2009年12月25日星期五

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 04:28 PM PST

This picture provided by J.P. Karas shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A passenger aboard the plane set off firecrackers Friday, causing a commotion and some minor injuries, a Delta official said. Delta and Northwest have merged. (AP Photo/J.P. Karas)AP - A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said.


Democrats see GOP hypocrisy in health care debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 01:01 PM PST

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, following a series of votes. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits.


Senate bill could hurt insurers at least initially (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, after the Senate passed  the health care reform bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill — about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan.


Gitmo prepares for trials instead of close in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 12:50 PM PST

Protesters gather outside a Illinois legislative hearing Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 in Sterling, Ill. regarding an Obama administration decision to buy the underused Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill.  to house up to 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Rather than shutting Guantanamo, the U.S. military is gearing up for the war-crimes trial of a former child soldier at the navy base on southeastern Cuba this summer.


Middle ground shrinks in debate (Politico)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 03:59 AM PST

Politico - As Barack Obama huddled with Senate Democrats in the walnut-paneled Mansfield Room in the Capitol this month, the man he beat for the presidency held court at a bank of television cameras outside to taunt his former foe.

Quiet Christmas Day for Obamas in Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 12:24 PM PST

A Secret Service member,  stops a jogger on the beach near where President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia are having their holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - President Barack Obama began his Christmas Day with a trip to the gym and gifts for his family, starting a low-key holiday in his childhood home and a respite from the gridlock of Washington.


Family pleas for captive US soldier's release (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 02:20 PM PST

This image grab from an undated video reportedly posted on the internet by Taliban militants on December 25 allegedly shows US soldier Bowe Robert Bergdahl. The Taliban Friday released a video purportedly showing Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan about six months ago.(AFP/HO)AP - The Taliban released a video Friday of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the U.S. military operation.


Wielding influence in health care fight (Politico)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST

Politico - When the White House announced a deal with hospitals on health care reform, the major hospital trade groups took the stage. Nurses had their Rose Garden moment when they pledged support for reform.

Officials: House Democrat Will Switch to GOP (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 01:55 PM PST

Time.com - Griffith, 67, was narrowly elected last year from a region of northern Alabama that includes Huntsville and Decatur. President Barack Obama lost the district badly to Republican John McCain.

Obama to Hawaii for holidays, challenges await him in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:54 AM PST

US President Barack Obama arrives at the Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama has arrived in Hawaii for the holidays, buoyed by a landmark Senate vote to reform US health care but undoubtedly weighed down by daunting political challenges awaiting him in 2010.


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