2009年4月2日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

House approves $3.6 trillion budget blueprint (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:34 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., speaks during a news conference on the House budget resolution for the fiscal 2010 federal budget, Thursday, April 2,2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Democratic-controlled House approved a budget blueprint drawn to President Barack Obama's specifications Thursday and the Senate hastened to follow suit after administration allies rejected alternatives from liberals and conservatives alike.


Summiteers OK big loans, no econ rescue stimulus (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:38 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama,left.  smiles with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, centre, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a group photo  at the G20 Summit in  the Excel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The objective of the London Summit is to bring the world's biggest economies together to help restore global economic growth through enhanced international coordination. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Anxiously assembled at the most perilous moment for the global economy since the Great Depression, the world's financial powers pledged more than $1 trillion Thursday for emergency loans to contain the contagion. But they rebuffed President Barack Obama's bid for new stimulus spending and made no guarantees of success.


Analysis: But will it work? (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:19 PM PDT

AP - Will it all work? World leaders achieved the minimum at their London summit, cobbling together more resources for the International Monetary Fund and pledging to better regulate unruly financial markets. But no country would budge from its bottom line, so the biggest goals were not met.

US, Mexico work together to fight drug cartels (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Customs and Border Protection officers stand by guns confiscated along the U.S.-Mexico border before a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego Wednesday, April 1, 2009.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The U.S. and Mexico are creating a cross-border group to develop strategies for stopping the illegal flow of guns and drugs between the two countries, officials said Thursday. Emerging from a conference with U.S. officials, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora said more meetings are needed to develop plans to bring warring drug cartels under control along the border.


Palin calls for Begich's resignation (Politico)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT

In this Nov. 1, 2008 file photo, then-Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, steps from her tour bus with her husband Todd at the West Port High School in Ocala, Fla. In the May issue of Men's Journal, Todd Palin said the Republican Party's lavish spending on Sarah Palin's wardrobe during the presidential campaign was 'out of our control.' (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)Politico - Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction.


Sources: Intelligence shows NKorea fueling rocket (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 08:03 AM PDT

Conservative activists carry paper missiles and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul. On the eve of a week-long trip to Asia, US Senator John McCain warned Thursday that North Korea is on AP - U.S. Defense officials say North Korea has begun fueling a rocket for its controversial launch of a satellite.


Obama taps 2 more for federal appeals courts (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated a federal judge from Maryland and another from New York to serve on U.S. appeals courts, moving to change the political balance of both courts.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Payday lenders thwart limits (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Gerri Guzman of Montebello, Calif., right, is joined by G. Michael Flores, chief executive officer of Bretton Woods Inc., second from right, Troy McCullen, president and chief executive officer of Finance America of Louisiana, third from right, and Jean Ann Fox, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America, testify before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Thursday, April 2, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The payday loan industry, threatened by Congress with extinction, has deployed well-connected lobbyists and hefty sums of campaign cash to key lawmakers to save itself.


Obama turns to survey researcher for census post (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday selected Robert M. Groves to be the next census director, turning to a survey researcher who has clashed with Republicans over the use of statistical sampling to lead the high-stakes head count.

Obama's scorecard: Some setbacks but a good summit (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:04 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama gives a press conference following the G20 summit at the ExCel centre in east London. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Obama as AP - At his summit debut, President Barack Obama failed to persuade foreign counterparts to commit to fresh and lavish spending to boost economic revival. And the success he did achieve in finding common ground was as much the result of modified goals as swaying other countries to bend to U.S. priorities.


Text of Obama's news conference after G-20 summit (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:06 PM PDT

AP - Text of President Barack Obama's news conference Thursday at the ExCel center in London following the G-20 summit, as provided by the White House:

Alaska Republicans call for new Senate election (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:53 PM PDT

AP - The Alaska Republican Party on Thursday called on Democratic Sen. Mark Begich to resign in light of the now-abandoned federal convictions that had crippled his GOP opponent, Ted Stevens, in last year's election. Begich rejected the idea and even his Republican colleague said what's done is done.

U.S. House approves Democrats' budget blueprint (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a federal budget that embraces President Barack Obama's initiatives on healthcare, energy and education but leaves the government deeply in debt for the foreseeable future.

FEMA's revolving door? (Politico)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Politico - The White House will not seek an ethics waiver for FEMA Chief of Staff Jason McNamara, but he must recuse himself from matters involving his former employer.

Blagojevich indicted on federal corruption charges (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT

In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo, then Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves his house through an alley entrance.  A federal grand jury handed down a 19-count indictment against Blagojevich Thursday, April 2, 2009, on charges he engaged in a 'wide-ranging scheme to deprive the people of Illinois of honest government.' The 19-count indictment against Blagojevich, his brother, two former aides and two businessmen, accuses Blagojevich of corruption involving billions of dollars in state pension bonds. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)AP - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and five others were indicted Thursday on charges of scheming to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S.


Blago indicted on corruption charges (Politico)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT

Politico - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was indicted in Chicago on 19 federal corruption charges — 16 are felony charges — including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion, and making false statements to federal agents.

US military firms up supply routes for Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Central Command Commander Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 2,2009, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The U.S. will sign a formal agreement Friday for a major new supply corridor into Afghanistan, moving to firm up alternate routes in the wake of increased convoy attacks and the loss of a base in Kyrgyszstan, defense officials said.


CONGRESS NOTEBOOK: Vote-a-rama returns to Senate (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:32 PM PDT

AP - It's been called the Senate's version of water torture.

White House Notebook: Obama highlights name (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:08 PM PDT

U.S President Barack Obama speaks at the end of the G20 Summit at the Excel centre, in London Thursday, April 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, pool)AP - What's more amazing than a group of world leaders, including some countries that once were adversaries, sitting together and negotiating to fix the global economy?


U.S. lawmakers move toward passing FY 2010 budget (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:03 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference following the G20 summit at the ExCel centre in east London. Obama declared Thursday that sweeping G20 summit reforms were a Reuters - The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress on Thursday moved toward passing a federal budget that embraces President Barack Obama's initiatives on healthcare, energy and education but leaves the government deeply in debt for the foreseeable future.


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