2008年11月28日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

After absentee ballot loss, Franken eyes options (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:16 AM CST

Senator Norm Coleman speaks at the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)AP - Minnesota's U.S. Senate showdown is veering down a path toward the courts and possibly the Senate itself after a panel's ruling on rejected absentee ballots dealt a blow to Democrat Al Franken's chances.


Bidentity Crisis: Where's Joe? (Politico)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:01 PM CST

Politico - CHICAGO — More than three weeks into the transition, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden generates less buzz than the non-existent first puppy.

Western governors to Obama: Act quickly on energy (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:32 AM CST

Gov. Jon Huntsman makes his acceptance speech at the GOP party after being reelected in this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 file photo taken in Salt Lake City. The governors of the nation's largest energy-producing states are encouraging President-elect Barack Obama to quickly adopt a national energy policy that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Huntsman said Obama's administration would be wise to listen to the WGA because its 19 states are responsible for 94 percent of the country's onshore oil reserves, 66 percent of its coal reserves and 100 percent of its installed solar generation. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, FILE)AP - The governors of the nation's largest energy-producing states are encouraging President-elect Barack Obama to quickly adopt a national energy policy that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


Iran says would welcome Obama talks: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:48 PM CST

Reuters - Iran would welcome talks between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, the country's vice president said in an interview with Japan's Kyodo news agency

Candidates crowd field for Emanuel replacement (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:13 PM CST

AP - Clout-heavy Chicago politicians are lining up to replace U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, prompting some experts to wonder if the local Democratic party will split on whom to anoint as his successor.

Jill Biden: Untraditional, unapologetic (Politico)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:02 PM CST

Politico - Jill Biden has long chartered an untraditional path for a career politician’ wife. 

Obama says White House should be green, talks puppies (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:47 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama acknowledges his supports along with his wife Michelle (R) and daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama has said in an interview that he hopes to make the White House environmentally friendly, and encouraged fellow Americans to follow suit.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has said in an interview that he hopes to make the White House environmentally friendly, and encouraged fellow Americans to follow suit.


Group urges humane treatment of stray dogs in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 03:22 PM CST

Iraqi police officer Qassim Ahmed takes aim before shooting a stray dog in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Baghdad authorities have killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to manage the dog packs that roam the capital after a spate of attacks on residents. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)AP - An animal rights group is urging Iraqi authorities to find better ways to eliminate stray dogs after 200 of them were killed in Baghdad this week by poisoned meat and rifles.


Obama evokes brighter days ahead in Thanksgiving address (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:42 PM CST

US President elect Barack Obama (R) hugs a woman as he and his wife Michelle, daughter Malia (L) and Sasha pass out food at a food bank for thanksgiving during a surprise visit to St. Columbanus Parish and School in Chicago, Illinios, November 26, 2008. Obama on Thursday promised AFP - President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday promised "a new beginning" when he takes over the White House in January and urged Americans to work together to overcome a deepening economic crisis.


Correction: Iraq dog control headline (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:37 PM CST

AP - In the headline on a Nov. 26 story about controlling the dog population in Baghdad, The Associated Press erroneously described recommendations from Humane Society International. The animal rights group suggested how to control the dog population, not ways to kill dogs.

Reporters thankful to save 50 bucks (Politico)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:35 PM CST

Politico - News organizations with reporters in Chicago have at least one thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
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