Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Cold War redux: US, Russia swap 14 spies in Vienna (AP)
• Chapman's lawyer: Businesswoman not committed spy (AP)
• GOP leaders let demagogues set tone, lawmaker says (AP)
• Obama promotes energy projects, economy in Nevada (AP)
• A spy swap I knew and loved (AP)
• Obama attacks Reid's Senate opponent (AP)
• Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)
• Obama will urge boosting clean energy tax credit (Reuters)
• Paul: Obama jabs at BP could harm spill cleanup (AP)
• Former Obama publisher signs on as book agent (AP)
• GOP candidate: BP relief program is 'slush fund' (AP)
• Bennet campaign chucks intern over donation pitch (AP)
• Obama says U.S. will dig itself out of economic hole (Reuters)
• WH chief of staff: Spy arrests show US is on guard (AP)
• Admin official: Russians had to sign oath on guilt (AP)
• Can Obama, Biden give a boost to Democratic candidates? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Cold War redux: US, Russia swap 14 spies in Vienna (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 06:03 AM PDT AP - The U.S. and Russia orchestrated the largest spy swap since the Cold War, exchanging 10 spies arrested in the U.S. for four convicted in Russia in a tightly choreographed diplomatic dance Friday at Vienna's airport.

Chapman's lawyer: Businesswoman not committed spy (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:40 AM PDT AP - The lawyer for one of the women who pleaded guilty in a Cold War-era style U.S.-Russia spy case says she did so mainly to get out of jail.

GOP leaders let demagogues set tone, lawmaker says (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 05:59 AM PDT AP - Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to a poisonous "demagoguery" that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a veteran GOP House member who was defeated in South Carolina's primary last month.

Obama promotes energy projects, economy in Nevada (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:05 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is wrapping up a two-day swing through Missouri and Nevada with a speech on clean energy that could deliver a boost to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who's in a tough fight for re-election.

A spy swap I knew and loved (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 01:00 AM PDT AP - I jammed the accelerator of the black Mercedes to the floor, weaving from lane to lane northward along the embankment of Moscow's Yauza River. It felt like the harrowing, big city auto chase in that "French Connection" movie.

Obama attacks Reid's Senate opponent (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is going on the attack against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Republican opponent, saying her views are too extreme and ridiculing her comments on the BP oil spill.

Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:49 PM PDT 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 will urge boosting clean energy tax credit (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will urge the U.S. Congress on Friday to extend a manufacturing tax credit by $5 billion to foster private investment in clean energy, a White House official said.

Paul: Obama jabs at BP could harm spill cleanup (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT 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.

Former Obama publisher signs on as book agent (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:50 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's former publisher has a new job as a literary agent.

GOP candidate: BP relief program is 'slush fund' (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT 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.

Bennet campaign chucks intern over donation pitch (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:21 PM PDT AP - An unpaid intern for Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet's Senate campaign has been dismissed after allegedly telling an acquaintance that a one-on-one meeting to discuss a bill with the candidate could be set up for $2,400.

Obama says U.S. will dig itself out of economic hole (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:06 PM PDT Reuters - 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 going into November's congressional elections.

WH chief of staff: Spy arrests show US is on guard (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says the arrests of 10 Russian agents who spent years in the U.S. posing as American citizens send a signal to other countries that the U.S. is on guard.

Admin official: Russians had to sign oath on guilt (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - The four people who are being released by the Russian government in a spy swap with the U.S. were required by Moscow to sign a statement admitting guilt as a condition of their release, a senior administration official said Thursday.

Can Obama, Biden give a boost to Democratic candidates? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:58 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - You know campaign season is in full flower â€" and the party in power needs a boost â€" when both the president and vice president are on the trail. Between them, President Obama and Vice President Biden are visiting Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, and California in support of Democratic candidates Thursday and Friday.

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