2008年9月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, McCain give measured support for bailout (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., addresses a rally in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on Sunday gingerly embraced a newly negotiated congressional deal for a $700 billion bailout of the hobbled financial industry.


Alaska Natives question Palin's support (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:35 AM CDT

Protesters hold signs at a Hold Palin Accountable rally organized by Alaskans For Truth, in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. Hundreds of people showed up to demand Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's GOP running mate, uphold her promise to cooperate with the state Legislature's investigation into her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely notes her husband's Yup'ik Eskimo roots. But those connections haven't erased doubts about her in a community long slighted by the white settlers who flocked to Alaska and dominate its government.


Key witness delayed in Stevens gift-giving trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:15 AM CDT

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is assisted by his attorney Brendan Sullivan as he steps out the van upon their arrival at the U.S. District Court in Washington Friday Sept. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Federal prosecutors changed their plans and said they would not put their star witness on the stand Monday in the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.


McCain defends Palin's contradiction on Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:36 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and her daughter Willow, are seen at a gourmet food shop in center city Philadelphia, Sunday Sept. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Republican presidential nominee John McCain defended running mate Sarah Palin on Sunday, even as she contradicted his policy against talking publicly about attacking terrorist targets in Pakistan.


Style and substance at stake for Biden, Palin (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:23 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and her daughter Willow, are seen at a gourmet food shop in center city Philadelphia, Sunday Sept. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - One talks too much. The other hasn't talked enough.


Blacks, whites show prejudices along racial divide (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:10 PM CDT

Cherlonda Hampton, 37, of Detroit, talks with reporters about the upcoming Presidential election, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 in Detroit. How can it be that in 2008 — 143 years after slavery was abolished, decades after the civil rights movement — an AP-Yahoo News poll could find that racial misgivings could cost Sen. Barack Obama the election? (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)AP - The Classic Creations barber shop sits empty, surrounded by drunks and shuttered storefronts just two blocks from the manicured lawns of Grosse Pointe Park. The contrast isn't lost on LaVar Anthony, a young barber who speaks in riddles of race, class and politics.


Young voters, homeless targeted in Ohio's election (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:47 PM CDT

AP - Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign blitzed bars and advocates for the homeless have lined up vans to ferry potential voters from shelters.

Key US House seat race in Missouri heats up (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:48 AM CDT

Republican congressman Sam Graves greets the public during a parade in Kearney, Mo., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, as he runs for re-election in Missouri's 6th district. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - She accuses her opponent of being too close to Big Oil and says he stood by for eight years while the economy crumbled. Her opponent says she's an "extreme liberal" who has more support in California than Missouri.


House to vote on $700 billion market bailout (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:08 AM CDT

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank hold a press conference on Capitol Hill on September 26. US lawmakers hailed a breakthrough in talks on 700-billion dollar bailout to avert the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and worked to finalize a deal.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)AP - With the House slated to vote Monday on a deeply unpopular $700 billion rescue plan for beleaguered financial companies, President Bush and congressional leaders were scrambling to corral support.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:04 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally in front of the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Mich. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Mother of fallen soldier 'ecstatic' that Obama mentioned bracelet he wears in honor of her son ... McCain defends Palin's statements on Pakistan, even though they sound a lot like Obama's ... VP candidate Sarah Palin talks with military mothers at downtown Philadelphia eatery ...


Obama to head West after accusing McCain of ineptitude (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 01:43 AM CDT

Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his wife Cindy walk to McCain's campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. White House hopeful Barack Obama was to take his campaign to the American West Monday after accusing McCain of AFP - White House hopeful Barack Obama was to take his campaign to the American West Monday after accusing his Republican rival John McCain of "Katrina-like" bungling over the US financial crisis.


Liberal DC suburb faces minority voting questions (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT

AP - In the racially diverse Washington suburb of Greenbelt, the term "progressive" is a badge of honor. But the city that began as a New Deal-era cooperative and overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama has never had a minority serve on its council in its 71-year history.

Too early to tip next Treasury chief: McCain adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain would choose a Treasury Secretary with expertise and experience in financial markets, but now is too early to identify potential picks, an adviser said on Sunday.

Soldier's mother 'ecstatic' about Obama's bracelet (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 07:09 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., wears a bracelet honoring Sgt. Ryan D. Jopek, during a presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.  Sgt. Jopek, from Waupun, Wis., was killed in 2006 in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" when Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama mentioned during Friday's debate the bracelet she gave him in honor of her son.


Obama Keeps Advantage Over McCain in Post-Debate Poll (Bloomberg)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 06:53 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The presidential debate changed the preferences of few voters, reinforcing previous perceptions about the candidates' strengths and continuing to give Democrat Barack Obama an advantage over Republican John McCain.

Obama Keeps Advantage Over McCain in Poll After First Debate (Bloomberg)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The presidential debate changed the preferences of few voters, reinforcing previous perceptions about the candidates' strengths and continuing to give Democrat Barack Obama an advantage over Republican John McCain.

Colo. Senate hopefuls attack each other on economy (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 05:53 PM CDT

AP - Two prominent Senate hopefuls from Colorado accused each other in a heated, nationally televised debate Sunday of sharing the blame for a financial industry meltdown that triggered negotiations for a $700 billion government bailout.

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