2009年6月8日星期一

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AP sources: House Dems favor insurance requirement (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Jim Hann tends to his wife Hannah at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington May 18, 2009. When Hann learned he would be laid off, he scheduled surgery to donate a kidney to his wife. Hann was one of those trying to compensate for losing health insurance in a country where unemployment often means going without coverage. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangAP - Senior House Democrats drafting health care legislation are considering slapping an unspecified financial penalty on anyone who refuses to purchase affordable health insurance, a key committee chairman said Monday.


Obama repackages stimulus plans with old promises (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden holds up a copy of report of 'Roadmap to Recovery' program for President Barack Obama during a meeting with Cabinet members, Monday, June 8, 2009, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemployment rates still persistently rising nearly four months after he signed the biggest economic stimulus in history.


CIA urges judge to keep detainee papers secret (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency's terror interrogations would gravely damage national security.

Court adds uncertainty to Chrysler reorganization (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:58 PM PDT

The Chrysler logo is seen on the outside of a dealership in Manhattan. The US Supreme Court on Monday put a temporary hold on the Chrysler plan to exit bankruptcy protection under an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Mcgrath)AP - Chrysler's five weeks of breakneck-speed bankruptcy proceedings came to a screeching — but possibly temporary — halt Monday, when a Supreme Court justice delayed its sale of assets to Italy's Fiat.


Palin again set to attend GOP dinner (Politico)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives at a Republican congressional fundraiser, with her husband Todd Palin, Monday, June 8, 2009, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Politico - After a final round of uncertainty, Republican officials say that Sarah Palin will attend Monday night’s fundraiser for the House and Senate campaign committees – but that she isn’t likely to speak.


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appears at GOP fundraiser (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT

Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives at a Republican congressional fundraiser, Monday, June 8, 2009, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared at a Republican congressional fundraiser Monday night, ending a will-she-or-won't-she mystery that overshadowed the event and frustrated the GOP. Palin — the party's 2008 vice presidential nominee who was initially slated to headline the annual Senate-House dinner — left organizers hanging as late as Monday afternoon after she was told she wouldn't have a speaking role at the event.


Flight 1549: The miracle that almost wasn't (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York.  — Even after Flight 1549 glided to a near-perfect forced landing on the Hudson River in January, the plane and its 155 passengers and crew came within inches of catastrophe when someone cracked open a rear door, sending water gushing into the cabin.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, FILE)AP - Even after Flight 1549 glided to a near-perfect forced landing on the Hudson River in January, the plane and its 155 passengers and crew came within inches of catastrophe when someone cracked open a rear door, sending water gushing into the cabin.


Bill gives FDA controls over tobacco advances (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT

AP - A key Senate vote Monday put Congress in sight of fulfilling a decade-old quest to put the content and marketing of tobacco products under the control of the federal government.

Sotomayor limps to Senate visits on broken ankle (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, wearing a cast on her right foot, meets with Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., not in picture, Monday, June 8, 2009, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Sotomayor broke her ankle when she stumbled at La Guardia airport enroute to Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor hobbled through a packed day of meetings on Capitol Hill Monday after breaking her ankle in an early morning airport stumble, then boarding a flight from New York to Washington to visit senators who will vote on her confirmation.


War funding bill gets sidetracked (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:42 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's penchant for last-minute demands, and a rebellion by liberal allies over his efforts to block the release of detainee abuse photos, have combined to sidetrack his bill to pay for an expanded war in Afghanistan as well as continuing military operations in Iraq.

NC man sentenced to prison for threatening Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:15 PM PDT

AP - A North Carolina man has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for threatening to shoot and kill Barack Obama when he was the Democratic candidate for president.

Providence mayor, union duel over national meeting (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:38 PM PDT

AP - Providence Mayor David Cicilline said Monday that he would participate in a national mayors conference this week, even as Vice President Joe Biden and other Obama administration officials stay away to avoid a union protest.

Late surge shapes Va. governor race (Politico)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:18 PM PDT

Politico - Thanks to a late surge of undecided voters in his direction, state Sen. Creigh Deeds appears to have moved ahead of former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and former state Del. Brian Moran on the eve of Virginia’s June 9 Democratic primary.

Man ordered to face charge of threatening Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge in Las Vegas ordered a man in federal custody to be transferred to Salt Lake City to face a charge of threatening President Barack Obama.

Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Former Army National Guard Lt. Dan Choi, an Arabic-speaking specialist dismissed through the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, comments on Proposition 8, outside the Beverly Hills hotel, where U.S. President Barack Obama attended a benefit dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a legal challenge to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, a decision that allows the Obama administration to continue its slow, back-burner response to liberal activists who want gays to serve openly in the military.


Obama speeds projects to create, save 600,000 jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday accelerated stimulus spending would create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days, pledging action to slow the growth of unemployment that has reached a 25-year high.

Obama offers condolences to Gabon (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is offering condolences to the people of Gabon after their longtime president died.

US pressing for UN action on NKorea nuclear trade (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - At the risk of triggering a military confrontation, the Obama administration is pressing for new U.N. steps aimed at cutting off North Korea's ability to peddle its nuclear wares, including an arrangement to interdict air and sea shipments of nuclear materials and hardware to and from North Korea.

Pentagon: US troops erred in Afghan air strikes (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers attend a religious service in a chapel at Kandahar Airfield June 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaAP - The Pentagon said Monday that U.S. troops did not follow proper tactics and procedures during an air assault last month on Taliban fighters that also killed a number of civilians.


Obama to welcome Zimbabwe's prime minister (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:27 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will welcome the prime minister of Zimbabwe to the White House on Friday.

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