Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Oil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills (AP)
• White House backs compromise on gays in military (AP)
• Senate: Exclude car dealers from consumer rules (AP)
• Crime rates down for third year, despite recession (AP)
• The Gates-Clinton axis (Politico)
• Govt warns health insurance industry on mergers (AP)
• SC governor hopeful denies blogger claim of affair (AP)
• CG commandant: BP using all technical means it can (AP)
• GOP tries to upend NC campaign backed by tea party (AP)
• Court says black firefighter lawsuit can proceed (AP)
• Lebanese PM presses Obama on Mideast peace deal (AP)
• Blumenthal apologizes for misstatements on Vietnam (AP)
• GOP Source: Rossi to challenge Murray (AP)
• Ky. gov criticizes Paul's 'radical philosophy' (AP)
• Fired UN diplomat Galbraith seeks office in Vt. (AP)
• As Spitzer did a cycle ago, Cuomo tries to take NY (AP)
• Recalled sprouts sold to Wal-Marts in 15 states (AP)
• Vice president stumps for son in Delaware race (AP)
• Obamas to spend long holiday weekend in Chicago (AP)
• 9 in Iowa plead not guilty in Obama loan case (AP)

Oil tax increase would help pay to clean up spills (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple — to 32 cents a barrel — a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade.

White House backs compromise on gays in military (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - A proposal to step up the repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military but still allow the Pentagon time — perhaps even years — to implement new policies won the White House's backing on Monday after administration officials met with gay rights activists.

Senate: Exclude car dealers from consumer rules (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 03:40 PM PDT AP - In a rare defeat for President Barack Obama, the Senate on Monday called for auto dealers to be excluded from the regulations of a proposed consumer financial protection bureau.

Crime rates down for third year, despite recession (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Crime in the United States dropped dramatically in 2009, bucking a historical trend that links rising crime rates to economic woes. Property crimes and violent offenses each declined about 5 percent, the FBI said Monday, citing reports from law enforcement coast to coast.

The Gates-Clinton axis (Politico) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:50 AM PDT Politico - The White House likes to release images of President Barack Obama at the head of the long Situation Room conference table, sober and experienced advisers lining either side.

Govt warns health insurance industry on mergers (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 03:15 PM PDT AP - In a blunt warning to the health insurance industry, the Obama administration said Monday it won't hesitate to block mergers that threaten to stifle competition.

SC governor hopeful denies blogger claim of affair (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - Tea party favorite Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for governor whose campaign gained momentum with recent endorsements from Sarah Palin and Jenny Sanford, vehemently denied allegations Monday that she had an inappropriate relationship with a political blogger several years ago.

CG commandant: BP using all technical means it can (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - The federal official overseeing the response to the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico said Monday there'd be nothing to gain by pushing BP aside and putting the government in charge.

GOP tries to upend NC campaign backed by tea party (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - Republican officials are working to derail the campaign of a tea party supported candidate in North Carolina — circulating documents from the man's messy divorce that depict him as a pot smoker who has called himself the messiah.

Court says black firefighter lawsuit can proceed (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday a group of African Americans did not wait too long to sue Chicago over a hiring test they challenged as discriminatory, freeing them to collect a lower court judgment.

Lebanese PM presses Obama on Mideast peace deal (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Monday told President Barack Obama that the "clock is ticking" on Mideast peace and that failure to reach an agreement will lead to more violence and extremism in the region.

Blumenthal apologizes for misstatements on Vietnam (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Criticized for saying he "regrets" misstatements he made about his military service during the Vietnam War, Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal is now apologizing.

GOP Source: Rossi to challenge Murray (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - After months of indecision, Republican Dino Rossi plans to jump into the race to unseat Democratic Sen. Patty Murray this week, a Republican official said Monday.

Ky. gov criticizes Paul's 'radical philosophy' (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - Kentucky's Democratic governor criticized Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul on Monday for comments he made last week deriding the 1964 Civil Rights Act and described the political newcomer's libertarian leanings as "fairly radical."

Fired UN diplomat Galbraith seeks office in Vt. (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Peter Galbraith, the former U.N. diplomat in Afghanistan who was fired over his cries of fraud following last year's presidential election there, is running for the Vermont state Senate.

As Spitzer did a cycle ago, Cuomo tries to take NY (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - A hard-charging Democratic attorney general who whipped Wall Street and corporate boardrooms to become the most popular politician in New York is running for governor on a platform to clean up and revive the Empire State.

Recalled sprouts sold to Wal-Marts in 15 states (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Alfalfa sprouts recalled because of salmonella poisoning were sold to more than 400 Wal-Mart stores in 15 states, a spokeswoman for the retail chain said Monday.

Vice president stumps for son in Delaware race (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden is taking a break from the White House to campaign for Democratic political candidates, including his eldest son Beau.

Obamas to spend long holiday weekend in Chicago (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to spend a long holiday weekend in Chicago.

9 in Iowa plead not guilty in Obama loan case (AP) Posted: 24 May 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - Nine people charged with illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records while employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court.

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