2010年5月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Security slip let suspect on plane, near takeoff (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:35 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder, right, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, center, and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, during a news conference to update the attempted bombing in Times Square, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The no-fly list failed to keep the Times Square suspect off the plane.


Obama interviews Diane Wood for Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT

FILE - This June 2008 file photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood. Liberals fear that after helping elect President Barack Obama he'll abandon them when he nominates a Supreme Court justice, choosing a consensus-building moderate rather than a liberal in the mold of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.  (AP Photo/University of Chicago, Lloyd DeGrane, File)AP - President Barack Obama interviewed federal judge Diane Wood of Chicago on Tuesday for an opening on the Supreme Court, the fourth candidate known to have had face-to-face talks with the president, a person familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.


AP sources: Bomber trained at Pakistan terror camp (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:26 PM PDT

This undated image, obtained from orkut.com on May 4, 2010, shows Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who is suspected as the driver of a bomb-laden SUV into New York's Time Square on May 1. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested late on May 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport by FBI agents in New York as he tried to take a flight to Dubai, local and federal officials said.   REUTERS/Courtesy of Orkut.com/Handout (CRIME LAW DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The suspect in the failed Times Square bombing told authorities he trained at a terrorism camp in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday as they worked to unravel the events leading up to the nearly catastrophic attack.


GOP Coats wins Ind. primary; NC, Ohio vote (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:37 PM PDT

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Dan Coats speaks while his wife, Marsha, listens after casting their votes in Indianapolis, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - Former Sen. Dan Coats, the Washington establishment's favored Republican, won the GOP nomination in Indiana's Senate race on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from one candidate supported by the tea party coalition and another who is an ex-congressman.


Gulf oil spill roils energy bill prospects (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT

AP - The explosion of an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has raised enough concern among congressional Democrats to jeopardize the prospects for passage of an energy and climate change overhaul.

NTSB finds safety lessons in Hudson River ditching (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from Jan. 15, 2009, airline passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York, after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. (AP Photo/Steven Day, File)AP - A federal safety panel on Tuesday issued more than two dozen safety recommendations related to the airliner that ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with geese last year. Those include making aircraft engines more bird-resistant and equipping all passenger-carrying planes with life vests and rafts.


WH pushes to lift liability limit for Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:47 PM PDT

AP - The White House is pushing to lift the limit on how much BP pays for the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Tentative Senate deal on future big bank failures (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Riot policemen clash with demonstrators near the Parliament building in Athens. Stock markets worldwide suffered heavy losses Tuesday in rumour-driven trade on fears the Greek debt debacle will defy an international bailout and spread to Spain and Portugal.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AP - In a concession, Senate Democrats agreed Tuesday to jettison a $50 billion fund that Republicans attacked repeatedly as a perpetual Wall Street bailout-in-waiting, according to officials in both parties, clearing one of the key obstacles to approval of tougher federal controls over the financial industry.


EPA proposes coal ash rule, sets time for comment (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:03 PM PDT

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed regulating coal ash, possibly as a kind of hazardous waste, while phasing out wet storage impoundments. It would allow coal byproducts to be used in concrete, wallboard and other building materials.

Obama praises Indonesia on test ban treaty (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:12 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is welcoming Indonesia's plan to ratify a treaty banning nuclear tests.

Obama touts support for Lincoln in Ark. radio ad (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama urges Arkansas voters to support Sen. Blanche Lincoln's re-election campaign in a radio spot that began running Tuesday, despite her recent efforts to distance herself from his administration and the national Democratic Party.

Iraq Shi'ite blocs to join forces in parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks at a news conference in Baghdad April 19, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutReuters - Iraq's two big Shi'ite political coalitions, one led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and one whose leaders have close ties to Iran, agreed on Tuesday on an alliance to form a single bloc in parliament, officials said.


Obama calls on Hawaii voters to back a Democrat (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is urging Hawaii voters to support a Democrat in this month's congressional election in the urban Honolulu district where he was born.

Demi Moore urges help for exploited children (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Actress Demi Moore takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, to discuss domestic sex trafficking of children. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Actress Demi Moore on Tuesday said sex trafficking of U.S. children is a domestic issue that should be viewed with a greater sense of urgency.


British PM to take 'full responsibility' if election lost (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:26 PM PDT

British Prime Minister and Leader of the ruling Labour Party Gordon Brown waves flanked by his wife Sarah during an election campaign visit to the Granada TV studios in Manchester. Brown said Tuesday he would take AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he would take "full responsibility" if his party loses this week's general election, as ministers urged tactical voting to keep the Conservatives out.


Direct talks fail to free American jailed in Iran (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Iran recently held highly unusual direct talks with a former U.S. government official over the fate of a 71-year-old American businessman jailed in Iran, even while rejecting President Barack Obama's proposal for broader discussions between the two estranged governments.

Party leaders make final tour of Britain for votes (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron puts party leaflets through the letter boxes of homes in north London May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Carl de Souza/PoolReuters - Britain's party leaders campaigned around the clock Tuesday in a final push for votes, two days before a parliamentary election that opinion polls suggest could redraw the political map.


Senate committee wants upgrade to auto safety laws (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT

FILE- This Jan. 27, 2008, file photo shows a Toyota logo on a Sequoia SUV in Littleton, Colo. On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Toyota Motor Corp. recalled about 50,000 Sequoia sport utility vehicles from the 2003 model year to fix an unexpected slowing of the vehicle in the latest recall issued by the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - A Senate committee on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul to the nation's auto safety requirements following Toyota's prominent recalls.


Times Square bomb suspect faces terror charges (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Police and pedestrians mix in New York's Times Square. Police have arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after the failed Times Square bomb plot that officials said was designed AP - Authorities have brought terrorism and mass destruction charges against the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing, saying he has confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan.


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