2010年3月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:44 PM PDT

House Rules Committee Ranking Member David Dreier, R-Calif., talks with Committee member Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, on Capitol. Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, before the start of the committee's hearing. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.


Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PDT

Idaho Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter addresses the media during a news conference on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 inside his office at the Idaho statehouse in Boise, Idaho. On Wednesday Otter signed a piece of legislation that will require the state of Idaho to sue the federal government upon passage of health care reform which comes as Democrats in Congress hope to pass healthcare reform this weekend. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.


FACT CHECK: Obama plan only slows premiums rise (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.


Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:51 PM PDT

AP - Legislation approved by the Senate on Wednesday would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack and powder cocaine.

Homestretch scramble for votes (Politico)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:58 AM PDT

Politico - Barack Obama faces the stiffest test of his first-term agenda — and a defining moment in his presidency — as Democratic Party leaders mount a fevered campaign this week to round up votes for a historic health care bill.

Senior official: Al-Qaida leader believed killed (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:34 PM PDT

AP - An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American missile strike last week, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.

Homegrown U.S. terrorists: 'predictions coming true' (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Christine Mott, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, is shown. Paulin-Ramirez was the second American arrested in a plot to kill the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body. The new reality that there is a threat from violent Islamic extremism from within the U.S. It is difficult to say whether the uptick in cases is because law enforcement has gotten better at catching suspects or if there are simply more to catch.  (AP Photo/Courtesy of Christine Mott)  NO SALESAP - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans.


More pet owners report injuries from skin products (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2006 file photo, a couple of wirehaired dachshunds are presented for competition in the ring by their handlers during the 130th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday March 17, 2010, as it outlined plans to make the products safer, it will develop stricter testing and evaluation requirements for flea and tick treatments that are applied to pets' skin. The agency also will begin reviewing labels to determine which ones need to say more clearly how to use the products.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - Products intended to treat cats and dogs for fleas and ticks kill hundreds of pets each year and injure tens of thousands, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday as it outlined plans to make the products safer.


Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks as vice president Joe Biden stands nearby during a St. Patrick's Day reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest.


Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:31 PM PDT

A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions but brushed aside suggestions that U.S.-Israeli relations are in crisis and reaffirmed America's steadfast commitment to the security of the Jewish state. Clinton said U.S. and Israeli officials are in intense talks about how to repair the damage caused by last week's Israeli announcement of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - With the Mideast peace process stalled and U.S.-Israeli relations in crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed Wednesday to a Mideast strategy meeting of top international diplomats.


Obama says U.S. to pursue aggressive Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's Friends of Ireland Luncheon on St. Patrick's Day in Washington March 17, 2010.    REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States would pursue "aggressive sanctions" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.


Obama says Israel home plans not helpful for peace (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks as vice president Joe Biden stands nearby during a St. Patrick's Day reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Israeli plans to build more homes near East Jerusalem were not helpful for the Middle East peace process, but he said the issue had not led to a crisis with one of the United States' closest allies.


Indictment says Ky. man threatened Obama in poem (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - A Louisville man has been indicted on a charge of threatening to kill President Barack Obama in a poem posted on a white supremacist Web site.

Obama predicts Congress will pass health overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves before boarding his limousine after attending the Saint Patrick's Day luncheon hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Obama confidently declared Wednesday that his historic health care overhaul legislation would pass, as the bill faced a cliffhanger weekend vote likely to define his legacy.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama confidently declared Wednesday that his historic health care overhaul legislation would pass, as the bill faced a cliffhanger weekend vote likely to define his legacy.


Obama says US-Israeli relationship not in crisis (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S.-Israeli relationship is not in crisis.

Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen at the White House in Washington in this January 5, 2010 file photo. Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesAP - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won congressional approval Wednesday in what Democrats hope is just the first of several election-year measures aimed at boosting hiring.


White House rips business lobby over financial reform (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Reuters - The White House lashed out at a major U.S. business lobbying organization on Wednesday for spending millions of dollars to fight legislation that would overhaul regulation of Wall Street firms.

Episcopal church approves 2nd gay bishop (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

State Dept.: No deal to stop genocide resolution (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - A congressional resolution that would recognize World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide could go forward despite opposition from the Obama administration.

Fed boss makes case to keep all banking duties (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bernanke on Wednesday, March 17 will make the case to Congress on that the Fed should retain supervision of smaller banks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged Congress not to scale back the Fed's regulatory authority over banks. He said the Fed needs the information it gleans from its bank oversight to set interest rates and gauge the health of the banking system.


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