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Yahoo! News: Elections


Justice says Russians will release 4 in spy swap (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, file photo a policeman escorts Russian arms control analyst Igor Sutyagin, accused of spying for the United States,   to a courtroom in Moscow. A lawyer for  Sutyagin said Thursday, July 8, 2010, he reportedly has been flown to Vienna in what appeared to be the first step of a Russia-U.S. spy swap.(AP Photo/Maxim Marmur, File)AP - The Russian government will release four people accused of betraying Russia to the West, the Justice Department said in a letter Thursday outlining the international spy swap.


Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Armed police patrol the streets of Oslo ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting in 2007. Three people with links to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway and Germany for planning terror attacks, Norway's security police service has said.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Heiko Junge)AP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.


Obama: Choice between moving ahead or back (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:28 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan during a campaign rally for in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday cast upcoming elections as a choice between the party that caused the economic meltdown and the one that's fixing it, seizing on a populist, sharply partisan theme for the critical November midterms.


Marines' Mattis to take over Central Command (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 9, 2010 file photo, Gen. James N. Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he wants Mattis to take over U.S. Central Command, replacing Gen. David Petraeus.   (AP  Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis has been picked to take over U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.


Wall St. plans payback for reg reform (Politico)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Politico - With the financial reform bill likely to hit President Barack Obama’s desk in coming weeks, Wall Street’s top political players are warning Democrats to brace themselves for the next phase of the fight: the fundraising blowback.

Legal Group: Gays shouldn't answer Pentagon survey (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:54 PM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging gays in the military to answer a Pentagon survey on the policy that bans them from serving openly, but advocacy groups worry the poll may be biased against gays or that those who participate could be exposed and expelled.

In Colo. speech, GOP chair shrugs off Afghan gaffe (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT

Republican Party chairman Michael Steele, center, talks with Republican state leaders and volunteers during a visit to the Colorado GOP headquarters in the Greenwood Village south of Denver on Thursday, July 8, 2010. The outspoken chairman's appearance in Colorado will be his first since he came under fire for calling the 9-year-old conflict in Afghanistan a mistaken 'war of Obama's choosing.' Steele later issued a statement stressing his support for U.S. troops. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - In his first public remarks since his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, Republican Party chairman Michael Steele said Thursday he "ain't goin' anywhere" despite calls for his resignation.


W.Va. AG: Special election OK for Byrd's seat (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2006 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., center, speaks as Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, right, listen during a press conference in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin said Wednesday, July 7, 2010 that he wants a November election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Democrat Robert C. Byrd. If that happens, Manchin, also a Democrat, says he'll consider running. But he says he will not appoint himself to fill the seat. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)AP - West Virginia's top lawyer cleared the way Thursday for Gov. Joe Manchin to put a special election for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat on the November ballot.


Getting benefits to be easier for vets with PTSD (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:07 PM PDT

AP - The government is making it easier for combat veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits.

Study: Think you're hot now? Just wait a few years (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:10 PM PDT

LayNah Hopkins, 4, enjoys cooling off in the fountain on the River Walk in Detroit on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Metro Detroit is enduring its fourth consecutive day of intense heat today as a high-pressure system moving east has allowed southernly winds to bring moisture into the area. Temperatures are expected to peak for the week today with mid-90-degree heat with high humidity.  (AP Photo/Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUTAP - Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the country may just have to get used to it.


Former Obama publisher signs on as book agent (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:10 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's former publisher has a new job as a literary agent.

Defense secretary stands behind new media rules (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:05 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates gestures a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - New requirements that even top brass get Pentagon approval before talking to the press will not muzzle the media's watchdog role or stop soldiers on the front lines from speaking freely, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.


GOP chair Steele staying put despite latest gaffe (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 15, 2008, file photo Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., then a Republican presidential candidate, laughs with Michael Steele, former Maryland Lt. Gov. who now heads the Republican National Committee, during a campaign stop in St. Louis. On a morning talk show Sunday July 4, 2010, McCain strongly criticized Steele's comments on the war in Afghanistan, saying they are 'wildly inaccurate' and inexcusable. At a recent GOP fundraiser, Steele called the U.S. commitment of troops in Afghanistan a mistaken 'war of Obama's choosing.' (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Michael Steele is staying put as Republican Party chairman. Despite his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, even his GOP critics want to avoid a drawn-out fight over the party's most prominent African-American just four months before midterm elections.


Obama says U.S. will dig itself out of economic hole (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:55 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Smith Electric Vehicles facility in Kansas City, Missouri July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama defended his handling of the U.S. economy and blasted Republicans on Thursday for "peddling snake oil" as he went on a two-day campaign swing for fellow Democrats before November's congressional elections.


GOP candidate: BP relief program is 'slush fund' (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle shakes hands of supporters in Las Vegas. Tea party darling Angle engineered a come-from-behind victory in Nevada over an establishment-preferred candidate and will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle said Thursday she was wrong in calling BP oil's $20 billion victims' compensation program "a slush fund," backtracking just hours after her widely criticized remark.


Paul: Obama jabs at BP could harm spill cleanup (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul spars with his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, at a gathering of county officials Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The two are competing to replace Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said Thursday that harsh criticism of BP by President Barack Obama's administration could contribute to the oil giant's demise and harm its ability to pay for cleanup of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


Obama says there's hope for Middle East peace (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 11:43 AM PDT

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Thursday, July 8, 2010, before departing to Kansas City, then onto Nevada. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama says there's hope for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but that doesn't mean he's "blindly optimistic." The comments came as his administration and a key Arab ally stepped up calls for the two sides to return to direct negotiations.


Field Poll: Calif. Senate race in statistical tie (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 11:20 AM PDT

AP - A new poll finds that U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer's popularity with Californians has dropped, and that she's in a statistical tie with Republican challenger Carly Fiorina.

W.H.: We're not anti-business (Politico)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Politico - The White House has launched a coordinated campaign to push back against the perception taking hold in corporate America and on Wall Street that President Barack Obama is promoting an anti-business agenda.

Obama urges Israel to seize chance for peace (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said in a rare interview with an Israeli television station he thought it may be possible to achieve a Middle East peace deal in the next few years and urged Israel to seize the chance.

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