Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama cancels Poland trip due to volcano fallout (AP)
• Geithner predicts passage of financial overhaul (AP)
• Clinton: Criticize, don't demonize officeholders (AP)
• Lessons learned shape Obama's court pick (AP)
• California Democrats seek election-year momentum (AP)
• Obama: Fresh crisis without new financial rules (AP)
• Calif. Sen. Boxer finds rocky re-election terrain (AP)
• Ex-congressman: Someone forged aide's pay increase (AP)
• Toyota recalls 600,000 Sienna minivans (AP)
• Ex-mentor: Sharpton is Obama's link to the streets (AP)
• New Filings Give Glimpse of Candidates' Special Election Funding (CQPolitics.com)
• Sudan vote 'fails standards but should be recognised' (AFP)
• Obama cancels Poland trip because of volcanic ash (Reuters)
• Karzai vote rules compromise ends standoff with West (Reuters)
• Brown agrees to meet rep of undocumented students (AP)
• Feds indict former Blackwater president, 4 others (AP)

Obama cancels Poland trip due to volcano fallout (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama scrapped plans to travel to Poland on Saturday for the funeral of Poland's president because of hazardous flying conditions caused by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe.

Geithner predicts passage of financial overhaul (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 05:56 PM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says a strong overhaul of the financial system will emerge from the current impasse in Congress and protect taxpayers against fraud and abuse in the financial industry.

Clinton: Criticize, don't demonize officeholders (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton says angry anti-government rhetoric has led to a worrisome increase in threats against the president and other elected officials.

Lessons learned shape Obama's court pick (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:16 AM PDT AP - Expect a fight. Enlist supporters but keep them in line. Protect secrecy. Reach out to opponents even though you can't woo them.

California Democrats seek election-year momentum (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - Democrats facing a tough election year dared Republicans on Saturday to challenge them on issues from Wall Street regulations to health care reform, testing what they hope will be a winning message with most voters in the fall.

Obama: Fresh crisis without new financial rules (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 05:24 AM PDT AP - The U.S. is destined to endure a new economic crisis that sticks taxpayers with the bill unless Congress tightens oversight of the financial industry, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Calif. Sen. Boxer finds rocky re-election terrain (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:26 AM PDT AP - Hints of re-election trouble for U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer come from a 65-year-old travel agent from this leafy Los Angeles suburb who's a fellow Democrat.

Ex-congressman: Someone forged aide's pay increase (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - Former congressman Eric Massa said Saturday that someone forged a $40,000 salary increase for his chief of staff, who has accused the ex-lawmaker of sexual harassment.

Toyota recalls 600,000 Sienna minivans (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:12 AM PDT AP - As congressional investigators dig further into potential electronic problems in runaway Toyotas, the automaker is facing other safety concerns, recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans over rusting spare tire holders.

Ex-mentor: Sharpton is Obama's link to the streets (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton is a "lightning rod" for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem.

New Filings Give Glimpse of Candidates' Special Election Funding (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Democrats running in the two House special elections in May raised more than their GOP counterparts in the past few months -- somewhat of an exception to the national trend that showed Republican candidates raking in more dough than their opponents.

Sudan vote 'fails standards but should be recognised' (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:37 PM PDT AFP - Sudan's landmark polls, which look certain to secure President Omar al-Beshir's re-election, failed to reach international standards but should win world recognition, observers said on Saturday.

Obama cancels Poland trip because of volcanic ash (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama scrapped his trip to Poland on Saturday for the state funeral of President Lech Kaczynski, citing a hazard to air travel from a huge volcanic ash cloud spreading over Europe.

Karzai vote rules compromise ends standoff with West (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai named officials on Saturday to oversee a parliamentary election, sealing a compromise with the United Nations and effectively ending a damaging stand-off with the West.

Brown agrees to meet rep of undocumented students (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 08:19 PM PDT AP - Sen. Scott Brown's office says he will meet with a college student from a coalition representing undocumented students, after students staged a sit-in at his Boston office.

Feds indict former Blackwater president, 4 others (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - The former president of Blackwater Worldwide was charged Friday with using straw purchases to stockpile automatic weapons at the security firm and filing false documents to cover up gifts given to the king of Jordan.

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