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• House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP)
• Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
• Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)
• Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign (AP)
• Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe (AP)
• FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating (AP)
• House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)
• Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling' (AP)
• Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters)
• Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP)
• Obama hails news economy growing, wants more (Reuters)
• Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP)
• Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP)

House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production.

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.

Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT AP - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say.

Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT AP - A judge has lifted an order that prevented a legal newspaper from publishing information found in court records that were supposed to have been shielded from public view.

FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded Friday due to concerns about the country's safety oversight, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling' (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama calls the ethics charges against longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and says he hopes Rangel can end his career with dignity.

Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.

Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people."

Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.

Obama hails news economy growing, wants more (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he welcomed news that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter, but said more work was needed to increase that growth rate and generate jobs.

Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:24 PM PDT AP - He calls her a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama and liberal congressional leaders. She "calls bull" on his attempts to represent regular folks, suggesting he's more attuned to lobbyists and corporate interests.

Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda.

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Yahoo! News: Elections

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• White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets (AP)
• Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)
• Congress OKs bill to make commuter airline safer (AP)
• GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)
• Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall (AP)
• FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
• Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht taxes (AP)
• Crist holds small lead in Fla. US Senate contest (AP)
• Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP)
• Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP)
• Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US (AP)
• Gibbs: `Some very serious charges' against Rangel (AP)
• White House: Don't post more secret war papers (AP)
• House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)
• Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode (AP)
• Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com)
• Past Open Records Reprimand May Haunt Barr in Kentucky (CQPolitics.com)
• Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP)
• Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance (AP)

White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:57 AM PDT AP - The White House on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents and the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the leaks, bringing a soldier charged with handing over classified video back to the U.S. for trial.

Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

Congress OKs bill to make commuter airline safer (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:37 AM PDT AP - Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation that was developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.

GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:57 AM PDT AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

Obama spokesman says Dems will keep House in fall (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:25 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's press secretary says he thinks the Democrats will keep control of the House after the fall elections.

FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht taxes (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:52 AM PDT AP - Sen. John Kerry said he always intended to pay taxes in Massachusetts on his $7 million yacht but conceded he mishandled the public furor over his decision to dock the vessel in tax-free Rhode Island.

Crist holds small lead in Fla. US Senate contest (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT AP - Gov. Charlie Crist is slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way general election matchup for the U.S. Senate while the race to succeed Crist as governor is about even, a poll released Friday suggests.

Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:29 PM PDT AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.

Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:16 AM PDT AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election.

Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:23 AM PDT AP - The Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia.

Gibbs: `Some very serious charges' against Rangel (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:15 AM PDT AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledges there are "some very serious charges" against powerful Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel.

White House: Don't post more secret war papers (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:25 AM PDT AP - The White House is imploring the website WikiLeaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying U.S. national security and Afghan lives are at risk.

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:53 PM PDT AP - It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives."

Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - These are things that strike fear in the hearts of Members of Congress hitting the campaign trail this August recess: angry voters, bad poll numbers, damaging political ads by opponents. But perhaps most of all, they fear the unflattering video clip.

Past Open Records Reprimand May Haunt Barr in Kentucky (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - On the campaign trail, Kentucky House candidate Andy Barr (R) has so far been fairly successful in navigating the political land mines that stem from his previous work as a top legal aide for disgraced former Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R).

Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:04 PM PDT AP - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke in Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin is criticizing President Barack Obama for appearing on "The View."

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