Yahoo! News: Elections

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• MMS drilling official retires in oil spill fallout (AP)
• Obama 2009 income includes $1,600 pet dog, Bo (AP)
• Primary Day: Testing themes for big fall elections (AP)
• Auto dealers fight to avoid new regulations (AP)
• Obama begins to rein in Congress (Politico)
• Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Social Security needs small 'tweaks' (AP)
• Paul predicts Ky. win; Foe slams overconfidence (AP)
• Kagan campaigns for Supreme Court job (AP)
• White House notes Iran nuclear deal skeptically (AP)
• Michelle Obama touts 1.5 trillion calorie cut (AFP)
• Specter, Pa. primary foe spar over tenure, trust (AP)
• US court grants asylum to Obama's African aunt (AP)
• Obama reports wealth of up to $7.7 million (Reuters)
• Democrats, Republicans Face Voter Backlash in Primaries (Time.com)
• Obama to create panel to probe oil spill (Reuters)
• McCain shakes up campaign; Pa. Senate race tight (AP)
• Airline cockpit fire prompts emergency landing (AP)
• New frogs and geckos and pigeons, oh my (AP)
• Obama's Kenyan aunt is granted asylum in U.S. (Reuters)

MMS drilling official retires in oil spill fallout (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - The federal official overseeing offshore drilling announced his departure Monday in a fallout from the Gulf oil spill and criticism that federal regulators have been too cozy with industry.

Obama 2009 income includes $1,600 pet dog, Bo (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama raked in millions of dollars in book royalties in 2009 and got one very special $1,600 gift — his pet dog, Bo.

Primary Day: Testing themes for big fall elections (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - For all the primaries testing tea party clout and veteran senators' ability to survive, a special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania is the multimillion-dollar battleground of choice Tuesday for the two political parties, previewing themes for a fall campaign shadowed by recession and voter discontent.

Auto dealers fight to avoid new regulations (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - The nation's 18,000 auto dealers are trying to cut themselves a deal in the Senate, seeking exemption from proposed consumer regulations that would police how they write car loans.

Obama begins to rein in Congress (Politico) Posted: 17 May 2010 02:42 AM PDT Politico - The general is getting more specific.

Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court took two cracks at one of the law's thorniest questions Monday: When can you lock up a prisoner and throw away the key? Not when it's a teenager who hasn't killed anyone, the justices said. But when it's a "sexually dangerous" inmate, maybe so, even if he has completed his federal prison sentence.

AP Exclusive: Social Security needs small 'tweaks' (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - Social Security faces a $5.3 trillion shortfall over the next 75 years, but a new congressional report says the massive gap could be erased with only modest changes to payroll taxes and benefits.

Paul predicts Ky. win; Foe slams overconfidence (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - Front-runner Rand Paul predicted he would ride a wave of tea party support to a big victory in Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary, while his chief opponent portrayed him as an overconfident "grandstander" who could lose sight of Kentucky if elected.

Kagan campaigns for Supreme Court job (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - Reaching out to potential converts, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is dropping carefully calculated hints about her judicial approach on issues ranging from political speech to national security.

White House notes Iran nuclear deal skeptically (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 11:07 AM PDT AP - The White House on Monday showed deep skepticism about Iran's new deal to ship low-enriched uranium off its soil, saying it has the chance to be "positive step" but warning that the deal still allows Iran to keep enriching uranium toward the pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

Michelle Obama touts 1.5 trillion calorie cut (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama praised US food manufacturers on Monday for agreeing to cut 1.5 trillion calories from their products, in a boost for her anti-obesity campaign.

Specter, Pa. primary foe spar over tenure, trust (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - The competing messages of experience and trust were the calling cards of the state's two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate on the last day of campaigning before Tuesday's primary election in the too-close-to-call race.

US court grants asylum to Obama's African aunt (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - A U.S. immigration court has granted asylum to President Barack Obama's African aunt, allowing her to stay in the country and setting her on the road to citizenship after years of legal wrangling, her attorneys announced Monday.

Obama reports wealth of up to $7.7 million (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's wealth in 2009 totaled between $2.3 million and $7.7 million, financial disclosure forms showed on Monday.

Democrats, Republicans Face Voter Backlash in Primaries (Time.com) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - The Tea Party may be wreaking havoc with the best-laid plans of the Republican leadership, but many Democrat incumbents are also under fire from challengers angry at Obama

Obama to create panel to probe oil spill (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:43 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will create a presidential commission to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and study industry practices and the role of government oversight, an administration official said on Monday.

McCain shakes up campaign; Pa. Senate race tight (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain's re-election bid lost its campaign manager and another veteran Republican official, part of a shake-up for the Arizona lawmaker locked in a tight primary race with radio host and former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.

Airline cockpit fire prompts emergency landing (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Investigators are looking into whether long-known problems with the heating system in a cockpit window of the Boeing 757 played a role in a fire that forced an airliner to make an emergency landing near Washington, federal safety officials said Monday.

New frogs and geckos and pigeons, oh my (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - Finding a new animal species is a special moment for scientists and even better when one hops into their mountain camp and volunteers to be discovered. An international team of researchers was camping in the Foja mountains of Indonesia when herpetologist Paul Oliver spied a frog sitting on a bag of rice in the campsite.

Obama's Kenyan aunt is granted asylum in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - An immigration judge in Boston has granted asylum to President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt, allowing her to remain in the United States, her lawyers said on Monday.

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