2009年6月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections


White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Frank Ricci, left, lead plaintiff in the the 'New Haven 20' firefighter reverse discrimination case speaks to the media outside of Federal Court in New Haven, Conn., Monday June 29, 2009. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.


AP source: Guard to seek volunteers for border (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:55 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday.

Discrimination ruling shapes Sotomayor debate (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor awaits her first senatorial meeting of the day, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a racial discrimination decision endorsed by Sonia Sotomayor as a federal appeals judge provided fresh ammunition for her critics two weeks before her Senate confirmation hearing, but it's unlikely to sink her nomination.


Obama says Honduran ouster was 'not legal' (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, not pictured, in the White House Oval Office, Monday, June 29, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal," widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world.


Rudy weighing N.Y. governor run (Politico)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L) joins former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) and his wife Judith Nathan as they attend the New York Yankees MLB American League baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 7, 2009. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES SPORT BASEBALL POLITICS)Politico - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Monday that he is considering running for governor in 2010.


White House: Court ruling shows nominee not biased (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 01:03 PM PDT

AP - Spinning a Supreme Court decision in its favor, the White House said Monday that the justices' reversal of a ruling that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge proves that she follows judicial precedent.

EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:40 PM PDT

AP - (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing to strengthen a key air pollution health standard.

Obama reaffirms support for gay-rights activism (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama host a reception for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 29, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Countering criticism that he's done little on gay rights, President Barack Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities.


EPA reveals 44 hazardous coal ash sites (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year.

Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 12:13 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2009, Dr. David Finegold, a  researcher at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh , talks about the clinical test he and a team are doing at UPMC Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh to research Type 1 diabetes. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system — part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.


Obama says he'll get prime initiatives into law (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with  President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, not pictured, in the White House Oval Office, Monday, June 29, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers.


AP Interview: Snowe seeks bipartisan health bill (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:13 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, talks about health care reform during an interview at the Associated Press bureau in Portland, Maine, on Monday, June 29, 2009.  (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - Sen. Olympia Snowe, a key figure in shaping federal health care legislation, said Monday that a government-run plan that would take effect if the private insurance market fails to deliver affordable coverage could bridge the partisan divide that threatens to derail President Barack Obama's efforts to reform the system.


Senators want hearing on Obama's firing of IG (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT

AP - Two Republican senators asked Monday for a congressional hearing to look at whether President Barack Obama acted appropriately when he fired the national service agency's inspector general earlier this month.

EPA proposes tougher clean air rule (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:59 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Monday proposed to strengthen a key air pollution health standard to better protect children and people with respiratory illnesses.

Iran upholds Ahmadinejad victory, says matter closed (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Faezeh Rafsanjani (C), daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, attends a protest at the Ghoba mosque in northern Tehran June 28, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/via Your ViewReuters - Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his June 12 re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.


Obama voices support for Colombia trade deal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:36 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama expressed hope that Congress would eventually approve a long-delayed free trade agreement with Colombia, but said that country needed to make more progress on human rights first.

Senate ups ante on whether to build more F-22s (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:05 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House are heading toward a showdown over the future of the F-22 jet fighter, as the Senate plans to consider adding seven more of the planes while the Obama administration warns that a veto is likely over the issue.

First lady visits community health clinic (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:55 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama smiles as she is introduced to make remarks after touring the Unity Health Care Upper Cordozo Health Center in Washington on Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited a community health center Monday to announce the release of $850 million in stimulus grants to help such clinics across the country provide care.


Iran police out in force as election result upheld (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) visits the construction site of a tunnel on the road between Tehran and Chalus, northwest of Tehran. Iran's electoral watchdog began a partial recount on Monday of the fiercely-disputed presidential election but the move was unlikely to placate the opposition which has insisted on a new vote.(AFP/ISNA/Amir Pourmand)AFP - Iranian police were out in force across the capital Tehran on Monday as the authorities upheld the official results of this month's fiercely-disputed presidential election over opposition protests.


Dems warn GOP not to overreach in health care (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT

AP - Mainstream Democrats close to Barack Obama are warning Republicans about insisting on too many changes to the president's health care overhaul, saying the Democratic-controlled Congress will move ahead without GOP input if they do.

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