Yahoo! is reportedly getting closer to that controversial deal that would outsource its search advertising to Google. Sources told the Wall Street Journal that the limited test of Google that Yahoo! set up went well. The Google strategy, which could potentially be worth a billion dollars a year to Yahoo! but is sure to catch antitrust flak, is part of a tripartite deal that would have Yahoo! merge with AOL and AOL's owner Time Warner take a 20% stake in the combined company for some cash to fend off Yahoo!'s unwanted acquisition by Microsoft.
Democrat Barack Obama's appeal to  centrist voters has further opened the door to Republican claims his message of change only applies to the positions he has taken in the past.
AP - Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.
AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.
