2010年4月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


On to Mars: Obama declares, 'I expect to see it' (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves after speaking at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space exploration would lead American astronauts on historic, almost fantastic journeys to an asteroid and then to Mars â€" and in his lifetime â€" relying on rockets and propulsion still to be imagined and built.


Report suggests W.Va. mine blast was preventable (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:39 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, flanked by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joe Main, speaks about mine safety, Thursday, April 15, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A preliminary report on last week's deadly mine explosion in West Virginia suggests the blast may have been preventable.


$18 billion jobless benefits bill goes to Obama (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

AP - Congress is sending President Barack Obama legislation to restore unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for months.

Obama makes light of anti-tax protests (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday he's amused by the anti-tax tea party protests that have been taking place around Tax Day.


GOP split over terms of new 'Contract' (Politico)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:02 AM PDT

Politico - Republicans are salivating over the prospect of winning back the House in November, and they’re planning to produce a new “Contract With America” in the hopes of sealing the deal. 

Obama orders a review of troubled coal mines (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on mine safety, Thursday, April 15, 2010,  in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a sweeping review of coal mines with poor safety records and called on federal officials to strengthen laws "so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue."


Want to get audited? Apply for homebuyer credit (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - Here's a good way to get audited by the Internal Revenue Service this year: claim the new homebuyer tax credit.

Out of Fla. GOP favor, Crist could go independent (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Gov. Charlie Crist announces his veto of Senate Bill 6 concerning teacher tenure and merit pay on Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Tallahassee, Fla. Already trailing badly in the GOP Senate primary race, Crist further alienated many powerful Republican and business interests Thursday by vetoing a contentious teacher merit-pay and anti-tenure law they pushed through the Legislature. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)AP - Gov. Charlie Crist was once a rapidly rising Republican star, a potential running mate for John McCain, a man with a bright political future who moved from an obscure state post to education commissioner, attorney general and governor — all within six years.


Consumers to get new tool to make 'safe' purchases (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:11 PM PDT

AP - When a consumer claims an injury or cites a potential hazard from a baby stroller or some other product, the government wants you to know about it. And, in about a year, you will.

Reid moves up start of financial overhaul debate (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

A French trader monitors shares prices at La Banque de France in Paris in 2008. European stock markets steadied as concerns about the Greek debt crisis offset positive US earnings and strong Chinese economic growth data(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AP - Unwilling to negotiate further, Democratic leaders said Thursday they want to move forward on financial regulation legislation next week even as Republican leaders tried to unify their members against the bill in hopes of winning further concessions.


Michelle Obama visits San Diego community farm (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:15 PM PDT

AP - Returning from Mexico, Michelle Obama made a brief stop Thursday across the border in San Diego to visit a community garden farmed by international refugees that she called a model for building healthy communities across the nation and around the world.

Gloria Estefan draws Obama to Democratic fundraiser (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama held a fundraiser Thursday at the home of famed Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, pictured in January 2010, as his Democratic Party girds for a major mid-term battle ahead of November elections.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Doug Benc)AFP - US President Barack Obama held a fundraiser Thursday at the home of famed Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan as his Democratic Party girds for a major mid-term battle ahead of November elections.


Senators threaten subpoena over Ft Hood attack (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Two U.S. senators vowed on Thursday to subpoena the Obama administration next week unless it produces information sought in a congressional probe of last year's shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.

Ex-NSA worker charged in classified leak case (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:24 PM PDT

AP - A former senior executive at the National Security Agency was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice in an investigation of leaks of classified information to a newspaper.

Obamas made millions in 2009, paid big tax bill (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the Christmas in Washington Celebration at the National Building Museum in Washington December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - President Barack Obama and his wife earned about $5.5 million in 2009 primarily from the proceeds of his best-selling books, and they paid $1.79 million in federal income taxes, the White House said on Thursday.


Tea party rally upbraids 'gangster government' (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Laura Christy wears a hat decorated with tea bags as she attends a Tea Party tax day rally in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 15, 2010, the day income taxes are due. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Tea party protesters marked tax day Thursday with exhortations against "gangster government" and appeals from Republicans seeking their grass-roots clout in November elections, a prospect both tempting and troubling to those in the loose movement.


Poll: Crist leads 3-way contest if race held now (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:37 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Charlie Crist has fallen far behind in Florida's Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate, but he could capture a three-way race in November, a poll released Thursday suggests.

Pentagon to adopt uniform rules on guns (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, U.S. Major Nidal Hasan is shown after being moved from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas on Friday April 9, 2010. Hasan had been at the military hospital since shortly after a Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood which left him paralyzed. He is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriffs Department)AP - The Pentagon will adopt a broad policy governing how privately owned guns can be carried or stored at military installations following the shooting deaths of 13 people last year at Fort Hood, Texas.


Arlington section becomes community of remembrance (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:14 PM PDT

Nicki Bunting, 29, of Potomac, Md., sits with her 5-month-old son Cooper at the grave of his father Army Capt. Brian 'Bubba' Bunting at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Sunday, April 11, 2010. Capt. Bunting died from a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan on Feb. 24, 2009, not knowing his wife was pregnant with Cooper, their second child. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Army curator James Speraw stood by Spc. Christopher Coffland's grave, tucked among the rows of white headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, and read the inscription on dog tags that he cupped gently in his palms.


Former Wis. Gov. Thompson won't run for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson addresses a tea party rally Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Madison, Wis. Thompson said he will not be running for the U.S. Senate in the 2010 election. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson will not be running for the U.S. Senate.


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