2010年3月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Former Cold War foes US, Russia to slash nukes (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:01 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama discussing the START treaty, during a phone call with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Friday, March 26, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House )AP - The U.S. and Russia sealed the first major nuclear weapons treaty in nearly two decades Friday, agreeing to slash the former Cold War rivals' warhead arsenals by nearly one-third and talking hopefully of eventually ridding a fearful world of nuclear arms altogether.


Romney attacks health care law similar to his own (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney acknowledging the crowd before speaking at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago, in this photo taken Wednesday, March 24, 2010. None of the potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates has been more aggressive than Romney in criticizing the new health care overhaul. Then again, none shares his vulnerability on the issue. The new law bears striking similarities to one the former Massachusetts governor signed in 2006, and that's creating an uncomfortable straddle for Romney as his party makes attacking 'Obamacare' its primary message this midterm year. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)AP - Mitt Romney has a problem with Obamacare. It looks a lot like Romneycare. The prospective Republican presidential candidate's vulnerability on the issue was evident this week, when he was interrupted during a tour for his new book by a woman upset with the Massachusetts health care law Romney signed as governor in 2006. That law has some of the same core features as the federal law President Barack Obama, a Democrat, signed on Tuesday.


INSIDE WASHINGTON: Mail perk is re-election tool (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, Erik Paulsen speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Freshman members of Congress are using a perk to blanket districts with mass mailings and other messages to promote themselves back home, particularly those in this year's tightest election contests, an Associated Press review shows. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Freshman members of Congress are using a perk to blanket districts with mass mailings and other messages to promote themselves back home, particularly those in this year's tightest election contests, an Associated Press review shows.


Her career rising, Palin now gives McCain a boost (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Sarah Palin, left, talks at a campaign rally for Sen. John McCain, back, at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Ariz., Friday, March 26, 2010. McCain, who is running for another term in the U.S. Senate, is joined by Palin for their first campaign rally together since losing the presidential election in 2008. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Sarah Palin lent her star power among fellow conservatives to former running mate John McCain in his tough Senate re-election campaign, telling a rally Friday that McCain pegged President Barack Obama right when he said the Democrat would swell the size of government.


Still time to fix lapse in jobless benefits (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:17 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 - Congress left for a two-week vacation Friday without extending jobless benefits for people who have been out of work for more than six months.


Black farmers' settlement still not a done deal (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:36 PM PDT

AP - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after Congress adjourned for a two-week break without approving the spending.

Court rejects GOP bid to raise unlimited money (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.  A federal court Friday denied a Republican Party bid to raise soft money, the unlimited donations from corporations and individuals banned by a 2002 campaign finance law. In a separate ruling, judges said a conservative group can raise unlimited sums for independent election ads but must regularly disclose its donors. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Two court decisions Friday are likely to help set the ground rules for 2010 election fundraising: The Republican Party lost its bid to raise unlimited contributions, while a conservative group won approval to raise big donations for ads but must regularly disclose its givers.


At last: Final health care measure heads to Obama (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:29 AM PDT

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, front right, D-Md.; with, from left, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; George Miller, D-Calif.; Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Hoyer; and Dale Kildee, D-Mich., speaks to the media following the passage of the Health Insurance and Student Loan Reforms Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama on Friday before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes threatening — public.


Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:08 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge on Friday upheld limitations on gun ownership that the District of Columbia put in place following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city's outright ban on handguns.

Nevada tea party candidate facing felony charges (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PDT

AP - A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in Las Vegas that allege he bounced a $5,000 business check last year.

'08 presidential campaign redux? Palin stumps for McCain (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin talks to supporters as her husband Todd Palin looks on during a campaign rally for Sen. John McCain in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday. McCain and Palin reunited for the first time since their 2008 presidential bid concluded to campaign for his fifth term in the U.S. Senate.(AFP/Getty Images/Darren Hauck)AFP - It was the 2008 presidential campaign all over on Friday, with Alaska's Sarah Palin taking swipes at Democrat Barack Obama with folksy quips and Senator John McCain standing at her side.


Secularist former leader Allawi wins Iraq vote (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Supporters of Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hold a poster while chanting slogans against the Baath Party during a protest about the election results in Baghdad March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi's coalition won the most seats in Iraq's election, according to preliminary results on Friday, but the tight race foreshadowed long, divisive talks to form a new government.


Two big wins, a presidency transformed for Obama (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Two big wins for Barack Obama(L), seen here with Vice President Joe Biden on March 23, at home and abroad -- a historic health care bill and a new arms treaty with Russia -- have injected sudden momentum into a presidency that had been looking beleaguered.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Two big wins for Barack Obama at home and abroad -- a historic health care bill and a new arms treaty with Russia -- have injected sudden momentum into a presidency that had been looking beleaguered.


Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Conservative darling Sarah Palin urged a cheering crowd on Friday to vote for her former running mate John McCain, lending much-needed support as he faces the toughest re-election battle of his long career in the U.S. Senate.

Products recalled due to potential salmonella risk (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:

Obama to sign last bit of health overhaul Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama plans to sign the final piece of his health care overhaul on Tuesday.

Congress banning misleading census mailings (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:35 PM PDT

AP - Misleading mailings that appear to be from the Census Bureau, such as fundraising letters recently sent by Republican groups, will be more tightly restricted under legislation passed by Congress on Friday.

White House expands housing aid program (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:19 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday announced a $14 billion effort to try to stem a rising tide of home foreclosures by giving lenders incentives to erase some mortgage debt and slash mortgage payments for the unemployed.

Allawi narrowly wins Iraq election, Maliki rejects result (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Iraqis follow the announcement of the official results of the general election on TV at a cafe in Baghdad. Former premier Iyad Allawi's secular bloc won the most seats in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, edging incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition, official results showed on Friday.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Former premier Iyad Allawi's secular bloc won the most seats in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, edging incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition, official results showed on Friday.


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