Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1712 Most Viewed - Politics en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1712 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground ap/20080704/montana_battleground AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_marines ap/20080704/us_afghanistan_marines AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_marines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cc9950a89a5b4f7697318b0acd1801dd.afghanistan_marines_rmx109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mt1DYra3Bq.6vSxheUTnMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather for a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_marines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cc9950a89a5b4f7697318b0acd1801dd.afghanistan_marines_rmx109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mt1DYra3Bq.6vSxheUTnMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather for a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc nm/20080704/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:14:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t011550_450x410_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq_1.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=qm6rkFbp4Z_w98WJngydmA--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of armoured vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t011550_450x410_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq_1.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=qm6rkFbp4Z_w98WJngydmA--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of armoured vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade ap/20080704/mccain_trade AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:43:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.084c0864de58453b8688eb8852b04151.mccain_2008_mxev102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LZEYHm0.aUGluiqn.Vw6AA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks at a press conference as his wife Cindy stands beside him during their visit to the federal police command control in Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more national in scope.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.084c0864de58453b8688eb8852b04151.mccain_2008_mxev102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LZEYHm0.aUGluiqn.Vw6AA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks at a press conference as his wife Cindy stands beside him during their visit to the federal police command control in Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush ap/20080704/bush AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:59:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c949107d670140dfb8be800407af0bbd.bush_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=gksmQnL_QsGM.Bh56hampA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Bush salutes as he walks off of Marine One, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the White House after returning from a groundbreaking ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush will spend some time this July 4th at the home of the man who virtually wrote the Declaration of Independence. Bush plans to visit Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va. He'll taking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, addressing 76 new American citizens.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.c949107d670140dfb8be800407af0bbd.bush_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=gksmQnL_QsGM.Bh56hampA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Bush salutes as he walks off of Marine One, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the White House after returning from a groundbreaking ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_co/warner_speed_limit ap/20080703/warner_speed_limit AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:39:47 GMT AP - An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and, in turn possibly ease fuel prices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080704/pl_politico/11522 politico/20080704/11522 Politico Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080704/pl_politico/11522"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa64.040708012723.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Y88Era1ZL1WipEATxBTNSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)" border="0" /></a>Politico - It&rsquo;s an axiom in presidential politics to ignore the early polls. Perhaps that&rsquo;s one piece of conventional wisdom that&rsquo;s better ignored.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080704/pl_politico/11522"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa64.040708012723.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Y88Era1ZL1WipEATxBTNSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq ap/20080704/obama_iraq AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:42:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp ap/20080704/campaign_rdp AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana, attending a parade and picnic. It's a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican. Only two Democrats have carried Montana since 1948. Republicans typically take it for granted and Democrats usually write if off. But this year, Obama is spending a sizeable amount of time and money to try to win it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/marines_with_children ap/20080703/marines_with_children AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:06:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/marines_with_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.75b1be28c70048d589381ef398e1f91f.marines_with_children_wx121.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ezmL6mK0klRP4sPBW0pHdA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Marine Corps musician Sgt. Franklin Smith, a trombonist with the Quantico Marine Corps band, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he convinced a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/marines_with_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.75b1be28c70048d589381ef398e1f91f.marines_with_children_wx121.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ezmL6mK0klRP4sPBW0pHdA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Marine Corps musician Sgt. Franklin Smith, a trombonist with the Quantico Marine Corps band, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay ap/20080704/bush_guantanamo_bay AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080703/ap_ca/on_deadline_biracial ap_campaignplus/20080703/on_deadline_biracial AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:14:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080703/ap_ca/on_deadline_biracial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwt97.030708044031.photo01.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=IKW.Unu7sodaEP_jJcxZ2Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada. John McCain's campaign Wednesday raised the stakes ahead of Democratic White House rival Obama's expected trip to Iraq, demanding changes to his plan for immediate troop cuts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - This presidential election is about more than checking a box for either a Democrat or a Republican. For me, it's also about choosing a box that identifies my race.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080703/ap_ca/on_deadline_biracial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwt97.030708044031.photo01.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=IKW.Unu7sodaEP_jJcxZ2Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada. John McCain's campaign Wednesday raised the stakes ahead of Democratic White House rival Obama's expected trip to Iraq, demanding changes to his plan for immediate troop cuts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Laura Rauch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_abortion ap/20080703/obama_abortion AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:59 GMT AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states ap/20080703/obama_red_states AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:02:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080703/pl_politico/11520 politico/20080703/11520 Politico Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:17:00 GMT Politico - The realization almost always prompts a double take, a moment of inspection, maybe even a debate: Is baby-faced Barack Obama, the symbol of a younger political generation, actually aging in front of us? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo bloomberg/20080703/aghxb4mgmqxo Bloomberg Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.b1ad4b39f4014145a3681ce119a13ebd.obama_2008_cocol104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=naopHFP7l_z9W6zfuMYR_Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Barack Obama speaks with a Colorado state flag in the background, during a campaign stop at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Bryan Oller)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- When Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign, he called his three years as a community organizer in Chicago in the 1980s ``the best education I ever had.'' He's putting those lessons to good use in his drive for the White House, say many of those who worked with him then.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.b1ad4b39f4014145a3681ce119a13ebd.obama_2008_cocol104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=naopHFP7l_z9W6zfuMYR_Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Barack Obama speaks with a Colorado state flag in the background, during a campaign stop at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Bryan Oller)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usunirannucleardiplomacy afp/20080703/usunirannucleardiplomacy AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usunirannucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa59.040708010653.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=s76F3d1fqR4IXAR0T5.eNA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Technicians prepare to wash the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr, 1200 Kms south of Tehran, in 2007. The United States on Thursday maintained its demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment as a condition for Washington participating in formal nuclear talks with Tehran, although it did not rule out less strict pre-negotiations.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States on Thursday maintained its demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment as a condition for Washington participating in formal nuclear talks with Tehran, although it did not rule out less strict pre-negotiations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usunirannucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa59.040708010653.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=s76F3d1fqR4IXAR0T5.eNA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Technicians prepare to wash the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr, 1200 Kms south of Tehran, in 2007. The United States on Thursday maintained its demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment as a condition for Washington participating in formal nuclear talks with Tehran, although it did not rule out less strict pre-negotiations.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/solar_public_lands ap/20080702/solar_public_lands AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:26:28 GMT AP - The government is calling off a recently announced moratorium on applications to build solar plants on public lands. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/g8_bush_and_friends ap/20080703/g8_bush_and_friends AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:34:16 GMT AP - The issues are as difficult as ever, but the conditions are likely to be more conducive to agreement as President Bush attends his eighth and final economic summit of industrial democracies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/contract_fraud ap/20080703/contract_fraud AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:13 GMT AP - A multibillion-dollar loophole that would have let contractors escape reporting abuse of taxpayer dollars spent abroad is being closed.