Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war (AP)
• Ex-CIA chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now (AP)
• Geithner favors allowing some tax cuts to expire (AP)
• Uncertain future for Reid despite rebound in Nev. (AP)
• Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics (AP)
• Rangel says he seeks fairness in ethics case (AP)
• Obama urges liberals to 'keep up the fight' (AP)
• In Ariz. Senate race, Hayworth hopes to slay giant (AP)
• Alaska gov restores calm after stormy Palin tenure (AP)
• Bomb in central Bangkok kills 1 and wounds 10 (Reuters)
• Gingrich to decide on White House run after election (Reuters)
• GOP's Kirk on defensive after latest discrepancy (AP)
• For Obama, race means repeated distractions (AP)

Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT AP - Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.

Ex-CIA chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:31 AM PDT AP - A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.

Geithner favors allowing some tax cuts to expire (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 06:05 AM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that allowing tax cuts for the wealthy to expire would be "the responsible thing to do."

Uncertain future for Reid despite rebound in Nev. (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 05:30 AM PDT AP - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's chances for six more years in Washington may be like tossing dice in a casino, even if he has made headway against Republican challenger Sharron Angle in a state with the nation's highest rate of joblessness.

Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 01:25 AM PDT AP - Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines.

Rangel says he seeks fairness in ethics case (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:12 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel says he doesn't want "any special breaks" when it comes to charges that he violated ethics rules.

Obama urges liberals to 'keep up the fight' (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders sought to soothe relations with the party's disgruntled left wing Saturday in advance of elections in which Republican gains could upend the White House agenda.

In Ariz. Senate race, Hayworth hopes to slay giant (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:18 PM PDT AP - J.D. Hayworth has a busy resume for his 52 years — college football player, sportscaster, congressman, talk-radio host, even an infomercial pitchman. He's hoping to add two more titles — giant-slayer and U.S. senator.

Alaska gov restores calm after stormy Palin tenure (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT AP - Perhaps Sean Parnell's greatest accomplishment so far as governor is that he's not Sarah Palin.

Bomb in central Bangkok kills 1 and wounds 10 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:40 AM PDT Reuters - A bomb at a Bangkok bus stop killed one person and wounded at least 10 on Sunday after polls closed in a parliamentary by-election seen as a referendum on recent political unrest.

Gingrich to decide on White House run after election (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT Reuters - Republican former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Sunday he will decide after November's congressional elections whether he will make a run for the White House in 2012.

GOP's Kirk on defensive after latest discrepancy (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:58 PM PDT AP - Since Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk acknowledged embellishing his military record, the slightest discrepancy in his life story prompts another round of news coverage questioning his honesty as he makes a bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

For Obama, race means repeated distractions (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction.

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