2009年8月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Collision turns attention to for-hire flights (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:52 PM PDT

A New York City Police helicopter hovers low over the Hudson River as it drops a police diver into the river, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, in New York. A tour helicopter carrying five Italian tourists collided with a small plane Saturday over the Hudson River, and authorities believed all nine people aboard were killed. The accident, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg called 'not survivable,' scattered debris into the river and onto the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront. (AP Photo/Gina Wnuck)AP - The collision that sent a sightseeing helicopter full of tourists and a small plane into the Hudson River on Saturday comes less than a month after a federal watchdog warned that safety oversight of sightseeing and other for-hire flights is too lax.

Now that she's sworn in, Sotomayor a rookie again (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 07:04 PM PDT

Sonia Sotomayor arrives to be sworn in as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history, in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. The Senate confirmed Sotomayor's nomination Thursday by a 68-31 vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Sonia Sotomayor has gained admission to the Marble Palace. Now she has to figure out how the Supreme Court works.

Analysis: Eritrea confounds US in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, loads bricks, at a housing project, in Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. On a mission to improve ties with Africa's most prosperous nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma and later toured a housing project she had visited twice in the past. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - As it boosts aid to Somalia's weak interim government to fight an al-Qaida-linked Islamist militia, the Obama administration is grasping for ways to cut off what it says is one of the militant group's main supply lines: the tiny Red Sea state of Eritrea.

Health-care outbursts foreshadow a hot August (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:23 PM PDT

AP - Loud outbursts, hot tempers and pleas for civility at town hall meetings around the country Saturday foreshadowed a long, hot August as Democratic lawmakers returning home faced resistance to proposals to reform the nation's costly health care system.

Obama: Health overhaul key to economic recovery (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to speak on the economy, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country's economic well-being.

Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:26 PM PDT

In this photograph provided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., right, administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Justices' Conference Room at the Supreme Court in Washington Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 as Sotomayor's mother, Mrs. Celina Sotomayor, holds the family Bible during the ceremony. (AP Photo/U.S. Supreme Court, Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)AP - Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer impartial justice.

Clinton: US to work with Afghan election winner (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 01:04 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, addresses journalist as South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, right, looks on after their meeting in Durban, South Africa, Saturday Aug 8, 2009. Clinton met with Zuma in a bid to improve strained ties with the country. The pair were holding talks on Saturday in the port city of Durban, a day after Clinton and South Africa's foreign minister pledged to start a new era of cooperation in fighting HIV/AIDS and climate change and begin a strategic dialogue. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. is ready to work with the winner of Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election.

Analysis: To-do list largely undone (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Midway through their first year in power, President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress can point to early signs the nation is beginning to shake off its worst recession in seven decades.

Drug industry backing Obama's health care plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. talks to reporter after lunch with President Obama, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE)AP - The nation's drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall, according to numerous officials, a staggering sum that could dwarf attempts to derail his chief domestic priority.

Clinton: Chinese reassured on US financial health (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 06:44 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a visit at a housing project in Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. On a mission to improve ties with Africa's most prosperous nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma and later toured a housing project she had visited twice in the past. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks the Chinese "are breathing a little easier" about the health of the U.S. financial system.

As Dems fret, Obama sharpens war goals (Politico)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama next month will send Congress a new plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in an effort to build confidence among wavering Democrats and give sharper direction to a costly and increasingly bloody war, White House officials told POLITICO on Saturday.

Healthcare critics make outlandish claims: Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here discussing health care reform at Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina last month, says he sees movement toward Reuters - President Barack Obama accused his critics on Saturday of resorting to "outlandish rumors" and "misleading information" aimed at derailing his efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.

Look at what Congress has done so far this year (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:10 AM PDT

AP - Some of the Democratic-led 111th Congress' accomplishments in the six months since Democratic President Barack Obama took office:

NY's Gillibrand gets clearer path to 2010 election (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 09:21 AM PDT

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. speaks in Binghamton, N.Y., in this photo taken Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. said Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, she won't take on Gillibrand next year, opting to stay in the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Kirsten Gillibrand didn't have the pedigree of a Kennedy, Clinton or a Cuomo. She was not, her critics said, up to the challenge of winning a tough, New York brawl for the U.S. Senate seat Gov. David Paterson handed her.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Chamber at odds with Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT

The United States Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 in Washington. If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition, he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There, behind 10 massive Corinthian columns, is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition, he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There, behind 10 massive Corinthian columns, is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans.

Clinton declares US-South Africa ties on the mend (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 07:37 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is seen during a visit at a housing project in Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. On a mission to improve ties with Africa's most prosperous nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma and later toured a housing project she had visited twice in the past. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - At a housing project for the homeless she once visited as first lady, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the cheers and serenade from an adoring crowd Saturday and pronounced U.S.-South African ties on the mend after years of strain.

AP Enterprise: Faulty speed sensors found on jets (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 03:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2009 file photo, workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, FILE)AP - The discovery of faulty airspeed sensors on some Northwest Airlines jets suggests the equipment problems are more widespread than previously believed and could provide clues to the cause of the Air France crash that killed 228 people in June.

Demonstrators disrupt health care forums (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 01:58 AM PDT

Tony Loconto holds a sign in support of health care reform during a rally outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., in Miami, Friday Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - As they head home to their congressional districts for the August recess, lawmakers who support health care reform are bracing for protests and demonstrations that threaten to turn violent.

Drugmakers’ Deal Doesn’t Bind Congress in Health-Care Debate (Bloomberg)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT

Bloomberg - Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The bargain U.S. drugmakers struck with President Barack Obama for the pharmaceutical industry to absorb no more than $80 billion in cost cuts as part of a health-care overhaul can’t be enforced on Congress, lawmakers say.

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