2009年9月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Senate panel rejects gov't-run insurance option (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Senate Finance Committee members, from left, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday on Sept. 29, 2009, before the start of the markup of health care legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats twice failed on Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate, despite bipartisan agreement that private insurers must change their ways.


Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2009 file photo, the company logo shines off the nose of an unsold 2010 Camry sedan at a Toyota dealership in Centennial, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. The recall will involve popular models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America, and the Toyota Prius, the best-selling gas-electric hybrid.


US to send home 4,000 more troops from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

US troops are served Arabic coffee at an Iraqi bazaar at a a US base in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)AP - The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-year war. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 over the next month.


Senate climate bill tougher than House version (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Wind generators are seen on a farm in the countryside near the Sicilian town of Trapani, southern Italy September 29, 2009.  Italy will have to double its renewable energy capacity and invest 50 billion euros ($73.29 billion) to meet the European Union's climate change targets for 2020, chairman of Italy's renewable energy body said on Monday.  REUTERS/Giuseppe Piazza (ITALY ENERGY)AP - Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 — deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants — according to a long-awaited bill that will test how serious the U.S. is about slowing global warming.


Grayson: GOP wants 'you to die' (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Politico - Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., warned Americans that "Republicans want you to die quickly" during an after-hours House floor speech Tuesday night.

Obama to honor India with his first state dinner (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2002 file photo, dinner settings in the East Room of the White House in Washington are ready for the state dinner in honor of then-Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski.  And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration goes to ... India. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming to America for a state visit Nov. 24, just before Thanksgiving. Such visits include a state dinner, one-on-one time with the president and an elaborate arrival ceremony on the White House South Lawn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)AP - And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration goes to ... India.


Would-be pro player relates tale of steroid woes (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:38 PM PDT

Jareem Gunter, a former collegiate athlete, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on dietary supplements. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Jareem Gunter, a college baseball player with dreams of playing professionally, thought he had found a "diamond in the rough," a safe and legal dietary supplement that would make him healthier.


NATO leader agrees war strategy should be reviewed (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT

Vice President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton  talk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, as President Barack Obama began remarks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - As the White House began Tuesday to debate in earnest the increasingly unpopular Afghanistan war, NATO's secretary-general said President Barack Obama is right to delay troop decisions until a possibly revamped approach is devised.


McCain tries to kill additional C-17 cargo jets (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:18 PM PDT

AP - While ceding some ground to President Obama on high-profile weapons cuts, lawmakers are cutting money for training and spare parts to pay for other weapons Obama doesn't want and their own pet projects.

Obama's Olympic pitch draws GOP complaints (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for Obama's hometown allies and evidence the president has blurred his priorities.


Harry situation: What if Reid loses? (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Politico - It’s a question few in the Senate will ask aloud but one that’s creeping into the chamber’s collective consciousness: What happens to Democrats if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid really does get knocked off in the 2010 midterm elections?

US: No `snap judgment' this week on Iran nukes (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT

This satellite image taken Saturday Sept. 26, 2009, provided by GeoEye shows a facility under construction inside a mountain located about 20 miles north northeast of Qom, Iran. Although there is no confirmation, analysts at both the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security and London-based IHS Jane's believe this satellite photo of a site on a military base near Qom, Iran, is most likely the location of the newly revealed centrifuge facility. Analysts at both ISIS and Jane's point to apparent tunnel entrances leading into a mountain. (AP Photo/GeoEye Satellite Image, IHS Jane's Analysis)AP - The Obama administration, while skeptical of an early breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran, indicated Tuesday it does not intend to swiftly press for stiffer economic sanctions.


Meg Whitman: I focused on family instead of voting (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT

AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that it wasn't until she was a chief executive in Silicon Valley that she realized why she should vote after sitting out elections for decades.

GOP lawmaker clarifies remarks critical of Obama (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

AP - A Republican congressman who called President Barack Obama an "enemy of humanity" said Tuesday that he should have made clear that he was referring to the president's policies related to abortion.

Obama announces mid-October visit to Gulf Coast (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll visit the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Gulf Coast by mid-October.

U.S. eyes insurers, fuel in Iran sanctions strategy (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the results of the G20 Summit at a post summit news conference after the conclusion of the summit in the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The White House is weighing sanctions targeting Iran's dependence on gasoline imports and insurance firms that underwrite the trade, even as the Obama administration focuses for now on diplomatic efforts to resolve a nuclear standoff.


Nov. 3 Date Set for New York House Special (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:01 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The election to fill former Rep. John M. McHugh's upstate New York House seat will take place Nov. 3, setting up a month-long sprint in the three-way contest.

Military to get mandatory swine flu shots soon (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:52 PM PDT

AP - U.S. military troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days, with active duty forces deploying to war zones and other critical areas going to the front of the vaccine line, a top military commander said Tuesday.

Geithner makes case for quick reform (Politico)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:41 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner briefs reports before the start of the the G-20 summit, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)Politico - With time on the legislative calendar running short, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday made his best case for Congress to pass the Obama administration’s financial regulatory reform proposal before the year is out.


Congress Tackles Afghanistan Strategy As Obama Wavers (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Translator Mohammed Shakir, of Afghanistan, translates for U.S. forces, during a U.S. Marine patrol in an area frequented by Taliban militants, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Time.com - The Senate on Tuesday is expected to debate amendments to the 2010 defense appropriations bill that are likely to include everything from timelines for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to proposals to send upwards of 40,000 more


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