2009年11月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Controversial court nominee survives Senate test (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:07 PM PST

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)AP - Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.

Analysis: Obama's China trip shows power shifting (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 11:45 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's first visit to China underscored a shifting balance of power: two giants moving closer to being equals.

Poll: Sometimes it isn't easy being green (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:16 PM PST

From left to right, Tom Forrest, Mike Rhoden, and Jim Cika, all of Velux Skylights, stand next to their latest solar water heating system at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo convention Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in Phoenix. About 1,000 companies are showing off products and scoping out their competitors this week as 26,000 convention-goers are scheduled to attend the conference organized and paid for by the U.S. Green Building Council. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Sometimes it's easier to think green than be green.

The diplomacy of deference (Politico)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:59 AM PST

US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14. News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)Politico - BEIJING — Greeting the Japanese emperor at Tokyo's Imperial Palace last weekend, President Barack Obama bowed so low that he was looking straight at the stone floor. The next day, Obama shook hands with the prime minister of repressive Myanmar during a group meeting. The day after that, the president held a “town hall” with Chinese university students who had been selected by the regime.

AP sources: Senate weighs long-term care program (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:53 PM PST

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)AP - Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Six years and still no rules (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:55 PM PST

AP - Eight years after the 9/11 attacks brought a new focus on security at airplane maintenance facilities, and six years after Congress first required action, the government still hasn't tightened its vigilance.

GOP: Zero support for Senate financial reform bill (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST

US authorities announced the creation of a new interagency task force to crack down on financial fraud. AP - Senate Republicans said Tuesday there is no support within the GOP for the financial overhaul plan outlined last week by Democrats, putting on shaky ground a top priority for President Barack Obama.

Army suicides to top 2008, but progress reported (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST

AP - Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could mean the Army is starting to make progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.

Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:53 PM PST

Military funeral personel carry the casket of Michael Grant Cahill, 62, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, to Saint Monica's Church in Cameron, Texas. Cahill was killed at Fort Hood military base Nov. 3, along with twelve others. (AP Photo/ Jerry Larson)AP - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.

Geithner: US must not drop ball on financial fix (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner speaks during a hearing on the G-20 in the Senate Foreign Relations committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Tuesday that efforts to strengthen the global financial system to prevent another deep crisis will falter if the United States drops the ball on overhauling regulation of its own banking system.

Obama in China faces currency strains and a Great Wall (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L), NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2nd R) and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown before a working dinner at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden April 3, 2009. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance is celebrating its 60th anniversary this week at a summit co-hosted by Germany and France. REUTERS/Yves Herman (GERMANY)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will continue efforts to court China on Wednesday while cajoling it on economic and currency strains, with the final day of his visit featuring talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppers (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:28 PM PST

AP - With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don't want.

Palin: 'Profile away!' (Politico)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:43 PM PST

Politico - A provocative interview with Matt Continetti:

Top US lawmaker seeks jobs bill by December 18 (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:43 PM PST

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, seen here on November 7 and who is a top ally of President Barack Obama in the US House of Representatives, said Tuesday he hoped to pass a new economic stimulus bill AFP - The US House of Representatives may pass a new economic stimulus bill by December 18 in a bid to combat sky-high US unemployment, a top congressional ally of President Barack Obama said Tuesday.

Conservative 'unconcedes' in NY US House race (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:43 PM PST

AP - Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New York officials have begun counting paper ballots.

SPIN METER: Did Obama grovel? (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2009, photo U.S. President Barack Obama bows as he is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, not pictured, upon arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Obama's awkward encounter with Akihito - bows are not meant to accompany physical contact - is not even the first time the president, a Democrat in office less than a year, has been criticized for his greeting of a foreign leader: Critics accused him of genuflecting to Saudi King Abdullah at a G-20 summit earlier this year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling before a foreign leader.

First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

FILE - In this August 2001 file photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is seen. Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks, never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, HO)AP - Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks — never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.

Lawmaker: What if terrorists took NYC mayor's kid (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:34 PM PST

AP - An Arizona congressman who believes it's a security risk to prosecute suspected Sept. 11 terrorists in Manhattan apologized Tuesday for suggesting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's family could be in danger with such a high-profile case in town.

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