2009年6月22日星期一

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, surrounded by members of Congress, and others, signs the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Monday, June 22, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he's spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation's toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.

Obama to have news conference Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:54 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has scheduled his first Rose Garden news conference.

AP source: DHS to kill domestic satellite spying (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:09 PM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to kill a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement, a government official said Monday.

Third recent subway or commuter rail hits big city (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:52 PM PDT

AP - For the third time in nine months, a major subway or commuter rail crash occurred in a big city.

5 keys to getting health care deal (Politico)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:09 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks about the health care system at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstPolitico - It was always going to be hard for President Barack Obama to pass health care reform by the fall. Lately, there are signs it'll take a political miracle. 

Unions seek bigger role in charter schools (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - As the Obama administration pushes for more charter schools, a teachers' union is pushing for a bigger role in them.

DC transit train crashes into another, killing 6 (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:25 PM PDT

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first.

Analysis: Bombing rule may help protect civilians (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:13 PM PDT

AP - Stricter new rules for combat and bombing raids in Afghanistan may well complicate the battlefield for American forces, but officials say the changes are crucial to reducing civilian deaths that have been undermining the war effort.

White House: Obama 'moved' by protests in Iran (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:12 PM PDT

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has been "moved" by the television images of people in Iran taking to the street in protest.

Group wants Senate to investigate Ensign's affair (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking lawmakers to investigate the circumstances surrounding an affair that Sen. John Ensign had with a campaign aide.

Huckabee urges stronger Iran response from US (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the U.S. should respond more strongly in support of political protesters in Iran.

Michelle Obama kicks off volunteer campaign in SF (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - First lady Michelle Obama kicked off a summer of community service Monday by helping fix up a school playground, part of a national effort that saw administration officials traveling all over the country to promote the value of volunteering.

AP source: Ford, Nissan, Tesla to get govt loans (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 04:58 PM PDT

AP - The Energy Department is lending money to the Ford Motor Co. and two other automakers from a $25 billion fund to develop fuel-efficient vehicles, congressional officials said Monday.

Drug deal valid if Congress overhauls health care (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 03:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands with AARP Chief Executive Officer Barry Rand in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 22, 2009, during an announcement on lower drug costs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Hailed by President Barack Obama, a multi-billion-dollar promise by drug companies to narrow a Medicare drug coverage gap for seniors is valid only if Congress succeeds in passing a comprehensive health care bill encountering strong opposition from Republicans, an industry spokesman said Monday.

AP source: Indicted billionaire headed to Texas (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:33 PM PDT

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accompanied by his attorney Maria Jankowski (R), appears before federal Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Virginia in this June 19, 2009 courtroom sketch. Lauck ordered Stanford, a flamboyant 59-year-old financier, be transferred to Houston for a hearing on whether he should be granted bail on fraud and obstruction charges stemming from a $7 billion pyramid scheme to bilk investors. Stanford could face up to 250 years in prison if convicted on all of the charges brought by a grand jury in Texas. REUTERS/Art LienAP - A law enforcement official says indicted billionaire R. Allen Stanford is en route to Texas to face charges that he ran a $7 billion swindle.

More than 800 gun buyers on terrorist watch list (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:23 PM PDT

AP - More than 800 gun purchases were approved after background checks in the last five years even though the buyers' names were on the government's terrorist watch list, investigators said Monday.

Iran Revolutionary Guard threaten protest crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran Iranian security personnel ride past burning debris on the streets in Tehran June 20, 2009. Iranian authorities on June 21, 2009 blamed Reuters - Police broke up a protest in Tehran on Monday hours after the hardline Revolutionary Guards said they would crush any fresh resistance from "rioters."

Drug company deal may give Obama a boost (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday hailed a deal with U.S. drug companies to cut prescription costs for the elderly, a move that could help him drive his ambitious healthcare reforms through Congress.

Congress stuffs war-funding bill with cash for other items (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The emergency war funding bill that President Barack Obama is expected to sign soon has mushroomed into a catch-all for many lawmakers' favorite projects.

Labor unions, Catholic hospitals to end conflict (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:20 PM PDT

AP - Labor unions and Catholic leaders have reached an agreement designed to end years of bitter hostilities that often surrounded union efforts to organize workers at Catholic hospitals.

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