Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: New oil leases will need safeguards (AP)
• New federal rule targets harmful mercury emissions (AP)
• Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now (AP)
• FBI interviews nearly 2 dozen Massey employees (AP)
• Jeb carries Bush political torch (Politico)
• US says Mideast peace talks to resume next week (AP)
• Obama interviews Thomas, Garland for high court (AP)
• 2 Air Force planes to help with oil spill (AP)
• Goldman shares plunge as feds open criminal probe (AP)
• Bono gets Oval Office meeting with Obama (AP)
• Jury convicts on 2 charges in Palin e-mail hacking (AP)
• Grand jury subpoena to Times reporter over book (AP)
• Fla. GOP plans to auction oil painting of Crist (AP)
• Can Crist learn lessons from other independent Senate bids? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Blair seeks to salvage British PM's fading poll hopes (AFP)
• Florida Republican retiring from Congress (AP)
• U.S. needs more oversight of Afghan funds: auditors (Reuters)
• Honda recalls 167,000 Acura TSX cars (AP)
• Obama not going to Gulf yet, maybe later? (AP)
• 3 high schools finalists for Obama speech to grads (AP)

Obama: New oil leases will need safeguards (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Friday, in a largely symbolic gesture, promised that no new offshore oil drilling leases will be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast.

New federal rule targets harmful mercury emissions (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:14 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration says 5,000 deaths could be prevented each year under new rules announced Friday to limit the amount of mercury and other harmful pollutants released by industrial boilers and solid waste incinerators.

Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until they can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in the ranks.

FBI interviews nearly 2 dozen Massey employees (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - The FBI has interviewed nearly two dozen current and former employees of Massey Energy Co. in a criminal probe of the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.

Jeb carries Bush political torch (Politico) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:54 AM PDT Politico - Talk privately to just about any leading Republican about the 2012 presidential race, and you’ll often hear a sentence that starts with: “If his last name were ...”

US says Mideast peace talks to resume next week (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the Mideast peace process will get back on track next week, though not the U.S.-brokered direct talks involving Israeli and Palestinians that the Obama administration wants to see.

Obama interviews Thomas, Garland for high court (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has accelerated the search for his next Supreme Court nominee by interviewing candidates, including federal judges Merrick Garland and Sidney Thomas, according to a person with knowledge of the conversations.

2 Air Force planes to help with oil spill (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:40 PM PDT AP - Two Air Force planes will spray chemicals to help break up the Gulf Coast oil spill, Pentagon officials said Friday as they considered what more the military could do to assist.

Goldman shares plunge as feds open criminal probe (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:43 PM PDT AP - Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plunged 9 percent Friday after word that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street powerhouse over mortgage securities deals it arranged.

Bono gets Oval Office meeting with Obama (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and U2 lead singer Bono have met in the Oval Office to discuss the administration's development work in Africa.

Jury convicts on 2 charges in Palin e-mail hacking (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - The son of a Democratic Tennessee lawmaker was convicted Friday on two charges in the hacking of Sarah Palin's e-mail account while she campaigned on the Republican presidential ticket in 2008.

Grand jury subpoena to Times reporter over book (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - A New York Times reporter will fight a grand jury subpoena seeking the identities of his sources for portions of a book about the CIA.

Fla. GOP plans to auction oil painting of Crist (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - Just hours after Gov. Charlie Crist announced he would run for the U.S. Senate as an independent, the Florida GOP hastened to remove any likeness to the Republican governor they helped elect.

Can Crist learn lessons from other independent Senate bids? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:18 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's independent bid for the U.S. Senate is prompting comparisons to Sen. Joe Lieberman's 2006 election, when the Connecticut Democrat bucked his party after losing a primary and successfully ran as an independent.

Blair seeks to salvage British PM's fading poll hopes (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT AFP - Ex-premier Tony Blair returned to Britain's campaign trail Friday to help his embattled successor Gordon Brown, who is struggling to keep his re-election hopes alive six days before national polls.

Florida Republican retiring from Congress (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT AP - Four-term Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida said in a surprise announcement Friday that she won't seek re-election to Congress, citing health concerns.

U.S. needs more oversight of Afghan funds: auditors (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:11 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration needs better controls to prevent waste and fraud as it asks Congress for an additional $20 billion to speed up rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, auditors said on Friday.

Honda recalls 167,000 Acura TSX cars (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT AP - Honda Motor Co. is recalling about 167,000 Acura TSX cars to fix power steering hoses that could deteriorate and cause a fire under the hood.

Obama not going to Gulf yet, maybe later? (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:39 AM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama won't be heading to the Gulf Coast in the next few days. But press secretary Robert Gibbs left open the possibility of a later presidential visit to assess the spreading oil spill.

3 high schools finalists for Obama speech to grads (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:21 AM PDT AP - Three high schools are finalists in a contest to win President Barack Obama as their commencement speaker.

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