2009年11月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


AP IMPACT: A stream of WH health care visits (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:23 PM PST

FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.  From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)AP - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.


Obama family distributes Thanksgiving treats (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:00 PM PST

President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov.  25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization.


Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:23 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.


Obama to speak at West Point (Politico)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 07:25 AM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama will deliver Tuesday's address on Afghanistan policy at 8 p.m. Eastern time from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the White House said Wednesday.

Toyota to replace gas pedals on 4 million vehicles (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:29 PM PST

The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.


Obama's first pardon: A turkey named Courage (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:40 PM PST

President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon — to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.


US welcomes Israeli settlement moratorium (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:33 AM PST

A Palestinian laborer clears the debris from a construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumin between Jerusalem and Jericho on November 25. Britain said Wednesday it wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal for a temporary halt in settlement building to help resume Middle East peace talks.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)AP - The Obama administration on Wednesday welcomed Israel's decision to temporarily freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a step toward restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.


Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:41 PM PST

VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)AP - Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.


Oprah to visit White House for Christmas special (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - The queen of daytime will interview the president of the United States during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.


Gunmen arrested over Philippine massacre: police (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:02 PM PST

A military trooper is framed by a hole of a car window, one of the vehicles found at the crime scene where human remains were unearthed from a shallow grave in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. Several gunmen linked to a powerful Philippine politician were arrested Thursday over the election-related massacre of 57 people, the country's police chief said.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - Several gunmen linked to a powerful Philippine politician were arrested Thursday over the election-related massacre of at least 57 people, the country's police chief said.


Can Obama save Copenhagen talks? (Politico)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:07 PM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama's decision to drop in on the international climate conference in Copenhagen next month lends some star power to an event that's lost much of its luster — but at considerable risk for Obama himself.

White House defends costs, cuts in health bill (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:45 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa  looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic senators will debate heavily in coming weeks.


Obama's Thanksgiving proclamation (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:26 PM PST

President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov.  25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House:


Obama to Offer 17% Emissions-Cut Goal in Copenhagen (Bloomberg)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:36 PM PST

Bloomberg - Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will attend climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month, offering an emissions-cut goal of about 17 percent by 2020 after legislation to reduce greenhouse gases stalled in Congress.

Obama's agenda runs into economic angst in Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama is paying a price for a recession that began before he took office, and fellow Democrats have started to balk at his legislative agenda and demand greater efforts to create jobs.

Gay marriage momentum stalls in liberal NY, NJ (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The state-to-state march to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a major setback three weeks ago at the ballot box in Maine.


Obama to give primetime speech on Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 07:50 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will unveil his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in an address to Americans on December 1, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday.

Obama to attend beginning of U.N. climate meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:49 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.

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