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Yahoo! News: Elections

Essay: For Obama, race means repeated distractions (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction.

Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:13 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows marijuana plants in Seattle. Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines. The directive from the Veterans Affairs Department in the coming week is intended to clarify current policy that says veterans can be denied pain medication if they use illegal drugs. Veterans groups have complained for years that this could bar veterans from VA benefits if they were caught using medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines.

Obama and oil spill: Lessons from corporate world (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:33 PM PDT

FILE--In this May 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, and U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, look at booms laid out to collect oil during a tour of areas impacted by the Gulf Coast oil spill in Port Fourchon, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - As chief executive officer of America Inc., Barack Obama has walked the factory floor when it comes to managing the federal response to the Gulf oil spill, going directly to front-line workers.

In Ariz. Senate race, Hayworth hopes to slay giant (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:23 PM PDT

AP - J.D. Hayworth has a busy resume for his 52 years — college football player, sportscaster, congressman, talk-radio host, even an infomercial pitchman. He's hoping to add two more titles — giant-slayer and U.S. senator.

Obama, GOP spar over how to revive ailing economy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama holds up a document of Republican solutions given to him by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, before he spoke to Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore. President Barack Obama says an economic plan by the House Republican leader just repeats job-killing policies of the past and would take the country 'backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama derided an economic plan from the top House Republican as repeating job-killing policies of the past that help drive the country into recession.

Gen. McChrystal retires in military ceremony (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, left, walks with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. as he is honored at a retirement ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington, Friday, July 23, 2010. McChrystal's illustrious career came to an abrupt end when he resigned as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan after he and his staff were quoted in a Rolling Stone magazine article criticizing and mocking key Obama Administration officials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - After 34 years in the Army, Gen. Stanley McChrystal left behind legions of admirers and the prospect his reputation as a ferocious fighter would one day eclipse the costly comments that appeared in Rolling Stone.

Ex-mayor makes Memphis, Tenn. primary about race (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 photo, former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton announces he will run for the 9th District U.S. Congressional seat currently occupied by incumbent Steve Cohen in Memphis, Tenn. In the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a once-unbeatable former mayor wants the Democratic congressional primary to be a referendum on race. Willie Herenton is accusing white two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of 'trying to act black.' He tells voters in this majority-black city that they 'need to come off that Cohen plantation and get on the Herenton freedom train.' (AP Photo/Lance Murphey, File)AP - In the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a once-unbeatable former mayor wants the Democratic congressional primary to be a referendum on race.

Ousted ag official unsure about returning to work (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Shirley Sherrod answers questions during an interview at her home on Friday, July 23, 2010 in Albany, Ga. Sherrod was fired from her job at the Agriculture Department amid accusations of racism. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)AP - Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, who was forced to resign after a blogger posted comments she made to an NAACP audience about race, is unsure about returning to a government job, she says.

Rangel ethics charges create headache for allies (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:27 PM PDT

Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel speaks to reporters during a news conference, Friday, July 23, 2010 in New York. Rangel, once among the most powerful members of Congress, will face a hearing on charges of violating House ethics rules after a panel of his peers formally accused him of wrongdoing Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Friends and political allies of embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel are noticeably quiet after the disclosure that the 40-year House veteran and dean of the New York congressional delegation may face serious charges from a House ethics panel.

Possible deal explored in Rangel ethics case: aides (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Representative Charles Rangel's lawyers are trying to determine if a deal can be reached to settle ethics charges against him and avoid a trial that could hurt his Democratic Party just before the November election, party aides said on Saturday.

GOP's Kirk on defensive after latest discrepancy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Since Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk acknowledged embellishing his military record, the slightest discrepancy in his life story prompts another round of news coverage questioning his honesty as he makes a bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

Obama criticizes Republicans on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:19 AM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement about the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama criticized Republicans on Saturday for supporting economic policies that "created this mess in the first place" as he tried to raise election-year doubts about his opponents.

Democrats face unsavory choices in Rangel case (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference Friday, July 23, 2010 in New York. Rangel, once among the most powerful members of Congress, will face a hearing on charges of violating House ethics rules after a panel of his peers formally accused him of wrongdoing Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Democrats nervously anticipating Rep. Charles Rangel's ethics trial know all about the media frenzy and negative ads accompanying election-season scandals. They generated it themselves in 2006, when Republican Rep. Mark Foley was forced to resign in disgrace.

McCain spending tops $10 million in second quarter (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:58 PM PDT

Arizona Sen. John McCain, left, as his wife Cindy McCain looks on, addresses the media after the first Arizona Senate Republican debate at KTVK Channel 3, Friday, July 16, 2010, in Phoenix. McCain will face former congressman J.D. Hayworth and political newcomer Jim Deakin in an election primary on August 24. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Arizona Sen. John McCain has been beating up on his main Republican primary challenger, but it's come at a price.

Va. senator calls for ending diversity programs (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:32 PM PDT

FILE - In a Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 file photo, Virginia Sen. Jim Webb speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, July 23, 2010, saying they have disadvantaged struggling whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)AP - Virginia Sen. Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, saying they have disadvantaged struggling whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.

Despite Sherrod spotlight, black farmers denied (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:44 PM PDT

In a photo made from video provided by CBSNews.com, former USDA official Shirley Sherrod is interviewed Thursday, July 22, 2010 on 'The Early Show'. President Barack Obama on Thursday apologized to Sherrod over her ouster in the midst of a racially tinged firestorm that ensnared the White House, Agriculture Department, NAACP and a blogger. (AP Photo/CBSNews.com)AP - Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker.

Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

In this May 27, 2010 photo, a patient is transferred to Hope Children's Hospital from Advocate Trinity Hospital's emergency room in Chicago. Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded and wait times even longer under the nation's new health law. By later this decade, 32 million more Americans will have health insurance. A shortage of primary care doctors will mean many of those newly insured patients will visit ERs for both real emergencies and problems that could be handled more cheaply in doctor's offices. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, state officials said Friday.

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