Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama says diplomacy, military go hand in hand (AP)
• Kagan's writings suggest her view on judge's role (AP)
• Clinton courts Chinese people; tough mission nears (AP)
• Obama, Merkel chat about finance bill, Europe fund (AP)
• Former senator, ex-EPA chief head oil spill panel (AP)
• NY's Cuomo announces he's running for governor (AP)
• Gulf oil disaster brings gusher of Hill hearings (AP)
• Hawaii decides House election in Obama's hometown (AP)
• Obama seeks tougher mileage, efficiency standards (AP)
• Chicken costumes banned at Nev. polling places (AP)
• Colorado party activists boost outsider candidates (AP)
• Obama: U.S. can't act alone in world (Reuters)
• Protesters decry Paul's comments on civil rights (AP)
• After Obama visit, NY cadets say they're eager (AP)
• A bio of NY's Andrew Cuomo, running for governor (AP)
• Thai government talks reconciliation as troops to pull back (Reuters)
• Obama: More Gulf drilling only if assurances (Reuters)

Obama says diplomacy, military go hand in hand (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - The U.S. must shape a world order as reliant on the force of diplomacy as on the might of its military to lead, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he outlined a foreign policy vision that repudiated the go-it-alone approach forged by his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Kagan's writings suggest her view on judge's role (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:24 PM PDT AP - Elena Kagan, a Supreme Court nominee without judicial experience, has suggested in writings and speeches over a quarter-century that when judges make decisions, they must take account of their values and experience and consider politics and policy, rather than act as robotic umpires.

Clinton courts Chinese people; tough mission nears (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - Courting the Chinese people, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to make the case Saturday for greater cooperation and partnership between the two countries as a difficult diplomatic assignment approached: winning Beijing's support for punishing ally North Korea.

Obama, Merkel chat about finance bill, Europe fund (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 11:10 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) to congratulate her on Berlin's plan to contribute to a fund to stabilize the European economy.

Former senator, ex-EPA chief head oil spill panel (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:43 AM PDT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency chief on the job during the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989 and a former Florida senator will lead the presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

NY's Cuomo announces he's running for governor (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo declared his candidacy for governor Saturday, delivering a full-throated call for political reform and pledging to make the notoriously dysfunctional state government more accountable to its citizens.

Gulf oil disaster brings gusher of Hill hearings (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 06:15 AM PDT AP - The month-old oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has unleashed a gusher of congressional hearings that may prove nearly as hard to cap as the blown BP well.

Hawaii decides House election in Obama's hometown (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - Republicans believe they are on the cusp of taking control of a congressional seat in President Barack Obama's hometown in a special election Saturday that represents the latest battleground in the fight for control of Congress in the midterm races.

Obama seeks tougher mileage, efficiency standards (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is setting the nation's sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.

Chicken costumes banned at Nev. polling places (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:30 PM PDT AP - Nevada election officials say voters dressed in chicken costumes won't be allowed inside polling places this year.

Colorado party activists boost outsider candidates (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - The Republican front-runner to win the party's nomination in the Colorado governor race and the state's Democratic senator were dealt setbacks in party assemblies on Saturday.

Obama: U.S. can't act alone in world (Reuters) Posted: 22 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama declared on Saturday the United States cannot act alone in the world and pledged to shape a new "international order" as part of a national security strategy to seal his break with Bush-era policies.

Protesters decry Paul's comments on civil rights (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT AP - Protesters carried signs outside Kentucky's Republican Party headquarters decrying U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul's comments on civil rights Saturday while GOP leaders met inside to pledge their support for the candidate.

After Obama visit, NY cadets say they're eager (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 11:21 AM PDT AP - Warned by President Barack Obama that they face a long, dangerous road, U.S. Military Academy graduates said they were undaunted and ready to deploy.

A bio of NY's Andrew Cuomo, running for governor (AP) Posted: 22 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT AP - NAME: Andrew Mark Cuomo

Thai government talks reconciliation as troops to pull back (Reuters) Posted: 22 May 2010 03:24 AM PDT Reuters - Thailand's government stressed national reconciliation on Saturday after the worst riots in the country's modern history but it would not commit itself to an early election date demanded by "red shirt" protesters.

Obama: More Gulf drilling only if assurances (Reuters) Posted: 22 May 2010 03:03 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that offshore oil drilling could only go forward if there were assurances that a disaster like the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill would not happen again.

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