2009年5月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Source: No charges likely over interrogation memos (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2009 file photo Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Justice Department officials have stopped short of recommending criminal charges against Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Bush administration lawyers who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects should not face criminal charges, Justice Department investigators say in a draft report that recommends two of the three attorneys face possible professional sanctions.


Official: Bailout returns will have conditions (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - The government will require banks seeking to return federal bailout money to prove they don't need other special federal assistance, a condition that will make it harder for some institutions to escape restrictions on executive compensation.

DC gay marriage vote could entangle Congress (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:09 PM PDT

J.D. Campos, left, and his partner Ed Grandis, both of Washington who were married in California in July of 2008, clap as the District of Columbia City Council approves legislation to recognize same sex marriages performed in other states, in Washington, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Congress, which has final say over the city's laws, will get 30 days to review the bill assuming Democratic Mayor Adrian Fenty, a supporter, signs it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The city council in the nation's capital voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step that could propel the emotional issue into Congress and draw Democrats into a culture-wars battle with each other.


Israeli president: US outreach to Iran OK for now (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Israeli President Shimon Peres talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Israeli President Shimon Peres cautiously endorsed new U.S. outreach to Iran following a longer-than-expected visit with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, telling The Associated Press that the American leader should be given a chance to resolve differences with Iran through negotiation.


Luntz to GOP: Health reform is popular (Politico)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Politico - Dr. Frank Luntz, a top Republican consultant on the language of politics, is warning the GOP that the American people want health-care reform and that lawmakers need to try to avoid directly opposing President Barack Obama.

Stocks could pose conflicts for court prospects (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:07 PM PDT

FILE - This June 2008 photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Wood, a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee, described $2.2 million to $7.2 million in assets in the financial disclosure report she filed last year covering 2007, the most recent available.  (AP Photo/University of Chicago, Lloyd DeGrane, File)AP - Several prospects to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter have major stock holdings that could pose conflict-of-interest problems in cases that might come before the court.


Holbrooke: Pressure Pakistan to fight Taliban (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Local residents of Mingora, capital of troubled valley of Swat are seen at a bus terminal as they leave the city, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Taliban militants patrolled the streets of a northwestern town Tuesday and residents were urged to flee as a peace deal widely criticized as a surrender to the extremists appeared on the verge of collapse, witnesses and officials said.(AP Photo)AP - The U.S. needs to put the heaviest possible pressure on Pakistani allies to join U.S. efforts to counter Taliban forces, the Obama administration's point man for the region said Tuesday.


Conservative Sessions leads court nomination fight (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Republicans are set to name conservative Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama as their point person on President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The top Republican in the Senate served notice on President Barack Obama Tuesday that the GOP won't rubber-stamp his choice to succeed the retiring Justice David Souter.


Souter bids fond, emotional farewell to his judges (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT

FILE **  In this July 9, 2008 file photo, Supreme Court Justice David Souter speaks during a dedication ceremony at the State Supreme Courthouse in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Supreme Court Justice David Souter, momentarily choked with emotion, bid an affectionate farewell Tuesday to judges and lawyers he has worked with for nearly two decades.


Money may force Bunning to rethink re-election bid (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 4, 2009 file photo, Sen.  Jim Bunning, R-Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kentucky's embattled junior senator is blaming GOP leader Mitch McConnell for losing Arlen Specter to the Democrats and costing the party Senate seats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - Embattled GOP Sen. Jim Bunning said Tuesday he'll reconsider running for a third term if he doesn't meet his fundraising goals.


First lady: 'Sesame Street' tops everything so far (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to employees of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Inauguration Day? Nope. First puppy? Negative. Triumphal tour of Europe? Not even. First lady Michelle Obama called her appearance Tuesday on "Sesame Street" probably the best thing she's done since arriving in the White House.


World counts on them, first lady tells U.S. U.N. staff (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:13 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told the U.S. mission at the United Nations on Tuesday that millions of people around the world who seek a better life are counting on them.

Dems ask Justice to probe treatment of `freedmen' (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:03 PM PDT

AP - A small group of powerful House Democrats has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether American Indian tribes are engaging in modern-day racial segregation against black "freedmen" who are descendants of former tribal slaves.

White House seeks comments on education law (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:01 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, right, has lunch with students at Eagle School in Martinsburg, W.V. Tuesday, May 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Special education teacher Lynn Reichard has a problem with the federal No Child Left Behind law: Some of her kids cannot read, never mind pass its required state test.


Obama bites rich hands that fed him (Politico)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Politico - For a politician who sometimes got accused of playing class warfare, candidate Barack Obama sure made a lot of well-to-do friends during the 2008 campaign.

Obama, Biden satisfy sizzling burger craving (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are served their burgers as they make an unannounced visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., to have lunch, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - It's like this: When you want a burger, you have to have a burger.


Obama nominates SC pol to head consumer commission (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama stands on the running board of his limousine to wave to the crowd after he and Vice President Joe Biden, not pictured, had lunch at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., to have lunch, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama is turning to South Carolina's former school superintendent to head an expanded Consumer Product Safety Commission, an embattled agency that has been criticized by advocates for being too cozy with industry.


Unions winning more organizing elections (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - New data showing labor unions won nearly two-thirds of private ballot organizing elections last year is prompting some business groups to question the need for Congress to pass a bill that would make it even easier to form unions.

Health insurers ask gov't to police their industry (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT

AP - Health insurance companies, facing the threat of a government health plan, offered on Tuesday to reduce rates for millions of women and accept close federal regulation of their industry.

Obama picks congresswoman as arms control official (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally nominated Ellen Tauscher, pictured in 2005, a seven-term member of Congress who is considered an expert on defense, as his top arms control official.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally nominated Ellen Tauscher, a seven-term member of Congress who is considered an expert on defense, as his top arms control official.


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