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Yahoo! News: Elections

Lapses hinder rescue teams hunting for lost planes (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:14 PM PDT

This 2007 photo provided by the family shows Sam Smiley, with his sister, Ann Connor, left, and wife Mary Smiley, right, and granddaughter Adele McCune, during a 2007 vacation in Hilton Head, S.C., just days before his death. Smiley was flying home by himself from Hilton Head to Cincinnati when his plane crashed near Dawsonville, Ga. He survived the crash, but died waiting for rescuers, who arrived 49 hours after the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board said a miscommunication between air traffic controllers and the Air Force and weaknesses in procedures prevented critical information from reaching searchers. (AP Photo/Sara McCune)AP - On a cloudy April afternoon nearly three years ago, Sam Smiley's single-engine plane failed to clear a north Georgia mountain ridge and slammed into rugged woods.

Obama hails 'shared spirit of humanity' at Easter (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - President Barack Obama's Easter address calls on people of all faiths, as well as nonbelievers, to embrace their common aspirations and "shared spirit of humanity."

Rory Reid takes on name in NV governor's race (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

Nevada Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid walks over a sandstone slab at Red Rock Canyon Natural Conservation Area in Las Vegas on Friday, April 2, 2010. As chairman of the powerful Clark County Commission in Las Vegas, Reid, 47, is not exactly a newcomer to the public spotlight. Even so, his name is often linked to that of his father, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The younger Reid is hoping to simplify how he is introduced if he's successful in his bid for the Nevada governor's office. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)AP - As chairman of the powerful Clark County Commission in Las Vegas, Rory Reid, 47, is not exactly a newcomer to the public spotlight.

Justice Stevens says he'll retire in Obama's term (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Associate Justice John Paul Stevens sits for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the oldest justice who turns 90 this April 2010, says he'll decide soon about retiring, for his own peace of mind and to give President Barack Obama and the Senate plenty of time to replace him. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he "will surely" retire while President Barack Obama is still in office, giving the president the opportunity to maintain the high court's ideological balance.

US delaying currencies report amid China dispute (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:34 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is delaying a report to Congress on currency policies amid calls from some lawmakers that it should cite China as a currency manipulator harmful to the U.S. economy.

Republicans dispute course of financial overhaul (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2006 file photo, Californian Rep. Kevin McCarthy., center, accompanied by Republican Assembly members Rick Keene, of Chico, Calif., right, and George Plescia, of La Jolla, Calif., walks to the Governor's office at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Taxpayers should no longer be used as a lifeline for large financial institutions, Republicans said Saturday as a Democratic-led Congress inches toward a regulatory overhaul of the financial industry. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - End the public lifeline for large financial institutions, Republicans are demanding as they push back against Democratic efforts to set new rules for the financial industry.

Progressive Wisconsin slow to curb drunk driving (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided Oct. 21, 2009 by the Tomah Police Department, shows Wisconsin Rep. Jeff Wood. The history of Wisconsin's elected officials getting busted for driving drunk goes a long way in explaining why the latest offender, Wood, an Independent state representative facing three charges of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs over a 10-month period, appears poised to serve out his term without serious reprimand. (AP Photo/Tomah Police Department, File)AP - Wisconsin is known historically as a hotbed of social reforms, yet cracking down on drunken drivers has never been high on policymakers' to-do list.

Obama's first pitch will mark 100-year tradition (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 1936 black-and-white file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt prepares to throw the traditional first pitch in Washington. A hundred years ago, a portly right-hander, President William Howard Taft threw out the first pitch at a Washington Senators game, a weak lob from the stands to the great Walter Johnson. On Monday, the Nationals bring in the left-hander, President Barack Obama. (AP Photo, File)AP - One hundred years ago this month, a rotund right-hander, President William Howard Taft, started a baseball tradition by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington season opener. On Monday, the Nationals turn to a svelte southpaw, President Barack Obama, to make his Nationals Park debut.

Democrats stand by candidate for Obama's old seat (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

This frame grab from video released Monday, March 15, 2010 by the Kirk for Senate campaign shows U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk in his first general election television ad for the U.S. Senate. The Republican candidate will face Democrat Alexi Giannoulias for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. Republicans will have a difficult time unseating Democrats in Illinois, where Obama remains very popular. (AP Photo/Kirk for Senate Campaign) NO SALESAP - Democrats are quietly worrying about whether Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias can win President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. His family's bank is believed to be on the verge of collapse and reportedly made $20 million in loans to two convicted felons.

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:47 PM PDT

This undated image released by the U.S. Air Force shows the X-37B spacecraft. The Air Force is preparing to launch this robotic spacecraft that resembles a small space shuttle to perform unspecified technology tests in orbit and then autonomously glide on stubby wings to a landing on a California runway. Originally intended to be launched from a space shuttle, the reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has been a decade in development. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)AP - After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.

Flash, and some nods to recession, at NY auto show (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:17 PM PDT

A Suzuki concept car called the Makai, with surfboards, an open roof and webbed seats, is displayed at the New York International Auto Show in New York, Thursday, April 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Teenage car enthusiast Frank Vecchio stood in awe before a Rolls-Royce Ghost with a $301,575 sticker price — admiring a detail he had seen only in a video game.

DCCC Weighs Picking Sides in Hawaii Special (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - House Democrats are considering backing former Rep. Ed Case in Hawaii's competitive winner-take-all special election next month, a move that would run counter to the endorsements of the Aloha State's two Senators.

Afghan upper house backs Karzai election decree (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:12 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Kabul April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - The upper house of Afghanistan's parliament backed a decree by President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that limits foreigners' role in elections, giving him a victory in a dispute that has led to a quarrel with the White House.

US anger at election claims prompt Karzai call (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:49 PM PDT

The United States Friday rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai's anti-foreigner outburst as AFP - The United States has rejected President Hamid Karzai's anti-foreigner outburst as "troubling" and "preposterous," prompting a hurried effort by the Afghan leader to make amends.

Karzai calls Clinton amid US criticism (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech at the Election Commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 1, 2010. Karzai told election workers there had been 'vast fraud' in the Aug. 20 ballot but that it was not committed by Afghans. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday after the Obama administration expressed dismay at his assertion a day earlier that the international community was to blame for the controversy over last year's disputed Afghan election.

FBI warns letters to governors could stir violence (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:05 PM PDT

This image obtained by The Associated Press shows the top of a Department of Homeland Security document stating the FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence. (AP Photo/Homeland Security)AP - The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence.

Bad check charge dropped against Nevada candidate (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2010, file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., at podium, speaks about health care reform during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. 'Starting hopefully in early April, you're going to see job growth, not job negative,' said Menendez, the head of the Democratic senatorial campaign effort. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Criminal bad check charges were dismissed Friday for a Tea Party of Nevada candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Napolitano tours flooded RI, deemed disaster area (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:58 PM PDT

Richard Snead looks at the flooded basement of his home in Cranston, R.I., Saturday, April 3, 2010. Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri and the flooded state's Emergency Management Agency say the president has approved their request to amend a federal major disaster declaration, meaning the entire state now is considered a disaster area. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took a helicopter tour over still-flooded Rhode Island on Friday, witnessing waterlogged shopping malls and homes with people's possessions laid out to dry in their yards, as residents and officials in the already economically troubled state pleaded for her to secure more federal aid.

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