2009年9月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Trade win for Boeing — rival Airbus got unfair aid (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:14 PM PDT

RESEND of graphic that moved on 090209; chart shows historic aircraft deliveries from Boeing and AirbusAP - In a victory for Boeing Co., the World Trade Organization sided with the American aviation giant Friday in finding that European countries had provided billions in illegal subsidies to chief competitor Airbus.


Senate negotiator promises health care bill 'soon' (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. talks to reporter outside the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE)AP - House liberals pleaded with President Barack Obama on Friday to push for creation of a government-run health care program as the Senate's chief negotiator said he won't wait much longer for Republicans to compromise amid dwindling chances for a bipartisan bill.


CIA chief Panetta's job appears secure (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta has been on the losing end of a string of high-profile battles over the agency's past missteps, stoking questions about the ultimate bureaucratic insider's future at a time when his agency is under intense public scrutiny.

Baucus's reform plan coming soon (Politico)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Politico - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus could lay out a health care reform plan as early as Saturday, the Montana senator told his colleagues on a Friday afternoon conference call.

US harshly rebukes Israel on settlement plans (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT

The West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Ilit is seen through a barbed wire fence, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to  approve some hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before slowing settlement construction, two of his aides said Friday, in an apparent snub of Washington's public demand for a total settlement freeze.  (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Alarmed by Israeli plans to build new housing units in settlements and dimming prospects for American peace efforts, the Obama administration on Friday put out a rare and harsh public rebuke of its main Mideast ally.


Revised formula counts more Americans in poverty (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:22 PM PDT

Simon Norwood, a construction worker who hasn't found work in months, poses in a garage apartment belonging to a friend in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. The official poverty rate for Americans 65 years and older has stood for years at 10 percent, the lowest rate among age groups. But the true rate could be nearly twice that high, according to a revised formula created by the National Academy of Sciences that is gaining favor among public officials, including some in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living.


White House will publicly release visitor logs (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2009 file photo, the White House, Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that his administration will start releasing the names of people who visit the White House, reversing a long-standing policy transcending both Democratic and Republican presidents.


Obama gave AG ethics waiver to probe Stevens case (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder has received an ethics waiver to investigate government lawyers who prosecuted former Sen. Ted Stevens, the White House disclosed Friday.

GOP uses Jones to launch czar revolt (Politico)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT

Politico - Republicans who have spent months criticizing the proliferation of “czars” in the Obama White House have finally landed a major punch.

UN to host post-election summit in Kabul (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:04 PM PDT

AP - The United Nations is planning to host a summit in Afghanistan following the country's disputed elections that will bring the new government and key international players together to promote development and democracy in coming years.

White House tight-lipped about Obama adviser (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:24 PM PDT

AP - The White House is taking a mostly tight-lipped stance on an environmental adviser who made inflammatory statements in the past and is linked to efforts suggesting a governmental role in the 2001 terror attacks.

Returning Congress target of health care lobbyists (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:21 PM PDT

Obama Health Care supporter Keith Johnson of Saratoga Springs,N.Y. ,left, holds protest signs supporting government managed health care while talking with Werner Rentsch of Schoharie, N.Y. Johnson was counter protesting a anti-goverment managed health care rally in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Democrats and the White House are claiming that the sometimes rowdy protests that have disrupted Democratic lawmakers' meetings and health care events around the country are largely orchestrated from afar by insurers, lobbyists, Republican Party activists and others. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)AP - Interest groups are unleashing a torrent of modern and old-fashioned lobbying tactics at members of Congress returning for the autumn battle over health care, from spending sky-high amounts on TV ads to staging rallies in the capital and perhaps outside insurance company offices.


Obama talks to House liberals about health care (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during an Organizing for America national healthcare forum at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - President Barack Obama discussed health care in a conference call with House members, including liberals wary of his next move on the issue.


Day care centers urged to be vigilant against flu (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT

AP - Will you start seeing thermometers at day care centers? The government is urging the nation's 360,000 child care providers to be vigilant about sending home children who may have the flu — and the main symptom to check for is a fever.

WH: Progress, but not enough, slowing job losses (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during an Organizing for America national healthcare forum at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - The White House press secretary says progress is being made in slowing the long string of job losses that the recession has caused.


GOP leader asks Rangel to step aside (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:55 PM PDT

AP - Rep. Charles Rangel's disclosure of previously unreported assets sparked a new Republican demand Friday for the House Ways and Means chairman to relinquish his post while his conduct is investigated.

Analysis: Obama faces many tasks with health care (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as he departs for the Camp David presidential retreat, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In one fell swoop, President Barack Obama must regain the public's attention on health care, explain in detail exactly what he wants in a final deal, unify a restless Democratic Party, prod Congress to get him a bill and bring clarity to a bewildering debate.


Massachusetts: Lynch Takes Out Senate Nominating Papers (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Rep. Stephen F. Lynch became the second Democrat to take steps towards running in the Massachusetts Senate special election on Friday.

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