2010年3月25日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Senate Republican holds up jobless benefits (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., heads for the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, march 9, 2010, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Once again, a stubborn Senate Republican is blocking speedy passage of a stopgap bill to extend jobless benefits, saying its $9 billion cost should not be added to the national debt.


Democrats near victorious end of health care fight (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats applied the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in the fall election season, drawing a quick retort from President Barack Obama: "I welcome that fight."


'Go for it,' Obama tells GOP on health repeal (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:02 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on stage to make remarks on health care reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City March 25, 2010.     REUTERS/Jason Reed   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)AP - President Barack Obama dared Republicans to try to repeal his new health care law, telling them Thursday to "Go for it" and see how well they do with voters in November.


Senate looks at suicide on Indian reservations (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Coloradas Mangus, a sophomore at Ruidoso High School on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, N.M., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010, before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on 'The Preventable Epidemic: Youth Suicides and the Urgent Need for Mental Health Care Resources in Indian Country.'  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - At 15, high school sophomore Coloradas Mangas knows all too much about suicide.


Report: Mexican traffickers cement grip in US (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:18 PM PDT

Guarded by police officers, Jose Antonio Medina, aka Don Pepe, center, is presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Medina was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday and is being held for prosecution, said Ramon Pequeno, head of the anti-narcotics division of Mexico's federal police. (AP Photo)AP - Mexican criminal organizations have more than doubled heroin production in a year and have cemented their grip as the predominant wholesale suppliers of illicit drugs in the United States, a government report concluded Thursday.


GOP warns Obama against labor board appointment (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with Emily Kuth and her parents, Lt. Col. Andrew Kuth, right, and Lt. Col. Deborah Kuth, center, after they toured Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, March 25, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP - Republican senators and business groups urged President Barack Obama against using the Easter recess to name a union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board.


AP sources: Birthday cake awaited suicide bomber (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file image provided Friday, Jan. 8, 2009 by Jordan's Al-Ghad newspaper, purports to show Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, 2009. The Arabic news station Al-Jazeera has broadcast a posthumous video Saturday Jan. 9, 2010 showing the Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan calling for revenge attacks inside and outside the United States. (AP Photo/Al-Ghad, ho, File)AP - CIA officers in Afghanistan were so eager to meet the spy they believed would help them crack al-Qaida's leadership they planned a birthday celebration for his visit in December, current and former U.S. officials said.


With Congress on break, Obama could jam appointees through (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:27 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As Congress breaks next week for its spring recess, President Barack Obama has an opportunity to turn to a divisive tool to push through his stalled nominees: the recess appointment.

McCain, Palin to campaign together in Arizona (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - John McCain and Sarah Palin will be back on the campaign trail Friday, their first time campaigning together since McCain lost the presidential election a year and a half ago with Palin as his running mate.

Congress gives college aid a boost (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT

AP - More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid on its way to President Barack Obama's desk.

Obama dares Republicans to seek healthcare repeal (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:46 PM PDT

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) (2nd R) makes remarks after the Senate approved a package of changes to President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington March 25, 2010. Also attending were Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (L) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-M). REUTERS/Jim Young   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)Reuters - President Barack Obama dared Republicans on Thursday to try to repeal his newly signed healthcare law but warned their effort would backfire as he touted the benefits of the massive overhaul.


Obama mentions bookstore in speech, then visits (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama buys some books for his daughters Malia and Sasha as he makes an unannounced stop at Prairie Lights book shop in Iowa City, Iowa, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - After mentioning an Iowa City bookstore in his health care speech Thursday, President Barack Obama stuck his head in and spent $37 on kids' books.


'Go for it': Obama dares Republicans to repeal health law (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:33 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on the just-signed healthcare insurance reform legislation at the University of Iowa Field House in Iowa City, Iowa. Obama on Thursday dared Republicans to campaign to repeal his new health reform law, throwing down the gauntlet for mid-term elections with the words: AFP - President Barack Obama on Thursday dared Republicans to campaign to repeal his new health reform law, throwing down the gauntlet for mid-term elections with the words: "Go for it."


Army general admonished for advocating for gay ban (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm, Michael Mullen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2010, before the House Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's budget overview.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The military's top uniformed officer has publicly admonished a three-star Army general for urging troops to speak out against allowing gays to serve openly.


Cuban dissidents praise Obama, government silent (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:09 PM PDT

Government supporters demonstrate next to members of the Ladies in White group, wives and relatives of Cuban dissidents, during a march marking the 7th anniversary of a 2003 government crackdown on dissidents in Havana, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)Reuters - Cuban dissidents applauded U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday for denouncing their ill treatment by the Cuban government and said it had helped their cause.


Nick giving `Big Help' award to first lady (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Grocery Manufacturers Association Science Forum meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - First lady Michelle Obama is getting attention from the Nickelodeon kids' television network — and it has nothing to do with green slime.


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