2010年5月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Execs grilled on oil spill 'cascade of failures' (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:39 PM PDT

Members of the Louisiana National Guard prepare to hook a sandbag to the belly of a Blackhawk helicopter in Port Fourchon, La., Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Helicopters are dropping sandbags at the mouths of marshes along Port Fourchon and nearby Grand Isle to keep oil from being carried inland with tides. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Congress called BP and its drilling partners to account Tuesday for a "cascade of failures" behind the spreading Gulf oil spill, zeroing in on a crucial chain of events at the deep-sea wellhead just before an explosion consumed the rig and set off the catastrophic rupture.


WH disappointed by Egypt's state of emergency (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:49 PM PDT

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House is expressing disappointment in Egypt's decision to extend a controversial emergency law for two years and is calling for it to be replaced with a promised counterterrorism measure that would protect Egyptian civil liberties.


Senators: Better terror screening needed (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. Shahzad was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said. The Pakistani-American who police say admitted to trying to blow up a car bomb in busy Times Square has made no court appearance since his arrest almost a week ago and, although he is cooperating with authorities, there's been no consensus he was acting alone and no word on why he planned the terror attack that has left many New Yorkers on edge for days. (AP Photo/Orkut.com, File) NO SALESAP - Top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called Tuesday for "new defenses" in the wake of the Times Square bombing attempt that would tighten the screening and tracking of travelers and money flowing between the U.S. and Pakistan.


VP Biden's son has mild stroke, in Philly hospital (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., front, is seen with his son Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. In a statement Tuesday, May 11, 2010, the White House says Vice President Joe Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, is being treated at a Delaware hospital. The White House says Biden is awake and alert and communicating with his parents and wife, who are with him, but provided no information on Biden's symptoms or possible illness. He is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital in Newark.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's older son, the Delaware attorney general, had a mild stroke Tuesday and was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital, where he was alert and talking with family.


Incumbent watch: Who's next to go? (Politico)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Politico - Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who was defeated Saturday, was the first incumbent to lose his party’s nomination this year. But he almost certainly won’t be the last in this unusually volatile election year.

GOP wants Clinton-era papers on Kagan (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, after introducing Solicitor General Elena Kagan,left as his choice for Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Republicans hunting for clues about what kind of justice Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would be said Tuesday they want to see papers from her time serving in the Clinton administration.


Supreme Court nominee has thin 'paper trail' (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:40 PM PDT

Solicitor General Elena Kagan stands with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as she is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Elena Kagan's opposition to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay troops is a rare insight into her personal views. Kagan's public record, thinner than most earlier Supreme Court nominees, otherwise offers supporters and critics little assurance about how she would vote as a justice.


Clinton reassures Afghans of US long-term support (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  in Tallinnin this April 22, 2010 file photo. Clinton on Monday took a strong line against Iran, saying its nuclear ambitions put the world at risk and calling on the global community to hold Tehran to account. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/FilesAP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that U.S. relations with Afghanistan are strained, but assured President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. will stand behind his country long after the last American soldier is gone.


Health overhaul law potentially costs $115B more (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:38 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a 'Healthcare Thank You Rally' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May  6, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama's new health care law could potentially add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending over the next 10 years, congressional budget referees said Tuesday.


Salazar urges splitting energy agency (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells reporters that the Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, the Minerals Management Service, as part of its response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, at the Department of the Interior headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. One agency would be charged with inspecting oil rigs, investigating oil companies and enforcing safety regulations, while the other would oversee leases for drilling and collection of billions of dollars in royalties. From left to right are: Tom Strickland, assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks, Salazar, and David Hayes, deputy secretary.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, as part of its response to the Gulf Coast oil spill.


Thune: Obama has delivered a 'change' too far (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:01 PM PDT

AP - Sen. John Thune says fellow Republicans heading into the November midterm elections should highlight just how much President Barack Obama has delivered on his promise of change.

Green cards for permanent residents green again (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:58 PM PDT

This image released by USCIS shows a sample of the front of the redesigned green card carried by foreign-born residents living permanently in the U.S. The Homeland Security Department is issuing the redesigned 'green card' that is stacked with safety features to help combat fraud and counterfeiting. The card has been a variety of colors over its decades-long history. (AP Photo/USCIS)AP - The green card carried by foreign-born residents living permanently in the U.S. is officially green again.


Cameron leads Britain into new coalition era (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Britain's incoming Prime Minister David Cameron is greeted by Queen Elizabeth during a meeting in which she invited him to form the next government, at Buckingham Palace in London May 11, 2010.  Gordon Brown resigned as prime minister of Britain on Tuesday and said Conservative leader David Cameron would take over, ending 13 years of rule by the centre-left Labour Party.   REUTERS/John Stillwell/POOL (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Reuters - New Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party struck an agreement on Wednesday to form Britain's first coalition government since 1945.


RNC: 130 House seats in play (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT

AP - Talk about optimism.

Senate votes to examine Federal Reserve lending (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Regulators must do all they can to help banks make loans to creditworthy borrowers, especially small businesses, a development that's critical to strengthening the economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday, May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - The Senate voted unanimously to peer into Federal Reserve decision-making Tuesday, authorizing an examination of the central bank's emergency lending to financial institutions in the months surrounding the 2008 financial crisis.


THE INFLUENCE GAME: Loophole drops Toyota expenses (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:59 PM PDT

President of Toyota Motor Corp., Akio Toyoda, leaves following a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Toyota cruised back to profit in the latest quarter as the world's top car maker cut costs and hitched a ride on the global auto sales recovery while fighting to salvage its reputation for quality. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Despite a congressional frenzy over Toyota's safety recalls, the besieged automaker reports that it spent substantially less money lobbying lawmakers during the first three months of this year than it did during the same period in 2009.


Bill would allow states to veto offshore drilling (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:47 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 - A long-awaited energy and climate bill to be made public on Wednesday would allow states directly affected by offshore drilling to veto drilling plans of nearby states if they can show significant negative impacts from an accident.


Obama invites new British prime minister to visit (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama calls British Prime Minister David Cameron from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday congratulated Britain's new prime minister, David Cameron, on his election victory and promptly invited the U.S. ally's newest leader to visit Washington this summer.


Senate rejects GOP's Fannie, Freddie plan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The Senate on Tuesday voted to reject a Republican measure that would have moved housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship within two years.

Parties launch critical sites in Ind. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Indiana Democrats have launched a website that uses a Facebook spoof to criticize U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats' lobbying work.

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