2009年11月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


AP source: Suspected shooter got poor evaluation (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST

Daniel Clark hugs and comforts his wife Rachel Clark outside of the main gate of Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Daniel's daughter, Madeline, 5, is in an elementary school on the post where it was locked down after a shooting happened on the base. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)AP - Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July.


Congressman: 2 soldiers released from custody (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST

AP - The office of a Texas congressman says two soldiers who were taken into custody following a deadly rampage at Fort Hood have been released.

Obama, House Dems press for health care votes (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, hold a copy of the health care bill on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a Republican health care news conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled on Thursday to secure the votes to pass a historic health care overhaul initiative, working to ease disagreements with rank-and-file over abortion and illegal immigrations.


Senate rejects bid aimed at Sept. 11 terrorists (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

AP - The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts.

Tea partiers descend on Capitol (Politico)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST

Politico - The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul.

New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST

A burned U.N. bullet proofed vest and a helmet are seen in the destroyed guesthouse that left five U.N. staffers dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers, the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.


Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence' (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about Fort Hood during an event at the Interior Department in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Obama called the mass shooting at a Texas Army base 'a horrific outburst of violence.' He said it's a tragedy to lose a soldier overseas and even more horrifying when they come under fire at an Army base on American soil. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst of violence."


A big new tax break for homebuyers; signing Friday (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:16 PM PST

Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesAP - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.


Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:36 PM PST

AP - Defying the Obama administration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to remove from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations.

First lady praises employees at Energy Department (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Takoma Park Middle School students and National Science Bowl contestants, from left, Catherine Xue, Sarah Wagner, Daniel Amir, Avikar Periwal, and Alan Du, obscured, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - On a visit to the Energy Department on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama quizzed middle-school students about red blood cells and nanotechnology during a practice science quiz competition.


U.S. wants Japan base decision by year's end: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST

Reuters - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but Washington is pressing for a decision on the touchy topic by the end of this year, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday.

USTR Kirk says Korean trade pact needs new auto deal (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST

Reuters - South Korea must do more to open its market to U.S. cars before President Barack Obama will send a free trade agreement signed in June 2007 to Congress for a vote, the chief U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday.

AP NewsBreak: NYC mayor's Dem foe might run again (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST

Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson attends a campaign event in Chinatown in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The Democrat who came within 50,000 votes of unseating billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is open to running again and said he's not bitter that many in his party deserted his campaign when it seemed like a long shot.


Conn. anti-war candidate weighs run for governor (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:41 PM PST

AP - While Ned Lamont's entry into Connecticut's governor's race has created a stir, some question whether the businessman can generate the same enthusiasm he did in 2006 when he challenged Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Obama: Fort Hood shooting 'horrific' (Politico)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama promised "answers to every single question" about Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood after an attack by at least one U.S. service member that left 12 soldiers dead and 31 wounded.

Northwest pilots appeal license revocation (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST

FILE -- On Oct. 23, 2009 file image rendered from video and made available by KGW-TV in Portland, Ore., shows Northwest pilot Richard Cole at his home in Salem, Ore.  The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009  revoked the licenses of Cole and the other Northwest Airlines pilot who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.   (AP Photo/ KGW.com/file) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.


Obama: US must reverse course with Indians (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:32 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens to question while attending the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.


Obama calls mass shooting at Texas army base horrific (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST

President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in which at least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded a Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in which at least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded a "horrific outburst of violence".


Army officer opens fire at Fort Hood, killing 12 (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:41 PM PST

Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - An Army officer opened fire Thursday with two handguns at the Fort Hood military base in an attack that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.


New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST

AP - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.

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