2008年12月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Prospect of impeachment now looms over Blagojevich (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves a Chicago office building Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested last week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Illinois lawmakers were unanimous on how they should handle disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich — potential impeachment. And the embattled Democrat signaled he isn't going down without a fight.


Sources: Obama chooses Chicago schools chief (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama looks down during a news conference where he announced his energy and environmental team in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to name a big-city schools chief, Chicago's Arne Duncan, to help fix the country's ailing schools as education secretary, people familiar with the decision said.


NY governor: Caroline Kennedy wants Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:56 AM CST

In this March 7, 2005, file photo, Caroline Kennedy, sits in front of an image of her late father President John F. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Caroline Kennedy has told New York Gov. David Paterson she wants to be the state's next U.S. Senator, becoming the highest-profile name to actively lobby for the seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)AP - Caroline Kennedy told New York's governor on Monday that she's interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her the highest-profile candidate to express a desire for the job. Democratic Gov. David Paterson will choose the replacement. "She told me she was interested in the position," Paterson said. "It's not a campaign. She'd like at some point to sit down."


Obama announces energy and environment team (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:49 PM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (2nd L) looks on as Steven Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, speaks after being introduced as Obama's Energy Secretary during a news conference in Chicago, December 15, 2008. Obama also named former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Carol Browner (R) to head a new council to coordinate White House energy, climate and environment policies, and Lisa Jackson (2nd-R), chief of staff for New Jersey's governor, to run the EPA. (Stephen J. Carrera/Reuters)AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named an environmental and energy team that he said signaled his determination to tackle global warming quickly and develop alternative forms of energy. He vowed to "move beyond our oil addiction and create a new hybrid economy."


Obama to pick Duncan, Salazar (Politico)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 07:54 PM CST

Politico - One is a genuine FOB – Friend of Barack – who shared basketball and bull sessions with the president-elect on reforming schools. The other is one of the Democratic party’s rising Hispanic stars from a key Western state.

AP Interview: Rice says Iran scaling back in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:10 PM CST

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice takes questions on current foreign relations issues and reflects on her years as America's top diplomat, during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at the State Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/stf)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday Iran has chosen to scale back much of its most troubling interference in Iraq, and she credits the strength of U.S. pressure. "I don't think it's goodwill," Rice told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview covering two wars, the fight against pirates, Mideast peace prospects and more.


Rice says US, South Korea agree on nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 12:28 PM CST

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a press conference in Panama City on December 10, 2008. The United States said Friday that there would be no more fuel aid shipments to energy-strapped North Korea until Pyongyang agrees to a written plan to verify its nuclear disarmament.(AFP/File/Elmer Martinez)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States and four other countries agree on how to pressure North Korea to make commitments on inspections of its nuclear program.


A short-form application for big bailout bucks (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 12:25 PM CST

AP - Ever need a college loan? You've probably pored through the notorious eight-page FAFSA application. A likely home buyer? Try the five-page Uniform Residential Loan Application.

Rice: Bush approach best to achieve Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 12:49 PM CST

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice takes questions on current foreign relations issues and reflects on her years as America's top diplomat, during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at the State Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/stf)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that the Mideast peace process President Bush launched is the best chance yet to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and should not be dropped just because a year-end deadline for a deal is being missed.


Potential top education official is Obama neighbor (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:05 AM CST

A Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan during a news conference in Chicago.  President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce Duncan as his choice for education secretary Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast/file)AP - The man Barack Obama is said to have tapped to become secretary of education is from the president-elect's homecourt in more ways than one.


Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama looks on as Lisa Jackson, chief of staff for New Jersey's governor, speaks after being introduced as the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, during a news conference in Chicago, December 15, 2008. (Stephen J. Carrera/Reuters)Reuters - Insisting on the need to develop new forms of energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose as his energy secretary a Nobel physics laureate who is a major promoter of alternative fuels.


Obama selects green energy, environment team (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:26 AM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama has his green team. And for environmentalists, it is a dream team.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - This year's presidential election achieved the highest rate of voter participation (61.6 percent) since 1968 and drew a record 131 million voters to the polls, according to final certified tallies compiled over the weekend. The results were announced as the Electoral College prepared to perform the largely ceremonial act of electing Barack Obama president on Monday.

Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 11:18 PM CST

An artist's drawing shows Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich he stands in front of U.S. Magistrate Nan Nolan (L) at the Dirksen Federal building in Chicago, December 9, 2008. (Verna Sadock/Reuters)Reuters - Illinois lawmakers approved an inquiry on Monday into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.


Electoral College to make Obama's win official (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 09:55 PM CST

Reuters - The U.S. Electoral College met on Monday to officially elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

Obama unveils climate change team (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 09:44 PM CST

US president-elect Barack Obama (L) walks to the podium followed by vice-president elect Joe Biden to give a press conference on energy and the environment in Chicago. Obama Monday named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership to combat climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership on combating climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.


Obama to nominate Chicago schools chief for education: reports (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 09:39 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama is to nominate Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan as the next secretary of education, US news media reported late Monday.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama is to nominate Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan as the next secretary of education, US news media reported late Monday.


Obama Taps Sen. Salazar for Interior Secretary (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 09:37 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado as Interior secretary, a senior Democrat said Monday.

Obama Chooses Chicago School Chief as Education Secretary (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 09:00 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Chicago public schools chief executive Arne Duncan to be Education secretary, sources said Monday.

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