2009年11月18日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Reid sets markers for historic health care debate (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 05:24 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.

AP source: Ex-official to head Fort Hood review (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned.

Obama, South Korean leader accentuate the positive (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:41 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, greets with U.S. Air Forces officers upon arrival at the Osan U.S. Air Force Base in Osan, 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Obama arrived here for the last leg of his four-country Asian tour. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - America's relations with South Korea, a crucial Asian ally, are on an upswing as President Barack Obama meets with President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday, though a stalled trade agreement is still a concern for the economic powerhouses.

Hundreds cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 06:03 PM PST

Todd Shaffer, 38, of East Lansing, Mich., in foreground, waits in line with hundreds of people at a Barnes and Noble bookstore Wednesday morning Nov. 18, 2009 for a wristband that would give them a chance to have Sarah Palin sign their copies of her new book, 'Going Rogue,' at a book signing that evening in Grand Rapids, Mich. Shaffer described himself as a Palin supporter who wanted a chance to meet the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, whom he says has been a pioneer for women in the party. (AP Photo/James Prichard)AP - College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they get an orange wristband Wednesday that would let them meet Sarah Palin.

The Palin-media co-dependency (Politico)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:51 PM PST

Politico - Sarah Palin talked on the campaign trail about trying to get around the elite media filter, but this week she’s pushed her way straight through it.

FACT CHECK: Stimulus money to 'phantom' districts? (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:08 PM PST

The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year as government stimulus helped lift consumer spending and home building, fueling an unexpectedly strong advance. REUTERS/GraphicAP - Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into "phantom" congressional districts?

Another Obama nominee runs into tax problems (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:47 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's choice for a top job in the Treasury Department did not disclose all of her late tax payments until she was repeatedly prodded by Senate investigators, a congressional report issued Wednesday said.

Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40 (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:03 PM PST

The United States will not donate swine flu vaccine to poor countries until at-risk Americans have been inoculated against H1N1, US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at the news conference on October 28, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AP - Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier.

Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:25 PM PST

AP - The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also tighten the federal permitting process to better protect streams from mining waste.

One of Watergate's enduring mysteries under review (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:28 PM PST

This combination of two images of notes provided by the National Archives and Records Administration shows two pages of notes written by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff H.R. Haldeman from a June 20, 1972, meeting with Nixon, that will undergo forensic analysis at the National Archives to see if they hold clues to one of the Watergate scandal's enduring mysteries. Researchers hope to learn what Nixon said during the infamous 18 1/2-minute gap in a tape recording of his meeting with Haldeman that day. Electrostatic detection analysis and other tools can find indented images, such as those left on a sheet of paper when a pen has written on a sheet above it. This might show evidence that certain pages were destroyed and even point to words long lost to history. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)AP - The National Archives is bringing together investigators to search for scribbled secrets from the first days of the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon's presidency.

Reid plan ups pressure on moderates (Politico)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 05:04 PM PST

Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled his $849 billion health reform bill Wednesday to broad support from fellow Democrats — and the move quickly turned up the pressure on the last few wavering moderates to support the plan, which includes a sizable chunk of deficit cutting.

Obama ends Asia tour with talks on North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST

Visiting US President Barack Obama visits the Great Wall at Badaling north of Beijing. Obama predicted Wednesday that the United States economy would grow again in the final quarter of 2009, pulling further out of a long and crippling recession.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss luring North Korea back to nuclear talks and finishing by next year a long-delayed trade pact with Seoul in talks with President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday at the end of his Asian tour.

Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 05:12 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, front left, walks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, front right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Zardari arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, Pool)AP - A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration's deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.

Forest Service says trees can slow climate change (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:35 PM PST

AP - National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday, but that goal must be balanced.

Obama to end Asia tour with talks on North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:14 PM PST

Visiting US President Barack Obama visits the Great Wall at Badaling north of Beijing. Obama predicted Wednesday that the United States economy would grow again in the final quarter of 2009, pulling further out of a long and crippling recession.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss luring a reluctant North Korea back to nuclear dealings and a long-delayed trade pact with Seoul in talks with President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday at the end of his Asian tour.

McCain defends campaign team against Palin (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:07 PM PST

Sarah Palin's books, Reuters - U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin.

Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:45 PM PST

In this image from video, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., speaks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington. Wednesday marked the day when Byrd became the longest-serving member of Congress. (AP Photo/APTV)AP - Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history's longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service.

Black power has arrived — with some new challenges (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST

FILE - This June 5, 2009 file photo shows National NAACP head Benjamin Todd Jealous speaking at a news conference at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn. Nine months after seizing unprecedented power in government, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress, and facing new challenges to using their long-sought influence. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)AP - Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress — and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.

Iraq poll in jeopardy as VP vetoes law (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:59 PM PST

Iraq's general election planned for January was thrown into jeopardy after Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, seen here in September 2009, vetoed the polling law.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's general election was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a law governing the planned January vote was vetoed, creating what the prime minister termed a "dangerous threat" to stability.

Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.

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