2009年10月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Congress extends hate crime protections to gays (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Judy Shepard, center, the mother of Matthew Shepard who was slain in a 1998 hate crime, waits to speak at the National Equality March in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.

Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT

A power plant in Beijing. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the planet faced AP - Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says.

White House rejects Cheney's Afghanistan criticism (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:06 PM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, U.S. Marines stand nearby as two Sea Stallion helicopters depart Garmsir District, Combat Outpost Koshtay, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama's Afghanistan decision is taking too long.

Clinton: Stronger efforts needed for Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one holding a poster of the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently jailed in Israel, call for his release of during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday , Oct. 21, 2009. On Oct. 17, 2001 gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)AP - President Barack Obama's hopes for a fast track to renewed Mideast peace talks were dashed Thursday when his chief diplomat reported few new steps by either Israelis or Palestinians toward negotiations.

W.H.: Cheney failed on Afghanistan (Politico)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:25 AM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conducts the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Politico - A day after former Vice President Dick Cheney charged the Obama administration with "dithering" over its strategy for the war in Afghanistan, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs returned fire with guns blazing.

Insurers say they still want health overhaul deal (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT

People walk take part in a rally in support of health care insurance reform, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Health insurers insist they're still committed to getting a health care overhaul bill passed this year. But all around Washington, people are wondering if — or when — the industry will change its mind and try to kill it.

Feds designates polar bear habitat in Alaska (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Image Library shows a polar bear. The Obama administration is setting aside 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as 'critical habitat' for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FILE)AP - The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.

House panel approves consumer protection agency (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:47 PM PDT

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. talks to committee member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, during the committee's markup on pending legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A federal agency to regulate home loans, credit cards, savings accounts and other financial services won the approval of a House committee on Thursday in spite of loud complaints from banks and businesses.

US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2007 file photo, Kenneth R. Feinberg, now the special master at the Treasury Department appointed by President Obama to handle compensation issues, speaks at his office in Washington. The Obama administration plans to order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to sharply cut the compensation of their highest paid executives, according to a person familiar with the decision. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a move to wield veto power over pay policy at thousands of banks to limit risk-taking.

Congress passes 3.4 percent pay boost for military (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:01 PM PDT

AP - Military personnel will get an above-inflation pay raise of 3.4 percent under a Pentagon policy bill the Senate passed Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama for his signature.

Negotiators mull public option in health care bill (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., holds up a report about underpayment to consumers during the markup of health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Despite promises by President Barack Obama, more than 70 million Americans lucky enough to have health coverage through their jobs could be open to higher costs or denials of coverage under a leading health overhaul proposal making its way through Congress. 'I want to make very clear that we cannot promise the American people that the insurance reforms they have been hearing so much about will benefit everyone', Rockefeller said, 'when the reality is that this bill leaves out 46 percent of the American people and 42 percent of West Virginians.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Senior Senate Democrats at work with White House officials on health care legislation are strongly considering a requirement for the federal government to sell insurance in direct competition with private industry, officials said Thursday, with individual states permitted to drop out of the system.

FEC Deadlocks in EMILY's List Case (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:19 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission is abandoning an ongoing court battle involving EMILY's List that may increase financial involvement by outside groups in future elections.

Scorecard: Obama and high-priced weapons systems (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:30 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has sought to kill several high-priced weapons systems. Here's how he's faring on Capitol Hill on the most controversial items:

NJ airport guard pleads not guilty to Obama threat (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:00 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Essex County Sheriff's Department shows John Brek. Brek, a private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport, was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama the night before the president was to fly there. (AP Photo/Essex County Sheriff's Department)AP - An airport security guard who was overheard saying he had "cut a hole in a fence to be able to shoot" Barack Obama pleaded not guilty Thursday to making terroristic threats against the president.

Conservative Hoffman's Haul Doubles in New York House Special (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Over the past week, New York House special election candidate Doug Hoffman has doubled the amount of donations he has received for his unusually strong third-party campaign.

Congress passes bill to ease military voting snags (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., center, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to discuss absentee voting rights for armed forces members. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - U.S. troops and other American voters overseas will get more time to send in their ballots and more electronic access to voting forms under legislation Congress passed Thursday.

Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:10 PM PDT

FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, accompanied by Attorney General Eric Holder speaks news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to announce the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. — the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the country. At left is FBI Director Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel.

Afghan contender mulls run-off boycott (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:01 PM PDT

Afghan employees from the Independent Election Commission (IEC) load election materials into a truck to be sent to provinces, in Kabul. An anti-corruption campaigner who came third in Afghanistan's election said on Thursday he may urge a boycott of a run-off next month, as the UN strived to avoid a repeat of the first round's rampant fraud.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - An anti-corruption campaigner who came third in Afghanistan's election said Thursday he may urge a boycott of a run-off next month, as the UN strived to avoid a repeat of the first round's rampant fraud.

Obama signs veterans spending bill (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, prior to signing the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a measure designed to keep funding for veterans' medical care steady amid future budget negotiations.

White House slams Cheney on Afghan 'dithering' claim (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:46 AM PDT

The White House slammed Dick Cheney Thursday, accusing him of years of neglect of Afghanistan, after the ex-vice president said President Barack Obama was AFP - The White House slammed Dick Cheney Thursday, accusing him of years of neglect of Afghanistan, after the ex-vice president said President Barack Obama was "dithering" on troop decisions.

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