2009年4月13日星期一

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Minn. court declares Franken leading vote-getter (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:56 PM PDT

In this Monday Jan. 5, 2009 picture, Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken speaks to reporters outside his home in Minneapolis. On Monday, April 13, 2009, a Minnesota court has confirmed that Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. Monday's ruling isn't expected to be the final word because Coleman previously announced plans to appeal to the state Supreme Court. He has 10 days to do so. That appeal could mean weeks more delay in seating Minnesota's second senator. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)AP - A Minnesota court has confirmed that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman.

Obama welcomes UN action on NKorea missile launch (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:43 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is welcoming the U.N. Security Council's action condemning North Korea's recent missile launch.

US eases Cuban travel, money restraints (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:56 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, left, listens to Dan Restrepo, President Barack Obama's senior adviser on Latin America, speak about the changes in America's Cuba policy, Monday, April 13, 2009, in the pressroom at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - In a measured break with a half-century of U.S. policy toward communist Cuba, the Obama administration lifted restrictions Monday on Cuban-Americans who want to travel and send money to their island homeland.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Is Obama dog a rescue or not? (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama welcoming the family's new puppy Bo, at the White House. March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House)AP - Is Bo a rescued dog or not? Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise in picking the purebred as the family's new pet?

Avast, ye pirates! The U.S. has won (Politico)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:11 PM PDT

Politico - It was a heck of a good news cycle for the White House: a new puppy meeting the first family and three pirates meeting their maker.

Sebelius lowballed donations from abortion doctor (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT

In this April 2, 2009, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination. At Health and Human Services, where Sebelius will be the last member of Obama's Cabinet to win confirmation by the Senate, 19 of the top 20 slots are being filled by acting career employees and the 20th is empty. This at a time when Obama is calling for sweeping changes in the way people get health care coverage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - President Barack Obama's health secretary nominee got nearly three times as much political money from a controversial abortion doctor as she told senators.

Obama promises look at US options to combat piracy (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Maersk Line Captain Richard Phillips and his wife Andrea are pictured at a favorite spot near the Atlantic Ocean in Maine, in this undated photograph released on April 13, 2009. Phillips, who had been held by pirates for five days in a drifting lifeboat after their attempt to hijack the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama failed, was successfully rescue by the U.S. Navy. REUTERS/Photograph courtesy of the Phillips family/Handout (UNITED STATES SOCIETY CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The United States is considering new military and diplomatic strategies in the aftermath of the high-seas hostage drama, including adding Navy gunships along the Somali coastline and launching a campaign to disable pirate "mother ships."

Three shots rang out in the night, ending standoff (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:24 PM PDT

This Oct. 29, 2002, U.S.Navy photo, shows U.S. Navy SEALs, at sea aboard the USS Oscar Austin after landing on the fantail of the guided missile destroyer during a training exercise. SEAL training paid off Sunday, April 12, 2009, when three of them took out three pirates who were holding U.S. merchant ship Capt. Richard Philips hostage off Somalia with one shot apiece. (AP Photo/ U.S. Navy,photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass.)AP - Ordered to shoot to kill, snipers on the swaying stern of the U.S. destroyer had one improbable chance to get it right.

Recession causing lawyer layoffs at big firms (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Antone Dias joins a line of hundreds of people at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com in New York. Dias, a lawyer from West New York, N.J., lost his position with a law firm. In America, there are always people to sue or contracts to negotiate, right? Apparently there aren't enough. The recession is taking a steep toll on the legal profession, an industry long seen as immune from the ups and downs of the economy. Trying to weather the financial crisis, the nation's largest law firms are laying off attorneys and delaying the hiring of others. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FILE)AP - In America, there are always people to sue or contracts to negotiate, right? Apparently there aren't enough.

Testing tool to better detect preemie eye disease (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:48 PM PDT

AP - Dr. Thomas Lee painstakingly scrapes away spiderweb-like tentacles deep inside a premature baby's eye, scar tissue that is pulling apart the infant's retina.

3 judge panel declares Franken winner (Politico)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Politico - A three-judge panel declared Al Franken the winner in the Minnesota Senate race Monday night, moving the former “Saturday Night Live” star one step closer to becoming the 59th Democrat in the Senate.

Obama opens crack in U.S. embargo against Cuba (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Aracely Blanco, a Cuban-American, leaves the counter of flights to Cuba at the Miami International Airport, Florida April 13, 2009.U.S. President Barack Obama has directed officials to look at the possibility of starting regularly scheduled commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, the White House said on Monday. Blanco had problems with her grandson's passport and she is scheduled to travel on Tuesday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS)Reuters - President Barack Obama opened a crack on Monday in a decades-old U.S. embargo against communist Cuba, allowing U.S. telecommunications firms to start providing service for Cubans and lifting restrictions on family ties to the island.

Legal left cools toward Obama (Politico)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Politico - It’s not just Paul Krugman anymore. 

Payne was 'aware of the threat' (Politico)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:23 PM PDT

Politico - Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.), whose plane was shot at Monday in Somalia, said that he was “aware of the threat” before traveling to the country.

Ex-Qwest exec asks high court to delay prison term (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:46 PM PDT

AP - Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put off the start of his prison term for his conviction on insider-trading charges.

Obama lifts limits on travel to Cuba (Politico)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama has decided to lift restrictions on travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to the island nation, but is keeping in place a broader trade embargo. 

AP Poll: Taxpayers more frugal with refunds (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman delivers remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Hopes for an economic boost fueled by this year's tax refunds could be dashed as most people say they plan to be frugal with their annual windfalls.

NYC Republicans warming to Bloomberg (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:17 PM PDT

Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears to be winning back Republican Party support for his re-election bid even though he left the party in 2007 to claim status as an independent.

U.S. telecom shift on Cuba to spur info flow: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's move to allow U.S. telecommunications companies to apply for licenses in Cuba is aimed at increasing the flow of information to the communist-ruled island, the White House said on Monday.

Browner: US needs to be world energy leader again (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:04 PM PDT

AP - A top adviser to President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an energy bill to spur the development of renewable energy while curbing the emissions that contribute to global warming.

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