2010年1月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections


AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:30 PM PST

President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling middle class families, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents.


Democrats look to new budget rules to tame deficit (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST

AP - Democrats are trying to toughen budget rules to make it more difficult to run up the deficit with new tax cuts or federal benefit programs, a move Republicans say is a recipe for tax increases.

Dem leaders unite on health care strategy (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST

The US Congress has not placed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on the back burner in order to address election-year voter anger at the sour economy, a top lawmaker said Monday. AP - Democratic congressional leaders are uniting around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.


Girls may learn math anxiety from female teachers (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:44 PM PST

Wearing a mohawk haircut, fifth-grader Anthony Martinez, 11, right, works on math problems Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Alameda Elementary School in Las Cruces, N.M. on the first day of the spring semester for Las Cruces Public Schools. Classes end May 26. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff)AP - Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.


Dems' Bush-bashing goes bust (Politico)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:07 AM PST

Politico - After three consecutive losses in statewide races, some top Democrats are questioning a tactic aimed at boosting the party’s candidates in each of those contests: Bush-bashing.

GOP sends letter appearing to be census form (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST

AP - The Republican Party is seeking input and money from GOP voters — seemingly under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Vice president's son decides not to run for Senate (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., front, is seen with his son Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Beau Biden announced Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, that he will not seek election to the Senate seat long held by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, putting another Democratic-held Senate seat in jeopardy and dealing another blow to President Barack Obama's flailing party.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's eldest son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, dealt another body blow to the flailing Democratic Party on Monday, announcing that he will not run for the Senate seat long held by his father.


Clinton cites exodus effect from Haitian capital (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:31 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a few question following a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a conference looking at the future of Haiti, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 in Montreal. (AP Photo/Paul Chiasson,The Canadian Press)AP - An effective recovery strategy for Haiti must take into account a sudden rush of thousands of quake survivors from Port-au-Prince into the countryside, where the economy cannot sustain them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.


Thousands of vets could get benefits upgrade (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:45 PM PST

Tyler Einarson, 28, of Homestead, Minn., describes how he was wounded in combat and his subsequent fight to receive disability benefits, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, January 25, 2010. Einarson and representatives from the National Veterans Legal Services Program discussed developments in a class action lawsuit by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming denial of benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - A military review could bring millions of dollars in benefits to thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder.


Obama joins White House effort to boost Bernanke (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2009, file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is introduced before speaking at the The Economic Club of Washington.  President Barack Obama phoned Senate allies Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, as two key senators, Chris Dodd of Conneciticut and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, predicted that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Bolstered by a White House lobbying effort that included the president, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's chances at a second four-year term improved Monday, calming a stock market that had grown anxious over the uncertainty of his support.


Sri Lanka polls open for presidential election (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:14 PM PST

A Sri Lankan election worker carries ballot boxes in Colombo ahead of the island state's presidential election. Voting has begun in the poll, which pits incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse against his former army chief in a tense contest hit by pre-dawn bomb blasts.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Voting began Tuesday in Sri Lanka's presidential election, which pits incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse against his former army chief in a tense contest hit by pre-dawn bomb blasts.


Obama to address voter fears in State of Union (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an event in honour of National Mentoring month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama, concerned by voter anxiety over high unemployment, said on Monday he would use his State of the Union speech on Wednesday to reassure Americans worried about jobs and the economy.


Obama sees Geithner, Summers staying on (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:25 PM PST

President Barack Obama (R) and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meet with CEOs of several small and community banks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama on Monday said he expects Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers to stay in their jobs, and called them "terrific advisers."


Obama to propose spending freeze (Politico)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:29 PM PST

Politico - President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday's State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.

Blasts heard in Sri Lanka's north ahead of key vote: monitor (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST

Sri Lankan policewomen with automatic weapons patrol the streets in Vavuniya, some 290 kms north of capital Colombo. At least four explosions were heard in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil heartland of Jaffna ahead of Tuesday's crucial presidential vote, an independent election monitor told AFP.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - At least four explosions were heard in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil heartland of Jaffna ahead of Tuesday's crucial presidential vote, an independent election monitor told AFP.


Obama: Bernanke the "best person for job" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks up during his meeting with Senator Dick Durbin to discuss Federal Reserve policy and Bernanke's upcoming confirmation vote on Capitol Hill, January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama on Monday said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has his strongest support and is doing a good job.


Obama wants $14.2 billion more to train Afghan forces (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:10 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for another $14.2 billion to train Afghanistan's army and police over the next two years, a move a key lawmaker welcomed on Monday as part of a long-term U.S. commitment to that country's military.

Top US Senator: Health overhaul still critical (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:22 PM PST

The US Congress has not placed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on the back burner in order to address election-year voter anger at the sour economy, a top lawmaker said Monday. AFP - The US Congress has not placed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on the back burner in order to address election-year voter anger at the sour economy, a top lawmaker said Monday.


Sri Lanka heads to polls for tense election (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

Sri Lankan policewomen with automatic weapons patrol the streets in Vavuniya, some 290 kms north of capital Colombo. At least four explosions were heard in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil heartland of Jaffna ahead of Tuesday's crucial presidential vote, an independent election monitor told AFP.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Sri Lanka goes to the polls Tuesday in its first post-war presidential election, contested by the men who ended the island nation's 37-year conflict but whose bitter clash threatens more instability.


Obama billboard to come down, company wants Palin (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will soon be leaving Times Square.

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