2009年10月31日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Geithner: Recovery could be 'a little choppy' (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT

AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the economic recovery "could be a little choppy" and it's going to take a while.

Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT

An Afghan National Army soldier talks to boys during a joint patrol with U.S. special operations forces in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.

Republican in NY House race suspends campaign (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican Congressional candidate in New York's 23rd district, debates an opponent in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Todd Bissonette)AP - Fighting plunging support, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign Saturday in a special election for a U.S. House seat that has exposed a rift among national factions of the party.

After all the fuss, govt health plan to cover few (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:17 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.

Scozzafava bows out of NY-23 race (Politico)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT

Politico - Republican Dede Scozzafava announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign in the Nov. 3 House special election in New York, a dramatic development that increases the GOP's chances of winning the contentious and closely-watched race.

Obama tempers economic news with caution on jobs (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves the physical fitness center at Ft. McNair in Washington, after playing basketball, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news "does not mean there won't be difficult days ahead."

No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 05:46 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hand out candy at the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington, on Halloween. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.

Clinton calls Israeli concessions "unprecedented" (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ,right, reacts as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in Jerusalem. Saturday, Oct. 31. 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel is making 'unprecedented' concessions on West Bank settlement construction.The U.S. administration had previously demanded Israel halt all settlement building before negotiations could resume.But speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Clinton said 'there has never been a precondition. It has always been an issue with negotiations.'(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.

Third party challenges in NJ, NY shake up races (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT

FILE - These Oct. 2009 file photos show the three candidates for governor of New Jersey, from left, Democrat Jon. S. Corzine, Independent Chris Daggett, and Republican Chris Christie. Third party candidate Daggett has gone from an afterthought to a player, who could upend a major race in off-year elections Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, FILES)AP - Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.

Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio stands behind a copy of the Democrat's version of the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner, in his Saturday Oct. 31, 2009, radio and Internet address, argues that the Democrats' proposal to overhaul health care is too complicated, too intrusive and too expensive, and Republicans are urging several steps they claim would bring down costs while not greatly expanding government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats who hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they "recklessly pursue" a government takeover of the health care system, a GOP leader said.

Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah may not run (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Afghan street vendors stand near electoral posters in Kabul, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week's run-off vote, as Western diplomats said he was leaning toward pulling out.

NY Republican abandons election bid (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT

The United States Capitol in Washington, DC. A New York Republican on Saturday abandoned her bid to enter the US Congress, days before an election that pitted her against a Conservative Party rival and divided the country's political right.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - A moderate New York Republican abandoned her bid for the US Congress on Saturday, days before an election that pitted her against a more conservative rival and divided the country's political right.

China taps huge copper reserves in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:13 PM PDT

This April 2007 photo provided by James Yeager shows a delegation from the state-owned Chinese company, China Metallurgical Group Corporation, visiting the site of a copper mine in Aynak, a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. The mounds behind the group, called 'outcrops', signal the large quantity of copper that lies below. Yeager says a handful of Afghan officials dominated a secretive selection process that gave MCC improbably high marks over firms from the U.S., Canada and other countries, to develop a mine to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves. (AP Photo/James R. Yeager)AP - At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.

Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:28 PM PDT

FILE - These Oct. 2009 file photos show the three candidates for governor of New Jersey, from left, Democrat Jon. S. Corzine, Independent Chris Daggett, and Republican Chris Christie. Third party candidate Daggett has gone from an afterthought to a player, who could upend a major race in off-year elections Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, FILES)AP - It sounds like another New Jersey joke. Except it's not funny if you actually live here. For the privilege of living in perhaps the nation's most-maligned state, New Jerseyans pay the highest property taxes in America.

Abdullah poised to quit Afghan run-off (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:48 PM PDT

Abdullah Abdullah, pictured on October 26, was poised Saturday to quit Afghanistan's run-off presidential election unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Abdullah Abdullah was poised Saturday to quit Afghanistan's run-off presidential election unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival.

Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2009, file photo Chief executives leave the White House in Washington following a with President Barack Obama. From left, Ronald E. Logue, Chief Executive Officer of State Street Corporation; Freddie Mac Chief Executive Officer John Koskinen; Rick Waddell, President and Chief executive officer Northern Trust; Banker's Association President and Chief Executive Ed Yingling, Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Denzel Washington and heavyweights from high-tech industries were also among those landing visits with Obama or others at the White House during his first months in office. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle or top aides at the White House, newly released records show.

NJ governor's race: Candidates at a glance (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Biographical details on the candidates for New Jersey governor:

Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked Plame's identity (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:32 PM PDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Citing faulty memory, former Vice President Dick Cheney told federal investigators in a 2004 interview he had no idea who revealed to reporters that Valerie Plame, the wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

A profile in courage, it isn't (Politico)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT

Politico - As conservative activists scored a political scalp, mainstream Republicans wasted no time in grasping at the coat tails of Conservative Doug Hoffman.

Abdullah to withdraw from Afghan run-off: report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:42 AM PDT

Afghan women walk past a poster of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in a street in Kabul October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Abdullah Abdullah, the chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has decided to withdraw from a November 7 runoff election, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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