2009年8月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama denounces emphasis on health care protests (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, bottom center, speaks about health care reform at a town hall meeting in Belgrade, Mont., Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Trying to lower the temperature of the health care fight, President Barack Obama on Friday denounced news media emphasis on angry protesters at town hall meetings.


GOP backs away from end-of-life counseling (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2009 file photo, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. speaks in in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis, FILE)AP - Until last week, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was among the most enthusiastic backers of end-of-life counseling in government health care programs like Medicare.


Liberal bloggers watch Obama closely, want action (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:37 AM PDT

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. is projected at left, behind a cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama, as he speaks at Netroots Nation, a gathering of self described progressive bloggers and online activists in Pittsburgh,  Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Specter spoke to the convention before his opponent, Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-Pa., in the upcoming primary election for his U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - They wish he'd done more in his first eight months, but the liberal bloggers who helped propel Barack Obama to the White House are far from giving up on him.


Afghan election an early test of Obama's war plan (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Afghan presidential candidate and current President Hamid Karzai waves to his supporters during his election campaign rally in Herat, west of  Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Karzai said Thursday he will win next week's presidential election and will offer government positions to two of his top challengers. (AP Photo/Fradioon Pooya)AP - Barack Obama's new Afghanistan war plan is facing its first major test, and it's not on the battlefield.


NYT backs off of WashTimes charge (Politico)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Politico - John Solomon, executive editor of The Washington Times, wrote in a staff-wide e-mail on Friday that The New York Times has backed off a charge that the Washington paper has been “decidedly opposed” to President Barack Obama.

Consumer agency is blocked from some import data (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT

AP - Despite the growing number of imports, the government's product safety agency has no access to certain customs information that could help prevent the sale of unsafe products, congressional investigators say.

Vilsack calls for renewed emphasis on forests (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:15 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visits a corn plantation at Muguga in the outskirts of the Kenya's capital Nairobi, August 4, 2009. The U.S. is adopting an all-inclusive approach to Africa's chronic food shortages, Vilsack said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA AGRICULTURE POLITICS)AP - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday outlined a vision for managing the nation's forests that placed a high priority on restoration to protect water resources and combat climate change.


Clinton: US sent 'tough love' message to Africa (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:45 AM PDT

Liberian women line a road as they wait to greet visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,  in Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Clinton offered strong support Thursday for embattled Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and held up herself and President Barack Obama as models of political fence-mending. Liberia is the sixth leg of Clinton's seven-nation tour of Africa aimed at promoting democracy and development.(AP Photo/Pewee Flomoku)AP - Winding up an 11-day African tour, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she's optimistic about its future and voiced no regrets about "tough love" messages she gave to government leaders there.


Obama visits Mountain West, knowing vulnerability (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:04 AM PDT

FILE -- In this July 29, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama holds a town hall on health care reform at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - Perhaps no region of the country better illustrates President Barack Obama's political vulnerabilities than the mountain West.


Efforts to reform BCS face tall order in Congress (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, Florida players hold up the championship trophy after winning the BCS Championship NCAA college football game in Miami. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, FILE)AP - Rep. Joe Barton had a plane to catch, but he wanted to give college football officials a warning before leaving the highly publicized hearing.


Sanford faces stormy forecast (Politico)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:59 PM PDT

Politico - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has promised to take a new, less strident approach toward his legislative adversaries. His goal for his last year in office, he says, is to focus on reforms that will benefit future governors.

Controller didn't warn pilot before Hudson crash (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:17 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, the wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, NJ,   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)AP - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, federal safety officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.


Obama: 'TV loves a ruckus' (Politico)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Politico - BELGRADE, Mont. – It was another town hall and another well-mannered crowd for President Barack Obama as he took his pitch for health care reform to the Rockies, telling residents of a small town in this big Republican state that none of the health care nightmares raised by opponents will come true.

Iran elections-Jackson death videos spur online viewing (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:58 PM PDT

Iranians hold up flags and placards during a protest against the recent Iranian elections, outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles in June 2009. ComScore reported on Friday that US online video viewing hit a record high in June as people turned to the Internet for news of pop star Michael Jackson's death and Iran's election turmoil.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - ComScore reported on Friday that US online video viewing hit a record high in June as people turned to the Internet for news of pop star Michael Jackson's death and Iran's election turmoil.


Obama says insurance companies holding U.S. hostage (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:54 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves as he makes his way onto the stage for a town hall meeting on health insurance in a hangar at Gallatin Field Airport in Belgrade, Montana. Trying to recapture control of the ferocious debate, Obama turned fire on health insurance firms, who reform advocates accuse of exploiting gravely ill Americans.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama, pushing for healthcare reform during a trip to the West, said on Friday the country was "held hostage" by insurance companies that deny coverage to sick people.


Good manners in Obama's Montana audience (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:43 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama faced a polite audience in Montana on Friday despite a selection method that might have let more protesters get inside.

Armey leaves firm amid health care flap (Politico)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Politico - Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress.

Obama says he's not trying to vilify insurers (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:16 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says he isn't trying to vilify the insurance companies. He says he's just trying to stop their practices that hurt people.

Obama defends health care plan amid cost questions (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:00 PM PDT

AP - At a town hall style meeting, a Montana man bluntly challenged President Barack Obama's contention that he can overhaul health care without raising Americans' taxes to pay for it.

Suspension lifted for contractor tied to Murtha (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:32 PM PDT

The sign outside the office of the lobbying firm KSA Consulting in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Despite a growing corruption investigation, the Navy has allowed a defense contractor in the middle of a federal contracts-for-cash probe to keep working with the government.


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