2008年12月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama: Economy to get worse before it improves (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:36 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday the economy will get worse before it gets better, pledged a recovery plan "equal to the task" and warned lawmakers that the days of pork barrel spending are over.

Ex-congressman may get jail for drunken driving (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:49 AM CST

In this May 2, 2008 file photo, 13th Congressional district representative Vito Fossella listens to a question, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Fossella is headed to court to find out if he has to serve jail time for a drunken driving incident that wrecked his career by revealing he'd fathered a child from an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)AP - Disgraced former Rep. Vito Fossella is headed to court to find out if he has to serve jail time for a drunken-driving incident that wrecked his career by revealing he'd fathered a child from an extramarital affair.

Progress made in bailout plan for Big 3 automakers (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama takes a question during a news conference in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Congressional negotiators continue hammering out legislation that would dole out billions to automakers — but promises to yank back the money if a government-run board and overseer decided the companies weren't taking steps to overhaul themselves.

AP IMPACT: How Freddie Mac halted regulatory drive (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST

In this July 13, 2008 file photo, the Freddie Mac's corporate offices are seen in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - From a hefty lobbying budget to the use of free baseball tickets, Freddie Mac fended off any meaningful regulation in the years before the housing mortgage giant crashed, records obtained by The Associated Press show.

Kilroy defeats Stivers (Politico)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:15 PM CST

Politico - Democrats have picked up one final House seat this election cycle.

1st Vietnamese-American elected to US Congress (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:11 PM CST

Republican Anh 'Joseph' Cao, with his daughter Sophia Cao, 5, and his wife Kate Cao, talks to reporters after church in New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Cao defeated Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., for the 2nd Congressional District in Louisiana, making him the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress took advantage of dissatisfaction with a longtime incumbent dogged by corruption allegations and reflects the changing nature of New Orleans politics since Hurricane Katrina.

Will recession mean a toned-down inauguration? (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:47 AM CST

With the Capitol in the background, a worker, who asked not to be named, paints the center stand of the inaugural platform, at the west front of the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, as preparation continues for Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Unemployment is on the rise. The stock market is in the tank. Is this any time for a party? For the sake of the masses of people expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, let's hope so. While Obama must be sensitive to the nation's time of war and recession, there's still reason to expect a rollicking time.

Memorable remarks by Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

AP - Memorable remarks by Rep. Tom Tancredo:

Illegal immigration foe Rep. Tom Tancredo retires (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST

In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., talks about his career in state and federal politics during an interview in his office in the southeast Denver suburb of Greenwood Village, Colo. Tancredo is retiring from Congress, maybe to run for Colorado governor in two years, maybe to join a right-leaning think tank. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - When Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, went to Congress a decade ago, he promised he wouldn't disappear in Washington. He sure didn't.

Democrats pick up a House seat in central Ohio (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST

In this Nov. 27, 2006 file photo, Mary Jo Kilroy is seen during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. Kilroy snatched a seat from House Republicans on Sunday Dec. 7, 2008 in a tight central Ohio race after elections officials tallied provisional ballots. Kilroy's victory by a little more than 2,000 votes over Republican Steve Stivers put the 15th Congressional District into Democratic hands after the retirement from Congress of Republican Deborah Pryce. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - Democrats will hold at least 256 seats in the House when the 111th Congress is sworn in next month, after a county commissioner came from behind to win an open seat in central Ohio.

Rollback on Torture? Not So Easy for Obama (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:00 AM CST

Time.com - The President-elect and his team are finding that effecting change is more complicated than it sounds on the campaign trail

Panel urges Obama to consider hacker-response plan (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:02 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama should create a new White House office to protect cyberspace from hackers, thieves and foreign agents, coordinating security efforts across U.S. military, intelligence and civilian agencies, according to a new report from a panel of leading government and industry experts.

Obama little help to Dems post-election (Politico)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:46 PM CST

Politico - In the three Congressional races decided since Barack Obama defeated John McCain on November 4, the president-elect has kept his distance from the Democratic candidates.

Amnesty hopes Obama will restore US rights reputation (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:47 PM CST

Work goes on outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC in preparation for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The world will look to Obama to restore the United States' human rights reputation after it was tarnished by the war on terror, the head of Amnesty International told AFP(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The world will look to President-elect Barack Obama to restore the United States' human rights reputation after it was tarnished by the war on terror, the head of Amnesty International told AFP.

Obama vows new deal for Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:26 PM CST

A Burqa clad Afghan woman walks with a child along a road overlooking Kabul on December 5, 2008. US president-elect Barack Obama called for a grand new approach to fighting terror in South Asia starting with the promise of a better life for dirt-poor Afghans.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama called for a grand new approach to fighting terror in South Asia starting with the promise of a better life for dirt-poor Afghans.

Whisper campaign persists despite election (Politico)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 04:57 PM CST

Politico - Even with the election decided, the widely debunked whisper campaign claiming that Barack Obama is secretly not an American, and thus not qualified to be president, is going strong.

Obama: Auto bosses should adapt or go (Politico)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama speaks to host Tom Brokaw during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois December 6, 2008. Obama discussed his plans for the economy, the war in Iraq, and his cabinet choices during the taping. Picture taken December 6, 2008. (Scott Olson/Handout/Reuters)Politico - CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama fired a warning shot today at the top executives of the Big Three auto companies, saying that they should either agree to drastic reforms or be sacked.

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