Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama says stopping oil spill could take many days (AP)
• GOP expands political playing field; Dems slipping (AP)
• Obama praises law enforcement on car bomb response (AP)
• Official: evidence recovered from NY car bomb (AP)
• IMF expresses support for Greece's economic moves (AP)
• Napolitano defends response to Gulf oil spill (AP)
• BP chief: failed equipment caused explosion, spill (AP)
• Salazar calls Gulf outlook 'grave scenario' (AP)
• Clinton has doubts on Afghan reconciliation (AP)
• Ariz.'s largest paper: Pols failed on immigration (AP)
• Obama to visit U.S. Gulf to push anti-slick efforts (Reuters)
• UK election gets personal (Reuters)
• Clinton intends to serve a full term at State (AP)
• Clinton not satisfied with US efforts in Sudan (AP)
• Clinton says Iran violating key nuclear treaty (AP)
• Clinton: Ariz. immigration law invites profiling (AP)
• Obama does stand-up comedy for a night (Reuters)
• Obama pokes fun at McCain's maverick claim (AP)

Obama says stopping oil spill could take many days (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - No remedy in sight, President Barack Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster" as a badly damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico spewed a widening and deadly slick toward delicate wetlands and wildlife. He said it could take many days to stop.

GOP expands political playing field; Dems slipping (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - Republicans are on offense in scores of House and Senate races as persistent economic woes and lukewarm support for President Barack Obama continue to weaken Democrats' hold on Congress.

Obama praises law enforcement on car bomb response (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 01:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is commending law enforcement for responding quickly to a car bomb in Times Square and says the U.S. will do what it takes "at home and abroad" to protect the American people.

Official: evidence recovered from NY car bomb (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:03 AM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says authorities are recovering evidence from the car bomb discovered at New York's Time Square.

IMF expresses support for Greece's economic moves (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 12:42 PM PDT AP - The International Monetary Fund says its executive board will consider approving Greece's request for about $40 billion in loans within the coming week.

Napolitano defends response to Gulf oil spill (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 06:48 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration is defending the federal response to the Gulf Coast oil spill.

BP chief: failed equipment caused explosion, spill (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 06:24 AM PDT AP - BP's chairman is rejecting criticism that his company's safety record played a role in the drilling rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Salazar calls Gulf outlook 'grave scenario' (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:42 AM PDT AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the potential environmental outlook for the Gulf Coast oil spill is "a very grave scenario."

Clinton has doubts on Afghan reconciliation (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:54 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expects there will be some reconciliation between those fighting in Afghanistan, but she says she doubts that some U.S. foes will be willing to set aside differences.

Ariz.'s largest paper: Pols failed on immigration (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - Arizona's largest newspaper criticized U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl and a host of other elected officials in a rare front-page editorial Sunday, saying the politicians have failed to find solutions to illegal immigration.

Obama to visit U.S. Gulf to push anti-slick efforts (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will visit the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday to bolster efforts to avert an environmental disaster threatened by a huge, growing oil slick forecasters said was being driven ashore by winds.

UK election gets personal (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2010 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's political leaders launched personal attacks against each other on Sunday ahead of Thursday's parliamentary election, with opinion polls showing support growing for the opposition Conservative Party.

Clinton intends to serve a full term at State (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:54 AM PDT AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton says she intends to serve as secretary of state throughout the first term of the Obama administration.

Clinton not satisfied with US efforts in Sudan (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:33 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's not satisfied with U.S. efforts in Sudan.

Clinton says Iran violating key nuclear treaty (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it's clear that Iran is in violation of a treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

Clinton: Ariz. immigration law invites profiling (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:08 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Arizona's new immigration law invites racial profiling and she thinks the state may be overstepping its authority.

Obama does stand-up comedy for a night (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2010 02:07 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama put aside policy pronouncements for a night and took a stab at stand-up comedy on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Obama pokes fun at McCain's maverick claim (AP) Posted: 01 May 2010 10:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is poking fun at Sen. John McCain's claim he was not identified as a maverick.

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