Yahoo! News: Elections

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• G20 leaders facing worries about rising deficits (AP)
• High court reins in prosecutors' use of fraud law (AP)
• House passes campaign bill backed by Democrats (AP)
• Afghanistan: Five key dates ahead (Politico)
• Congress approves new penalties against Iran (AP)
• Obama stresses no discord with Petraeus on board (AP)
• For US and Russia, it's now a walk in the park (AP)
• Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cuts (AP)
• GOP, conservatives reveal arguments against Kagan (AP)
• Big GOP donors go to Napa Valley to hear Giuliani (AP)
• Candidate Whitman calls eBay altercation 'anomaly' (AP)
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• Congress OKs sanctions on Iran's energy, banks (Reuters)
• Blago irked by 'thankful' message from Obama aide (AP)
• Sticking points keep work going on Wall St. bill (AP)
• Brewer asks Obama for Arizona border plan details (AP)
• Parties' alleged rampant use of phony candidates in 2010 races (The Newsroom)
• Obama, Democrats prepare for campaign with iPad, iPhone apps (AFP)
• McMahon: Wrestling was soap opera (AP)

G20 leaders facing worries about rising deficits (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - World leaders trickled into Canada's largest city on Thursday for global economic talks, but their resolve seemed less focused than at earlier meetings held in the fearful atmosphere of the worst downturn since the 1930s. New leaders in Australia, Japan and Britain could alter the dynamics.

High court reins in prosecutors' use of fraud law (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply curtailed prosecutors' use of an anti-fraud law that was central in convicting politicians and corporate executives in many of the nation's most prominent corruption cases. The ex-CEO of disgraced energy giant Enron and a Canadian media mogul, both in prison, are among the figures who could benefit from the ruling.

House passes campaign bill backed by Democrats (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - Four months before midterm elections, the Democratic-controlled House approved new limitations on the political activity of outside interest groups Thursday after carving out exemptions that benefit the National Rifle Association as well as labor unions and numerous federal contractors.

Afghanistan: Five key dates ahead (Politico) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:41 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to replace his insubordinate Afghan commander has refocused the attention of an anxious nation and a divided Congress on the war in Afghanistan and on a series of crucial moments expected over the next two years of a long, messy conflict that, thanks to American politics, is on a very tight schedule.

Congress approves new penalties against Iran (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:24 PM PDT AP - Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly passed tough new sanctions against Iran, sending a message to the Tehran government that notions of becoming a nuclear power could be accompanied by a steep economic price.

Obama stresses no discord with Petraeus on board (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - No more discord in the Afghanistan war command, President Barack Obama vows. With Gen. David Petraeus in charge, the president said Thursday he's assembled the team that will take the U.S. through the months ahead — by all expectations the make-or-break stage of the conflict.

For US and Russia, it's now a walk in the park (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - The president of the United States and the president of Russia enjoyed quite a summer's day on Thursday: Grab some burgers, joke about Twitter, take a walk in the park.

Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cuts (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Doctors would be temporarily spared a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments under a bill passed by Congress Thursday evening.

GOP, conservatives reveal arguments against Kagan (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:54 PM PDT AP - Elena Kagan's a politics-driven liberal, her detractors say. She's a judicial activist. She treated military recruiters like second-class citizens during wartime.

Big GOP donors go to Napa Valley to hear Giuliani (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - The Republican National Committee is assembling its biggest donors at a Napa Valley resort this week for golf, wine tasting and cigar smoking and speeches from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and other party stars.

Candidate Whitman calls eBay altercation 'anomaly' (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - Republican Meg Whitman, who is vying to be California's next governor, said Thursday that a tense altercation with an employee that led to a six-figure financial settlement when she was chief executive of eBay was an "anomaly" that doesn't reflect to her ability to lead the nation's most populous state.

(AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - Congress approves Iran sanctions bill for Obama's signature.

Congress OKs sanctions on Iran's energy, banks (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - Congress on Thursday approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran's energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt companies from other countries doing business with Tehran.

Blago irked by 'thankful' message from Obama aide (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - Rod Blagojevich became bitter when told that he would receive thanks — but nothing else — from Barack Obama in return for naming a friend of the newly elected president to the Senate, according to an FBI tape played Thursday at the former governor's corruption trial.

Sticking points keep work going on Wall St. bill (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - House and Senate negotiators struggled to meet a self-imposed Thursday deadline to wrap up a massive financial regulation bill, with two major sticking points standing in the way of completing legislation that has been one year in the making.

Brewer asks Obama for Arizona border plan details (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:25 PM PDT AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is telling President Barack Obama she's anxious for details on how his administration's plans to tighten border security will apply to Arizona.

Parties' alleged rampant use of phony candidates in 2010 races (The Newsroom) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT The Newsroom - As both major parties gear up for the big push toward November's midterm balloting, accusations are flying in many states and districts that one party or the other is recruiting phony candidates so as to distort voter turnout. The idea, most of the accusers allege, is to pick off favored opposition candidates by filling their primary slates with candidates who either poach from their voter base or sow confusion on the ballot, thereby producing a weaker nominee to run against in the general election.

Obama, Democrats prepare for campaign with iPad, iPhone apps (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:56 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama's political arm, Organizing for America, and the Democratic Party launched iPhone and iPad applications on Thursday as they gear up for the November elections.

McMahon: Wrestling was soap opera (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - Senate hopeful Linda McMahon jokingly calls her former job as the CEO of a wrestling empire a "regular job" and calls the televised brawls a soap opera.

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