2009年7月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the incident with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass. police officer James Crowley, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the White House pressroom in Washington.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Knocked off stride by a racial uproar he helped stoke, President Barack Obama hastened Friday to tamp down the controversy. Obama, who had said Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., declared the white arresting officer was a good man and invited him and the professor to the White House for a beer.


Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:56 PM PDT

FILE -- In this photo May 14, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns.


Obama: US to sign UN disabilities rights pact (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, seated center, reacts after signing a proclamation celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with, left-right:  Rep. James Langevin, D-RI, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., unidentified and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the East Room at the White House in Washington Friday, July 24, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Marking the 19th anniversary of a landmark law barring discrimination against people with disabilities, President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. will sign a United Nations treaty urging countries around the world to do the same.


Blown deadline, blown chance? (Politico)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:15 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of Air Force One as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md, Friday, July 24, 2009, after a day trip to Cleveland and Chicago.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)Politico - With his August deadline now dead, President Barack Obama must hope the prospects for health reform this year haven't expired as well — but the backsliding and bitter words on Capitol Hill this week show just how much his sweeping plan is at risk.


House Democrats boost non-military spending (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, accompanied by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., center, and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., gestures during a news conference on health care reform, Friday, July 17, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Working day and night, House Democrats advanced major health care legislation through two committees on Friday and struggled to line up the votes necessary to prevail in a third.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Supporters of government subsidies to help the poor with their heating bills and small towns get clean water used to have to scratch and claw to stave off former President George W. Bush's budget cuts.


US trying to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:13 PM PDT

FILE -- In this photo May 14, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - The Obama administration on Friday signaled it will try to bring a second Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States for trial in criminal court.


First lady fetes designers, stresses arts exposure (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

First Lady Michelle Obama smiles as he arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2009, to speak during the annual National Design Awards.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - If you think your kids spend a little too much time on their laptops, take heart: Michelle Obama has the same problem.


Clinton calls Zelaya move 'reckless' (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:24 PM PDT

A policeman is seen to by fellow officers after being injured by a stone during a protest in El Paraiso, 12 km (7mi) from the border with Nicaragua, July 24, 2009.Ousted President Manuel Zelaya headed toward Honduras on Thursday in a new attempt to retake power and overturn a military coup that has become Central America's biggest political crisis in two decades. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling a move by ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to cross the border briefly into his homeland "reckless."


House permits needle exchange programs (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.

NJ's Corzine picks state senator as running mate (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:44 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Jon Corzine has chosen northern New Jersey state Sen. Loretta Weinberg as his running mate for the November election.

Obamas attend Marines Corps parade (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:36 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are spending an evening out to watch a Marines Corps parade.

Both U.S. political parties offend "Joe the Plumber" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Reuters - "Joe the Plumber," who came to symbolize U.S. taxpayer frustration during last year's election, sounds even angrier now at what he sees as excessive government spending on the economy and healthcare reform.

Bank regulators resist Obama's encroachment on their turf (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:41 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators sparred before Congress on Friday, trying to maintain their current powers as the Obama administration seeks to strip them of the authority to regulate consumer credit and give it to a new watchdog agency.

U.S. financial regulators stake out turf defenses (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:31 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens to questions as he testifies during a House Financial services committee hearing on Regulatory Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Senior U.S. financial regulators defended their turf on Friday at a congressional hearing on the Obama administration's plan to shake up Washington's banking and market oversight bureaucracy.


Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks back to the White House from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools.


McCain to consider support of nuclear test ban (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:51 PM PDT

AP - Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who helped vote down U.S. ratification of a nuclear test ban treaty ten years ago, said he would now consider supporting it.

Obama regrets remarks in racially charged case (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama backed down on Friday from a statement that police had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama.

Text of Obama's remarks on arrest of black scholar (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks before he signs a proclamation celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the East Room at the White House in Washington Friday, July 24, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at a White House briefing Friday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.


GOP Sens. Cornyn, Hatch to vote against Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 12:58 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (L) meets Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Capitol Hill in Washington June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the head of his party's Senate campaign arm, said Friday he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, siding with GOP leaders and conservatives who are lining up against President Barack Obama's nominee to be the first Hispanic justice.


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