2009年5月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Social Security and Medicare finances worsen (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from right,  speaks at a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 12,2009, after the annual spring meeting of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees to discuss the financial situation of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. From left are, Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue,  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Geithner, and Labor Secretary Hilda  Solis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday.


Obama's court search influenced by his own life (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama wants a Supreme Court nominee who is not only schooled in the law but passionate about how it affects people's lives, a scholar willing to decide a case from the heart when the constitutional answer is elusive.


Senators weigh tax hikes to pay for health care (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on overhauling the heath care system. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Senators are considering limiting — but not eliminating — the tax-free status of employer-provided health benefits to help pay for President Barack Obama's plan to provide coverage to 50 million uninsured Americans.


Senate backs allowing guns in national parks (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:43 PM PDT

AP - The Senate on Tuesday backed an amendment that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

GOP govs plan Tea Party sequel (Politico)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry responds to a question during a press availability after he signed the first bill of the 81st Legislature to reach his desk Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Austin, Texas. Gov. Perry insisted that his remarks about secession following an anti-tax protest were not intended as an argument that the state should leave the union. But Perry said he understands why Americans may have those feelings because of their frustration with Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)Politico - Hoping to recapture the grassroots energy of last month’s “tea parties,” Republican Govs. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Rick Perry of Texas will host a tele-town hall Thursday that’s being dubbed “Tea Party 2.0.”


White House memo challenges EPA finding on warming (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - An Environmental Protection Agency proposal that could lead to regulating the gases blamed for global warming will prove costly for factories, small businesses and other institutions, according to a White House document.

Democrats stop GOP effort to start ethics inquiry (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:03 PM PDT

AP - House Democrats on Tuesday stopped a Republican plan to force a campaign finance inquiry that likely would have investigated several influential Democrats. It was the eighth time since late February that the Republican move was halted.

Analysis: Obama seeks effective war innovations (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:17 PM PDT

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry fire mortars from the Korengal Outpost at  Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Tuesday May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The Obama administration is struggling to confront a central reality of the Afghanistan war it inherited — that more troops, more aid and a retooled strategy alone are not enough.


Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2003 file photo, released by Photography Plus, shows former Arizona Cardinals football player Pat Tillman. The parents of slain NFL star say senators should scrutinize a general's role in mischaracterizing their son's death before putting him in charge of military operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Photography Plus via Williamson Stealth Media Solutions, FILE)AP - The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan.


Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to a question during a news conference, in Juneau, Alaska.   (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)AP - You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins. The book comes out in Spring 2010 — the year she is up for re-election.


Obama at ASU: School's goals mesh with president's (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:42 PM PDT

FILE-  This October 2006 file photo shows the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.  President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the school's commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The abortion flap over President Barack Obama's invitation to speak at Notre Dame's graduation is getting all the attention.


House Dems scale back plans to curb global warming (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - House Democratic leaders are scaling back their plans to cut the gases blamed for global warming and to transition the country to cleaner sources of energy.

Democrats: CIA is out to get us (Politico)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Politico - Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.

Utah AG reveals Senate plans in accidental tweet (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has apparently sent out half a dozen accidental Twitter messages revealing details of his yet-to-be announced U.S. Senate campaign.

Carter: Energy problems will again test America (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on energy security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter left at home the cardigan sweater he wore during his fireside energy chats 32 years ago, but told a Senate hearing Tuesday the nation's energy challenges haven't changed much in that time and will test America's resolve.


Cheney steps up assault on Obama (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:42 PM PDT

Former vice president Dick Cheney, pictured in 2008, stepped up his assault on President Barack Obama on Tuesday, warning he was making AFP - Former vice president Dick Cheney stepped up his assault on President Barack Obama on Tuesday, warning he was making "huge" mistakes on the economy and stripping America's anti-terror arsenal.


Gibbs: Lobbying won't help (Politico)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:38 PM PDT

Politico - The White House is urging Hispanic, gay and women's groups to back off as President Barack Obama chooses a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Palin book due out next spring (Politico)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to a question during a news conference, in Juneau, Alaska.   (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)Politico - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be publishing a memoir in spring 2010 that chronicles both her political and personal life, publishing sources said.


Senate hews closely to Obama war request (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:32 PM PDT

AP - Democrats in the Senate are heeding President Barack Obama's request to keep his $85 billion war funding bill free of expensive additions such as unrequested Air Force cargo planes or military aid for allies like Israel and Egypt.

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