2009年4月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obamas report $2.7 million in income for 2008 (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:58 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, followed by taxpayers, waves as he arrives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, to make remarks about the tax code. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, millionaires from his best-selling books, made $2.7 million last year and paid just under one-third of their adjusted income in federal taxes. While the income, mostly his, was far more than the U.S. median household income of about $50,000, it was quite a decrease from the $4.2 million the Obamas made in 2007.


Holder: Law not always followed in terror fight (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:57 PM PDT

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told a military academy audience Wednesday that some people who were engaged in the battle against terrorism did not remain faithful to the law.

Obama eager to portray US as partner for Americas (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama exits after making remarks about the tax code, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Add this tough chore to Barack Obama's journey to Latin America: convincing leaders from half the globe that the behemoth power to the north is a humble, eager partner.


Ex-Bush official says waterboarding is torture (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:16 PM PDT

AP - A former No. 2 State Department official in the Bush administration says he hopes he would have had the courage to resign if he had known the CIA was subjecting terrorism suspects to waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning.

Rick Perry: Tea party darling (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:33 PM PDT

Politico - Gov. Rick Perry’s (R-Texas) star is rising among a new constituency — the anti-tax “tea party” crowd — in the wake of his recent endorsement of a Texas state House resolution affirming the state’s sovereignty.

DEA says Mexican drug cartels are creeping south (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:24 PM PDT

Federal police guard a crime scene where a man was shot in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Mexican drug cartels are creeping south into Central America, U.S. drug enforcement officials said Wednesday, as the Obama administration put new pressure on drug kingpins ahead of the president's trip to Mexico City. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said there are growing signs that stepped-up law enforcement efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border are driving the cartels south toward Central America.


Mistrial in 9-11 fund fraud case (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT

AP - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a retired naval officer accused of defrauding a fund for the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, after a jury could not agree on whether he was guilty of the central charge against him.

US, Europe mull next steps on Iran (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:08 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European Union Secretary General Javier Solana meet with reporters at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Top U.S. and European diplomats met Wednesday to plan a way ahead in dealing with Iran's suspected nuclear program, just hours after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated he was willing to build a new relationship with the United States.


Republicans criticize report on right-wing groups (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 11, 2009 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Republicans on Wednesday said a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremists. House Republican leader John Boehner described the report as offensive and called on the agency to apologize to veterans.


US: US experts asked by NKorea to leave country (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:31 PM PDT

North Korean defectors launch large balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea in Paju. UN inspectors Wednesday removed seals at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, a day after Pyongyang vowed to restart its nuclear weapons programme in response to UN censure of its rocket launch.(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)AP - The United States said Wednesday that American experts working at North Korea's main nuclear plant have been asked to leave the country, further heightening tension following the North's firing of a rocket earlier this month over U.S. ally Japan.


AARP: Prescription drug prices on the rise (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:13 PM PDT

AP - Prices of the most popular brand-name prescription drugs are on the rise even as the economy falters, the AARP says.

US to target pirate assets (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:30 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about piracy and Somalia, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the Obama administration will take the unusual step of trying to seize pirate financial assets and property, as it works with shippers to thwart hijackers off the coast of Somalia.


Earlier vet. report drew no fire (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Politico - While the American Legion and conservative commentators have pounced on a recent Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism, calling it politically motivated and slanderous toward veterans, a 2008 FBI report with similar findings generated little controversy or coverage.

Obama vows to reform "monstrous" tax code (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:23 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about a simpler tax code and tax relief for working families in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington April 15, 2009. Obama promised Americans his administration would rewrite the Reuters - President Barack Obama promised Americans his administration would reform the "monstrous" U.S. tax system as millions faced the dreaded annual deadline on Wednesday for filing income tax returns.


Hillary took in $5.6M in 1st quarter (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Politico - In the first three months of the year, Hillary Clinton paid off $3.7 million in bills left over from her failed presidential campaign, according to a report her campaign filed Wednesday afternoon with the Federal Election Commission.

Minn. Senate flashpoint: the judges (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:59 PM PDT

Politico - Norm Coleman’s campaign hasn’t yet filed its expected appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court, but partisans are already gearing up for what could be the next flashpoint in the Coleman-Al Franken Senate contest — the backgrounds of Minnesota’s high court justices.

Obamas Paid $855,323 in Federal Tax on $2.66 Million (Bloomberg)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:57 PM PDT

Bloomberg - April 15 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid $855,323 in federal taxes for 2008 on an adjusted gross income of $2.66 million, according to copies of his tax returns released by the administration.

Obama tax return reveals memoirs made millions (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:49 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama made nearly $2.5 million in 2008 from the sales of his two best-selling memoirs, according to tax information released by the White House on Wednesday.

Napolitano defends DHS report (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Politico - In remarks broadcast on KVIA-TV El Paso, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano further explained her department’s report on right-wing extremism.

U.S. to release bank stress data in May (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. The US could reveal details about the health of its top 19 banks in a bid to reassure investors about the state of the ailing sector, local media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)Reuters - The U.S. government will release some results of its bank stress tests in May with the goal to stabilize the ailing banking sector, the White House said on Wednesday.


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