<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/obama_germany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.afd74ea5d709417cbb4ad01f371f2479.mideast_israel_palestinians_obama_jrl175.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=bF993Y2yVW4YKB79z__ayw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses in front of a display of rockets that landed in southern Israel, during a visit to Sderot, southern Israel, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Obama pledged Wednesday that as president he would preserve the close ties between the United States and Israel, and that the Jewish state's security would be a top priority in his administration. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mideast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.112d0fb23e384ce3953b570f7f57e2c9.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_obama_akcf102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=BpluDkrxqMOZscJ_tMjESA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visits the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site,in Jerusalem's Old City, early Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)" border="0" /></a>AP - From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether the threat comes from terrorists, Iran or elsewhere.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.5c3f05f1f3f7474c8c95a7a9f0c09986.mccain_2008_pack110.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=fhS4SCfSps31YzID0jTzAw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., point to the audience during a campaign stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, July 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_el_pr/top_problems_ap_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080714/capt.f32213f8f8e54bef92474b6cf168a868.oil_prices_la101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2KwcSbPS8WU1uAg.Gc68fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Gas prices are shown on Monday, July 7, 2008 in Altadena, Calif. Oil prices hovered near $145 a barrel Monday, July 14, swinging between gains and losses as traders weighed global supply concerns and a stronger dollar against worries about the health of the U.S. economy.(AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin)" border="0" /></a>AP - What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_radio_ad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.72f850b348324e91af2a1698ef0397b1.germany_obama_2008_kno105.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=rKKMyvNdjbPbpmdzaPFjGQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Workers make the last preparations for the speech of Barack Obama at the victory column, in background, in Berlin Wednesday July 23, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,will deliver a speech here at the victory column in Berlin Thursday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)" border="0" /></a>AP - John McCain can be a Berliner, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain_oratory"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.0b6c6499bdf341db881dc26fc31f1130.obama_mccain_oratory_wx110.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=zNYNGVXayhO1oAZjhDymWA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 29, 2008 file photo, then Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gives two thumbs up at his primary victory celebration in Miami. If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wrong time. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already.</p><br clear="all"/>
AP - The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given its initial approval to a bill that would require all future legislation be written in language that is gender neutral.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_ot/unfit_drivers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.6185587595b44d53a9990c7d402c0aa6.unfit_drivers_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=QEzJCyYJ8SVHbf0oriwy_g--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="In this May 9, 1999 file photo, emergency workers remove the body of one of the victims of a bus wreck in New Orleans. A chartered bus carrying members of a casino club on a Mother's Day gambling excursion crashed killing 22 people. The National transportation Safety Board said the bus driver suffered life-threatening kidney and heart conditions but held a valid license and medical certificate. Moments before the crash, a passenger recounted seeing the driver slumped in his seat (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States have suffered seizures, heart attacks or unconscious spells behind the wheel that led to deadly crashes on highways. Hundreds of thousands of drivers carry commercial licenses even though they also qualify for full federal disability payments, according to a new U.S. safety study obtained by The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/>
AP - Louisiana prosecutors asked the Supreme Court on Monday to revisit its recent decision outlawing the death penalty for people convicted of raping children.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_afp/eubulgariacorruption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq45.230708190200.photo00.photo.default-512x286.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=PefXjQyadh9rXY9020qt4w--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev speaks during a press conference in the town of Varna some 500 kms east from the capital Sofia. The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.(AFP/BGNES)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.</p><br clear="all"/>
