores, Ala., Friday, June 25, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to wash ashore along the Alabama and Florida coasts. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - The Internal Revenue Service says oil spill victims who receive BP payments for lost wages will have to pay up come tax time.


Democrats mulling stand-alone jobless aid (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT

Frank Wallace who has been unemployed since May of 2009 is seen during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Initial claims for jobless benefits fell by the most in two months last week, but remain above levels consistent with healthy job growth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The demise of Democrats' jobs-agenda legislation means that unemployment benefits will phase out for more than 200,000 people a week. Governors who had counted on fresh federal aid will now have to consider more budget cuts, tax increases and layoffs of state workers.


Judge in oil spill case sells energy stocks (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT

AP - The Louisiana federal judge who struck down a six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling has sold many of his energy investments, a financial disclosure report released Friday reveals.

Obama finally has success with TSA appointment (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo John Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The Senate Friday confirmed John Pistole, the former deputy FBI director, to head the TSA. The vote was unanimous. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, File)AP - The third time was the charm for President Barack Obama to fill the top job at the Transportation Security Administration.


More kids trapped in sweltering cars are dying (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 11:36 AM PDT

AP - Temperatures are rising and so are reports of infants and toddlers dying from being trapped inside sizzling automobiles.

Obama to host Africa independence celebration (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:22 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, will host a 50th anniversary celebration of 18 African nations' independence in Washington this summer, senior U.S. officials said on Friday.

DOJ urges appeals court delay on oil spill ruling (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Boats gather as absorbant material is distributed in efforts against oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay near Port Sulphur, La.,  Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - The Justice Department on Friday urged a federal appeals court to delay a judge's ruling overturning a drilling moratorium in the Gulf.


Critics dress down NH candidate over bikini event (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2006 file photo, New Hampshire Health Commissioner John Stephen  is seen at the State house in Concord, N.H. A spokesman for Stephen, running as a Republican for governor of New Hampshire, said Friday, June 25, 2010, that plans are being scrapped to have a bikini contest that a supporter had arranged to hold at a campaign fundraiser on July 11. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - There was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny problem with a fundraiser planned for a New Hampshire candidate for governor.


Harry Reid's son avoids surname in governor bid (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:27 PM PDT

AP - The Democratic nominee in the Nevada governor's race is the son of one of the most powerful politicians in America, but you wouldn't know it by his campaign.

Lawyer: Client who viewed Obama records was bored (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT

AP - A defense attorney for a man who pleaded guilty Friday to illegally looking at President Barack Obama's student loan records said his client only found the records because he and others were bored at work.

McCain cruises to 23-point lead over primary opponent Hayworth (The Newsroom)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:46 PM PDT

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles while on stage as he was joined by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting Friday, June 4, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz.  McCain is facing a primary challenge from former Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth in August. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The Newsroom - Arizona Sen. John McCain has opened a big lead over his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth. A new Magellan Strategies poll of likely Republican voters in the state finds McCain leading Hayworth by 23 points, 52 percent to 29 percent.


Woman named to run FBI's New York division (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:27 PM PDT

AP - A woman who has worked at the FBI for 23 years is the new head of the FBI's New York Division, the bureau's largest with 2,000 agents and other employees.

Nev. candidates to draw lots to break election tie (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:19 PM PDT

AP - Two candidates in a rural Nevada county will settle a tie in their primary race Las Vegas style.

Provisions of the negotiated financial reform bill (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

AP - Highlights of the compromise legislation to overhaul financial rules:

Clinton heading to Eastern Europe, Caucasus (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading next week for a five-day trip to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

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