2009年10月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:52 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. hold the gavel used by Dingell as speaker pro tempore when Medicare passed in 1965, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, during the announcement of a retooled health care overhaul bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right is House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to compete with private insurers.

Accused spy scientist held without bond (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:35 PM PDT

This image obtained October 20 from a NASA website shows Stewart Nozette, a leading American scientist who has worked for the White House and NASA. Nozette could face execution for offering to sell secrets to Israel for two million dollars, according to documents filed in federal court.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)AP - A space scientist accused of attempted espionage was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors said he was a "walking safe deposit box" of government secrets who claimed to have already passed some of them to Israel.

Financial overhaul bill gets wary reception (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association conference, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - An Obama administration plan to dissolve large, struggling financial firms rather than bail them out is encountering Republican resistance, Democratic doubts and only qualified support from regulators.

STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:52 PM PDT

FILE - In a Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama announces $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of jobs to try to stabilize American confidenceat during a speech on the economy in Wakarusa, Ind. The federal government overstated by thousands the number of jobs it created or saved with contracts awarded to businesses under President Barack Obama's economic recovery program, according to a review by The Associated Press of employment data released in the stimulus program's first progress report. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)AP - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands the jobs created or saved so far.

Clinton has tough sell in Pakistan (Politico)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Politico - LAHORE, Pakistan — Hillary Clinton would have been hard-pressed to find a more potentially receptive audience anywhere in Pakistan than the leafy campus of the co-ed Government College University, where she held a town hall for students on Thursday.

Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama salutes as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who died in Afghanistan according to the Department of Defense, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Barack Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.

Senate clears bill to avert agency closing (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - The Senate Thursday cleared a stopgap spending measure to avoid shutting down most federal agencies at midnight Saturday.

Obama considers 'McChrystal Light' Afghan war plan (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:19 PM PDT

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division go on an early morning patrol in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - President Barack Obama is considering sending large numbers of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan next year but fewer than his war commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, prefers, U.S. officials said.

Clinton to meet Abbas, Netanyahu over weekend (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:50 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is escorted by Pakistani Rangers at the Iqbal Memorial in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Clinton is on a three-day state visit to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mansoor Ahmed)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the weekend to push ahead with flagging efforts to restart peace talks, the State Department said Thursday.

Military notified too late to launch fighter jets (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. military would have launched fighter jets to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport if officials had been notified sooner, a top commander said Thursday as federal authorities defended the decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots involved.

Race re-emerges in tight Atlanta mayoral election (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT

Atlanta mayoral candidate, Atlanta city coucil president Lisa Borders, makes calls in her office at her campaign headquarters on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photos/Johnny Clark)AP - A neighborhood activist with crossover appeal on the verge of making history. A city leader with a civil rights legacy. A native son seen by some as the heir apparent to the city's first black mayor.

House ethics panel probes two Dems (Politico)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:25 PM PDT

Politico - The House ethics committee has voted to begin full-scale investigations into ethics allegations against Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters (Calif.) and Laura Richardson (Calif.), but decided against investigating Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.).

Ind. soldier was 'free spirit,' champion wrestler (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - Sgt. Dale Griffin was the son of a Mormon bishop, a champion wrestler and college student who was struggling to find his way in the world when he turned to the military.

Calif. firm, execs charged in bond bid-rigging (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:48 PM PDT

AP - A politically connected financial firm and two of its executives were indicted Thursday for what prosecutors say was a bid-rigging scheme in the municipal bond business.

How fat am I? NJ's GOP gov hopeful jokes on weight (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:47 PM PDT

AP - The Republican in New Jersey's race for governor wants the incumbent to weigh in more candidly about the challenger's heft.

Iraqi election delay could stall US troop pullout (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT

U.S. troops at a transit camp in Kuwait are searched by military customs workers before being sent to the United States October 22, 2009. A pole-dancing pole and strobe lights, a forgotten brand new van and six year-old spoiled meat - just some of the discoveries made by U.S. military staff clearing Iraq of equipment ahead of withdrawal. Picture taken October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Abbas (KUWAIT CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - U.S. troops could leave Iraq later than currently planned if the fragile nation's elections are delayed, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Obama to welcome Turkish prime minister on Dec. 7 (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:35 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn) on Dec. 7.

Clinton scolds Pakistan over inaction on al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is escorted by Pakistani Rangers at the Iqbal Memorial in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Clinton is on a three-day state visit to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mansoor Ahmed)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided Pakistani officials Thursday for failing to press the hunt for al-Qaida inside their borders, suggesting they know where the terror leaders are hiding.

First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Gets Obama Nod (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - An extension of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit appears all but certain after the Obama administration called on Congress to give house hunters more time to claim the popular tax perk. The move comes shortly after Senate lawmakers stuck an agreement to not only push back the measure's looming deadline but expand it to allow current homeowners and more affluent buyers to claim the credit. ...

1,990 pages at $2.2 million a word (Politico)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Politico - It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.

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