Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Not us: Goldman execs deny wrongdoing in crisis (AP)
• Reid: Senate to act on climate before immigration (AP)
• Obama pleads for bipartisan immigration reform (AP)
• Source: Man cites explosives, jet diverts to Maine (AP)
• GOP circulates alternative regulatory plan (AP)
• AG: Drug maker AstraZeneca to pay $520 million (AP)
• AG: Court challenge possible on immigration law (AP)
• GOP blocks financial bill again, float alternative (AP)
• Contrition not an option in financial blame game (AP)
• WellPoint says to stop dropping patients after May 1 (Reuters)
• Poll shows Utah senator lagging in re-election bid (AP)
• Obama Ahead of Election 2010: The Secrets of His Success (Time.com)
• Correction: Palin Hacked story (AP)
• Mayor Emanuel? No time soon, ex-congressman says (AP)
• Ohio sheriff pulls gun permit of man in NC arrest (AP)
• Congressman accuses VA of 'noncompliance' (AP)
• Gov't to step up mine enforcement, seek reforms (AP)
• USDA moves to ban additives from organic formula (AP)
• Israel warns against giving Iran too much time (AP)

Not us: Goldman execs deny wrongdoing in crisis (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT AP - Defending his company under blistering criticism, the CEO of Goldman Sachs testily told skeptical senators Tuesday that customers who bought securities from the Wall Street giant in the run-up to a national financial crisis came looking for risk "and that's what they got."

Reid: Senate to act on climate before immigration (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:16 PM PDT AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he is willing to bring up climate change legislation ahead of an immigration bill, a possible first step toward resolving a dispute with Senate Republicans that threatens to derail a bipartisan effort months in the making.

Obama pleads for bipartisan immigration reform (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned of harassment against Hispanics under Arizona's tough new immigration law, saying such "poorly conceived" measures can be halted if the federal government fixes the nation's broken immigration system for good.

Source: Man cites explosives, jet diverts to Maine (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - The former Air Force member who was detained Tuesday on a trans-Atlantic flight after allegedly claiming he had explosives in his luggage and a fake passport lives a "squeaky clean" life and has never been in trouble before, his father told The Associated Press.

GOP circulates alternative regulatory plan (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 01:31 PM PDT AP - Republicans are circulating an alternative plan for financial regulation that would provide more limited consumer protections than Democrats and would impose new regulations on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

AG: Drug maker AstraZeneca to pay $520 million (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - The federal government on Tuesday reached a $520 million settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, resolving allegations of illegal marketing of the company's antipsychotic drug Seroquel.

AG: Court challenge possible on immigration law (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the federal government may go to court to challenge Arizona's new law which makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally.

GOP blocks financial bill again, float alternative (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - Senate Republicans, attacked for twice blocking legislation to rein in Wall Street, floated a partial alternative proposal Tuesday and said it could lead to election-year compromise on an issue that commands strong public support.

Contrition not an option in financial blame game (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:24 PM PDT AP - Two deeply unpopular U.S. institutions — Congress and Wall Street — slung blame for the shaky economy around a Senate hearing room Tuesday, none of it landing among the dark suits at the witness table or the politicians behind the dais.

WellPoint says to stop dropping patients after May 1 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - WellPoint Inc said that as of May 1 it would expedite healthcare reforms and stop dropping healthcare coverage for customers after they get sick, responding to pressure from Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.

Poll shows Utah senator lagging in re-election bid (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - Republican Sen. Bob Bennett, struggling against anti-incumbency sentiment and strong challenges from more conservative GOP candidates, is running a disappointing third place in a survey of delegates to next month's state convention.

Obama Ahead of Election 2010: The Secrets of His Success (Time.com) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:50 PM PDT Time.com - Critics on both the left and right yammer on. But by Election Day 2010, President Obama will have achieved many of his campaign promises while running a competent, scandal-free government

Correction: Palin Hacked story (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - In an April 22 story about the trial of a man charged with hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail, The Associated Press erroneously reported testimony about when the account was created. Former Palin aide Frank Bailey testified that he set up the e-mail account in April 2008, not in August 2008 after Palin was picked to be Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.

Mayor Emanuel? No time soon, ex-congressman says (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who says he wants to be Chicago mayor someday, was back in the city on Tuesday, but he wasn't looking for votes.

Ohio sheriff pulls gun permit of man in NC arrest (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - An Ohio sheriff suspended the concealed weapons permit of an armed man who authorities say told them he wanted to see the president in North Carolina, and a report given to The Associated Press said the sheriff's office recently lectured the man about proper gun handling.

Congressman accuses VA of 'noncompliance' (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - The chairman of a House panel that oversees the Veterans Affairs Department has asked VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to explain an apparent "emerging pattern" of noncompliance with congressional requests for information about veteran suicide and other issues.

Gov't to step up mine enforcement, seek reforms (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:37 PM PDT AP - The government will start going directly to federal court to shut down mines that make a habit of ignoring safety, the nation's top mine safety official told lawmakers Tuesday.

USDA moves to ban additives from organic formula (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT AP - The Agriculture Department says it may ban two synthetic additives from organic baby formula, overturning a Bush administration decision to allow them.

Israel warns against giving Iran too much time (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - The United States is "doing the right thing" by pursuing a diplomatic solution to the threat that Iran may soon gain a nuclear weapon, but the world cannot afford to wait too long, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday.

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