2009年4月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Officials say US deaths expected from swine flu (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:59 PM PDT

A doctor wearing full body protective gear stand in the Naval hospital as patients, wearing face masks stand in line to be treated, are reflected in a window in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. World health officials raised a global alert to an unprecedented level as the swine flu was blamed for more deaths in Mexico and the epidemic crossed new borders, with the first cases confirmed Tuesday in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The global swine flu outbreak worsened Tuesday as authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials said they expected to see U.S. deaths from the virus. Cuba suspended flights to and from Mexico, becoming the first country to impose a travel ban to the epicenter of the epidemic.

Specter shift puts Dems near filibuster-proof mark (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., gestures during a news conference on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Washington. Specter switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that stunned the Senate, a moderate's defection that left Democrats one seat shy of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority and many of President Barack Obama's key legislative priorities on the horizon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate's defection that pushed Democrats to within a vote of the 60 needed to overcome filibusters and enact President Barack Obama's top legislative priorities.

Senate confirms health secretary nominee (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:36 PM PDT

Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left, stands with former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, center, and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, before the start of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.

Congress looks to bolster Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:16 PM PDT

AP - Congress is taking up a bipartisan proposal which would give the Obama administration more leverage over Iran by toughening economic sanctions on foreign oil and shipping firms that aid Tehran.

Biden spoke with Specter 14 times (Politico)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 02:56 PM PDT

Politico - In the Democratic Party’s courtship of Arlen Specter, no one may have played a bigger role than Vice President Joe Biden.

US rooting around for a new name for swine flu (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:38 PM PDT

At the Dept. of Health branch office in Newberry, S.C., Jennifer Moates receives the medication Tamiflu from a nurse on Tuesday April 28, 2009. Moates, 44, of Newberry, said she's still awaiting results on her two daughters, who appear to be recovering after returning sick from the trip to Cancun. Moates said she and her husband have been told to begin taking flu-fighting medications and she had to close her medical supply shop for two days as a precaution. (AP Photo/Ted Williams)AP - Is the name swine flu hogwash?

White House will probe presidential plane PR stunt (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:35 PM PDT

AP - The White House plans an inquiry into a low-flying photo shoot by a presidential plane that panicked New Yorkers and cost taxpayers $328,835. President Barack Obama said Tuesday it won't happen again.

Court: FCC 'fleeting expletive' rule OK — for now (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2002 file photo, Cher accepts a lifetime achievement award at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during the Billboard Music Awards show. The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television, yet stopped short of deciding whether the policy violates the Constitution. The precipitating events were live broadcasts of awards shows in which Bono, Cher and Nicole Richie let slip or perhaps purposely said variations of what Scalia called Tuesday 'the F- and S-words.' (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, file)AP - The Supreme Court deleted expletives left and right Tuesday in narrowly upholding a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television.

Specter's party switch rocks Pennsylvania politics (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:26 PM PDT

AP - Sen. Arlen Specter's surprise defection to the Democratic Party scrambled the political calculus for both parties in next year's Pennsylvania Senate race.

Singer Tony Bennett wants pay for play on radio (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Entertainer Tony Bennett sings during an event at the U.S. Capitol sponsored by a group in support of the Performance Rights Act in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Singer Tony Bennett says it's a crime that performers don't get paid by radio stations when their music is broadcast.

US Senator Specter switches parties, boosts Obama (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:53 PM PDT

Senior Republican Senator Arlen Specter, seen here on Capitol Hill, announced Tuesday that he was becoming a Democrat, boosting President Barack Obama's ability to drive his audacious agenda through the US Congress.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - Senior Republican Senator Arlen Specter announced he was becoming a Democrat in a huge boost to President Barack Obama's ability to drive his audacious agenda through the US Congress.

Obama seeks $1.5 billion for swine flu as cases jump (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:55 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday for an additional $1.5 billion to fight swine flu as the confirmed caseload jumped to 65 people across six states in what doctors fear may become a pandemic.

Analysis: Specter leaves a shrinking GOP tent (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., sits on the Democratic side of the aisle during an emergency hearing on swine flu by a subcommittee of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 in Washington. Specter announced he was switching political parties and will become a Democrat. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - With Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democrats, the Republican Party is increasingly at risk of being viewed as a mostly Southern and solidly conservative party, an identity that might take years to overcome.

Senate studies options for health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:03 PM PDT

AP - Doctors and hospitals would see big changes in how they're paid and what they're expected to do under proposals lawmakers will consider Wednesday as they narrow options for health care legislation.

Kan. gets new gov after Sebelius goes to HHS (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:43 PM PDT

AP - Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, wooed from the Republican Party three years ago by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to become her running mate, became governor Tuesday when Sebelius resigned upon her confirmation as U.S. health and human services secretary.

Gov't to propose new rules on workplace safety (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:26 PM PDT

AP - Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Tuesday that the government would soon propose new safety rules to protect workers from industrial dust that can cause explosions and a popcorn flavoring chemical linked to lung disease.

100 days on, Obama faces flurry of crises (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:18 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - Barack Obama marks his first 100 days as US president on Wednesday with swine flu freshly embossed on a long list of domestic and foreign crises to trouble his nascent administration, but with a measure of good news from Congress.

US can't vouch for cancer assurances to Marines (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:08 PM PDT

AP - In an about-face, the government Tuesday disavowed a 12-year-old federal report that found little or no cancer risk for adults who lived on a Marine base where drinking water was contaminated for three decades.

Sebelius wins Senate confirmation (Politico)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Politico - Despite a filibuster threat from conservatives upset with her stance on abortion rights, Kathleen Sebelius won easy Senate confirmation to be Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services secretary.

Democrats pushing through compromise budget plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama appealed for calm as officials confirmed 44 mild cases of deadly swine flu across the United States and warned against tourist travel to neighboring Mexico.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AP - With unusual speed, President Barack Obama's allies in Congress are pushing through a compromise budget plan endorsing much of his ambitious agenda but falling short of his hopes for tax cuts and curbs on global warming.

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