Yahoo! News: Elections

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• White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets (AP)
• Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)
• Congress OKs bill to make commuter airline safer (AP)
• GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)
• Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall (AP)
• FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
• Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht taxes (AP)
• Crist holds small lead in Fla. US Senate contest (AP)
• Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP)
• Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP)
• Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US (AP)
• Gibbs: `Some very serious charges' against Rangel (AP)
• White House: Don't post more secret war papers (AP)
• House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)
• Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode (AP)
• Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com)
• Past Open Records Reprimand May Haunt Barr in Kentucky (CQPolitics.com)
• Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP)
• Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance (AP)

White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:57 AM PDT AP - The White House on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents and the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the leaks, bringing a soldier charged with handing over classified video back to the U.S. for trial.

Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

Congress OKs bill to make commuter airline safer (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:37 AM PDT AP - Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation that was developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.

GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:57 AM PDT AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:25 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's press secretary says he thinks the Democrats will keep control of the House after the fall elections.

FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht taxes (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:52 AM PDT AP - Sen. John Kerry said he always intended to pay taxes in Massachusetts on his $7 million yacht but conceded he mishandled the public furor over his decision to dock the vessel in tax-free Rhode Island.

Crist holds small lead in Fla. US Senate contest (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT AP - Gov. Charlie Crist is slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way general election matchup for the U.S. Senate while the race to succeed Crist as governor is about even, a poll released Friday suggests.

Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:29 PM PDT AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.

Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:16 AM PDT AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election.

Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:23 AM PDT AP - The Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia.

Gibbs: `Some very serious charges' against Rangel (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:15 AM PDT AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledges there are "some very serious charges" against powerful Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel.

White House: Don't post more secret war papers (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:25 AM PDT AP - The White House is imploring the website WikiLeaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying U.S. national security and Afghan lives are at risk.

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:53 PM PDT AP - It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives."

Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - These are things that strike fear in the hearts of Members of Congress hitting the campaign trail this August recess: angry voters, bad poll numbers, damaging political ads by opponents. But perhaps most of all, they fear the unflattering video clip.

Past Open Records Reprimand May Haunt Barr in Kentucky (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - On the campaign trail, Kentucky House candidate Andy Barr (R) has so far been fairly successful in navigating the political land mines that stem from his previous work as a top legal aide for disgraced former Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R).

Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:04 PM PDT AP - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke in Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin is criticizing President Barack Obama for appearing on "The View."

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