2009年9月27日星期日

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the years 2010-2011, the first time that's happened since the 1980s. The deficits — $10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in 2011 — won't affect payments to retirees because Social Security has accumulated surpluses from previous years totaling $2.5 trillion. But they will add to the overall federal deficit. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, File)AP - Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.

Intense tracking for swine flu shot's side effects (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, talks with Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group Director Dr. Gregory A. Poland , center, and American Academy of Pediatrics President Dr. David T. Tayloe, at the National Press Club in Washington. The government is starting an unprecedented system to track possible side effects as mass flu vaccinations begin next month. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - More than 3,000 people a day have a heart attack. If you're one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and fries?

More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 03:01 PM PDT

Seventh grade students at Edwards Middle School work on guinea-pig heart during their science class Thursday, June 18, 2009, in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Federal program misses problem nursing homes (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:57 AM PDT

AP - A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.

William Safire dies, age 79 (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT

Politico - William Safire, a New York PR man turned speechwriter for Richard Nixon turned Pulitzer Prize winning conservative voice of the New York Times opinion page, died on Sunday at a hospice in Rockville, Md. He was 79.

Gates: Closing Gitmo more complicated than thought (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says trying to close down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has proved more complicated than anticipated.

Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:46 AM PDT

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 25, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES POLITICS)AP - Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama.

Gates: Mistake to set Afghan withdrawal timelines (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT

In this photo provided by ABC News, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC News, Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action, as some liberals have sought, and that a defeat would be disastrous for the U.S.

Gates shows no signs of leaving Pentagon (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 07:16 AM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates used to keep a clock on his desk that ticked off the days he had left to serve in the Bush administration.

Clinton says 2010 elections won't be as bad as '94 (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:52 AM PDT

AP - Former President Bill Clinton predicts that Democrats won't suffer the kind of political meltdown that hobbled his administration after the 1994 elections.

A Declaration of Independents in 2010 (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Politico - Independent candidates are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.

Obama congratulates Merkel after poll victory: White House (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama (C) and first lady Michelle Obama (R) pose for photos with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Phipps Conservatory for the G-20 Summit on September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. President Obama called Chancellor Merkel on Sunday to offer warm congratulations on her sweeping reelection victory, the White House said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - US President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to offer warm congratulations on her sweeping reelection victory, the White House said.

Merkel wins as Germans choose centre-right (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT

A man casts his ballot in the general election at a polling station in Berlin September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term on Sunday and a mandate to partner with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) in a government that will rein in the role of the state in Europe's largest economy.

Portugal's Socialists win election, lack majority: exit polls (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Jose Socrates, Secretary-General of the Socialist Party and ruling Prime Minister, casts his ballot at a polling station in central Lisbon. Portugal's Socialists were ahead in Sunday's election with 36.8 percent against 32.4 percent for their centre-right rivals, preliminary official results showed with half of all districts counted.(AFP/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates' Socialists won a general election on Sunday but failed to retain their majority in parliament with which they imposed ambitious reforms over the past four years, exit polls showed.

Merkel wins new term to lead Germany out of slump (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:14 PM PDT

German Chancellor and of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel reacts to preliminary results after parliamentary elections in Berlin. Merkel said it was time to celebrate on Sunday after winning a second term in German elections at the head of a new-look coalition, but warned of tough challenges ahead.(AFP/DDP/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel swept to a second mandate in Germany's election Sunday at the head of a new centre-right alliance she says will steer Europe's powerhouse economy back to robust growth.

Portugal's Socialists ahead in general election: partial results (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Jose Socrates, Secretary-General of the Socialist Party and ruling Prime Minister, casts his ballot at a polling station in central Lisbon. Portugal's Socialists were ahead in Sunday's election with 36.8 percent against 32.4 percent for their centre-right rivals, preliminary official results showed with half of all districts counted.(AFP/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Portugal's Socialists were ahead in Sunday's election with 36.8 percent against 32.4 percent for their centre-right rivals, preliminary official results showed with half of all districts counted.

Clinton: Hard for Iran to make peaceful nuke claim (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:46 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency, Revolutionary Guard's Tondar missile is launched in a drill near the city of Qom, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Shaigan)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she doesn't believe Iran can convince the U.S. and other world powers that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, putting Tehran on course for tougher economic penalties beyond the current "leaky sanctions."

German officials to probe Twitter election leaks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Ballot counters count the votes in Berlin. German election officials Sunday said they would investigate the appearance of broadly accurate exit poll results on the Twitter microblogging site before voting had ended.(AFP/DDP/Theo Heimann)AFP - German election officials Sunday said they would investigate the appearance of broadly accurate exit poll results on the Twitter microblogging site before voting had ended.

Searching for the 'real' America, political-style (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:07 AM PDT

A maintenance worker sweeps debris from the sidewalk Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. in downtown Pittsburgh, as life returns to normal after the G-20 Summit has concluded. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - The guy who runs the planet's latest G-20 summit city made an illuminating remark as he welcomed the world to his front door.

Merkel has narrow center-right majority: exit poll (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:05 AM PDT

A combination of pictures shows Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier candidate for chancellor of the Social Democratic Party SPD as they vote in the general election in Berlin September 27, 2009. REUTERS/StaffReuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives appear to have won just enough votes in a German election to form a center-right government with their preferred partners, the Free Democrats (FDP), exit polls showed on Sunday.

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