Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Pentagon's Clapper may lead intelligence agencies (AP)
• Regulators, once deemed lax, get big say on rules (AP)
• Obama orders new fuel standards for future (AP)
• Month after oil spill, why is BP still in charge? (AP)
• Dems: Wall St. reform in homestretch (Politico)
• GOP officials ponder how to help, and tame, Paul (AP)
• Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees (AP)
• Women troubles, empty pockets can't stop gov's bid (AP)
• Alfalfa sprouts recalled after 22 sickened (AP)
• Clinton: NKorea must face consequences for attack (AP)
• Conn. Democrats endorse Blumenthal for US Senate (AP)
• Sporting an I — not R — Crist seeks union help (AP)
• McCain says he's different from senators who lost (AP)
• Obama names defense lawyer to Justice Dept. job (Reuters)
• AP sources: Clapper leading choice for intel job (AP)
• McCain hires new campaign manager after shake-up (AP)
• Gov't official: DC lawyer chosen as Justice No. 2 (AP)
• US Congress faces more hard work on Wall Street overhaul (AFP)
• Parties are nearing fundraising parity (The Newsroom)

Pentagon's Clapper may lead intelligence agencies (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:51 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon's top intelligence official emerged as the leading choice Friday for what's fast becoming known as one of the most thankless jobs in Washington — director of national intelligence. The position has a great title, but the office has just claimed its third victim.

Regulators, once deemed lax, get big say on rules (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:27 PM PDT AP - Banking regulators shared the blame for the financial crisis that buckled Wall Street. Now they're the ones lawmakers are counting on to give final shape to the new overhaul of financial rules.

Obama orders new fuel standards for future (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama directed the government Friday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs, setting the nation's sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.

Month after oil spill, why is BP still in charge? (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its "boot on the throat" of BP to make sure the company did all it could to cap the gushing leak and clean up the spill.

Dems: Wall St. reform in homestretch (Politico) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:30 AM PDT Politico - As it became clear that the Wall Street reform bill would pass in the Senate on Thursday, congressional Democratic leaders began turning their attention to reconciling the House and Senate bills and delivering a final product to the president’s desk by the July 4 holiday.

GOP officials ponder how to help, and tame, Paul (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:58 PM PDT AP - Even as national Republican officials seek ways to limit damage from Rand Paul's unorthodox remarks, the Kentucky Senate nominee raised more eyebrows Friday by defending the oil company blamed for the Gulf oil spill.

Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo Bay have, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the Obama administration.

Women troubles, empty pockets can't stop gov's bid (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT AP - Republican Jim Gibbons' first term as governor had enough drama to raise eyebrows even in the state that's home to Sin City — allegations that he cheated on his wife, a possible dalliance with a former Playboy model, an ugly encounter with a cocktail waitress and a nasty divorce.

Alfalfa sprouts recalled after 22 sickened (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - Salmonella found in raw alfalfa sprouts appears to have sickened 22 people in 10 states, including a baby in Oregon, prompting a nationwide recall of the product.

Clinton: NKorea must face consequences for attack (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 10:01 AM PDT AP - Citing "overwhelming" evidence that North Korea sank a South Korean warship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned the communist state Friday of international consequences.

Conn. Democrats endorse Blumenthal for US Senate (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, under fire for misspeaking about his military record during Vietnam, easily won the endorsement Friday night of Connecticut Democrats to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Chris Dodd.

Sporting an I — not R — Crist seeks union help (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT AP - Gov. Charlie Crist, who shed the "R" next to his name and replaced it with an "I" — asked for the labor union AFL-CIO's endorsement for Senate on Friday.

McCain says he's different from senators who lost (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - Arizona Sen. John McCain says primary voters sent a clear message this week that they're angry and frustrated.

Obama names defense lawyer to Justice Dept. job (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated James Cole, a defense lawyer who previously prosecuted public corruption cases, as deputy attorney general, the Justice Department's No. 2 job.

AP sources: Clapper leading choice for intel job (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - The White House's leading candidate to replace Dennis Blair as national intelligence director is James R. Clapper, the Pentagon's top intelligence official, current and former U.S. officials said Friday.

McCain hires new campaign manager after shake-up (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Arizona Sen. John McCain has hired his former Senate chief of staff to be the new manager of his campaign.

Gov't official: DC lawyer chosen as Justice No. 2 (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - James Cole, a Washington lawyer who spent 13 years at the Justice Department, will be the Obama administration's nominee to become the next deputy attorney general, the No. 2 post at the department.

US Congress faces more hard work on Wall Street overhaul (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama held a strategy session Friday with the two key lawmakers tasked with shepherding a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul bill to his desk in a matter of weeks.

Parties are nearing fundraising parity (The Newsroom) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT The Newsroom - In a sign that donors might be looking to hedge their bets ahead of Election Day, Republicans are beginning to narrow the fundraising gap with Democrats. According to the latest round of campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, both the House and Senate Republican Party committees outraised their Democratic counterparts in April.

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