2009年1月2日星期五

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama to meet with lawmakers, former presidents (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama smiles as he arrives at Honolulu International Airport at the conclusion of his vacation in Honolulu Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders to discuss his economic stimulus plan and other legislative issues soon after his arrival in Washington in the coming days.

Motorists' habits spur call for tax increases (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:52 AM CST

In this Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, gas prices posted at a Shell gas station in Stockton, Calif. A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by a federal commissiion to finance highway construction and repair until a government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Motorists are driving less and buying less gasoline, which means fuel taxes aren't raising enough money to keep pace with the cost of road, bridge and transit programs.

Powerful NY lawmaker says he'll support Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:36 PM CST

Caroline Kennedy responds during an interview, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 in New York. Kennedy's name first surfaced as a possible replacement for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in early December after President-elect Barack Obama nominated Clinton to be secretary of state. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Despite early reservations, New York state's most powerful legislative leader now says he'll support Caroline Kennedy for the U.S. Senate if the governor names her to the seat expected to be vacated by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Portland: Largest US city with openly gay mayor (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:49 PM CST

AP - Portland became the nation's largest city with an openly gay mayor Thursday as a longtime City Hall insider took the oath of office.

The top 10 weirdest moments of 2008 (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:46 PM CST

Politico - The 2008 political year will likely be remembered for its historic firsts, beginning with the election of Barack Obama as president. 

An Obama inaugural ball will be only for military (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 12:18 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama will have a Commander in Chief's Ball during his inauguration with military personnel, their spouses and those wounded fighting in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as guests.

Exploiting nature to cut mosquitoes' life short (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:39 PM CST

This undated handout file photo provided by the Agriculture Department shows an aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin. Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger - naturally, not poisoned. Scientists have been racing to genetically engineer mosquitoes to become resistant to diseases like malaria and dengue fever that plague millions around the world, as an alternative to mass spraying of insecticides. (AP Photo/USDA, File)AP - Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger — naturally, not poisoned.

Obamas return to Chicago from Hawaii vacation (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:29 AM CST

Barack Obama with his wife Michelle. Obama returned with his family to his hometown Chicago early Friday after a 12-day Hawaii vacation and prepared to travel on to Washington this weekend ahead of his inauguration(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama returned with his family to his hometown Chicago early Friday after a 12-day Hawaii vacation and prepared to travel on to Washington this weekend ahead of his inauguration.

U.S. steel industry urges "buy America" recovery plan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 10:16 PM CST

Workers secure a steel beam at a construction site on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street in New York, April 21, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - The ailing U.S. steel industry is pressing President-elect Barack Obama for a public works plan that could be worth $1 trillion over two years to boost flagging demand for U.S.-made steel, the New York Times reported in Friday's editions.

Ghana farming region set to decide presidential election (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:05 PM CST

Supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party participate in a campaign for votes in Tain district. Ghana's ruling party says it has won a court order stopping one last constituency from voting Friday in the country's tight presidential election, but the election organisers insisted it would go ahead.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Some 50,000 Ghanaians in a remote farming region were set to cast ballots Friday in a knife-edge election to decide the next leader of the country seen as an example of democracy in volatile west Africa.

Obama to talk stimulus with Hill leaders (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 07:26 PM CST

Politico - HONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders on Monday during his first full day back in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to assuage rising concerns among Republicans and some Democrats that his economic stimulus plan is too costly and too rushed.

Obama to meet with congressional leaders on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 07:02 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama waves as he and his wife Michelle board their plane at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, after spending the holidays in Hawaii, January 1, 2009. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Monday with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss their legislative agendas including how to jump-start the struggling U.S. economy, a congressional aide said on Thursday.

Obama to meet with Hill leaders (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 03:59 PM CST

Politico - HONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday to discuss a planned economic stimulus package estimated to cost up to $775 billion, a Democratic source said Thursday.

Obama plans military ball broadcast (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 03:42 PM CST

Politico - President-elect Obama is planning an inaugural ball exclusively for members of the military, and his Presidential Inauguration Committee is working with the Defense Department to have the bash broadcast around the world. 

Holder only confirmation hold up (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:57 AM CST

Politico - Senate committee chairmen expect to begin confirmation hearings for Barack Obama's Cabinet picks shortly after Congress returns to work next week, with only one — Attorney General nominee Eric Holder — expected to face any significant opposition from Republicans.

Obama's paparazzi presidency (Politico)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 06:04 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama greets onlookers after his morning workout at the Semper Fit Center on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Politico - ABC’s Jake Tapper predicted this week that Barack Obama will be "the Britney Spears of 2009."

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