2008年12月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Jesse Jackson Jr. entangled in Ill. gov. scandal (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:53 AM CST

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., returns to his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill after telling reporters he is not a target of the federal investigation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.  Wire-tapped conversations indicated that Blagojevich felt that Rep. Jackson could raise campaign money for him in exchange for being appointed to the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Four days before the election, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich claimed someone came to him with a deal about filling Barack Obama's soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat.


Obama transition going well, most in AP poll say (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST

This Nov. 10, 2008 file photo shows President-elect Obama wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball cap while dropping off his children at school in Chicago. Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, American presidents have tended to have one thing in common: They love their sports. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is getting high marks on his transition so far, with even most Republicans saying he's doing just fine.


Analysis: GOP handed gift in Rangel ethics case (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:39 AM CST

In this  Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., waits for the start of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House ethics committee is expanding its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift.


Daschle also to oversee new health reform office (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:46 AM CST

In a Dec. 5, 2008 file photo Former Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle, who is the nominee for health and human services secretary in the Obama administration, applauds before speaking about plans for reforming the country's health care system during the 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit in Denver.  Daschle will pull double duty in the Obama administration, where he will serve not only as the Health and Human Services secretary but also oversee a new White House Office of Health Reform.   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/file)AP - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will pull double duty in the Obama administration, where he will serve not only as the Health and Human Services secretary but also oversee a new White House Office of Health Reform.


Auto bailout clears the House (Politico)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 07:06 PM CST

Politico - The House approved a $14 billion loan package for ailing U.S. automakers Wednesday night, but stiff resistance from Senate Republicans could yet kill the measure, forcing the White House to consider other emergency steps to avert bankruptcies among Detroit’s Big Three this winter.

Officials: Obama chooses Chu for energy secretary (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:05 AM CST

This  Jan. 20, 2005 file photo shows Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Director Steven Chu in  San Francisco. Democratic officials said Wednesday Dec. 10, 2008 that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu for energy secretary. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Environmental Protection Agency officials from the Clinton administration.


Murky future for auto rescue amid GOP opposition (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:32 AM CST

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joel Kaplan briefs reporters, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the White House in Washington, about negotiations on a bill to provide government assistance to the financially ailing auto industry.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - A House-passed bill to speed $14 billion in loans to Detroit's automakers stands on shaky ground in a bailout-weary Congress, undermined by Republican opposition that could derail the emergency aid in the Senate.


Wordsmiths see inauguration's poetic possibilities (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST

In this April 27, 2006, file photo, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Levine is shown at the San Joaquin River Center in Fresno, Calif., where he's recited many of his poems. John F. Kennedy was the first American president to include a poet in his inauguration. Now, poets and poetry lovers around the country are hoping that Barack Obama, known for his own skillful use of language, will be the third. There's buzz about all sorts of names. Among them: Philip Levine, a Midwesterner whose writing are attuned to the working class; Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate who created the Favorite Poem Project; Yusef Komunyakaa, whose work is heavily influenced by jazz; U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - John F. Kennedy was the first American president to include a poet in his inauguration, and Bill Clinton was only the second.


Energy secretary pick argues for new fuel sources (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:35 AM CST

AP - Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for energy secretary, has been a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy, arguing that a shift away from fossil fuels is essential to combat global warming.

Lisa Jackson in line to be first black EPA chief (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:21 AM CST

In this  Jan. 18, 2006, file photo New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson speaks at a news conference in Trenton, N.J. Jackson was recently named as New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's chief of staff.  Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama intends to nominate former New Jersey Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson for environmental protection agency administrator. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - Lisa Jackson is in line to become the first African-American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.


Browner: strong environmental resume (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST

In this  Oct. 3, 2003 file photo, Carol Browner speaks on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Democratic officials said Wednesday Dec. 10, 2008 that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Carol Browner as his energy 'czar'. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)AP - It hit Carol Browner in the final weeks of the Clinton administration: She had been head of the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years, nearly a quarter of the agency's existence, far longer than any other administrator.


Mullen says defense overspending must stop (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, speaks to the media during a news briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.  Mullen said both India and Pakistan have shown admirable restraint following the deadly attack on the financial center of Mumbai, and that Pakistan has taken good first steps by arresting key militants who may have had a hand in planning the attack.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The top U.S. military officer says the Pentagon cannot afford continued cost overruns and is hinting that some weapons systems may be cut or scaled back under President-elect Barack Obama.


Obama to offer Israel "nuclear umbrella": report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:14 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama introduces retired General Eric K. Shinseki as nominee for secretary of veterans affairs during a news conference in Chicago December 7, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.


Obama taps Nobel physicist for energy secretary: reports (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:38 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, pictured, a strong advocate of alternative and renewable energy research, to be his energy secretary, US media reported Thursday.(AFP/File/John G. Mabanglo)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, a strong advocate of alternative and renewable energy research, to be his energy secretary, US media reported Thursday.


Illinois leaders ponder what to do with governor (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, leaves his home through a back alley Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, a day after he was arrested on federal corruption charges. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)AP - With Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defying calls for his resignation, state officials pondered reducing his power or forcing him from office amid an intensifying criminal investigation that has made him arguably the most toxic politician in America.


Obama to nominate Daschle for healthcare post (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 12:18 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama introduces retired General Eric K. Shinseki as nominee for secretary of veterans affairs during a news conference in Chicago December 7, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama turns his focus on Thursday to healthcare -- a key element of his election campaign -- when he nominates former Senate leader Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services.


Obama urges Illinois governor to step down (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 10:19 PM CST

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (L), U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley smile during a rally in Chicago in this April 16, 2007 file photo. (John Gress/Files/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama called on the Democratic governor of Illinois to resign on Wednesday after he was charged with trying to sell Obama's U.S. Senate seat and swap favors for money.


Biographical information on Lisa Jackson (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:39 PM CST

AP - NAME: Lisa P. Jackson.

Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:09 PM CST

AP - Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.

Biographical information on Steven Chu (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 08:52 PM CST

AP - NAME — Steven Chu.

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