Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Donald Trump in Vegas: 'Our leaders are stupid' (AP)
• ‘Huckabee for 2012′ seems more and more likely (Daily Caller)
• A Talk With Al Gore About Climate Change, Birthers and His New App (Time.com)
• Obama meets with wounded congresswoman Giffords (AP)
• Obama Meets With Congresswoman Giffords (Time.com)
• Republican Romney blames Obama for gasoline prices (Reuters)
• Nevada gets ready for September special election (AP)
• Bumpy week for potential candidate Donald Trump (Reuters)
• Obama pledges help for illegal immigrant grads (AP)
• White House, newspaper clash over protest video (AP)
• GOP presidential hopefuls to share stage in NH (AP)
• Files suggest elder Obama forced to leave Harvard (AP)
• Quote: Middle Schooler Takes on Congressman (The Atlantic Wire)
• Court rejects challenge to Calif.'s clean car regs (AP)
• Business gears up to pressure Congress on debt limit (Reuters)
• Santorum to NRA: Obama doesn't understand America (AP)
• Drive to recall Michigan governor clears first hurdle (Reuters)
• Angle in for special election (Daily Caller)
• Obama invites congressional leadership to dinner (AP)

Donald Trump in Vegas: 'Our leaders are stupid' (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:24 PM PDT AP - Real estate developer and TV showman Donald Trump fueled speculation that he'll enter the 2012 White House race, assuring a crowd of supporters at a Las Vegas casino that he is seriously weighing a presidential run in a speech laced with the F-word.

‘Huckabee for 2012′ seems more and more likely (Daily Caller) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT Daily Caller - Rumors swirled in the blogosphere mid-week that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee would not run for president in 2012. In denying the speculation, those in Huckabee’s corner revealed just how likely it is that Huckabee will run this cycle.

A Talk With Al Gore About Climate Change, Birthers and His New App (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - The former vice president brings climate change to the iPad

Obama meets with wounded congresswoman Giffords (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:56 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama met Friday with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January. The reunion was a bright spot for the president in a day otherwise marked by storm devastation in Alabama and by disappointment in the cancellation of the space shuttle Endeavour's final launch.

Obama Meets With Congresswoman Giffords (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - President Barack Obama has met with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January

Republican Romney blames Obama for gasoline prices (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:26 PM PDT Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney pumped his own tank of gas on Friday and blamed President Barack Obama for a surge in prices that are straining American pocketbooks.

Nevada gets ready for September special election (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:20 PM PDT AP - Nevada is preparing for a special election that will pit Republican factions against one another in a heated battle that could test voters' preferences heading into the 2012 elections.

Bumpy week for potential candidate Donald Trump (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Reuters - He was ribbed by President Barack Obama, called a racist by David Letterman, accused of being a draft dodger and gave an expletive-laced political speech.

Obama pledges help for illegal immigrant grads (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is promising graduates at a vast, multicultural community college in Miami that he'll keep working to help undocumented immigrants who study in the U.S. become American citizens.

White House, newspaper clash over protest video (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:40 PM PDT AP - The White House says a San Francisco Chronicle reporter broke the rules when she put down her pen and picked up a video camera to film a protest. The newspaper says the Obama administration needs to join the 21st century.

GOP presidential hopefuls to share stage in NH (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:29 PM PDT AP - Mitt Romney, an all-but-official Republican presidential candidate, linked high gasoline prices to President Barack Obama's energy policies Friday in a visit to the first primary state of New Hampshire.

Files suggest elder Obama forced to leave Harvard (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's father was forced to leave Harvard University before completing his Ph.D. in economics because the school was concerned about his personal life and finances, according to newly public immigration records.

Quote: Middle Schooler Takes on Congressman (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - “I’m 14! What am I going to do?”

Court rejects challenge to Calif.'s clean car regs (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge Friday that sought to bar implementation of a California regulation meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forcing automakers to make and sell less polluting cars in the state.

Business gears up to pressure Congress on debt limit (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - Big manufacturers, fearful of higher borrowing costs, are lining up with Wall Street banks to pressure a divided Congress to raise its $14.3 trillion cap on how much Washington can borrow.

Santorum to NRA: Obama doesn't understand America (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:53 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential aspirant Rick Santorum told National Rifle Association members at their annual convention Friday that President Barack Obama doesn't "understand America," and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told them the administration is "consistently anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment."

Drive to recall Michigan governor clears first hurdle (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - A group seeking to force new Michigan Governor Rick Snyder into a recall election cleared a first hurdle on Friday when an election panel approved the proposed wording on petitions seeking voter support.

Angle in for special election (Daily Caller) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:43 PM PDT Daily Caller - On Tuesday, Sharron Angle released a statement suggesting that she would not run in a special election to fill the seat that is about to vacated by Dean Heller, who has been appointed by Gov. Sandoval to fill the Senate seat vacated by John Ensign. But, in a Friday fundraising email, Angle seems to have changed her mind, telling supporters that she is running.

Obama invites congressional leadership to dinner (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has invited the bipartisan congressional leadership and key committee leaders to dinner Monday at the White House, an overture in the midst of partisan clashes over spending and health care.

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