Yahoo! News: Elections

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• House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP)
• Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
• Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)
• Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign (AP)
• Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe (AP)
• FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating (AP)
• House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)
• Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling' (AP)
• Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters)
• Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP)
• Obama hails news economy growing, wants more (Reuters)
• Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP)
• Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP)

House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production.

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.

Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT AP - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say.

Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT AP - A judge has lifted an order that prevented a legal newspaper from publishing information found in court records that were supposed to have been shielded from public view.

FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded Friday due to concerns about the country's safety oversight, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling' (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama calls the ethics charges against longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and says he hopes Rangel can end his career with dignity.

Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.

Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people."

Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.

Obama hails news economy growing, wants more (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he welcomed news that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter, but said more work was needed to increase that growth rate and generate jobs.

Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:24 PM PDT AP - He calls her a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama and liberal congressional leaders. She "calls bull" on his attempts to represent regular folks, suggesting he's more attuned to lobbyists and corporate interests.

Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda.

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