2010年5月7日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Congress wants review of market plunge (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, and others, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, to discuss Wall Street accountability legislation.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Lawmakers are trying to learn the causes of the drastic stock market sell-off to ensure that high-tech trading is monitored and average investors are protected in the wilds of Wall Street.


Petraeus: Times Square bomber likely acted alone (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:31 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright, gesturing while talking with President Barack Obama in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 6, 2010, during a meeting of the national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan.  (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House)AP - The Times Square bombing suspect apparently operated as a "lone wolf" who did not work with other terrorists, according to the general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But investigators believe he had some bomb-making training in Pakistan, a second senior military official said.


Some Palin Facebook fans unhappy with endorsement (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2010 file photo, Sarah Palin flashes a thumbs up towards her husband Todd as she begins to address a crowd during a stop of the Tea Party Express on Boston Common in Boston. Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has outraged some of her fans with an endorsement of former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina in the GOP's U.S. Senate primary in California. The former vice presidential candidate made the endorsement on her Facebook page, saying Fiorina's experience running a major corporation is sorely lacking in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has outraged some of her fans with an endorsement of former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina in the GOP's U.S. Senate primary in California.


Suggestive GOP ad attacks Ohio Senate Dem hopeful (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:55 PM PDT

Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher talks to a crowd of supporters at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Cleveland on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Fisher ran against Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner in a primary election for the Democratic nomination to fill the Senate seat of retiring Republican George Voinovich. (AP Photo/Jason Miller)AP - A sexually suggestive political attack ad featuring a shirtless Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio in a provocative pose has drawn a barrage of decency and copyright complaints after being posted on a national Republican campaign committee's website.


Name that baby: Mom & Dad choose Isabella, Jacob (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Kristen Stewart, starring as Isabella 'Bella' Swan, left, and Taylor Lautner, starring as Jacob Black, are shown in a scene from 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Kimberley French)AP - Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fleeting.


Ensign under scrutiny on fundraising efforts (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 04:00 PM PDT

In a Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. speaks during a hearing regarding health care reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Ethics Committee investigators have been in Nevada in recent days interviewing businessmen about Republican Sen. John Ensign's efforts to raise political contributions from them while urging them to hire particular lobbyists. The senator's legal problems revolve around whether Ensign helped a former aide, Doug Hampton, violate a one-year lobbying ban.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Senate Ethics Committee investigators have been in Nevada in recent days interviewing businessmen about Republican Sen. John Ensign's efforts to seek their political contributions while urging them to hire particular lobbyists.


RNC dismisses finance chief, deputy (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 04:22 PM PDT

AP - The Republican National Committee's finance director and his deputy were forced out Friday as the organization still reels from reimbursements for donors to attend a lesbian bondage-themed nightclub in Los Angeles.

Chicken quip grounds high-flying Senate candidate (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:13 PM PDT

FILE -this April 22,2010 file photo shows a man in a chicken costume standing in front of Sue Lowden's campaign office in Reno, Nev. with a sign that reads, ' Chickens for Check-ups'.   Suddenly Nevada politics is all about chickens, bad news for the Republican Senate front-runner but a ray of hope for struggling Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. Sue Lowden recently suggested bartering with doctors for medical care — 'our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor.' The line from the millionaire casino executive and former beauty queen immediately became a late-night joke and YouTube sensation, and upended a GOP race that was hers to lose. (AP Photo/The Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron,File) ** NEVADA APPEAL OUT, SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES  **AP - Right wing, left wing, chicken wing. Suddenly Nevada politics is all about chickens — bad news for the Republican Senate front-runner but a ray of hope for struggling Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.


Lawmakers can raise 'soft money' for redistricting (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:07 PM PDT

AP - Federal election officials said Friday that members of Congress helping their parties finance redistricting fights can raise soft money, the unlimited corporate and union cash that a 2002 law bans them from collecting for their campaigns.

Obama and wife dine out in DC (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 04:21 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are going out for dinner on a pleasant evening in Washington.

Clinton: US needs more help from Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Pakistani scavenger children who collect recyclable items from garbage to earn  their living, wait for a garbage truck in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, May 7, 2010. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday the U.S. expects more cooperation from Pakistan's government in fighting terror and warned of repercussions if a future successful attack in the United States is linked to Pakistan.


Obama: Authorities investigating wild market swing (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 03:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, makes a statement on the monthly jobs numbers, Friday, May 7, 2010,  outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that regulatory authorities are evaluating the "unusual market activity" on Wall Street this week in hopes of keeping such a sudden, violent drop from happening again.


Gates: Pakistan committed to fighting extremists (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:39 PM PDT

A U.S. Marine carry team places the transfer case containing the remains of Marine 1st Lt. Brandon A. Barrett, of Momon, Ind., on to a lift during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Friday, May 7, 2010 in Dover, Del.  Barrett died May 5, 2010 in Helmund province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered strong praise Friday for Pakistan's efforts to root out extremist militants amid concern about potential links between the failed Times Square car bombing and Pakistan-based Taliban forces.


US Senate Republicans thwart Syria nomination (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Ambassador Robert Ford appears before a full committee hearing on his nomination to be ambassador to Syria at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on March 2010. President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US Senate blocked a Democratic attempt Friday to confirm Ford to be ambassador to Syria, amid an election-year feud over policy towards Damascus.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US Senate blocked a Democratic attempt Friday to confirm his nominee to be ambassador to Syria, amid an election-year feud over policy towards Damascus.


Kerry, Lieberman press climate bill without Graham (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:23 PM PDT

FILE - In a Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Graham said Friday, May 7, 2010 that  it's 'become impossible' to pass the climate change legislation now because of disagreements over offshore drilling and immigration reform. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - The leading sponsors of a long-delayed energy and climate change bill said Friday they will press ahead despite losing the support of their only Republican partner.


First lady lauds own 'mommy' ahead of Mother's Day (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 01:57 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama smiles during a Mother's Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, May  7, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - First lady Michelle Obama said Friday that having three generations of family living in the White House and raising her two daughters there is truly special.


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